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Month: December 2018

Doctor Who Series 11 and New Year’s Day special available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray

Doctor Who Series 11 and New Year’s Day special available for pre-order on DVD and Blu-ray

Series 11, Jodie Whittaker’s first series as the Thirteenth Doctor, will be released on DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook (Amazon exclusive) on Monday 14th January 2019. Jodie Whittaker commented “Feeling honoured that we’ll soon become part of the Doctor Who DVD collections. It will be great to relive all the fun for years to come!” Bigger and bolder than ever, Series 11 marked the arrival of the Thirteenth Doctor, a super-smart force of nature, alongside a team of new and delightful…

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DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 533

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 533

The Special – Resolution – is written by Chris Chibnall. Chris says: “There’s no better way to start a new year than with Doctor Who. And knowing that it would play on New Year’s Day gave me the opportunity to write the New Year setting into the story. “You want it to feel like a treat: a big, thrilling, explosive, moving, cheeky, surprising treat. Basically, you want the Special to be epic. And I promise, it’s going to be epic.”Also…

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DOCTOR WHO: SERIES 11 Soundtrack

DOCTOR WHO: SERIES 11 Soundtrack

Bigger and bolder than ever, Series 11 marks the arrival of the Thirteenth Doctor, award-winning actress Jodie Whittaker – a super-smart explorer of the universe, alongside a team of new friends and delightful characters. The new series heralds a brand-new era for Doctor Who, full of action and adventure, humour and heart – an unmissable high-end drama everyone will enjoy. Segun Akinola is a multi-talented composer who has strengthened many projects with his musical acumen and is a BAFTA Breakthrough…

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Doctor Who among ‘most tweeted about’ BBC shows

Doctor Who among ‘most tweeted about’ BBC shows

Question Time, the Andrew Marr Show and Doctor Who were the most tweeted about BBC TV shows of 2018, figures show. Audiences took to Twitter to discuss news and current affairs programmes, with Newsnight, BBC Breakfast and Victoria Derbyshire all in the top 10.TV Licensing said the Apprentice, Eurovision, EastEnders, and Strictly Come Dancing were also popular topics. Other shows on the list included Top Of The Pops 2, Countryfile, Killing Eve, Casualty, Panorama and The One Show. TV Licensing’s…

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Jodie Whittaker arrives outside 10 Downing Street

Jodie Whittaker arrives outside 10 Downing Street

She’s just finished her first series starring in Doctor Who, but Jodie Whittaker isn’t putting her feet up before beginning filming for series 12.No, instead the actor posed for photos outside 10 Downing Street. Was the Thirteenth Doctor there to offer her services to help solve Brexit?Sadly not.Instead Whittaker was attending Downing Street as one of the special guests at the annual children’s Christmas party held by charity the Starlight Children’s Foundation.  As Prime Minister Theresa May fought the latest…

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The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos: Overnight Ratings

The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos: Overnight Ratings

Lizo Mzimba reports.. A massive peak 11.9 million watched Harry Redknapp being crowned King of the Jungle on the final of I’m A Celebrity. Its average audience was 10.8 million (10.9 including ITV+1) up nearly 2 million on last year. The finale of Doctor Who was up slightly on last week with 5.32m https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1072066848907239425

It Takes You Away: Offical Ratings

It Takes You Away: Offical Ratings

Tom Spilsbury has reported… Ratings: Episode 9 of Doctor Who had a consolidated rating of 6.42 million, after a week of catch-up viewers were added (6.24m on televisions and 0.18m on other devices). It was the 23rd-most-watched programme of the week.

HAVE A CANDY JAR CHRISTMAS!

HAVE A CANDY JAR CHRISTMAS!

It’s Christmas time, the season of goodwill, and Candy Jar Books, the independent publisher of the wildly popular Lethbridge-Stewart series, is entering into the spirit of things by releasing a special advent calendar. Every day until the 25th, Candy Jar will be giving away standalone Lethbridge-Stewart short stories, booksamplers, wallpapers and more, completely free, on their website. Candy Jar have already given away theLethbridge-Stewart short story collection The Xmas Files, a Cardiff ComicCon chapter from the children’s book The Book…

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Jodie Whittaker won’t return for a new series until 2020

Jodie Whittaker won’t return for a new series until 2020

The next series of Doctor Who won’t start until 2020, it’s been confirmed. Series 11 ended on Sunday night, but after the festive special on New Year’s Day, Jodie Whittaker won’t be seen in the Tardis again next year. Showrunner Chris Chibnall said work on the new series had already begun. He said the team had been “blown away by the response from audiences” to the new Doctor. The first episode of the series, the first to feature a female…

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