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Month: September 2017

Time for Jason Onion’s replica Tardis to travel to a new home

Time for Jason Onion’s replica Tardis to travel to a new home

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Many weird and wonderful things have gone under the hammer at the Canterbury Auction Galleries. However, right up there in the novelty stakes must be a life-size replica of Doctor Who’s Tardis, which is due to be sold in November with an estimate of up to £5,000. The fictional time travelling machine was made by lifelong fan of the series Jason Onion, who is also a friend of the family of the show’s co-creator, the late Anthony Coburn. Constructed of…

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New From Telos Publishing This November!

New From Telos Publishing This November!

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Telos Publishing is pleased to announce that this November they will be publishing the official Tie-In Novelisation to the new Doctor Who Spin-off Drama WHITE WITCH OF DEVIL’S END, being released on DVD by Koch Media. The original Drama follows events in the life of Olive Hawthorne, the White Witch of Devil’s End from the 1971 Doctor Who adventure ‘The Daemons’. Six authors have supplied the tales, and they are being presented by Telos in two different paperback editions: First…

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Here is the first official synopsis for the Doctor Who 2017 Christmas special

Here is the first official synopsis for the Doctor Who 2017 Christmas special

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Up until now the BBC has been diligently silent on what exactly is going to happen in the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special. Outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat has merely hinted that the last episode featuring Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor will be ‘dark’ in tone, while the short teaser trailer (below) has shown Mark Gatiss’s character ‘The Captain’ seemingly stuck in time, the Twelfth Doctor trying to come to terms with the First Doctor, and the return of Bill Potts. But now,…

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David Bradley to continue as the First Doctor for Big Finish!

David Bradley to continue as the First Doctor for Big Finish!

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The Doctor Who Christmas special sees a much anticipated return for the first ever incarnation of the Time Lord, as played by David Bradley. But fans won’t have to wait long for even more new First Doctor adventures as Bradley will be reprising his role in a series of new audio dramas, the first two of which are released in January. It was Bradley’s uncanny portrayal of William Hartnell’s Doctor in An Adventure in Space and Time – the BBC drama about…

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Steven Moffat hints at dark times to come in Doctor Who 2017 Christmas special

Steven Moffat hints at dark times to come in Doctor Who 2017 Christmas special

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It was always fair to assume that the 2017 Doctor Who Christmas special wouldn’t be the most merry of festive episodes, with the upcoming Twice Upon a Time set to feature the “death” of Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor (before regenerating into Jodie Whittaker’s new incarnation) and the end of a seven-year era in Doctor Who history. However, it’s now emerged that the episode could be even darker than we expected, with the episode’s writer Steven Moffat (who departs as showrunner…

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Russell T Davies reveals a certain Doctor Who character isn’t dead after all

Russell T Davies reveals a certain Doctor Who character isn’t dead after all

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Nearly 10 years ago, the Daleks staged their biggest invasion of earth in recent Doctor Who history, with the Doctor teaming up with all his companions to help save the universe from Davros, Dalek Caan and a whole Dalek Empire – but in the course of the adventure there was a significant tragedy. For any who can’t remember the series 4 finale The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End, after the Earth and 26 other planets are moved in space, a mass Dalek…

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Space Pig and Ogrons from the Doctor Who Figurine Collection

Space Pig and Ogrons from the Doctor Who Figurine Collection

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  The latest issues of the Doctor Who Figurine Collection feature two memorable aliens from the Ninth and Third Doctor eras. Every two weeks, Whovians can enjoy an exclusive hand-painted and highly-detailed figurine and a magazine packed with info on its subject. Check out the details and images below from Issues 107 and 108. Pig Pilot Doctor Who Figurine Collection: Part 107 (available late Sept 2017) From the 2005 Ninth Doctor episode, Aliens of London. The creature – a genetically augmented…

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Russell T Davies hid secret references to Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor in his new Doctor Who book before she was even revealed

Russell T Davies hid secret references to Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor in his new Doctor Who book before she was even revealed

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When Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the incoming Thirteenth Doctor over the summer Doctor Who fans were gobsmacked, with many surprised that the BBC had been brave enough to cast the first female incarnation of the Time Lord and manage keep the whole thing secret for so long. However, there was one mega-fan who wasn’t quite so shocked about the announcement – former series boss Russell T Davies, who revived and ran the sci-fi series from 2005 to 2010 and…

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Daphne Ashbrook: Dead Woman Laughing

Daphne Ashbrook: Dead Woman Laughing

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Witty, self-effacing and painfully honest; the themes of life, death and laughter come together as Daphne Ashbrook recounts her many on-and off-screen scrapes with mortality. Packed with rich anecdotes from her career in TV, stage and film, this refreshingly candid and conversational memoir spans a childhood in a theatrical family to pulling back the curtain of Hollywood, revealing the glamour and ridiculousness of a business mired in a struggle between art and profit. Known for both her comic timing and…

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