The well-respected Capaldi is a popular choice, but as the oldest actor to take on the Time Lord for some time, will he be able to connect with younger fans?

The Scottish star is best known for playing foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC's political comedy The Thick oft, which won him both a BAFTA in 2010 for Best Comedy Performance, as well as two British Comedy Awards for Best Television Actor in 2010 and 2012.

It's been a long day for Doctor Who fans.

Former Bond girl Honor Blackman is set to make a guest appearance in Casualty playing a feisty pensioner on a mission.

Tyrannosaur actress: 'Someone knows your face, but you don't know theirs. It's a bit peculiar'

Squint at the advert for the new first-class private suites on Emirates Air, and you could be forgiven for thinking that the last 40 years never happened.

Mancunian bias, dodgy theories – but this groaning table of northern relish has flavour to spare

It’s time for a change, and the sad truth is that we seem to be decades behind our American counterparts when it comes to television casting

Four-eyed nerd?

I'm not quite sure how I missed Radio 4's Wireless Nights the first time around. This is the late-night, awards-strewn show in which the Pulp frontman-turned-national treasure Jarvis Cocker reveals the peculiar stuff that British people get up to under cover of darkness. (Oh, stop it, not that).

He was brilliant in The Village. Does Hollywood beckon?

The costly libel judgment against the Speaker’s wife Sally Bercow has been widely seen as a timely warning for other would-be controversialists on social media.

He's become the hottest ticket in town: a real-life equivalent of the golden tickets in Roald Dahl's children's classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Trouble flared at the fourth Norwich Sci-Fi and Film Convention at the University of East Anglia, which was organised by the Norwich Star Wars Club