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Halloween is a special time of year when people celebrate the timeless act of scaring the pants off of themselves. Doctor Who is a show that has always flirted with horror and scares, from the Daleks to the Weeping Angels, making it one of the perfect substitutes for the traditional slasher horror movie marathon on Halloween night. The Centenary Special set to air in October 2022 continues the recent tradition of Halloween episodes that began with the Flux plot in 2021....

The Doctor Who Christmas special is an annual tradition now, and one which fans thoroughly enjoy since, broadly speaking, the specials are lighter in tone, more comedic, and an all-round enjoyable standalone episode. This year’s special will no doubt be greeted eagerly since Doctor Who has been off of our screens since the end of season nine, with season ten not set to air until spring 2017. We already know that the new companion, Bill (Pearl Mackie), won’t make her debut this Christmas, and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) will be sharing his festive adventure with a temporary companion (thought to be Matt Lucas as Nardole), but beyond that, we don’t know much else....

When it comes to adaptations, few have as testy a relationship as that between The Shining film and the novel. Stephen King famously disagrees with Kubrick’s vision, yet both are regarded as some of the best horror fiction ever created. With Doctor Sleep, Mike Flannagan aimed to resolve the two, creating a sequel that both honored the cinematic legacy of The Shining, as well as the peerless work of Stephen King....

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Doctor Sleep. Doctor Sleep, the film adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, introduces a frightening new antagonist: Rose the Hat (Rebecca Ferguson), who leads a tribe of near-immortal creatures that feed on children with psychic abilities. These “shine vampires” are people who had the shining themselves before their transformation, and maintain their psychic abilities - which include everything from astral projection to mind control....

Although it has trouble reconciling the differences between King and Kubrick’s The Shining, Doctor Sleep is an affecting horror drama on its own. Stephen King is not a fan of Stanely Kubrick’s The Shining (as he’s perfectly happy to tell you), and has reason not to be. Kubrick’s film not only plays down the primary themes of King’s original novel, it also makes its central character, Jack Torrance, into less of a tragic figure that he was in the book, and seems to regard the story’s humans in general as little more than insects with no real say in their fates....

[SPOILERS ahead for those not caught up on Doctor Who.] - It’s been a rough road for the Twelfth Doctor. Doctor Who season 9 just wrapped with ‘Hell Bent’, the second half of an intense two episode story arc involving the Doctor’s (Peter Capaldi) home world of Gallifrey and the return of the Time Lords. The gripping season finale marked the final appearance of fan (and Doctor) favorite Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) and might also signify a new phase for the show....

Update: There are now reports Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole will be leaving in the Holiday Special. Doctor Who will return in a holiday special, “Revolution of the Daleks,” but what can viewers expect - and when will the episode air? The Doctor Who season 12 finale radically rewrote the show’s history, revealing the Doctor is the Timeless Child. Originating from an unknown realm, the Timeless Child possesses unlimited powers of regeneration, and the entirety of Time Lord civilization was built upon her genetic code....

Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor has been joined by three new companions for season 11 of Doctor Who. The long-running science fiction show is shaking things up adding not only a new, female Doctor, but new cast members, a new TARDIS design, and a new showrunner as well. Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch) is stepping in to replace longtime showrunner and writer Stephen Moffat who started in the position in 2010 when he replaced Russell T....

Doctor Who has just completely rewritten its rules of time travel. The concept of time travel lies at the heart of Doctor Who, which was first envisioned as a semi-educational series exploring human history. The show has taken a very different shape to the one originally conceived, however, with the majority of adventures set on alien worlds or distant futures. Of course, with the idea of time travel comes the question of temporal mechanics; just how does that time travel work, and what is the relationship between past, present, and future?...

Warning: SPOILERS ahead for The Walking Dead TV show and comics - The Walking Dead dropped a veritable bombshell in the midseason finale when it effectively killed off one of its most important and long-standing characters: Carl Grimes. In this year’s mid-season finale, “How It’s Gotta Be,” Rick’s alliance faced the wrath of Negan’s Saviors and they held nothing back, pelting Alexandria with a vicious stream of explosives in retaliation for the attack on The Sanctuary....

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness risks having too many characters. When Marvel announced their Phase 4 plans, Doctor Strange 2 seemed to be the most exciting film in the entire slate. Unfortunately, in recent months it’s become a lot more concerning. Director Scott Derrickson suggested that Doctor Strange 2 would be Marvel’s first horror movie, bringing some much-needed tonal diversity to the MCU. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige publicly walked that back, however, instead saying it would “be a big MCU film with scary sequences in it....

Doctor Who recently made a huge comeback and the Thirteenth Doctor is flying around in the TARDIS doing what she does best. As the series is set to continue, we want to look back at some of the past series and some of the past iterations of the time lord. Every Doctor has a number of fan theories following them around. The Eleventh Doctor is no different, although a number of these were actually confirmed to be true....

It’s time for Doctor Who to bring back its most powerful villain - Sutekh, the all-powerful Osiran. Doctor Who was brought back to the small screen in 2005 by showrunner Russell T. Davies, and since then its gone from strength to strength. From the outset, Doctor Who has made no secret of the fact it’s been drawing from the classic series. Classic monsters have been brought back, and not just the likes of the Daleks and the Cybermen; there have been everything from Autons to Silurians....

With just a week to go until its season 2 premiere, excitement is building for the return of Agent Carter. The show’s second season will see Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) travel across the United States, working out of the West Coast to try and solve a mysterious murder involving a glowing body. The new season will see the return of a number of important characters, including Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper), Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy), and Dottie Underwood (Bridget Regan)....

A defining aspect of Doctor Who has always been its costumes. Every version of The Doctor has made it a point of importance to change into a costume that fits each iteration best. But The Doctor isn’t the only character who cares how they dress. The Master, the evil other half to The Doctor, is equally known for his theatrical and devilish costuming choices. Since his first appearances, The Master’s costumes have been an important factor for his character....

Without the influence of Terrance Dicks, the modern incarnation of Doctor Who simply wouldn’t exist in the same form. Yesterday, news broke that former Doctor Who writer and script editor, Terrance Dicks, had passed away at the age of 84. Dicks joined Doctor Who in 1968, arriving during the final stages of the Second Doctor’s time in the TARDIS, and continued as head script editor until 1974, essentially overseeing the Third Doctor’s entire tenure....

Cyberpunk 2077, being the most anticipated game of the year, has already started to top the charts with its thrilling gameplay and exclusive features. One such feature which is quite questioned nowadays is its support for Cross Player Multiplayer. So, for the fans, we are out with the guide that will let them do their favorite game support such capabilities. Talking about Cyberpunk 2077, the game is out for mostly all the platforms, so it becomes more interesting to know whether there’s a presence of cross player multiplayer for all platforms....

Jumanji: The Next Level serves as the second sequel to 1995’s Jumanji but does the film have a post-credits scene, and if so, how many? Sony rebooted the franchise over 20 years after the original with Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle in 2017. The movie directed by Jake Kasdan, starred Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, and Nick Jonas as the players of the titular game. The sequel turned out to be a bonafide hit, exceeding expectations while making $962....

Dodge today announced its 2018 Dodge Durango SRT at the Chicago Auto Show as its latest vehicle to come with Apple’s CarPlay platform stock. The three-row, 475-horsepower SUV sports a 8.4-inch touchscreen that utilizes Unconnect software to interface with CarPlay (and Android Auto) and a nine speaker BeatsAudio sound system. It also comes with a 5-year trial of SiriusXM Travel Link and Traffic. Dodge says the 2018 Durango SRT is the “fastest and most capable three-row SUV with a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)–certified quarter-mile time of 12....

Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for Doctor Doom #4. Doctor Doom has long been recognized as one of the most skilled scientists and sorcerers in the Marvel Universe, but a recent battle with Taskmaster proved that he may also be ranked among its greatest physical combatants as well. The one-on-one fight ended in a decisive victory for Doom, proving that he is a threat even without his trademark armor, his robots, his magic or the resources available to him as the ruler of Latveria....