THE 2020 YEARBOOK

Upping the Ante

Chris Chibnall’s right-hand man Matt Strevens takes a break from post-production on Series 12 to discuss his role as Doctor Who’s executive producer.

12 Things We Learned from the Series 12 Press Day

Back in September, Team TARDIS – Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and showrunner Chris Chibnall – invited the media to the Doctor Who studio in Cardiff to talk about their upcoming adventures, the reaction to their first series, and much more besides. Here’s DWM’s top dozen takeaways from the day…

OUT OF OUT OF THE TARDIS Mandip Gill

Doctor Who Magazine’s TARDIS tin contains 120 tantalising, taxing and trivial questions. Each interviewee must answer a random selection…

MISSION TO THE UNKNOWN

An ambitious remake of the lost 1965 episode Mission to the Unknown was premiered by YouTube on 9 October 2019 – exactly 54 years since the original was screened. What does the new version tell us about this missing chapter of Doctor Who history?

Cover Stars

Jodie Whittaker became a charting artist when she covered Coldplay’s Yellow for BBC Children in Need. The charity album Got It Covered – which also features Tenth Doctor David Tennant – was the brainchild of the Series 11 guest star Shaun Dooley…

Small, Beautiful Things

In 2019 the Doctor Who Figurine Collection added to its already impressive array of collectables. The people behind the range explain how they create their miniature world.

DOCTOR WHO INFINITY

Tiny Rebel’s inventive series of Doctor Who: Infinity games was completed in November with two new adventures.

Who-Ray

In 2019 three additions to BBC Studios’ collection of Doctor Who Blu-ray box sets took the range from strength to strength.

SOUND AND VISION

The experts behind the restoration of the Doctor Who Blu-ray box sets reveal some of the tricks of their trade.

Action Painting

Digital Artist Sophie Cowdrey had work experience on Doctor Who before creating the cover for the Series 4 steelbook in 2019.

THE BIG STORY

Big Finish is celebrating 20 years of voyages in the audio dimension. These are the landmark adventures from those two decades…

THE BIG STORY

Arguably the most celebrated story of Big Finish’s

ANY SUGGESTIONS, DOCTOR ?

While largely absent from TV screens during 2019, Doctor Who inspired a five-star hit at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

THE SUM OF HIS MEMORIES

Terrance Dicks passed away in August, leaving an unparalleled legacy of Doctor Who writing. Elsa, Terrance’s widow, and Brenda Gardner, one of his editors at Target Books, pay tribute to an extraordinary talent.

SIL AND THE DEVIL SIL SEEDS OF ARODOR

Of all the new Doctor Who content available in 2019, surely the most surprising item was an independent spin-off featuring a character last seen in the television series over 30 years ago.

Two Decades of Deadly Doom

In 1999, the charity Comic Relief provided future showrunner Steven Moffat with an opportunity to write a version of Doctor Who for television. It also gave us the first female Doctor…

TERRY NATION ARMY

Somewhere on this planet there are 10,000 subscribers to a series of YouTube videos uncovering the secret history of the Daleks. We speak to the Skaro scholars behind the research.

In Memoriam

Tributes to the Doctor Who luminaries who passed away between December 2018 and November 2019.

Strangely Familiar

In a break from shooting Series 12, Jodie Whittaker reflects on her second year playing the Doctor.