The BBC is giving people a chance to see this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special early, as it takes Twice Upon A Time on tour in the north of England. This will all take place in the run up to Christmas, with the only slight catch being that the ending of the programme will be … >
Filming has been underway now for a couple of weeks on Jodie Whittaker’s first series as the universe’s most famous Time Lord. Doctor Who series 11 has been filming in Newport and Sheffield so far, and Whittaker will – of course – first appear in the role in the upcoming Christmas special, Twice Upon A … >
BBC Worldwide is finally releasing this week its reassembled version of the infamously unfinished Doctor Who adventure, Shada. It’s been a long time coming, and is likely to be the closest we’ll get to a definitive version of the tale. The story, penned by Douglas Adams, began filming in 1979 with Tom Baker in the … >
Production continues on Doctor Who series 11, with Jodie Whittaker and Bradley Walsh both now on set and leading the cast filming the new series of the show. Over the last week or so, Doctor Who has been on location in and around Newport. However, the travels this week see the show go further north. … >
A one-time companion of the Seventh Doctor in prose, who has gone on to meet other incarnations across various formats (and enjoyed her own successful audio series), archaeology Professor Bernice Summerfield is a seasoned time-traveller. Following on from her last set of New Adventures, trapped in a parallel, dying universe in the company of an … >
Doctor Who series 10 landed on DVD and Blu-ray earlier in the week. However, for those who bought the set, there’s been something of an oversight on the inside of the package. For considering it’s a multi-disc set, it’s somewhat puzzling that there’s no indication of just what’s on which disc. Thankfully, help has come … >
Further to our story from the end of October (below), the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine has now officially confirmed that Jamie Childs is the first director working on Doctor Who series 11. Furthermore, the new issue of the magazine confirmed too that he directed the clip announcing Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor in the … >
Doctor Who’s roster of guest stars since it returned to our screens in 2005 has been comfortably on the impressive side. But not everyone the Doctor Who team has approached has been able to take the job on. One of UK television’s biggest stars, David Jason, was approached by Russell T Davies, after reading that … >
This Friday, as part of the BBC’s Children In Need telethon, we’re getting the now-traditional preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special. Twice Upon A Time will, of course, star Peter Capaldi and David Bradley as different iterations of the Doctor, with Jodie Whittaker appearing at the end of the episode too. Twice Upon A … >
When Doctor Who returned to television, the “Time War” was a masterstroke; side-stepping years of continuity, it allowed new viewers to learn about the Doctor’s past alongside his die-hard fans. Through a drip feed of titbits, passing references and old enemies in subsequent years, this backstory built inexorably towards Gallifrey’s climatic return in time for … >