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Doctor Who Magazine celebrates fifty years of the Fourth Doctor

Doctor Who Magazine celebrates fifty years of the Fourth Doctor with an 84-page special edition packed with all-new features, interviews, infographics and fiction. June marks the 50th anniversary of the Fourth Doctor’s first appearance. “Tom Baker made such an extraordinary impact that, to some people, he will always be the Doctor,” says editor Marcus Hearn. … >

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Fifteenth Doctor wax figure coming to Madame Tussauds

A figure representing Ncuti Gatwa’s depiction of the Fifteenth Doctor will be the newest Doctor Who addition to famous waxwork museum Madame Tussauds. Gatwa worked with the attraction’s studio team to get his body measurements, head mould, and eye colours correct for his likeness. The Rwandan-Scottish actor said of the creation of his doppelganger, intended … >

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Doctor Who ‘Space Babies’ cast list

The cast list for the first 2024 Doctor Who series episode Space Babies was released on the BBC One listing for the programme. In the episode, the Doctor and Ruby travel to the far future to a baby farm, run by babies, which is terrorized by a monster called the Bogeyman. The Doctor: Ncuti Gatwa … >

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Doctor Who 2024 series: comedy, horror and heartbreak

In a video interview conducted by The Sun at the London premiere of the Doctor Who 2024 series, showrunner Russell T Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson shared some of their insights about the upcoming series. “What we’ve got coming up is the full range of adventures,” Davies revealed. “We’ve got comedy stories. … >

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Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa cast in Oscar Wilde play this winter

Ncuti Gatwa will join Sharon D Clarke and Hugh Skinner in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest at the National Theatre’s Lyttelton Theatre in London this winter. Wilde’s play is a comedy farce set in the Victorian Era with its burdensome social conventions involving marriage. Gatwa and Skinner will play bachelors Algernon Moncrieff and … >

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Doctor Who 2024 series premieres in London

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson were the headliners at a spectacular Doctor Who 2024 series premiere at the Regent Street Cinema in London on 25 May 2024. The day started with a special Doctor Who-emblazoned London Double-Decker bus which took some lucky premiere ticket contest winners on a tour of London, starting with Royal Albert … >

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Doctor Who production employs LED screen technology

In Doctor Who Magazine 603, Paul Kirkley revealed that LED screen technology used by other high-end productions was used for the first time on the third 2024 series Doctor Who episode Boom, written by Steven Moffat. “Boom also marks a significant first for Doctor Who, through its use of in-camera VFX technology to create the … >

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Doctor Who showrunner talks “pantheon of gods”

In an interview with Radio Times, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies revealed that Maestro, a music-based villain played by Jinkx Monsoon in the second episode of the 2024 series The Devil’s Chord, has god-like powers. “She’s part of this pantheon of gods with enormous powers. I think Doctor Who is all the more exciting … >

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