It’s time to set your alarms! The BBC has annouced today that The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) is on his way back to our screens, this time with a new addition to the TARDIS, in the form of new companion Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu). Season Two will officially launch on Saturday 12th April at 8am on BBC iPlayer and later that day on BBC One in the UK. At the same time, those outside of the UK can watch the Doctor and Belinda on their epic adventures on Disney+ where available.
The TARDIS is getting ready to take viewers on another thrilling journey through time and space, with some new additions as the show announces the writers who have stepped on board for the upcoming series. Check out details of the new writers below:
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalised American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and network television with Twin Peaks, has died. He was 78.
Former RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner James Lee Williams, known as The Vivienne, has died at the age of 32.
Rose Ayling-Ellis MBE will be joining Ncuti Gatwa’s 15th Doctor for a thrilling and frightening adventure in the upcoming second season of Doctor Who, which will air in 2025.
Jon Pertwee’s debut season as the Third Doctor will be the next release to join the Doctor Who Blu-ray collection.
The BBC has announced that the First Doctor adventure and farewell outing for companion Steven Taylor ‘The Savages‘ will get a home release in animated form in 2025.
Review by Jacob Licklider
The Stuff of Legend is an interesting release from Big Finish Productions, at least in terms of what it is. Big Finish began working on Doctor Who 25 years ago and to celebrate in September they hosted multiple live performances of this audio drama. As a celebration, it’s a great idea to get people together for an exclusive event. This review, however, is not of the live show of The Stuff of Legend, I am an American so had no real way of being there. This is a review of the studio version released the same day as the live show premiered so the rest of the world could hear it. It’s a great way to keep the story available outside of the few able to get tickets, however Big Finish then made the decision as well to record the live version which is also available to purchase, meaning that several die hard fans will definitely be double dipping (though there are at least some cast differences and the atmosphere between the versions will likely be different). If you are using this review to determine whether or not you should purchase the studio version of The Stuff of Legend it is imperative that you understand that this is a version professionally recorded in studio and as such will not have the feeling of the live performance. This is also a review limited in ability to determine which version you should be purchasing as I have not heard the live version.
On Doctor Who Day, The BBC has given us a first look at this years Doctor Who christmas special titled ‘Joy To The World‘.
“There’s always a door like that in a hotel room, a funny locked one…”
Classic Doctor Who story ‘The War Games’ starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor is to receive a spectacular new colourisation. The new version will air on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer on 23rd December 2024…just in time for Christmas.
