New Ninth Doctor Comic

Wednesday, 29 March 2017 - Reported by Marcus

March 29 sees the release of the Titan comic Ninth Doctor #11 - which kicks off a brand-new arc "SIN-EATERS." Written by Cavan Scott with illustrations by Cris Bolson, Will you see The Doctor in the same light ever again?

Cover A: Wellington Diaz; Cover B: Photo, Will Brooks; Cover C: Rachael Smith; Cover D: Arianna Florean

FILTER: - Comics - Ninth Doctor

New Twelfth Doctor Comic

Monday, 20 March 2017 - Reported by Marcus

This week sees the release of the final issue in the Twelfth Doctor's Year Two.

The Doctor and his new comic creator friends Sonny and Val are threatened by the maniacal Mindmorphs. Can they save the Doctor in time - before he loses his mind?! Featuring art from Rachael Stott, and penned by Robbie Morrison

Doctor Who: Twelfth Doctor #2.15

Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Rachael Stott
Cover A: Claudia Ianniciello Cover B: Photo by Will Brooks Cover C: Linked Cover by Marc Ellerby Cover D: Arianna Florean

The Doctor's plan to take comic creators Sonny and Val off on a tour of the Universe was all going so well... until they landed on a planet of Mindmorphs intent on stealing their minds! Will the creative duo be able to channel their talents in order to save the Doctor? Or is this partnership, and the minds of all on the planet, beyond saving?

The Twelfth Doctor 2-15 Cover A (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2-15 Cover B (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2-15 Cover C (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2-15 Cover D (Credit: Titan)

FILTER: - Comics - Twelfth Doctor

BBC Books: new 12th Doctor adventures for April

Tuesday, 7 March 2017 - Reported by Chuck Foster

BBC Books have announced three new novels featuring the Doctor, Pearl and Nardole for 20th April 2017, tying into the new series which premieres the weekend before their publication.

Diamond Dogs
Written by Mike Tucker
Published by BBC Books on 20th April 2017 (available to pre-order)

For over fifteen years the crew of Kollo-Zarnista Mining Facility 27 has been extracting diamonds from deep within the atmosphere of Saturn, diamonds that help to fund the ever-expanding Human Empire. But when a mining operation goes wrong, a rescue mission must be launched to save a worker lost overboard, a worker who claims that he has seen something amongst the swirling clouds.

Something that can’t possibly exist.

When the Doctor and Bill arrive, they immediately find themselves caught between hostile miners, suspicious security guards and corrupt company officials as they face accusations of sabotage and diamond theft.

And below them, in the crushing atmosphere of the gas giant, something is starting to rise.

“Here on Saturn, it literally rains diamonds.”

Mike Tucker is an author specialising in books for children and young adults, and has written several original Doctor Who novels, a number of Merlin novelisations, and original fiction for other shared universes. He has also written numerous factual books relating to film and television, including a history of the BBC’s Visual Effects Department, where he used to work. Alongside his writing, Mike works as a Visual Effects Designer, and his company – The Model Unit - recently won a BAFTA Craft Award for its miniature effects work on the 50th anniversary Doctor Who episode The Day of the Doctor.

Plague City
Written by Jonathan Morris
Published by BBC Books on 20th April 2017 (available to pre-order)

“We should leave. We definitely should leave. But... chatty ghosts!”

The year is 1645, and Edinburgh is in the grip of the worst plague in its history. Nobody knows who will be the next to succumb – nobody except the Night Doctor, a masked figure that stalks the streets, seeking out those who will not live to see another day.

But death is not the end. The Doctor, Bill and Nardole discover that the living are being haunted by the recently departed – by ghosts that do not know they are dead. And there are other creatures lurking in the shadows, slithering, creeping creatures filled with an insatiable hunger.

The Doctor and his friends must face the terrifying secret of the Street of Sorrows – that something which has lain dormant for two hundred million years is due to destroy the entire city...

Jonathan Morris is the writer of the official Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, has written three Doctor Who novels for BBC Books and numerous audio adventures for Big Finish Productions and BBC Radio 7. He has also written for the TV sketch shows Dead Ringers and Swinging.

The Shining Man
Written by Cavan Scott
Published by BBC Books on 20th April 2017 (available to pre-order)

“Being scared is the least of your worries.”

The Shining Men are everywhere. You spot them out of the corner of your eye. Abnormally tall, with long lank hair, blank faces and blazing eyes. If they catch you, they’ll drag you away to who knows where. No one is safe. They’re on every street corner. Waiting. Watching. Shining bright.

Of course it’s a hoax. It has to be, right? It started as a joke, a prank for Halloween. Then it went viral. Idiots dressing up as monsters. Giving folk a scare. Silly masks and fright wigs. No one gets hurt. Because bogeymen aren’t real.

Until people start going missing and lights burn in the darkness. Burning like eyes. But help is on its way, in the form of a strange man called the Doctor and his friend, Bill.

The Doctor will keep us safe. The Doctor will stop the monsters. Unless the monsters stop the Doctor first...

Number One Bestseller Cavan Scott has written for such popular series as Star Wars, Vikings, Warhammer 40,000 and, of course, Doctor Who. He’s the writer of Titan Comic’s ongoing adventures of the Ninth Doctor and was one of the 2016 World Book Day authors.

FILTER: - BBC Books - Books - Twelfth Doctor

Titan Comics Update

Saturday, 4 March 2017 - Reported by Marcus

Next week, sees the publication of the latest graphic novel to arrive in book stores -Titan's Summer extravaganza celebrating 50 years of the deadly Cybermen, Supremacy of the Cybermen in a hardcover edition. This collection also includes the back up strips that ran in single issues leading up to the event - which show the Doctor's regenerations (First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and The War Doctor) encounters with the Cybermen.

Also in stores are Torchwood's new issue of Station Zero - what exactly is the mystery of Torchwood House?

And then, on March 15 - the Tenth Doctor's Year Three continues with Issue #3 and the start of a new arc. Also released the latest in the graphic novel collections with The Twelfth Doctor's fourth trade paperback - The School of Death hitting bookstores.

Out 8 March 2017

HARDBACK - SUPREMACY OF THE CYBERMEN

Writer: George Mann; Cavan Scott
Artist: Alessandro Vitti

For the Cybermen's 50th Anniversary... YOU WILL BE DELETED! This incredible one-off event brings multiple Doctors battling through time to fight the unstoppable Cybermen!

Exiled from Gallifrey at the very end of Time, Rassilon, fallen leader of the Time Lords, has been captured by the last of the Cybermen. Now the Cybermen have access to time travel. With it, every defeat is now a victory. Every foe is now dead -- or Cyberised.

The Legions march across time and space, leaving devastation and converted civilisations in their wake, their numbers growing with every world that falls. Evolving. Upgrading. Reconfiguring. All seems lost. Forever.

Can the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors - each battling the Cybermen alone, on a different temporal front - undo the damage that has been wrought on the universe, before they are converted themselves? Or is this how the universe dies? Not in fire, but in cold, unfeeling metal...

SUPREMACY OF THE CYBERMEN (Credit: Titan)

COMIC - TORCHWOOD: STATION ZERO #2

Writer: John Barrowman, Carole Barrowman
Artist: Neil Edwards
Cover A: Claudia Caranfa Cover B: Photo Cover C: Brian Williamson Cover D: Simon Myers

Jack, Gwen and the crew of the Ice Maiden must stop the threat that started in the Skagerrak Strait, before disaster ensues. And what is Rona’s secret? Meanwhile, the mystery of Lady Karina and Torchwood House continues!

Out 15 March 2017

COMIC - TENTH DOCTOR #3.3

Writer: Nick Abadzis
Artist: Giorgia Sposito, Arianna Florean
Cover A: Iolanda Zanfardino Cover B: Photo Cover C: Papercraft Variant Cover D: Arianna Florean

From award-winning writer Nick Abadzis (laika, pigs might fly)! New adventures of the Tenth Doctor, as played by David Tennant

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Cover A (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Cover B (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Cover C (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Cover D (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Page 1 (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Page 2 (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Page 3 (Credit: Titan)

TENTH DOCTOR #3.3 Page 14 (Credit: Titan)

PAPERBACK - TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH

Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Rachael Stott
Colourist: Ivan Nunes
Cover: Alice X. Zhang

There's something fishy going on at the remote Scottish school of Ravenscaur... Something that has bedevilled students and teachers alike... something that has lurked in the caverns beneath the school for millennia! Only the Doctor and Clara can unravel a deadly conspiracy that reaches as high as the Prime Minister of England!

TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH (Credit: Titan)

TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH Preview 1 (Credit: Titan)

TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH Preview 2 (Credit: Titan)

TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH Preview 3 (Credit: Titan)

TWELFTH DOCTOR V. 4- THE SCHOOL OF DEATH Preview 4 (Credit: Titan)

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FILTER: - Comics - Eleventh Doctor - Ninth Doctor - Tenth Doctor - Torchwood - Twelfth Doctor

Doctor Who Petition Gets Over 11,000 Signatures

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 - Reported by Marcus

A petition to try to prevent the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff from closing, has received over 11,000 signatures.

The petition was launched after it was announced that the exhibition on Cardiff Bay is due to close this summer, when the five year lease expires.

The petition was the idea of Bex Ferriday, who lives in Cardiff. She told Wales Online

I set it up just expecting friends and family to sign it. I was pretty shocked and terrified by the popularity it garnered pretty quickly. I know the land was only leased for five years but surely anyone can see that... to knock this on the head, when we have got Doctor Who being filmed here and the studios here, seems like a really stupid thing to do.

The Doctor Experience opened in London in 2011, before moving to a purpose-built building in the Welsh capital. It is currently situated at Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay, near the BBC studios where Doctor Who is made.

The site is owned by Cardiff City Council, who issues a five-year lease to BBC Worldwide to host the Experience.

A spokesman for Cardiff council said:

The land currently occupied by the Doctor Who Experience is owned by the Welsh Government and their development partner, Igloo Regeneration. It was leased to the city council for five years to enable the relocation of the Doctor Who Experience from Olympia to Cardiff on a temporary basis. It has always been the intention for the site to be developed as part of the ongoing Porth Teigr regeneration project. The agreement was always intended to be for five years only, reflecting the nature of the attraction. The decision to close the Experience at the end of the lease next summer has been mutually agreed by all parties involved, including the operators BBC Worldwide.

The petition will be presented to the Doctor Who Experience next Saturday.

FILTER: - BBC Worldwide - Doctor Who Experience

New Titan Comics

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 - Reported by Marcus

Out 22 February 2017

DOCTOR WHO: THIRD DOCTOR #5 (Final Issue)

Writer: Paul Cornell
Artist: Christopher Jones
COVER A: Andy Walker COVER B: Will Brooks COVER C: Brian Miller & Hi-Fi COVER D: Carolyn Edwards COVER E: Marc Ellerby

The Third Doctor’s Earth-bound exile has been lifted. But before he can set out on new adventures, an alien invasion appears to threaten Earth! It’s the devious work of an old enemy, Salamander, a former dictator with a startling resemblance to the Second Doctor! Now, forming an uneasy alliance with the Master, the Doctor and UNIT set out to stop him – but are they too late to stop his plans as he takes them all back into the past.

The_Third_Doctor_05_Cover_A (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Cover_B (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Cover_C (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Cover_D (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Cover_E (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Preview_1 (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Preview_2 (Credit: Titan)

The_Third_Doctor_05_Preview_3 (Credit: Titan)

Out 1 March 2017

DOCTOR WHO: NINTH DOCTOR #10

Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Adriana Melo
COVER A: Cris Bolson & Marco Lesko COVER B: Will Brooks COVER C: Marc Ellerby

The Ninth Doctor, Rose, and Jack head to Brazil on the next stop of their transtemporal mystery tour. The Iara have long been thought a Brazilian myth, but when these unearthly mercreatures prove to be aquatic aliens making an unscheduled stop on planet Earth, the TARDIS team must establish their intentions and broker peace across the water barrier...!

Doctor_Who_The_Ninth_Doctor_10_Cover_A (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Ninth_Doctor_10_Cover_B (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Ninth_Doctor_10_Cover_C (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Ninth_Doctor_10_Preview_1 (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Ninth_Doctor_10_Preview_2 (Credit: Titan)

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DOCTOR WHO: ELEVENTH DOCTOR #3.3

Writer: Alex Paknadel
Artist: Simon Fraser
Colourist: Gary Caldwell
COVER A: Claudia Iannciello COVER B: Will Brooks - PHOTO COVER C: Marc Ellerby

More adventures with the Eleventh Doctor in Part 1 of "THE TRAGICAL HISTORY TOUR!"

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Cover_A (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Cover_B (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Cover_C (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Preview_1 (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Preview_2 (Credit: Titan)

Doctor_Who_The_Eleventh_Doctor_3_3_Preview_3 (Credit: Titan)

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FILTER: - Comics - Eleventh Doctor - Ninth Doctor - Third Doctor

New Tenth Doctor Comic

Monday, 13 February 2017 - Reported by Marcus

This week sees the latest release in the Titan series featuring the Tenth Doctor.

DOCTOR WHO TENTH DOCTOR #3.2

Writer: Nick Abadzis
Artist: Giorgia Sposito, Arianna Florean
COVER A: Claudia Ianniciello - COVER B: PHOTO By Will Brooks - COVER C: Rachael Smith - COVER D: Iolanda Zanfardino

It's a brand-new season for the Tenth Doctor and his loyal travelling companions, Gabby Gonzalez and Cindy Wu! Jump on board with a two-part opening story - 'Breakfast at Tyrannies' that introduces a whole new terror to test the Doctor and his friends! Plus: a new companion joins the TARDIS - the like of which you've never seen!

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Cover_A (Credit: Titan / Claudia Ianniciello)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Cover_B (Credit: Titan / Will Brooks)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Cover_C (Credit: Titan / Rachael Smith)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Cover_D (Credit: Titan / Iolanda Zanfardino)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Preview 1 (Credit: Titan)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Preview 2 (Credit: Titan)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Preview 3 (Credit: Titan)

THE_TENTH_DOCTOR_3_2_Preview 4 (Credit: Titan)

FILTER: - Comics - Tenth Doctor

Comics Coming Next Month

Saturday, 28 January 2017 - Reported by Marcus

Titan Comics have released details of the comics coming in the first half of February.

The first week sees the latest in the Twelfth Doctor series. The following week sees the latest in the Eleventh Doctor Series as well as the explosive second arc of Torchwood. The series, written by John Barrowman with co-writer Carole Barrowman, unites the team with comics legend Neil Edwards.

ON SALE FEBRUARY 1

TWELFTH DOCTOR #2.14

Writer: Robbie Morrison
Artist: Rachael Stott
COVER A: Claudia Caranfa COVER B: PHOTO COVER C: Matt Baxter

Thanks to the rather exciting Julie d'Aubigny, the Doctor defeated an infestation of cosmic darkness in Paris, France, in 1695. Though Julie was interested in joining the Doctor on his travels - as long as she got to drive! - the Doctor has left her to get on with her own adventures for the time being. Perhaps she'll be back for seconds in the future...? In the meantime, there are always new adventures to be had, and new people to meet!

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Cover A (Credit: Titan / Claudia Caranfa)

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Cover C (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Cover C (Credit: Titan / Matt Baxter)

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Preview 1 (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Preview 2 (Credit: Titan)

The Twelfth Doctor 2 14 Preview 3 (Credit: Titan)

ON SALE FEBRUARY 8

TORCHWOOD #2.1

Writer: Carole Barrowman, John Barrowman
Artist: Neil Edwards
Cover A: Blair Shedd Cover B: Will Brooks - Photo Cover C: Nick Percival Cover D: Staz Johnson Cover E: Simon Myers

Gwen Cooper has been pulled away from her domestic bliss by the reappearance of Captain Jack Harkness, and his companions, the crew of the alien tech-filled ship the Ice Maiden. No sooner has Gwen rejoined the team, than they has to contend with jetski-riding ninjas, a mystery involoving an alien race known as the Navigators, the return of the roguish Captain John Hart, and the revelation that the current Lady of Torchwood House, Karina is far from what she seems. As we rejoin events in the midst of a stand-off, things are more than a little tense

Torchwood 2 1 Cover A (Credit: Titan / BLAIR SHEDD)

Torchwood 2 1 Cover B (Credit: Titan / WILL BROOKS – PHOTO)

Torchwood 2 1 Cover C (Credit: Titan / NICK PERCIVAL)

Torchwood 2 1 Cover D (Credit: Titan / STAZ JOHNSON)

Torchwood 2 1 Cover E (Credit: Titan / SIMON MYERS)

ELEVENTH DOCTOR #3.2

Writer: Rob Williams
Artist: Leandro Casci, Wellington Diaz
Colourist: Triona Farrell
COVER A: Claudia Caranfa COVER B: Will Brooks Photo COVER C: Matt Baxter COVER D: Simone di Meo

The brand new day for the Eleventh Doctor and Alice continues as they head out into the galaxy in search of the amazing and the unknown! Who will join them aboard the TARDIS... and what will become of them? Plus - with all they've seen and done together, can the Doctor still surprise Alice? Oh, you bet!

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Cover A (Credit: Titan / Claudia Caranfa)

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Cover B (Credit: Titan / Will Brooks)

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Cover C (Credit: Titan / Matt Baxter )

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Cover D (Credit: Titan /Simone di Meo )

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Preview A (Credit: Titan)

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Preview B (Credit: Titan)

The Eleventh Doctor 3 2 Preview C (Credit: Titan)

FILTER: - Comics - Eleventh Doctor - Twelfth Doctor

German DVD release of An Unearthly Child

Friday, 20 January 2017 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann

German release An Unearthly Child (Credit: WVG / Polyband)

German company Polyband is going to release An Unearthly Child on DVD. It will be Volume 1 of a new range called The Classic Episodes and be released on 28th April 2017.

The DVD will be identical to the UK version that was part of The Beginning boxed set, adding German subtitles to the features. Since the early serials have never been broadcast in Germany there is no German dubbing available for this story.

Polyband promotes the release with the following statement:

German: Ein nebeliger Abend, ein Polizist geht Streife in seinem Revier ... ein verlassener Schrottplatz ... und eine Polizei-Box, die geheimnisvoll surrt und brummt. Diese Bilder sind heute Kult. Sie sind die Anfänge einer Serie, die nun schon seit mehr als 50 Jahren produziert wird und Generationen von Zuschauern prägen sollte: DOCTOR WHO - AN UNEARTHLY CHILD ist der erste, aus 4 Teilen bestehende Handlungsbogen der Serie DOCTOR WHO und eröffnet die 1. Staffel. Die vier Folgen wurden erstmals zwischen dem 23. November und 14. Dezember 1963 ausgestrahlt. Mit brillantem Erzähltempo und erstaunlicher Überzeugungskraft lädt AN UNEARTHLY CHILD behutsam in die Welt von DOCTOR WHO ein. Bereits wenige Minuten nachdem man die sichere Umgebung der Coal Hill Schule verlassen hat, befindet man sich mit dem ersten Doktor (William Hartnell) sowie seiner Enkelin Susan (Carole Ann Ford) inmitten der ersten Reise durch Zeit und Raum mithilfe einer blauen Polizei-Box, der legendären TARDIS.

English: A foggy evening, a poilce officer walks around in his area... a junkyard... and a Police Box that makes strange mysterious noises. These pictures are cult today. They are the beginning of a TV show which is in production for over 50 years now and has impressed many generations of viewers: DOCTOR WHO - AN UNEARTHLY CHILD is the first four part serial of DOCTOR WHO and is the opening to the very first season. These four episodes were first broadcast between 23rd November and 14th December 1963. Featuring a brilliant pace and impressive imagination AN UNEARTHLY CHILD introduces you well to the world of DOCTOR WHO. After only minutes of leaving the safe environment of Coal Hill School you find yourself with the first Doctor (William Hartnell) and his grandchild Susan (Carole Ann Ford) travelling through space and time with the blue Police Box, the famous TARDIS.

FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Classic Series - First Doctor - Germany

New Ninth Doctor Comic

Tuesday, 17 January 2017 - Reported by Marcus

This week sees a new comic released, featuring the Ninth Doctor.

NINTH DOCTOR #9

Writer: Cavan Scott
Artist: Adriana Melo
Cover A: Chris Bolson Cover B: Will Brooks Photo Cover C: Matt Baxter