Christopher Benjamin 1934 – 2025

Christopher Benjamin 1934 – 2025

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Today we heard the very sad news of the passing of actor Christopher Benjamin aged 90.  Many of our readers will fondly remember him for his appearances in Doctor Who playing Sir Keith Gold in “Inferno” (1970), Henry Gordon Jago in “The Talons of Weng-Chiang” (1977) and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in “The Unicorn and the Wasp” (2008). Christopher Benjamin was an English actor with many stage and television credits since the 1960s. He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film The…

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Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek build

Love for ‘Dr Who’ inspires Dalek build

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A quiet house in suburban Dunedin, New Zealand, is now home to a violent exterminator set on destroying any “impure” forms of life. Macandrew Bay residents might be safer inside their homes because a six-foot (183cm) merciless Dalek, from the cult television show Doctor Who, is now operating in the area. Sci-fi enthusiast Jason Connolly spent about 200 hours over the past three months building the life-size replica of the show’s most menacing antagonist in his workshop. He said he had…

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Barbara Clegg 1926 – 2025

Barbara Clegg 1926 – 2025

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Clegg was born in Manchester, England on 1 March 1926. Her parents were Herbert Clegg and Ethel Moores, sister of Sir John Moores who founded the Littlewoods Empire and they ran an artificial flower making factory in Manchester. She spent her early years in Gatley. After obtaining an English degree at Oxford University, Clegg decided to pursue a career in the theatre. Initial work as an understudy led to more substantial roles, most notably her turn as Cleopatra opposite Cyril Luckham’s Caesar at the Liverpool Playhouse. A…

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COMPANIONS: MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ASSISTANTS IS NOW 700 PAGES LONG: HERE’S WHAT’S NEW

COMPANIONS: MORE THAN 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ASSISTANTS IS NOW 700 PAGES LONG: HERE’S WHAT’S NEW

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Companions: More Than 60 Years of Doctor Who Assistants has expanded to a massive 700 pages, and is now available to buy from Candy Jar Books. The original Companions book by Andy Frankham-Allen was released in 2013, and came to just over 300 pages. This new edition, updated by Philip Bates, is a whopping 700 pages long, covering every companion from Susan, Barbara Wright, and Ian Chesterton, to Ruby Sunday – and brings us right up to date with a…

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CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO REMOVED FROM BRITBOX UK AND ITVX PREMIUM

CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO REMOVED FROM BRITBOX UK AND ITVX PREMIUM

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Classic Doctor Who, which included episodes broadcast from when the series launched in 1963 until it was rested in 1989, has been removed by BritBox UK and ITVX (via Premium subscription). An official reason has not been provided by BritBox at time of writing, though it’s thought that the streamer has lost the rights to keep the show on its platform. Meanwhile, the Classic Doctor Who episodes are available to stream now on BBC iPlayer.

Doctor Who Makes The Top Five On Christmas Day 2024

Doctor Who Makes The Top Five On Christmas Day 2024

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The Doctor Who Christmas Special: “Joy To The World” has achieved an official rating (after 7 days and once BBC iPlayer data has been been taken into account) of 5.9 million which is an uplift of 1.8m from the initial overnight values and the highest rated episode since last years Christmas special “The Church on Ruby Road” which achieved 7.49m.  The final episode of Gavin & Stacey is the UK’s most-watched TV programme shown on Christmas Day in 23 years,…

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Tom Baker Awarded MBE By King Charles In New Years Honours

Tom Baker Awarded MBE By King Charles In New Years Honours

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Doctor Who star Tom Baker has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours list for his services to television. The 90-year-old actor played the fourth incarnation of the Time Lord for seven seasons between 1974 and 1981, the longest consecutive stint for any actor in the title role of the hit BBC sci-fi show. Born in Liverpool in 1934 to a father in the Merchant Navy and a mother who worked as a barmaid…

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Doctor Who Magazine 612

Doctor Who Magazine 612

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Inside this issue: An in-depth look at the making of The War Games in Colour, including the brand-new model work and the Troughton/Pertwee regeneration sequence. EastEnders veteran RUDOLPH WALKER recalls his role in The War Games… Writer and exec producer STEVEN MOFFAT discusses Joy to the World, including scenes that never made it to screen. RUSSELL T DAVIES explains what connects The Pirate Planet, The Christmas Invasion’s ill-fated Danny Llewellyn and a branch of Marks and Spencer… Build your own half-scale Dalek with a new Doctor Who partwork. We talk to the team…

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Joy To The World Amongst BBC Big Hitters For Christmas Day

Joy To The World Amongst BBC Big Hitters For Christmas Day

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Top 10 most watched Christmas Day TV shows Gavin & Stacey 12.32m Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 9.38m The King (BBC and ITV) 6.81m (not including other channels) Call The Midwife 4.42m EastEnders 4.39m Doctor Who 4.11m Strictly Come Dancing 4.05m EastEnders 3.98m Tiddler 3.23m The Weakest Link 3.05m All figures are based on “overnight” TV ratings – which do not include viewers who watch Christmas specials on catch-up services during the rest of the festive period. Source: BARB…

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