William Hartnell as The Doctor

Pull To Open – interview with Paul Hayes, the writer of the ‘inside story’ on Doctor Who’s genesis

Pull To Open: 1962–1963: The Inside Story of how the BBC created and launched Doctor Who is out now.  Writer and broadcaster Paul Hayes is no stranger to the arcane world of television show development. In 2021, his excellent book The Long Game painstakingly pieced together Doctor Who‘s complicated journey back to our screens in … >

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Liberation of the Daleks

‘Doctor Who: Liberation of the Daleks’ coming to paperback in November

Doctor Who: Liberation of the Daleks, the comic-strip adventure first published in Doctor Who Magazine, will be available as a collated paperback comic release this November. Picking up from where the previous Doctor Who TV series left off with The Power of the Doctor, Liberation of the Daleks is the Fourteenth Doctor’s first official adventure. … >

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Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 64: Action Figures 2005-2023

Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 64: Action Figures 2005-2023 celebrates the action figures and other articulated toys inspired by the 21st-century incarnation of the series. Packed with exclusive photography and behind-the-scenes details, this volume surveys collectables based on episodes featuring the Ninth through to the Fourteenth Doctors. Some of the most popular Doctor Who toys … >

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Doctor Who Doom’s Day: Dying Hours audio drama details revealed

Doom encounters the Eighth Doctor and Charley, the Silence and Jackie Tyler on Big Finish.  The multi-platform Doctor Who adventure Doom’s Day comes enjoys its audio drama component in September. Doom’s Day follows a time travelling assassin, played by Sooz Kempner, through twenty-four hours. The story plays out across prose, audio, comic strip and games. … >

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David Tennant praises Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who performance

In an interview with Variety, Fourteenth Doctor actor David Tennant revealed that he had the opportunity to watch Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor in action. “Oh God, what a force of nature. I’ve caught a little bit of him at work and it’s pretty exciting,” Tennant enthused, concluding with “You can see Ncuti has so much … >

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Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon – cover and story details for Trapped

For her third series of solo adventures, Rose finds herself trapped in an alternate reality.  During Doctor Who‘s 2008 series, viewers were aware of Rose Tyler’s efforts to reunite with the Doctor. Using a “dimension cannon”, she trekked through alternate realties to warn him of the impending threat of Davros and the Daleks’ reality ending … >

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The Fourth Doctor Adventures: Angels and Demons audio review

Tom Baker concludes his twelfth series of audio adventures with a bumper boxset of four stories. Angels and Demons sees the irrepressible Fourth Doctor travelling with Leela (Louise Jameson) and Margaret Hopwood (Nerys Hughes). Angel and Demons is comprised of four stories – three two-parters and a ripping four-part encounter with the Weeping Angels. The … >

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Doctor Who – Once and Future: A Genius for War audio review

The third instalment of Big Finish’s Doctor Who 60th anniversary series is Once and Future: A Genius for War. It’s a rematch for the Seventh Doctor and Davros – but will there be unlimited rice pudding for all? For Once and Future’s third story, we find the degenerating Doctor – in his seventh incarnation – … >

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