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Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

Doctor Who Returns To The BBC Proms for 2024 season

Doctor Who makes its much-anticipated return to the Proms with a brand-new show celebrating the latest adventures of the Doctor with Prom 47 and 48 on Monday 26th August 2024 and both 2.30pm and 7.00pm Showcasing Murray Gold’s epic music for the series performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Prom features sequences from the series on big screens, spectacular lighting and a host of special guest appearances – and, yes, there will be monsters! A concert like no other…

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Doctor Who convention raises thousands for charity

Doctor Who convention raises thousands for charity

Doctor Who actor Paul McGann has praised a convention he took part in after it raised over £17,000 for charity. The ninth annual Bedford Who event was held on Saturday, where fans paid for autographs and selfies with stars of the BBC television show. Money raised has been split between Bedford Foodbank, homeless charity Smart, and FACES, which supports vulnerable families. McGann, who starred in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, said the event had a more friendly feel to bigger,…

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Horror of Fang Rock At The BFI

Horror of Fang Rock At The BFI

Doctor Who: Horror of Fang Rock + Q&A with Louise Jameson The Doctor and Leela make a grizzly discovery in this classic story from 1977. Sunday 04 February 2024 12:00   NFT1 On sale Director Paddy Russell With Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Colin Douglas UK 1977. 4x25min Courtesy of BBC Studios The Doctor and Leela land on the island of Fang Rock where a trip to a lighthouse leads to a grisly discovery and suspected alien activity. With the power…

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Celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who with Adventures in Water and Light in Cardiff

Celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who with Adventures in Water and Light in Cardiff

BBC Wales celebrates 60 years of Doctor Who with Adventures in Water and Light in Cardiff Bay In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the much-loved BBC series, Doctor Who, a special after-dark water-based projection in Cardiff Bay will take audiences on the incredible journey through 60 years of the show. With a script arranged by former Doctor Who script editor Gary Russell and featuring the brand-new version of composer Murray Gold’s iconic theme, the audio-visual spectacle, which will launch…

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Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction moves to New Zealand

Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction moves to New Zealand

Come face to face with the show’s iconic characters, share the Doctor’s adventures and explore some of the worlds visited on screen. Wellington City Council, WellingtonNZ and Sarner International are thrilled to announce Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder: Where Science Meets Fiction | Doctor Who Ngā Ao Mīharo: Te tūtakitanga o te Pūtaiao ki te Pakimaero exhibition opens in Wellington in June 2024. The exhibition will run for five months from June 1 2024, at Tākina, Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre,…

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Set to Stun: Designing & Filming Sci-Fi in West London

Set to Stun: Designing & Filming Sci-Fi in West London

Beyond the stars and behind the scenes… for nearly a century west London has been home to a hive of workshops and design studios that fed into some of the country’s most iconic Sci-Fi films and TV shows. Our major new exhibition ‘Set to Stun’ will celebrate sci-fi film and television from the 1960s through to today, turning the camera onto the west London artisans, artists and crafts people who brought it all to life. From laser beams to paranoid…

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The Doctor Who Scarf Project at Weston super Mare Museum

The Doctor Who Scarf Project at Weston super Mare Museum

Help us make Weston-super-Mare a sea of colourful Doctor Who loveliness by learning to knit your own Doctor Who scarf and join us in knitting the longest ever community made Doctor Who scarf! We’re so excited about our new exhibition – ‘ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE – 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ART’, which runs from 21 October 2023 – 27 January 2024. We just want to wrap ourselves in Doctor Who fun, so we’ve decided to get knitting and…

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Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration – UPDATED

Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration – UPDATED

Join the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC Singers, directed by Alastair King, as they celebrate the glorious musical sounds of Doctor Who in this special 60th anniversary concert for Radio 2. Featuring I Am The Doctor, Abigail’s Song, This Is Gallifrey, The Impossible Girl, I Am A Good Man, The Shepherd’s Boy and the timeless Doctor Who Theme as brilliantly imagined by composers Murray Gold and Segun Akinola. There’s also a trip back in time to the classic years of Doctor Who from the…

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ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE – 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ART

ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE – 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ART

ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE – 60 YEARS OF DOCTOR WHO ART EXHIBITION Weston Museum 21 October 2023 – 27 January 2024 Allons-y, time travellers and art aficionados! Weston Museum is all set to take you on a nostalgia-filled ride with “Adventures in Time and Space – 60 Years of Doctor Who Art.” Celebrating the show’s whopping six decades of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey greatness in November 2023. This exhibition promises to be a treat for all those who’ve shared an adventure…

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Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration announced by BBC Radio 2

Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration announced by BBC Radio 2

An epic concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 this autumn to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who. The event joins a packed line-up of festivities, which include Russell T Davies’s trilogy of special episodes – leading into the much-anticipated season 14 – and a new Big Finish storyline titled Once and Future. Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration will take place at BBC Hoddinott Hall in the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, where the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the BBC…

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