Doctor Who actor Stewart Beven dies at age 73

Stewart Bevan, who played Professor Clifford Jones in the Doctor Who Season 10 television story The Green Death, has died at the age of 73. Bevan’s character, Professor Clifford Jones, was the love interest of companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and the two character’s engagement was the impetus for Jo to end her adventures with … >

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Doctor Who producer Matt Strevens talks 2022 specials

Several attendees at the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles 19 and 20 February tweeted information from panels in which Doctor Who executive producer Matt Strevens and other panellists were interviewed and answered questions from the audience. Strevens answered questions about the two upcoming 2022 Doctor Who specials, Legend of the Sea Devils and the … >

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Doctor Who 2022 specials “locked”

In an interview in Doctor Who Magazine 574, executive producer Matt Strevens revealed that the two remaining 2022 Doctor Who specials, Legend of the Sea Devils and the Doctor Who BBC centenary special are in picture lock. Picture lock is the stage in editing a television production when the director is happy with the visuals … >

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Doctor Who Centenary Special director talks unique regeneration

In an interview with Radio Times, Doctor Who BBC Centenary Special director Jamie Magnus Stone spoke of filming Jodie Whittaker’s thirteenth Doctor’s regeneration scene for the final of the three 2022 Doctor Who specials. “I’m very fortunate in that I’m directing the last one of them. So I’m actually doing her regeneration.” “Basically her last … >

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Russell T Davies Doctor Who “currently in production”

According to the online CV of Block Producer Vicki Delow, Doctor Who is “currently in production” at Wolf Studios in Wales. 👀 pic.twitter.com/0L1XCKPcUr — Ruther (@Ruther2) January 19, 2022 Not only for the 60th anniversary special but Series 14 is also “currently in development, according to the CV of Phil Collinson, who produced many Doctor … >

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New Doctor Who Target novelizations coming in 2022

The Target Collection will release three new novelizations of episodes from Series 4, 9 and 10 of Doctor Who later this year. The books are novelizations by the original screenwriters of three Doctor Who episodes. All the television episodes featured actor Peter Capaldi as either Caecilius or the Doctor. The Fires of Pompeii by James … >

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Doctor Who rumour: funding pulled for further lost episode animations

According to the Square Eyes column in the Mirror written by Nicola Methven and Mark Jefferies, the BBC has abandoned plans to animate more missing episodes of Doctor Who. According to the article, BBC America has pulled funding for further animations created from preserved audio recordings of missing episodes. Several Doctor Who adventures from the … >

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Doctor Who BBC Centenary Special: visual effects “spectacular”

Though principal photography on Jodie Whittaker’s final episodes as the Doctor wrapped on 13 October 2021, the Doctor Who post-production teams remain busy. It’s the Job of visual effects editor Emily Lawrence to choose and coordinate digital effects from various special effects companies and from visual effects expert Ben Pickles. “We’re in the thick of … >

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Doctor Who spring special titled Legend of the Sea Devils

A brief trailer for the Doctor Who spring special, reveals a welcome return of the Sea Devils, a monster first introduced in Doctor Who Season 9. First seen with Jon Pertwee’s third Doctor in The Sea Devils, the classic monster will once again emerge from the deep to terrorize Earth’s coast in Legend of the … >

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