Doctor Who: Stranded 2 continues on immediately from the previous boxset, but provides a substantial change in tone In our review of Stranded 1, we admired the bold experiment of forcing the Doctor (Paul McGann), Liv Chenka (Nicola Walker) and Helen Sinclair (Hattie Morahan) to spend time in 2020 London. We were treated to a set … >
A Doctor Who film crew recorded Mandip Gill and John Bishop at St George’s Hall in Liverpool for Doctor Who Series 13 on Thursday, March 25. St George’s Hall, opened in 1854, is a Neoclassical building in Liverpool which contains concert halls and law courts. The two actors, in 19th century period costume, were filming … >
A Doctor Who film crew recorded John Bishop and Nadia Albina at two separate locations in Liverpool for Doctor Who Series 13 on Wednesday, March 24. Albina is a disabled actress who has appeared on television, stage and screen. Her right arm ends at the elbow. She has recently appeared in ITV’s Innocent in 2020 … >
A film crew at the Museum of Liverpool recorded John Bishop and Nadia Albina filming scenes for Doctor Who Series 13 on Tuesday, March 23. Albina is a disabled actress who has appeared on television, stage and screen. Her right arm ends at the elbow. She has recently appeared in ITV’s Innocent in 2020 and … >
A Doctor Who film crew recorded several takes of a TARDIS scene with Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and John Bishop at Royal Albert Dock on Monday, March 22 in Liverpool. Before the shoot began, a local man running in only trainers, a hat, gloves and a red Speedo ran past Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and … >
Doctor Who fans are excited about the possibility of Catherine Tate returning as Donna Noble to TV Before we go too far, we need to be clear this is all speculation. Fans of the show (in the absence of real news from the BBC) are furiously chasing up every small piece of evidence they can … >
A Doctor Who film crew filmed a scene at Atlantic College in Llantwit Major, Wales on March 17 in front of an old stone house located on the campus. The crew filmed a scene with a silver Daimler DS420, a luxury model manufactured by Jaguar in the late 1960s/early 1970s. It is not known if … >
The End of the Beginning is the final monthly Doctor Who adventure, or main range release, from Big Finish. After the best part of twenty-two years, rotating through Doctors, the company are fully embracing a boxset format; simplifying their output, each Doctor will now have their ‘own range’. It is a change that has been … >
Return of the Cybermen is the latest of Big Finish’s Doctor Who Lost Stories. While most such tales derive from commissioned storylines that went no further, or ultimately rejected scripts, this is something different. Written for Tom Baker’s first season, the production team of the day felt that the script by Gerry Davis (Cyberman co-creator … >
In August 1999, Big Finish started their main range of Doctor Who audios with Sirens of Time, a multi-Doctor extravaganza and statement of arrival. This was followed by Phantasmagoria, a tale for the fifth Doctor (Peter Davison) and Turlough (Mark Strickson). In some ways it was this story that showed how the range could be a success by … >