Spotlight 'Doctor Who' lands in a good place for Ncuti Gatwa's second season BRUCE R. MILLER Apr 3, 2025 Apr 3, 2025 Updated Dec 23, 2025 0 1 of 3 Ncuti Gatwa returns as the Doctor in the long-running series, "Doctor Who." Disney+ Doctor Who (Ncuti Gatwa) is joined by his new companion Belinda (Varada Sethu) in the latest season of "Doctor Who." Disney+ Varada Sethu plays Belinda, the first nurse on "Doctor Who." Disney+ Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE R. MILLER That first year as the 15th doctor on “Doctor Who” was, in a word, incredible.kAm“xE H2D 2? 23D@=FE6 C@==6C 4@2DE6C E92E H2D 8@:?8 f[___ >:=6D A6C 9@FC 2?5 H96? 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Video: Meet the doctor - Doctor Who, that is Bruce Miller, Sioux City Journal entertainment reporter talks with Doctor Who Series 15 stars Ncuti Gatwa and Varada Sethu.
'The Chosen' and more programs for the small screen | Streamed & Screened podcast There are plenty of shows on now and coming soon, including "The Chosen," "The Pitt," "The White Lotus," "The Last of Us" and "The Handmaid's Tale."
The law of change: 'Matlock's' set may look awfully familiar If that staircase in “Matlock” looks familiar, you were probably a viewer of “Good Sam,” a medical series that used the same set.
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Laughter as medicine: 'St. Denis Medical' enters the field Broadcast television may be littered with mockumentaries but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for one more.
Medical dramas shift after pandemic says 'Pitt' star Noah Wyle Noah Wyle hadn’t planned on going back to a medical series, but after the pandemic he felt compelled to revisit the landscape.
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