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Alex Kingston and Nicola Walker THE FORTUNES AND MISFORTUNES OF MOLL FLANDERS — 1996

#I love them your honour #Is dying is dead #I fucken swoon #Alex Kingston #Nicola Walker #TV: The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

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Doctor Who 2024 series news

New information about the eight episodes in the Doctor Who 2024 series is revealed in SFX magazine 378. We’ve included contextual information from what we know from other sources and filming reports.

Space Babies

This episode picks up from the events that happen at the end of The Church on Ruby Road with Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) entering the TARDIS for the first time. The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby land on a spaceship occupied by babies who are very talkative for their age, a scary slimy monster called the Bogeyman (Robert Strange) — and no adults to be found. Space Babies introduces the series story arc of both the Doctor and Ruby’s foundling mystery.

The Devil's Chord

Ncuti Gatwa describes Maestro (Jinkx Monsoon) as “Such a delicious villain.” The Doctor and Ruby meet and chat with The Beatles in this episode set in 1963. Both Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson will sing in the story. The large recording room at Abbey Road Studios was recreated as a set at Wolf Studios Wales.

Boom

The Doctor and Ruby travel in the TARDIS to Ruby’s first alien planet — a war-torn world. The episode, written by Steven Moffat and described as “intense”, was filmed in chronological order with Ncuti Gatwa receiving praise for his performance from director Julie Anne Robinson.

73 Yards

The TARDIS lands on the Welsh coast and Ruby must solve a mystery involving a Welsh horror folktale legend. The TARDIS scenes were genuinely filmed on the Welsh Cost in Pembrokeshire. Dame Siân Phillips co-stars with Aneurin Barnard and Jemma Redgrave. Filming reports reveal that Barnard plays a Welsh candidate named Roger Ap Gwilliam.

Dot and Bubble

Gatwa and Gibson filmed their first Doctor Who scenes together on a pontoon inside entrance locks in Cardiff Bay Barrage for Dot and Bubble. The setting for Dot and Bubble is a colony with an out-of-control dangerous situation on an alien planet. Callie Cooke plays an influential person in the colony. The episode is described as very Black Mirror and touches on a real-world problem which will likely cause a good deal of discussion after the episode airs.

Rogue

This episode was co-written Kate Herron and Briony Redman. Set in the Regency Era in 1813, Rogue, described by Davies as “a proper Bridgerton episode with dances and waltzes”, was filmed in three different manor houses. Psychic earrings allow the Doctor and Ruby to period dance with skill. Jonathan Groff and Indira Varma co-star. Varma plays the villainous Duchess of Pemberton — who is not what she seems.

The Legend of Ruby Sunday and Empire of Death

These episodes, set on Earth, feature UNIT headquarters populated by Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), Mel Bush (Bonnie Langford), Rose Noble (Yasmin Finney), Morris (Lenny Rush) and Colonel Ibrahim (Alexander Devrient). Russell T Davies calls this episode “shocking” and “The Most Devastating Finale.”

Doctor Who, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson returns on 11 May 2024 midnight, 00:00 BST (10 May 7:00pm ET) streaming on BBC iPlayer and Disney+ with Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord. Both episodes will broadcast on BBC One in the UK and Ireland on 11 May immediately before Eurovision. The remaining six episodes will stream at 00:00 BST on the six subsequent Saturdays.

-- So it looks like Jemma DID film with Ncuti, despite what she said in a recent interview. Which is as it should be - she can't be in New Who and NOT appear with the Doctor - that ain't right and proper! AND she's in three episodes this series (that we know of!). Huzzah!

#Doctor Who #Ncuti Gatwa #Jemma Redgrave #Millie Gibson #News #Spoilers

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Ncuti Gatwa poses on the front cover of the 30th anniversary issue of Attitude magazine. He's wearing black trousers with a flare, black latex gloves and figure hugging sleeveless top, and high heeled boots.

Interview here.

#Ncuti Gatwa #Attitude Magazine #Photographer: Melanie Lehmann

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#🤭😂 #Nobody expects...

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Tagging @riversofmars @meluisart @sircarolyn @ceridwyn2

Doctor Who: Femslash Drabble Exchange

Posted by: kingstoken Link: Interest Check |  Tumblr Description: I am interested in modding a femslash focused drabble exchange for the Doctor Who fandom, similar in concept to the Star Trek Femslash Drabble Exchange, and I was wondering if there would be enough interest in the fandom. Could you please fill out this interest check? Schedule: Possibly June comments via The Fandom Calendar https://ift.tt/yMiSQfV

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Well, most people when don't understand something, they frown. You smile.

make me choose | @ontargetmadders asked: Clara or Bill? :)

#Bill my beloved! #Bill Potts #I love her your honour #Pearl Mackie #Doctor Who

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Thanks for the tag @slightlyintimidating

Last song: Heart of Glass (Crabtree Remix) - Blondie; Philip Glass

Favourite colour: Blue

Currently watching: Star Trek: Discovery S5

Savoury/sweet/spicy: Sweet

Relationship status: Vehemently uninterested

Current obsession: Trees; birds; architecture

Last thing you googled: Celtic Tree Calendar

Tagging (with the usual caveat): @thisbluespirit @meluisart @tea-and-procrastination @lapalfruity @paulgadzikowski

#Tag Game

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If I ask nicely will people reblog this and tell me what their most common breakfast is? Not your favorite necessarily, just what you have for breakfast most frequently? 🙏🏽

#Same thing every day - Weetabix with a spoonful of dried Strawberry flakes sprinkled on top

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My friend asked me how many people on tumblr really watch Star Trek on a regular basis.

Reblog for Star Trek.

Ignore for a soul-crushing sense of being alone in the universe.

#Star Trek: Discovery #Fifth and final season alas!

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Remember the body needs to create too. Beware feeling you're not good enough to deserve it. Beware feeling you're too good to need it. Beware all the hatred you've stored up inside you, and the locks on your tender places.

Audre Lorde, Letter to Pat Parker, 6th December 1985

From Sister Love: The Letters of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker

#Letters #Audre Lorde #Pat Parker #Creativity

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#We're friends from LJ! (For nearly 2 decades now I believe!) #Because we shared a fandom or major interest (books animals etc) #Because I liked their personality #Poll

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Hannah Waddingham Confronts Photographer Who Asked Her To “Show Leg”: “Don’t Be A Dick”

Hannah Waddingham called out a photographer at the Olivier Awards who apparently asked her to “show leg” as she posed for pictures.

The Emmy-winning Ted Lasso star hosted the London theatre awards on Sunday night and before the gong-giving got underway she walked the steps of the Royal Albert Hall.

As she stopped for photos, Waddingham confronted a snapper after hearing a comment about her legs, according to a video posted by a fan account.

“Oh my God, you’d never say that to a man,” Waddingham said. “Don’t be a dick otherwise I’ll move off. Don’t say ‘show me leg.’ No.”

The actress then shook her head and walked off. She continued to exchange words with the photographer as she moved on, raising her finger.

Succession star Sarah Snook and singer-actress Nicole Scherzinger were among the big winners at the 2024 Olivier Awards on Sunday.

Snook picked up the Best Actress gong for her multi-character performance in the Sydney Theatre Company’s version of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Scherzinger landed Best Actress in a Musical for her turn as Norma Desmond in the recent revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Broadway-bound Sunset Boulevard.

Opening the awards, Waddingham performed a number with singer and pianist Joe Stilgoe. Waddingham, who will be seen on the big screen this year in The Fall Guy and Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 2, also hosted last year’s ceremony.

#Hannah Waddingham #You go girl! #Olivier Awards 2024

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Happy Monday! 💿

This week, grab up to 50% off selected Doctor Who: The Early Adventures titles!

(These deals expire 23:59 (UK time) on 21st April 2024)

Bundles are available here:

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#Big Finish #Sale #The Early Adventures #First Doctor #Second Doctor #Doctor Who #Audio Drama

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this this this

#I beg to differ on at least one score #I point the honourable OP to BBC Ghosts #A five year old fandom that is still - judging by the fic count on AO3 - going strong and we binged that on iPlayer #(3232 fics as of this moment (15-04-2024) and 20 fics posted/updated in the last week alone)

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I am not a good man! And I’m not a bad man. I am not a hero. I’m definitely not a president. And no, I’m not an officer! Do you know what I am? I am… an idiot! With a box! And a screwdriver! Passing through… helping out… learning.

#Eighth Doctor #Eleventh Doctor #Twelfth Doctor #Thirteenth Doctor #Doctor Who

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Women in Classic Doctor Who: Elizabeth “Liz” Shaw ↪ Have you never heard of female emancipation?

#Doctor Liz Shaw #I love her your honour #She's no pushover #Caroline John #Doctor Who

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Happy 66th birthday to the legend who is Peter Capaldi!

#Peter Capaldi #Happy Birthday