In the short time since the news broke, following the announcement of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor, Twitter has gone into meltdown, here follows a selection of reactions… Please be aware that some of the comments may NOT be suitable for younger readers!… More to follow… Artist’s Impression. pic.twitter.com/DqeeCBUM5c — Andydrewz™ (@Andydrewz) July 16, 2017 Lovely day with my niece on her 11th birthday. This was one of her pressies – girls can be anything, even Dr Who!…

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Today, Sunday the 16th of July 2017 BBC television announced at the end of the Men’s final of Wimbledon that the 13th incarnation of The Doctor will be Jodie Whittaker! Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the Doctor Who’s 13th Time Lord – the first woman to get the role. The Broadchurch star succeeds Peter Capaldi, who took the role in 2013 and leaves in this year’s Christmas special. Whittaker, 35, will make her debut on the sci-fi show this…

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The wait is almost over. The BBC has announced that the new lead of Doctor Who will be revealed tomorrow afternoon. Through a short filmed plastered with the number 13 (as the new actor will be the drama’s 13th regular Doctor), the show announced the big unveiling would take place after the Wimbledon Men’s final, which starts at 2pm Sunday on BBC1 and will probably last between 2 and 3 hours. Exclusive News: It’s Almost Time. #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/rB4t1RH8Dx — Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho)…

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With all moulds cast, all sculpts sculpted and all imposing monsters posed, Saturday 8th July brought the curtain down on our Restoration project with the reveal of our fully restored final monster as voted for by you…so “run, it’s the Yeti!” As ever, Mike Tucker was on hand to talk about the Yeti restoration and, having identified the actor who played him when Mike found his name in the costume, we were even able to identify, on screen, which Yeti…

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The wait for the 13th Doctor is almost over, as today the BBC have stated that the identity of the new Doctor will be announced after the Wimbledon’s Men’s Final, this Sunday 16th July on BBC1.  In the meantime a teaser trail has been posted on the Doctor Who Facebook page. In an ominous 13-themed trailer for the Thirteenth Doctor, the BBC revealed that the big unveiling would take place this Sunday 16th July after the Wimbledon Men’s Final, which starts…

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According to British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror, Peter Purves, a former Doctor Who companion, is “horrified” by the idea of a female Time Lord. Now, we don’t think there’s going to be a woman in charge of the Tardis after this regeneration. Not only has Phoebe Waller-Bridge ruled herself out, Olivia Colman is too busy being in everything else… and film star Tilda Swinton? Hardly. Still, it’s nice to think that the Doctor could be a lady in the…

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Beryl and Sue Vertue’s Hartswood Films has hired Doctor Who executive producer Brian Minchin as Head of Drama development at its Cardiff, Wales production base, Hartswood West. Minchin has been EP on the BBC’s Doctor Who since 2013, working closely with showrunner Steven Moffat (who is a Hartswood board director). Hartswood West was established in 2010 and has produced all four seasons of Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ BBC One hit Sherlock, as well as the BBC’s adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s…

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Does the wait for news of the next star of Doctor Who bring you out in a Dalek-style rage? Well here’s something that’ll quell your metaphorical plunger: not even the director of the upcoming Christmas special knows who it is. Rachel Talalay, the director of Peter Capaldi’s final episode, claimed on Twitter that she doesn’t know who will be the Thirteenth Doctor. Talalay said that she had “no knowledge” of which actor will replace Peter Capaldi. To answer general q’s:…

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Panini UK today announces a change of editor for the long-running Doctor Who Magazine. The magazine, first published in 1979, celebrated its 500th issue last year, and is recognised by Guinness as the world’s longest-running TV tie-in magazine. Tom Spilsbury, editor since August 2007, is stepping down from his position after publication of issue 515 (on sale from Thursday 27 July 2017), and will be replaced by Marcus Hearn, a long-standing writer for DWM, who also previously co-edited the title…

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