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Month: February 2024

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 601

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 601

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Inside this issue! Costume designer Pam Downe discusses dressing our stylish new Doctor, as well as how she created looks for the Toymaker and the Goblin army. Script to screen: An in-depth look at how the Goblin army developed, from the original concept to the finished product – blending masks and animatronics with digital effects. We pay tribute to Michael Jayston who played the Doctor’s evil alter-ego the Valeyard. Louise Jameson is among the interviewees in a special preview of…

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Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

Pamela Salem: 1944 – 2024

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The Gallifreyan Newsroom is sad to report the death of actress Pamela Salem who died yesterday 21st February 2024 at her home in Florida. Pamela will be well known to Doctor Who fans for starring in two adventures as Toos in The Robots of Death (1977) and as Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Daleks (1988), a role she reprised for Big Finish Productions’ officially licensed audio drama spin-off series Counter Measures. She was also heard as one of the many voices of…

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DOCTOR WHO: CHRONICLES – 1971

DOCTOR WHO: CHRONICLES – 1971

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The new 116-page bookazine from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine celebrates an unforgettable era in the show’s history. The success of the first episodes starring Jon Pertwee saved the series from the threat of cancellation. A year later, the next phase of its reinvention introduced a new assistant for the Doctor and a debonair adversary to threaten him during his exile on Earth. The colourful formula for some of Doctor Who’s best-loved adventures was complete. This issue covers all the stories…

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A Doctor Who audio drama podcast is coming March 2024

A Doctor Who audio drama podcast is coming March 2024

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Coming March 2024, this weekly podcast will present stories in episodic instalments released weekly on Saturdays – like the original serialised broadcast of classic Doctor Who stories on the BBC. Since 1999, Big Finish Productions has been producing full-cast audio adventures set in the world of Doctor Who. Featuring specially composed music and cinematic sound effects, these stories are officially licensed by the BBC and star original cast members of the TV series. To mark 25 years of this output,…

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Meet ‘The Edge of Destruction’ on vinyl this Record Store Day

Meet ‘The Edge of Destruction’ on vinyl this Record Store Day

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Demon Records presents, exclusive to Record Store Day 2024, the complete narrated TV soundtrack of the Doctor Who story ‘THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION’. Escaping from their previous adventure, in THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION the Doctor (William Russell), Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) are inside the TARDIS when it appears to be taken over by an outside force. 2024 is the 60th anniversary of this two-episode story starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. First broadcast on 8 & 15 February 1964, it was only the…

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Michael Jayston: 1935-2024

Michael Jayston: 1935-2024

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The Gallifreyan Newsroom has just recieved the sad news about the passing of actor Michael Jayson.  Tributes have been pouring in from the Doctor Who Community! My dear dear friend, Michael Jayston has left us today. I am absolutely devastated. He was warm witty, clever naughty and a very fine actor & wonderful man. My thoughts and love go to his wife Ann and daughter Katie. Heartbroken Goodbye my friend — Colin Baker (@SawbonesHex) February 5, 2024 I just got…

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