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The stars of Doctor Who meet their public…

All the latest official news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe…

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BBC Live Lessons with the Doctor!

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Beyond the TARDIS

A round-up of what the cast and crew of Doctor Who have been up to away from the series…

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How did Episode 1 of the new series fare in the TV ratings war? We have the stats…

GALAXY FORUM

Your views on everything going on in the hectic world of Doctor Who…

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The Pilot

Let’s look back at the opening episode of the new series, which introduced new companion Bill Potts, and saw the Doctor take on a very different role…

Smile

For her first ‘proper’ trip in the TARDIS, the Doctor takes Bill to a future Earth colony. But did this episode leave us with smiles on our faces?

Thin Ice

A period setting, a mystery, and a monster. The perfect combination for a chilling episode of Doctor Who…

AUDIO FREQUENCIES

The latest audio adventures from Big Finish see the Fourth Doctor go to the movies and the Eighth Doctor trapped at the end of the universe…

Prizes TO BE WON! CROSSWORD

Do you know Smile from the Smilers? You do? But can you solve this month’s puzzle?

Coming Soon …

We talk to the creative talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases…

WOTCHA!

The page that has gone upmarket – it’s doing little tubs of coleslaw now. BY THE WATCHER

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CROSSING THE THRESHOLD

David Suchet is about to make his (long overdue!) Doctor Who début – playing the mysterious Landlord in Knock Knock…

A NEW START

Lawrence Gough, director of The Pilot and Smile, tells us how he’s taken Doctor Who back to basics!

THE CROOKED Smile

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, writer of Smile, tells DWM why his episode is set on a Utopian world, and explains how Dystopian fiction has morphed into reality…

ALL THE FUN OF THE Fair

Sarah Dollard, the writer behind the recent episode Thin Ice, tells DWM why she would love to go to the frost fair…

Knock Knock

Knock knock. Who’s there? Doctor! Doctor… what? Oh no. Oh God, no! Doctor, I can’t move my foot! HELP ME! DOCTOR, PLEASE! HELP MEEEEEE!!!

Oxygen

Answering a distress call, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole find four survivors on Space Station Chasm Forge – plus an army of walking dead…

Extremis

A mysterious book, the Veritas, holds an essential, terrifying truth. The only trouble is, everyone who reads it takes the secret to their grave…

The Pyramid at the End of the World

How can a 5,000-year-old pyramid just appear overnight? Could it be aliens? Monks? Whatever the explanation, it seems to spell the end of everything…