According to The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK, Doctor Who will battle old villains the Cybermen in a plot that is the stuff of classic horror.
Jodie Whittaker’s Time Lord clashes with them in the 19th century in a “darker” new series out next year.
And the plot involves the part-human, part-machine monsters inspiring author Mary Shelley to write iconic horror novel Frankenstein.
A source said:
“This new run is much scarier than Jodie’s first year and will definitely put the frighteners on fans. Things are about to get darker for the Doctor.”
The Cybermen have not been seen since they shot Peter Capaldi’s 12th Doctor in 2017, causing him to regenerate as Whittaker. They first appeared alongside original Time Lord William Hartnell in 1966.
Mary Shelley has been in audio plays as a companion of the 8th Doctor, played by Paul McGann.
Chris Chibnall, who took over from Steven Moffat as showrunner in 2018, did not use any “old monsters” in his first series – but put a Dalek into the Christmas special.
He has since dropped hints that Whittaker’s second run will feature some familiar faces.
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Many recalled him as one of their favourite Doctors from the Doctor Who series, in which he starred in from 1970 to 1974.
He was the third incarnation of the titular character.
“The man who put the Lord in Time Lord, he was charming, dazzling, quick witted and glittered like the star he was. We were lucky he not only joined the Who family, but embraced it too. Much missed,” wrote one fan.
A tribute written about Pertwee, who also starred in The Navy Lark, on the Doctor Who News website said:
“One of the greatest stars of Doctor Who and one of programmes greatest ambassadors, Jon Pertwee is remembered with as much affection today as he was when he hung up his velvet jacket and shrugged off the character of the Third Doctor at the end of his tenure in 1974.
“The fact that over forty-five years later the character lives on, remembered in Comic strips and Audio Books, on Blu-ray releases and in fan fiction, is a great tribute to the man who brought the incarnation to life.”
A multi-Doctor extravaganza, the War Master meets the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller returns!
With all of space and time in chaos, the Master plots his most audacious project yet. Only one other Time Lord has ever been able to stop him. But where is that Time Lord when the universe needs him? Derek Jacobi and Paul McGann face off in The War Master: Rage of the Time Lords!
Time to celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish
To face a threat to the Time Vortex, you’ll need every incarnation of the Doctor you can get! This six story 20th anniversary boxset has more companions, Doctors, enemies and Easter eggs than you can ever believe. Celebrate 20 years of Big Finish with this great adventure – The Legacy of Time!
Lucie Miller, the Eighth Doctor companion, returns!
Sheridan Smith and Paul McGann continue their travels in The Further Adventures of Lucie Miller. They’ll face old threats like the Daleks and the Fendahl, make new friends, and even have time for a spot of intergalactic rollerskating! Don’t miss out.
Nicola Bryant and Colin Baker are back in the studio after five years apart, and this is the start of three monthly adventures for the classic Eighties team. This time it’s a case of mistaken identity (or is it a mistaken mind?) in Memories of a Tyrant.
Captain Jack and Ianto are settling into married bliss
The Torchwood monthly range sees Janto in perfect bliss… or is it? They’re living in the beautiful Serenity Plaza. And you’d kill to live there. Plus, an old threat of the Torchwood team returns…
We saw that the Ninth Doctor went to the Titanic in the television episode Rose, but what really happened? We find out in this Short Trip from the Ninth Doctor’s era, read by Nicholas Briggs. What’s a post-Time War Ninth Doctor before Rose truly like?
Fans can re-live the action of David Tennant’s five Doctor Who specials on limited edition Blu-ray steelbook featuring new and exclusive artwork. It will be released on Monday 2nd September 2019.
Broadcast between 2008 and 2010, The Specials bridged the gap between the fourth and fifth series of Doctor Who, marking the end of the era of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Russell T Davies as the lead writer and showrunner.
They included the appearances of a number of one-off companions played by David Morrissey, Velile Tshabalala, Michelle Ryan, Lindsay Duncan and Bernard Cribbins along with returning cast members Catherine Tate, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen and John Simm.
The specials are:
The Next Doctor
Planet of the Dead
The Waters of Mars
The End of Time, “Part One”
The End of Time, “Part Two”
The Blu-rays also include the following special features: commentary with cast & crew, deleted scenes, exclusive David Tennant video diary, Doctor Who Confidential, Doctor Who at the Proms, Doctor Who at Comic Con and more.
This limited edition steel-book features bespoke artwork created by illustrator Tom Webster and contains a bonus disc including two animated episodes: Dreamland and The Infinite Quest.
Doctor Who: The Specials will be released on Blu-ray steel-book, with new and exclusive artwork on Monday 2nd September and is available for pre-orders on Amazon now.
