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Month: January 2017

Nicola Walker loves doing Doctor Who on audio – but she never wants to appear in the TV series

Nicola Walker loves doing Doctor Who on audio – but she never wants to appear in the TV series

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Nicola Walker has been a Doctor Who companion since 2014 – but if you stick only to the TV series, you might not know it. The BAFTA-nominated actress plays Liv Chenka – assistant to Paul McGann’s eighth Doctor – in the popular Big Finish audio plays. “I’ve been doing them for quite a long time now – they’re great and more and more people are listening to them. “I’ll do those for as long as they ask me to do…

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Doctor Who makeup brushes are officially in development

Doctor Who makeup brushes are officially in development

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Doctor Who makeup brushes are officially in development by Storybook Cosmetics, the new company that brought Harry Potter wand makeup brushes to the masses. The announcement is for any Doctor Who fans who have always wanted to feel like a Time Lord and could picture them wielding the Doctor’s iconic Sonic Screwdriver. In a new conceptual image posted to their official Instagram page, Storybook Cosmetics teased a new Doctor Who makeup brush shaped like the Sonic Screwdriver. The Sonic Screwdriver…

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The Pirate Planet chapter extract

The Pirate Planet chapter extract

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Coming this week from BBC Books is the novelisation of the 1978 Doctor Who story, The Pirate Planet, originally written by Douglas Adams and now adapted by James Goss. And we have an extract from the book to share with you! Order The Pirate Planet here Featuring Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, The Pirate Planet is a novel based on a long-forgotten draft of the script found in the Douglas Adams archive in Cambridge. Unseen for 40 years and vastly different…

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Radiohead wanted to use a Dalek to create ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ album artwork

Radiohead wanted to use a Dalek to create ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ album artwork

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Radiohead collaborator Stanley Donwood has revealed that he originally wanted to create the artwork for the band’s latest album ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ with use of a Doctor Who Dalek. ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’ was released by the band in May 2016, with its artwork once again created by Donwood, who has worked with the group since 1994. Speaking to Creative Review, Donwood explained: “It’s normally about two years to make a Radiohead record. The first things we were talking about…

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The Return Of Doctor Mysterio Final Rating 7.83 million!

The Return Of Doctor Mysterio Final Rating 7.83 million!

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The Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Return of Doctor Mysterio, had an official rating of 7.83 million viewers, according to data released by BARB. The rating is over 2 million higher than the initial overnight figure and includes all those who recorded the programme and watched it within 7 days. The figure is slightly higher than the 2015 Special, The Husbands of River Song, which has 7.69 million watching. Doctor Who finished 9th for the week. Viewing across the board…

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The BBC unveils new Doctor Who clips in 2017 trailer

The BBC unveils new Doctor Who clips in 2017 trailer

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Our new year’s resolution for 2017 is DEFINITELY to make time for lots more telly – because based on this exciting new trailer for all the shows coming up on BBC One this year, we’re going to need to see every last one of them. Whether you’re a fan of Doctors Who or Foster (how big has her son gotten??), Poldark or Line of Duty, EastEnders or Call the Midwife there’s something for everybody – as well as looks at…

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