Scratchman, the novelization of a script for a Doctor Who story intended for the big screen is available for preorder for delivery on January 24, 2019. The novelisation was written by Tom Baker, an actor best known for his role as the fourth Doctor in Doctor Who from 1974-1981. Tom Baker describes his experience of writing … >
River Song has been busily flowing up her husband’s timestream in her audio adventures. Having encountered the Eighth, the Seventh and Sixth, and most recently the Fifth Doctor, her latest box set grants her a meeting with the Fourth Doctor as well as an original race of villains to cross swords with. Time In A … >
Douglas Adams was recommended for the Doctor Who Script Editor’s job by his predecessor Anthony Read, and accepted the job after meeting with producer Graham Williams. This was around September/October 1978. Williams was recovering from illness that meant he was unable to carry out his role during the filming of The Power of Kroll. It … >
Available as either a boxset or four individual instalments, the seventh series of Fourth Doctor Adventures concludes with Volume 2, and it’s four more hugely entertaining stories for Tom Baker’s Doctor in the company of Leela (Louise Jameson). Justin Richards starts with The Shadow Of London. It’s the 1940s and London seems unusually quiet, and … >
Quick update here: BBC Worldwide has confirmed that there’s been a small delay in the release of the Doctor Who season 12 Blu-ray collection. It’s been put back – for undisclosed reasons – to June 18th 2018. Other than that, as you were… Previously… Earlier this year, we reported that in the US, Tom Baker’s first … >
The classic Doctor Who adventure Genesis Of the Daleks regularly – and rightly – bubbles to the top end of lists of the show’s finest ever stories. Headlined by Tom Baker of course, it’s an astoundingly ambitious, challenging slice of Who, with Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter on top form. It first debuted back … >
Doctor Who, the show that can go anywhere and do anything. It’s vital, it’s delightful, it reaffirms your faith in humanity, with a hero who is never cruel or cowardly. And yet… Robert Holmes is widely regarded as the best writer/script editor of Doctor Who, either ever or at least from its first 26 series. … >
Good news and bad news for fans of classic era Doctor Who, who also own a Blu-ray player. On March 30th, Doctor Who: Tom Baker – The Complete First Season is getting a Blu-ray release. The snag? Thus far, only in America. The announcement of the release came from Warner Bros and BBC America in … >
Concluding the sixth series of The Fourth Doctor Adventures from Big Finish, ‘The Thief who Stole Time’ contains the third and fourth episodes of a story which began in ‘The Skin of the Sleek’, dealing with the fate of the curious planet of Funderell. Marc Platt’s tale delivers on the promise of the first part … >
If you’ve never listened to one of Big Finish’ audio episodes of Doctor Who, now’s your chance!