Doctor Who: The Fan Show

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Doctor Who: The Fan Show
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Based on Doctor Who
StarringChristel Dee (host)
Luke Spillane (co-host)
Theme music composerBlair Mowat
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes166 [1] [2]
Production
ProducerChris Allen
Running time15–20 minutes
Original release
Network YouTube
Release15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 
3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)
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Doctor Who: The Fan Show (also known as The Aftershow) is a documentary series created by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who . Each episode is broadcast on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel on Saturdays, immediately after the broadcast of the weekly television episode on BBC One. The first series episodes ran between 15 and 20 minutes each.

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Development and production

Doctor Who: The Fan Show is a follow-up series to Doctor Who Extra , which was the latest after show series for Doctor Who, until the show was axed. The Fan Show series was announced in May 2015, [3] [4] [5] and is presented by Doctor Who fans who have their own YouTube channel of the same name, in which they post weekly videos based on Doctor Who. [6]

Release

Doctor Who: The Fan Show is released on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel straight after the week's episode is broadcast on the main channel, BBC One. [7]

Episodes

The most recent season began released on 15 April 2017. [3] Each episode of The Fan Show features guests such as actors from episodes that have just aired, writers, directors and editors of the show and also behind the scenes clips are shown.

Doctor Who: Series 10 (2017)

No.Doctor Who episodeGuest(s)Original air date
1"The Pilot" Pearl Mackie, Steven Moffat 15 April 2017 (2017-04-15)
2"Smile" Peter Capaldi, Brian Minchin22 April 2017 (2017-04-22)
3"Thin Ice" Sarah Dollard, Hayley Nebauer29 April 2017 (2017-04-29)
4"Knock Knock" David Suchet, Mike Bartlett 6 May 2017 (2017-05-06)
5"Oxygen" Jamie Mathieson, Mimi Ndiweni, Kieran Bew 13 May 2017 (2017-05-13)
6"Extremis" Michelle Gomez, Nick Lambon20 May 2017 (2017-05-20)
7"The Pyramid at the End of the World"Rachel Denning, Jamie Hill27 May 2017 (2017-05-27)
8"The Lie of the Land"Gary Pollard3 June 2017 (2017-06-03)
9"Empress of Mars" Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss 10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)
10"The Eaters of Light" Rebecca Benson 17 June 2017 (2017-06-17)
11"World Enough and Time"Brian Minchin24 June 2017 (2017-06-24)
12"The Doctor Falls"Steven Moffat, Rachel Talalay, Alexandra Tynan 1 July 2017 (2017-07-01)
13"Series 10 Wrap Up"Cameron K McEwan8 July 2017 (2017-07-08)

Other episodes

No.TitleGuest(s)Original air date
14"Thirteenth Doctor Reaction"N/A16 July 2017 (2017-07-16)
15"Twice Upon a Time"Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, David Bradley 25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)
16"Steven Moffat Interview (Part 1)"Steven Moffat5 January 2018 (2018-01-05)
17"Steven Moffat Interview (Part 2)"Steven Moffat17 January 2018 (2018-01-17)
18"Steven Moffat Interview (Part 3)"Steven Moffat3 August 2018 (2018-08-03)

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