The Fourth and Eleventh Doctors are immortalised in ursine form to support the BBC’s annual charity event. Like Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant before them, Tom Baker and Matt Smith are becoming Pudsey Bears. Pudsey is the mascot for the BBC’s annual telethon, which raises funds to help children and young people. Their mission is … >
The penultimate season for Tom Baker’s fourth Doctor, with a full season of Lalla Ward as Romana, is the next Doctor Who release to come to Blu-ray with Season 17. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17 will be released on December 13, 2021. View the specially-shot announcement trailer written by new series contributor Pete … >
New images were released for Maze Theory’s new Doctor Who console and PC game, The Edge of Reality, to be released on 14 October. Compatible with current and next-gen consoles as well as PC, The Edge of Reality reimagines and expands on previous VR-only game The Edge of Time, with a completely new adventure. The … >
Much-loved film The Railway Children is getting a sequel, and Jenny Agutter is back as Bobby after fifty years! Studiocanal is making a sequel to The Railway Children and Jenny Agutter is back as Bobby (who was one of the original children of the title). The new film is expected in cinemas on April 1 2022 (dates may change) … >
The Royal Mail commemorates from classic British cult science fiction in a new set of stamps Coming on April 15 are a set of six new stamps from Royal Mail on the them of Classic British science fiction. It’s the usual suspects (and why not?!): Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein HG Wells The Time Machine Aldous Huxley Brave New World … >
A new book 42 — The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams will offer a unique insight into his life and work You can help fund a book drawn from the papers of Douglas Adams, lodged with his alma mater St Johns College, Cambridge, and celebrating his genius. After his death in 2001, Douglas Adams’s papers … >
New artwork, and further cast and story details are revealed today for the first volume of Big Finish’s Doctor Who – The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Ravagers starring Christopher Eccleston. Due for release in May 2021, Ravagers features three tales written by Nicholas Briggs, and sees the Doctor on a voyage of discovery once more with new friends and adventures. Alongside the … >
We recently discussed how the popularity of the Bridgerton novels has soared since the series hit Netflix, and now the streamer has done some analysis of just how well book sales benefit from television adaptation led by Bridgerton, half of the Top 10 titles on The New York Times Best Sellers list this month are books … >
ITV has released details (and a trailer) for Unforgotten series 4 We’ve been fans of Unforgotten ever since series 1, and welcomed news of its return for Unforgotten series 4. With the inevitable delays due to the pandemic, the show makes its welcome return on Monday February 22. If you cast your mind back to the end of … >
Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton novels are dominating our fiction reading during lockdown, at least on Amazon Unsurprisingly, major success in one medium (in this case TV) can result in major sales of associated products. The Queen’s Gambit sparked a rise in sales of chess sets worldwide (and popularity of chess as a whole) and the same effect … >