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Underrated #DoctorWho Moments: Rose
Doctor Who is one of those rare TV shows that does a lot of its best worldbuilding in absence. What happened during the Time War? How did Captain Jack Harkness eventually become a vending machine-sized head in a jar? Why, under any circumstance, would someone choose to live with James Corden? Though those whys and hows and whats are sometimes expanded on in Who, the tantalising crumbs they leave…
Reviewed: #DoctorWho's The Black Archive -- The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit
With Halloween just around the corner, it seems apt to revisit one of Doctor Who‘s scarier stories, via Obverse Books’ Black Archive series of monographs. Doctor Who has always treaded the line between science fact and science fantasy, but it wasn’t until 1971’s The Daemons that the show turned its attention to the mythical, the mystical, and the Occult. Introducing and rationalizing Wicca and…
Yasmin Finney Talks About the Pressures of Becoming "Rose" for #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary
One of the earliest casting announcements for the upcoming 60th anniversary specials was Yasmin Finney as Rose, the daughter of Donna Noble and her husband. Of course, Rose is named after Billie Piper’s character who travelled with the Ninth and Tenth Doctors and who we haven’t seen on screen since 2010. Or arguably 2013, depending on how you classify “Bad Wolf”. While the extent of her…
#DoctorWho Series 1 to 4 (Plus the 2009 Specials) to be Upscaled to HD for New Blu-ray Release
The BBC is upscaling all 60 episodes of Doctor Who Series 1 – 4, with Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor and David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, to be released, with the 2009 specials, on Blu-ray. The boxset will be released on 13th November 2023, shortly before the 60th anniversary of the show. The set also includes existing bonus features and a new specially shot extra, A Look Back…
Coming Soon: Celebrating #DoctorWho's 60th Anniversary with Illustrated Target Book of Rose
Following the popularity of last year’s Illustrated Edition of Doctor Who and the Daleks, BBC Books is set to release a follow-up version of Rose, the first story of Doctor Who‘s 21st Century revival. The story was novelised by Russell T Davies back in 2018, and while this edition republishes the whole narrative, it comes with brand new illustrations by acclaimed artist, Robert Hack. BBC Books…
Exclusive Interviews: #DoctorWho's Margot Hayhoe, Graeme Harper, and Neil Cole
Margot Hayhoe (Assistant Floor Manager, Production Manager) has worked for decades in countless BBC productions, including Doctor Who (on various stories from The War Machines to Snakedance), and The Triffids (1981). Neil Cole has just beautifully restored an original miniature from that iconic adaptation, for his Museum of Classic Sci Fi. I spoke with her exclusively for the DWC. DWC: From all…
What Would Billie Piper Change About Her Time on #DoctorWho?
Billie Piper has been reflecting on her time playing Rose Tyler on Doctor Who — so what would she change about what happened with Rose? She wasn’t too happy with the bittersweet ending the character received in Journey’s End… When asked if she’s alter anything, she replied: “Oh my God, for sure, the Doctor Who ending where I go off with the second Doctor instead of the real Doctor to the…
Billie Piper Returns as Rose Tyler in @bigfinish's #DoctorWho The Dimension Cannon Volumes 2 and 3
Rose Tyler is back later this year for Big Finish’s The Dimension Cannon — which apparently isn’t a big discussion about Doctor Who canon. This October, Billie Piper returns to the world of Doctor Who as Rose Tyler in the first of two brand-new box sets, joined by Camille Coduri, reprising her role as Rose’s mum, Jackie Tyler, and Mark Benton as Clive Finch. Set after the events of Doomsday,…
Reviewed: @bigfinish's #DoctorWho The Ninth Doctor Adventures - Sphere of Freedom
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD. Just five seconds in and the Ninth Doctor bursts back into his adventures: “Right! I’ve done it. It’s happening. Don’t let me down!” Christopher Eccleston exclaims. It’s a moment many fans believed would never happen. The actor had seemingly closed the door to more Doctor Who, explaining that he doesn’t “swim in the same pool twice.” Meaning: been there, done that.…
Dalek, the #DoctorWho Target Novelisation by @ShearmanRobert, is out now, published by @DWBBCBooks - but is it a good Dalek? [REVIEW]
Dalek is not so much a novelisation as a very good novel in its own right. Robert Shearman doesn’t adopt the strategy of the jaded old hack who, cigarette dangling from lip, sits with the TV script on his desk and copies out the lines, adding “he said” or sometimes – after another drag – even, “she said” after each of them. Dalek is much more like the best Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke…
The Ninth #DoctorWho and Rose Video Game That Almost Happened?
Doctor Who has had an odd relationship with video games. There are a plethora of Star Wars and Star Trek games, but the other sci-fi giant is sadly lacking. However, it seems that one game was in development to coincide with the show’s return in 2005. The game would have used Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler, according to Paul Callaghan, a designer who worked on…
Billie Piper Doesn't Want to Return to #DoctorWho (So You Can Put Away Your "Rose is Back" Theories)
Sorry Doctor/Rose shippers, but Billie Tyler has confirmed in a recent interview for the Guardian that she has no interest in returning to Doctor Who – presumably not to TV anyway, given that she recently did just that on audio for Big Finish in Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon, set in-between two of her TV appearances. She said: “I wouldn’t go back. It’s a great role, but you’re away from your…
Join In the #DoctorWho Lockdown Rewatch of School Reunion #MySarahJane
Tomorrow (Saturday 23rd January 2021), fans will have the opportunity to take part in the next Doctor Who lockdown watchalong, organised by Emily Cook – my all-time favourite New Series episode, School Reunion. Working undercover as a teacher at Deffry Vale High School, the Tenth Doctor reunites with his former companion Sarah Jane Smith, played by the late Elisabeth Sladen, accompanied by the…
Christmas Movies? Nah, Let's Talk About Classic Christmas TV Instead! From #OnlyFools to #Supernatural, #Avengers to #DoctorWho...
It’s funny; after pitching this article, I ended up having a conversation with my colleges at work about Christmas movies and those they like to watch over the festive period. The usual ones came up, of course: The Grinch, Elf, Love Actually, and Miracle on 34th Street. But I had to confess the only ‘pure’ Christmas film that I’d seen and watched a few times in my childhood was Santa Claus 2. I…
The #DoctorWho Comic from @ComicsTitan Relaunches with the Return of Rose and the Sea Devils
The first arc of the Doctor Who Comic from Titan stars both the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors, plus Rose Tyler, and a returning foe… This follows on from the news that Titan Comics is rebranding its line of Who comics under the banner title of Doctor Who Comic, presumably so the company can tell stories from across the Whoniverse without having to create hundreds of mini-series. The previous year…
Things are about to get festive, with a Doctor Who rewatch and tweet-along to the Ninth Doctor story, The Unquiet Dead.
These rewatches are to bring the Who community together during the coronavirus situation. The Lockdown Whoproject has been spearheaded by the superb Emily Cook, and involve cast and crew revealing behind-the-scenes secrets and anecdotes on Twitter, while fans join in by…
Inspired by the upcoming return of Captain Jack Harkness in this festive season’s Revolution of the Daleks, this weekend’s Doctor Who rewatch will be of the Series 1, Bad Wolf/ The Parting of the Ways.
This is a series of rewatches while the UK is in lockdown imposed by the government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Previous rewatches have included Turn Left, The Husbands of River Song,…
