Jon Pertwee’s debut season as the Third Doctor will be the next release to join the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection. The Third Doctor is exiled to Earth, teaming up with UNIT’s Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) and scientist Liz Shaw (Caroline John) to confront alien invasions and threats from our own planet’s primeval past. The Season … >
A new 116-page bookazine from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine celebrates an unforgettable era in the show’s history. The success of the first episodes starring Jon Pertwee saved the series from the threat of cancellation. A year later, the next phase of its reinvention introduced a new assistant for the Doctor and a debonair adversary to … >
Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor Season 9 Blu-ray is available for pre-order for a spring release. A specially shot announcement trailer was released, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxues) and featuring Katy Manning back as Jo. Across an action-packed twenty-six episodes, the Doctor and Jo (Katy Manning) face off against Daleks, Ogrons, … >
According English journalist, broadcaster, author, cultural historian and Doctor Who fan Matthew Sweet in The Telegraph, a long-lost script for a Doctor Who film starring Jon Pertwee has recently resurfaced. The 1986 script, Dr Who’s Greatest Adventure, was revealed screening at the British Film Institute (BFI). The movie pitted two Time Lords, a young Doctor … >
Stewart Bevan, who played Professor Clifford Jones in the Doctor Who Season 10 television story The Green Death, has died at the age of 73. Bevan’s character, Professor Clifford Jones, was the love interest of companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and the two character’s engagement was the impetus for Jo to end her adventures with … >
Desert Island Doctors — what did actors from a classic TV show choose when they appeared on a classic radio show? Here’s a random idea. This week we’ve news Jodie Whittaker is moving on from Doctor Who (as every other lead has done over the years) and been reminded of the popularity of BBC Radio 4’s Desert … >
Jon Pertwee’s second Doctor Who season as the third Doctor, featuring the debut of Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Roger Delgado as the Master, is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 8 on 23 February 2021. Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 8 includes newly remastered stories Terror of the Autons, … >
Screenwriter and novelist Terrance Dicks died on August 28 at the age of 84, as announced by his agency on September 5. Dicks was best known as a writer for Doctor Who and as the programme’s script editor from 1968 to 1974. He also adapted many Doctor Who televised stories into novelisations for Target Books. … >
Issue number 540 of Doctor Who Magazine contains an exclusive interview with Sean Pertwee where he was asked if he would like to appear in Doctor Who. He answered cautiously but enthusiastically. “I have been…” he breaks off. “I should be careful what I say, but there were noises made about me being involved in … >
Classic Doctor Who, featuring the first through the seventh Doctor, is available for streaming on Pluto TV. Pluto TV is a 100 percent free streaming service and the channel, like the rest of the channels on Pluto TV, is ad-supported. Viewers can watch classic Doctor Who featuring William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, … >