Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour - Wendy Padbury, Patrick Troughton & Frazer Hines

Doctor Who: The War Games colourisation “coming soon” to Blu-Ray and DVD

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 … >

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The Whoniverse lands on BBC iPlayer

“So… all of time and space, everything that ever happened or ever will – where do you want to start?” Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary month officially begins today with the arrival of the Whoniverse on BBC iPlayer. UK based fans, or BBC licence fee payers if you will, can time travel through Doctor Who history … >

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BBC Four to air Doctor Who documentary with David Tennant

As part of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary celebrations, David Tennant time travels back through the BBC archives to tell the story of the Doctor’s classic era in a BBC Four documentary titled Talking Doctor Who. The show will feature a selection of rarely seen interviews and clips covering William Hartnell’s first incarnation right through … >

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BBC to share 60 Years of Doctor Who on iPlayer and online archive

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Programme, the largest collection of Doctor Who, over eight hundred episodes, will become available on BBC iPlayer with multiple accessibility features for the first time. Before the anniversary specials air in November, viewers will have the opportunity to travel back in time with any of the Doctors through … >

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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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Doctor Who and the Ark – The Lost Stories 7.1 audio review

Big Finish adapt an earlier draft of the tale which eventually became ‘The Ark in Space’.  You’d be hard pressed to find a Doctor Who fan who doesn’t hold ‘The Ark in Space’ in high esteem. However, Tom Baker’s second story came to the screen via a rather tortured path. Initially penned by another writer, … >

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Me & Him & Who

Me & Him & WHO – audio drama review

Writer Stephen Wyatt dramatizes the final years of John Nathan-Turner, classic Doctor Who’s last producer.  In the years since his death, plenty has been written and said about the life and times of John Nathan-Turner (aka JN-T). JN-T’s association began with Doctor Who in 1969 and he worked on the show intermittently across the subsequent … >

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