For the last eight years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have honoured their late colleague Paul Spragg by running a Memorial Short Trip Opportunity in his name. The competition invites submissions from new writers, with the winner chosen to be developed into a short story which is released for free each December. 2023’s winning … >
Lady Audacity Montague’s adventures continue with the Eighth Doctor and bring festive chills for all In The Bleak Midwinter. Retuning the Eighth Doctor to his early days, November 2023’s Audacity gave him a new travelling companion. Played by Jaye Griffiths, Lady Audacity Montague is a remarkable woman, with strong opinions and a wisdom beyond her … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 599, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies promised that the supernatural, as embodied by the all-powerful, physical-law-defying Toymaker in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Giggle, will be revisited in upcoming episodes. “For my first time writing Doctor Who, this is an unashamedly supernatural character. That was built in to … >
In an interview with IGN, actor Ncuti Gatwa teased what is ahead for his first full series playing the Doctor in Doctor Who. “There is a whole bunch of mythology that [Showrunner] Russell [T Davies] is bringing in, there’s a whole pantheon full of different villains and lore and mythology that he’s bringing into the … >
This year’s story is the Doctor Who Short Trip ‘The Hoxteth Time Capsule’, written by Paul Davis. Since 2016, audio producers Big Finish have run a Memorial Script Opportunity to honour their late, much-missed colleague Paul Spragg. The competition invites submissions (a synopsis and script extract) from writers new to the company, with the chosen … >
Audio producers Big Finish have enjoyed another industrious year of dramas in the Doctor Who universe. Here’s six of our favourites… The Diary of River Song: Friend of the Family The Doctor’s wife has been blazing her own trail since 2015 but, although we didn’t know it at the time, this was the penultimate release … >
Don’t hold your breath! As Christopher Eccleston continues to embrace Doctor Who fandom, inevitable questions come up. If you’ve ever been to a convention or signing Q&A, you’ll be familiar with then. Questions such as “What’s your favourite monster?” and “Where would you go if you had a TARDIS?” Another, naturally, is some variant of “Would … >
In the last Doctor Who 60th anniversary special, The Giggle, the Fourteenth Doctor split like an amoeba into two separate Doctors. Thus Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor came into existence while David Tennant’s Fourteenth remained. For all of previous Doctor Who history, the regeneration is a complete transition from one Doctor the another. The former Doctor … >
On-screen commentary is coming to BBC iPlayer for selected upcoming episodes of Doctor Who to expand the viewing experience with special guests giving exclusive insight into the creation and filming of some of the new adventures. Available directly after selected episodes air on BBC One and iPlayer, viewers can head to the Whoniverse to get … >
The BBC Sounds audio service has added a number of Doctor Who stories for fans to enjoy. To kick off Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary celebrations, the BBC launched the Whoniverse on BBC iPlayer. The collection includes all the existing television episodes that the corporation has the rights to stream, plus spin-off series, documentaries, concerts and … >