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Month: January 2019

BBC iPlayer reveals top programmes of 2018

BBC iPlayer reveals top programmes of 2018

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Statistics released today revealed that Doctor Who was the fourth most watched BBC series on the BBC iPlayer during 2018. Award-winning British dramas Bodyguard, Killing Eve and McMafia were revealed today as the top programmes requested on BBC iPlayer in 2018. The most popular show of the year was Bodyguard, with the first episode becoming BBC iPlayer’s biggest ever programme, with 10.8 million requests across the year. All six episodes of the thrilling drama appear in iPlayer’s top ten programmes…

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BFI DVD Preview: Doctor Who – The Macra Terror (Animated)

BFI DVD Preview: Doctor Who – The Macra Terror (Animated)

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UK 1967Dir John DaviesWith the voices of Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, Michael Craze4x25minCourtesy of BBC Studios The Doctor (Troughton) and his companions arrive on a human colony in the far-flung future. The colony appears to be a giant recreational complex – a holiday camp for rest and relaxation. Everyone looks happy and carefree, but all is not as it seems. The colony has been infiltrated and its members brainwashed by a race of giant parasitic crab creatures called…

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Family-run sci-fi museum faces closure after council orders it to exterminate shed housing Dalek display

Family-run sci-fi museum faces closure after council orders it to exterminate shed housing Dalek display

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A family-run museum dedicated to Doctor Who and the world of sci-fi may be forced to close because a newly installed Dalek display does not comply with planning regulations. The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi is home to an entire gallery devoted to Doctor Who and has attracted hundreds of visitors, but the owners of the tourist draw, in the village of Allendale, Northumberland, have been ordered to exterminate a shed that houses a large replica Dalek. ‘Gutted’ Art teacher Neil Cole built the model from scratch…

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A Doctor Who themed escape room is coming to Manchester

A Doctor Who themed escape room is coming to Manchester

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Are you a fan of popular BBC sci-fi drama Doctor Who and also like paying to be locked in a room? Then you’re in luck as the Worlds Collide game which originally opened in Bristol is coming to Manchester. The escape room is a partnership between BBC Studios and Escape Hunt and it will be in Manchester from February 22nd. Here’s how it works: the The players are given 60 minutes to work out how to close the tear before…

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Doctor Who, Scratchman: Tom Baker in video interview

Doctor Who, Scratchman: Tom Baker in video interview

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Tom Baker granted a video interview with Doctor Who Magazine writer Emily Cook to promote his new fourth Doctor book, Scratchman. The official plot of Scratchman: The fourth Doctor, Harry Sullivan and Sarah Jane Smith arrive at a remote Scottish island, when their holiday is cut short by the appearance of strange creatures – hideous scarecrows, who are preying on the local population. The islanders are living in fear, and the Doctor vows to save them all. But it doesn’t…

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Doctor Who kicks off series 12 filming with first-look at Jodie Whittaker and cast

Doctor Who kicks off series 12 filming with first-look at Jodie Whittaker and cast

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#DoctorWho is back in production! 🎬🎉 pic.twitter.com/vouZZfMuTV — Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) January 23, 2019 That faint sound you’re hearing might just be the TARDIS re-materialising because Doctor Who has officially started filming series 12! Fresh off her encounter with one very ticked off Dalek on New Year’s Day, Jodie Whittaker is all smiles in a first-look photo of the cast that confirms they’re officially back in production on new episodes: The background location might not be giving off any strong…

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River takes on the Master (all of them!) and more: Big Finish Doctor Who audio releases for January

River takes on the Master (all of them!) and more: Big Finish Doctor Who audio releases for January

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Big Finish are kicking of 2019 with a host of exciting new audio adventures for fans to enjoy. Here’s a roundup of what’s coming this month. The Counter-Measures return for another case… Counter-Measures are looking into Open Band – the disciples of the so-called Swami of Swammcombe, Lord Cavall. How true are Cavall’s teachings? What happens during the elite ‘Visualisation’ sessions? And what does this all have to do with the King under the hill? This case for the New…

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Jodie Whittaker and companion actors headed abroad

Jodie Whittaker and companion actors headed abroad

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Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole were photographed at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport Saturday evening, January 19. Doctor Who is on my flight!!! pic.twitter.com/3W0wzkKnrr — Craig Bender (@thinguy) January 19, 2019 According to the Daily Star, BBC Director General Tony Hall said of Doctor Who production: “They are starting work again in cold January… well, it won’t be so cold where they are!” Although the Daily Star didn’t say where the quote from Director General Hall came from, it is assumed…

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Novelisations of ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’ and ‘Revelation of the Daleks’ announced

Novelisations of ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’ and ‘Revelation of the Daleks’ announced

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Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks, two iconic Doctor Who adventures by Eric Saward, one of the show’s longest serving script editors, will be published by BBC Books in 2019. Written by Saward himself, these novels are the only two classic-era Doctor Who adventures yet to be novelised, and their publication more than three decades after their first TV transmission will fill a long-held gap in fans’ collections the world over. Each book will be published as a £12.99…

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Inside the world’s first Doctor Who escape room now open in Bristol

Inside the world’s first Doctor Who escape room now open in Bristol

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“Use the sonic screwdriver,” somebody shouted enthusiastically in the office of an eccentric billionaire, whose efforts to develop commercial time travel have done some serious damage to the fabric of space and time. Worlds collide in Cabot Circus through a small door between Costa and Pizza Express, where Planet Earth’s first Doctor Who escape room is now open. ‘Worlds Collide’ is the name of the game at Escape Hunt, which has been developed alongside the BBC and gives players 60…

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