Described as “Doctor Who meets a Fifties monster B-movie”, Dreamland, a new six-part animated adventure, premières daily on BBC Red Button and the Doctor Who website from Saturday 21st November 2009.
On the evidence of this, Colin Baker’s 4-part opening story from 1984, it’s clear the poor boy never stood a chance.
Being a Doctor Who fan in the eighties must have been awkward: the lonely Timelord wasn’t cool, wasn’t sexy and – crucially – wasn’t David Tennant.
In anticipation of the casting announcement for the new Doctor Who companion, we asked you to vote for which of the Doctor’s previous allies you’d most like to see return as a companion.
Before returning for a full 13-episode fifth series in Spring 2010, Doctor Who will air five specials, starring David Tennant.
The star of CBBC’s The Sarah Jane Adventures, Elisabeth Sladen first played Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane in 1973 and returned to the show this year in the Series 4 finale episodes.
Velile Tshabalala plays Rosita in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, ‘The Next Doctor’, which sees Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London.
Doctor Who returns to BBC One for a fourth series this April, starring David Tennant as The Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna.
Former Casualty actor Will Thorp starred in Doctor Who’s second series as possessed archaeologist Toby Zed in ‘The Impossible Planet’ and ‘The Satan Pit’.
Murray Gold’s score for Series 3 of Doctor Who is released this week. We caught with Murray to find out what it’s like composing music for the show.