Author Archives: Planet Mondas News
DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPLETE HISTORY
Tom Baker lends his dulcet tones to the TV ad for Doctor Who: The Complete History. The book series from Hachette Partworks launches tomorrow with Volume 55 covering the stories Gridlock, Daleks in Manhatten, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who Books
Leave a comment
REVIEW – THE THIRD DOCTOR ADVENTURES VOLUME I
Anyone seen The Sound Of Music? Your silence speaks volumes…. However there is a song in it that springs to mind when writing this review, its “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Why you may ask, well dear … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES #6
DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES #6 This is the best September ever! Not only does Doctor Who return to our TV screens on the nineteenth, but on 10th September you can feast your eyes upon Doctor Who Adventures #6… the greatest magazine … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who Adventures
Leave a comment
REVIEW – THE SIXTH DOCTOR: THE LAST ADVENTURE
I would like, if I may, to start with some music. Ever since this release was announced back in February, I have associated the song This Is the One by The Stone Roses with this release, and here it is. … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
DWM SPECIAL EDITION: THE MUSIC OF DOCTOR WHO
THE NEW DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE SPECIAL IS MUSIC TO OUR EARS! For the first time in the 36-year history of Doctor Who Magazine – an entire issue devoted to the music and sound design of Doctor Who! From Delia Derbyshire’s … Continue reading
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #490
STEVEN MOFFAT PREVIEWS THE NEW SERIES OF DOCTOR WHO, EXCLUSIVELY IN DWM 490! Doctor Who Magazine spoke to the show’s executive producer and head writer, Steven Moffat, to give us a taste of what’s in store over the next 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who Magazine
Leave a comment
REVIEW – THE WAREHOUSE
There is an unwritten rule in Doctor Who that it has an “infinitely variable format”, a show where literally anything is possible. It’s a show with boundaries that should be constantly pushed.. problem is when boundaries are pushed like for … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
BBC AMERICA – A LOOK AHEAD TO SERIES 9
Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, and Steven Moffat discuss the differences between the previous and upcoming seasons of Doctor Who! Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman discuss the way the Doctor has changed from the last season of Doctor Who! The new … Continue reading
Posted in doctor who series 9
Leave a comment
REVIEW – RETURN TO TELOS
Since listening to last month’s release, The Fate of Krelos, I have been wondering to myself, “How on earth do you follow that!” because it really is a bit of a classic. I was reminded of Doctor Who Series 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
REVIEW – WILDTHYME RELOADED
Isn’t Katy Manning fab! She really is one of the nicest Who celebs I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting, a joy to follow on Twitter, and a fine actress, so when Jo Grant and Iris Wildthyme meet in the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
DOCTOR WHO SERIES 9 – TRAILER 2
Series 9 of Doctor Who arrives on the 19th September and it will be spectacular! Join the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) for a brand new series of Doctor Who.
Posted in doctor who series 9
Leave a comment
STRAX MEETS JAGO AND LITEFOOT!
Strax has temporarily left the paternoster gang to join forces with two of the most popular characters in the history of Doctor Who – Henry Gordon Jago and Professor George Litefoot. These two memorable characters, created by the late great … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
PRIVATE EYE CLAIMS “NO FULL SERIES OF DR. WHO IN 2016”
According to the latest issue of Private Eye there may be no full series of Doctor Who in 2016. Not long now till the return of Doctor Who, which arrives back on screens for the ninth series of its latest … Continue reading
Posted in doctor who series 10
Leave a comment
DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES #5
DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES #5 Summer’s here and the time is right for reading the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures. Issue 5 is set to land at a newsstand near you on 13th August! TRUST The Doctor takes Clara back … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who Adventures
Leave a comment
REVIEW – THE OMEGA FACTOR
There is a much maligned film that myself and Mrs W really enjoy, and that is Vanilla Sky, I really don’t understand why it gets such a hard time from critics; I think it is rather beautiful and I have … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #489
THE SIXTH DOCTOR, COLIN BAKER, REVEALS WHY THE TIME HAS COME FOR HIS REGENERATION, IN DWM 489! The Sixth Doctor never had a proper regeneration story on television – so now Colin Baker has returned to record The Last Adventure … Continue reading
Posted in Doctor Who Magazine
Leave a comment
REVIEW – DARK CONVOY
Saturday afternoons in the 1980’s, remember them? If it wasn’t World of Sport or Grandstand then it was Open University on BBC2 followed by a classic war film. The Cruel Sea seemed to be on almost every Saturday (on a … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
REVIEW – COUNTER MEASURES (SERIES 4)
The Worlds of Doctor Who (as Big Finish call it) is a big diverse place including many spin off series – Counter Measures is one of these. Series 4 however is NOT a great jumping on point, so dear listener, … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment
REVIEW – WE ARE THE DALEKS
Can the 1980’s really be THAT long ago to be nostalgia? I remember the first broadcast of Time and the Rani like it was yesterday – however 28 years really have passed since Season 24, and the more things change … Continue reading
Posted in Big Finish
Leave a comment