Series 11 Writers Finally Announced!

Malorie Blackman, Chris Chibnall, Ed Hime, Vinay Patel, Pete McTighe and Joy Wilkinson are the Doctor Who, Series 11 writers.

I suspect this announcement was written and ready to go for the day it was discovered that mail/post subscribers had received their issues of Doctor Who Magazine, which again missed an opportunity to announce an exclusive.

The Series 11 directors were also officially announced today but they were already discovered.

BBC Studios Targets Two Twitter Accounts

BBC Studios filed a subpoena against Twitter regarding leaked Doctor Who Series 11 materials on August 3. The PDF of the court docket can be found here.

The two accounts are @VortexiaTweets and @MrWhelan101

The World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) covered the story on August 10.

"The BBC filed its subpoena against Twitter at the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday, August 3" 

*Source* 

(It seems the the article is now archived and only available to subscribers.

The article mentions the two Twitter accounts targeted as "Vortexia" and  "Mr Whelan 101".

"The BBC asked for any personal information held by Twitter on two of its users, including address, internet protocol location, and date of birth. The users are identified as Vortexia and Mr Whelan 101."

Both Twitter accounts have responded with statements after I tweeted them:

This is 100% bullshit but whatever, my ISP is masked anyway and i have just about every firewall you can think of protecting my privacy. Come after me all you want. You won’t get far. https://t.co/FT1yTAPuzJ

— Matt🌈 (@MrWhelan101) August 10, 2018

I'm being victimised 😂😂 https://t.co/7aBO0nKQc0

— Vortexia (@VortexiaTweets) August 10, 2018

If this is true, and they are indeed going after our Twitter accounts - then I have just have this to say:

I'd rather actually talk to someone and tell them what I know than them dox me. https://t.co/7aBO0nKQc0

— Vortexia (@VortexiaTweets) August 10, 2018

Yeah you can edit the article it's definitely me, @vortexia hasn't been active for 10 years ;)

— Vortexia (@VortexiaTweets) August 10, 2018

@VortexiaTweets Statement on this nonsense:

So you're all probably aware that @MrWhelan101 and myself are currently being investigated by the BBC because of lack of control on their leak culture.

Everything in @DoctorWhoPN 's article is correct, I'm grateful it was posted.

— Vortexia (@VortexiaTweets) August 10, 2018

Twitter has so far been very cooperative with the DMCA to the point of permanently suspending Twitter accounts for infractions as small as posting companion character portrait images from merchandisers who posted images from Doctor Who 2019 calendars too soon.

Series 11 Wraps!

We found out from San Diego Comic Con that Doctor Who Series 11 wrapped in two weeks.

I has now been two weeks and it's Friday, the last day of the typical work week and Doctor Who Series 11 has officially wrapped.

…and that’s a wrap! #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/im4e7GgY8B

— Doctor Who Official (@bbcdoctorwho) August 3, 2018

From costume designer Ray Holman. This looks like a costume and makeup wrap celebration to me. Note the Doctor Who Cast & Crew 2018 t-shirts.

Lunch buffet for costume and make up. Doctorwho. pic.twitter.com/SKL6OKNENw

— Ray Holman (@HolmanRay) August 3, 2018

More hijinks from the set today:

Rack it up elvis @bradderswalsh messing about with the boys in work 😂and it's not bradders.

A post shared by #rackitupjoey (@rackitupjoey) on Aug 3, 2018 at 9:52am PDT

Another 11 months with this one!!!!
Dr who wrap party! But most of all he keeps asking me back!!’# pic.twitter.com/GNOHvnL7Bl

— Charlie Malik (@charliemalik) August 4, 2018

❤️ pic.twitter.com/1d9WBNKlLJ

— Kayleigh Powell (@KA_POWDESIGN) August 4, 2018

...In further developments, I actually attended a wrap party, and actually enjoyed myself. World turn’d upside down...😵 pic.twitter.com/QTVnfsqrUj

— Richard Wells (@Slippery_Jack) August 4, 2018

From Digital Editorial Assistant for  Doctor Who at the BBC TV Centre. A lot of Doctor Who-related jobs apparently end simultaneously with Series 11 production.

Leaving the TARDIS but I'm sure I'll find the Doctor again soon...

😉🚀👽🎬#DoctorWho #LastDay #madebyBBCStudios pic.twitter.com/1hgKZmC9VG

— David Winfield (@_DavidWinfield) August 3, 2018

Next up is Christmas special filming with director Wayne Yip. I do not yet know when this begins. Some of the crew will move on to other jobs.

Series 11 Trailer Breakdown by Episode/Filming Block

First, the new Doctor Who Series 11 Trailer:

Block 1, Episodes 1 and 7:

Episode 1:

The Doctor in a cave

The Doctor, startled, rising abruptly.

These two scenes are believed to be of the Doctor constructing her new sonic screwdriver. Note she is still wearing the twelfth Doctor's vest and shirt. Some photos from this scene of the Doctor constructing the sonic screwdriver were leaked.

Chris Chibnall had this to say about the new sonic screwdriver at San Diego Comic Con:

"There's a very specific way this Doctor comes by this sonic screwdriver." 

"It's made out of some interesting components which you'll find out about in Episode 1."

Block 2, Episodes 2 and 3

Episode 2:

This episode features aliens in a desolate landscape, likely another world. These scenes were filmed at Macassar Beach Pavilion, an abandoned water park near Cape Town, South Africa.

The Doctor, Graham, Yasmin and Ryan climb a sandy slope with some ruins.

Graham, Yamin, Ryan and the Doctor look out on the ocean from some ruins.

Here are two scenes which contain the actor Shaun Dooley which I believe are from the same episode.

Episode 3:

An episode set during the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama Bus Boycott and the events with Rosa Parks which led up to it. This episode also features scenes filmed in South Africa, mostly in Cape Town. Note the Doctor's costume variation, a burgundy shirt instead of navy blue.

Block 3, Episodes 4 and 6:

This is the block which contained the much-covered filming in Gosport and Sheffield in February. Alan Cumming is playing Kings James the First in one of the episodes which features witches in the 17th Century. The other episode features at least one spider but it is unclear whether the episode is about spiders.

I can tell this still is from Block 3 because Tosin Cole and Bradley Walsh are wearing the same costumes from the Sheffield filming photos.

Block 4, Episodes 5 and 8:

Not enough is known about this filming block to place any stills from the trailer.

Block 5, Episodes 9 and 10:

Some of the filming from this block took place in Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain.

There were local horse riders hired for scenes for the Spain filming. Note one of the them holds a gun.

The rest of the stills I cannot yet place:

These scenes were likely filmed in a quarry. 

This may be from Block 1 filming in a forest on November 16.

New Series 11 Information and Photos from Entertainment Weekly Magazine

Photo by Simon Ridgeway

Photo by Sophie Mutevelian

This next photo is from South Africa filming. Note the photo credit given to the South African photographer, Coco Van Oppens.

Photo by Giles Keyte

Note each of the production stills are by a different photographer, which suggests that a unique stills photographer was employed for each filming block, which would mean they are not from the same episodes. The change of costume for the companions would suggest this as well.


Series 11 Information from the Issue

The thirteenth Doctor's costume has some "hidden attributes" yet to be revealed which will "delight longtime Whovians".

Chris Chibnall said casting Jodie Whittaker "was the easiest decision I made in my whole career" because "She was just so compelling."

Graham is a "regular bloke from London who's ended up living in the north of England and gets taken away on this journey," according to Bradley Walsh. "It's like Jodie is Captain Kirk and we're the rest of the guys on the bridge. I'm like, Lieutenant Uhura."

Jodie Whittaker said the TARDIS rejected the Doctor, kicking her out at the the of Twice Upon a Time.

Whittaker was interviewed by the magazine five months into filming, sometime in March, so likely during the third filming block.

After a set visit during the filming of a scene, the thirteenth Doctor is described as "excitable and ebullient" and Mandip Gill describes her as having "a similar energy to Matt Smith's Doctor. Very high energy."

Jodie Whittaker herself describes her Doctor as "hopeful and fizzing with wonder." "This Doctor goes in all sorts of directions but essentially, I think the big theme is hope." "There are no rules, and it's liberating. But it's equally terrifying."

When Does Doctor Who Series 11 Premiere?

Update: The initial reports of October and rumors about Sunday were correct.

On September 5, the BBC officially announced that the first Series 11 episode, The Woman Who Fell to Earth, will air simultaneously in the UK and the USA Sunday, October 7. No word yet on the exact time.

What follows is my journey to the truth:

All signs point to October but no specific date in October.

From Chris Chibnall in Doctor Who Magazine 523:

"I’ve been in Liverpool, along with other members of that team and the Thirteenth Doctor herself. For 72 hours at least, all roads lead to Liverpool – for Doctor Who and the global television industry.
We come here to talk, to tell people a little bit about what we’re doing and what this new series of the show will feel like. We come to meet with treasured commercial partners, like Big Finish and Penguin Random House, with broadcasters from all the territories, with iTunes and Amazon and Netflix, all of whom are massively important to taking Doctor Who as far around the world, and to as many people, as it can go."

Here is a photo from the Doctor Who panel at BBC Worldwide Showcase, which was on February 20. If you look at the slide behind Chris Chibnall, Jodie Whittaker, Matt Strevens and Sam Hoyle in the second photo, you will see text that states, "Delivers October 2018"

Another source is BBC Newsround, which says,

"Doctor Who fans might have to wait until October for the new series - but the show's makers have revealed its brand new logo."

There is also this from the former editor of Doctor Who Magazine:

I wouldn’t promise September.

— Tom Spilsbury (@TomSpilsbury) December 25, 2017

Update: One more source has confirmed an October premier date for BBC One:

"The new season of the acclaimed TV show will feature ten 50-minutes episodes and is set to premiere in October 2018. Crackle will add the eleventh season following its premiere on BBC One..."

Second Update: Now the Radio Times magazine says its August 18-24 issue that the BBC has confirmed that Doctor Who will air "by October".

Third Update: Ooh, Sunday???

The following issue is out on 17 October. So all it indicates is that the series is likely to have started before that date. (Perhaps the series will start on 7 or 14 October.) As for the book, that doesn't really factor into it. But we'll see.

— Tom Spilsbury (@TomSpilsbury) August 20, 2018

Who knows – I only said 'perhaps'. :)

— Tom Spilsbury (@TomSpilsbury) August 20, 2018

Fourth Update: Sunday, SEPTEMBER 23? 

The SideReel website has Episode 1 premiering on Sunday, September 23, a huge departure from the October delivery date given at BBC Worldwide Showcase back in February. I'm told SideReel has been accurate in the past.

Now the Sunday Times Culture magazine is also saying Sunday, September 23.

Looks like we will be getting a September release #DoctorWho #Series11 #Airdate (Sunday time Culture Magazine) pic.twitter.com/bnapCmaF3W

— thomas (@tomsut14) August 26, 2018

Fifth Update: in relation to news received on September 4

On September 4, CultBox reported that the air date, Sunday, October 7, could be found on every iTunes website offering Doctor Who Series 11 for presale. BBC Studios promptly sent them a stern letter asking them to take down the story because the air date they reported (which was obviously accurate) was "classified" and a "trade secret". CultBox complied.