The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: TP McKenna, Sylvester McCoy & clowns

Children of the Circus – new musical Doctor Who sequel

A new musical play returns to the Psychic Circus and reunites the cast of ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’.  Tickets please! Back in 1989, Doctor Who’s 25th Anniversary season concluded with ‘The Greatest Show in the Galaxy’. The mystical four-parter, from writer Stephen Wyatt, saw the Seventh Doctor and Ace visit the Psychic Circus … >

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Doctor Who The Psychic Circus cover artwork

The Psychic Circus – Doctor Who Monthly Adventures 261 audio review

The Psychic Circus serves as both sequel and prequel to The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, the Season 25 story. With writer Stephen Wyatt returning to his creation, it also reunites original cast members with Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor. With a junk mail robot taunting the Doctor about being scared, the story begins with familiar … >

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The spoon in Doctor Who history

In The Woman Who Fell to Earth, the Doctor constructed a new sonic screwdriver in a Sheffield workshop. Her bespoke sonic screwdriver is made from melted spoons. In fact, she refers to it as a sonic Swiss Army knife, made out of Sheffield steel. Her sonic screwdriver does not include a knife, however because “only … >

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