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On Monday April 20, the BBC will launch a special edition of its education service Bitesize Daily for children who are out of school due the Covid-19 pandemic. The service will feature an array of famous tutors, including Jodie Whittaker, whose Doctor met renowned scientists Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison as well as … >
Following six successful fan watch-longs, Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has organized another communal fan watch-along and live tweet-along of the Doctor Who series 4 two-part story The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End with David Tennant (the Doctor) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble), John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones), writer Russell … >
Peter Capaldi, in a full endorsement of the Heaven Sent watch-along on April 14, wrote a note to be shared the afternoon of the event, which will take place on his birthday. The watch-along organizer, Doctor Who Magazine’s Emily Cook, shared this preliminary message from the twelfth Doctor actor: “I know [director Rachel Talalay] is … >
The fifth watch-along arranged by Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook has brought yet more new Doctor Who content for fans to enjoy. On Saturday, April 11, fans around the world watched the Doctor Who Series 6 episode The Doctor’s Wife while enjoying tweets from writer Neil Gaiman, director Richard Clark and Martin Sheen, who … >
Matt Lucas created a new version of his Thank You Baked Potato song he first debuted on the comedy quiz show Shooting Stars, to help feed NHS workers a hot, healthy meal each day. The song has reached number one on the download charts and all proceeds go to health care heroes who are working … >
On Saturday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m. BST, Doctor Who fans around the world are invited to simultaneously watch The Doctor’s Wife, the Series 6 episode of Doctor Who directed by Richard Clark and written by the famed fantasy and comic book writer Neil Gaiman. This watch-along is part of a series organized by Doctor … >
As part of the campaign ‘United we stand, 2m apart.’, the BBC shared a message from Jodie Whittaker on social media urging people to do their part in hindering the spread of the highly-contagious COVID-19 virus. Whittaker delivered the message in full costume as the Doctor on the popular television series Doctor Who. United we … >
Between 1967 and 1978, the BBC routinely deleted archive programmes. As a result of the cull, 97 of 253 episodes of Doctor Who’s first six years are currently missing, primarily from seasons 3 to 5, leaving 26 serials incomplete. In an interview with Jason Clifford of Time and Space Visualiser, Phillip Morris, who has previously … >
Doctor Who writers and creatives have created content to provide encouragement to fans as they experience the isolation and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent content is a short story by former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. His story, The Terror Of The Umpty Ums, features the thirteenth Doctor communicating with a … >
In coordination with BBC America, Mandip Gill and Sacha Dhawan decided to simultaneously watch the two Doctor Who Series 12 episodes that make up Spyfall while tweeting with the #SpyMaster hashtag. The shared many behind-the-scenes photos and stories in their tweets. Here are some of the highlights: Really thought I’d get to wear my police … >