Doctor Who Magazine to offer Gothic horror special

Doctor Who Magazine celebrates the Blu-ray release of Season 13 with a special issue about the show’s classic Gothic horror episodes to be released in August 2025. Every copy includes a new and exclusive compilation CD from BBC Audiobooks. Highlights of the all-new content include: • Behind the scenes on the shoot that brought the … >

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Doctor Who Magazine to explore Season 13

Doctor Who Magazine 620 will feature an in-depth exploration of The Collection – Season 13, a Fourth Doctor Blu-ray box set. Details include a documentary on Ian Marter who played companion Harry Sullivan, producer Phillip Hinchcliffe visiting the locations from the series, and the creation of new monster effects including Zygons, Sutekh, Kralls and Krynoids. … >

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Mark Gatiss: “nostalgia is a great enemy” of Doctor Who

Mark Gatiss has written nine episodes of Doctor Who and has acted in three credited episodes. Interviewer James Hibbs of The Radio Times Writers’ Room asked him about his approach to writing for the programme. “The actual process of trying to make it a modern show for a new audience is not about nostalgia and … >

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Doctor Who Magazine 618 interviews Varada Sethu

In Doctor Who Magazine 618, Varada Sethu speaks about her time playing Belinda Chandra. Also in DWM 618: • Russell T Davies on pathways to potential futures… • A look at the jaw-dropping revelations in this year’s season finale • Russell T Davies looks back at how the Fifteenth Doctor’s two seasons developed • Access … >

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Jean Marsh, ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ co-creator and three-time ‘Doctor Who’ actress, dies at 90

British-born award-winning actress and writer Jean Marsh OBE, died Sunday 13 May at her home in London. She was 90. Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh Jean was born on 1 July 1934 in Stoke Newington, London, England. Marsh co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975) the notable British drama series about class in … >

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Doctor Who audio spin-off ‘Planet Krynoid’ is unleashed

The voracious plant life has its sights set on domination in Planet Krynoid: Nightfall from Big Finish Productions.  Updated 09/04/25: Horticulturists beware! Today makes the release of the latest Doctor Who audio spin-off Planet Krynoid. The drama unleashes the voracious plant life of the 1976’s ‘The Seeds of Doom’ on a futuristic human colony… NEW … >

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Doctor Who sounds from Radiophonic Workshop archive now available

In collaboration with BBC Studios, Spitfire Audio will offer BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s historical collection of music and sound from Doctor Who. Spitfire offers a sampling of sounds from the Doctor Who theme to the sound the TARDIS makes when it materializes to the voice of the Daleks. The archive is now publicly available for the … >

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