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BBC America Celebrates Power of the Daleks with Dalek Day

The brand-new animation of The Power of the Daleks is premiering on BBC America next weekend, and to celebrate the occasion, the channel’s having a special Dalek Day featuring stories from Doctors...

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Out Now: The Power of the Daleks DVD

Unless its success is enough to make it a profitable venture, what could be the last DVD in the Classic Doctor Who range is out today: The Power of the Daleks, after 50 years, animated for all to enjoy...

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Everything You Need to Know About The Power of the Daleks [COMPETITION]

Here’s a nice little treat from Lovarzi to celebrate the release of The Power of the Daleks on DVD: an infographic all about the six-part serial, including a competition to win an exclusive Grey Dalek...

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Introducing: The Moonbase

If it weren’t for The Moonbase, we might not have definitive tales like Tomb of the Cybermen, Earthshock, and The Invasion. We almost certainly wouldn’t have Nightmare in Silver (but don’t hold that...

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#FollowFriday: Anneke Wills

It’s Friday – Black Friday, no less – and that means the return of #FollowFriday, our (generally-) weekly spotlight on Twitter, recommending Doctor Who-related folk all fans should follow. And as it’s...

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13 Ways to Experience The Power of the Daleks

With William Hartnell still immensely popular and cemented in the conscience of viewers as not just a Doctor but The Doctor, the first person to step into his shoes definitely had the hardest job. It...

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Reviewed: The Power of the Daleks DVD

It may have been the year of Brexit and Trump but the biggest surprise of 2016 in the world of Doctor Who may well have been the announcement that The Power of the Daleks was to get the animation...

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The Colour Version of The Power of the Daleks Now Available via BBC America App

BBC America have made the colour version of the animated restoration The Power of the Daleks available to stream via their app. Needing no introduction, lost for 50 years, this newly regenerated...

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Out Now: Doctor Who – The Complete History #34

If we consider the massive news that the missing serial was to be animated, we might think of 2016 as the year of The Power of the Daleks, and The Complete History suitably concludes 2016 with Issue...

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Out Now: The Power of the Daleks Steelbook

We might consider today as the end of a journey that began in September 2016 when the animation of The Power of the Daleks was announced. And it’s now available as a Collector’s Edition Limited Edition...

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Revisiting The DWC’s Year One: Part Two

As we approach the DWC’s first birthday, we’re taking a look back at a small sample of the work our contributors have put in over the previous 12 months. Dig in! New Beginnings: Messing Up...

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The Genesis of Victoria Waterfield

The final remnants of the First Doctor era, Polly and Ben (played by Anneke Wills and Michael Craze), departed unceremoniously in The Faceless Ones (1967), leaving a space on the TARDIS. And it would...

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Twice Upon A Time: Hollyoaks Star Jared Garfield Cast As Ben Jackson

As confirmed in the pages of Doctor Who Magazine, it looks like Polly isn’t the only First Doctor companion to appear in this year’s Christmas Special, Twice Upon a Time. Digital Spy reports that...

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Synopsis Revealed for Twice Upon A Time

We’ve had to wait a pretty long time since The Doctor Falls‘ cliffhanger, but we’re actually not that far away from seeing Peter Capaldi’s final outing as the Twelfth Doctor, and the last episode to be...

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Reviewed: Big Finish’s The Companion Chronicles – The First Doctor Volume 2

Timely and topical for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, as the First Doctor again bursts and bickers back onto our screens, we see Big Finish release The First Doctor: Volume Two. This set...

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Reviewed: Big Finish’s The Early Adventures – The Night Witches

Big Finish seems to be pushing to include a greater variety of (good) accents in their productions of late. This Second Doctor story, written by Roland Moore and directed by Helen Goldwyn, is set in...

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Out Now: Big Finish’s Early Adventures – The Outliers

The fourth series of Doctor Who: The Early Adventures continues this month with The Outliers. The range tells stories featuring the First and Second Doctors, read by their respective companions; the...

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David Bradley Talks to Doctor Who Magazine

David Bradley is back as the First Doctor and in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, there’s an exclusive in-depth interview with the man himself. Four years ago he played William Hartnell in BBC...

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Reviewed: Big Finish’s Doctor Who The Early Adventures – The Outliers

How do you imagine Doctor Who audio drama? Do the characters look exactly the same in your head as they did on the TV? Do you imagine sets and costumes as they would have been? The Outliers by Simon...

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Reviewed: Big Finish’s The Early Adventures – The Morton Legacy

Each Doctor seems to have a period of history that they to fit into, whether it’s a modern urban environment for the Seventh Doctor or 1920s English villages for the Fifth. Whenever they come to...

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