SETTING THE SCENE

YEARBOOK 2018

Avery important part of being a Doctor Who fan involves

One Direction

Over the past three years, Rachel Talalay has joined the pantheon of Doctor Who’s greatest directors. But is she about to call it a day?

PRODUCTION NOTES

“I’d have taken Rachel for every episode of Doctor

The Return of Doctor Mysterio

The Doctor is in New York when he encounters a seemingly inexplicable phenomenon. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an actual, living superhero – and it’s all the Doctor’s fault…

DATA FILE

• At the Harmony Shoal press conference, Brock tells

SIGNAGE OF THE TIMES

The design of the outer shell of the TARDIS has been

The Pilot

University canteen assistant Bill Potts discovers that her new personal tutor is a time-traveller from another planet. Together they investigate a mysterious puddle in the university grounds, only to discover that it has subsumed Bill’s girlfriend and will stop at nothing to take Bill too…

DATA FILE

• In his study at St Luke’s University, the Doctor

WET LOOK

Stephanie Hyam played Heather, the enigmatic student, spooky puddle and love interest of Bill Potts.

Smile

The Doctor and Bill explore Erehwon, an Earth colony in the far future where a utopian city has been constructed by Vardy microbots. But the city is deserted and the time-travellers soon discover that the Vardy will kill anyone who isn’t happy…

DATA FILE

• Whatever his true age, the Doctor still considers

ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPAIN

When it came to finding a suitable setting for the futuristic city in Smile, the production team looked further afield than sets and CGI…

LOCATION HUNTERS

The ‘selfie’ publicity shot posted on Twitter on 25

Thin Ice

In Regency England the Doctor and Bill discover something sinister lurking under the ice at the last great Frost Fair. Something with a taste for human beings. Something that’s being exploited by human beings…

DATA FILE

• The Doctor and Bill arrive beside the frozen Thames

THE WARLORDS

Ever wanted to see a massive battle which pits multiple Doctors and companions against an army of monsters from throughout time and space? DWM talks to the people behind a new game that offers that opportunity…

Brush Strokes

“I’ve been painting figures since I was 12, so that’s

Knock Knock

Bill has a life away from her adventures with the Doctor, and this means finding somewhere to live. Along with five student friends she discovers an amazing old house to share… but what’s the catch?

DATA FILE

• Bill has a whole Spotify playlist full of Little

NOISES OFF

Knock Knock was specially recorded in unsettling ‘binaural’ sound, using technology provided by Cathy Robinson and her team…

Oxygen

Oxygen is considered a commodity at Chasm Forge, a deep-space mining station in the far future. The Doctor discovers that the crew are being murdered by their own spacesuits and the handful of survivors are running out of air…

DATA FILE

• Ganymede Systems’ Class A7 Mining Station Chasm Forge

SHOP OF HORRORS

Prosthetic and creature design workshop Millennium FX made a significant contribution to the alien menaces in episodes such as Extremis, Empress of Mars and The Doctor Falls.

CYBER-MANN

Jimmy Mann fulfilled a boyhood dream by working on

Extremis

The Pope summons the Doctor to the Vatican with an unusual request. He is to read the Veritas, an ancient text containing a truth so terrible it drives the reader to self-destruction…

DATA FILE

• In the real world, between The Husbands of River

WHO VIANS

The panel show Whovians, hosted by comedian Rove McManus, was one of the highlights of 2017 for Australian fans.

The Pyramid at the End of the World

The Monks have landed on Earth, promising to save it from some imminent disaster… at a price. Meanwhile, an unfortunate series of events leads to a biochemical experiment going very wrong indeed…

DATA FILE

• According to the Doctor, Turmezistan sits “on the

SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

In The Pyramid at the End of the World Rachel Denning helped to save the human race from annihilation… and got a selfie into the bargain.

The Lie of the Land

Since civilisation began, humanity has been enriched by the guidance and benevolent rule of the Monks. With the Doctor as their chief propagandist, it seems the creatures’ power over mankind is unassailable…

DATA FILE

• Bogus images disseminated by the Monks suggest that

KILLER QUEEN

Although partly obscured beneath make-up and an elaborate, reptilian costume, Adele Lynch gave an unforgettable performance as the ruler of the Ice Warriors in Empress of Mars.

Empress of Mars

NASA’s Valkyrie probe reveals an astonishing message from the surface of Mars. A message, spelled out in Martian rocks, reading ‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’. A message dating from the failed British invasion of Mars, in 1881…

DATA FILE

• On first meeting ‘Friday’, the Doctor says he knows

The Hermaphrodite Civil Servant

In a surprise cameo at the end of Empress of Mars, Ysanne Churchman returned to voice Alpha Centauri – a character that first appeared in 1972’s The Curse of Peladon.

The Eaters of Light

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole visit secondcentury Scotland in search of the lost Ninth Legion. They find a monster from another dimension – a ravening beast that feeds on light and grows stronger by the hour…

DATA FILE

• The Doctor has lived, governed, farmed and juggled

In Memoriam

Tributes to the Doctor Who luminaries who passed away between December 2016 and November 2017.

WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME

On a giant colony ship reversing away from a black hole, Bill finds herself trapped at the opposite end from the Doctor, in a zone where time runs considerably faster. Ten years pass before the Doctor arrives to rescue her, only to discover she has undergone a horrifying transformation…

DATA FILE

• The Mondasian colony ship is 400 miles long and 100

The Finale Countdown

The return of the Mondasian Cybermen was accompanied by a nostalgic visit from their original costume designer and a special concert to mark the end of an era.

HOSPITAL DRAMA

There’s a very fine line between releasing exciting

THE DOCTOR FALLS

Fleeing from the Cybermen, the Doctor, Nardole and Bill take refuge at a solar farm on Floor 507, together with Missy and the Master. There, Bill learns the terrible truth of her conversion and the Doctor makes his last stand…

DATA FILE

• Cybermen have developed on multiple worlds – Mondas

Captain Lethbridge-Stewart

In 1973, if you’d told Mark Gatiss that one day he’d play a Lethbridge-Stewart, it might well have blown his seven-year-old mind. Truth is, he says, “It still does.”

Twice Upon a Time

In the South Pole, two Doctors face one destiny and time is out of sequence. Can the testimony of the past help them to accept their ultimate fate?

DATA FILE

• The Captain tells his German opponent that “War is

Letting Go

Peter Capaldi was unable to attend the preview screening of his final Doctor Who episode in December, but sent a poignant farewell message.

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