The wonderful thing about the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary is the upsurge in unofficial publications.
Companions by Andy Frankham-Allen takes an in-depth look at the brave souls who have battled at the Doctor’s side, endured the excitement of time travel and crucially, asked the questions on our behalf.
On television ‘The Rescue’ was a rather modest affair. A two-parter set after the drama of ‘The Dalek Invasion of Earth’, its primary role was to provide an introduction Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) who was cast in the wake of Susan’s departure.
You know that feeling you got as a child when you had to sing a song in front of the whole school? Well, they’ve gone and made a Doctor Who episode about it.
It’s a truism that Doctor Who inspires playground re-enactment; but rarely has an episode so obviously been designed with Monday morning playtime in mind. So much of the story is imitable: from the alien who barks like a dog to the fact that the monster is defeated with an autumn leaf. A psychically-charged, totemic sort of leaf, but a leaf nonetheless.
Starring Alex Roach (The Iron Lady), Dennis Kelly’s enigmatic new six-part thriller Utopia begins on Channel 4 next week.
We caught up with the man behind one of the greatest double-concept albums of all time, Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the The War of the World.
The real star of the show is Abi Morgan’s script, sharply conjuring up a world of cocktails and misogyny and “You’ve never had it so good”.
CBBC’s new fantasy action drama Wolfblood tells the story of two seemingly ordinary teenagers, who are secretly part of a mysterious race.
Although it can’t quite decide whether it’s a sanitised version of The Fades or simply Twilight-meets-Byker Grove, Wolfblood is a lot of fun.
The Doctor Who Experience has officially opened its doors to the public in Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay, and to celebrate we’ve got sets of family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) to give away to two of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow CultBox on Twitter and tweet the following text, … >
We caught up with TV writer Frank Spotnitz, best known for writing nearly 50 episodes of The X-Files, to chat about the long-rumoured third movie.