Class is coming!
Fear is coming, tragedy is coming, war is coming. Prepare yourselves, Class is coming…
Doctor Who Legacy – Update
Weekly Patch is Live! 1. Bigger in the Inside chapter 1 goes on sale, price decreases to $3.99 from $4.99 2. Added level (L50) The 5th Doctor Challenge 1 to the Challenge Levels. Requires 5th Doctor Drops time crystal on first run and first run only Shayde rare drop 3. Updated the level “Experimental Relative Dimension” in Fan Area. drops up to 5 Rassilon and 5 Red time fragments drops 1 time crystal on the first run and first run…
Christopher Eccleston Calls Leaving the Role ‘Tragic’
When Christopher Eccleston stepped into the role of the Ninth Doctor in the 2005 series reboot, it promised a big and bright future for Doctor Who. Sadly, Eccleston regenerated into David Tennant after just one season. It looks like he didn’t fully want to, but felt he had to. In an interview with 774 ABC Melbourne’s Drive, Eccleston said he regrets not staying on as the Doctor into a second season, because he wanted to do more with the character….
Andrew Smith pens Doctor Who adventure for Sir John Hurt
Andrew Smith has penned a story for acting legend John Hurt – and he’s been inspired by a novelist with Royal Burgh connections. Andrew has enjoyed some success in recent years writing audio plays for Big Finish Productions , who feature tales from the likes of Doctor Who. The latest adventure Andrew has written is called The Eternity Cage, focusing on Sir John Hurt’ s portrayal of the title character. The legendary actor is reprising the role, referred to as…
Captain Jack in new Doctor Who spin-off plays
Ready to get up close and personal with Captain Jack Harkness? John Barrowman will reprise Jack in a new series of audio plays from Big Finish, known for their Doctor Who and Torchwood ranges. His new spin-off, The Lives of Captain Jack, will delve into different points in the character’s complex personal history. Russell Tovey will reprise his Doctor Who role of Alonso Frame for the episode ‘One Enchanted Evening’ – which will dramatise the character’s encounter with Jack after the events…
DOCTOR Loo
A SCI-FI fanatic has created a Tardis-inspired toilet in his back garden, which tweets hundreds of people every time he spends a penny. The life-sized TARDIS has been fitted with flashing LED lights, motion sensors and a even a WiFi hotspot and USB ports for those longer loo trips. Unlike its Doctor Who name-sake, the trendy toilet is no bigger on the inside, but it does have a fully functioning bog and sink crammed in. The futuristic loo was designed by app builder…
Steven Moffat hints on his reasons for leaving Doctor Who
Steven Moffat has hinted Jenna Coleman made him quit Doctor Who . The show-runner was left “heartbroken” when the 30-year-old beauty – who played the Time Lord’s companion Clara Oswald for three years on the BBC sci-fi series – decided to leave at the end of last year to focus on her new role in Victoria and felt he could no longer continue without the brunette beauty, Matt Smith and Karen Gillian on the show. He said: “We miss her…
Christmas special’s guest companion revealed!
The companion in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas episode has been revealed. 2016’s festive special began filming in Cardiff this week. Steven Moffat revealed in June that the Christmas ep will not feature Pearl Mackie and that new companion Bill won’t be introduced until the first episode of Season 10 next year. He teased: “So there’ll be somebody else – a different, guest companion – this Christmas, like how River Song played the companion role in last year’s Special.” Fans on location today have now discovered who that…
Melbourne’s ‘Doctor Who’ synthesiser EMS Synthi 100 given engineering heritage award
The sounds it makes are straight out of science fiction, but a rare synthesiser housed at Melbourne University has been recognised as an historic piece of engineering heritage. The British-built EMS Synthi 100 synthesiser was meticulously restored in 2015 by Melbourne University technician Leslie Craythorn. Today, Engineers Australia will award the synthesiser an Engineering Heritage Marker at a ceremony at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music’s Southbank campus, recognising both the instrument’s importance in music history and Mr Craythorn’s work in…
Does the Doctor Who filming schedule mean Pearl Mackie will debut this Christmas?
We still don’t know much about what to expect from the next Doctor Who adventure to hit our screens, a festive special due to broadcast this Christmas – but at least now we know the reason why. This week Doctor Who head writer Steven Moffat revealed that work on this year’s special was only just beginning, taking place after the filming of around four series 10 episodes despite those stories not airing until much later (around April, as it turns…