In the latest The Big Issue magazine, Christopher Eccleston revealed how he felt he was made to feel like a villain as fans celebrated the return of Doctor Who in 2005. “Nobody worked harder than me on my 13 episodes of Doctor Who. I adored playing the character. The problem was that as it was … >
Jodie Whittaker spoke of Doctor Who Series 12 progress in a brief phone call from her trailer in set in Cardiff to the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on Radio 2 on Friday morning, October 4. “I am in my trailer in Cardiff and ready to go on set…” “It’s such an exciting feeling. We’re coming … >
BBC One and BBC Children in Need have confirmed the tracks for Children in Need: Got It Covered album, which will be released on Friday, November 1 in conjunction with Silva Screen Records. The album, in aid of BBC Children in Need, features a line-up of some of the UK’s most critically-acclaimed actors from stage … >
‘The Second Oldest Question’ is posed this month by the Doctor Who Short Trips range, hot on the heels of September’s Capaldi era tale ‘Dead Media’. Narrated by Sarah Sutton, this is a story for Nyssa during her solo travels with the Fifth Doctor. The story takes place in a medieval village, in the wake … >
A film crew was present on Tyndall Street near Lumis Student Living in Cardiff on the evening of October 2 to film a few scenes with Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole for Doctor Who Series 12. It was an amazing honour to watch Doctor who being filmed in front of my flat, it brought … >
BBC Studios will premiere a new production of Mission to the Unknown, a missing Doctor Who episode that has been faithfully recreated by a team of students, graduates and staff of the University of Central Lancashire. Mission to the Unknown, the recreation will premiere on the Doctor Who YouTube channel on October 9, to mark … >
‘Dead Media’, the latest Big Finish Short Trip, features the character of the Twelfth Doctor. While it is not the first, that honour belongs to ‘The Astrea Conspiracy’, this release is special as it is the first performed in the Doctor’s voice, in this case by actor Jacob Dudman. Presented as a podcast, the Doctor … >
Technology company HTC and BBC Studios are putting together a special two-day event for Doctor Who fans at Protein Studios in East London next week. Visitors will see a full-size TARDIS on display outside the venue, while inside they can use HTC’s newly released VR headset, the VIVE Cosmos, to play a new game based … >
September’s second monthly adventure, ‘Tartarus’, provides a good, old fashioned crossover, as Fifth Doctor meets his hero Marcus Tullius Cicero. Reprising the role from his own series, Cicero is again played by Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently, Torchwood). Set in 63BC, Cicero is Consul of Rome and taking a judicious break from his duties. Inviting themselves … >
As we know from multiple name-drops through the years, Harry Houdini is a friend of the Doctor. However, he never appeared onscreen and his rumoured status as a spy during WWI makes an excellent starting point for this story. The tale begins in the middle of Houdini’s famous illusion, “The Water Torture Cell”, with the … >