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Today we are showing our appreciation for one of the Doctor’s most beloved companions, the all-knowing and adorable K9. The robotic canine first appeared on our screens on Oct 1, 1977 in the Fourth Doctor adventure, The Invisible Enemy. Over the years K9 has left and returned, most memorable with Sarah Jane Smith in the 2006 episode, School Reunion, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler. Here’s our handy guide to four decades with the tin dog! One Previous Owner As we discovered in the…

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In all their years on BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, it’s hard to believe that popular characters Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and River Song (Alex Kingston) have never shared screentime.  Both time-travelling lotharios who love conning their way around the galaxy with a vortex manipulator, we can’t help but feel they’d do well in their own Doctor Who spin-off, or even just an episode where they finally meet – and now it turns out that River Song actor Alex Kingston…

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Former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and author James Goss have been taking part in a special podcast to celebrate their book of Doctor Who poetry, Now We Are Six Hundred. The Now We Are Six Hundred Questions Podcast features actor Richard E. Grant interviewing Davies and Goss with a selection of poems read by impersonator and comedian (and Doctor Who fan!), Jon Culshaw. Grant is well-known to fans having played the Doctor on two occasions (1999 Comic Relief special written by Steven Moffat, The Curse of Fatal Death,…

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Russell T Davies on the casting of Jodie Whittaker, and the source of most Doctor Who leaks… Russell T Davies continues to promote the newly-released Now We Are Six Hundred, the book of Time Lord poetry that’s been penned by James Goss, and illustrated by Davies himself. And his latest interview stop has been the Radio Times, where he’s been talking about Jodie Whittaker’s casting in Doctor Who, and also, where leaks of news come from. Davies is long known to be…

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Recording is underway on the new series of Room 101, hosted by Frank Skinner. And production company Hat Trick have revealed that Doctor Who star Pearl Mackie will be one of the participants on the next series of the show. She’s set to record her episode, alongside Charlie Brooker and Scarlett Moffatt, on Thursday 12th October at Elstree Studios. And in fact, there still seems to be some tickets available for the recording too if you move quickly. You can find the details here: https://hat-trick-productions.tickettext.co.uk/hat-trick-productions/room-101-12102017/ The…

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