The Singing Doctor – Peter Capaldi to release an album this month (updated)

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 … >

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Doctor Who: Flux, chapter 1 titled ‘The Halloween Apocalypse’

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 … >

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Doctor Who Flux: writers, directors, details announced

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 … >

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Doctor Who Series 13 is “landing imminently”

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) … >

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Missing Doctor Who adventure ‘Galaxy Four’ to be animated

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 … >

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BBC History celebrates Doctor Who

BBC History celebrates Doctor Who, Cathy Come Home and more

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 … >

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Doctor Who mystery sends fans on a quest to #FindTheDoctor

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 … >

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Big Finish: Doctor Who and Torchwood Scribe award winners

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 … >

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Doctor Who Stranded 2

Doctor Who: Stranded 2 audio drama review

Doctor Who: Stranded 2 continues on immediately from the previous boxset, but provides a substantial change in tone In our review of Stranded 1, we admired the bold experiment of forcing the Doctor (Paul McGann), Liv Chenka (Nicola Walker) and Helen Sinclair (Hattie Morahan) to spend time in 2020 London. We were treated to a set … >

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