As many fans were hoping, the story of Doctor Who spin-off Class is being picked up by the excellent folks over at Big Finish.

Class, created by Patrick Ness, came to an end after one series, leaving things on a cliffhanger too. But the BBC opted not to press ahead with a second series, leaving story threads dangling.

Audio drama specialists Big Finish have now inked a deal, and is working on six new audio adventures for the Class team. These will be spread over two volumes, although it doesn’t look as though Ness himself is involved in them. The cast from the show is returning, though, and Sophie Aldred is set to make an appearance as Ace, too.

The news was broken in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, and Class: The Audio Adventures will arrive in August.

June 2018 will be a good month for Whovians with access to UK Netflix, as we’ve just learned that both Doctor Who series 10 and the spinoff series Class are coming to the immensely popular streaming service next month.

Class, which ran for 10 episodes on the BBC iPlayer back in 2016, is coming to Netflix UK on June 3rd, 2018. The show focused on the pupils of Coal Hill Academy, with this familiar location from Doctor Who lore playing host to a variety of alien monsters. Class was written by Patrick Ness, and it starred Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins, Vivian Oparah and Katherine Kelly.

Doctor Who series 10 – which consisted of 12 episodes (including a Christmas special), and originally aired on BBC One in 2017 – will arrive on UK Netflix on June 25th, 2018. This was the last series of Doctor Who with showrunner Steven Moffat and star Peter Capaldi at the helm, with Jodie Whittaker popping up at the end of the Chrimbo special to tease series 11.

As always, it’s unclear exactly how long either of these series will stay on Netflix. So, if you’ve been playing to watch/rewatch either Class or Doctor Who series 10, you’ll want to get on it fairly quickly.

In other Doctor Who streaming news, we recently learned that the social video platform Twitch is hosting all of the classic episodes with a special event in the near future.

Doctor Who fans have been invited to send welcome videos to Jodie Whittaker, ahead of her first full series in the show’s lead role. The campaign is being led by BBC America, who are planning to compile the video messages together into one big happy montage to show to Whittaker.

With regards to exactly what they’re after, BBC America released this little paragraph of info:

“We’re looking for videos of you welcoming Jodie to Doctor Who. What that means is entirely up to you. Your message could be as simple as saying, ‘Hello Jodie, welcome to Doctor Who!’ or it could be an explanation of what Doctor Who means to you, how excited you are to meet her, or why you’re a fan of the show. You could bake her a cake, crack open a Christmas cracker, or write something on the sidewalk with chalk. The possibilities are as infinite as the TARDIS!”

If you want to take part, this is what you need to send in:

• Your full name
• Your username (for whichever social platform you prefer)
• A video message that is no longer than 10 seconds, no bigger than 20MB, and as high definition as possible to social@bbcamerica.com (Please do not include background music, though, because the Beeb will add their own.)

Or if you’re not into making videos, you can send anything else that you’d like to welcome Whittaker with to that same email address. Suggestions from the BBC for non-video entries include drawings, graphics, photos, and ‘Anything else you can think of that we couldn’t!”

This sounds like a lovely little project, and a nice way to show Whittaker that the Doctor Who fandom is a happy and welcoming community.

More info can be found at this BBC America link.

Lots of pop culture treats are being sold through Ewbank’s Auctions, a Surrey-based company, later this month. The entertainment and memorabilia auction will take place on May 31st, with bidding set to take place in real life and on the web.

The exterior of Peter Cushing’s actual TARDIS is among the items being sold. It was built at Shepperton Studios and used in the 1965 movie Doctor Who And The Daleks. This same TARDIS was also used in its sequel, 1966’s Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 AD. The bidding will start t £4,000 and online bids can be placed at this web address.