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Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook, who has been organizing many Doctor Who watch-alongs during the COVID-19 pandemic isolation period, has organized something special for May 23. Details are scant but Doctors Assemble is a project which will be launched in conjunction with a live-tweeted watch-along of the Doctor Who biopic An Adventure in Space … >
In the second part of an interview with SFX magazine, production designer Dafydd Shurmer revealed new details about set building and location filming on Doctor Who Series 12. Shurmer revealed he designed the interior sets for Orphan 55’s Tranquility Spa to reflect the curved exterior of the Auditorio de Tenerife, an actual filming location in … >
In an interview in SFX magazine, Carole Ann Ford reiterated her interest in appearing as first Doctor companion Susan in Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker. When asked her thoughts on appearing as Susan with the thirteenth Doctor, she giggled and said: “Now there’s a thing. I have toyed with that: ‘Oh, Grandfa – ma!’ I … >
BBC Books will publish two novels to tie into the multi-platform Doctor Who story, Time Lord Victorious, starring the eighth, ninth and tenth Doctors. The Knight, the Fool and The Dead and All Flesh is Grass are scheduled for release in October and December, respectively and are now available for pre-order. The two novels are … >
What Doctor Who fan hasn’t wanted to host a video conference from the TARDIS? With so many people unable to leave their homes other than to shop for essential supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic, more rely on video conferencing services to keep in touch with people they are unable to see in person. The BBC … >
Speaking as part of the Legend of the Traveling TARDIS panel on YouTube, former Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel spoke against giving too many details about the origins of the main character in Doctor Who. The script editor of the three seventh Doctor series insists that the design of his “Cartmel Masterplan” was to … >
In his Production Notes column in Doctor Who Magazine 551, showrunner Chris Chibnall gave an update on Series 13 progress and plans. “…our writing and planning for the next series continues apace: stories are forming, writers are writing, conversations keep going, plans continue to be hatched.” Chibnall’s assertions echo statements made by Charlotte Moore to … >
“For a long time now, I thought I was just a survivor, but I’m not. I’m the winner. That’s who I am. The Time Lord Victorious.” This arrogant tenth Doctor statement from The Waters of Mars is the basis for the title of a brand-new multi-platform Doctor Who story Time Lord Victorious. Told across audio, … >
Actor Peter Capaldi showed his support for The National Brain Appeal’s Emergency Care Fund by recording himself reading a chapter from author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce’s book The Runaway Robot. Capaldi starred in two Doctor Who stories written by Cottrell Boyce, In the Forest of the Night and Smile. Set up in response to … >
Paul Cornell, writer of the Series 3 Doctor Who episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood featuring tenth Doctor David Tennant, has created two short stories; Shadow of a Doubt and The Shadow in the Mirror as an epilogue to the two-parter. The stories were released as part of a worldwide watch-along/tweet-along of Human … >