A new picture of Tom Baker – now 88 years old – has been released, in preparation for the release of Demon Quest, a special vinyl boxset signed by the man himself! It is good to see Tom looking so well and proud to be still associated with his Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who – a role he last played on television over 40 years ago. (What’s that you say? He returned as The Curator in The Day of the…

Demon Records is releasing a very special vinyl boxset, collecting together five audio adventures — and signed by the one and only Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker! Hornet’s Nest includes: The Stuff of NightmaresThe Dead ShoesCircus of DoomA Sting in the TailHive of Horror These are strictly limited to just 1,200 worldwide — that’s 600 units available in the UK, 300 in the USA, 50 in Australia, and…

BBC Audio have started a new audio range of Doctor Who adventures. Called Beyond the Doctor, this range will detail some of the adventures for the Doctor’s companions and friends, after they have left. Kicking off the range is The Kairos Ring, written by Stephen Gallagher. Gallagher has made quite the name for himself as a sci-fi writer over his writing career. He penned the 1981 story,…

Obverse Books has announced a new charity anthology, The Curse of Fanfic, raising money for Parkinson’s UK. But if you want to grab a copy, you need to be quick – the order window shuts on 1st September 2020.

This new paperback features contributions from a number of familiar Doctor Who names, including Paul Magrs (Mad Dogs and Englishmen) and Big Finish’s John Dorney (whose audio stories…

Doctor Who is back over Christmas – no, not on TV, but on radio! Because BBC Radio 4 Extra is broadcasting the Fourth Doctor adventure, Serpent Crest, beginning this Monday and running to Saturday 4th January 2020.

The series, part of The Nest Cottage Chronicles, is written by Paul Magrs (Sick Building), and is made up of 5 connected stories across 10 episodes: Tsar Wars, The Broken Crown, Ala…

Looking for Christmas presents for the Doctor Who fans in your life? We’ve selected a few novels all Whovians would love, including: a special story written by the Fourth Doctor himself, Tom Baker; a return for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; a collection of comics from Doctor Who Magazine; a funny fiction in the style of Douglas Adams; and new tales for Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor.

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Going into this audio adventure, I had very little in the way of expectations. I figured it’d be a typical Seventh Doctor and Ace adventure, albeit with an extra companion named Hex (Philip Oliver) and co-starring Katy Manning as Iris Wildthyme – both characters, I’d heard of but never heard. I only knew there was substantial history with both due to past audios, but I was going in fairly cold.

As I once told Steven Moffat at a celebration of Russell T. Davies’ Doctor Who, attended by my good pals, Robert Shearman, Annette Badland, and Euros Lyn, the Doctor is a terrible name-dropper. This December, we learn how that mysterious traveller in all time and space encountered the likes of Elvis, Pythagoras, and Houdini.

The upcoming short story collection, Doctor Who: Star Taleswill…

Cards on the table: I picked up The Silver Archive Special #1: The Christmas Box slightly out of obligation. I’ve loved Obverse Books’ The Black Archive range, and I’m lucky enough to be writing an upcoming instalment of The Silver Archive. Naturally, I want experience with the series, so picked up the first one, admittedly despite some reservations: namely, this is a book which talks about loads…

You’ve got just less than a week now to buy an eBook copy of A Target for Tommy and its sequel – and help out Tommy Donbavand, author of the 2013 Doctor Who novel, Shroud of Sorrow.

The project, by Obverse Books, gathers together an array of Target-esque stories by superb writers including Simon Bucher-Jones, Paul Magrs, Kate Orman, and Andy Frankham-Allen; it’s to support Donbavand and his…

Mrs Wibbsey is, at last, back, in The Thing from the Sea – a new audio adventure for the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker! Played by Susan Jameson (New Tricks; Z Cars), Wibbsey originally starred alongside the Fourth Doctor and Mike Yates in the Nest Cottage Chronicles between 2009 and 2011. The whole range was written by the excellent Paul Magrs, and he’s back now for a new story that finds Wibbsey at…

Next month, why not spend some time getting to know the Doctor’s frenemy? Missy is back in a brand-new set of short stories, The Missy Chronicles, featuring the female incarnation of the Master, as played by Michelle Gomez in the television series. Wrangling the madness will be authors: Cavan Scott (Doctor Who: The Shining Man), Jacqueline Rayner (Doctor Who: The Stone Rose), Paul Magrs (Doctor…

Why not get in a Doctor Who fans good books this year by getting them a book this Christmas? “Books!” As the Tenth Doctor proudly proclaimed, are the best weapons in the world and that goes doubly so for heavier hardback books (because that’s totally what the Tenth Doctor meant right? He just wanted you to throw them at you enemies) However, here are five book suggestions that rather than hurling…

It’s that time of the year again: a stressful but wonderful season when you’re supposed to be full of goodwill and cheer, yet are instead worrying about what presents to buy. Just what do you get for the Doctor Who fans in your life? Well, let the DWC help you out! Today, we’re running through some of the very best audios your loved ones will enjoy listening to after Christmas Day. Without…

After the successful re-releases of Doctor Who and Torchwood audio adventures as boxsets, BBC Audio’s latest title collects together 8 readings of the Tenth Doctor’s original novels. All of these are from 2007, although they were released as audiobooks the following year. Running to approximately 18 hours, the tales are read by Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones – the Doctor’s companion throughout…

Writer Richard Dinnick is returning to the Doctor Who BBC Books range with a masterly tale in the forthcoming anthology novel, Doctor Who – The Missy Chronicles. The writer of Doctor Who – Myths and Legends announced via his website that he’ll be one of the contributors to the novel alongside such Doctor Who luminaries as James Goss, Peter Anghelides, Paul Magrs, Jacqueline Rayner and Cavan…

BBC Books have announced a lavish, beautifully illustrated biography of the Doctors greatest enemy. Dalek is the never-before-told story of the Doctor’s most dangerous enemies, from their genesis in the thousand-year conflict between Thals and Kaleds, to their survival of the Time War and (as foreseen by the Time Lords) their conquest of the universe. Telling these untold tales, the authors shed…