Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?

Sylvester McCoy’s life story to be brought to the screen

Sylvester McCoy will tell his extraordinary life story in a very special film as a part of his 80th birthday celebrations. Entitled Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?, the film sees McCoy telling his remarkable life story on screen — the first time he has released any kind of memoir — and the first ever movie … >

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Ninth Doctor & Rose, Tenth Doctor & Donna

Remastered Doctor Who Series 1-4 Blu-ray coming in November

Newly-upscaled versions of sixty Doctor Who episodes from the Ninth and Tenth Doctor’s eras are coming to Blu-ray to celebrate the programme’s 60th anniversary year. A trailer was released for the set celebrating the first five years of the Doctor Who revival from 2005-2010. The collection includes every episode and special from the first four … >

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Doctor Who: Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor

News for the 2024 Doctor Who series and beyond

Some news about the 2024 and 2025 series of Doctor Who starring Ncuti Gatwa as the Doctor was released in Doctor Who Magazine 594 Art director for props Michael van Kesteren, along with his description of the Fourteenth Doctor’s sonic screwdriver, said he was asked to design another new sonic screwdriver for Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth … >

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The Second Doctor Adventures: James Robert McCrimmon audio review

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 … >

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The Fourteenth Doctor (David Tennant) brandishing his sonic screwdriver

Prop makers talk Fourteenth Doctor’s sonic screwdriver in Doctor Who Magazine

Michael van Kesteren, art director for props and Barry Jones, prop maker on Doctor Who give the lowdown on the Fourteenth Doctor’s brand-new sonic screwdriver in a feature titled Designated ’Driver in Doctor Who Magazine 594. Other highlights include: • Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies recalls his first ever encounter with the … >

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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace animated screenshot

Doctor Who missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated

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 … >

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William Hartnell as The Doctor

Pull To Open – interview with Paul Hayes, the writer of the ‘inside story’ on Doctor Who’s genesis

Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who is out now.  Writer and broadcaster Paul Hayes is no stranger to the arcane world of television show development. In 2021, his excellent book The Long Game painstakingly pieced together Doctor Who‘s complicated journey back to our screens in … >

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Liberation of the Daleks

‘Doctor Who: Liberation of the Daleks’ coming to paperback in November

Doctor Who: Liberation of the Daleks, the comic-strip adventure first published in Doctor Who Magazine, will be available as a collated paperback comic release this November. Picking up from where the previous Doctor Who TV series left off with The Power of the Doctor, Liberation of the Daleks is the Fourteenth Doctor’s first official adventure. … >

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