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Doctor Who's Michelle Gomez to play an evil teacher on Netflix's Sabrina reboot

Sam Barsanti
2/15/18 7:50pm
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According to Variety, Michelle Gomez has joined the cast of Netflix’s new Sabrina The Teenage Witch as Mary Wardell, “Sabrina’s favorite teacher and mentor at Baxter High.” Unfortunately, Mary Wardell eventually gets possessed by Madam Satan, “the Devil’s handmaiden,” so she becomes a “sultry, cunning manipulator” who…

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Doctor Who's Pearl Mackie would regenerate into Beyoncé if she could

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12/15/17 1:30pm
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Peter Capaldi’s time as the Doctor will come to an end in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, as he’ll pass the torch to Jodie Whittaker with what’s sure to be an emotional regeneration sequence. We asked some of the cast who they’d pick for their own hypothetical regeneration. Pearl Mackie had the best…

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Michelle Gomez is also leaving Doctor Who

Sam Barsanti
5/16/17 1:56pm
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At the end of the show’s current season, Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat and star Peter Capaldi will both be leaving, with Moffat being replaced by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall and Capaldi most likely being replaced by another white Englishman. Apparently, though, Moffat and Capaldi won’t be the only…

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John Simm to somehow play The Master on Doctor Who again

Sam Barsanti
4/06/17 7:04pm
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Over the years, Doctor Who fans have been treated to a number of multiple-Doctor storylines where more than one incarnation of the old Time Lord teamed up to defeat some enormous threat. Outside of some books, comics, and audio dramas, though, there has never really been a Doctor Who story where multiple versions of…

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The Brink: “Sticky Wicket”

Vikram Murthi
8/03/15 2:08am
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Despite some emotional heavy-handedness, rushed character development, a handful of terrible lines of dialogue, and a little too much Foreign Policy 101, “Sticky Wicket” is a decent episode of television. It follows through on narrative and emotional beats brewing throughout the season, there are some mildly funny…

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The Brink: “Swim, Shmuley, Swim”

Vikram Murthi
7/19/15 10:00pm
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One of the most confounding aspects of The Brink is its insistence on geographically separating the three main storylines. Though the frequent crosscutting between different locations gives the episodes a sort of dynamism and forward momentum, it also forces each storyline to live and die on its own with barely any…

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Michelle Gomez to return as Doctor Who’s nemesis next season

Caroline Siede
2/19/15 4:51pm
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(Please don‘t read this if you haven’t seen the eighth season of Doctor Who and you’re the sort of person who gets upset about knowing plot points ahead of time. Thanks.)

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