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Month: January 2020

The Runaway comes to YouTube and launches internationally

The Runaway comes to YouTube and launches internationally

More Doctor Who fans than ever can now step inside a VR version of the TARDIS as the BBC’s hit virtual reality experience Doctor Who: The Runaway comes to the Doctor Who YouTube channel and launches internationally. The VR experience stars Jodie Whittaker voicing an animated version of the Thirteenth Doctor, a role she’s just reprised in the new series on TV. The viewer crash lands in the TARDIS and is quickly recruited by the Doctor to help return a…

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Get all the details on Nikola Telsa’s Night of Terror

Get all the details on Nikola Telsa’s Night of Terror

Get all the details ahead of the next episode in Series 12, Nikola Telsa’s Night of Terror. ’Nikola Tesla dreamed up the twentieth century before it happened!’ 1903. On the edge of Niagara Falls, something is wrong at Nikola Tesla’s generator plant. Who or what is sabotaging the maverick inventor’s work? Has he really received a message from Mars? And where does his great rival Thomas Edison fit into these events? The Doctor, Yaz, Ryan and Graham must join forces with…

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CELEBRATING CHRIS ACHILLEOS: CANDY JAR CALLS FOR YOUR MEMORIES

CELEBRATING CHRIS ACHILLEOS: CANDY JAR CALLS FOR YOUR MEMORIES

Candy Jar Books would like Doctor Who readers to share their thoughts and memories of Chris Achilléos’ Doctor Who artwork (as well as the Target books that featured his art). Whether they set you on a path that ultimately led to a career, or simply gave you a few lazy Sundays’ entertainment, we’d love to hear your stories. Do you have images of you with Chris, or photos of yourself reading these iconic Target books as a child? We’d love…

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Season 14 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range

Season 14 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range

Tom Baker’s third season as the Fourth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-Ray, in The Collection – Season 14, on Monday 20th April. In 1976, Doctor Who took a dramatic new turn, electrifying audiences with changes in format, companion and appearance of the TARDIS. Season 14 saw the departure of the Doctor’s long-term companion Sarah Jane Smith, and the introduction of Leela. The season contains some of Tom Baker’s most iconic serials, with intrepid investigations in Victorian…

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Orphan 55: Overnight Ratings

Orphan 55: Overnight Ratings

According to Lizo Mzimba at the BBC Doctor Who again had its lowest overnight for the current team with 4.19m. But so far the series has performed more strongly on catch up viewing. https://twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/status/1216659649694445568

Warren Brown and Matthew McNulty to star in Doctor Who

Warren Brown and Matthew McNulty to star in Doctor Who

Following Doctor Who’s explosive return to screens on New Year’s Day, stars of television Warren Brown and Matthew McNulty are set to guest star in an upcoming episode as team TARDIS work to solve a mystery which threatens the entire planet… Best known for his roles in Versailles, The Bay and more recently Deadwater Fell, Matthew McNulty says: “I had such a blast filming the episode and couldn’t ask for anything more for my Doctor Who debut.” Ahead of his…

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Confirmed titles and synopsis’ for episodes 4, 5 & 6 of Series 12.

Confirmed titles and synopsis’ for episodes 4, 5 & 6 of Series 12.

Confirmed titles and synopsis’ for episodes 4, 5 & 6 of Series 12. 12.4: Nikola Tesla’s Night Of Terror Written by: Nina Metivier. Directed by: Nida Manzoor. Synopsis: The time: the earliest years of the 20th century. The place: New York City. Inventor Nikola Tesla is at war with his rival Thomas Edison. However, there’s an even greater threat in their midst… 12.5: Fugitive Of The Judoon Written by: Vinay Patel. Directed by: Nida Manzoor. Synopsis: Stomping their way into…

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Spyfall Episode 1: Consolidated Ratings

Spyfall Episode 1: Consolidated Ratings

According to Lizo Mzimba of the BBC, Doctor Who’s Ep 1 catch-up figures are mostly in. It’s now been watched by TV audience of 6.70 million, narrowly beating Dracula’s 6.63 million. Is this a good figure or not? Well, it depends on your point on view, and particularly what kind of show you think Doctor Who should be. Some will say it’s good that when catch-up is included Doctor Who hasn’t continued dropping below 2018 figures… Others will say 2018…

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Doctor Who Helps BBCiPlayer To It’s Best Festive Fortnight Ever!

Doctor Who Helps BBCiPlayer To It’s Best Festive Fortnight Ever!

A bumper crop of Christmas specials and new programmes helped BBC iPlayer to its best festive fortnight ever. The holiday period (20 December – 2 January) was BBC iPlayer’s biggest on record, with 203m requests*to stream or download programmes, up well over a third on the same period last year. New Year’s Day was BBC iPlayer’s best-ever day with 17.9 million requests, also up by well over a third on the previous year, as viewers sank their teeth into new…

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DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 547

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 547

OUT OF THE TARDIS WITH BRADLEY WALSH! The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine also includes: The second part of an exclusive, in-depth interview with showrunner Chris Chibnall. Interviews with the new writers of Series 12. Exclusive previews of the next four episodes. The untold story of Denis Alan Print, the Doctor Who merchandise company co-owned by Tom Baker. Doctor Who’s top ten Master reveals. Behind the scenes at the OFFSTAGE Theatre Group, whose Doctor Who plays and comedy sketches…

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