Doctor Who’s The Satan Pit Extended Cut Restores Lost Tennant Scenes

Evening News · Friday 13 November 2026

Doctor Who fans heading to the cinema on Doctor Who Day now know what the extra minutes in The Satan Pit Extended Cut hold. Also tonight: a new report on Robert Pattinson’s Bond deal, Chris Carter on finishing Mulder and Scully’s story, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Predator, Commando 2 and King Conan, and, fittingly for the date, a new Friday the 13th film from the man who gave Jason his hockey mask.

The News That Matters

Update: Doctor Who’s The Satan Pit Extended Cut restores lost Tennant and Ida scenes

• What’s new: The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, reported by Radio Times today, sets out what the extra footage adds. There is more of the Sanctuary Base crew going about their routine before the Beast wakes, and more of David Tennant’s Doctor and Claire Rushbrook’s Ida Scott as they descend to the centre of Krop Tor
• The final showdown: Editor Charlie Lowe has reworked the Doctor’s confrontation with the Beast. Several shots were mirrored for the 2006 broadcast because they did not cut together, and he has “unflipped” some of them using alternate takes, so a few subtle alternate shots appear in the final scene
• What it is: The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, first shown on BBC One in June 2006, edited into one feature-length film
• UK availability: In UK cinemas on Monday 23 November, Doctor Who Day, with encore screenings on Saturday 28 November

The magazine says the restored scenes let the Doctor and Ida “get to know each other”, turning them into a very likeable pairing. When we reported that encore screenings had been added, the extended footage was only a promise; now it sounds like a real reason to see it again on the big screen. Tennant and Rushbrook have since reunited as husband and wife in Disney+’s Rivals.

Update: Robert Pattinson’s Bond test deal reportedly covers three films, not four

• What’s new: Matthew Belloni of Puck reported today that the actors who screen-tested for the new 007 did not all sign the same terms. According to three sources, Josh O’Connor and Jack Lowden had to commit to four Bond films if chosen, while Robert Pattinson got his commitment down to three, with “a whole lot more money”
• Why it matters: Belloni reads the terms as a sign that Amazon MGM Studios is willing to give ground to get an established star, and believes Pattinson is likely to be chosen. He says an announcement could come before Christmas
• Where casting stands: No new 007 has been announced, and Amazon MGM Studios has not commented. Pattinson, Nicholas Hoult, Callum Turner, Jack Lowden and Josh O’Connor are the five actors reported to have tested. Denis Villeneuve directs, from a script by Steven Knight, for producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman
• UK availability: UK release date not yet confirmed

This is one columnist’s reading of contract terms, not a casting decision, but it is the most detailed look yet inside the race. Pattinson already knows Villeneuve well from Dune: Part Three. Catch up with the Pattinson and Hoult screen-test reports and Josh O’Connor’s reported exit.

Update: Chris Carter says he knows how Mulder and Scully’s story continues

• What’s new: In an interview with Page Six Hollywood published today, the X-Files creator said he would love the chance to finish the story he set up at the end of season 11, when Scully revealed she was pregnant. Asked whether he knows how it ends, he said: “I know how it continues”
• David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson: Carter said he would like both stars back, as a series or a film, but that it will have to wait until Ryan Coogler’s new show “finds its audience”. He spent four episodes across the last two revivals setting the story up
• On Coogler’s version: “I have faith in Ryan Coogler,” he said, adding that Coogler called him as a courtesy and is “picking up where we left off with a different approach”
• UK availability: Coogler’s The X-Files is coming to Disney+ in the UK; no premiere date yet. The original series and films stream on Disney+

Last month Carter said he was deliberately not reading Coogler’s script. Now he has made it clear that his own Mulder and Scully story is still waiting in the wings. With Danielle Deadwyler and Himesh Patel taking over as the new agents, an ending for the originals would be quite something. Our X-Files watch guide has every season and both films.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says Predator, Commando 2 and King Conan depend on the scripts

• What’s new: On Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night, Schwarzenegger said he is keen to return to all three, but is waiting for the scripts to be right. “What’s not on the page is not on the stage,” he said. “I’m just waiting for the scripts to get perfected and then we go and start shooting those things.” None of them has been greenlit, and he gave no shooting dates
• King Conan: The furthest along. Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write and direct, and in May Schwarzenegger told TheArnoldFans he expected to shoot in 2027. He described a Conan his own age who has been king for 40 years and now faces someone trying to overthrow him. It would be his third Conan, after Conan the Barbarian (1982) and Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Predator: In March, at the Arnold Sports Festival, he said Dan Trachtenberg (Prey, Predator: Badlands) wanted him back as Dutch: “We’ve talked about it.” MovieWeb notes this is the first time he has acknowledged involvement in a new Predator film
• Commando 2: He recalled the studio telling him: “We just got a script for you to do Commando 2.” No date has been set
• UK availability: No UK dates for any of the three. Schwarzenegger’s Christmas film The Man with the Bag streams on Prime Video from 2 December

He was on the show to promote The Man with the Bag, and he was honest about the challenge at 79: “To do all this action and the sword fighting and horseback riding and all this stuff is not as easy anymore today than it was 40 years ago.” For now these are hopes, not productions. If you want Dutch on the big screen sooner, Predator returns to UK cinemas in 2027 for its 40th anniversary.

Steve Miner returns to direct a new Friday the 13th, the first film in the series since 2009

• What’s new: Miner, who put the machete in Jason’s hand in Friday the 13th Part II and introduced the hockey mask in Part III, will direct a new film for 2027 from a script by newcomer David Fliegel, Deadline reported. It is the 13th film in the series and the first since the 2009 reboot
• Behind it: Horror, Inc., the Barsamian family’s company that controls the franchise, is financing and producing it independently. CatchLight Studios (Heretic) is the production partner, and Cineverse, the distributor behind the Terrifier sequels, has North American rights, including cinemas. The plan is a practically shot film
• What Miner said: “When I put the hockey mask on Jason for Friday the 13th Part III, I knew it would create a truly scary image… I had no idea that it would live on as one of the most iconic symbols in horror films. I’m thrilled to come back and continue the legacy”
• UK availability: No UK distributor or date announced yet

There could not be a better day to announce it. Miner’s return is a statement that the series is going back to its low-budget, practical roots, after the Peacock and A24 prequel series Crystal Lake put Jason back in the conversation. For the classics that started it all, see our definitive guide to must-watch horror films.

Freya Allan leads System, a horror film shooting in London’s abandoned Tube tunnels

• What’s new: The Witcher star Freya Allan is leading System, the new horror film from Joachim Rønning (Kon-Tiki, Tron: Ares), Variety reported. It is filming now in old, abandoned stations and tunnels beneath London
• Who’s in it: Denzel Baidoo (Last Swim) and Felix Edwards (MobLand) co-star. The plot is under wraps
• Behind it: Rønning wrote the script with his brother Andreas and directs. Roy Lee (Weapons) and Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) produce for Spooky Pictures, with London’s MetFilm and Image Nation Studios
• UK availability: UK date not yet confirmed

Few places are creepier than a disused Underground station, and it is a great setting for a British horror film. Allan, who returns as Ciri in the fifth and final season of The Witcher, is now carrying genre projects of her own.

Paramount+ orders Premier League comedy Day 1s, with Damian Lewis, Matthew Vaughn and Cristiano Ronaldo

• What’s new: Paramount+ has ordered Day 1s straight to series, Deadline reported. The 10-part comedy follows a gifted young footballer who signs for Brentford FC and takes the friends who stood by him from the start, his “Day 1s”, along for the ride
• Who’s behind it: Damian Lewis (Wolf Hall, Band of Brothers) stars. Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman) directed the pilot, and BAFTA winner Dan Mazer (Borat) is the showrunner. It is the first TV project from Vaughn and Cristiano Ronaldo’s UR-Marv Studios, and Thierry Henry is an executive producer
• What Ronaldo said: “Football is about dreams, ambition, loyalty, sacrifice and the people who believe in you from day one. That’s what makes Day 1s special”
• UK availability: Coming to Paramount+, which is available in the UK. Premiere date not yet confirmed

A British football comedy with a real Premier League club, Ronaldo and Henry behind the scenes, and Mazer’s comic touch could be a big one for Paramount+ in the UK.

Mike Myers confirms he is writing a fourth Austin Powers film

• What’s new: Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the New York premiere of Focker-in-Law on Wednesday, Myers said: “I’m writing it right now; I’m having a great time.” He would not give any plot details: “He’s a secret agent, so I can’t really say too much”
• Background: The last film, Austin Powers in Goldmember, came out in 2002. Myers is also back as Shrek in Shrek 5 next summer
• UK availability: UK date not yet confirmed

Twenty-four years after Goldmember, the spy spoof could return just as the real Bond gets a new face. Myers was in New York for Focker-in-Law, the next Meet the Parents film.

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