The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi has been unveiled as the Twelfth Doctor during a special Doctor Who live television event on BBC One tonight. Peter Capaldi commented: “Being asked to play The Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I … >
The BBC will reveal the identity of Doctor Who‘s next Doctor during a live show on Sunday evening.
Sinbad writer Jack Lothian is working on a script for the next series of Doctor Who.
This summer visitors to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff will have the opportunity to visit the TARDIS set at the nearby Roath Lock Studios.
Sylvester McCoy has revealed that he thinks Doctor Who‘s TV movie failed due to his character’s presence in the 1996 story. The Hobbit star returned as the Seventh Doctor in the feature-length episode, which introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor and was intended as a pilot for a possible American-produced Doctor Who TV series. Speaking … >
Do you remember Varnax? Or the Doctor’s best friend Gonjii? How about the battle with Scratchman or the time he stopped Mandrake’s audacious plan to gain a new regeneration cycle? What about the genocidal androids of Krikkit or the time that Amelia Earhart travelled in the TARDIS?
‘The Leisure Hive’ opened Tom Baker’s final season and was the first full Doctor Who story of the 1980s.
July brings us to the Seventh Doctor in this series of anniversary audios and ‘Shockwave’ delivers the TARDIS to a planet on the literal edge of destruction.
The 23rd of November 1963 holds particular significance for Doctor Who fans as the date of its first transmission. The previous day is etched into history, far more significantly, by the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy and this globally resonant event frequently comes up when discussing the start of the show.