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Month: April 2024

COMPANIONS: SIXTY YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ASSISTANTS

COMPANIONS: SIXTY YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ASSISTANTS

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Candy Jar Books is pleased to announce Companions: Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants, the definitive story of all the Doctor’s friends in time and space. The book covers every companion from Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, as well as the Doctor’s granddaughter, Susan – introduced in An Unearthly Child, the first episode of Doctor Who – to Ruby Sunday, the Fifteenth Doctor’s companion who travels with Ncuti Gatwa’s incarnation of the Time Lord. The tome charts the adventures of…

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Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

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Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the latest adventures of the Doctor with Prom 47 and 48 on Monday 26th August 2024 and both 2.30pm and 7.00pm Showcasing Murray Gold’s epic music for the series performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Prom features sequences from the series on big screens, spectacular lighting and a host of special guest appearances – and, yes, there will be monsters! A concert like no other…

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DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 603

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 603

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Doctor Who is back on TV!  Inside this issue: Previews of the new episodes broadcast this month. Russell T Davies talks Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord and we take a quick peek behind the scenes of Boom with writer Steven Moffat and exec producer Joel Collins. Meet the Beatles: John, Paul, George and Ringo (alias Chris Mason, George Caple, Philip Davies and James Hoyles) and their producer George Martin (Ed White)… …and to celebrate the Beatles appearance on opening night of the new season, we…

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Coming soon – three original Fifteenth Doctor novels

Coming soon – three original Fifteenth Doctor novels

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BBC Books has announced three new Doctor Who novels will be published this year, featuring Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday. Each book is an original, stand-alone adventure and will be published simultaneously in hardback and audiobook. Plus, the audiobook edition of DOCTOR WHO: RUBY RED will be narrated by Millie Gibson, who plays companion Ruby Sunday in the TV series. Caged BY UNA MCCORMACK Are aliens ever abducted by aliens? And if they were, would anyone believe their story? When the Doctor…

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First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Series 15

First Look at Ncuti Gatwa with Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson ahead of Series 15

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Like many Doctors who have come before him, one is not enough for the Fifteenth Doctor and in season two, he will have two companions by his side as Varada Sethu steps aboard the TARDIS. Varada joins the Whoniverse from a galaxy far, far away after starring in the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. Now she straps in for another journey through time and space alongside Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Sethu says:…

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Doctor Who convention raises thousands for charity

Doctor Who convention raises thousands for charity

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Doctor Who actor Paul McGann has praised a convention he took part in after it raised over £17,000 for charity. The ninth annual Bedford Who event was held on Saturday, where fans paid for autographs and selfies with stars of the BBC television show. Money raised has been split between Bedford Foodbank, homeless charity Smart, and FACES, which supports vulnerable families. McGann, who starred in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, said the event had a more friendly feel to bigger,…

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BBC launches new Wonder Chase experience on Roblox.

BBC launches new Wonder Chase experience on Roblox.

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The BBC has entered the world of Roblox today, as it launches BBC Wonder Chase. People enter a free, fun, vibrant world, featuring some of the biggest BBC shows like Match of the Day, Doctor Who, EastEnders, and The Next Step. They will also meet some of the BBC’s most famous faces – including Gary Lineker, Zara McDermott, Louis Theroux, Hacker T Dog, and the Fifteenth Doctor. People can play fun mini games, collect BBC iPlayer-themed coins, learn interesting nature…

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