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Month: March 2019

Doctor Who Series 12: New Production Designer

Doctor Who Series 12: New Production Designer

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Since it was announced that Doctor Who Production Designer Arwel Wyn-Jones would leave after Doctor Who Series 11 to work on the Hartswood Films production Dracula, Rules of the Beast, we wondered who would take his place. We’ve discovered that Doctor Who Series 11 Art Director Dafydd Shurmer was promoted to Production Designer, according to the online CV of a Graphic Designer for Doctor Who Series 12, Benjamin Davis. Shurmer has been an Art Director on many productions including Sherlock. A different Production Designer, Darryl Hammer, was in charge of the portion of…

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Paul McGann to face Eric Roberts’ Master again 23 years after the Doctor Who TV movie

Paul McGann to face Eric Roberts’ Master again 23 years after the Doctor Who TV movie

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Not just one Master will do for Big Finish: Paul McGann will be pitted against four different incarnations of the villain in his latest Eighth Doctor audio boxset. Ravenous 4 – being released in October – will see McGann face off with Michelle Gomez’s Missy, Derek Jacobi’s War Master, Geoffrey Beevers’ classic version and, for the first time in 23 years, Eric Roberts’ version. The Eighth Doctor and Roberts’ Master memorably faced off in McGann’s Doctor Whodebut, the 1996 TV movie. The four-story…

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Bafta Must-See Moment: Doctor Who on the shortlist

Bafta Must-See Moment: Doctor Who on the shortlist

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The Gallifreyan Newsroom has received the very exciting news that Doctor Who: Rosa has made the short list at this years BAFTA awards ceremony. The “Must-See Moment” award at this year’s BAFTA’s is the only category to be decided by the public. The six nominees for the Virgin Media Must-See Moment are: Bodyguard (BBC One) Julia Montague’s assassination Coronation Street (ITV) Gail’s monologue on the suicide of Aidan Connor Doctor Who (BBC One) Rosa Killing Eve (BBC One/BBC Three) Eve…

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STRONG FEMALE VOICES AT THE COMIC GURU: MEET THE AUTHORS!

STRONG FEMALE VOICES AT THE COMIC GURU: MEET THE AUTHORS!

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As we approach the end of this turbulent decade strong female characters have begun to take centre stage across all film, comics and TV drama, most especially sci-fi. Both DC and Marvel have had enormous successes with Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel respectively. One such organisation to embrace this change is the Comic Guru, now located in the Queen Street arcade. And to celebrate this, the Comic Guru is partnering with another staple of Cardiff’s sci-fi scene, award-winning independent publisher…

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THE BRIGADIER AND LUCY WILSON UNITED

THE BRIGADIER AND LUCY WILSON UNITED

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Candy Jar Books is proud to announce their first crossover event, as the worlds of Lethbridge-Stewart and The Lucy Wilson Mysteries collide! Following on from The Laughing Gnome: Rise of the Dominator, book five sees the Brigadier team-up with his granddaughter, Lucy Wilson, in an adventure through time! In a two-book special, Lucy Wilson & The Bledoe Cadets and The Brigadier & The Bledoe Cadets, they finally solve a mystery that has been two years in the making, since 2017…

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Big Finish titles for March!

Big Finish titles for March!

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It’s time to return to Kamelion’s homeworld… The Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Kamelion discover the origins of his race in this Doctor Who Main Range story. But the Kamille have long since gone from this plane of existence… or have they? Order Doctor Who: Monthly Range: The Kamelion Empire from Big Finish The Fourth Doctor returns to the world of Comic Strips… The legendary Fourth Doctor comic strips from Doctor Who Weekly (now Doctor Who Magazine) are recreated on…

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KATARINA RETURNS FOR BIG FINISH

KATARINA RETURNS FOR BIG FINISH

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The Early Adventures stories this year sees a former companion return, and the classic Doctors colliding, quite literally! Today Big Finish Productions can announce all the details of Doctor Who – The Early Adventures, Series Six, celebrating 20 years of Doctor Who on audio, in association with BBC Studios. Daughter of the Gods by David K Barnes is the first adventure in Series Six of Doctor Who – The Early Adventures to be released this year. This adventure will see the First Doctor and Second Doctor meeting, on…

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BRAND NEW LIMITED EDITION ANTHOLOGY ANNOUNCED

BRAND NEW LIMITED EDITION ANTHOLOGY ANNOUNCED

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Candy Jar Books is proud to announce that a brand new limited edition anthology of short stories set within The Laughing Gnome series is now up for pre-order directly from the Candy Jar webstore. From September 2018 to May 2019, the Lethbridge-Stewart range has been releasing The Laughing Gnome sequence of novels, which sees the Brigadier, Anne Travers and Bill Bishop astral projected throughout the Brigadier’s timeline. The six-book series covers the major points in the sequence, but not all…

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Daleks’ Master Plan Album In At Number 10

Daleks’ Master Plan Album In At Number 10

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Despite retailing for a hefty £100, The Daleks’ Master Plan Vinyl release is amazingly at No.10 in the UK Vinyl Chart. Pos LW Title, Artist Peak Pos WoC 1 New WASTELAND BABY HOZIER ISLAND 1 1 listen 2 New I ASSASSIN GARY NUMAN BEGGARS BANQUET 2 1 listen 3 New WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE TOM WALKER RELENTLESS 3 1 4 New SHINE A LIGHT BRYAN ADAMS POLYDOR 4 1 listen 5 New SO WHAT WHILE SHE SLEEPS SLEEPS…

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CELEBRATING THE BRIGADIER!

CELEBRATING THE BRIGADIER!

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Candy Jar Books is proud to announce the long-awaited celebratory book, The Brigadier: Declassified. Originally scheduled for release in 2018 under the name The Brigadier: 50 Years of Lethbridge-Stewart, this book is a non-fiction look at the many lives of Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart from his TV years through to his appearances in audio dramas and prose! Head of Publishing, Shaun Russell, explains the background of the book: “The plan was to release a book about the Brigadier in all his…

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