Christopher Eccleston has been on the promotional trail for his returning BBC drama, The A Word over the past few days. And whilst chatting to Lorraine Kelly today, the subject of Doctor Who somewhat inevitably came up., In specific relation to the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor, Eccleston is a fan. “Hurrah”, he … >
Jodie Whittaker is set to start filming her first series as Doctor Who imminently, but she’s still found time to do a little bit of press for the recent hit drama, Trust Me, that’s about to premiere in Australia and New Zealand. In an interview with Stuff.co.nz, Whittaker talked about the need to throw people … >
Bradley Walsh has a busy few months ahead. He’s got an arena tour for a Peter Pan pantomime next month. He’s got episodes of daytime quiz The Chase. And then there’s the small matter of filming Doctor Who series 11. In a new interview with The Telegraph, Walsh has insisted that his Doctor Who commitments, … >
Here’s some sad news. Dudley Simpson, the composer of the music to dozens of classic Doctor Who stories, has died. He was 95 years old. Born in Australia in 1922, Simpson first composed music for Doctor Who with the William Hartnell adventure, Planet Of Giants. It would begin a long relationship with the show, that … >
MCM Birmingham Comic Con looks like it might be worth a visit for Doctor Who fans. Heading to the NEC in Birmingham on 18th and 19th of November, the line-up has just been bolstered by the news that Bill herself, Pearl Mackie, will be appearing at both days of the show. And there’s more. David … >
Yesterday we reported on how Nicholas Pegg, the writer of The Watcher column in Doctor Who Magazine, has been dismissed from the publication following a ‘coded message’ left in its latest issue. On the same day, Private Eye magazine has run a report that hints at some of the problems behind the scenes. In its … >
The latest Doctor Who Early Adventures story from Big Finish is The Outliers, a second Doctor story with Frazer Hines voicing both the Doctor and Jamie, with Anneke Wills as Polly and Elliot Chapman as Ben Jackson. This set of actors is now well established as a group and it’s yet another polished performance, directed … >
How the director of photography for the Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker reveal didn’t find out what the job was until very, very late in the day…
Nicholas Pegg has been ‘dismissed’ from Doctor Who Magazine over a special message coded into the latest issue…
Starring the Seventh Doctor, Ace and Mel (who has re-joined the TARDIS after her travels with Glitz), Big Finish’s Doctor Who story The Blood Furnace brings the companions home to Earth and relatively close to their respective times as they materialise at a Merseyside shipyard in 1991. It soon becomes a rather personal trip for Mel too, as … >