TOM BAKER REVISITS HIS FIRST SERIES AS THE DOCTOR IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! As part of DWM’s detailed preview of the forthcoming Season 12 Blu-ray set, Tom Baker reflects on the role that changed his life. “You know, Doctor Who is nothing to do with science fiction,” he says. “It’s nothing to do with anything. It’s a bit like religion really, in that all you have to do is believe it. And I can believe any old nonsense.” Also in…
Given how many people have struggled to get to grips with controlling the Doctor’s TARDIS on screen – the Doctor included! – the latest Doctor Who book to be revealed might just come in useful. Replete with new Doctor Who branding comes an official Doctor Who: TARDIS Type Forty Instruction Manual, that’s been penned by Richard Atkinson and Mike Tucker, with illustrations by Gavin Rymill. The book is set for release on October 18th, with a hardcover asking price of…
As many fans were hoping, the story of Doctor Who spin-off Class is being picked up by the excellent folks over at Big Finish. Class, created by Patrick Ness, came to an end after one series, leaving things on a cliffhanger too. But the BBC opted not to press ahead with a second series, leaving story threads dangling. Audio drama specialists Big Finish have now inked a deal, and is working on six new audio adventures for the Class team….
June 2018 will be a good month for Whovians with access to UK Netflix, as we’ve just learned that both Doctor Who series 10 and the spinoff series Class are coming to the immensely popular streaming service next month. Class, which ran for 10 episodes on the BBC iPlayer back in 2016, is coming to Netflix UK on June 3rd, 2018. The show focused on the pupils of Coal Hill Academy, with this familiar location from Doctor Who lore playing host to a variety of…
Doctor Who fans have been invited to send welcome videos to Jodie Whittaker, ahead of her first full series in the show’s lead role. The campaign is being led by BBC America, who are planning to compile the video messages together into one big happy montage to show to Whittaker. With regards to exactly what they’re after, BBC America released this little paragraph of info: “We’re looking for videos of you welcoming Jodie to Doctor Who. What that means is entirely up…
Over 500 classic episodes from the 26 seasons of classic Doctor Who will air worldwide on the live streaming video platform Twitch from May 29th. Fans will be able to watch adventures from the first seven Doctors – from 1963’s An Unearthly Child to 1989’s Survival – while chatting live to thousands of other viewers around the world. This epic screening of classic Doctor Who from May 29th until July 23rd follows Twitch’s successful marathons of Power Rangers, Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. In addition…
A short film starring two former Doctor Who companions is to be given its premiere at XpoNorth next month. Frazer Hines appeared in the TV series playing Jamie McCrimmon, a Highlander from the 18th Century. Author Diana Gabaldon drew some of her inspiration to set her Outlander books in Scotland after seeing a re-run of a 1960s episode featuring Hines. Hines appears in the new short drama, Sundown, with Caitlin Blackwood, a cousin of Hollywood star Karen Gillan. Blackwood appeared…
Lots of pop culture treats are being sold through Ewbank’s Auctions, a Surrey-based company, later this month. The entertainment and memorabilia auction will take place on May 31st, with bidding set to take place in real life and on the web. The exterior of Peter Cushing’s actual TARDIS is among the items being sold. It was built at Shepperton Studios and used in the 1965 movie Doctor Who And The Daleks. This same TARDIS was also used in its sequel, 1966’s Daleks – Invasion…
Quick update here: BBC Worldwide has confirmed that there’s been a small delay in the release of the Doctor Who season 12 Blu-ray collection. It’s been put back – for undisclosed reasons – to June 18th 2018. Other than that, as you were… Previously… Earlier this year, we reported that in the US, Tom Baker’s first series in Doctor Who was being released on the Blu-ray format. Given that very little classic Who has made it to Blu-ray, this was notable news….
Doctor Who‘s David Tennant is heading to The Graham Norton Show tonight (May 18), alongside Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s Emilia Clarke and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Talking about his role in the BBC show, Tennant reveals that the fan base “is quite scary at first”, which figures. “It’s quite a small club. It does feel like once you’ve been The Doctor, you’re always The Doctor. We do form a small support network,” Tennant tells Norton. “It’s quite an unusual job and…