Patrick Mulkern
Radio Times
United Kingdom
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Past articles by Patrick:
Doctor Who series 11 episode 3 review: "Rosa feels like a throwback to the earliest days of Doctor Who"
"It is important to give such events currency... we should always learn from the past but a drama shouldn’t seem like a lesson at Sunday School" → Read More
How has Doctor Who’s Tardis changed over the last 55 years?
The inside has got bigger and bolder since William Hartnell's days travelling space and time... → Read More
Doctor Who: The Ghost Monument review: “a clearly told adventure, realised with pace and panache”
Jodie Whittaker's Doctor continues to impress but Bradley Walsh's Graham is the beating heart of the show in a story that harks back to a classic Who adventure, says Patrick Mulkern → Read More
Doctor Who series 11: The Woman Who Fell to Earth review – ‘Jodie Whittaker is exactly the regeneration this show needed’
Chris Chibnall's first episode is not perfect by any stretch, but his casting of Whittaker should make any Who fan optimistic for the future → Read More
Doctor Who’s first director Waris Hussein is being honoured with a BFI retrospective
Don't miss the chance to catch some rare TV drama classics and cult movies on the big screen → Read More
Patrick Gale reveals the secrets of Man in an Orange Shirt
The writer of the BBC drama talks about “gay shame”, acting legend Vanessa Redgrave and his story’s “missing” middle episode → Read More
Doctor Who World Enough and Time review: “macabre and riveting, it coldly metes out a fate worse than death”
Pearl Mackie’s Bill faces a lingering horror, Michelle Gomez is a riot as “Doctor Who” and John Simm’s Master dons a silly disguise → Read More
Is his name really Doctor Who? The history of the Time Lord's moniker
Radio Times's Patrick Mulkern looks into the 55-year muddle and asks Moffat about putting the cat among the pigeons once more → Read More
Doctor Who The Eaters of Light review: “Rona Munro creates her own legends with a beautifully written script”
Roman centurions, ancient Picts, talking crows, standing stones and light-eating fiends… what’s not to like? → Read More
Doctor Who The Lie of the Land review: “showing Bill fire a gun at the Doctor is horribly misjudged”
With a scary, world-weary Doctor and a fake regeneration, the Monks trilogy hobbles to an end. Thank heaven for Missy → Read More
Doctor Who exclusive: Steven Moffat reveals the secrets of Extremis
Brave the Veritas! The showrunner talks us through episode six, discussing Missy’s return, the Doctor's blindness, River’s diary, the Pope and the US president… SPOILERS! → Read More
Doctor Who Knock Knock review: “I relish this Old Dark House spine-tingler but would prefer an unhappy ending”
A sinister turn from David Suchet, some Beethoven from Murray Gold and a word from exec producer Brian Minchin → Read More
Doctor Who Thin Ice review: "a splendid production and a story with hidden depths"
"Pearl Mackie has a deeply empathic presence and Peter Capaldi is the best he’s ever been at the wit, fury and remoteness of the Time Lord..." → Read More
Doctor Who Smile review: “A grief tsunami! It’s a tough one to sell and I’m not buying it”
Frank Cottrell-Boyce’s vision of a future world is gleaming and optimistic but, just like emojis, it’s devoid of real emotional investment, says Patrick Mulkern → Read More
Doctor Who spoiler-free review: "The Pilot explores afresh the key concepts and joys of this 54-year-old show"
"You could – if you’ve just materialised from a parallel, Who-free universe – take this as your jumping-on point... Capaldi is even more magnetic than usual and Pearl Mackie is instantly winning as Bill" → Read More
Our guide to Inspector Montalbano country
In reality, Marinella is the quiet fishing village Punta Secca, while much of the action in Vigata is shot in a photogenic little town called Scicli and further inland in Ragusa, a stunning, Unesco-listed baroque town spread across two hilltops. → Read More
Steven Moffat reveals (almost) all about the Doctor Who Christmas special
What are the origins of superhero The Ghost? Have we seen the monsters before? Why is Nardole travelling with the Doctor? And just how Christmassy is this episode? → Read More
Steven Moffat reveals (almost) all about the Doctor Who Christmas special
The showrunner discusses the origins of the superhero known as the Ghost, the episode's villains and how Nardole came to be travelling with the Doctor in The Return of Doctor Mysterio... → Read More
Did you spot this Doctor Who legend's cameo in Class?
June Hudson, the revered costume designer from the classic series, makes a cameo in the new BBC3 spin-off → Read More
Behind the scenes on Patrick Troughton's first Doctor Who episode, shot fifty years ago today
Radio Times went on set in 1966 to photograph The Power of the Daleks → Read More