MEET PEARL MACKIE THE DOCTOR’S NEW COMPANION!
BBC One today announced Pearl Mackie will join the Doctor Who cast as The Doctor’s new companion. Pearl was exclusively revealed to audiences on BBC One during half time the FA Cup semi-final on Saturday 23rd August. On joining the cast in her first major television role, Pearl said: “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Doctor Who family. It’s such an extraordinary British institution, I couldn’t be prouder to call the TARDIS my home! Peter Capaldi is such a…
NEW DOCTOR WHO COMPANION TO BE REVEALED ON SATURDAY
The new Doctor Who companion will be revealed live on BBC One on Saturday night. The announcement will be made during half time of the FA Cup semi-final Match of the Day Live: Everton versus Manchester United at around 18:00 BST. The new companion will star alongside Peter Capaldi’s Time Lord in the 10th new season of Doctor Who. They will replace Jenna Coleman, who played Clara Oswald, who left the show in 2015. Coleman joined Doctor Who in 2012,…
DOCTOR WHO: THE CURSE OF THE FUGUE
She’s back – and it’s about time! Sheridan Smith returns to Big Finish as Lucie Miller for a brand new Eighth Doctor Short Trip… February 1974 is grimmer than usual for the British. Huddling together by candlelight the nation endures regular power cuts, however the situation is far worse for one old woman. Out of the dark come visitors who know of her terrible burden of wartime secrets. All she fought to save is threatened. Whom can she trust? The…
BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP 21
Various Artists – BBC Radiophonic Workshop – 21 In 1958 the BBC Radiophonic Workshop opened with the aim to enhance in the main, drama output on the Third Programme (now Radio 3) following the development of new electronic music techniques emanating from Europe. Their work expanded across the BBC to take in TV drama (especially sci-fi), schools programmes and themes. The latter being their most celebrated and well known work, Delia Derbyshire’s treatment of Ron Grainer’s theme for Doctor Who….
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE SPECIAL: SPECIAL EFFECTS
FIND OUT ABOUT DOCTOR WHO’S RICH HISTORY OF SPECIAL EFFECTS! The latest Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition celebrates the series’ greatest special effects and meets the people who created them. From the trailblazers of the 1960s to the digital artists of today, this is the story of Doctor Who’s journeys into the impossible. Highlights include: Interviews with visual effects designers Peter Day (Fury from the Deep, The Dæmons, Genesis of the Daleks), Tony Harding (The Invisible Enemy, The Awakening),Mat Irvine…
RESTORATION TEAM: SITE UPDATE
The Doctor Who Restoration Team have updated their website to include details of the restoration work which took place on the final set of Doctor Who classic era DVD releases. The Restoration team was formed in 1992, consisting of a small group of Doctor Who fans within the television industry who were dedicated to restoring archive episodes of Doctor Who to the best possible quality ready for rebroadcast or release on Video or later on DVD. The painstaking work has…
DOCTOR WHO: NIGHTSHADE
Mark Gatiss’ classic novel comes to life in a brand new full-cast adaptation starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. Available to buy on both CD and download today, Doctor Who: Nightshade is a brand new adaptation of the first Doctor Who story by long-term series contributor Mark Gatiss (writer of eight TV episodes, including The Unquiet Dead, The Idiot’s Lantern, Cold War and The Crimson Horror, and the Big Finish audio plays Doctor Who: Phantasmagoria and Doctor Who: Invaders from…
DOCTOR WHO: LEGACY OF DEATH
A vicious temporal war grips the planet Aoris – can the Doctor save both the past and future from each other? The Fourth Doctor Adventures continue… Our fifth series of brand new audios starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward and John Leeson continues today with Doctor Who: Legacy of Death; where the battles on the planet Aoris take a turn for the worse after the events of Doctor Who.
DOCTOR WHO: AND YOU WILL OBEY ME
This summer’s biggest blockbuster starts here! Peter Davison and Geoffrey Beevers star in the first instalment of the Two Masters trilogy… The Doctor Who Main Range brings you a new full-cast adventure every month, starring one of the original actors to play the Doctor on television! Featuring fantastic new creations or the best-loved monsters from the past of the series, these stories are perfect for Doctor Who fans young and old. Our 211th Main Range release begins a breathtaking new…