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The Fugitive Doctor and Osgood face the Daleks in the first of two Titan Comics entries for Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker

This summer the Fugitive Doctor takes over the Whoniverse for Circuit Breaker. The multimedia Doctor Who epic will be winding its way through audios, novels, games, and more, starting in June. Also included in the adventures are two new issues from Titan Comics. The first of these is titled Adversary of the Daleks and is out on the 8th of July.

In Circuit Breaker’s overall story arc UNIT scientist Osgood discovers that items from the highly secure Black Archive have gone missing. Worse, these powerful alien artifacts could also tear reality itself apart. But when Osgood summons the Doctor for help, she comes face to face with a stranger. In Adversary of the Daleks, the Doctor and Osgood begin their quest to put things right and immediately run straight into conflict with the Daleks. The Time Lord would appear to be at a disadvantage, against an unfamiliar threat that seems to know her better than she knows herself. But then again, the Fugitive Doctor is more ruthless than any incarnation the Daleks have ever met before…

Adversary of the Daleks is written by Dolce M Montoya and Dan Watters. Watters also wrote the recent Doctor Who series Everyone Must Go! and The Prison Paradox as well as the acclaimed Batman series Dark Patterns. Meanwhile, Watters’ Prison Paradox collaborator Sami Kivelä joins them on art duties.

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1. Cover A by Jay Anacleto (c) Titan Comics

You can pre-order Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker #1 now from Forbidden Planet. There’s a choice of five cardstock covers, though only the Cover A art by Jay Anacleto has been revealed so far.

• Cover A – Jay Anacleto
• Cover B – Photo Cover
• Cover C – Robert Sienecki
• Cover D – Flops
• Cover E – Blank

 

Your guide to the different elements of Doctor Who: Circuit Break (c) BBC Studios How to Follow the Story

• 25 June: Calling the Doctor – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
• 8 July: Adversary of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
• 23 July: The Honourable Society – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
• 30 July: The Deadliest Weapon – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
• 4 August: Dawn of the Daleks –Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
• 6 August: Castling – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti. (The icon for this game in the official guide suggests this will feature the Sontarans.)
• 17 August: Don’t Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson. (As if the title wasn’t a big enough clue, the guide icon also suggests this features the Weeping Angels.)
• 20 August: The Doctor and the Three Witches – Puffin book written by Janelle McCurdy. (With the icon for this being the crystal ball from The Shakespeare Code, this novel likely involves the Carrionites.)
• 27 August: Moment Mori – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti. Based on the game icon, this appears to bring back the Clockwork Droids from The Girl in the Fireplace.)
• 31 August: The Black Archive Files – Circuit Breaker DVD release
• 3 September: The Kaleidoscope – Penguin Random House book written by Jo Martin. The icon for Martin’s debut novel indicates an appearance by the Silence. ​
• 22 September: Full Circuit – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
• 24 September: Short Circuits – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine

 

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

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Scream if you want to go faster, as Helter Skelter brings you on a thrilling ride of twisted horror and fun

The latest set of Fifth Doctor Adventures arrives under the collective title Helter Skelter. It’s a slightly misleading name for a couple of reasons. Most obviously, it names the entire set after James Moran’s middle story despite it being the odd man out. That’s a fun and fast adventure sandwiched between two scripts by Big Finish’s resident king and queen of chills and thrills, Lauren Mooney and Stewart Pringle. It also suggests the chaotic yet inexorable downward spiral of the traditional fairground ride. But this trilogy of Doctor Who stories actually goes in much more unexpected directions.

All three stories feature the TARDIS team of Peter Davison’s Doctor, Janet Fielding’s Tegan, and Mark Strickson’s Turlough. It’s a particular treat, given Australia based Strickson’s limited availability and it results in an excitingly fresh dynamic. As with most of Big Finish’s recent Fifth Doctor stories, the genuine affection of the cast for each other is plain to hear. It does soften the relationship between the three characters. The bickering between Tegan and Turlough, or the eye rolling at the Doctor’s driving, here feels more like the love language of this close knit family, with no real suspicion or rancor in it. It does, however, create a wonderful moment when Turlough comes under the malign M’s charismatic influence in Land of Fools. Tegan basically rolls her eyes at his sudden yet inevitable betrayal. The lad, let’s face it, has form.

 

Field of Miracles and Land of Fools bookend the set, and despite drastically different settings, mirror each other’s themes of grief and desperation

Mooney and Pringle’s Field of Miracles and Land of Fools are united by some common themes. The heaviness of grief and loss hang over both of them, along with the desperation that the unscrupulous will prey upon. Field of Miracles takes the TARDIS to the sleepy English village of Hetherington. It’s 1951 and the community still struggles under the shadow of so many of its young men dying at war. They think they have a miraculous solution, as one by one those they lost return, wandering home out of the darkness of a nearby field.

Land of Fools mirrors it but on a grander scale, while throwing in a dash of political commentary. The story’s alternate 1980s London embodies Thatcherism in its purest form. A dream for some, with a BMW in every garage and champagne on tap in the section of the city segregated for use by the ‘luminary’ yuppie elite. A nightmare for others, as poverty runs rampant outside their gates and increasing numbers of people are ‘disappeared.’

Of course, this being Doctor Who, it’s not as simple as basic human authoritarianism at work behind the disappearances. There’s something growing under the heart of the City. Something which promises much, but demands even more. And it’s hungry.

 

Both stories are full of delightfully horrible imagery, including a field weaving a macabre crop out of its roots and vines

The pair of writers’ trademark folk horror vibes made them stand-outs of the already critically acclaimed Torchwood range. By now they’ve also mastered the code shifting needed to bring it to the more family friendly Doctor Who lines. So this pair of tales are full of imaginatively grotesque images, like a field growing televisions and luxury cars from gnarled roots below ground, or a rustic farmhouse and its unsettling mistress perched inside a skyscraper’s penthouse.

However, the real success, in both Field of Miracles and Land of Fools, is their ability to create real, believable, guest characters to visit all these horrors upon. There are no crude shortcuts to elicit our sympathies either. Whether 1950s unmarried mother Joanie, desperate to save her newborn baby, or Tegan’s terminally ill friend Jackie, it’s the reality of these women and their fear and dreams which heightens the fantastical drama around them.

 

Title story Helter Skelter gifts the main cast a script full of opportunities for fun mischief

In contrast, middle entry Helter Skelter is not terribly concerned with verisimilitude. Comedy science fiction stories are always difficult to pull off, but James Moran’s script is rightly confident in his cast’s comic skills. It takes inspiration from the classic fairground ride, and the Beatles song. Both in its theme park planet setting, and the nature of the trap awaiting our heroes.

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide,
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride

Time loops have become a standard go-to when science fiction shows want to let the cast have a little fun, but Helter Skelter is a particularly great example. Its particular stroke of genius is putting Tegan at the centre of the chaos. Only she’s aware that the planet keeps exploding over and over again. The Australian firecracker has never had the longest fuse in the Whoniverse. So there’s a special pleasure in seeing her move through the cycle of denial, anger, bargaining, anger, depression, anger, acceptance, and, indeed, anger, even as she moves repeatedly through the cycle of rude staff, candy floss, skeptical security guards, killer cultists, and exploding planets.

And, of course, explaining. So much explaining. The script successfully turns one of the more annoying time loop tropes on its head. Yes, the Doctor should be pretty open to the possibility of time loops. But it’s precisely because he’s so familiar with them that he’s doubtful he’d be trapped in one without realizing it. Both Davison and Fielding take full advantage of the reversal, having fun with the long suffering Tegan expositioning technobabble to a befuddled Doctor always three steps behind.

Both the supporting cast and the threat at the heart of the time loop are only lightly sketched in. Even Turlough gets little to do other than sighing that he has little to do. But that’s all to give more space to Janet Fielding’s delightfully sparky Tegan. It’s all hugely entertaining.

 

Like a true Helter Skelter, the latest Fifth Doctor Adventures will leave you laughing and screaming so much, you just may stop being able to tell the difference

Perhaps Helter Skelter is an appropriate over-arching title after all. It’s a set which zigzags unpredictably from folk horror, to technicolor riot, to urban dread. You’ll certainly enjoy the ride all the way down, even if you’re screaming…

 

Doctor Who: Helter Skelter. Cover by Rafe Wallbank (c) Big Finish Doctor Who: Helter Skelter

Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Helter Skelter is available to purchase now for just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition 3-disc CD box set). Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.   

 

 

 

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This year’s Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity focuses on the First Doctor

The Big Finish Paul Spragg Memorial Short Trip Opportunity honours the memory of a stalwart of the Big Finish production office who passed away suddenly on 8 May 2014. Each year it finds a new talent to write a Doctor Who short story for release at Christmas. And this year, the topic is The First Doctor. The competition runs for five weeks, starting on the 8th of May and closing in the middle of June.

Big Finish’s Executive Producer Nicholas Briggs said: “It’s always a special time to remember our dear friend Paul. It’s particularly exciting for me this year as we’re focussing on the First Doctor, who has been something of a passion of mine recently. Can’t wait to read the story submissions for this!”

Range producer Peter Anghelides said: “In the ten years since we launched this memorial competition, we’ve never had a winning story featuring the First Doctor. This is the year we’re changing that.

“We want to read your proposal for a standalone Short Trip with a brand new idea that showcases him in a short story for a single reader that we’ll publish at the end of this year.

“Your story will be inspired by the character of the First Doctor as we saw him on TV. It’s an era when each story naturally offered a new perspective on the continuing series – so we want your proposal to demonstrate that kind of originality and inventiveness. What fresh characters, adversaries, locations, concepts and perspectives can you devise for a compelling short story?”

In addition to naming a winner, Big Finish will also identify a shortlist of commendations. “In recent competitions, the standard of entries has been wonderful,” said Peter Anghelides. “Although we will have only one winner, we thought it appropriate this year to name and commend other strong contenders.”

You can find more details, including the official submission guidelines, on the Big Finish website.

 

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This month’s Doctor Who Magazine hunts down everything you need to know about the recently rediscovered episodes

The First Doctor’s companion Katarina makes her DWM cover debut with the latest issue! She, the Doctor, and Steven star in two episodes of The Daleks’ Master Plan, lost to viewers since 1964. Doctor Who Magazine 629 uncovers how Film is Fabulous! recovered them, and gets the reactions from those seeing them for the first time.

 

Coverage of the recovery of The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet

• Peter Purves – the actor who played the First Doctor companion, space pilot Steven Taylor shares his delight on seeing episodes he recorded over 60 years ago!
• Film is Fabulous! – meet the people behind Film is Fabulous! Hear the story behind this remarkable find, and what hope there is for further discoveries…
• Toby Hadoke – the Doctor Who historian on the enduring fascination of the show’s missing episodes.
• Reactions – Find out what Doctor Who celebrities and experts made of the episodes now they can finally see them. Among those discussing the episodes are Russell T Davies, Katy Manning, Matthew Waterhouse, Ben Aaronovitch, Rob Shearman, Pete McTighe, Nicholas Pegg and Matthew Sweet
• Reviews –Gary Gillatt on The Nightmare Begins and Devil’s Planet

 

Other highlights this issue

• Rutans vs Sontarans – check out exactly how a Big Finish audio drama is recorded, with contributions from Paul McGann, Colin Baker, and Nicola Bryant
• The Fact of Fiction – a deep dive into the mysteries of Twelfth Doctor episode The Pyramid at the End of the World.
• Back to 1987… – and the discovery of two missing episodes of Doctor Who…
• The Caves of Androzani – How does the poll-topping fan favourite compare to modern TV drama?
• Corruption of the Daleks – The Fifteenth Doctor and Mel battle the Daleks in the comic strip…
• Gallifrey Guardian – your monthly round-up of news from across the Whoniverse.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe – including the latest Eighth Doctor audio box set, the 100th monthly Torchwood release and an interview with Siobhan Redmond about playing the Rani.
• Competitions – prizes to be won include the Steelbook edition of the TV movie. 

 

Doctor Who Magazine 629 (c) Panini Doctor Who Magazine 629

DWM Issue 629 is on sale Thursday the 30th of April from the online Panini store, TG Jones and other retailers priced £8.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags for £7.99. You can also save with a subscription, as well as receiving exclusive, text-free covers.

 

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Doctor Who’s Donna Noble, Catherine Tate, stars in dark comedy Oh Mary! until July

Doctor Who’s Catherine Tate is the latest star to take the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in the West End production of Oh Mary! The play is an uproariously dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln. It depicts her as an alcoholic former cabaret star trapped in a largely loveless marriage with the deeply closeted Abraham.

Tate takes over the role from Mason Alexander Park (The Sandman, Quantum Leap.) Across the Atlantic, the Broadway production of Oh Mary! has starred actors such as Jinkx Monsoon (The Devil’s Chord), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), and currently Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live.)

Declared “one of the best comedies in years” by The New York Times, Oh, Mary! received Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play (Cole Escola) and Best Direction of a Play (Sam Pinkleton).

The former Doctor Who star, who played companion Donna Noble from 2006 to 2010 before returning to the role for the 60th anniversary in 2023, will be appearing in eight performances a week until the 18th of July. You can buy your tickets now from the Trafalgar Theatre website.

Though best known for her television roles, such as Doctor Who, The Office, and her own Catherine Tate Show, Tate has been appearing on stage in dozens of productions since 1988’s Blood Wedding. Notable roles including Lydia in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Michelle in Under the Blue Sky, and Peggy in The Enfield Haunting. Perhaps most famously, however, is her astonishingly entertaining double act with Who co-star David Tennant for the 2011 production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

 

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Doctor Who episode The Story & the Engine is among the 2026 Hugo Award nominees

Doctor Who has its 37th Hugo Awards nomination ahead of the 2026 ceremony taking place at WorldCon in California on the 30th of August. This year’s nomination goes to the fifth episode of the most recent season, The Story & the Engine.

The episode brought the Doctor and Belinda to Lagos in Nigeria. There they discover the sinister unnamed Barber has taken over the barber shop of the Doctor’s old friend Omo. He uses their stories to power his engine’s journey through the web of fiction, to further his mission to strike at the gods themselves. It’s a voyage which will also reveal a secret from deep in the Doctor’s past…

The prestigious Hugo Awards recognize the best in science fiction literature, film, TV, art and journalism every year. Doctor Who’s nomination is in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form category. This broadly, but not strictly, functions as the category of outstanding television episodes. This year Doctor Who is up against episodes of Murderbot, about a security robot with a mind of its own, Pluribus, in which an alien virus turns almost the entire human race into one vast hive mind, Severance, about a nightmarish office where workers’ personalities and memories are divided between work and time off, and The Wheel of Time, set in a world of magic and destiny.

 

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

• Doctor Who: The Story & the Engine, written by Inua Ellams, directed by Makalla McPherson (BBC One, Disney +)
• Murderbot: All Systems Red, written by Paul Weitz & Chris Weitz, directed by Roseanne Liang, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
• Murderbot: The Perimeter, written by Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz, directed by Paul Weitz, based on the book All Systems Red by Martha Wells (Apple TV)
• Pluribus: We Is Us, written and directed by Vince Gilligan (Apple TV)
• Severance: Cold Harbor, written by Dan Erickson, directed by Ben Stiller (Apple TV)
• The Wheel of Time: The Road to the Spear, written by Rafe Lee Judkins, directed by Thomas Napper, based on the book The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan (Amazon Prime Video)

 

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