The War Between the Land and the Sea - what do we know about the new Doctor Who show?

Back then, the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) destroyed the Sea Devils' base – and again in 1984 when they teamed up with the Silurians. But according to Who lore, there are still many other bases in which thousands of them lie in hibernation – or at least until the start of the series. This will be their first appearance on New Who.

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Time Out

3 days ago

• Time Out

Isle of Wight Festival 2025: ultimate guide to line-up, stage times, tickets and dates

Two years after the Isle of Wight Festival first launched in 1968, it had become bigger than Woodstock. The 1970 edition attracted somewhere between 600,000 and 700,000 punters, with sets from Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Joni Mitchell and the Doors. After that, the fest went on hiatus but was revived in 2002 and has continued to provide a stage for major names in music (and upcoming stars) ever since. Now, the 2025 edition is officially underway. Got plans to be on the island for the fest? Or tempted to turn up last minute? Here's everything you need to know about the Isle of Wight Festival 2025. When is Isle of Wight Festival 2025? It's happening from Thursday, June 19 to Sunday, June 22. Where is Isle of Wight Festival 2025 and how do I get there? Surprise – it's on the Isle of Wight. Okay, more specifically, the festival takes place at Seaclose Park in the island's town of Newport. All you need to do to get there is to catch a ferry from one of the four mainland ferry ports at Southampton, Portsmouth, Lymington or Southsea. The festival is also offering travel with Big Green Coach with pickup from Birmingham, Bournemouth, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, London Croydon, London Victoria, London Richmond Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading and Sheffield. You can book that here. Who are the headliners for Isle of Wight 2025? At the top of the bill for the festival are Sting on Friday, Stereophonics on Saturday and Justin Timberlake on Sunday. They'll be joined by the likes of Faithless, The Script, Jess Glynne, Busted, Olly Murs and Clean Bandit. What's the full Isle of Wight lineup and set times? Here are all the sets and timings for the festival's main stages. Thursday June 19 Big Top 6.10pm-6.55pm: The Smyths 7.20pm-8.20pm: Rhythm of the 90's 8.45pm-9.30pm: The Pigeon Detectives 10pm-11pm: Example Friday June 20 Main Stage 4.10pm - 4.55pm: Lottery Winners 5.25pm-6.10pm: Amy Macdonald 6.40pm-7.50pm: The Corrs 8.30pm-10pm: Sting 10.40pm-11.55pm: Faithless Big Top 4pm-4.40pm: Crystal Tides 5.10pm-5.50pm: Twin Atlantic 6.20pm-7.05pm: Amble 7.45pm-8.30pm: The Lathums 10pm-11pm: Dean Lewis 11.45pm-12.55pm: Clean Bandit River Stage 4.15pm-4.45pm: Toby Lee 5.15pm-5.45pm: Sophie Grey 6.15pm-7.05pm: Fitzpatrick 7.35pm-8.05pm: Daydreamers 8.35pm-9.05: NOFUN! 9.35pm - 10.35pm: Tom Meighan Saturday June 21 Main Stage 2.35pm-3.15pm: The Clause 3.45pm-4.25pm: Matilda Mann 5pm-5.45pm: Arthur Hill 6.20pm-7.10pm: Pale Waves 7.50pm-8.40pm: English Teacher 9.25pm-10.25pm: Yard Act 11.40pm-1am: Supergrass River Stage 1.20pm-1.50pm: The Rizz 2.20pm-2.50pm: Raquelle Gracie 3.20pm-3.50pm: The Deckchairs 4.20pm-4.50pm: Pronghorn 5.20pm-5.50pm: Queenbees 6.20pm-6.50pm: Neckbreakers 7.20pm-8pm: The Blue Water Giants 8.30pm-9.10pm: The Molotovs 9.40pm-10.40pm: Tom Meighan Sunday June 22 Main Stage 12.05pm-12.45pm: Bjorn Again 1.25pm-2.10pm: Ella Eyre 2.50pm-3.40pm: Alison Moyet 4.20pm-5.10pm: Olly Murs 5.50pm-6.50pm: Texas 7.30pm-8.30pm: Jess Glynne 9.15pm-10.50pm: Justin Timberlake Big Top 12.45pm-1.25pm: The Lilacs 2.10pm-2.50pm: Remember Monday 3.40pm-4.40pm: Midge Ure 5.10pm-5.55pm: Nieve Ella 6.40pm-7.25pm: Alessi Rose 8.15pm-9.15pm: Lightning Seeds 10.10pm-11.55pm: James River Stage 1pm-1.30pm: Esquire 2pm-2.45pm: Fantasy 3.15pm-3.45pm: Bull Harding 4.15pm-4.45pm: A Basic Fault 5.15pm-5.45pm: Olivia Lunny 6.15pm-6.45pm: The Kut 7.15pm-7.55pm: Tom A. Smith 8.25pm-9.05pm: Foo Fighterz Can I still buy tickets? Yes, tickets to the Isle of Wight Festival 2025 are still available. Full weekend tickets are up for grabs for £289.95 and you can get your hands on single day passes for £125. See all your options here. Full list of banned items Glass Candles Gas canisters larger than 300g Smoke canisters Knives Illegal substances Legal Highs Nitrous Oxide Laser pens Megaphones Fireworks Flares Poles, banners and flags Animals (other than registered guide or hearing dogs) Any items which may be used as a weapon Weather forecast You'll be delighted to know that the sun will be shining down on Seaclose Park pretty much all weekend! Temperatures will reach 27C on Friday, 29C on Saturday, and then drop a little down to 22C on Sunday. There's a chance of rain late on Sunday evening. Isle of Wight Festival 2025 lineup poster Here's the official lineup poster for this year's edition.

The Guardian

4 days ago

• The Guardian

Ringo Starr labels Roger Daltrey ‘that little man' after son's sacking from The Who

Ringo Starr has reportedly criticised the way 'that little man' Roger Daltrey runs the Who after Starr's son was sacked from the band. Zak Starkey, 59, who was sacked as the Who's drummer over a disagreement about his performance, said he was proud that his father had come to his defence. The drummer has maintained that during the band's now infamous 'break up' concert in London in March, it was actually the Who's 81-year-old frontman, Daltrey, who got his timings wrong. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Starkey added fuel to the rift, saying that after he was sacked for the second time in the space of a few weeks, Starr told him: 'I've never liked the way that little man [Daltrey] runs his band.' Starkey, who had been with the Who since 1996, said Daltrey became 'lost' during the concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Footage from the gig showed Daltrey turning in frustration towards his drummer during a rendition of The Song is Over and saying: 'To sing that song I need to hear the keys and I can't. All I've got is drums going boom boom boom.' Starkey was fired two weeks later but he was reinstated after only three days, apologising on social media to Daltrey for having 'dropped a few beats' – a mea culpa that was encouraged by the Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, who said Daltrey 'did nothing wrong but fiddle with his in-ear monikors'. Townshend added that Starkey 'made a few mistakes' and had apologised for them. But the drummer said he was informed 10 days later that the reinstatement was 'never going to work', and was encouraged to put out a statement to say he was moving on of his own accord. Starkey, the godson of the Who's original drummer, the late Keith Moon, told Rolling Stone he was 'very proud' of his father for 'standing up for me', adding that despite his apology, he could still see no mistakes on his part in the concert footage. He said he had been blamed for missing his cue, when in fact Daltrey had come in 'four bars early' after being unable to hear the piano. 'He blamed it on the drums being too loud and then it got made into this huge social media thing,' Starkey said. Starkey is due to be replaced before the Who's farewell tour of the United States this summer. When asked whether he was sacked for financial reasons, he said: 'Roger is quite renowned … I once asked [former Who bassist] John Entwistle if Roger still had the money from the last Who tour. He goes, 'He's still got the money from the first one.''

Metro

5 days ago

• Metro

It's 20 years since Doctor Who's best finale – but not for reasons you think

The modern reboot of Doctor Who wrapped up its first season a whole 20 years ago today, airing Christopher Eccleston's final episode and David Tennant's first to nearly 7 million viewers. The Parting of the Ways was a bold way to cap off the first Who in decades, in part unintentionally so, since Eccleston had to be regenerated at pace amid a fallout with the senior team. But seen in the rearview mirror, it's the best finale of modern Who to date. Not because it gave us David Tennant – arguably, the quintessential Doctor – but because, even with a convenient resolution, it was a rip-roaring finale that found the Doctor's magic. Here's your quick refresher of the episode, since it did air 20 years ago now. Ecclestone's final episode as the Ninth Time Lord is an epic encounter with the Daleks, as they had never been seen before. A floating legion of chilling toilet plungers are rendered in a way that actually captures their menace on screen, with the Emperor Dalek sitting at the top of their troupe. The Daleks are plotting. They've cracked up a sinister scheme to 'harvest humanity' (never a good combination of words) to repopulate their numbers. Half a million Daleks lie in wait in space, like the Greeks hiding their fleet out of Trojan view. Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro's TV Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your show in the link we'll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you. Meanwhile, Rose Tyler is sent packing back to earth, but enlists her mum and Mickey to get back in on the action. This leads to a never-not-brilliant café scene, well worth a rewatch itself ('The Doctor showed me a better way of living your life,' says Rose. Sob). To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Yet maybe Rose should have stayed put after all, since she returns to the satellite, where the proverbial is hitting the fan thanks to the Daleks. Having absorbed all the time-vortex energy from the Tardis, Rose becomes the omnipotent Bad Wolf. The Daleks are laid waste to. Captain Jack is brought back from the dead. But it's all too much for her mortal being. How would renowned softie showrunner Russell T Davies have the Doctor save Rose's life, while also capitalising on some season-long sexual tension, but to have them kiss? Better yet, make it a Romeo and Juliet fatal kiss that triggers his regeneration. Yes, it was a deus ex machina ending – but this was back when we weren't so worn down by them. This was when Davies was still overspilling with ideas for his reimagining of the British sci-fi classic. It's a powerful, life-saving sacrifice in what is an exhilarating finale episode where Rose gets to save the day. The Parting of the Ways was the most-watched programme the night it aired on BBC One in June 2005. There were 6.2 million homes tuning in for Eccleston's exit, the Guardian reported at the time. When the final consolidated ratings came in, accounting for those watching on catch-up or recordings, the figures rose to 6.91 million. This was the first time the Time Lord's cheating death trick was broadcast to a whole new generation of viewers. He spread out his arms and burst into a blaze of golden energy, all the while smiling. Eccleston burned away and Tennant reappeared, with a winning grin. It was a huge surprise to lose such a brilliant Doctor so quickly, even if it had been leaked before the episode aired. But it really can't be overstated how fantastic Eccleston was. Nobody at the time thought this reboot would work, but his performance – where he could snap from silly to sensitive to riled up on the hinge of a scene – gave the show gravitas. Tennant's stellar run as the Converse-kicking Tenth Doctor might have knocked Eccleston into his shadow, but you have to wonder where Who would have gone if he had stayed on for two or three more years as he originally planned. Instead we have this lightning in a bottle finale to an electrifying season, with hallmarks you can see the show try to recapture later down the line. More Trending Perhaps labelling it the best finale could be chalked up to nostalgia. Peter Capaldi's nearly-last episode The Doctor Falls is another strong contender for the crown, with a heartbreaking ending and a face off with another of the Doctor's greatest foes, the Cybermen. But this was where we first saw the tortured complexity of the Doctor, who had onboarded a legion of new fans, mixed with the playful Davies dialogue we weren't yet used to. The parting words from the Ninth Doctor are a fitting farewell for Eccleston and commend his ability to turn a fledgling reboot into a ratings winner. Before he goes, he tells Rose: 'You were fantastic. Absolutely fantastic. And do you know what? So was I.' Too right. View More » Doctor Who's The Parting of the Ways is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. 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