The best thing about turning onDoctor Whoevery week is that you never know what youre going to get. Maybe itll be a historical romp; maybe itll be a futuristic alien adventure. This show tries on genres the way a regenerated Doctor tries on clothes. Credit: BBC Then, it takes a hard left into alien territory, with flesh-eating moths and creepy, dripping caves. And then it takes another left into alternate universes, meditations on grief, and dead doppelgangers....

There are spiders on the loose in Sheffield, and these ain’t your average arachnids. Her mother Najia (Shobna Gulati) has just started a new job at a brand-new hotel. (Despite Najia’s best efforts, the Doctor only calls her Yaz’s mum.) Credit: BBC After several episodes centering on Ryan and Graham, it’s nice to see Yaz finally (finally!) step into the spotlight. She yearns for something more, and that something has arrived in the form of the Doctor....

takes a sharp detour into delightful frivolity. That’s right, folks: We’ve got ourselves a murder mystery! Involving creepy retro robots! Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC AMERICA Who work for an interplanetary delivery service that’s basically Amazon in space! Also, there’s killer bubble wrap!!! If last week’s “Demons of the Punjab” was a deep family drama, “Kerblam!” is a rollicking adventure with sinister undertones. When employees start going missing, the Doctor believes that Kerblam’s automated system has gone haywire....

The news thatDoctor Whowould be moving its annual holiday specialfrom Christmas to New Years Daywas met with mixed reactions. Thats right, everyones favorite monotone, homicidal pepperpots are back. (Good riddance to the thoroughly boringTzim-Sha.) Credit: Sophie Mutevelian/BBC AMERICA More specifically, one Dalek. (Its basically a bleakerVenom,minus the scenes of Tom Hardy eating raw lobsters.) Whittaker gets to tap into a little of her predecessors rage. International funding disputes afterBrexit, of course....

Jodie Whittaker’s 13th Doctor has met her first historical figure. Robinson imbues Rosa with a quiet strength, and she quickly becomes the center point of the story. “It’s not like Rosa wipes out racism from the world forever,” Ryan tells her. Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC “Otherwise, how come I get stopped way more by the police than my white mates?” Unfortunately, the weakest point of the entire episode is Krasko and his leather jacket....

I’ve done a little bit of grumbling this season aboutDoctor Who’sdearth of monsters. But still, this isDoctor Who! If she dies, she’s innocent, and if she lives, she’s a witch. Credit: BBC Would Britain’s main monarch be wandering the countryside looking for random witch trials to participate in? The Doctor is a woman, after all, and surely Graham must be the one in charge. “These are hard times for women,” she grumbles later....

U.K.-based actress Ingrid Oliver has spent much of her career working for the taxpayer-funded, andverycost conscious, BBC. If you wanted a smoothie, you could have a smoothie which was completely insane. Anne paid for a crepe truck one day, which was amazing. Christian Black/Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures I absolutely loved every minute of it. Im now going to be very difficult and a diva when I go back to BBC productions....

NewDoctor Whostar Jodie Whittaker uttered just one-and-a-half words (Aw, brilliant!) If a plane goes over Im like, Are you kidding? Ive got to try and match that speech of Di-didda-di-didda-di-didda? Alexei Hay for EW But essentially I think the big theme is hope. Shes incredibly lively, shes funny, shes warm, shes inclusive, shes energetic, said Chibnall. Shes the greatest friend youd ever want to have as your guide around the universe....

Its an explosive one [but] its really fun and it ties up a lot of loose ends. There are rumors that the special episode will see the return of the Doctors arch-foes, the dreadedDaleks. What does Gill have to say about that? Well, like you say, theyre just rumors, arent they? Weve managed to get this far keeping everything a secret. Now, how would we letthatslip? I knew a long time ago....

Now,Penguinhas announced that it will publish Bakers first-everDoctor Whonovel, titledScratchman, on Jan. 24. The book is a novelization of a planned, but never made,Doctor Whofilm. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty Images I love the improbability of Doctor Who, Baker said in a statement, according to theRadio Times. Reason plays no part at all. As in religion, the overriding thing is faith....

Warning: The following contains spoilers from the latest episode ofDoctor Who. Read at your own risk! It’s likely, however, that manyDoctor Whofans have never heard of it before. Credit: Ben Blackall/BBC AMERICA New episodes ofDoctor Whoair Sundays at 8 p.m. on BBC America. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you pitch the idea for this episode? I always thought this was the sort of story I’d love to do onDoctor Who. Ben Blackall/BBC AMERICA...

The following article contains major spoilers from Thursdays episode ofRuPauls Drag Race All Stars 3. Read at your own risk! The song she chooses for Ali to lip-sync to? Credit: STEPHEN VAUGHAN/Screen Gems (2); VH1 What are you so excited for? And thats probably howDrag Races RuVenge plot will play out this year. There have already been clues and there will be more clues! Thorgyrecently told EWafter her elimination. Youve never seen [theAll Stars 3] twist fromanyother season....

(Hot tip: leave the lard out of it.) ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Your dance card is already pretty full. original songs for the soundtrack, so it just came out of this progress like that. Dolly Parton.Credit: Vera Anderson/WireImage I had nothing to do with that! I just told them Id be happy to do whatever. I just love her. Did you grow up at all with pageants like the ones in the movie?...