I’m relieved I got to work on Doctor Who before I died. With sci-fi you never know. Thank you for making an old woman very happy. — Miriam Margolyes Award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes joins Doctor Who for the 60th anniversary specials that will air this November. Miriam is the voice behind the Meep, the iconic creature adapted from The Star Beast comic strip.On joining Doctor Who, Miriam Margolyes says: “I’m relieved I got to work on Doctor Who before I…
DWM 595 contents include: Highway to Mel – in her first major interview with DWM since her return to Doctor Who was announced, Bonnie Langford talks exclusively about reprising the role as Melanie Bush opposite Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies shares his reactions as he watches the finished version of The Star Beast, the first of this year’s Doctor Who Specials. We Need to Talk About Mel Bush – a compelling argument as…
The Doctor Who podcast will return next week with six brand new episodes to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary. The second series of Doctor Who: Redacted, made by BBC Studios for BBC Sounds, will be available from 18th September. Juno Dawson returns as the lead writer, alongside stars Charlie Craggs, Lois Chimimba and Holly Quin-Ankrah. While series two welcomes a host of guest stars from the world of Doctor Who and beyond including: Freddy Carter, Anjli Mohindra, Dervla Kirwan and…
Candy Jar Books is pleased to announce the third title in its final series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels. United Nations is written by Jonathan Blum, his first Lethbridge-Stewart novel, but by no means his first foray into Doctor Who fiction. During the 1990s he penned several Doctor Who novels with his partner, Kate Orman, for BBC Books, including Vampire Science and Seeing I. Outside of books, he also wrote the seminal Big Finish audio, The Fearmonger. Range Editor Andy Frankham-Allen says:…
Join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, directed by Alastair King, as they celebrate the glorious musical sounds of Doctor Who in this special 60th anniversary concert for Radio 2. Featuring I Am The Doctor, Abigail’s Song, This Is Gallifrey, The Impossible Girl, I Am A Good Man, The Shepherd’s Boy and the timeless Doctor Who Theme as brilliantly imagined by composers Murray Gold and Segun Akinola. There’s also a trip back in time to the classic years of Doctor Who from the…
Get a preview of the new book ‘Doctor Who: The Daily Doctor’ with some memorable mantras from 60 years of Doctor Who. To celebrate the release of THE DAILY DOCTOR: 365 1/4 WHONIVERSAL MEDITATIONS ON LIFE AND HOW TO LIVE IT, you can read some exclusive excerpts from the book here on the Doctor Who website. Featuring quotes from every leading Doctor – from William Hartnell’s First Doctor to Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor – this page-a-day collection of pearls of wisdom from the show’s 60…
You’ve never seen a Doctor Who Annual quite like this . . . In November 2023, Doctor Who returns to our screens with an almighty TARDIS-crashing bang. David Tennant is back as the Doctor, Catherine Tate is back as the incredible Donna Noble. And the Doctor Who 2024 Annual is THE place to start an incredible journey. With everything you wanted to know about the Doctor – plus costumes, games, behind-the-scenes info – it even includes a never-seen-before Fourteenth Doctor story, and a sneak peek at…
Soon after Yasmin Finney was cast as a new character named Rose in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, many fans speculated that she would be playing the daughter of returning companion Donna Noble. Welcome to the #DoctorWho family, Rose Noble 🌹➕🔷 Wishing a very happy birthday to Yasmin Finney, whose character Rose is the daughter of companion Donna Noble (played by Catherine Tate) and Shaun Temple (Karl Collins). pic.twitter.com/z9op4tpc8s — Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) August 30, 2023 Those theories were only bolstered by pictures…
ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE – 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ART EXHIBITION Weston Museum 21 October 2023 – 27 January 2024 Allons-y, time travellers and art aficionados! Weston Museum is all set to take you on a nostalgia-filled ride with “Adventures in Time and Space – 60 Years of Doctor Who Art.” Celebrating the show’s whopping six decades of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey greatness in November 2023. This exhibition promises to be a treat for all those who’ve shared an adventure…
A Dr Who superfan from Wiltshire has amassed one of the world’s largest collections of memorabilia from the show. Phil Stevens’ assortment of items is so large it needs to be kept in a storage unit as it does not all fit in his home in Swindon. But Phil conceded his wife would also rather see the collection remain out of the house. He said: “I think Sally would prefer everything to be in the Big Yellow storage unit here,…