Doctor Who Extra: Last Christmas on the Red Button

Friday, 19 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Peter Capaldi as the Doctor (Credit: BBC/David Venni)This year's Christmas Special, Last Christmas will be accompanied by a fourteen minute edition of Doctor Who Extra, available online after the story has broadcast like with Series Eight earlier this year. The behind-the-scenes documentary will also be made available on the BBC Red Button service, with the dates to the end of next week currently known:

Join Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Nick Frost as the cast and crew of Last Christmas reveal the inside story of the Twelfth Doctor's first seasonal special!

Christmas Day7:10pm-10:25pm
Boxing Day8:55pm-10:00pm
SaturdayMidnight-6:00am

More broadcasts are expected over the course of the weekend and following week.





FILTER: - Doctor Who Extra - Online - Series Specials

Advent Calendar - Day Nineteen

Friday, 19 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom


Spotting the Boneless can be extremely hard,
They can hide anywhere - including a Christmas card!





FILTER: - Advent

Big Finish Character Joins Doctor Who - Legacy

Thursday, 18 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus

Tiny Rebel Games have announced that the Big Finish character Charley Pollard is today joining the online game Doctor Who Legacy.

Charlotte Elspeth Pollard, played by India Fisher, was a companion of the Eighth Doctor in the award winning audio series.

A new level featuring Charlotte Pollard as the Eighth Doctor’s ally in a new battle with a Sontaran spaceship, is released today.

To celebrate the arrival a livestream chat with Big Finish's Nicholas Briggs took place on Wednesday, and is available to watch here. Livestream players can use a special code, 9374-6962-9398-2687, to unlock coloured time fragments to help with leveling up Charley. The promo code can be redeemed by going in-game and selecting the options menu, then choosing the promo code tab and entering the key into the field.

Doctor Who: Legacy is currently available on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon Appstore and on Facebook.




FILTER: - Games - Legacy

Advent Calendar - Day Eighteen

Thursday, 18 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom


It's Christmas morning and Perkins's face is full of glee,
He's found just what he wanted underneath his Christmas tree.





FILTER: - Advent

The Magician’s Apprentice

Thursday, 18 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC has revealed the title of the first episode of the next series of Doctor Who will be The Magician’s Apprentice.

The name was revealed by showrunner Steven Moffat at the press screening of Last Christmas held at the BFI in London last night.

The series, the thirty-fifth in the show's history, and the ninth since the series returned in 2005, begins filming in early January.




FILTER: - Filming Reports - Series 9/35

Minecraft: Doctor Who Wave 2

Wednesday, 17 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
A new set of Doctor Who-inspired skins will be available to purchase for the game Minecraft from tomorrow, featuring a range of characters from both the classic and modern series. As reported on the XBox website:

Doctor Who fans can add a new collection of Time Lords, companions and foes to their Doctor Who-inspired Minecraft universes with the Dec. 18 release of “Doctor Who Skins Volume II” for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition and Minecraft: Xbox One Edition. “Doctor Who Skins Volume II” provides more than 50 new character skins, including the classic Seventh Doctor, Donna Noble, Captain Jack Harkness, monsters and Cybermen. With this skin pack, you can now finally pair K9 with The Tenth Doctor while building a home that is bigger on the inside.

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The full set contains the following: the tenth Doctor; the tenth Doctor (Suit); the eighth Doctor; the seventh Doctor; the fifth Doctor; the third Doctor; the second Doctor; Donna Noble; Martha Jones; Captain Jack Harkness; Liz Shaw; Jamie McCrimmon; Ace; Jo Grant; Tegan Jovanka; Wilfred Mott; Mickey Smith; the Master (2007); Sontaran (2010); K9; Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart; Bannakaffalatta; Judoon; Sycorax; Cyberking/Miss Hartigan; Racnoss; Slitheen; The Beast; Rassilon; Heavenly Host; Scarecrow; Cybershade; Azal; Axon Monster; Omega; Alpha Centauri; Gell Guards; the Nimon; Sutekh; Sea Devil; Ood; Saturnynian (fish form); Cyberman (2012, non-Cybus); Cyberman (2013); Cyber-Lord; Cyberman (2006, Cybus); Black Cyberman (1980s); Cyberman (1980s); Cyberman (1970s); Cyberman (1960s v1); Cyberman (1960s v2)

The Skin Pack will be available to purchase worldwide by Minecraft players on the Xbox One and Xbox 360 via the XBox Store.





FILTER: - Games

Doctor Who Magazine - The 2015 Yearbook

Wednesday, 17 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The 2015 Yearbook (Credit: Doctor Who Magazine)The latest Special Edition of Doctor Who Magazine reviews an incredible year for the programme, its spin-offs and licensed merchandise. Highlights include the magazine's first major interview with the show’s executive producer, Brian Minchin, in which he reflects on Peter Capaldi’s first year as the Doctor and looks forward to further adventures with the twelfth Doctor.

Editor Marcus Hearn said:
This is the Doctor Who Magazine almanac. We’ve taken a fresh look at every episode from Peter Capaldi’s first series, but we’ve also explored many other corners of the Doctor Who universe. For many fans, the television series is just part of a world that includes DVDs, Blu-rays, books, soundtrack albums, audio dramas and action figures. We’ve tried to reflect the last 12 months in all those different areas.

Also inside the 100 page issue:
  • Features on every episode in Peter Capaldi’s first series.
  • We speak to the team that accompanied Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on the Doctor Who World Tour.
  • Fourth Doctor Tom Baker discusses his return to television and audio Doctor Who.
  • Eighth Doctor Paul McGann reveals what he thinks about Capaldi’s Doctor.
  • Orchestrator and conductor Ben Foster previews the 2015 Symphonic Spectacular.
  • Inside the new ‘making of’ show, Doctor Who Extra.
  • Behind the scenes at the new Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff.
  • Interviews with some of the key players behind recent books, soundtracks, audio dramas, DVDs, Blu-rays and action figures.
  • Highlights from the year’s newspaper and magazine reviews of Doctor Who.
  • A round up of Doctor Who’s awards and honours from the last 12 months.
  • Detailed tributes to the Doctor Who luminaries who passed away in 2014.
  • ...and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine: The 2015 Yearbook is due out on Thursday 18 December.




FILTER: - DWM

Advent Calendar - Day Seventeen

Wednesday, 17 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom


Even though the Mummy has an eerie presence,
He certainly has a talent for wrapping Christmas presents!





FILTER: - Advent

Doctor Who Experience advert to be shown in cinema and on television

Tuesday, 16 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster
In the run-up to Christmas the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff will be promoted in cinema and television in a new advert featuring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor:

Some TV and cinema viewers will have the opportunity to get a glimpse of the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi, in the new Doctor Who Experience TV advert. The advert gives fans and families a sneak preview of some of the adventure visitors will go on. Spoiler Alert - we haven't given too much away but you will see some of the interactive adventure.


Props from this year's Christmas Special, Last Christmas, are also being displayed in the Experience's foyer.


The attraction is closed today (16th December), and between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. It will also be closed on both Mondays and Tuesdays during January.




FILTER: - Exhibitions

Advent Calendar - Day Sixteen

Tuesday, 16 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom


Wander into the spider's web if you dare,
But can you find the message hidden somewhere in there...?





FILTER: - Advent