Though there is not yet a release date, the 90-minute colourisation of the Doctor Who story The War Games currently only available on BBC iPlayer will become available on Blu-Ray and DVD. Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), as he and his companions Zoe … >
Classic Doctor Who story The War Games will be available in a stunning new colourisation to air on BBC Four and iPlayer on 23 December. Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), as he and his companions Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and Jamie (Frazer … >
The Second Doctor Adventures continue with The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe reunited. Since Michael Troughton took on his late father’s role, we’ve heard the Second Doctor’s life continue beyond his trial. Extracted after ‘The War Games’, he’s now an unwilling agent for his own people, under the director of the unscrupulous Raven. He’s battled Ice … >
As the post-War Games Second Doctor continues to work for the Time Lords, he’s reunited with his former travelling companion – the hairy-legged highlander James Robert McCrimmon. Across three 2-part stories, the pair take on missions for the Time Lords including an undercover visit to a health resort and a planet shrouded in darkness. Jamie … >
The partially-missing Season 4 Doctor Who adventure from 1967, The Underwater Menace, will be animated with four new episodes in colour and high definition, released on DVD and Blu-ray. The original master recordings of all except episodes two and three of The Underwater Menace were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings … >
Big Finish’s run of post-War Games stories see the Doctor reunited with his best friend. Updated 14/07/23: We now have a trailer and a release date for the box set. One of our most-anticipated Doctor Who audio releases of the month must be James Robert McCrimmon. The new box set introduces an older Jamie (Frazer … >
An inventive new retelling of an all-time classic Doctor Who adventure, The Evil of the Daleks, will be published as a novel in October. First released in 1967 on our television screens, The Evil of the Daleks will be the first novel from beloved Doctor Who actor, Frazer Hines, who played one of the show’s … >
According to sources cited by Nicola Methven of The Mirror, the BBC will bring back two lost Doctor Who episodes in animated form to mark 60th anniversary of the programme. Two Season 4 stories from the 1960s, The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace, are to be animated and released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 1966 … >
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 … >
According English journalist, broadcaster, author, cultural historian and Doctor Who fan Matthew Sweet in The Telegraph, a long-lost script for a Doctor Who film starring Jon Pertwee has recently resurfaced. The 1986 script, Dr Who’s Greatest Adventure, was revealed screening at the British Film Institute (BFI). The movie pitted two Time Lords, a young Doctor … >