The wolves are running in high definition this year! For readers of a certain age, the BBC’s six-part dramatization of The Box of Delights firmly imprinted on their childhood. With haunting opening credits and lots of (then) cutting edge effects, the show aired in the run up to Christmas 1984. Adapted from John Masefield’s 1935 novel, … >
Penguin Books introduces a new Doctor Who Icons series with two new books which promise to be a thrilling journey through time celebrating the Doctor’s encounters with legendary figures from the past. The Thirteenth Doctor meets the illustrious artist Frida Kahlo in Frida Kahlo and the Skull Children. Some art can be deadly… Young Frida … >
First seen in the 2023 Doctor Who Christmas special, The Church on Ruby Road, a replica the Fifteenth Doctor’s sonic screwdriver is now available to fans as a deluxe version from the Character Options website. The limited-edition gadget first debuted and was offered for sale at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2024. It is now … >
Doctor Who Magazine 608 went behind the scenes to witness the rehearsals for the BBC Doctor Who Proms, which had two performances at the Royal Albert Hall on 26 August 2024. The issue contains interviews with Proms host Catherine Tate, composers Murray Gold and Segun Akinola, Doctor Who executive producer Julie Gardner and Doctor Who … >
Four new Doctor Who books were recently announced, two novels, one book of adventures and a puzzle book. Doctor Who: In Wonderland In this crossover of Doctor Who and Alice in Wonderland by Paul Magrs, The Doctor and his companions visit the dreaming spires of peaceful Oxford, hoping for a brief respite from their travels. … >
Blake’s 7 – The Collection comes from the team behind the Doctor Who Blu Ray releases. BBC Studios have dropped a trailer confirming the arrival of the classic sci-fi series Blake’s 7 on Blu Ray. The series, which ran for four years between 1978 – 1981 was the brainchild of Dalek creator Terry Nation. With … >
BBC Audiobooks have recorded two new stories featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday for release in November 2024 – on both CD and digital formats. On Ghost Beach, by Niel Bushnell, read by Susan Twist The TARDIS arrives in County Durham, England, in 1958. Seaham Chemical Beach was once a scene of heavy industry, … >
Doctor Who Magazine 607 talks to Anita Dobson in its concluding part of access-all-areas coverage of the 2024 Doctor Who series finale. When we last saw Dobson’s character Mrs. Flood, she was standing on a rooftop with a suitcase in a lavish white fur coat, cheerfully teasing that Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor’s story “ends in … >
A special vinyl record of the complete narrated TV soundtrack of Doctor Who: The Crusade, with linking narration by William Russell, is due for release in October from Demon Records, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with … >
A new special edition of Doctor Who Magazine comes out August 1 2024, covering missing Doctor Who with exclusive features and rare photos. This issue reveals the results of the ‘League of Legends’ poll on X, which asked readers to name the ‘lost’ episodes they’d most like to watch. But that’s just the beginning of … >