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The BBC's official Doctor Who channel released a trailer for Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 26 Blu-Ray and DVD box set, featuring Sophie Aldred as the 7th Doctor's (Sylvester McCoy) companion Ace. All companions who leave or are left behind tend to carry an air of melancholy about them They always wait in hope that he[...]

Classic Doctor Who writer Terrance Dicks has passed away at the age of 84. Born in east London in 1935, the British author was best known for his work as a script editor on the wildly popular BBC science fiction series Between 1969 and 1974, Dicks is credited with penning more than 150 Doctor Who scripts[...]

Big Finish Productions released the latest "season" or "box set" of Doctor Who spinoff The Diary of River Song this week Alex Kingston's River Song is a character so limitless in potential that the writers are just giddy with where they can take her She's a character who literally can go anywhere and do anything,[...]

We all love BBC's Doctor Who for its freewheeling stories, lovably nutty hero, and ability to be virtually any kind of story it puts its mind to being Sometimes it feels completely random and arbitrary, but it has a lot of deep ideas embedded in its lore. From the 1960's to the 1980's, writers often threw[...]

Here's a look at Titan Comics solicitations for November 2019, with a Doctor Who Christmas Special, a new Rivers Of London series, a comic book spinoff of MediEvil, and a new Minions comic book too… MediEvil HC Writer Chris Sorrell Artist Jason Wilson HC • FC • 48pp • 170 x 258mm • $12.99 On Sale November 6, 2019 ISBN 9781787734197 The[...]

Late author Mervyn Peake's "Gormenghast" novels have found a home at Showtime, with the cable network set to develop an adaptation of the fantasy drama alongside some of the biggest names in popular culture: writer Toby Whithouse (Doctor Who), Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, American Gods) and Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) Co-produced by American Gods[...]

They already produce epic, ambitious Doctor Who and Torchwood dramas that are bigger than a television budget could ever allow What sets Transference apart is that it's a naturalistic crime thriller with no Science fiction or fantastical elements at all. Alex Kingston plays a psychotherapist barely holding it together She's grieving her sister's recent death[...]

Both Clarke and Walters are actors in demand, and both have appeared on Doctor Who in the past Clarke has also become an award-winning writer, producer and director over the years. The show's plot is utterly generic We've seen all of these tropes before in 70's and 80's cop shows It doesn't do anything new or[...]

WarnerMedia's upcoming streaming service has secured the exclusive streaming rights to BBC's Doctor Who, with all 11 seasons of the sci-fi drama available at the service's Spring 2020 launch HBO Max's new long-term deal with BBC Studios will also make the streamer the exclusive home for future seasons post-BBC America airings. "'Doctor Who' is one of[...]

John Barrowman has been busy playing his most popular character in audio drama spinoffs of Doctor Who He's been in the new season of Torchwood, a number of Torchwood stand-alone stories as well as in solo adventures as Captain Jack in the The Lives of Captain Jack series We say "series" for the latter, because[...]

Torchwood: Sync is one of those fun audio drama crossovers that asks "What if XXXX met XXXX?" Big Finish Productions has an official license from the BBC to produce audio dramas from Doctor Who and Torchwood and they're going to use it to the hilt! An alien spaceship crashes on the outskirts of Cardiff, Wales[...]

Any questions email me. Now, it is worth pointing out that in the first-ever episode of Doctor Who, the TARDIS had landed in a junkyard in Totter's Lane, Shoreditch Which isn't far from Hackney at all But it was rather far from me So I took a punt and spoke to the owner, Fabio who was[...]

The BBC has commissioned Eric Saward to write novels from his two Dalek stories: Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Dalek, the last two stories from the classic run of the show to be novelized – now every episode of classic Doctor Who has a prose version Saward was the script editor for[...]

During Thursday of Comic-Con, Bleeding Cool played the latest offering from Maze Theory, the immersive Doctor Who virtual reality experience, The Edge of Time The game has the player acting as an unnamed Companion to the Doctor, voiced by actual Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker The short playthrough has the player navigate a junkyard (a staple[...]

Big Finish Productions released a preview trailer of their 20th Anniversary livestream this weekend, with a 20-hour livestream on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel – with more than 20 episodes of Doctor Who audio dramas and related spinoffs will be in the stream This includes UNIT, Torchwood, The Gallifrey Chronicles, The Diary of River Song,[...]

For the first time since the game was announced by Maze Theory and BBC Studios, we're getting a look at the TARDIS in Doctor Who: The Edge of Time We knew that this would be centered on the 13th Doctor played by Jodie Whittaker, who will also be voicing the character in the game[...]

The BBC's official Doctor Who Channel on YouTube realised a video excerpt of BBC Radio 4 Extra's program celebrating the centenary of Jon Pertwee's birth The Jon Pertwee Files is an hour-long radio program featuring Pertwee's son Sean Pertwee talking about his father's career. Jon Pertwee had a long acting career before and after he played[...]

So let's talk about Ace (Sophie Aldred), the Seventh Doctor's companion (1987-1989) – because I really don't get all the complaints about the current series of BBC's Doctor Who having too much politics The series always had politics embedded at its core: virtually every Science Fiction, spy or crime TV series created in the UK in[...]

A little more than two months after Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) and Mark Gatiss (Sherlock) announced some major additions to the cast and directors' chairs for their highly-anticipated Dracula limited series, viewers are getting their first look at Claes Bang's (The Girl in the Spider's Web, Borgen) bloodthirsty count in the three-part drama – where[...]

Welcome to the Funko Round-Up! In this edition, we take a look at new Simpsons Pops, new Pop Pez, a new wave of Doctor Who Pops, and finally a Wynonna Earp Pop…with a catch Let's take a look! The Year Without a Santa Clause fan favorites Heat Miser and Snow Miser are getting Pop Pez[...]

MCU, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Fallout, My Hero Academia, and more are all represented, and some of the designs are really top notch and unique Check them all out below! Toynk SDCC Exclusives List Name: Star Wars Retro Business 16oz Pint Glass Set of 2 Price: $15.00 Description: Debut. Officially licensed 2019 San Diego Comic Con Debut  Star Wars 16oz pint glass[...]

Fans of BBC's Doctor Who have long yearned for a special musical episode of the beloved sci-fi show While that particular dream currently exists only in fan-fiction, real life music fans will soon have the next best thing This fall, Doctor Who stars Jodie Whittaker and David Tennant will join a host of Who alums and other[...]

Doctor Who fans can get their swag on with a new line of shirts from Hero Collector The shirts feature characters and such from all 60 years of Who history, all in a Chibi style that makes each one unique and adorable There are six designs in all, and all are available in four colors[...]

In the neo-noir city of Los Angeles, 2019, veteran Blade Runner Detective Ash grapples with a new case: a billionaire's wife and child, apparently kidnapped by bioengineered Replicants… Price: $5 Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #9 with Comic-Con Exclusive cover Exclusive cover by Klebs Jr (New Mutants, Hawkgirl) Old Friends: Part 1 of 4 The Doctor finally unites[...]

As we slowly get closer to seeing the release of Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, we now are getting a look at the latest villain to be added to the pantheon In the latest developer blog, they discuss some of the enemies coming to the VR game including the Weeping Angels and the Daleks[...]

Big Finish and Doctor Who are celebrating 20 years of the Time Lord's audio drama travels through time and space, so needless to say, BBC Studios and Big Finish Productions are looking to celebrate The good news for Doctor Who and Big Finish fans? You're getting the presents! To mark the milestone, 20+ hours of Doctor[...]

When you are a household name before the age of 40 and your face is plastered on toys, posters, comic books, and buses the world over, how do you celebrate your birthday? Well, thanks to a trustworthy on-set source, we now know that Whittaker celebrated her birthday as only she could, bringing laughter to the[...]

Last month Bleeding Cool mentioned that in August, the Doctor Who comics from Titan, written by Jody Houser, would feature 'the Doctor's Childhood Time Lord Hero' Commentor Alex Greystar wrote 'This is going to be the Corsair, right?' It is, Alex, it is From September's solicitations… DOCTOR WHO 13TH #12 CVR A FISH (W) Jody Houser (A)[...]

BBC Worldwide released a goofy video featuring Colin Baker on trial to plug the upcoming release the Blu-Ray boxset of Doctor Who: The Collection Season 23 – The Trial of a Time Lord. The whole video is an in-joke with more in-jokes within the in-joke as it invokes "The Trial of a Time Lord". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-hWKv9ExtYVideo can't be[...]

Funko has begun revealing their SDCC 2019 exclusives, and there is some cool Marvel and TV ones up first, and all of them are shared!