Candy Jar Books is pleased to announce that a collection of lockdown-inspired Lucy Wilson short stories is now up for pre-order, and will be released in two weeks. The royalties from sales will be donated to NHS charities and Candy Jar will double this amount. Head of Publishing, Shaun Russell, says: “At the start of isolation I asked Jonathan Macho, the author of the most recent Lucy Wilson book The Serpent’s Tongue, to write a short story about Lucy being…
Doctor Who star Mandip Gill is very excited about the return of the Daleks in this year’s Christmas special. It was announced earlier this year that The Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and her friends (Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill) will face the ‘Revolution of the Daleks’ this series, as the evil pepperpots return in full force. Mandip admitted in a recent interview with the Radio Times that she couldn’t say much about the festive special, but did reveal how thrilled she was to…
Emily Cook has confirmed that today’s (Sunday 17th May 2020) watch along Doctor Who story will be “The Fires Of Pampeii” from series 4 (2008) Why not join James Moran (Writer) @jamesmoran, Tracey Childs (Metella) @TraceyChilds50, Francesca Fowler (Evelina) @TheFranFowler, Francois Pandolfo (Quintus) @difficultstage Press play at 7.00pm (BST) tonight to join in with all the fun! IT’S #VOLCANODAY! 🌋 Join in with a tweetalong of THE FIRES OF POMPEII at 7pm (UK time) today! Live tweets from:@TraceyChilds50 (Metella)@TheFranFowler (Evelina)@difficultstage…
Premium British drama channel BBC First launches on 27th May 2020 with a raft of world class content including exclusive territory premieres of Doctor Who, Les Misérables and The Mallorca Files alongside MotherFatherSon and Brexit. Agreement with Türk Telekom will include a selection of bingeworthy drama boxsets, available on demand to Tivibu subscribers. Turk Telekom Tivibu is the second largest pay TV operator in Turkey. BBC Studios has announced that premium drama brand, BBC First, will launch for the first…
BBC Books will be publishing two novels to tie into the multi-platform Doctor Who story, Time Lord Victorious, starring the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Doctors. Time Lord Victorious is a brand-new multi-platform Doctor Who story told across audio, novels, comics, vinyl, digital, immersive theatre, escape rooms and games! Set within the Dark Times at the start of the universe, three incarnations of the Doctor must travel across Space and Time as they defend the universe from a terrible race. These two novels…
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day Candy Jar Books is giving away free kindles over the bank holiday weekend. One of the titles included is Christopher Bryant’s The Flaming Soldier, a Lethbridge-Stewart spin-off novella very much inspired by the late Eileen Younghusband. Shaun Russell, head of publishing at Candy Jar, says: “Eileen worked in the Filter Room, the top secret hub of Britain’s air defence, and tracked the first V2 rocket into the country! Before she died, I…
Emily Cook of Doctor Who Magazine has announced that the next Doctor Who watch along will be The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion. So, join Emily, Ingrid Oliver and Peter Harness from 7.00pm on Sunday May 10th 2020. Join in with a worldwide watchalong of The Zygon Invasion & The Zygon Inversion. Sunday 10 May from 7pm (BST) Featuring live tweets from @ingridoliver100 & @mrpeterharness Hashtag: #TruthOrConsequences #DoctorWhoLockdown Graphic by @SCrouchCreative pic.twitter.com/G0wFiLkYyf — Emily Cook (@Emily_Rosina) May 6, 2020…
May sees the release of a range of brand-new audio adventures from Big Finish. Here’s a roundup of what’s available to buy on CD and download this month. More Victorian Mysteries for the Unlikely Crime-Fighting Trio Victorian London harbours many secrets: alien visitors, strange phenomena and unearthly powers. But a trio of investigators stands ready to delve into such mysteries: the Great Detective, Madame Vastra, her resourceful spouse, Jenny Flint, and their loyal valet, Strax. If an impossible puzzle needs…
Join in with a worldwide watch-along of The Girl in the Fireplace on its 14th anniversary, Wednesday 6 May at 7pm (BST) – featuring live tweets from @StevenWMoffat & @SophiaMyles We’re going back in time to 18th century France for a tweetalong of The Girl in the Fireplace! With live tweets from @StevenWMoffat & @SophiaMyles On its 14th anniversary: Wednesday 6 May, 7pm (BST) Hashtag: #Clockdown Watch @makemeaoffer_’s trailer: https://t.co/OtFiu9hRdL pic.twitter.com/pQQdXG9nVY — Emily Cook (@Emily_Rosina) April 30, 2020 Hashtag: #Clockdown #DoctorWhoLockdown…
“Steven, you know full well we’re always winging it…” FORMER DOCTOR WHO SHOWRUNNERS RUSSELL T DAVIES AND STEVEN MOFFAT INTERVIEW EACH OTHER! Issue 551 also includes: Extended Production Notes from current showrunner Chris Chibnall. Composer Segun Akinola reveals his inspirations for the Series 12 soundtrack. In the first virtual Out of the TARDIS, Neil Gaiman answers questions from the TARDIS tin. The Fact of Fiction explores the 1984 classic The Caves of Androzani. A tribute to the late David Collings (Revenge of the Cybermen, The Robots…