Actor Tom Baker has been honoured by King Charles with a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award for services to television. The 90-year-old actor was chosen along with other recipients as part of the New Year Honours. Baker is best known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor … >
Back in Gallifrey’s history Morbius was defeated… but he’s a villain who doesn’t intend on staying dead! 2024 sees the beginning of a multi-year, multi-part series entitled Dark Gallifrey. Set in the Whoniverse, it showcases Time Lord villains who have troubled the timelines over the show’s long history. As the saga rolls out we’re promised … >
A special vinyl record of the complete narrated TV soundtrack of Doctor Who: The Crusade, with linking narration by William Russell, is due for release in October from Demon Records, a subsidiary of BBC Studios. First broadcast in March and April 1965, the story has become a noted classic among Doctor Who historical adventures, with … >
‘The Curse of Time’ will fit into Tom Baker’s celebrated first season. The indomitable Tom Baker first burst onto our screens as the Fourth Doctor in 1974. Across seven years he redefined the role, bringing an otherworldly charm to the Time Lord and creating an indelible mark on the series. While The Fourth Doctor Adventures … >
The actor first played Sutekh in the 1975 Tom Baker classic ‘Pyramids of Mars’. Now, Gabriel Woolf has returned to bring Sutekh’s “gift of death to all humanity” and the BBC put some questions to him… How does it feel reviving Sutekh after nearly 50 years? It felt sort of inevitable in a way. I’d … >
The cast list for the fourth 2024 Doctor Who series episode 73 Yards, was released on the BBC One listing for the programme. In the episode, described as Welsh folk horror, the TARDIS lands on a clifftop on the Welsh coast. The Doctor and Ruby embark on the strangest journey of their lives. In the … >
Doctor Who Magazine celebrates fifty years of the Fourth Doctor with an 84-page special edition packed with all-new features, interviews, infographics and fiction. June marks the 50th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s first appearance. “Tom Baker made such an extraordinary impact that, to some people, he will always be the Doctor,” says editor Marcus Hearn. … >
Four classic Doctors take on monstrous creations from the mind of Moffat in Classic Doctors New Monsters 4: Broken Memories. Across their countless adventures, the Doctor often runs into foes they have met before. Classic Doctors, New Monsters gloriously exploits this fact by imperilling pre-2005 Doctors with threats from the modern series. As the range … >
Three new 2024 Doctor Who cast members were announced in Doctor Who Magazine 602. The most notable is Welsh actress Dame Siân Phillips, who among her many stage, television and film roles, is particularly known for her award-winning performance as Livia in the 1976 BBC television series I, Claudius. She is no stranger to Doctor … >
Things get historical for Christopher Eccleston as he grapples with spectres of the past. As The Ninth Doctor Adventures continue in Buried Threats, he’s reunited with his former companion and archaeologist Professor Bernice Summerfield. A Theatre of Cruelty The set begins with a historical, bringing the innovative French avant-garde playwright Antonin Artaud into the life of … >