January 2015 – Page 2

Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts. Out Now

13 January 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

The long-awaited special Doctor Who releases from the novels by TV series-writer Gareth Roberts are now released…

Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts is out today, a five disc set in a deluxe book packaging. The two stories in the set – Doctor Who – The Romance of Crime, and Doctor Who – The English Way of Death – are also available as single releases from today:

The Romance of Crime

The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Romana and K9 to the Rock of Judgement; a court, prison and place of execution built into a rocket-powered asteroid. When involved in an investigation by the system’s finest lawman, they find they must seek answers to some disturbing questions.

The English Way of Death

The Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive in 1930s London to return some overdue library books. They plan to take a rest after their recent adventures, but Romana detects a distress signal from the future and the Doctor is attacked by a suffocating green mist.

Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor by Gareth Roberts is available now on CD or Download, along with Doctor Who – The Romance of Crime, and Doctor Who – The English Way of Death. Check the links for more details including trailers.

A second special collection of Doctor Who novel adaptations Doctor Who – The Novel Adaptations Volume 2 is out in May, comprising Gareth Roberts’ Doctor Who – The Well-Mannered War and Russell T Davies’ Doctor Who – Damaged Goods. Other adaptations include Gareth Roberts’ Doctor Who – The Highest Science (a preview of the first episode is available here) and Paul Cornell’s Doctor Who – Love and War.

Doctor Who Magazine: 482

7 January 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 482

JENNA COLEMAN TALKS ABOUT THE LOVES AND LIVES OF CLARA OSWALD, EXCLUSIVELY IN DWM 482!

Jenna Coleman, who plays the Doctor’s companion Clara Oswald, gives a revealing interview about her time so far on Doctor Who…

DWM asks Jenna if the Doctor and Clara can finally move on in their relationship – and after the sacrifice of Danny Pink, can things ever be the same again? “I think so,” Jenna says. “But they are a bit addicted to each other, and to the dynamic that they share. It’s getting so that one can’t go without the other, and I think that’s definitely what Clara’s realised. In a way that’s quite dangerous now, because she realises that there is no going back for her…”

ALSO INSIDE ISSUE 482 OF DWM…

Rachel Talalay, director of the 2014 series finale two-part finale, reveals the secrets of how Death in Heaven was brought to the screen.

Peter Purves, who starred as companion Steven Taylor in the 1960s, talks in-depth about his time on Doctor Who.

Discover fascinating new facts about the acclaimed Seventh Doctor story The Greatest Show in Galaxy in The Fact of Fiction.

Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat answer readers’ questions – including the knotty problem of the Doctor’s many wives! – in his exclusive column.

Writer David Fisher, who wrote three memorable stories for the Fourth Doctor in the 1970s, revisits his work.

The Doctor and Clara face Sontarans and Nazis as The Instruments of War continues, a brand-new comic strip written and illustrated by Mike Collins.

Sarah Jane and the Brigadier are reunited, as the Time Team watch The Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane.

Jaqueline Rayner wonders how the Doctor’s companions would get on in the Cubs in Relative Dimensions.

Last Christmas is put under the spotlight in The DWM Review.

The Watcher considers the many surprising ways that Doctor Who stories can change from script to screen in Wotcha!.

The Watcher gives the answers to his Fiendishly Festive Christmas Quiz! How well did you do?

Have your say on Peter Capaldi’s first series as the Doctor in the DWM Season Survey.

The DWM Crossword, prize-winning competitions, and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine 482 is out on Thursday 8 January, priced £4.99.

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Doctor Who: Exxilons Trailer

6 January 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

The trailer for the first of this year’s Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor adventures is online right now…

The first new trailer for 2015 is now available to listeners ahead of this month’s release ofDoctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures: The Exxilons:

Planet E9874 supports a developing civilisation known as the Tarl. The peaceful, technologically advanced Locoyuns are helping the Tarl develop rudimentary technology. What could be more innocent than that?

When the Doctor, Leela and K9 arrive, they find the delicate balance in the relationship between the two cultures reaching an unexpected crisis point. The spears are flying and the threat of all-out war is in the air.

The Doctor must use all his guile to tread a careful path with Tarl leader Ergu, while Leela and K9 discover an ancient power of unimaginable strength which threatens to tear the minds out of its victims.

To hear the trailer or see more details about Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Adventures – The Exxilons, click on the link.

Specially-priced Subscriptions for the Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor range are available, as is a Bundle making all Series 4 stories available along with Doctor Who – Philip Hinchcliffe Presents…

Doctor Who: Monthly Short Trips: Flywheel Revolution: Out Now

5 January 2015 admin Comments 0 Comment

The first 2015 Big Finish release is out today – Doctor Who’s Monthly Short Trips story Flywheel Revolution, a First Doctor story harking back to the very earliest years of the Doctor’s travels…

Read by Peter Purves, much-loved companion Steven Taylor in 1965-1966’s TV stories, First Doctor tale Flywheel Revolution is the first not only in Big Finish’s busy 2015 year of releases, but in a brand new range of downloadable short story readings:

On a planet in the far future, Frankie and his fellow robots have been consigned to the Scrapheap, doomed to explore no further than the limits of the artificial Wall. Life goes on, day after day – until a monster appears in their midst. It lives alone in a small hut on the edge of Scrapyard, and scours at night for the remains of dead robots. Frankie sets out to confront the monster in its lair. Its name? The Doctor!

Doctor Who – Monthly Short Trips: Flywheel Revolution is out now as a download. A price-saving subscription to this range can be found here.

Fans of Doctor Who short story readings should have a look at Big Finish’s Doctor Who – Short Trips range including four volumes of collected stories. Subscribers to the Doctor Who main range will also find up to four exclusive Short Trips stories a year available in their accounts.