Doctor Who fans around the world united in April 2020 to recreate their favourite moments during lockdown. The Homemade Who project was launched last month to give the Doctor Who community something creative and fun to do while everyone’s been stuck at home. With Doctor Who celebrating 15 years since its revival, fans were asked to recreate … >
In his Production Notes column in Doctor Who Magazine 551, showrunner Chris Chibnall gave an update on Series 13 progress and plans. “…our writing and planning for the next series continues apace: stories are forming, writers are writing, conversations keep going, plans continue to be hatched.” Chibnall’s assertions echo statements made by Charlotte Moore to … >
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Big Finish released Doctor Who: The First Doctor Adventures Volume 04 in March 2020. Like previous volumes (such as volume 03) it’s two stories over four discs, mimicking the original four short episode stories we often had in the 1960s and 1970s. This range brings us a reimagined and entirely recast TARDIS team. The Doctor and Susan … >
Actor Peter Capaldi showed his support for The National Brain Appeal’s Emergency Care Fund by recording himself reading a chapter from author and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce’s book The Runaway Robot. Capaldi starred in two Doctor Who stories written by Cottrell Boyce, In the Forest of the Night and Smile. Set up in response to … >
Paul Cornell, writer of the Series 3 Doctor Who episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood featuring tenth Doctor David Tennant, has created two short stories; Shadow of a Doubt and The Shadow in the Mirror as an epilogue to the two-parter. The stories were released as part of a worldwide watch-along/tweet-along of Human … >
Ten Doctor Who actors from the past 46 years of the programme’s history will say thank you to real doctors and other NHS staff on a star-studded BBC fundraising telethon which airs on BBC One Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 p.m. Children in Need and Comic Relief have joined forces for the first time for … >
In an interview with SFX magazine, production designer Dafydd Shurmer revealed new details about the set building and location filming on Doctor Who Series 12. Shurmer expanded on former production designer Arwel Wyn Jones’ TARDIS design. He moved the walls back and added stairs and a doorway to another room. A terrarium fogger for pet … >
On Monday April 20, the BBC will launch a special edition of its education service Bitesize Daily for children who are out of school due the Covid-19 pandemic. The service will feature an array of famous tutors, including Jodie Whittaker, whose Doctor met renowned scientists Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison as well as … >
‘Cry of the Vultriss’, the latest Doctor Who Monthly Adventure, kicks off a new Sixth Doctor trilogy. Travelling with companions Philippa ‘Flip’ Ramon (née Jackson) and Mrs Constance Clarke, their latest journey culminates in a crash landing; the TARDIS falling foul of a rupture in the Space-Time vortex. The trio have arrived on the avian … >