The BBC released a brief announcement today for two major Doctor Who Series 14 characters. Jemma Redgrave returns as UNIT Chief Scientific Officer Kate Lethbridge-Stewart. The long-running organisation tasked with defending planet Earth is back for Doctor Who Series 14. UNIT will also make an appearance in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials which will … >
Big Finish are bringing us two further alternate takes on familiar tales from the Fourth Doctor’s first season. With most of the best-known “lost” Doctor Who stories now produced on audio – that’s stories which for one reason or another originally didn’t make it to the small screen – audio producers Big Finish have begun … >
Doctor Who executive producers Russell T Davies, Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter participated in a Zoom interview with Doctor Who Magazine on a November evening in 2022. From Cardiff with love! Meet the TARDIS team of 2023 ❤️❤️➕🟦 Pick up the latest @DWMtweets for an exclusive chat with #DoctorWho executive producers Phil … >
Executive producer Phil Collinson gave an exclusive update to Doctor Who Magazine 586 on Series 14 production from his office at Wolf Studios in Cardiff. “Filming began for the next season on Monday 5 December, with a week in studio. On some incredible sets!” Jane Tranter proudly described one of the sets in a separate … >
In an exclusive update to Doctor Who Magazine 586 on production from his office at Wolf Studios in Cardiff, executive producer Phil Collinson hinted that we might see more of character Shirley Anne Bingham beyond the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. “It’s our great delight to show an all-too-brief moment of Ruth Madeley as Shirley … >
Doctor Who producers, casting director and Millie Gibson revealed new details about the characterisation and casting of the Fifteenth Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday in Doctor Who Magazine 586. The Fifteenth Doctor: Showrunner Russell T Davies revealed in a DWM Zoom interview which included executive producers Phil Collinson, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter “as … >
A Doctor Who film crew set up a shot involving two actors and a huge new monster at Swansea University Bay Campus on 4 January. The filming was for Series 14 of the programme. Spoilers follow. The campus was set dressed with signs which said “FINETIME”. “DIAMOND PLAZA” and “ARCHITECT HIGH C.C. ARBROATH”. Filming prep … >
A Doctor Who film crew built a campaign headquarters set at Capitol Shopping Plaza in Cardiff, Wales on 3 January. The campaign headquarters setup included large posters and bills advertising an organization named Albion and a candidate named Roger ap Gwilliam. The slogans included “Bigger Better Bolder Britain” and “Vote for Gwilliam”. There is filming … >
In a world-exclusive interview in Doctor Who Magazine 586, Millie Gibson talks about playing new companion Ruby Sunday, what it’s like acting alongside Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa, and how she discovered she’d secured the role: “I went to get a spray tan for the NTAs [National Television Awards], and I was in the room waiting … >
According to sources cited by Nicola Methven of The Mirror, the BBC will bring back two lost Doctor Who episodes in animated form to mark 60th anniversary of the programme. Two Season 4 stories from the 1960s, The Smugglers and The Underwater Menace, are to be animated and released on Blu-ray and DVD. The 1966 … >