The Dalek Invasion of Liverpool Street

Saturday, 19 September 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Fresh from their invasion of Westminster on Thursday, the Daleks selected Liverpool Street Underground Station as their next target on Friday, taking over announcements and noticeboards as part of publicity for the return of Doctor Who this weekend.


(with thanks to BBC Worldwide and TfL)




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The Doctor's Meditation

Friday, 18 September 2015 - Reported by Harry Ward
The BBC has released The Doctor's Meditation to UK fans on the official Doctor Who Facebook page. The video is region locked and can only be viewed from a UK IP address. Fans in other parts of the world can watch the "prequel" on TV. BBC America will be airing it tonight at 10pm and will be repeated in the early hours of Saturday at 1am. Canadians will be able to watch it on SPACE tonight at 6pm. On the other side of the world in Australia, ABC 2 will be showing The Doctor's Meditation on Saturday evening at 7.30pm and again on Monday evening at the same time.

The video is available to download from iTunes, Amazon Instant Video and Google Play.

The Doctor prepares for his deadliest confrontation - distractions permitting...

The Doctor's Meditation: The Meditation




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The Dalek Invasion of Westminster

Thursday, 17 September 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Commuters in London would have been in for a surprise this morning as the Daleks took over London's transport network! The "Masters of Earth" could be seen today in and around Westminster Underground Station, in celebration of their (and the Doctor's!) return to television this weekend.

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(with thanks to BBC Worldwide)




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German broadcast date of Series 9 announced

Thursday, 17 September 2015 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as The Doctor and Clara (Credit: BBC/David Venni)In an exclusive to DWN, German broadcaster FOX revealed the broadcast details of Series 9. The series will premiere with the complete two-parter of The Magician's Apprentice and The Witch's Familar, dubbed to German, on 3rd December 2015 at 9:00 pm. The series then continues with two episodes every Thursday at the same time.

Find out more about all international broadcast dates of the series premiere in our DWN Guide and keep up to date with what is going to be broadcasted around the world in This Week in Doctor Who.





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SPACE: special message to Canadian fans

Thursday, 17 September 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Canadian broadcaster SPACE celebrates the return of Doctor Who this weekend with a special message from Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman:


The premiere of The Magician's Apprentice will be preceded by a number of Doctor Who episodes, plus a special edition of their regular magazine InnerSpace.

TORONTO (September 16, 2015) – Space’s highest-rated series in the history of time returns with all-new episodes when Season 9 of DOCTOR WHO premieres this Saturday, Sept. 19 at 9 p.m. ET. Peter Capaldi returns as the Doctor alongside Jenna Coleman and guests including GAME OF THRONES’ Maisie Williams. Now that the Doctor and Clara have established a dynamic as a partnership of equals, they’re relishing the fun and thrills that all of space and time has to offer. Tangling with ghosts, Vikings, and the ultimate evil of the Daleks, they embark on their biggest adventures yet. Missy (Michelle Gomez, BAD EDUCATION) is back to plague the Doctor once more, the Zygons inspire fear as they shape-shift into human clones, and a new arrival moves in cosmic ways.

This season, the Doctor is ready to stand against any monster who threatens the universe including Missy, who revealed herself to be the Master in the Season 8 finale. To celebrate Missy’s return in the Season 9 premiere, “The Magician’s Apprentice,” Space has lined up a marathon of past DOCTOR WHO episodes featuring the Doctor’s childhood friend turned life-long enemy, the Master. The DOCTOR WHO MASTER MARATHON kicks off Saturday, Sept. 19 at 12 noon ET with Season 3 episode “Utopia,” featuring David Tennant in the role of the Doctor.

For an insider’s look into the iconic series, INNERSPACE PRESENTS DOCTOR WHO SEASON 9 premieres just before the season premiere on Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET. Host Teddy Wilson helms the exclusive sit-down with stars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, taped this past summer at San Diego Comic-Con. In the 30-minute special, the two stars offer insight and hints as to what to expect from the upcoming season.

Viewers looking to time-travel back to the very beginning with the Doctor can find all past seasons of DOCTOR WHO on CraveTVTM.


DOCTOR WHO Programming for Saturday, Sept: 19: DOCTOR WHO MASTER MARATHON

Peter Capaldi as the Doctor (Credit: BBC/David Venni)
  • 12 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO Utopia – Season 3, Episode 11
    Jack’s back! As Captain Jack (John Barrowman, ARROW) storms back into the Doctor’s (David Tennant, BROADCHURCH) life, the Tardis is thrown out of control, to the end of the universe. There, they find the savage Futurekind ruling the wilderness, while a lonely Professor tries in vain to save the last of the human race.
  • 1 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO The Sound of Drums – Season 3, Episode 12
    Harry Saxon (John Simm, INTRUDERS) becomes Prime Minister, and his reign of terror begins. This is only the start of his ambitions, however, as he announces humankind’s first contact with an alien race, the Toclafane. An audacious plan, spanning the whole of time and space, begins to close around the Earth.
  • 2 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO The Last of the Time Lords – Season 3, Episode 13
    Earth has been conquered and the Master (Simm) rules supreme, with the Doctor a helpless prisoner. The entire human race has been reduced to slavery, as the mighty warships of a new Time Lord Empire rise from the ashes. Only Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman, THE CARRIE DIARIES) can save the world...
  • 3:10 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO The End of Time (Part 1)
    Christmas Eve, and the Doctor (David Tennant) is reunited with Wilf (Bernard Cribbins, OLD JACK'S BOAT), to face the return of an old enemy. Something terrible stalks the wastelands of London, while far away, the Immortality Gate reaches completion. But the warnings of the Ood signify an even greater danger, as the Doctor (Tennant) faces his darkest hour yet.
  • 4:35 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO The End of Time (Part 2)
    The Doctor (David Tennant) has faced Daleks, Cybermen, Angels and Devils, but now stands defeated at the end of his life, as the Master’s (John Simm, THE VILLAGE) victory unleashes the greatest terror of all. With an ancient plan closing around the Earth, only the Doctor can stop the cataclysm – but is the price too great to pay?
  • 6:15 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO Dark Water – Season 8, Episode 11
    In the mysterious world of the Nethersphere, plans have been drawn. Missy (Michelle Gomez, BAD EDUCATION) is about to come face to face with the Doctor (Peter Capaldi), and an impossible choice is looming... “Death is not an end” promises the sinister organization known only as 3W – but, as the Doctor and Clara (Jenna Coleman) discover, you might wish it was.
  • 7:15 p.m. – DOCTOR WHO Death in Heaven – Season 8, Episode 12
    With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies, and the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) takes to the air in a startling new role. Can the mighty UNIT contain Missy (Michelle Gomez, BAD EDUCATION)? As the Doctor faces his greatest challenge, sacrifices must be made before the day is won.
  • 8:30 p.m - INNERSPACE: DOCTOR WHO SEASON 9 *Special Premiere*
    INNERSPACE’s Teddy Wilson chats with Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as the two DOCTOR WHO stars get more candid with Teddy than they ever have before, gaining insight into the new season, and hearing firsthand what working on the show means to them both.
  • 9 p.m - DOCTOR WHO The Magician’s Apprentice *Season 9 Premiere*
    “Where is the Doctor?” When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend. But where is the Doctor, and what is he hiding from? As past deeds come back to haunt him, old enemies will come face-to-face, and for the Doctor and Clara survival seems impossible.




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Doctor Who Magazine 491

Wednesday, 16 September 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 491 (Credit: Doctor Who Magazine)
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 491 (in bag) (Credit: Doctor Who Magazine)
The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine is out on Thursday, and has an exclusive preview of the first four episodes of the new series, The Magician's Apprentice & The Witch's Familiar and Under the Lake & Before the Flood.

The latter two episodes from Toby Whithouse's first script for Peter Capaldi's Doctor, and also his first two-part Doctor Who story; it hinges on time travel – "fairly mind-bending time travel at that". On whether he came to regret taking the "wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey" route, he said:
Oh never, I loved it! I've always wanted to do a timey-wimey episode. In fact, it was going to be a lot more timey-wimey, but we lost some of that before we started filming. It's enormous fun to deposit something in a script, then have the reason for it happen later.

I think (Peter)'s the most 'alien' Doctor we've had since the show came back. Even though the essentials of the character remain the same – his heroism, his brilliance, his enthusiasm – he feels to me like much more of an outsider than Chris Eccleston or David Tennant or Matt Smith were. He's more strange and otherwordly. That's really interesting to play with.

Also in this issue:
  • TARDIS TAKE-OFF! The Doctor's days off and the TARDIS' take off – showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers' questions.
  • CLARA OSWALD'S 100 IMPOSSIBLE FACTS: She has been something of 'a mystery wrapped in an enigma' but we've got to know Clara better than you might think. Jonathan Morris summarises everything we know about the Impossible Girl.
  • MONSTERS OF THE MILLENNIUM: How do you go about making monsters for Doctor Who? Millennium FX prosthetic effects supervisor Kate Walshe reveals all!
  • LEGO DIMENSIONS! Official Lego products and a brand new video game.... Doctor Who is about to enter a new dimension. DWM talks to the team behind the project.
  • BEST DRESSED TIME LORD: DWM interviews costume designer Ray Holman, the man behind the Twelfth Doctor's new look.
  • "GOOD GRIEF!" As the Third Doctor returns for a brand new series of audio adventures, DWM talks to the man who is recreating the role made famous by Jon Pertwee: Tim Treolar.
  • THE WAR GAMES: The Fact of Fiction explores the Second Doctor's final story, a 10-part epic which threw the Doctor and his companions back into the events of the First World War.
  • JUNGLE FEVER! The adventure continues in the brand-new comic strip adventure, Spirits of the Jungle, by Jonathan Morris, illustrated by John Ross.
  • WHO HOMEWORK Jacqueline Rayner makes her kids' summer homework fun with an exciting Doctor Who project in her regular column, Relative Dimensions.
  • MISSING IN ACTION: Graham Kibble-White reviews The Macra Terror, a Second Doctor story missing from the BBC archives.
  • COMING SOON: DWM talks to the people involved in the latest Doctor Who CD and book releases, including Justin Richards and Miranda Raison.
  • THE UNEXPLAINED: The Watcher reflects on past Doctors and anticipates the new series of Doctor Who in Wotcha!.
Plus all the latest official news, reviews, competitions and The DWM Crossword.
AND! A giant-sized, double-sided poster!

The 100-page Doctor Who Magazine 491 is on sale from Thursday 17 September 2015.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 491 - full cover (Credit: Doctor Who Magazine)




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The Magician's Apprentice: new publicity images

Tuesday, 15 September 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have now released a number of new images for the forthcoming series premiere, The Magician's Apprentice, featuring various characters and scenes you can expect to see during the episode. (Previous images can be found here.)

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The Magician's Apprentice: Synopsis:

Where is the Doctor? When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend. But where is the Doctor, and what is he hiding from?

As past deeds come back to haunt him, old enemies will come face-to-face, and for the Doctor and Clara survival seems impossible.

Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Producer: Peter Bennett
Cast: Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman

Guest cast: Michelle Gomez, Jemma Redgrave, Kelly Hunter, Clare Higgins, Jaye Griffiths, Harki Bhambra, Daniel Hoffmann-Gill, Joey Price, Aaron Neil, India Ria Amarteifio, Dasharn Anderson, Demi Papaminas, Jami Reid-Quarrell, Benjamin Cawley, Stefan Adegbola, Shin-Fei Chen, Lucy Newman-Williams, Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Jonathon Ojinnaka.

The Magician's Apprentice: Known Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 19 Sep 20157:40pm
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 19 Sep 20159:00pm EDT(2:00am BST)
CanadaSPACESat 19 Sep 20159:00pm EDT(2:00am BST)
Asia PacificBBC EntertainmentSun 20 Sep 201510:00am SGT(3:00am BST)
New ZealandPRIME20 Sep 20157:30pm NZST(8:30am BST)
AustraliaABCSun 20 Sep 20157:42pm AEST(10:40am BST)
Europe (Benelux)BBC FirstTue 22 Sep 20159:00pm CEST
United KingdomBBC TwoFri 25 Sep 20153:35am(British Signed Language)
FinlandYLE2Mon 28 Sep 20156:00pm EEST
South AfricaBBC FirstSat 24 Oct 20156:00pm SAST
IndiaFX"coming soon in 2015"date tbc
GermanyFOXDecember 2015date tbc(dubbed into German)
ItalyRAI4Early 2016date tbc(dubbed into Italian)





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Radio Times looks forward to Series Nine

Tuesday, 15 September 2015 - Reported by Harry Ward
Radio Times: 19-25 September 2015 (Credit: Radio Times)Doctor Who once more features on the cover of this week's Radio Times, which is out in shops today.

The issue looks forward to the news series and talks to stars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, who discuss their on-screen relationship, the challenges of working on the series and the success of the show.

Jenna Coleman on the announcement of Peter Capaldi:
I’d no idea who would take over from Matt Smith, and when I was told it was Peter, it was one of those ‘aha, that makes sense – genius’ kind of moments. But the first thing he said to me was, ‘There will be no romance in the Tardis.’

Peter Capaldi on the challenges of working on Doctor Who:
It’s a difficult show to act. It goes from B-movie sci-fi to Freudian drama and tragedy. There’s romance, pantomime, humour and sadness, so you’re kept on your toes. I try not to be too romantic or sentimental. Sometimes Jenna will run down a corridor shouting, ‘Doctor, there’s a monster,’ and stuff. Part of the tradition is that sets wobble and you have to fight a giant spider made of rubber. I enjoy that. It’s not so well budgeted as viewers might think but it looks great because of the talent of the people working on it. 

Also in the new issue, Steven Moffat’s series 9 episode guide teases each of the twelve episodes in the new series.

NB: Later this month Frank Skinner will hosting a Doctor Who session at the Radio Times Festival at 7pm on Friday 25th September.

(with thanks to Radio Times)




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Series 9 episode titles revealed

Monday, 14 September 2015 - Reported by Harry Ward
Peter Capaldi as The Doctor (Credit: BBC / David Venni) The official BBC Doctor Who Twitter account has posted the episode titles for the 12 episodes of Series 9.

  1. The Magician's Apprentice
  2. The Witch's Familiar
  3. Under The Lake
  4. Before The Flood
  5. The Girl Who Died
  6. The Woman Who Lived
  7. The Zygon Invasion*
  8. The Zygon Inversion*
  9. Sleep No More
  10. Face The Raven
  11. Heaven Sent
  12. Hell Bent

*Previously known as Invasion Of The Zygons / Inversion Of The Zygons




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The Magician's Apprentice - Prologue

Friday, 11 September 2015 - Reported by Harry Ward
The BBC has released a two minute prologue to The Magician's Apprentice, which airs on 19th September. Check This Week in Doctor Who for more broadcast dates around the world.





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