Mark Gatiss has been doing the media rounds ahead of this coming Saturday’s broadcast of Empress of Mars, the second Ice Warrior story from the Sherlock co-creator.

Speaking to Digital Spy, Gatiss said he would be sad to see Peter Capaldi leave the role of the Doctor:

“Peter’s been magnificent. I love him this year, particularly - I think he’s just completely in his groove. I think the season is excellent - really refreshing and fun - and I think he’s just on fire, really.”

But Gatiss is [...]

The Ice Warriors return to Doctor Who this coming Saturday with the Mark Gatiss penned Empress of Mars, and this time the humans, not the Ice Warriors are the invaders! When Earth is invading Mars, whose side is the Doctor on?

Written by: Mark Gatiss Directed by: Wayne Yip

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole arrive on Mars, and find themselves in an impossible conflict between Ice Warriors… and Victorian soldiers. As the Martian hive awakens around them, the Doctor faces a unique dilemma – this time the humans, not the Ice Warriors are the invaders. When Earth is invading [...]

Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss has called for the next Doctor to be a woman as the show searches for Peter Capaldi’s replacement, scheduled to debut this Christmas.

Mark Gatiss has penned this coming week’s The Empress of Mars

Speaking to the Press Association, the Sherlock co-creator said:

“I would love it to be a woman, I think it would be marvellous, not through pressure of political correctness but it sort of just feels like it’s time. I think it would just be great. The show is not the new kid on the block anymore.”

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The Pyramid at the End of the World has come under criticism from something of a surprising source - the scientific community.

“It’s so easy to get the science right… Surely a microbe capable of ‘killing off root systems’ would be handled in a containment level three or four lab”

I’m pretty sure that they weren’t trying to make a dangerous microbe, the Doctor said it was an accident, so the containment protocols were probably just so the plants samples didn’t get contaminated