Classic Doctor Who story The War Games will be available in a stunning new colourisation to air on BBC Four and iPlayer on 23 December. Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), as he and his companions Zoe (Wendy Padbury) and Jamie (Frazer … >
The partially-missing Season 4 Doctor Who adventure from 1967, The Underwater Menace, will be animated with four new episodes in colour and high definition, released on DVD and Blu-ray. The original master recordings of all except episodes two and three of The Underwater Menace were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings … >
Big Finish’s run of post-War Games stories see the Doctor reunited with his best friend. Updated 14/07/23: We now have a trailer and a release date for the box set. One of our most-anticipated Doctor Who audio releases of the month must be James Robert McCrimmon. The new box set introduces an older Jamie (Frazer … >
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 … >
A new trailer has dropped for an animation of The Abominable Snowmen which will be released in on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook in the UK on September 5. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of … >
The first full season for Colin Baker’s sixth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 22. All episodes are newly remastered from the best available sources. Across an action-packed season of double-length episodes, Colin Baker’s Doctor and companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) face off against a host of classic monsters and villains, … >
Patrick Troughton’s son will take on his father’s role for a new run of box sets. Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have taken the step of casting Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor. A successful actor in his own right, Michael Troughton starred in the 1980s/90s political sitcom The New Statesman with Rik Mayall. … >
Filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes, The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was … >
Virtually filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes, the Season 4 story The Evil of the Daleks will be released in animated form on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook in September of 2021. In The Evil of the Daleks, starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling, the Daleks lay a trap … >
Two Doctor Who-related productions were nominated for the 2020 Royal Television Society West of England Awards and both won in their categories. The The Doctor Who Cookbook – Revisited by Moon Balloon Productions won for Factual Entertainment and Features. The video cookbook was included in the special features for Doctor Who The Collection Season 23 Blu-ray. … >