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Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred will headline Doctor Who convention Pandorica as it moves to its new home in the Albany Theatre this Hallowe’en

Fantom Events have begun to announce guests for their biggest convention of the year, Pandorica. Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred will headline the Doctor Who convention, which takes place the weekend of the 30th of October to the 1st of November. The actors, who played the Doctor and his companion Ace, respectively, from 1987 to 1989 will appear alongside their Battlefield co-star Marek Anton. His character, the Destroyer, was an interdimensional demon who attempted to consume the entire Earth.

Fantom describe Pandorica as two action packed days of stage entertainment and fans’ opportunity to meet legends from both sides of the camera. All the fun will be in Fantom’s own unique, accessible and individual style.

The weekend includes stage talks, exclusive video presentations, evening entertainment, autographs, merchandise and photo opportunities. Tickets are strictly limited and are already selling fast. All-inclusive tickets start from only £129, and talk-only tickets start from only £79.

This year’s event takes place at a new venue: the Albany Theatre in Coventry.

The regular ‘Mondas’ tickets cost £79 and include entry to all stage panels and screen presentations as well as the evening entertainment. You’ll also receive a ‘regeneration pack.’ Autographs will need to be bought separately on the day, however.

The ‘Skaro’ tickets give you all the same benefits as the regular entry tickets, plus one autograph from every guest. These tickets cost £129.

Finally, the most exclusive package is the Gallifrey ticket for £189. This includes two autographs per guest, and an exclusive mystery gift. There are only 30 Gallifrey tickets so they’ll likely sell out well in advance of the event.

You can buy tickets directly through the Fantom Events website, as well as keep up to date with new announcements.

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Circuit Breaker’s story will twist and turn through books, audios, comics, games, websites, and DVD this Summer

A major new Doctor Who story event is here, and this time, the threat is closer than ever. Following its initial reveal last year, BBC Studios unveiled new rollout details, story elements and artwork for Circuit Breaker.

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker launches on 25 June 2026, kicking off an epic, multi-platform adventure unfolding this summer across audio, publishing, gaming and digital, bringing fans together for one connected, must-follow Whoniverse event.

The story event will see a single, escalating crisis play out across multiple formats, with each chapter unlocking new clues, new dangers… and also a new side to the Time Lord.

Circuit Breaker brings together a range of longstanding Doctor Who partners including Titan Comics, Doctor Who Magazine, BBC Audiobooks, East Side Games, Puffin, Penguin Random House and Big Finish, each delivering a unique chapter of the story across the summer.

Fans can follow every twist via the Doctor Who website and official channels as well as The Whoniverse Show, with the first chapter of the epic story launching on the in-universe UNIT website on the 25 of June.

 

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​Osgood finds the Doctor to help save reality, but it’s not the any of the ones she was expecting…

In the depths of UNIT’s most secure facility, the Black Archive, familiar objects have been pulled through time and space surrounded with a dangerous energy signature threatening to tear reality apart. With time running out, newly appointed Head of the Black Archive, Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) and her assistant Andrew (Omari Douglas) turn to the only person who can help… the Doctor (Jo Martin).

This is no ordinary crisis, and not the Time Lord they are familiar with. As the Doctor confronts her most infamous enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and a rogue Weeping Angel, she is forced to complete a mission with an insidious presence lurking in the shadows.

Secrets begin to surface, and trust between UNIT and the Doctor begins to erode as those who idolise her start to question if she really is the Time Lord they thought they knew…

 

Circuit Breaker architect Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson promises some innovative, bold, and fantastic stories ahead Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson writer of The Moon Cruise and the Target novelisation of The Church on Ruby Road, is the architect for the new multimedia event. Describing the series, she says, “Circuit Breaker is truly unique in the Doctor Who universe. Just as the Fugitive Doctor rocked everyone’s world when they first appeared on our screens, we wanted to bring something exciting and new to the fans, a story that takes the best parts of Doctor Who and melds them with a fresh and innovative boldness that makes for fantastic storytelling.” Jo Martin both voices the Doctor in Circuit Breaker, and contributes her debut novel, having first played the role in 2020’s Fugitive of the Judoon. “Circuit Breaker now has an official start date!” she enthuses, “I’m delighted for fans to join the Fugitive Doctor on a brand-new adventure! One that may even showcase a more vulnerable side (yes, she does have one!). But for now, I invite you to take a first look at my Doctor’s brand new costume.”

The countdown to Circuit Breaker has begun, with more story reveals to come. For more information and the latest Circuit Breaker news, visit the Doctor Who website and official channels. ​ ​ ​

 

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

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Doctor Who’s Christopher Eccleston joins James McAvoy in an adaptation of Frankie Boyle’s murder mystery thriller Meantime, filming now

Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston discovers lots of planets have a Scotland as he joins the cast of Sky’s latest crime drama. Meantime is a brand-new thriller with a darkly comedic twist. And it comes from the mind of Scottish stand-up comedian, presenter and author, Frankie Boyle. The series is currently filming.

Meantime adapts Boyle’s bestselling debut novel of the same name. It stars James McAvoy (X-Men, Atonement) as Felix McAveety, a drug addict and alcoholic whose life falls apart when his best friend Marina turns up dead in a Glasgow park.

As the police’s prime (and most convenient) murder suspect, Felix tries to clear his name. Easier said than done when still in the deep paranoia and fog of his addiction.

Enlisting the help of one of his most chaotic friends, as well as an ageing former Detective Inspector turned crime novelist (Josette Simon, Blake’s 7), Felix sets out to get to the bottom of things. However, he soon discovers finding the culprit is the least of his problems. Marina was involved in an AI company’s secretive plans but were they worth killing for? Meanwhile, GP and dealer Dr. Chong (Benedict Wong, Dr. Strange) is convinced they’re all characters in a computer simulation. Could he be right?

As their search for the truth quickly spirals out of control, the Scottish city turns into a dangerous (but hilarious) playground of murky edges and stunning twists.

Sky have not yet officially revealed Christopher Eccleston’s role in Meantime. However, it seems possible he might be playing the novel’s shady MI5 agent Jeremiah Brond. The series also features other Doctor Who alumni Shirley Henderson (Love & Monsters), Mark Bonnar (The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People), and Lois Chimimba (The Tsuranga Conundrum, Redacted.)

Boyle wrote the script alongside Neil Webster, with Jon S. Baird (Filth, Tetris) acting as director for the series.

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The new Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition is out now, celebrating 30 years since the TV Movie

Three decades ago, the world’s favourite Time Lord returned, and it was about time! The Doctor Who TV Movie is unique in the show’s history, yet also a missing link between the 20th and 21st century incarnations of the show. The charismatic, romantic new lead Paul McGann took his new friend Grace by the hand and led her through motorbike chases, daring heists, and his the vast dark chamber that is his TARDIS, as they try to stop the Master’s plan to wipe the entire planet from existence.

Since then Paul McGann’s incarnation of the Time Lord has starred in just under 500 audio plays, novels, comics, and more, including returns to television for Night of the Doctor and The Power of the Doctor.

Now, Doctor Who Magazine marks 30 years of the Eighth Doctor with a special edition revisiting the 1996 TV movie and celebrating Paul McGann’s extraordinary tenure in the role.

Exclusive interviews include: Paul McGann (the Doctor), Daphne Ashbrook (Grace Holloway), Eric Roberts (the Master), Geoffrey Sax (the TV movie’s director), Steven Moffat (The Night of the Doctor writer) and many more. There are also contributions from Sylvester McCoy (the Old Doctor) and the team behind the new 4K restoration of the movie.

Other highlights include a new short story by Matthew Jacobs, the writer of the TV movie, and an afterword by Philip Segal, its executive producer.

 

DWM Special Edition: 30 Years of the Eighth Doctor (c) Panini DWM Special Edition: 30 Years of the Eighth Doctor

DWM Special Edition: 30 Years of the Eighth Doctor is on sale Thursday the 23rd of April from the online Panini store, TG Jones and other retailers priced £10.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags for £9.99. You can also save with a subscription, as well as receiving exclusive, text-free covers.

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The new Target novelisation of Aliens of London revisits the Powell Estate we know and love, while subtly expanding its links to the rest of the Whoniverse

 

Appropriately enough, Aliens of London starts at the beginning. Not the beginning of the episode, mind; not the TARDIS fading into existence on the Powell Estate, twelve months late. No, it flashes forward to the Doctor chasing down a corridor after an escaped space pig. That’s the very first scene Christopher Eccleston filmed, back in 2004; the very first Doctor Who filming in eight years. It also acts as a perfect miniature model of the era: the silliness of a pig in a spacesuit, the frenetic action of the chase; the tragic violence of humanity’s fear of the different as a panicking soldier shoots it dead; and Christopher Eccleston acting his socks off to sell it all, flitting between excitement, sorrow, and anger from one moment to the next.

 

Author Joseph Lidster expands on some of Russell T Davies’ throwaway references in joyously niche ways

For his Target novelisation of Russell T Davies’ script, author Joseph Lidster makes few major changes. However, he does ease it more smoothly into the wider character arcs. In these early episodes, both Jackie and Mickey represented everything Rose was running away from. As time passed their characterisation became deeper and more subtle, and the Target Aliens of London captures that. Jackie is the woman everyone on the Powell Estate knows they can rely on in a crisis, and whose loss of her husband Pete fuels her refusal to accept her daughter’s disappearance. Mickey is a much more sympathetic figure, too, with fewer comedy pratfalls and more heart.

There are other small tweaks too. The text retains Rose’s use of “you’re so gay” as an insult, but reframes it as a moment of failure. Meanwhile, links between this story and The Christmas Invasion, Boom Town, and even Torchwood’s Exit Wounds are smoothly expanded upon as if it was one big plan all along. The addition of a supporting cast member from Big Finish’s Ninth Doctor Adventures is a delightful surprise too. Similarly, expanding upon the original’s split second DWM comic strip reference is a niche joy even by Target standards.

 

From the tragic backstory of a pig in spaaaace, to the sibling rivalries of the Slitheen, the Target retelling delivers a broader and deeper version of the familiar story

Other minor changes seem more arbitrary, and don’t always entirely work, such as the new version of how Harriet Jones (MP for Flydale North) discovers the Slitheen’s secret. There’s also an element, common with some other recent novelisations, of assuming the reader is already familiar with the episodes. This is in contrast to the Target Books of the 1970s and 80s were there was a clear awareness many would never have seen the television versions before picking up the books. The new approach results in some oddities, like the reader receiving only a vague idea of what Slitheen actually look like. Even some dialogue is rather flatly transcribed, relying on our memories of Eccleston and Piper’s performances.

The novelisation is at its strongest during its own additions, like showing early events from the point of view of Barry the Space Pig, or the relationships between the Slitheen themselves. The overall result of these additions and small changes is a novel that feels like the closest thing to a Special Edition of Aliens of London, until the inevitable Collection boxset provides optional new special effects. It’s absolutely the same story, but given more room to breath, and to connect with the whoniverse around it.

 

Doctor Who: Aliens of London. Cover by Dan Lilles (c) Target Books Doctor Who: Aliens of London

The Doctor brings Rose home a year after she left… to find London in chaos. A spaceship has crashed into the Thames and an alien body lies in the wreckage. The Doctor uncovers a chilling conspiracy at the heart of Downing Street as ruthless alien invaders take control – members of the Family Slitheen.

The Doctor, Rose, and the MP for Flydale North must fight to expose the Slitheen infiltration – before the Earth falls prey to a deadly interstellar con that will ignite World War Three.

You can buy Aliens of London in paperback, ebook, or as an audiobook read by Camille Coduri from your preferred retailer at the links here.

 

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Between July and November, five new Doctor Who action figure sets

A new wave of Doctor Who action figures is arriving this year, with brand new figures from across the show’s history, from the 1960s to the 2020s. The line contains five exclusive Vortex Edition sets, with each box to include a part of a buildable character. Fans who collect all pieces from across the five packs will be able to complete a scaled replica of the Yeti from 1967’s The Abominable Snowmen.

These sets will be available exclusively through the Character Options website, monthly from July.

 

Details of the five sets

The 2026 Collect & Build offering recognises some of Doctor Who’s most memorable chapters, with five iconic Vortex Edition characters to discover – plus the buildable Yeti. In order of their release, the sets are as follows:

 

The Cybermen Set, available from July 2026 Cybermen Set, July

This set includes two Cybermen featuring the sign introduced in 2013’s Nightmare in Silver, including a swappable gun-arm. It also contains the first part of your collectable Yeti: the head

 

The Fifteenth Doctor action figure set, available August 2026 Fifteenth Doctor Set, August

August’s set stars the Fifteenth Doctor himself, in his costume from 2024’s Joy to the World along with red and gold sonic screwdriver. He comes with in-scale figures of Lux’s Mr. Ring-a-Ding, and Dugga-Doo from The Interstellar Contest. The set contains the Yeti’s upper torso.

 

The Fourth Doctor action figure set, available September 2026 Fourth Doctor Set, September

In September, Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor gets a figure, this time based on his appearance in 1978’s The Invasion of Time and including his sonic screwdriver (though even that won’t get him out of this one.) There’s also a swappable head, giving a choice between a smiling Doctor wearing his fedora, or a serious one without. The Fourth Doctor set comes with the legs and feet for your Yeti.

 

The Season Seven action figure set, available October 2026 Season Seven Set, October

The next set focuses on the Third Doctor’s earliest adventures. It includes his original companion Liz Shaw, depicted in her costume from Doctor Who and the Silurians. She comes alongside Inferno’s Professor Stahlman, after his mutation into a vicious Primord by ooze from the Earth’s core. You also get accessories including a Nestene control sphere as seen in Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons. The promo photo for the set also shows a Metebelis III crystal, though that’s not from Season Seven, so is possibly a mistake. The set includes the Yeti’s right arm.

 

The Wirrn Set, available November 2026 Wirrn Set, November

The final set in the range features the Wirrn from 1975’s The Ark in Space. You get two Wirrn, representing the two stages of their development. There’s the giant, insectoid adult form, and the caterpillar like pupal stage. You’ll also complete your Yeti with the inclusion of its left arm.

 

 

The completed Yeti action figure, once you collect all five parts The Collect & Build Yeti figure

The Yeti debuted in 1967’s The Abominable Snowmen. Disguised as the mythical creatures, they were actually the robot servitors of the Great Intelligence. They later returned for two other battles with the Doctor, in The Web of Fear and The Five Doctors. Now figure collectors have the chance to collect this large figure standing nearly 16 and a half centimetres tall, with multiple articulation points. This version is based on their original design.

The complete Yeti buildable figure can be completed only by collecting the individual body sections spread across the five Vortex releases for this year. The figure has a lot of moulded in details. These include the fur effect that has been achieved using a base mould colour plus multiple sprays and washes. The head features the eyes and prominent fangs of the original Yeti that were near impossible to see on-screen, but were unmissable in a behind-the-scenes documentary of the story creation.

 

“Something bigger and better with a modern take”

Al Dewar, Character Options’ Creative Director, said, “This is a very interesting year for the Character Options Doctor Who range. It’s the first time we’ve introduced a Collect & Build figure for over a decade and a half. Plus, for the very first time we are showcasing the sets that we will be releasing up front!

“The Collect & Build Yeti figure should be a great surprise to most folk. Yes…  it’s been well known for years that we created a Yeti sculpt for the 1968 Web of Fear version but when we examined that sculpt, we realised the scale was wrong and some minor damage had occurred. So, it seemed sensible to go back further to where it all started, up in Tibet, near the Det Sen Monastery in 1967, with the original Abominable Snowmen. The Yetis are ‘big ole beasts!’ and I think we’ve brought something bigger and better with a modern take that lends itself well to articulation and play.

“Of course, the Collect & Build figure is just one of many things to look forward to, with five stunning new figure sets coming through – all upgraded to Vortex levels. Even the pre-existing Liz Shaw figure has been refined to be as good as it can be! The team has put their all into getting everything ready in time, and we can’t wait to bring the collectors something that’s so completely different.”

Further information on the collection is now available on the Character Options website. Fans can also register there to receive pre‑launch updates. More details on each Collect & Build set will be revealed in the lead‑up to each release.

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