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Month: December 2016

RETURN OF RIVER SONG AND TORCHWOOD FOR BIG FINISH IN JANUARY

RETURN OF RIVER SONG AND TORCHWOOD FOR BIG FINISH IN JANUARY

As ever, Big Finish have some big stories for Whovians and in January you can find Doctors Four through Eight and the return of Jago & Litefoot, River Song and Torchwood’s Yvonne Hartman. Check out all the details and artwork below. All titles are initially available exclusively from the Big Finish website here. THE BEAST OF KRAVENOS The Doctor and Romana return to Victorian London for a reunion with Jago & Litefoot. While K9 becomes the latest star attraction of…

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PREVIEW: THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR YEAR 3, ISSUE 1

PREVIEW: THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR YEAR 3, ISSUE 1

Titan Comics have announced details of a brand new series for the Eleventh Doctor, as played by Matt Smith on screen. Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor – Year Three #1 is on sale from January 4, 2017 and we have an exclusive look inside the first issue and the variant covers. We also have some thoughts from writers Rob Williams and Alex Paknadel. Click here for more details on The Eleventh Doctor adventures from Titan Comics The Eleventh Doctor –…

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Christmas Special Breaks BBC America Ratings Record

Christmas Special Breaks BBC America Ratings Record

It was a very Merry Christmas for Doctor Who and BBC America. The Christmas special Doctor Who: The Return Of Doctor Mysterio delivered 1.7 million total viewers, including nearly 900,000 adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, in Nielsen Live+3 ratings. It was BBC America’s top telecast of the year across all key demos, and was the No. 1 most social program on Christmas night across Facebook and Twitter. In the special, the Doctor joins forces with a masked superhero for an…

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Ken Dodd Tops The Queen’s New Year Honours list!

Ken Dodd Tops The Queen’s New Year Honours list!

The Gallifreyan Newsroom have just got news that Ken Dodd, aged 89, who starred as The Toll Keeper in the 1987 story “Delta and the Bannermen” has topped the list in the Queens New Years Honours List. Ken been awarded a knighthood for services to entertainment and charity.! ‘Highly tickled’ Dodd told the BBC he was “very proud and highly tickled” to be knighted. “I’m very proud and I’d like to thank all the people who wished it for me because they’re…

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Class: BBC America Releases Teaser for Doctor Who Spinoff

Class: BBC America Releases Teaser for Doctor Who Spinoff

The Christmas break is ending and BBC America has released a new Class TV show teaser. Watch it, after the jump. Class, season one, premieres on BBC America in 2017. When an exact date is announced, we will let you know. A Doctor Who spinoff, Class stars Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, Vivan Oparah, and Katherine Kelly. The current and 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi will guest star in the Class series premiere, “For Tonight We Might Die.” Ben Peel,…

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Doctor Who and Star Wars stars to grace Coventry’s first comic con event

Doctor Who and Star Wars stars to grace Coventry’s first comic con event

Doctor Who will be travelling through time to Coventry next year as part of the city’s first comic con event. Sylvester McCoy, who played the seventh doctor, will be among special guests at the event at Sports Connexion in Ryton. And another Doctor Who star will be making his first appearance at any comic con in the world, Peter Walshe, who starred alongside Tom Baker in the role of Erak in The Sontaran Experiment and as a Pikeman in The…

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PREVIEW: TENTH DOCTOR YEAR 3, ISSUE 1

PREVIEW: TENTH DOCTOR YEAR 3, ISSUE 1

Titan Comics have announced details of a brand new series for the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant on screen. Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor – Year Three #1 is on sale from January 11, 2017 and we have an exclusive look inside the first issue and the variant covers. Click here for more details on The Tenth Doctor adventures from Titan Comics The Tenth Doctor – Year 3 It’s a brand-new season for the Tenth Doctor and his…

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DOCTOR WHO: GHOST STORIES – WRITER’S COMMENTARY

DOCTOR WHO: GHOST STORIES – WRITER’S COMMENTARY

Available now from Titan Comics is an exciting new digital comic series which follows on from the adventures in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Return of Doctor Mysterio. Ghost Stories issue 1 is available now and features the Ghost as featured in the most recent episode. The series comes from author George Mann, who has authored the War Doctor novel Engines Of War and many Doctor Who comic series from Titan. Purchase Ghost Stories issue 1 here. Today we…

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The Return Of Doctor Mysterio Audience Appreciation

The Return Of Doctor Mysterio Audience Appreciation

Doctor Who: The Return of Doctor Mysterio had an Audience Appreciation or AI score of 82. The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes. The score is identical to that received by last year’s Christmas Special The Husbands of River Song. The highest score of the…

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Ten Things We Know About Bill

Ten Things We Know About Bill

She’s in for some incredible adventures… Okay. Let’s get the obvious one out of the way. She’s hopping aboard the TARDIS with the Doctor which means her life is about to become more fun, more dangerous and more amazing than she could ever have imagined. Buckle up, Bill! Inside Info Bill is ‘…funny and geeky and vulnerable. There’s a goofiness to her and a big heart.’ How do we know that? Simple – that’s what Pearl Mackie (who plays Bill)…

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