The Doctor Who Companion

Former showrunner, Steven Moffat, has reaffirmed that Doctor Who will return to screens at some point, as production teams are likely “lining up” to bring the franchise back. Speaking on The Peter Purves Podcast (yes, that Peter Purves — First Doctor companion, Steven Taylor), Moffat assured anxious fans: “There are already people lining themselves up to try and get the show. [I’m not sure…

Candy Jar Books has announced the upcoming release of 100 Objects of ‘90s Children’s TV, a mammoth publication celebrating a whole decade of kids’ television, and including a chapter on Doctor Who during its “wilderness years”. It also features looks at Russell T Davies’ Dark Season and Steven Moffat’s Press Gang. How do I know that? I was lucky enough to proof-edit it! The book plunges readers…

It’s with great sadness that we have to report the passing of Doctor Who legend, prolific writer and editor, and all-round nice guy, Justin Richards, who has died at the age of just 64. His family has revealed that Richards has been battling early-onset fronto-temporal dementia for about a decade. Justin wrote a massive amount of Doctor Who, and served as the Creative Consultant for the BBC…

Former Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies, says he has no regrets about his time on the franchise. During an interview, Davies was asked whether, if he had a TARDIS, he go back in time and change anything he did during his time at the helm of Doctor Who a second time. Russell replied: “Nothing. I loved what I did. I mean, I’d grab that TARDIS and take flight to Mars, frankly – all the…

A new book by Lizbeth Myles examines the politics of Doctor Who, picking up on themes of colonialism, environmentalism, and much more. You may know Myles for writing Breaking Bubbles and Other Stories (well, the “Breaking Bubbles” part of it anyway), The Seas of Titan, The Grey Man of the Mountain, and more for Big Finish, as well as the Black Archive entry for The Ambassadors of Death. Her new…

A while back, I posited that Jon Pertwee’s first season of Doctor Who was possibly the best overall season of the classic era. The deciding factor was that there were only four stories and three of them were excellent. That meant that roughly 75% of the season was excellent — a tough percentage to beat. But of course, there are a couple of valid challengers to it, like Season 13, but all that was…

Thirteenth Doctor actress, Jodie Whittaker, has reaffirmed that she’d return to Doctor Who any time — simply because she loves it! Whittaker said: “I have never ever had to hide my absolute love for Doctor Who and I have said in every single interview that was ever asked, I would always say yes [to returning] and everyone knows that is what I will feel; I will love Doctor Who until the day I…

Twelfth Doctor actor, Peter Capaldi, is sure that Doctor Who will be back on our screens at some point, but once it does, it might look a bit different. After the announcement that Russell T Davies has left the post of showrunner and Doctor Who is being put out to tender, there was some panic about the programme being potentially cancelled. However, Capaldi says he think the show “will be the…

Russell T Davies is set to release a memoir, The Queerest of Folk: A Life in Television, which includes behind-the-scenes details of his time on Doctor Who. Needless to say, it’s bound to be an interesting read… Though the blurb mentions his helping to bring Doctor Who back to screens in 2005, it doesn’t say anything about his return for the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Doctors’ (respectively David…

The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane Smith (played originally by Elisabeth Sladen, but here, a role taken on by her daughter, Sadie Miller) are off travelling into the future! Following their adventures with UNIT in The Ministry of Death, we have three standalone two-parters in the second volume of 4DA Series 15. All set during Season 13, these stories stay true to the vision of Philip…

Though the future of Doctor Who is in turmoil, Alex Kingston has put forward two actors who she’d like to see as the next incarnation of the Doctor. Kingston played River Song, the Doctor’s wife, daughter of Amy Pond and Rory Williams, from 2008 to 2015 on TV and continues to do so on audio. No one quite knows what’s in store for Doctor Who, but when asked about who might play the lead role,…

Mark Strickson is returning to the role of Vislor Turlough for Big Finish’s Doctor Who later this year — this time, paired up with Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor! The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion is due out in August 2026 and sees the trio visit London in the swinging Sixties and a planet hiding a dark secret. And in the third episode, Turlough finally returns to his home planet, Trion. Having…

The history of Doctor Who is well-documented; yet there seems to be a lot still to uncover. Tom Dexter’s superb book, When I Say Run, Run!: The Patrick Troughton Years, is a good example of this. It breaks things down, year by year, like a production diary, but also takes into account the TV landscape as a whole, including how things were really made in general. I know Doctor Who. I even write…

This week, the UK podcast The Rest is Entertainment dedicated a good half hour to discussing the future of Doctor Who. It’s hosted by Marina Hyde, a Guardian journalist, and Richard Osman. You know who he is: he’s Ingrid Oliver’s husband and he’s that chap off of Pointless. More importantly for our purposes, he’s an industry professional and a producer. The episode is worth listening to; you can…

Candy Jar Books has announced its Summer sale, including discounts on a range of Doctor Who-related titles (including a few from the Doctor Who Companion)! Shaun Russell, Director of Candy Jar Books says: “With the future of televised Doctor Who currently uncertain, there’s never been a better time to explore the wider universe of stories. For years, Candy Jar Books has expanded the universe…

Former Doctor Who showrunner, Steven Moffat, says that the show will “definitely” return, but admits that not having a Christmas special this year is disappointing. Speaking at the Utopia convention this last weekend, he said: “I don’t like the fact there’s not going to be a Christmas special. There should always be a Christmas special. There’s not going to be that, but the show will return –…

Candy Jar Books has announced a special novel in its successful Lucy Wilson range, The Three Lucys – due out later this month, and written by me! The Lucy Wilson Adventures features the granddaughter of Doctor Who legend, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, as she battles alien invaders alongside her best friend, Hobo. While The Three Lucys is the landmark 30th book in the popular series, it’s…