For the last eight years, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have honoured their late colleague Paul Spragg by running a Memorial Short Trip Opportunity in his name. The competition invites submissions from new writers, with the winner chosen to be developed into a short story which is released for free each December. 2023’s winning … >
Doctor Who – The Collection – Season 15, featuring Tom Baker’s fourth season as the Fourth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray in March 2024. The announcement is accompanied by a specially-shot trailer featuring Leela vs the Time War, written by series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring Louise Jameson’s … >
A new and mysterious character played by Anita Dobson was introduced in the Doctor Who 2023 Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road. Mrs Flood is Ruby Sunday’s ever-watchful, sometimes pleasant, sometimes querulous Minto Road neighbour in the Notting Hill section of London. When we first see Mrs Flood, she’s complaining to her neighbour Abdul … >
Lady Audacity Montague’s adventures continue with the Eighth Doctor and bring festive chills for all In The Bleak Midwinter. Retuning the Eighth Doctor to his early days, November 2023’s Audacity gave him a new travelling companion. Played by Jaye Griffiths, Lady Audacity Montague is a remarkable woman, with strong opinions and a wisdom beyond her … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 599, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies promised that the supernatural, as embodied by the all-powerful, physical-law-defying Toymaker in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Giggle, will be revisited in upcoming episodes. “For my first time writing Doctor Who, this is an unashamedly supernatural character. That was built in to … >
In Doctor Who Magazine 599, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctor actors David Tennant Ncuti Gatwa are interviewed together – discussing bi-generation. Doctor Who Magazine 599’s other features include: • An access-all-areas look at the making of the final 60th anniversary special The Giggle. • Production designer Phil Sims takes us on a guided tour of the … >
The title for a new Doctor Who spin-off series, The War Between The Land And The Sea, was posted on productionlist.com. The series, described as a “spin-off of the fantasy-action saga Doctor Who, that will feature the Sea Devils” is listed as based in Cardiff, Wales and in development/pre-production with a shoot date of March … >
In an interview with IGN, actor Ncuti Gatwa teased what is ahead for his first full series playing the Doctor in Doctor Who. “There is a whole bunch of mythology that [Showrunner] Russell [T Davies] is bringing in, there’s a whole pantheon full of different villains and lore and mythology that he’s bringing into the … >
Here’s our December 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox. In no particular order, the picks this month are… Out To Lunch with Ade Edmonson – Reece Shearsmith Ade Edmonson enjoys a charming and disarming chat with Inside No. 9‘s Reece Shearsmith. The conversation prompts memories of The League of Gentlemen, … >
This year’s story is the Doctor Who Short Trip ‘The Hoxteth Time Capsule’, written by Paul Davis. Since 2016, audio producers Big Finish have run a Memorial Script Opportunity to honour their late, much-missed colleague Paul Spragg. The competition invites submissions (a synopsis and script extract) from writers new to the company, with the chosen … >