UK Doctor Who fans can enter a competition for a TARDIS set visit

In celebration of 62 years of Doctor Who, fans in the UK are invited to enter a competition for themselves and a friend to visit the TARDIS set at Wolf Studios Wales in Cardiff. For a chance of winning, applicants must be residents of the United Kingdom aged 18 and over and submit their details … >

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Alixion – Doctor Who: The Lost Stories audio drama review

Big Finish revive a proposed Doctor Who story from the McCoy era… ‘Alixion’. Most of Doctor Who’s “lost stories” now exist in some form, many as audio dramas; from the original plans for Season 23 to ideas the show simply couldn’t afford to do justice to when first proposed. Lately, Big Finish Productions have stretched … >

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TARDIS lands at Stonehenge for Doctor Who Day

BBC studios has partnered with English Heritage to bring the TARDIS to Stonehenge, offering fans the chance to see the Doctor’s time and space machine up close at UNESCO World Heritage Site on Doctor Who Day, Sunday 23 November. Doctor Who fans will recognise Stonehenge as the site of an iconic clash between Matt Smith’s … >

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Missing Doctor Who adventure ‘The Wheel in Space’ comes to vinyl

The complete full-cast soundtrack of classic ‘lost’ BBC TV adventure The Wheel in Space is presented for the first time on 3LP vinyl by Demon Records First broadcast in 1968, the story introduces a new companion Zoe Heriot, played by Wendy Padbury, who provides the linking narration for this Second Doctor classic adventure. When the … >

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Humans and Aquakind hold historic first summit in Doctor Who spin-off

An unassuming family man is accidentally recruited to help save the planet from a war between humans and an ocean-dwelling race in the Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea. Low-level UNIT operative Barclay Pierre-DuPont (Russell Tovey) is selected by Aquakind ambassador Salt (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) to represent the human race in … >

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Dark Gallifrey: Master! trilogy audio review

Eric Robert’s Master! joins the parade of Time Lord villains leading their own corner of the ongoing Dark Gallifrey saga.  The malevolent TV Movie Master made his onscreen stab for survival at the turn of the millennium. Despite that single outing, which aired in 1996, he made an indelible mark on the show with his … >

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Ace rescues ‘Doctor Pudsey’ in Doctor Who Children in Need sketch

Sophie Aldred reprised her Doctor Who role as Ace in a humorous sketch, Tiny Time Lord Trouble, in support of BBC children’s charity Children in Need. Filmed at Victorian country house Harlaxton Manor in Lincolnshire, Ace and ‘Doctor Pudsey’ are pursued by bickering foes — a Cyberman and a Dalek. ‘Doctor Pudsey’ is a Time … >

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Pauline Collins, two-time Doctor Who and Shirley Valentine actress dies aged 85

Pauline Collins, OBE, best known for her titular role in the 1989 English romantic comedy-drama film Shirley Valentine, died peacefully on 6 November, aged 85, surrounded by family. Born Pauline Angela Collins in Devon in 1940, she spent her early education at a Catholic convent school and eventually studied acting at the Central School of … >

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