Author name: Piers de Mel

Piers de Mel is a freelance writer and commentator on film, television, politics and society, and the editor of Movieversalfilm. He sets the editorial direction, reviews and approves published material, and is accountable for corrections and standards. His coverage spans cinema, television, streaming, trailers and box office. AI is used to support research, production and quality checks, never as a substitute for human editorial judgement.

Portrait of Piers de Mel, founder and editor of Movieversalfilm
Illustration: silhouettes of a secret agent and a time traveller back to back, with London at sunset and a blue police box in a time vortex
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The Two Pillars of British Entertainment: James Bond and Doctor Who, Our Immortal Heroes Who Even in Death Will Never Die

One arrived in cinemas in October 1962, the other on BBC television in November 1963. Now, with Bond just turned 64 and Doctor Who turning 63 next month, as the world waits to meet the next 007 and the TARDIS waits for its next era, we ask how Britain’s two great screen heroes keep being reborn with new faces, and why they never truly die.

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