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Jacqueline Pearce (20 December 1943 – September 3 2018) was a British film and television actress. Her roles have included horror and comedy and she is perhaps best known as the villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake’s 7. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1036659344203505669 https://twitter.com/TomSpilsbury/status/1036654879568285696 RIP the incomparable Jacqueline Pearce, who made Servalan in #Blakes7 such a memorable villain – ruthless, sensual, damaged : a layered, glorious performance. I was lucky enough to work with her on my first ever BF Doctor Who. Too shy to…

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Dr Who fans descended on Stockport earlier to bid for a chance of owning a piece of television history. A collection of 400 Daleks went under the hammer after being donated to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. The money raised will go towards the cost of specialist equipment. Tim Scott reports:

Colin Baker, the man who played Doctor Who’s sixth and most colourful Doctor, is an absolute sweetie. The evidence? Take the message he wrote on the fan art presented by Ingrid Oliver, who played Osgood (and her Zygon duplicate) in the BBC sci-fi show. Showing the made-up photo of herself standing by Colin’s Doctor on Twitter, Oliver revealed his autograph alongside the message: “For Ingrid, the companion I wish I’d had”. https://twitter.com/ingridoliver100/status/1030059540954406912 An amazing moment for Oliver, but probably a…

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The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has secured an agreement for a blue heritage plaque honouring William Hartnell to be placed at Ealing Studios in West London. William Hartnell was a respected film and television actor and often worked at Ealing Before the plaque can be made DWAS needs to raise the funds to do so. In the past, fans have been very generous in their support for the Society’s heritage plaques for Verity Lambert at Riverside Studios in 2014 (due…

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If just watching Doctor Who on TV doesn’t quite immerse you enough in the world of the Doctor, then we have good news – because the BBC has announced that some new Who-themed interactive ‘escape room’ games are coming to the UK. The live puzzles will first be available for fans to try out from December 2018 in the Bristol Escape Hunt venue, and then will expand to other locations in Birmingham, Leeds, Oxford and Reading in early 2019. At…

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Look Who it is! Ex-Time Lord David Tennant has been spotted in his pinstripe suit, Converse and sonic screwdriver combo once again. Sadly, it wasn’t on the set of the latest Doctor Who series: the Tenth Doctor materialised (to huge applause) for a Pigs In Space sketch during The Muppets Take The O2 on Friday 13th July. The S.S. Swinetrek has landed in London at The O2! Don't worry, they brought plenty of out-of-this world comedy (and #DavidTennant) to last…

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WHO, ME. is a comedy show with Doctor Who at its heart. Rob Lloyd, an Australian comedian and actor, will be performing his “hilarious romp” at Norwich Playhouse on July 5 at 8pm. The show is about Lloyd’s lifelong obsession with the sci-fi hero and spans 54 years of Doctor Who history. He said: “What I love most about Doctor Who is the freedom of the character. The Doctor can go anywhere through time and space. That was extremely appealing…

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Former Doctor Who producer Philip Hinchcliffe has revealed some intriguing details about a series of Doctor Who that was planned but never filmed. Hinchcliffe was the boss for Tom Baker’s first three series, but if Hinchcliffe had stuck around for a fourth collaboration with Baker instead of heading off for pastures new, things would have looked very different. “We did start to plan another season,” Hinchcliffe revealed at a BFI event in London, which Digital Spy reported on. “There was all this musical chairs going on,…

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Doctor Who series 10 is in contention for an Emmy, but the Beeb’s sci-fi show won’t be entering the race as a series. Instead, Doctor Who will be competing in the Best TV Movie category, which is arguably a less hotly-contested field. The show has been entered into the ballot for consideration from the Emmys academy, with particular focus being put on Twice Upon A Time, the 2017 Christmas special. This episode saw Peter Capaldi’s outgoing Doctor playing opposite David Bradley’s original Doctor, with Jodie Whittaker popping…

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First up, David Tennant, if you’re reading this, you look exactly like Rob Lloyd!’ The Skinny 2013 ‘A great show’ Terrance Dicks (Script Editor of Doctor Who 1969 to 1974) ‘A truly funny man’ Katy Manning (Jo Grant. Doctor Who 1971 to 1973) ***Winner of the Venue’s Choice Award (Urban Phoenix) at the 2017 Tampa Fringe Festival*** Doctor Who is about to face his greatest challenge: his number one fan. Rob Lloyd is putting The Doctor on trial. Is Doctor Who (the television show) guilty of inciting in Rob a…

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