“The Crimean skirmish seems the perfect place to start. So much conflict. So much opportunity. And also… I wanted to ride a horse.” – Commander Ritskaw The memorable image of Sontaran Commander Ritskaw on horseback in the Doctor Who: Flux episode War of the Sontarans was the idea of director Jamie Magnus Stone, according to … >
Filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes, The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was … >
St. Christopher, the former Doctor Who star’s debut record is set out on 19th November. The multi-talented actor Peter Capaldi, who is also an Oscar winning director, has created an album during lockdown. A Glasgow School of Art graduate, he was once in a band named ‘Dreamboys’ with actor and presenter Craig Ferguson. However, as … >
The first chapter of Doctor Who: Flux, titled The Halloween Apocalypse is touted as a “universe-spanning adventure in space and time.” A synopsis was released: On Halloween, all across the universe, terrifying forces are stirring. From the Arctic Circle to deep space, an ancient evil is breaking free. And in present day Liverpool, the life … >
In an exclusive interview with Doctor Who Magazine, showrunner Chris Chibnall discussed the writing and directing credits for Doctor Who: Flux. Each of the six episodes of Flux are written by Chibnall, except episode four, which he co-wrote with The Haunting of Villa Diodati writer Maxine Alderton. “She’s brilliant,” Chris Chibnall said of Alderton to … >
According to SFX magazine, though the exact date is embargoed, the premiere of Series 13 of Doctor Who is “imminent”. Along with three exclusive new photos from the upcoming series, the magazine published this message: “YES, IT’S THIRTEEN’S LAST FULL SERIES AND YES, IT’S ONLY SIX episodes, but it’s landing imminently (yes, there’s an embargo) … >
Galaxy 4, the mostly-missing serial starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, will be released as a fully-animated recreation in November. Only the third episode of the four-part adventure released in 1965, Air Lock, and clips from the first episode, Four Hundred Dawns, are known to exist. An animated recreation by Big Finish Creative is … >
BBC History celebrates 85 years of entertainment television by releasing some of its archive As part of its 100 Voices That Made The BBC archive project, BBC History has today launched its Entertaining the Nation Collection, offering a rare insight into broadcast entertainment across the years through newly released interviews from the BBC Oral History Collection, plus … >
Since the Doctor Who Series 13 trailer was released on 25 July, fans have noticed a subtle, mysterious note at the very end. Written in small, slightly lighter text at the bottom is “/mystery”. It didn’t take long to fans to discover that this is a tag on the official doctor who website: doctorwho.tv/mystery. On … >
The audio producer ties with itself for the Audio Drama prize in the 2021 awards. The Scribe awards celebrate excellence in tie-in novel and audio dramas based on television shows, movies and games. This year, the judges were unable to choose between Matt Fitton’s Doctor Who: Out of Time 1 and Tim Foley’s Torchwood: Tropical … >