It has been reported today that actress Lynda Baron has passed away at the age of 82. Lynda was well known to Doctor Who fans, firstly for lending her vocal talents in “The Gunfighters” (1966) singing “The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon” staring William Hartnell. She returned to the series for it’s 20th season in 1983 playing Captain Wrack in “Enlightenment” opposite Peter Davison and more recently “Closing Time” (2011) starring Matt Smith. A little known fact is that…
“Remember… hate is always foolish… and love is always wise. Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind” It’s a tense, dangerous, and distressing time. Ongoing violence is causing people to flee their homes and become separated from their families. In some areas, water, electricity, and phone connectivity have been affected. Many people are taking cover from the shelling in basements and bomb shelters, but are going without the most basic supplies, like food and water. We…
40 YEARS OF THE FIFTH DOCTOR Highlights of the new issue include: The results of DWM’s World Cup of the Fifth Doctor, which saw his 20 television stories pitted against each other in a series of polls on Twitter. An exclusive look at the files of 1980s script editor Eric Saward, including new interviews with Eric and some of his prospective writers. A previously unpublished interview with the late Spencer Chapman, in which he discusses his design work on the…
DOCTOR WHO: CHRONICLES IS A NEW SERIES OF BOOKAZINES FROM THE MAKERS OF DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE. The latest release in the acclaimed Doctor Who: Chronicles series of bookazines focuses on 2007. This lavish 116-page publication from the makers of Doctor Who Magazine looks back at the stories, people, events and news in this remarkable year – a time when David Tennant was at the peak of his powers as the Doctor and the series was the most watched show on television. Memorable episodes from 2007 included Blink, Human Nature and The…
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society have just announced the death of actor Stewart Bevan, who played Pro Clifford Jones in the 1973 story “The Green Death” We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Stewart Bevan, Prof. Jones in the seminal story "The Green Death". He was a lovely man, who will be enormously missed. Here he is interviewed at The Capitol in 2018https://t.co/YUY5NpauC3 Deepest sympathies to @ManningOfficial pic.twitter.com/A1i1QmcCn1 — DWAS ONLINE (@DWASonline) February 21, 2022 https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1495790087841493000 https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial/status/1495793401362591748…
Doctor Who: Dead Air for RSD 2022 Demon Records have announced another release in their successful Who Vinyl range. “Dead Air”, starring David Tennant, forms part of 2022’s Record Story Day celebrations. This annual event designed to encourage people to support their local record shop returns on Saturday the 23rd of April. And once again Demon Records are marking the day with a Doctor Who audio release on vinyl with an eye-catching design. Doctor Who: Dead Air by James Goss Hot on the heels of…
Jodie Whittaker’s penultimate appearance as the Doctor is set to air this April. Doctor Who’s next special will air over Easter, the episode’s director has confirmed. Haolu Wang, who has previously directed short films, revealed on her webpage with agent Independent Talent that she is directing an hour-long Doctor Who special, which is due to air in Easter 2022. The episode will be the second special in a trilogy of episodes that mark Jodie Whittaker’s final outing as the Thirteenth Doctor…
“The life force is dead! We’re all murderers!” Demon Records presents the debut Doctor Who adventure by Douglas Adams – creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – starring Tom Baker as the Doctor. On the hunt for the Key to Time, the Doctor, Romana and K9 materialise on the planet Calufrax – or do they? Entangled in local events, they are caught between the bombastic Captain – half-man, half-machine – and the sinister Mentiads. Someone is ransacking whole…
This October, the multi-award-winning Billie Piper returns to the world of Doctor Who as Rose Tyler in the first of two brand-new box sets of full-cast audio adventure, The Dimension Cannon. Set after the events of the television story, Doomsday, this spin-off drama series follows the exploits of Rose, her friends and family, trapped in another dimension on a parallel Earth. With her world doomed and a universe at stake, Rose must continue her frantic search for the only person who can help… the Doctor. Joining Billie Piper in the…
February 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. Three new adventures for the Ninth Doctor The Ninth Doctor’s first series of audio dramas draws to a close. Christopher Eccleston stars in Fond Farewell by David K Barnes and the two-part finale, Way of the Burryman and The Forth Generation by Roy Gill. Get The Ninth Doctor Adventures – Old Friends here Arthur Darvill is back as the Lone…