The audio drama draws on the ideas of the Cybermen co-creator Gerry Davis. The Fifth Doctor met the Cybermen on television in the fateful ‘Earthshock.’ However, before that storyline became a fixed point in Doctor Who history, an alternative idea explored the origins of the metal men from Mondas. While the Cybermen were first introduced in … >
Told across two box sets, Hooklight stars the Season 19 TARDIS crew. Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have announced a 12-part drama for Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor. Released in April and May 2025, Hooklight sees the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan embarking on a great quest. We’re told that the vast, multi-layered story spans … >
From acclaimed writer Paul Cornell, Goth Opera sees The Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa battling bloodsuckers in 1990’s Manchester. After a long gap, Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish are back in the novel adaptations business. Between 2012 and 2016, the company dramatized various Doctor Who books, many by authors subsequently wrote for the Doctor … >
Doctor Who – The Collection – Season 15, featuring Tom Baker’s fourth season as the Fourth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray in March 2024. The announcement is accompanied by a specially-shot trailer featuring Leela vs the Time War, written by series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring Louise Jameson’s … >
The TARDIS prop was set up outside Battersea Power Station in London on 6 November in conjunction with a press screening of the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special The Star Beast. It’s all gone a bit #DoctorWho round here… pic.twitter.com/QQyqURYQxh — Nick Cannon (@nickycafc) November 6, 2023 The special guests at the screening included some … >
The first exclusive content to land in the BBC iPlayer “Whoniverse” will be Tales of the TARDIS, a brand new six-part series that reunites beloved classic Doctor Who duos, as they board a very special TARDIS on a nostalgic voyage through space and time. From 1 November, The Whoniverse will become the official name, and … >
Here’s our August 2023 Podcast Roundup – our favourites from the worlds of CultBox. In no particular order, the picks this month are… Blank Podcast – Georgia Tennant Georgia Tennant speaks to Giles Paley-Phillips and Jim Daley on nepotism, recognising her privilege and learning to live with social anxiety. There’s also plenty on her career … >
The 20th anniversary season of Doctor Who, with Peter Davison’s Fifth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 20. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 20 includes seven stories from 1983; Arc of Infinity, Snakedance, Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment, The King’s Demons and The Five Doctors. A specially-shot announcement trailer was … >
The Power of the Doctor, the last Doctor Who special for Jodie Whittker, was wiritten Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. What follows are select behind-the-scenes media from the cast and crew of the making of the 90-minute special. The special began with the Doctor, Yaz and Dan donning spacesuits to rescue an … >
A BBC press release with Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall and some of the main cast of The Power of the Doctor revealed a few more details about the Doctor Who BBC centenary special. According to Chibnall, the pre-credit sequence is the longest ever done – “like a mini movie in itself.” “Stunt-wise, the opening … >