Doctor Who regeneration wins TV Moment of the Year at Edinburgh TV Awards

Doctor Who regeneration wins TV Moment of the Year at Edinburgh TV Awards

Comments 0 Comment

Doctor Who, The Traitors and BBC One all took home trophies at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival Awards. BBC One picked up the Channel of the Year award, while other wins for the broadcaster included The Traitors topping the Best Entertainment category and Graham Norton being named Best Entertainment TV Presenter. Best Drama was awarded to Sally Wainwright’s hit series Happy Valley, while Ellie Simmonds triumphed in the Breakthrough Presenter category for her documentary Ellie Simmonds: A World Without Dwarfism?. It was…

Read More Read More

Doctor Who fan from Hertfordshire achieves Hollywood success

Doctor Who fan from Hertfordshire achieves Hollywood success

Comments 0 Comment

A Doctor Who fan has told how he turned his hobby of making replica costumes into a film industry career. Steven Ricks, from Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, started sharing images of the costumes he made online after being made redundant in 2008. Fans shared his work online, eventually catching the attention of those in the television and film industries. The 57-year-old has since worked on Oscar-winning films and recreated costumes for former Doctor Who stars. The first costume he made was a…

Read More Read More

Sylvester McCoy’s life story to be brought to the screen by Film Stories

Sylvester McCoy’s life story to be brought to the screen by Film Stories

Comments 0 Comment

Sylvester McCoy’s going to tell his extraordinary life story in a very special film from Film Stories, our first feature. Film Stories is proud and delighted to announce its first ever movie project – and it’s a feature that’s a big part of the 80th birthday celebrations for the brilliant Sylvester McCoy. Entitled Sylvester: Who’s The Real McCoy?, the film sees Sylvester telling his remarkable life story on screen. And here’s more info on his exciting Memoir film https://t.co/6a9y5DZccK — Sylvester McCoy…

Read More Read More

A newly remastered Series 1 – 4 Blu-ray of Doctor Who is coming soon.

A newly remastered Series 1 – 4 Blu-ray of Doctor Who is coming soon.

Comments 1 Comment

In its 60th anniversary year, newly upscaled versions of sixty Doctor Who episodes from the Ninth and Tenth Doctor’s eras are coming to Blu-ray. These new episodes are now available to pre-order in one Blu-ray set. For the ultimate fan, this collection includes every episode and special from the first four series freshly upscaled to high definition using the latest technology, plus the Tenth Doctor specials, existing bonus features and a new specially shot extra, A LOOK BACK THROUGH TIME AND SPACE with Russell T Davies…

Read More Read More

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 594

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 594

Comments 0 Comment

Highlights include: Designated ’Driver – Michael van Kesteren, Doctor Who’s art director for props, and Barry Jones, prop maker, give DWM the lowdown on the Fourteenth Doctor’s brand-new sonic screwdriver. Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies recalls his first ever encounter with the Doctor Who production team, way back in 1987. The DWM 60th Anniversary Poll – the analysis of the results continues, with this issue looking at the rankings of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Doctor’s adventures. Conjuring Patrick – family, friends, colleagues and admirers of Patrick…

Read More Read More

The Former Home Of The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Saved!

The Former Home Of The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Saved!

Comments 0 Comment

The BBC’s historic Maida Vale studios, which have hosted sessions by stars ranging from the Beatles to Adele, have been sold to a group led by Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer. Zimmer, who wrote the scores for films like The Lion King and Dune, has teamed up with Love Actually and Cats movie producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. The BBC said the complex would remain a “centre for pioneering music-making”. It was valued at about £10m but the BBC did…

Read More Read More

Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration announced by BBC Radio 2

Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration announced by BBC Radio 2

Comments 0 Comment

An epic concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 this autumn to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who. The event joins a packed line-up of festivities, which include Russell T Davies’s trilogy of special episodes – leading into the much-anticipated season 14 – and a new Big Finish storyline titled Once and Future. Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration will take place at BBC Hoddinott Hall in the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, where the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC…

Read More Read More

Missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated in 2023

Missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated in 2023

Comments 1 Comment

The Second Doctor’s partially missing adventure will be animated with four new episodes in colour and high definition, releasing on DVD and Blu-ray. BBC Studios continues to offer Doctor Who fans the opportunity to extend their at home collection by announcing the latest release DOCTOR WHO: THE UNDERWATER MENACE on DVD and Blu-Ray. The two-disc box set contains the fourth series story as well as special features. This classic series stars the Second Doctor Patrick Troughton and co-stars Anneke Wills as Polly, Michael Craze as Ben and Frazer Hines…

Read More Read More

Deluxe illustrated edition of ‘Rose’ coming in 2023

Deluxe illustrated edition of ‘Rose’ coming in 2023

Comments 0 Comment

BBC Books have announced the first story of Doctor Who’s 2005 revival is set for a special illustrated release. To celebrate the return of showrunner Russell T Davies to Doctor Who, a special deluxe edition of ROSE will be published this autumn. Novelised by Russell from his original script, ROSE is the story that relaunched Doctor Who for the 21st century. Originally published in 2018, this deluxe edition of ROSE features illustrations from acclaimed artist Robert Hack. It is set to publish on 23rd November 2023, to coincide with…

Read More Read More

New audio adventures for the Sixth Doctor, Jackie Tyler and more!

New audio adventures for the Sixth Doctor, Jackie Tyler and more!

Comments 0 Comment

August 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… A timey-wimey story arc reaches its end! The Doctor, Mel and Hebe are reunited – but Purity’s temporal meddling has altered history as they know it. To make matters worse, whatever is left of the being once known as Patricia McBride is still intent on fulfilling her grand design for humanity… Get…

Read More Read More