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Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Cover Reveal

Blogtor Who - Sat, 02/17/2024 - 17:00
The Doctor’s original game with the villainous Toymaker will soon be re-imagined as a new CG animation

The cover of the next Doctor Who animation is here! The two-disc set of The Celestial Toymaker contains the 1966 story as well as special features. This classic four episode serial stars William Hartnell as the Doctor alongside companions Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet. Michael Gough, later best known as Alfred Pennyworth in several Batman films, guest stars as the Toymaker. The godlike villain recently returned for a rematch in the form of Neil Patrick Harris in 60th Anniversary special The Giggle.

The Celestial Toymaker sees the Doctor and companions separated when they come up against the Toymaker. While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately dangerous games with the aim of being reunited and getting back to the TARDIS.

All four episodes of the original story were wiped by the BBC to recycle the tape for other filming, though an Australian copy of one was recovered in 1984. Now, the new releases uses CG animation to bring the classic tale back to life. The animation team, freed from 1960s BBC studio limitations, have boldly re-imagined the epic, surreal, vistas of the Celestial Toyroom. But the set also includes the surviving original episode, The Final Test, as well as a reconstruction of the three lost episodes bringing viewers as close as possible to what the story originally looked like in 1966.

 

Disc Contents Disc One

Episodes 1-4 – Animation – Black and White
Episodes 1-3 – Reconstruction
Episode 4 – Original 1966 Episode newly restored
New Audio Commentaries

Disc Two

Episodes 1-4 – Animation – Colour
Making The Animation
Doctor Who Escape Room – Team First Doctor
Sylvester McCoy Introduction for episode 4 as per the original VHS release
Photo Gallery
PDF Material including camera scripts

 

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker Blu-ray (c) BBC Studios Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker

When the TARDIS lands in the Celestial Toyroom, its occupants meet a new and deadly opponent. The Toymaker rules this ethereal kingdom, and he desires the Doctor, Steven and Dodo to become his perpetual playthings. While Steven and Dodo face a series of challenges posed by clowns, ballerinas and living playing cards, the Doctor is challenged to play the fiendish Trilogic Game against the Toymaker himself. His only hope of escape is to beat the powerful entity at his own game…

Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker can be pre-ordered now on Blu-ray, DVD and Steelbook. However, the release date is still unknown for now.

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Doctor Who from BBC Audio in 2024

Blogtor Who - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 21:00
The first wave of Doctor Who audiobooks for 2024 have been revealed

BBC Audio have begun to announce the next twelve month’s selection of Doctor Who audiobooks. They include original stories featuring the Fifth and Eighth Doctor as well as novelisations and classic novels.

 

In Kinda, the Tegan faces the creatures of the Dark Places of the Inside (c) BBC Studios Doctor Who: Kinda

Janet Fielding reads Terrance Dicks’ novelisation of an intriguing adventure for the Fifth Doctor and friends, out on the 6th of June.

On the serene planet Deva Loka, an expeditionary force from Earth is dangerously out of control. It’s not only the peaceful race of the Kinda who are at risk.

A gentle stroll in the lush jungle leads the Doctor and Adric to an unexpected confrontation – and puts them at the mercy of a maniac.

But it is Tegan, lulled to sleep by mysterious wind-chimes, who comes closest to a danger than threatens not only her sanity but the existence of the whole planet.

 

Doctor Who: Dark Contract

Will Hadlock, who previously wrote Second Doctor audiobook The Resurrection Plant provides a new adventure for the Fifth Doctor. Also featuring Adric, Nyssa and Tegan, Dark Contract is out on the 1st of August.

 

Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) – Doctor Who TV Movie Doctor Who: The Force of Death

Andrew Lane continues the Eighth Doctor’s adventures with Victorian journalist James MacFarlane following The Scent of Blood, The Code of Flesh, and The Teeth of Ice. It arrives on the 3rd of October.

 

 

Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks

An audiobook of Terrance Dicks’ classic novelisation of 1979 story Destiny of the Daleks is also out on the 3rd of October.

The TARDIS lands on the old Dalek homeworld of Skaro where the Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana discover that someone is digging deep beneath the planet’s surface.

 

The Doctor’s old friend Harry Sullivan (c) BBC Studios Doctor Who: Beyond the Doctor – Harry Sullivan’s War

Harry Sullivan himself, Ian Marter, wrote an original novel featuring the former companion in his own adventure. It will be out again on the 5th of December in audiobook format.

It’s ten years since Harry Sullivan left UNIT and gave up his travels in the TARDIS with the Doctor and Sarah Jane. Since then he has been engaged in top secret work, developing antidotes to nerve toxins.

But when he is transferred to Yarra in the Hebrides to work on weapons research, he has severe misgivings. For one thing, it goes against much of what he believes in. For another, someone is out to kill Harry Sullivan.

Who wants Harry safely out of the way? What significance does Van Gogh painting have? And can Harry’s old friend, the Brigadier, really be involved in a scheme which threatens the security of the Western World?

 

The Doctor faces the Mara again in Snakedance Doctor Who: Snakedance

A novelisation of a terrifying adventure for the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa is unfortunately still almost a year away. The audiobook of Terrance Dicks’ adaptation of 1983 story Snakedance will be out of the 6th of February 2025.

The TARDIS arrives on the planet Manussa, about to commemorate its ancient banishment of the evil entity known as the Mara.

Unbeknownst to the Manussans, the Doctor’s companion, Tegan, has become an unsuspecting medium for the Mara. Now she has helped it to return home.

The Doctor realises that this could mark the spectacular revival of the Mara’s reign of terror – but it seems that no-one will heed his warning.

 

 

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Torchwood: Another Postcard from Mr. Colchester – FREE DOWNLOAD

Blogtor Who - Sat, 02/10/2024 - 21:00
Paul Clayton returns as Mr Colchester in a new, fifteen-minute Torchwood adventure, out now as a free audio download from Big Finish Productions

Torchwood agent Mr Colchester has a message for us all. He’s at the bottom of the sea and he’s found a mobile phone. He thinks there’s something on it which might be important for the future of the human race.

Torchwood: Another Postcard from Mr Colchester, written by James Goss, is now available to download completely free for any listener at the Big Finish website here. (Registration required.)

Producer James Goss said: “As the last postcard from Mr Colchester free release went down so well, we thought we’d do another one. Partly as a little prelude to the forthcoming release of Torchwood: Sabotage, and partly to answer that tricky question of ‘What’s really on our phones?’. How brilliant is Big Finish? A free quarter of an hour of Paul Clayton purring menacingly in your ears.”

A selection of other free audio stories and excerpts is available at the Big Finish For Free website page.

Torchwood contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.

 

Torchwood: Another Postcard from Mr. Colchester. Cover by Sean Longmore (c) Big Finish Torchwood: Another Postcard from Mr. Colchester

The story will also be included as a bonus download with any purchase of Torchwood: Sabotage – in which Mr Colchester is reunited with Ace (Sophie Aldred) during an adventure in India – due for release later this month.

Sabotage is available to pre-order as a collector’s edition CD (+ download for just £10.99) or digital download only (for just £8.99), exclusively here.

Big Finish listeners can also purchase Sabotage as part of a six-release Torchwood – Monthly Range pre-order bundle for just £60 (collector’s edition CD + download) or £50 (download only). A 12-release bundle is also available for just £110 (collector’s edition CD + download) or £96 (download only).

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Doctor Who Magazine 600!

Blogtor Who - Wed, 02/07/2024 - 23:00
Doctor Who Magazine 600 celebrates with a special supplement and a bagful of goodies

 

This celebratory issue also includes a 16-page supplement, an exclusive art card, a specially commissioned diorama featuring figures from the recent series and a four-hour long Sixth Doctor audio drama for every reader.

 Inside the mag itself! 

  • Millie Gibson – the Ruby Sunday actor checks in with DWM following her debut in The Church on Ruby Road.
  • TARDIS Tin – UNIT regulars Jemma Redgrave (Kate Lethbridge-Stewart), Alexander Devrient (Colonel Ibrahim) and Ruth Madeley (Shirley Anne Bingham) face a random selection questions of questions from the iconic TARDIS Tin.
  • UNIT HQ – Production designer Phil Sims takes us on a guided tour of UNIT’s central London HQ!
  • DWM Writers – classic DWM writers about their experiences interviewing the stars of Doctor Who for early issues of the magazine.
  • International Who! A special report on how the series has become a hit in Spain!
  • Christina Rotondo – Meet the singer who gave voice to Janis Goblin!
  • Richard Franklin – A tribute to Richard Franklin who died on Christmas Day – and examine the impact he had as UNIT officer Captain Mike Yates.
  • Thani Subkhi – Production runner Thani Subkhi about his vital work on the upcoming series.
  • Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies gives us an update on the progress being made on the next two series!
  • Time-Space Visualiser – discover the secret recipe for sky-high ratings!
  • The Fact of Fiction – we examine the opening episodes of 1973’s Planet of the Daleks.
  • Mancopolis Part Two – The adventures of the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday continue in the comic strip!

PLUS!

  • Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news.
  • Reviews covering books, audio dramas and games.
  • Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
  • Competitions – Win The Daleks in colour, Blu-ray box sets, books and audio dramas!

 

Doctor Who Magazine 600 (c) Panini Doctor Who Magazine 600

DWM Issue 600 is on sale Thursday the 1st of February from the online Panini store, WH Smith and other retailers priced £7.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags. You can also save with a subscription, as well as receiving exclusive, text-free covers.

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Bob Marley: One Love Featuring Doctor Who’s Tosin Cole

Blogtor Who - Tue, 02/06/2024 - 18:00
Doctor Who’s Tosin Cole returns to cinemas as legendary keyboard player Tyrone Downie in new Bob Marley biopic One Love

Tosin Cole, who played Doctor Who’s Ryan as part of the Thirteenth Doctor’s fam from 2018 to 2021, returns to cinema screens this Valentine’s Day. He’ll be appearing in new Bob Marley biopic One Love, supporting Kingsley Ben-Adir (Barbie, High Fidelity) as Marley. One Love charts the rise of Bob Marley and the Wailers alongside Marley’s personal struggles and triumphs. Cole plays keyboard player Tyrone Downie, a crucial part of the band’s iconic sound. The film also co-stars James Norton (Doctor Who: Cold War) as record producer Chris Blackwell.

 

This is just the latest in a series of roles for Tosin Cole since leaving Doctor Who. Most notably he starred in the first season of American court room drama 61st Street as the wrongly accused young man on trial, and in a big screen remake of classic teen comedy House Party. He also had several notably supporting roles. He was in civil rights drama Till as the real life Medgar Evers, investigating the murder of teenager Emmet Till. Next up for the actor is the TV series Supacell, about a group of Black Londoners who suddenly gain superpowers. Following that, he’ll be in cinemas again in the movie adaptation of musical Girl from the North Country. The arrival of his character, boxer Joe Scott, at a guest house of secrets is a catalyst for high drama.

 

Bob Marley: One Love (c) Paramount Picture Bob Marley: One Love

New film Bob Marley: One Love celebrates the life and music of an icon who inspired generations through his message of love and unity. On the big screen for the first time, discover Bob’s powerful story of overcoming adversity and the journey behind his revolutionary music. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the legendary musician and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita, Bob Marley: One Love is in theatres February 14, 2024.

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