From scenes which didn’t make the final cut to characters who were completely edited out… Issue 525 of Doctor Who Magazine brings you the best bits of Doctor Who you never got to see! Doctor Who Magazine 525 also includes: • An interview with Will Oswald, an editor on Doctor Who from 2007 to 2017 • DWM chats to Michelle Ryan about the return of her character Lady Christina de Souza • The Time Team returns – and they’ve regenerated!…
To celebrate last month’s publication of four new novelisations of Doctor Who television episodes in the style of the classic ‘Target’ books, Russell (who’s novelised his 2005 TV episode Rose) and Steven (who’s adapted his 2013 episode The Day of the Doctor) sat down with journalist Tom Spilsbury to discuss million-pound bestsellers, Lego massacres, resurrecting Doctor Who at the wrong moment, and a “ridiculous romance with Elizabeth I” – and the interview (video below) is everything we could have hoped…
A new day dawns for the Doctor! Titan Comics 2018’s epic journey starts with Free Comic Book Day’s Doctor Who comic! Join the Doctor on May 5 for a free and new-reader-friendly tour through the Doctor’s many incarnations, packed with action, heart, and adventure, and tales that tease 2018’s epic journey! Perfect for new readers and long-term fans alike, this is the ultimate jumping on point and tease for the future, including the first appearance of the Thirteenth Doctor in…
A castle which dates back to the 12th Century and featured in an episode of Doctor Who has been put up for sale. Penllyn Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, which is not open to the public, is on the market for £1m. As well as castle ruins dating back to 1135, it also features a Grade II-listed mansion house containing eight bedrooms. The 72-acre country estate near Cowbridge contains sprawling lawns, paddocks and a woodland. Anthony Clay, from estate…
William Hartnell’s original script from the very first episode of Doctor Who has been sold at auction for £6,200 plus fees, taking the total to £7,500. Anthony Coburn’s An Unearthly Child, billed as episode one of the story Doctor Who and the Tribe of Gum, runs to 43 pages. The script still includes blue pencil annotations by Hartnell himself, who took on the role of Doctor Who in 1963, having previously starred in sitcom The Army Game and in Carry On Sergeant,…
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More than two decades since he last played the part, Eric Roberts is returning to the world of Doctor Who as The Master. Roberts played the Doctor’s arch-nemesis in the 1996 TV movie opposite Paul McGann and is finally reprising the character in a new release from Big Finish. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, Michelle Gomez will also appear as Missy, having made her exit from the television series last year. Roberts and Gomez will star alongside Alex Kingston…
The classic Doctor Who adventure Genesis Of the Daleks regularly – and rightly – bubbles to the top end of lists of the show’s finest ever stories. Headlined by Tom Baker of course, it’s an astoundingly ambitious, challenging slice of Who, with Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Ian Marter on top form. It first debuted back in March 1975. And, as Tom Baker’s first series as the Doctor gets ready for a Blu-ray release, it’s been announced that a special 90-minute…