THE DOCTORS WHO WEREN’T

RELATIVE DIMENSIONS

In 2008 the episode Turn Left showed the horrifying

SAME DIFFERENCE

Isn’t one universe enough for Doctor Who? Or are there stories that can only be told with parallel Earths and alternative dimensions?

The Space Museum

THE DOCTOR AND HIS COMPANIONS, IAN, BARBARA and Vicki

The Celestial Toymaker

THE TARDIS LANDS – AND SUDDENLY THE DOCTOR becomes

TOY STORY

The inter-dimensional Celestial Toymaker was due to return in 1986 before the planned story disappeared into another dimension entirely…

The Mind Robber

TO ESCAPE A VOLCANIC ERUPTION, THE DOCTOR shifts the

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Doctor Who without Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker? It’s as unthinkable as the disco decade without flares, the Raleigh Chopper or the Fonz…

INFERNO

UNIT IS PROVIDING SECURITY FOR A PROJECT aimed at drilling

Warp Factor ll

The classic 1970 serial Inferno trapped the Third Doctor in a nightmarish Britain that had been transformed into a fascist state. Don Houghton’s original draft of his story described yet another version of events…

Carnival of Monsters

THE TARDIS BRINGS THE DOCTOR AND JO TO THE hold of

The Facts of the Antimatter

The mysterious energy of antimatter has been the catalyst for some of Doctor Who’s most memorable journeys into parallel universes.

PLANET OF EVIL

RESPONDING TO AN AUTOMATIC DISTRESS SIGNAL, the Doctor

HEAD GAMES

Gallifrey’s Matrix is the most prominent example of a computer-generated virtual reality in Doctor Who, but there are others that have proved just as dangerous…

FULL CIRCLE

EN ROUTE TO GALLIFREY, THE TARDIS IS CAUGHT up in a

THE DOCTORS WHO WEREN’T

In the final decade of Doctor Who’s original television run, three actors were cast as the Time Lord. Many more narrowly missed the opportunity…

KINDA

WHILE THEIR FRIEND NYSSA RECOVERS FROM mental disorientation

ADVENTURE GAMES

Readers could join the Sixth Doctor and face big decisions in parallel worlds thanks to a series of exciting Make Your Own Adventure game books published in 1986.

BATTLEFIELD

DRAWN BY A MYSTERIOUS DISTRESS SIGNAL echoing forwards

STORM OVER AVALLION

In 1989’s Battlefield the Seventh Doctor was challenged by warriors from another dimension, including one of the most spectacular creatures yet seen in Doctor Who. There were, however, a number of equally impressive pre-production ideas that never made it to the screen…

THE DOCTORS WHO WEREN’T

Doctor Who was only on television for 85 minutes during the 1990s, but that didn’t stop the decade offering more nearly men than any other

AMILY MATTERS

In Father’s Day by Paul Cornell, the Ninth Doctor takes Rose back to a tragic moment in her family’s history. A look at Cornell’s original drafts of the story reveals an alternative reality that was splintered into numerous time zones…

RISE OF THE CYBERMEN/ THE AGE OF STEEL

THE TARDIS FALLS FROM THE TIME VORTEX, seemingly dead.

PARALLEL LINES

A look at the concept art that helped production designers realise some of Doctor Who’s alternative universes

LAST OF THE TIME LORDS

AYEAR AFTER THE MASTER HAS ANNIHILATED one-tenth of

UNBOUND ADVENTURES

Since 1999 Big Finish has produced Doctor Who audio plays and serials that complement the television series. Within this audio universe are a number of productions that depict alternative realities of their own…

TURN LEFT

IN A BUSTLING ALIEN MARKETPLACE, DONNA NOBLE is separated

THE DOCTORS WHO WEREN’T

In the decade where the series made some of its most unpredictable casting choices, there was speculation about a number of equally intriguing names.

THE WEDDING OF RIVER SONG

IN A WORLD WHERE IT’S ALWAYS 5.02PM ON 22 APRIL 2011

WORLDS WITHIN WORDS

Doctor Who was rarely seen on television between 1990 and 2004. The gap was filled by a plethora of original novels that expanded upon the Doctor’s on-screen universe – but also created many more.

HIDE

“NIGHT FOUR. NOVEMBER 25TH, 1974. 11.04PM.” Major Alec

A World of Difference

Parallel universes, virtual realities, dreamscapes and other realms have been the settings for numerous comic strip stories in Doctor Who Magazine

EXTREMIS

ST LUKE’S UNIVERSITY, WHERE THE DOCTOR – NOW using

DOUBLE LIVES

On numerous occasions the Doctor we see on screen has been more – or sometimes less – than he, or she, appears. How has this been possible? And what are the implications of the Doctor’s split personalities?

IT TAKES YOU AWAY

THE TARDIS LANDS IN NORWAY, AND IN A HOUSE on the shore

A Matter of Meta

Join us down the philosophical rabbit hole of Doctor Who references in television drama – including Doctor Who itself…