She’ll play Diane Fry to Robert James-Collier’s Rob Cooper in Channel 5’s new detective drama. Channel 5 have announced a new series, adapting the Cooper and Fry novels by author Stephen Booth. The series, a run of four two-hour episodes, takes place in the Peak District and features a pair of mismatched young detectives; Rob … >
Two new Doctor Who Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda Chandra original audiobooks will launch in October 2025. Doctor Who: Counterstrike Clare Corbett (Doctor Who: The Good Doctor) reads an exciting new adventure of systems error and the perils of automation written by Una McCormack. Landing on an unnamed planet, the Doctor and Belinda find themselves besieged … >
Updated 16/07/25: Ahead of it’s September release audio producers Big Finish Productions have revealed the cover for Doctor Who: Alixion. The previously lost story, which would potentially formed part of the Season 27, features Sylverster McCoy’s 7th Doctor with his teenage companion Ace (Sophie Aldred). The cover shows the pair, as well as the giant … >
Following the release of the BBC Annual Report, BBC Studios CEO Tom Fussell stressed the “crucial” nature of BBC Studios’ partnership with Disney along with the strength of Doctor Who, according to Deadline. Fussell says that BBC Studios is “really committed to Doctor Who and is continuing to look at ways in which we can … >
Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper talk about their reunion for a brand-new series of audio adventures in Doctor Who Magazine 619. DWM also chats with the team behind Big Finish’s new Ninth Doctor and Rose adventures. Also in DWM 619: • Celebrating 60 years of Steven Taylor – actor Peter Purves looks back over his … >
A special Doctor Who pop-up exhibit featuring UNIT’s Black Archive will launch in conjunction with San Diego Comic Con 2025. From 24 to 27 July 2025, fans in San Diego will be able to visit an exhibit based on UNIT’s top-secret Black Archive – a classified facility where the most dangerous alien artifacts and forbidden … >
Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill begin their audio adventures at the Hen do from hell. Remarkably, with all the Whoniverse has been through since, it’s under three years since Jodie Whittaker left the TARDIS. ‘The Power of the Doctor’ aired in late 2022 to celebrate the BBC’s Centenary, although it filmed almost a year before … >
Jodie Whittaker and Mandip Gill begin their audio drama adventures with a new series for the Thirteenth Doctor and Yasmin Khan. It’s been nearly eight years since Jodie Whittaker was first announced as the Doctor, revealed in a specially shot promo which aired after the 2017 Wimbledon Men’s Final. Her tenure as the Doctor on … >
Ncuti Gatwa’s departure & Billie Piper’s arrival made instant headlines, including on the BBC News website. At the end of season 2, Doctor Who achieved the closest the show has ever got to a surprise regeneration. Usually, due to production cycles and casting announcements, viewers are in the know well in advance of the change. Matt … >
Peter Purves joined the TARDIS as Space Pilot Steven Taylor in 1965 as still plays the role 60 years on. After the departure of original companions Ian and Barbara, the next addition to Doctor Who‘s ever-changing line-up was Steven Taylor. Played by Peter Purves, Steven was a space pilot from Earth’s future who joined the … >