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Month: June 2019

Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant to record songs for Children in Need

Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant to record songs for Children in Need

The British public loves to support Children In Need. As a nation it has raised more than £1 billion for children and young people facing disadvantage across the country through BBC Children In Need. A staple of this support has been through the purchasing of charity singles or other music to raise funds for those who need it most. But now in 2019 we have a whole new charity album Got It Covered on the way, from some of the country’s…

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DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 540

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 540

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE CELEBRATES JON PERTWEE’S CENTENARY WITH 30 PAGES DEVOTED TO THE THIRD DOCTOR! This issue includes: The World Cup of the Third Doctor. How did your favourite story fare in our epic Twitter tournament? Lost for more than 40 years – a candid interview with Jon Pertwee from the very first Doctor Who convention in 1977. An exclusive interview with Jon’s son, actor Sean Pertwee. A previously unpublished interview with Barry Letts, who produced most of the Third Doctor’s stories…

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Doctor Who celebrates 20 years on audio at Big Finish with 20 hour livestream

Doctor Who celebrates 20 years on audio at Big Finish with 20 hour livestream

To celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who on audio, BBC Studios and Big Finish Productions present a 20 hour weekend live-stream marathon of Doctor Who audio dramas on YouTube. And everyone’s invited to the party! Over two days on the 20th and 21st July, the official home of Doctor Who on YouTube will broadcast more than 20 episodes of Big Finish audio adventures, featuring David Tennant, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker,Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann and David Bradley, among many others. Plus, there will be video appearances from plenty…

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The Ninth Doctor and Rose come to audio and more in the latest Doctor Who releases from BBC Audio for Summer 2019

The Ninth Doctor and Rose come to audio and more in the latest Doctor Who releases from BBC Audio for Summer 2019

This summer sees the release of a range of brand new Doctor Who audiobooks, from the trip of a lifetime to the final segment of the Key to Time, here’s a look at what’s available to buy on CD and download from BBC Audio in Summer 2019: Nicholas Briggs and Camille Coduri are the readers of these three original novels featuring the Ninth Doctor and Rose, as played on TV by Christopher Eccleston & Billie Piper Join the Doctor and…

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Tom Baker and Adric reunite for new Doctor Who audio adventures

Tom Baker and Adric reunite for new Doctor Who audio adventures

Brace yourselves, Doctor Who fans: Tom Baker’s Time Lord and companion Adric are set to reunite in a new series of audio adventures. For the first time since 1981, the fourth incarnation of The Doctor and the boy genius played by Matthew Waterhouse will join forces for more stories set in parallel universe E-Space. As part of the ninth series of Big Finish’s Fourth Doctor Adventures, the audio play producer will release two volumes of stories featuring the characters. Set just before…

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Doctor Who’s classic series is now streaming for free – but only in the US!

Doctor Who’s classic series is now streaming for free – but only in the US!

Good news for fans of classic Doctor Who, episodes of the iconic science-fiction show ranging from William Hartnell’s debut to Sylvester McCoy’s last episode are streaming for absolutely free. But… in the United States only. Streaming service Pluto TV has a deal with the BBC to air over 200 episodes of the series for American fans, without you having to pay a penny. Pluto TV works differently to other streaming services, functioning more like actual TV channels. That means it has…

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OUT NOW! Tales from the TARDIS #2.5

OUT NOW! Tales from the TARDIS #2.5

Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS comic issue #2.5 is on sale now! In this issue, the Thirteenth Doctor uses her wits to stop the TARDIS being stolen. Plus, the Twelfth Doctor tries to protect the Ice Warriors and Vikings from an old foe! Finally, the Tenth Doctor follows a hunch when the TARDIS shows unsettling symptoms! Check out the details and the amazing cover art below:

Thirteenth Doctor book released in December ahead of Series 12 in 2020

Thirteenth Doctor book released in December ahead of Series 12 in 2020

To celebrate the return of Doctor Who in early 2020, BBC Books will publish a unique collection of name-dropping historical adventures inspired by Jodie Whittaker’s first series as the Doctor. Doctor Who: Star Tales will be released on December 5, 2019. This could mean that Doctor Who Series 12 will premiere soon after the release of the book, hopefully in January of 2020. The official description of the book is as follows: ‘Even though they’re gone from the world, they’re never gone from me.’ The…

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World War II Anniversary Launches New Lethbridge-Stewart Series

World War II Anniversary Launches New Lethbridge-Stewart Series

Candy Jar Books is proud to announce its seventh series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels, launching in September 2019 on the 80th Anniversary of World War II! The seventh series of books includes a five-book sequence called Bloodlines by Gareth Madgwick, Sharon Bidwell, Andy Frankham-Allen, Chris Lynch and Baz Greenland, and a sixth tangentially connected title by Robert Mammone. The Bloodlines sequence launches with Home Fires Burn by Gareth Madgwick, which sees the return of real-life World War II hero, Eileen Younghusband….

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The Doctor Who Companion – The Twelfth Doctor: Volume One

The Doctor Who Companion – The Twelfth Doctor: Volume One

Doctor Who Magazine continues its in-depth chronicle of the show’s production with a 100-page volume dedicated to the first four episodes of Series 8 starring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald: Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen. Andrew Pixley’s unparalleled behind-the-scenes coverage – originally presented in the partwork Doctor Who The Complete History and now revised and reproduced in magazine format for the first time – examines every aspect of the stories’ development, from scripting through to transmission and…

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