A calendar featuring 12 recent portraits of Tom Baker. Most of these portraits are new and previously unseen, although some are from shoots where similar photos have been used in Tom’s website or on his Facebook page. The calendar is suitable for any country as we have not marked any public holidays – the pages are blank and ready for you to mark your own important dates. ORDER NOW
Ware worked on the very first Doctor Who episode and throughout the 1960s and ’70s. Doctor Who stuntman Derek Ware has died, aged 77. Ware worked on the show from the very first episode and on several stories throughout the 1960s and ’70s. As part of his work on Doctor Who, he formed stunt team HAVOC, providing the riders, fallers, drivers and horsemen who fought during Jon Pertwee’s first years as the Doctor (via TobyHadoke.com). Ware stopped working for the…
Taking the prize for the biggest surprise of last week has to be the announcement of the new Doctor Who spinoff Class. Heading up the all-ages show set in the halls of Coal Hill School is award-winning writer Patrick Ness. But who is he – and what can we expect? After all, Ness has written ‘adult’ novels, but he’s mainly known for his young adult books, particularly 2008’s The Knife of Never Letting Go – first book in the Chaos…
Adventures in time, space and LEGO. Fans will be able to get their hands on the LEGO console room from December 1. It features an opening TARDIS, detachable interior console room, and four mini-figures – the Eleventh Doctor, the Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald and a Weeping Angel, plus 2 Daleks and assorted accessories, such as the sonic screwdriver. The model – containing 623 LEGO pieces – was devised by fan-designer Andrew Clark. It was selected for production by members of…
Nothing in Zee world can stop it now! The incomplete 1967 adventure – missing two of its four episodes – is coming to DVD on October 26. The two existing episodes have been specially remastered for the release, while the missing pair have been reconstructed using restored audio and surviving stills. Starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, ‘The Underwater Menace’ sees the TARDIS crew encounter the last survivors of Atlantis, and the mad Professor Zaroff (Joseph Furst). The DVD will…
The Doctor said Andre left him “begging for the brush of death’s merciful hand”. Peter Andre was the unlikely talking point of Saturday’s Doctor Who when the Time Lord expressed his repulsion for the star’s ’90s hit ‘Mysterious Girl’. “Two weeks of ‘Mysterious Girl’ by Peter Andre! I was begging for the brush of death’s merciful hand,” The Doctor (played by Peter Capaldi) bemoaned in the episode. However, despite the less than glowing review, Andre was thrilled to get a…
John Hurt will reprise his role as the War Doctor in a new series of Doctor Who audio plays. Big Finish – producers of audio drama based on the BBC sci-fi since 1999 – have announced a new 12-part series, with Hurt returning to the role he first played in Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary special. The War Doctor is a ‘secret’ incarnation of the Time Lord, who fought against the Daleks in a devastating Time War. The audio adventures of…
“Sometimes you have to be heretical. Sometimes you actually have to embrace the heresy.” Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has opened up over the backlash surrounding the Doctor’s new sonic sunglasses, saying “sometimes you just have to be heretical”. Many fans are angry over the disappearance of the Time Lord’s sonic screwdriver and its replacement with his new eyewear, with #bringbackthescrewdriver even trending on Twitter. However, Moffat has defended his decision to introduce the sunglasses for Peter Capaldi’s character. “Sometimes…
“The BBC represents the spirit of our country.” Peter Capaldi has joined the ranks of TV personalities that have defended the BBC. In a passionate interview with US talk show host Larry King, the current Doctor believes the organisation is “seriously under threat from the government”. “The BBC is one of the great organisations of the world, the most special, special organisation,” Capaldi noted. “I think the government doesn’t think that the BBC supports it. [The BBC] is not answerable…
With dwindling viewing figures and a changing cast list, the programme could be about to undergo a massive shift. Worried BBC chiefs are considering scrapping next year’s series of Doctor Who and screening feature-length specials instead. The legendary sci-fi drama – starring Peter Capaldi as the Time Lord and Jenna Coleman as his companion Clara Oswald – is the Beeb’s biggest-selling programme overseas, earning an estimated £60million a year. But the cult show has hit a crisis period. Viewing figures…