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Month: September 2017

Peter Capaldi says his favourite Doctor is Jodie Whittaker?

Peter Capaldi says his favourite Doctor is Jodie Whittaker?

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Any Doctor Who fan worth the name has a pick for their favourite Doctor, with different incarnations of the Time Lord adventurer inspiring fierce loyalty in Whovians depending on their age, personality or (probably) fashion sense. So it’s no surprise to learn that current series star Peter Capaldi has his own pick for the Doctor to beat all Doctors – even if his particular favourite might be a little unusual given that few have seen her onscreen at all… “Jodie…

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Russell T Davies and James Goss in conversation

Russell T Davies and James Goss in conversation

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Wednesday 13th September 2017 7pm – 8pm 107 Charing Cross Road Literary Event, Signing, Chargeable Event What does ‘Dalek’ rhyme with? How do you draw the curtain at the end of the universe? Join us for an adventure in rhyme and space with former Doctor Who writer and executive producer Russell T Davies and author James Goss, as we celebrate the release of the first book of Time Lord verse Now We Are Six Hundred. Russell and James have a lifelong love of…

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The Final Day Of The Doctor Who Experience – Exclusive Report!

The Final Day Of The Doctor Who Experience – Exclusive Report!

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Today, Saturday the 9th of September 2017, was the day all Doctor Who fans secretly wished wouldn’t arrive, the final day of The Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay, South Wales.  The Gallifreyan Newsroom attended, together with three very good friends to bid it a fond farewell. A sad day? Well, yes, but also a day of celebration for an attraction that has become very much a Mecca for Doctor Who fans from right across the country and far beyond…

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There was a wedding proposal on the final opening day of the Doctor Who Experience

There was a wedding proposal on the final opening day of the Doctor Who Experience

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Saturday 9th of September marked a sad day for Doctor Who fans as the Doctor Who Experience closed its doors for the final time. But a surprise proposal made the ending of the city landmark a truly magical event. The sci-fi experience has been based at the heart of Cardiff Bay for the past five years, attracting thousands of fans to walk the same streets as the likes of Peter Capaldi, Matt Smith and David Tennant. Tickets sold out for the last day of…

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LETHBRIDGE-STEWART BRAND NEW FREE SHORT STORY NEWS ROUND-UP

LETHBRIDGE-STEWART BRAND NEW FREE SHORT STORY NEWS ROUND-UP

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  Candy Jar Books is pleased to announce its latest free pdf-only short story, The Cruel Oil by Harry Draper. This can be downloaded from the Candy Jar website. Range Editor Andy Frankham-Allen introduces the story: “The Cruel Oil is a result of our recent short story open submission window. It was a simple but intruiging pitch; When disaster occurs at a North Sea platform, and dead bodies preserved in tar from the spillage begin to disappear from their morgues,…

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BBC3 confirms Doctor Who spin-off Class has been axed after one series

BBC3 confirms Doctor Who spin-off Class has been axed after one series

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  The BBC has officially confirmed that its Doctor Who spin off Class will not be returning for another series. The drama, written by Young Adult author Patrick Ness, attracted lukewarm reviews when it was shown on BBC3 and in a late night slot on BBC1. Ness has already said he wasn’t writing any more episodes. However the show had not formally been decommissioned – until today that is, when hopes that the series could continue were finally dashed by BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh.  Asked…

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COMING IN 2018: DOUGLAS ADAMS’ ‘DOCTOR WHO AND THE KRIKKITMEN’!

COMING IN 2018: DOUGLAS ADAMS’ ‘DOCTOR WHO AND THE KRIKKITMEN’!

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Next year sees the publication of Doctor Who And The Krikkitmen, a long-lost story featuring the Fourth Doctor and Romana from the iconic writer Douglas Adams. Doctor Who And The Krikkitmen is a novel based on a recently discovered treatment and extensive notes found in the Douglas Adams archive in Cambridge. The novelisation comes from Doctor Who author, James Goss (City of Death, The Pirate Planet). A truly ‘lost’ adventure and with legendary status among fans, this is a work by The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the…

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CELEBRATING SYLVESTER MCCOY: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

CELEBRATING SYLVESTER MCCOY: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

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Today is the 30th anniversary of Sylvester McCoy’s first appearance as the Seventh Doctor in 1987’s Time and the Rani. We asked Doctor Who Big Finish writer and BAFTA-nominated documentarian Chris Chapman to talk about his love for Doctor number seven. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN By Chris Chapman When I was 7 years old, Doctor Who was massive. All the kids I knew watched it. We were all terrified by the monsters – the Daleks, the Cybermen, those ones that came out of the…

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SEPTEMBER SEES EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO ADVENTURE FOR THE TWELFTH DOCTOR

SEPTEMBER SEES EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO ADVENTURE FOR THE TWELFTH DOCTOR

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This month’s Doctor Who audiobooks from the BBC give us an exclusive audio adventure for the Twelfth Doctor, and the final full television story for the Seventh Doctor. Both releases are available now, check out the details and artwork below. Death Among the Stars By Steve Lyons At Kennedy Space Centre, in 2060, the Doctor meets Amber Lewis. Both are there to observe the launch of Earth’s very first off-world colony ship, as it heads for Jupiter’s sixth moon. But…

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Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi had a VERY nerdy complaint about the return of the Mondasian Cybermen

Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi had a VERY nerdy complaint about the return of the Mondasian Cybermen

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We all know pretty well by now that Peter Capaldi is a massive Doctor Who fan, with the current Time Lord known for his membership of fan clubs, love of obscure classic series trivia and habit of writing letters to Radio Times about the sci-fi series decades before he was ever cast in it. So when one of his favourite foes from the 1960s, the original design for the cyborg Cybermen known as the Mondasian Cybermen, was brought back for the two-part finale of the latest series,…

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