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Month: November 2017

MONSTER MAN JON DAVEY OUR NEXT MYTH MAKERS – OUT MONDAY 3rd DECEMBER!

MONSTER MAN JON DAVEY OUR NEXT MYTH MAKERS – OUT MONDAY 3rd DECEMBER!

In an incredibly busy release schedule this year, Reeltime Pictures announce that 131st MYTH MAKERS featuring the man behind (well inside) the monsters in DOCTOR WHO is out on Monday. In what will be Volume One of a two set MYTH MAKERS, JON DAVEY talks about working alongside both DAVID TENNANT and MATT SMITH. He also regails us with stories of fun and laughter as he appeared in monsters ranging from Cybermen to Hath! A monsterous story you can’t possibly miss!

A life-size replica of Doctor Who’s Tardis has been sold for £3,200 at auction in Canterbury

A life-size replica of Doctor Who’s Tardis has been sold for £3,200 at auction in Canterbury

A life-size replica of Doctor Who’s Tardis has been sold for £3,200 at auction in Canterbury. The fictional time-travelling machine was recreated by lifelong fan of the series Jason Onion, who is also a friend of the family of the show’s co-creator, the late Anthony Coburn. He has raised at least £4,000 for Children in Need taking the model to conventions around the country and intends to donate the proceeds of the sale to the charity. Constructed of reclaimed oak and weighing…

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Doctor Who and hours of BBC classics to stream for free on BBC iPlayer this Christmas!

Doctor Who and hours of BBC classics to stream for free on BBC iPlayer this Christmas!

The BBC is finally opening up its archive of TV treats this Christmas, making Doctor Who, Sherlock, Call the Midwife and classic David Attenborough series available to watch for free on BBC iPlayer. From 16th December the BBC will make hours of box sets and classic Christmas episodes available to watch throughout the festive period, some of which are not available to watch anywhere else online. To mark Peter Capaldi’s departure as the Doctor, iPlayer will stream every Doctor Who…

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Doctor Who Christmas special synopsis promises “enchanted glass people”

Doctor Who Christmas special synopsis promises “enchanted glass people”

Back in September, a synopsis for the Doctor Who Christmas special surfaced via an online retailer offering pre-orders of the DVD.  It promised us “Two Doctors stranded in a forbidding snowscape, refusing to face regeneration” and warned that the Doctor “must face his past to decide his future”. Well now the BBC has revealed the official synopsis and it’s very similar – except for one key difference… What’s not mentioned in the DVD version is that the adventure will see…

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Doctor Who series 9 finally lands on Netflix UK next week

Doctor Who series 9 finally lands on Netflix UK next week

It’s taken an awfully long time to get there, but Doctor Who series 9 is finally heading to Netflix UK in its entirety from December 5th 2017. Thus far, eight series of the show have been available on the service. But under the season 9 tab, all that’s been offered has been the 2014 Christmas special, Last Christmas. However, Netflix UK has now confirmed that the entirety of series 9 is being uploaded, just in time for some quality binge…

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Christmas TV: Doctor Who back on the BBC!

Christmas TV: Doctor Who back on the BBC!

Doctor Who will return for it’s festive episode on the BBC, with other Christmas highlights including a French and Saunders reunion. Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are together again for the first time in 10 years, to mark their 30th anniversary. Victoria Wood is being celebrated with Our Friend Victoria, which will show clips of the late comedian. The two Mrs Brown’s Boys episodes, which will air over Christmas and New Year, come after recent revelations that three…

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WHO TALK releases two brand new commentaries!

WHO TALK releases two brand new commentaries!

Fantom Films have released a brand new commentary for Robert Holme’s Victorian romp The Talons of Weng-Chiang featuring Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter. Adventures in Space brings together a variety of space bound Hartnell episodes featuring commentaries on The Savages, The Keys of Marinus and The Space Museum. Special Edition Bundle also available – covers autographed by the cast and bonus discs with exclusive material! Fantom films welcome Nicholas Pegg to the Who Talk range to moderate this special 40th anniversary commentary for The Talons of Weng-Chiang. The final…

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Peter Capaldi cried when announcing his Doctor Who exit

Peter Capaldi cried when announcing his Doctor Who exit

Back in January when Peter Capaldi announced he was leaving Doctor Who, there was shock, consternation and even a few tears among the sci-fi series’ fans, with many devastated to see their favourite Doctor vworping off into the sunset. And now it’s emerged that Capaldi himself was just as emotional when first revealing the news, with the Scottish actor apparently fighting back tears as he appeared on Jo Whiley’s Radio 2 show to make the announcement all those months ago….

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INSIDE LOOK AT NEW DALEK BOOK!

INSIDE LOOK AT NEW DALEK BOOK!

Available now from BBC Books is a lavish, richly illustrated ‘biography’ of the Doctor’s deadliest foes, this is the ultimate celebration of all things Dalek. And we have a look inside the book for you to enjoy below. Dalek is the never-before-told history of the Doctor’s most dangerous enemies, the famous ‘Outer Space Robot People’ of the planet Skaro – from their genesis in the thousand-year conflict between Thals and Kaleds, to their survival of the Time War and (as foreseen by…

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Matt Smith wants to return to Doctor Who and team up with Jodie Whittaker “in a few years”

Matt Smith wants to return to Doctor Who and team up with Jodie Whittaker “in a few years”

If the upcoming departure of Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi is teaching us anything, it’s that it doesn’t really matter who’s actually piloting the Tardis in the TV series at any one time – once you’ve played the Doctor, you’re the Doctor for life, and so Capaldi’s incarnation will never truly leave us. And of course, that’s ALSO true for every Doctor that came before him – which makes us all the more excited to hear that Capaldi’s predecessor Matt Smith…

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