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Month: February 2019

LETHBRIDGE-STEWART SPECIAL EDITION OF HAVOC FILES 2!

LETHBRIDGE-STEWART SPECIAL EDITION OF HAVOC FILES 2!

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Candy Jar Books is proud to announce a special edition of The HAVOC Files 2 is being released at the start of March. Originally published in 2016 as a limited print-run, The HAVOC Files 2: Special Edition is a reprint with a difference, containing as it does new editions of previous stories, and two short stories available for the first time in print. Head of Publishing Shaun Russell explains: “We have often been asked by those who missed The HAVOC…

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Doctor Who Series 12: Jamie Stone directs the first filming block

Doctor Who Series 12: Jamie Stone directs the first filming block

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The director of the first filming block of Doctor Who Series 12 was revealed on the the @Ruther2 Twitter account. According to the CV of the production designer for the portion of the filming block recently completed in South Africa, Jamie Stone is directing the block. #RutherExclusive #DoctorWho news: the director of block one is Jamie Stone pic.twitter.com/OlOiMQsRQO — Ruther (@Ruther2) February 14, 2019 Two members of the crew working in South Africa, a script supervisor and a camera operator, are listed as…

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Virtual reality special of Doctor Who coming soon from the BBC

Virtual reality special of Doctor Who coming soon from the BBC

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Doctor Who fans will soon be able to step inside a virtual reality version of the TARDIS in an upcoming immersive VR adventure called Doctor Who: The Runaway. The new original story set in the TARDIS will see Jodie Whittaker reprise her role as the Doctor in animated form. It will run for around 12 minutes and will be available on selected VR headsets in the coming months. Viewers will join the Thirteenth Doctor on board the TARDIS in this…

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Jodie Whittaker was told to change her look

Jodie Whittaker was told to change her look

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Doctor Who actress Jodie Whittaker has revealed she was told to get a line in her forehead filled and her top lip waxed when she began acting. Whittaker is the first woman to take on the title role in the BBC’s long-running science fiction series. She made the comments to David Tennant, who played the 10th Doctor, on his new podcast. Whittaker told Tennant she was glad she did not give in to early pressure to change her appearance. The…

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Doctor Who filming in Cardiff

Doctor Who filming in Cardiff

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A large section of Cardiff Bay Link Road in Cardiff, Wales was closed off for Doctor Who filming late Sunday night, February 10 for a night shoot. One person at the scene captured a photo of the filming involving automobiles, one with a camera mount. #dwsr They’ve been filming some kind of car chase/road scene within the Cardiff Bay Link Road tunnel. There is a whole area set up outside the tunnel by the queensgate roundabout which is where I assume they…

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LETHBRIDGE-STEWART: THE DOMINATOR RETURNS

LETHBRIDGE-STEWART: THE DOMINATOR RETURNS

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Candy Jar Books is proud to announce book four in its anniversary series of Lethbridge-Stewart novels, The Laughing Gnome: Rise of the Dominator. Following on from The Laughing Gnome: The Danger Men, book four sees the team get back together when they all arrive in 1973 and face off against the Dominator, Director Vaar! Rise of the Dominator sees the return of popular Lethbridge-Stewart author, Robert Mammone, who previously wrote two short stories for the range, and the first of…

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The Daleks Come To Twitch

The Daleks Come To Twitch

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From February 17th 2019, you’ll be able to tune in daily and watch classic episodes of Doctor Who featuring the Daleks, while chatting along with other fans on Twitch. See the full list of stories below, with provisional screening times from a Pacific US or UK perspective. US Pacific screening times Date Adventures Start End 17 February The Daleks 10:00 13:05 18 February Dalek Invasion of Earth, Day of the Daleks 10:00 14:24 19 February Frontier in Space, Planet of…

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Doctor Who wins special award for Rosa Parks episode

Doctor Who wins special award for Rosa Parks episode

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Doctor Who‘s series 11 episode ‘Rosa’ has been recognised at the recent Visionary Honours Awards. Starring Vinette Robinson as the historical figure Rosa Parks – who was a Civil Rights heroine back in the ’50s – the episode saw Jodie Whittaker’s time lord whizz back to Alabama and cross paths with the legendary campaigner. The material itself was raved about by fans following its broadcast, most notably for its honest portrayal of that period in history, and now, it’s also…

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Stacey Abrams watched Doctor Who before State of the Union response

Stacey Abrams watched Doctor Who before State of the Union response

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Is there anything Time Lords can’t do? Democrat Stacey Abrams received widespread acclaim for her televised response to Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night and it turns out she calmed herself by watching several episodes of Doctor Who prior to going in front of the camera. “I watched about three episodes of Doctor Who and just kind of chilled out,” Abrams told the hosts of Buzzfeed’s AM to DM show, detailing her pre-speech prep. Pressed to elaborate on which era of Doctor Who she was watching, Abrams said,…

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Oxford Westgate Centre’s Doctor Who themed escape room opens

Oxford Westgate Centre’s Doctor Who themed escape room opens

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A DOCTOR Who-themed escape room has opened at Oxford’s Westgate Centre. Cybermen will feature in the game ‘Worlds Collide’, which is based on the Time Lord’s adventures through time and space. Players are given an hour to work out how to escape the room, with the ‘universe in their hands’. The game is a collaboration between BBC studios and Escape Hunt, which opened in Oxford last year. Here, eccentric billionaire Alastair Montague’s efforts to develop commercial time travel have caused a tear…

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