Double up on Doctor Who event viewing this SaturdayBookmark and Share

Saturday, 25 April 2020 - Reported by Chuck Foster
There's not one but two Doctor Who related online events taking place today. Starting at 10:00am BST, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society present The Capitol: CONtact has been made, and from 2:00pm BST Fantom Events present their fourth online event, Time Space Visualiser. Both will be broadcast on the organisations' respective YouTube channels and can be viewed afterwards for those in different time zones to the UK, as well as a host of other archive material from previous events also available to enjoy.

The Capitol - CONtact has been made (Credit: DWAS)The Capitol: CONtact has been made
Presented by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society (via YouTube)

We're delighted to announce The Capitol CONtact has been made, a virtual event that will launch at 10.00am BST on Saturday 25th April. We have specifically chosen this time and date as it’s when The Capitol FIVE was originally scheduled to get underway.

CONtact has been made will be available at our You Tube Channel DWASonline, and features panels from the first four Capitols in their entirety. We are very grateful to our wonderful guests for giving us permission to make them available in these troublesome times as we continue to battle against the invisible enemy.

Panels will include Steven Berkoff talking about Shakespeare, Sylvester Stallone & Hitler, and Jon Culshaw trading blows with Terrance Dicks in a unique double header.

Time Space Visualiser 4 (Credit: Fantom Events)Time and Space Visualiser
Presented by Fantom Events (via YouTube)

We are back this Saturday with our fourth online convention, bringing you a hectic mixture of brand new interviews, special features, competitions, and archive material, broadcasting live and direct on YouTube… all completely for FREE.

This week we are honoured to have our first Doctor joining us; the seventh Doctor SYLVESTER McCOY is taking part in a specially recorded interview for the event.

Of course any Doctor needs his loyal companions, and we have three of his fabulous friends. KATY MANNING (Jo Grant/Jones), JOHN LEESON (K9) and DAN STARKEY (Strax) will also be joining in the fun.

And if that wasn’t enough, we have brand new interviews with a trio of wonderful guest stars. GRAHAM COLE is best known to Doctor Who fans as The Melkur, but is probably more familiar as PC Tony Stamp in The Bill. JESSICA MARTIN was Mags (and also the voice of the Queen) and also read one of our new stories recently. And finally, JASON WATKINS, one of the most recognisable faces on television right now, who was also a guest star in NIGHTMARE IN SILVER.




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DWAS Announces the Return of TARDIS MagazineBookmark and Share

Friday, 17 April 2020 - Reported by Marcus
TARDIS 1975 (Credit: DWAS )The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has announced the return of its magazine, TARDIS, last published in 2003.

Volume 16 of TARDIS will begin publication in the summer of 2020. Under the editorship of Robbie Dunlop, it will be an entirely commissioned features-based magazine, published three times per year as a vibrant A4 title. It will be available to all fans from DWAS’s company Space Rocket Ltd, with DWAS members given the opportunity to buy directly from the Society at a substantial discount. The publication we help continue the society tradition of supporting charities with each edition raising funds for a worthy cause.

TARDIS was one of the earliest Doctor Who Fan magazines (fanzines) and was first published in 1975 by Andrew Johnson. In the summer of 1976, the newly formed Doctor Who Appreciation Society took on the publication of the magazine. Over the next few years, TARDIS went from strength to strength. It started as hand duplicated title, soon acquiring ‘photo pages’ which were inserts produced by offset litho. Later on, TARDIS become professionally printed itself, and in 1979 it saw colour for the first time. TARDIS was always supplied as an addition to DWAS membership until it was absorbed into the Society’s newsletter ‘Celestial Toyroom’ in 1987. TARDIS subsequently ceased publication as CT itself moved away from its traditional newsletter format and became a magazine in its own right.

Between April 1997 and December 1998, the Society resurrected TARDIS as a quarterly publication alongside Celestial Toyroom but then retired the title again, with a brief return as a one-off special in 2003 celebrating the show’s 40th anniversary.

The world of Doctor Who fandom has changed beyond recognition since then, and nowadays there are very few printed fan magazines. Celestial Toyroom remains the staple of the DWAS’s own output giving air to a wide range of views. Many writers have started with items in CT before moving on to more mainstream publications including ‘Doctor Who Magazine’. DWAS has recognised the changing landscape and CTs sister publication, Cosmic Masque is now published as a download at their website. The Celestial Toyroom Annual is released principally as an eBook with a limited run print copy also available.

Announcing the return the Society said
Whereas fandom is a very virtual experience these days, we remain convinced that there is a solid, sustainable demand for printed magazines, produced by fans for fans. As such, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society is very pleased to announce the return of TARDIS.
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The price and ordering information will be announced soon with the first issue of the new volume following shortly afterwards. In the meantime, Celestial Toyroom continues on its monthly publications schedule, giving members the opportunity to express their views on all aspects of Doctor Who. A new edition of Cosmic Masque, the fiction and reviews title, will also be released for download in the summer and a new ‘Celestial Toyroom Annual’ for 2021 is in the planning stages now.

For more information on the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, the world longest-running Doctor Who fan club, please visit www.dwasonline.co.uk. Enquiries about the new magazine can be made to tardis@dwasonline.co.uk




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The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2020Bookmark and Share

Saturday, 11 January 2020 - Reported by Marcus
Celestial Toyroom 2020 Annual (Credit: DWAS)
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has made The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2020 available for download, free-of-charge to all fans.

This is the fourth CT Annual and on this occasion celebrates the era of the third Doctor. There are over 100 pages celebrating the Jon Pertwee era from "Spearhead from Space" to "Planet of the Spiders" and more.

A limited run hardback copy will be available in the coming weeks which will help to raise money for 'Save the Children' in memory of Terrance Dicks.

To view please click here

In addition the Doctor Who Appreciation Society and the Derby-based Whoovers are holding a one-day event on Sunday 15th March 2020 to celebrate the life and work of Terrance Dicks.

The event, organized in partnership with the Dicks family will raise funds for ‘Save the Children’ which was supported by Terrance for many years.

Guests include; Katy Manning, Frazer Hines, Nicholas Briggs, Paul Cornell, Jon Culshaw, Peter Darvill-Evans, Toby Hadoke, Marcus Hearn, Rebecca Levene, Steven Moffat, Nigel Robinson, Edward Russell, Gary Russell

The venue is The Cinema Museum in London SE11. Tickets are £40 plus booking fee and are available directly from Eventbrite.




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DWAS Appeal for Terrance DicksBookmark and Share

Saturday, 23 November 2019 - Reported by Marcus
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is raising funds for Save the Children in memory of Terrance Dicks - a charity chosen by his family.

Andrew Skilliter, Chris Achellios, Alister Pearson and Jeff Cummins have allowed DWAS to produce four art cards based on their work for Target books. These are now available to buy from the eBay store, along with a ‘Terrance’ badge and the special Terrance Dicks Tribute magazine, published in October 2019.

The cost for the art card set and badge is £5-95 and the set plus the magazine is £7-45.

Full details here





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DWAS AuctionBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 27 August 2019 - Reported by Marcus
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has a number of items available for auction on their eBay site.

Items include signed DVD's, books and artwork

The auction is to raise funds for two charities this year. Tappy Twins, supporting children's mental health issues, and C.A.L.M - the Campaign Against Living Miserably which similarly supports adults, and particularly men in their 30s and 40s who are a high-risk group.

As well as the auction items there are also Doctors postcards available - these were launched at the event The Capitol IV earlier this year.

Please visit the eBay site to see more. The auction closes on Thursday.




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Cosmic Masque issue VIIIBookmark and Share

Saturday, 27 July 2019 - Reported by Marcus
Cosmic Masque issue VIII (Credit: DWAS)
Cosmic Masque issue VIII is now available from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society website.

Cosmic Masque is the e-magazine about fandom, published by DWAS

In this edition, 60 pages of fiction, reviews, interviews and articles including some of the more recent Big Finish releases, Titan Comics, accounts of visits to Comic-Con and signings and an interview with Dee Sadler (Greatest Show in the Galaxy).

The e-magazines is free for everyone to download and in two formats - single page to a view, or two page spreads.

It can be found on the Society Website.

A limited run print copy of Cosmic Masque VIII will be produced in 2019 in support of one of the DWAS chosen charities

Comments and contributions are welcome at cm@dwasonline.co.uk




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DWAS Charity AuctionBookmark and Share

Sunday, 24 February 2019 - Reported by Marcus
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society, DWAS is pleased to auction prints of three pieces of artwork by Alister Pearson.

The artwork was originally drawn for the Titan Script Books range in the early 1990s.

Only two prints of each picture will be available - one to be auctioned at the next DWAS event - The Capitol - in April 2019 and the other open for bids at the eBay site now.

There are three pictures - The Talons of Weng-Chiang and The Daemons are both sold in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Research and The Abominable Snowmen is sold in aid of The Royal Theatrical Fund, a charity supported by Deborah Watling.

Pictures can be signed and dedicated by Alister Pearson for the winning bidders on request.

For more details and to place a bid please visit the eBay site

The Daemons (Credit: DWAS / Alister Pearson)The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Credit: DWAS / Alister Pearson)The Abominable Snowmen (Credit: DWAS / Alister Pearson)




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The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2019Bookmark and Share

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 - Reported by Marcus
The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2019 (Credit: DWAS)
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has released The Celestial Toyroom Annual 2019.

This is the third CT annual and on this occasion, concentrates on the era of the First Doctor, which follows on from the Heritage Plaque placed at Ealing Studios in October 2018 to honour William Hartnell.

The annual runs to over 100 pages and feature items on every first Doctor story featuring Hartnell, from over 30 contributors.

The book can be downloaded free-of-charge from the Society’s website at dwasonline.co.uk and a hardback version will be able to buy in a limited run to support a charity.




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Cosmic Masque: Issue VIIBookmark and Share

Thursday, 3 January 2019 - Reported by Marcus
Cosmic Masque issue VII  (Credit: DWAS)
The latest edition of Cosmic Masque is available for download from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society

Cosmic Masque issue VII is an e-magazine all about being a fan. This edition has 90 pages full of fiction, reviews, interviews and articles.

It is free for everyone to download and in two formats - single page to a view, or two page spreads.

A limited run print copy of Cosmic Masque VII will be produced in 2019

Comments and contributions are welcome at cm@dwasonline.co.uk




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William Hartnell Tribute DocumentaryBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 - Reported by Marcus
Jessica Carney
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society, DWAS has released a half hour documentary showing the installation of a William Hartnell heritage plaque at Ealing Studios last month.

The video features interviews with family and friends of William Hartnell, and also includes the Carney family unveiling the plaque itself. Other videos and interviews from past DWAS events are also available.

The funds for the plaque were raised by DWAS members and other fans. It is still possible to support the fundraising.

Twenty mini-plaques were produced and three of these remain available. The last three have been signed by family, friends and colleagues of Hartnell who attended the unveiling. Each has a DWAS Certificate of Authenticity attached and the Society is now auctioning number 1 of 3 at their eBay site.

Also available to buy rather than bid on, are DWAS postcard sets and a limited reprint of Cosmic Masque issue 1, the original fan fiction magazine from 1977.

The DWAS Plaque fund raises the money needed for the plaque, installation and ceremony. Any surplus funds raised will be donated to a charity chosen by the Carney family.

William Hartnell Plaque Unveiling At Ealing Studios, October 2018




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