When interviewed by Belinda Scandal on Your Manchester regarding what role Billie Piper is playing in the Fifteenth Doctor’s regeneration, Russell T Davies couldn’t be pressed to give details on his intentions. “I have no idea,” Davies said shrugging while refusing to elaborate. Fans were shocked when Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor regenerated into the form … >
Tom Baker’s second season of adventures as the Doctor will be available on Blu-ray with an eight-disc box set of Season 13. In his second season, Tom Baker’s Doctor really hits his stride, with faithful companion Sarah-Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) by his side. Together they cross time and space to do battle with the Zygons, … >
Ncuti Gatwa’s departure & Billie Piper’s arrival made instant headlines, including on the BBC News website. At the end of season 2, Doctor Who achieved the closest the show has ever got to a surprise regeneration. Usually, due to production cycles and casting announcements, viewers are in the know well in advance of the change. Matt … >
Demon Records presents, for the first time on 2LP vinyl, the complete full-cast soundtrack of the classic Doctor Who adventure The Moonbase. With linking narration by Frazer Hines, Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor faces the Cybermen in this collectable audio release of a Season Four adventure. First broadcast in 1967, the four-part adventure was written by … >
Peter Purves joined the TARDIS as Space Pilot Steven Taylor in 1965 as still plays the role 60 years on. After the departure of original companions Ian and Barbara, the next addition to Doctor Who‘s ever-changing line-up was Steven Taylor. Played by Peter Purves, Steven was a space pilot from Earth’s future who joined the … >
In his regular letter in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine 618, Russell T Davies said that he would take a pause on writing future letters in the magazine. This news comes as a surprise as one would expect him to use his regular missive in DWM to tease more news about the Doctor Who … >
Ace actress Sophie Aldred spoke to the BBC at the Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury, where her Doctor Who co-star Dalek model is on display. The actress, who lives in nearby Hertfordshire, has written two books about her character Ace’s jacket, with contributions from Doctor Who stars including David Tennant, Jodie Whittaker and Peter Capaldi. … >
Hundreds of screen-used props and costumes from the closed Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction Bromyard Herefordshire will be sold in Heritage Auctions’ upcoming Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction in July. The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction Bromyard Herefordshire, founded in 2007, was a phenomenal exhibition of original screen used props and costumes mostly from Doctor … >
The BBC is looking for a production company to create and produce an animated Doctor Who series, which will run independently from the main show. The new show and format will be geared toward the pre-school CBeebies audience. “Everyone is welcome at CBeebies, including the Doctor!,” enthused Patricia Hidalgo, Director of Children’s and Education. “This … >
A new Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure BBC audio adventure read by Sophie Aldred is coming in August. Aldred, who played Ace alongside Sylvester McCoy’s Seventh Doctor in the Doctor Who BBC TV series, reads Doctor Who: What Still Remains, a tense and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author Adam Christopher. The TARDIS materialises on a … >