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Doctor Who: The Peter Davison Collection brings two classic novelisations to vinyl

Demon Records celebrates Peter Davison’s fresh-faced and energetic incarnation of the famous Time Lord, 45 years after he first appeared on BBC TV screens. It’s the latest in their Vinyl Who collection with two classic Fifth Doctor novelisations across four records. Kinda and Warriors of the Deep are both read by the Doctor himself, Peter Davison. The package also includes archive interviews and radio appearances by the Doctor Who actor on the likes of the Graham Norton Radio Show. There’s also a 12″ photo print and, of course, the four discs themselves on 140g translucent red and purple vinyl.

These two classic Target Books are both adapted by iconic writer Terrance Dicks.

Kinda relates the Doctor’s unnerving encounter with the mind-possessing Mara. Meanwhile, Warriors of the Deep tells of future conflict between humanity and the Earth’s original reptilian masters, the Silurians and Sea Devils. Extra features include Davison’s appearance at Longleat House in 1983, alongside Janet Fielding and John Nathan-Turner. There are also interview extracts from 30 Years, View from the Boundary and Graham Norton.

The frameable photographic print features Davison in front of the TARDIS. Plus there’s a a full colour booklet with cast, credits and tracklist information.

Accompanied by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s familiar Doctor Who theme, the Peter Davison Collection is a fitting tribute to the charming, witty and endearingly youthful Fifth Doctor.

You can pre-order the set now from all good retailers, ahead of its release on the 25th of September.

 

Doctor Who: The Fifth Doctor Collection on vinyl (c) Demon Records Track Listings Disc 1

1 Kinda Part One
2 Kinda Part Two
3 The Ed Stewart Show Extract

Disc 2

1 Kinda Part Three
2 Kinda Part Four
3 30 Years Extract

Disc: 3

1 Warriors of the Deep Part One
2 Warriors of the Deep Part Two
3 View from the Boundary Extract

Disc: 4

1 Warriors of the Deep Part Three
2 Warriors of the Deep Part Four
3 Graham Norton Extract

 

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Big Finish Day, in association with DWAS, takes place on Saturday, 17 April 2027 at POSK London

Big Finish Productions have announced the date and location for the next Big Finish Day. The next one day convention celebrating the worlds of Doctor Who on audio will take place at POSK in London on the 17th of April next year. Tickets are now available for what will almost certainly be the biggest event in the Big Finish calendar. Not only will the team be celebrating all things audio drama, but the event will be full of special guests from all your favourite adventures.

Big Finish Day 2027 is in association with the Doctor Who Appreciation Society. DWAS are organizers of the renowned annual convention The Capitol. They’re also the UK’s longest running Doctor Who fan organization.. It will bring listeners of the legendary audio dramas and audiobooks together with the creators who make them. The new venue for 2027 will be the Polish Social & Cultural Association in Hammersmith, London W6 0RF. Together, Big Finish and DWAS promise the day will be fantastic fun.

As well as opportunities to meet, greet and quiz the people behind the Doctor Who audio adventures, and other Big Finish ranges, there will be interview panels, autograph sessions, and a photo studio.

The guest list for the event isn’t out yet, but previous years have reliably presented a line-up of stars for every corner of the Big Finish universe. It’s also well known for its relaxed atmosphere. So it’s sure to be a good time for all.

This year, the event is themed as Daleks vs Cybermen, with an action-packed programme celebrating two of Doctor Who’s most iconic adversaries. As ever, guests will be able to pick up new releases and special offers at the Big Finish stall.

There are only 300 tickets in total and are only for sale through the Eventbrite ticket site here.

 

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Step back in time with Battles in Time’s new First Doctor era cards! The Doctor said one day he’d come back. Yes, he said he’d come back. He’s been quoted on that more than ever this past week, so it’s appropriate the OG Doctor really is returning as Master Replicas’ Battles in Time collectible card game launches into the William Hartnell era of Doctor Who with its next set. This is the first in a new line of limited-edition collector’s cards focusing on the individual Doctors, their companions and their greatest foes. Each set of 15 cards comes in a special collector’s pack that is guaranteed to contain every card. Even better, for the first time ever, Battles in Time will feature classic companions Ian, Barbara and Susan and memorable monsters such as Koquillion and the Monoids. The selection covers the entire span of the Hartnell era, from An Unearthly Child to The Tenth Planet, with stops on Skaro, the Ark, and the Sense-sphere along the way. The First Doctor cards are printed in the original black and white on silver foil, in strictly limited-edition sets of 1,000 pieces worldwide. The 15 Cards in the First Doctor set are: The First Doctor TARDIS (at Totter’s Yard) Ian Chesterton (at Totter’s Yard) Barbara Wright Susan Foreman Skaro City Dalek The Daleks (Invading Earth) The Daleks Execution Squad The Cybermen (Invading Snowcap Base) Zarbi Koquillion The Monoids War Machines (Outside The Post Office Tower) Sensorite (Aboard Maitland’s Ship)

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Master Replicas’ Creative Director talks to Blogtor Who about the new cards Talking exclusively to Blogtor Who, Master Replicas’ Creative Director, Ben Robinson, explained some of the design decisions with the set, including the use of the original 1960s black and white photography. “We wanted the classic Doctor cards to reflect the era when the stories were made,” explains Robinson. “To me, Hartnell and Troughton exist in black and white (although that first Doctor Who annual was in colour…) We knew from experience that printing on foil could be very effective and that’s really true for these cards. Koquillion, in particular, is so dramatic. Classic Daleks just look right in monochrome and the original Cybermen are mostly white and silver. “That brings up another thing: We did a bit of research that showed the original Cyberman costumes were quite strange colours. If you colourised them, what would you choose? Do you them the colour they actually were on set? Because that’s not the colour their creators meant them to be. “ Master Replicas are also seizing the opportunity to explore these classic characters and creatures, saying “When we did the original Battles in Time cards, we didn’t do any classic companions, so that was one of the first things on our agenda. In fact, we only did Doctors if they appeared on the modern show, so this was a real chance to dig into something we hadn’t done before. We had done some classic monsters, but only when there was colour photography or in those rare instances where it didn’t matter. “Doing new cards in black and white opened up all sorts of options we hadn’t had before (and I can never resist a Monoid).” The new Battles in Time sets, including the First Doctor, can be ordered from www.masterreplicas.com

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The BBC have announced that they are opening Doctor Who to tender by new showrunners, as Russell T Davies and Bad Wolf exit the Whoniverse

 

This week’s BBC statement on the future of Doctor Who was paradoxically both a shock and not entirely unexpected. Ever since the original announcement of a 2026 Christmas Special, the language of Russell T Davies “agreeing” to make it, made it seem like it was intended as a bridge to a new era and a new production team. Since then, there had been no sign of production starting as the months crept by. Either filming was taking place entirely on set at Wolf Studios in an unprecedentedly low key way, or it hadn’t even started by almost halfway through the year.

All things considered, then, the news that there actually wouldn’t be an episode this year, and that Davies had already stepped away from the show, is somewhat unsurprising. Still, it’s shaken the world of Doctor Who like an earthquake. Some fans are rejoicing the end of an era they personally didn’t enjoy, even though many others did. Some are giving in to despair that Doctor Who is ‘dead.’ Still other old hands have plenty of wry comments to make about waking them up in 15 years when The Wilderness Years II: Wilder Than Ever is over.

 

For the first time since 2003, not only is there no new Doctor Who in production, but no timeline for production to begin

In many ways it’s understandable. This is the first time since 2003 that not only isn’t the show actively in production, but there’s no planning in place for it to go into production. This new hiatus will definitely last longer than the gap between the Chibnall and Bad Wolf runs. However, it’s unlikely to endure as long as the 1989-2005 hiatus. Or even the gap between the end of the show’s original run and the TV Movie. The BBC announcement included notice of a new tendering process: essentially an invitation to production companies to pitch for the job.

That process could take a year or more to even identify a new showrunning team. There’s also no absolute guarantee the BBC will find any of the pitches suitable for moving ahead to the next phase. Yet, it indicates the broadcaster is serious about making new Doctor Who, and making it sooner rather than later. Even if they doesn’t feel nearly soon enough right now.

In a way Doctor Who has been extremely fortunate to have a clear line of succession up until now. Russell T Davies had been lobbying for the show’s return for years before the BBC decided to give him what he wanted. Steven Moffat was hand picked by Davies as his successor. Chibnall was the only candidate for the job in 2018 thanks to both Davies’ and Moffat’s recommendations. Then Davies again put himself forward to return. This is essentially the very first time this century the BBC have even had to ask themselves the question – “who do we want to run Doctor Who?”

It’s perfectly natural if it takes them awhile to come up with an answer.

 

Happier times at the premiere of The Church on Ruby Roady BBC STUDIOS 2023, Photo by Jonathan Birch Disney’s long delay in deciding not to renew their deal seems to have been a major contributor to the muddled end of the Bad Wolf era

There will be as many theories about how we came to this point as there are fans. In reality, it will be many years before we know, if ever. During the Bad Wolf era, Doctor Who rarely left the BARB Top 20 chart, and regularly landed in the Top 10. The last report by the BBC on their commercial activities detailed a £2.2 billion profit. That same report singled out Doctor Who as one of the main contributors to that number, along with Bluey. That explains why the broadcaster is keen to find new showrunners and make more. But it doesn’t account for why the show’s on hiatus in the first place. It seems only yesterday Ncuti Gatwa was on Graham Norton’s couch confidently talking about plans to film Season 3 in 2025.

The show’s entry into the world of international streaming may have been the dawn of a bold new era. Yet it was perhaps doomed to self-destruction from the start. Streamers such as Netflix, Amazon, and Doctor Who’s new partner, Disney+, frequently make only two seasons of a show before moving on. And if they do continue, viewers have to expect multiple years between seasons.

This proved a huge difficulty for a show which thrived on constant forward movement and change. Disney teased out their decision on whether to renew the Whoniverse deal for so long a clear tension between themselves and the BBC emerged over it. The BBC couldn’t seek a new partner until Disney’s position was official. That created uncertainty about when and how the show would continue, even before Season Two aired.

 

Doctor Who will be back

The first major impact of this was that lead actor Ncuti Gatwa felt he had to withdraw, unable to sit in limbo waiting for a call back to set at some unknowable point in the future. This also led to hurried rewrites and reshoots for his final episode. The result, it has to be said, was messy and unsatisfying, not only with Gatwa’s exit, but in the cobbled together ending for Varada Sethu’s Belinda. Both would probably have been better served by last being seen dancing into the night together. (And let’s hope that original version winds up on a Collection box set some day.) As it is, the bizarre regeneration into Billie Piper will now almost certainly be a bridge to nowhere.

Doctor Who is not cancelled. It will be back. However, it likely won’t be on screens until 2030 at the earliest, and when it does return it will almost certainly be a fresh new start. Right now that might be a source of anxiety as he head into the unknown. But as the pieces come together, we may – just may – be in for the most exciting and thrilling time to be a fan since 2005.

Yes, Doctor Who will be back. Even if those plans falter. Even if it takes a generation. Fans who grew up with Eccleston and Tennant, are already making their way up the ladder of the entertainment industry. For them, bringing back that battered blue box will be an irresistible idea.

So in the meantime, go forward in all your beliefs you learned from Doctor Who. Never cruel, never cowardly. Never give in, never give up. Be kind. And prove to Doctor Who it was not mistaken in them…

 

 

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New covers for Titan Comics’ two issue Circuit Breaker story Adversary of the Daleks/Dawn of the Daleks

 

More details of Titan Comics’ part in this year’s Doctor Who multimedia event, Circuit Breaker, are now available. The overall story arc sees Osgood summon the Doctor to UNIT’s Black Archive to investigate the mysterious disappearance of several alien artifacts. However, Osgood is shocked to be confronted by a new, very different incarnation of the Time Lord – Jo Martin’s Fugitive incarnation.

In Titan’s two issue mini-series, the pair travel to Skaro and encounter the Daleks. The official synopsis for the two issues, Adversary of the Daleks and Dawn of the Daleks, is now out and reads “The Doctor travels to the war-ravaged world of Skaro as she battles the Daleks with the fate of their Kaled forebears at stake!”

Issue 1: Adversary of the Daleks is out on the 7th of July, while Issue 2: Dawn of the Daleks follows on the 5th of August.

Each issue has five covers to choose from, with several of the covers now in listings.

The covers revealed so far… Issue 1 Cover A by Jay Anecleto Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1. Cover A by Jay Anacleto (c) Titan Comics

 

Issue 1 Cover B – Photo Cover Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1. Cover B (c) Titan Comics

 

Issue 1 Cover C by Robert Sienecki Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1. Cover C by Robert Sienecki (c) Titan Comics Issue 1 Cover D by Flops Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1 Cover D by Flops (c) Titan Comics Issue 2 Cover B – Photo Cover Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #2 Cover B (c) Titan Comics

 

Issue 2 Cover C by Kit Wallis Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #2 Cover C by Kit Wallis (c) Titan Comics

 

Meanwhile, Issue 2’s Cover A is by Nipuni, and Flops provides Cover D. Each issue’s Cover E will have the same art as Cover D, but in black and white.

 

 

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker, the new multimedia event for 2026 (c) BBC Studios Circuit Breaker begins with Calling the Doctor, free on the UNIT website on the 25th of June

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