India Fisher – Charley Pollard herself – steps behind the mic to give us the latest Doctor Who Short Trip… Released today is Doctor Who – Short Trips: The Man Who Wasn’t There, written by range-producer Ian Atkins and read by India Fisher: Charley Pollard’s innocent request to meet a historical hero seems the easiest thing for a friend with a time and space machine to make happen. But as Charley and the Doctor seek out a Victorian explorer, they…
Out today… It’s the Eleventh Doctor’s old foes in UNIT – The New Series: Silenced! UNIT – The New Series: Silenced, written by John Dorney and Matt Fitton, and starring Jemma Redgrave, Ingrid Oliver, Warren Brown and James Joyce, is out today, including a Big Finish exclusive of a music suite download: Decades after their defeat by the Eleventh Doctor, the Silence prepare to rise against humanity…. The Silents are not done with humanity yet – and they will have…
As first exclusively revealed in this month’s Doctor Who Magazine, Big Finish have some very special news indeed about the fourth set of UNIT – The New Series… New and classic eras of UNIT will come together in Big Finish’s four-disc audio drama UNIT: Assembled, which is released in May 2017. The ongoing series, which tells the further adventures of Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) and Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) gains three special recruits for the box set – Jo Jones (Katy…
The much-anticipated Torchwood full-cast adventure Outbreak is now available… Torchwood – Outbreak is out today on CD and Download. Starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, this epic full-cast adventure from Emma Reeves, Guy Adams and AK Benedict is a three-disc set with a fourth disc of extras: “First they know you, then you love, then you kill…” Incubation – Prodromal – Invasion A medical trial’s gone terribly wrong, and one of the test subjects is loose on the…
Who turned out the lights? The Fourth Doctor has joined the line-up for Doctor Who: Classic Doctors, New Monsters – Volume 2 – and he’ll be battling a foe that will one day fight his Tenth incarnation… On 16 November, the forces of darkness descended on Audio Sorcery Studios, as Tom Baker and a brilliant cast battled the Vashta Nerada in a futuristic funfair on an alien world as part of the forthcoming Doctor Who – Classic Doctors, New Monsters…
For the millions of fans gnashing their teeth and counting the hours until they get more Doctor Who after a year-long break (oh, to have a Tardis in that dark, dark time), the wait is nearly over. 365 days since Peter Capaldi last stepped through those blue doors his Doctor is back for another Christmas adventure – and this time, it has a superhero twist. What we know so far is that “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” will see the…
Monty Python star Michael Palin and Doctor Who writer Steven Moffat are to be inducted into the Radio Times Hall of Fame. The pair will be honoured at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival in April. Actress Julie Walters will also take to the stage as part of the three-day event. She will share memories in a tribute to comedian Victoria Wood, who died in April. The festival will begin with Palin’s induction into the hall of fame, followed…
DOCTOR WHO fans were thrilled after it was revealed that Daniel Nettheim will be returning to the show to direct part of series 10. The Humans director will be steering “Block 5” of the new season, which is due to begin airing in April. Australia-born Nettheim has already proven a hit with viewers after he directed the Zygon Invasion / Inversion episodes last year. Nettheim confirmed the exciting news by posting a picture of the TARDIS to Instagram, captioning the…
The composer who helped craft the Doctor Who theme tune is set to be honoured by having a road named after her. Delia Derbyshire built a reputation as a pioneer of electronic music and used her abilities to give the now-famous score composed by Ron Grainer a rework in 1963. To recognise the influence her work had over the way music was produced for decades to come, Ms Derbyshire, who died in 2001, will be commemorated by the creation of Derbyshire…
The Television Director Ken Grieve has died at the age of 74 For Doctor Who Ken Grieve directed the first story of Season 17, Destiny of the Daleks, which saw the reintroduction of the Daleks to the series, after a gap of four years, and the return of Davros. It was the last script wirtten by Dalek creator Terry Nation, although the story was heavily rewritten by Script Editor Douglas Adams. Ken Grieve was born in Edinburgh in 1942. After…