Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS comic issue #2.6 is on sale now In this 100-page Summer Special, the Thirteenth Doctor teams up with her new scientist pals to take down the nefarious Hoarder and free his prisoner. Plus, the Tenth Doctor discovers what the vortex butterflies really are, and must save Gabby from her awful fate! Check out the details and the amazing cover art below: The Thirteenth Doctor’s first ever comic story comes to an end, as she and…
Demon Music Group presents The Abominable Snowmen, a classic six-part adventure starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor and introducing one of his most popular enemies, the Yeti. In this classic ‘lost’ adventure (only one of the six episodes still remains in the BBC archives), first shown between September and November 1967, the TARDIS materialises in the Himalayan mountains circa 1930, where Professor Travers has been trying to track down the legendary abominable snowmen. The Doctor soon discovers that the Yeti do…
TODAY’S DOCTOR WHO WRITERS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE SERIES’ PIONEERS Featuring exclusive contributions from: Paul Cornell, Sarah Dollard, Matthew Graham, Peter Harness, Pete McTighe, Steven Moffat, James Moran, Rona Munro, Robert Shearman and Toby Whithouse. This issue also includes: Exclusive interviews with Billie Piper and Camille Coduri ahead of Big Finish’s new audio series Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon. The Robots of Ravolox – investigating Robert Holmes final mystery. Bonnie Langford answers questions from the TARDIS tin. 1980s script editor Eric Saward reflects on the troubled production of The…
This August and September see the release of a range of brand new Doctor Who audiobooks, from lost serials from the TV archive to a brand new Dalek novelisation. Here’s a look at what’s available to buy on CD and download from BBC Audio in August and September 2019: Terry Molloy reads this brand new novelisation of the classic television adventure featuring the Fifth Doctor. The TARDIS is ensnared in a time corridor, catapulting it into derelict docklands on 20th…
The Daleks will be waging war against an old foe, with the inhabitants of planet Earth caught in the middle, in an exciting new Doctor Who spin-off story from Big Finish Productions. The robotic Movellans, who first battled the tyrannical tanks from Skaro in the 1979 TV story ‘Destiny of the Daleks’, are returning for two special stories – ‘The Movellan Manoeuvre‘ and ‘The Dalek Gambit‘ – also featuring the Counter-Measures team who first appeared in 1988’s ‘Remembrance of the…
Sue Hampton, the award-winning author of Thinner Than Water (“enjoyable and fascinating” Beverley Knight), Just for One Day (“terrific” – Michael Morpurgo) and Candy Jar Books’ first Lucy Wilson instalment, Avatars of the Intelligence, has been arrested. On 15th April 2019, Sue peacefully occupied Waterloo Bridge, as part of Extinction Rebellion’s month of protest against the “criminal inactivity” of the government in the face of today’s climate crisis. Their cause is a popular one – its urgency couldn’t be greater,…
Rumours have swirled over the last couple of days that Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall has quit the long-running BBC sci-fi series, with unsubstantiated reports also suggesting that lead actor Jodie Whittaker has departed in sympathy. However, according to RadioTimes.com we now understand that there is no truth in the speculation about Chibnall and/or Whittaker’s departures, with show insiders bewildered by false rumours that they say bear little resemblance to the reality of series 12 filming. “This is all total…
Just weeks after John Barrowman was pushing for a reunion movie of his Doctor Who co-stars, former Tenth Doctor David Tennant has revealed that he’s also open to a return to the sci-fi series. Speaking in a video interview to promote 10th anniversary screenings of The End of Time (his final two-part episode as time-travelling hero the Doctor), Tennant hinted that he’d be up for popping back for the sci-fi series’ 60th anniversary in 2023, having previously appeared in 2013’s 50th anniversary special…
August sees the release of a range of brand new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month. The Sixth Doctor and Peri face the Daleks Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant are reunited after five years apart, and they return to stop the Daleks on the planet Omnia. But this time, the Daleks are working with the Omnians… Why are the Daleks not present in force? And can the…
n this exciting collection you’ll find all-new stories spinning off from some of your favourite Doctor Who moments across the history of the series. Learn what happened next, what went on before, and what occurred off-screen in an inventive selection of sequels, side-trips, foreshadowings and first-hand accounts – and also look forward in time, with a brand new adventure for the Thirteenth Doctor. Each story expands in thrilling ways upon aspects of Doctor Who’s enduring legend. The book includes fifteen…