The Cultbox Collection — ten shows coming in 2023 to add to your list of viewing resolutions New Year means plenty of posts looking back on 2022 and forward to the year ahead. At the Cultbox Christmas Dinner, we put the names of the dozens of TV programmes we’re looking out for in 2023 onto … >
David Tennant had a very productive lockdown… but is this the last of his Tenth Doctor efforts for now? While the pandemic was catastrophic for the creative arts, it did produce a few unexpected surprises. One such ray of light in dark times was the sudden availability of David Tennant to audio producers Big Finish. … >
Russell T Davies, writer and returning showrunner of Doctor Who, wrote some high words of praise for Ncuti Gatwa, who made the 2022 TIME100 Next list for Time Magazine. Gatwa is expected to take on the role of the Doctor for Series 14 of the programme. “The man is like a thunderbolt, and he keeps … >
A new trailer has dropped for an animation of The Abominable Snowmen which will be released in on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook in the UK on September 5. 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 … >
A unique and slightly random piece of merchandise, the ‘Doctor Who Hare’ is going under the hammer. This summer, the Hares of Hampshire trail has seen a free, family-friendly trail of discovery across the cities of Southampton and Winchester. The trail is a Wild in Art event by The Murray Parish Trust and concludes on … >
All six nominations in the Audio Drama category are for Doctor Who titles. Updated 24/07/22: Lizzie Hopley’s The Curse of Lady MacBeth has come out on top. From the field of six Big Finish stories, the Scribe Awards 2002 have crowned a historical tale for Christopher Eccleston as Best Audio Drama. Congratulations to @lizziehopley for … >
In the run-up to her onscreen return in Doctor Who, Ace will again encounter Torchwood‘s Mr Colchester. Former Doctor Who companion Ace is enjoying a multi-media resurgence. While Sophie Aldred has been reprising her character for Big Finish audio dramas since 2000. a line in The Sarah Jane Adventures set up a whole future for … >
Two more New Series Target books and new versions of two classic Tom Baker Doctor Who stories. Before VHS, DVDs and streaming, novelisations were the only way for fans to experience Doctor Who stories they had not seen broadcast live. Many encountered the earliest Doctors in prose, years before they saw them onscreen. While the … >
Thanks to a lucky lockdown discovery Mind of the Hodiac, Russell T Davies’ earliest script for Doctor Who, gains a new life on audio. Unearthed while he was preparing for one of the Doctor Who: Lockdown! live tweetalongs, Mind of the Hodiac was a speculative script for mid-1980s Doctor Who. Featuring Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor … >
It a new/old Russell T Davies tale for Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor. Today is release day for a new Doctor Who adventure from former (and incoming) showrunner Russell T Davies. While he’s doubtless beavering away on what follows the Jodie Whittaker era however, this new tale was a lucky lockdown find. Originally written as a … >