BBC Books have announced the publication of a very special novelisation for January next year:

The novelisation is based on the script for an idea by Tom Baker and Ian Marter to take Doctor Who to the big screen, with them reprising their roles of the Doctor and Harry alongside Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah. Despite their enthusiasm for the project, a lack of funds to produce the project eventually led to it being abandoned.

The script itself was thought lost until a copy was discovered in 2006 at the British Film Institute where it had been donated to by former Doctor Who producer John Nathan Turner before his death in 2002. It has been adapted by James Goss, who has previously novelised fourth Doctor adventures penned by Douglas Adams for BBC Books.

Speaking about the project, Tom said:


The novelisation will also be released as an audiobook by BBC Audio on the same day, read by Tom himself.

A number of new publicity images to promote this week's episode of Doctor Who, The Witchfinders

Episode 8 Trailer | The Witchfinders | Doctor Who

This episode will debut on BBC One at 6.30pm.

Main Broadcast Details
United Kingdom	BBC One	Sunday 25th November	6.30pm BST
United States of America	BBC America	Sunday 25th November	8.00pm EDT
Canada	SPACE	Sunday 25th November	8.00pm EDT
Australia	ABC	Monday 26th November	6.00pm AEST

Full listings here

Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy is joined by Jessica Martin reprising her role of Mags for a new series of audio adventures from Big Finish.

In this trilogy of tales the punk werewolf circus performer, first seen in 1988’s Doctor Who story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, joins the Seventh Doctor to embark on a positively gothic series of adventures. They’ll encounter werewolves, vampiric creatures and angry mobs of villagers, ticking every hammer-horror convention with a Doctor Who twist.

The Monsters of Gokroth by Matt Fitton will be released in April 2019. An Alien Werewolf in London by Alan Barnes will be released in May 2019, and The Moons of Vulpana by Emma Reeves will follow in June 2019.

Jessica Martin, actress, singer, impressionist and illustrator, who plays Mags, talked about returning to the role on audio: Jessica Martin has not only returned to the character for these audio adventures, but also has illustrated new comic adventures for Mags, in a new story from Titan Comics, Hill of Beans, written by Richard Dinnick.

Script-editor and writer of many of the Doctor Who audio adventures created by Big Finish, Alan Barnes, told us about bringing back Mags as a fully-fledged companion Director, Samuel Clemens (making his directorial debut in these releases), tells us more about the stories These three Doctor Who Main Range adventures will be available at £14.99 on CD or £12.99 on download on their release in April, May and June 2019, all available from bigfinish.com. All CD purchases unlock a download option via the Big Finish app and the Big Finish website.

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society, DWAS has released a half hour documentary showing the installation of a William Hartnell heritage plaque at Ealing Studios last month.

The video features interviews with family and friends of William Hartnell, and also includes the Carney family unveiling the plaque itself. Other videos and interviews from past DWAS events are also available.

The funds for the plaque were raised by DWAS members and other fans. It is still possible to support the fundraising.

Twenty mini-plaques were produced and three of these remain available. The last three have been signed by family, friends and colleagues of Hartnell who attended the unveiling. Each has a DWAS Certificate of Authenticity attached and the Society is now auctioning number 1 of 3 at their eBay site.

Also available to buy rather than bid on, are DWAS postcard sets and a limited reprint of Cosmic Masque issue 1, the original fan fiction magazine from 1977.

The DWAS Plaque fund raises the money needed for the plaque, installation and ceremony. Any surplus funds raised will be donated to a charity chosen by the Carney family.

William Hartnell Plaque Unveiling At Ealing Studios, October 2018

Big Finish Productions have announced three more box sets, depicting what happened to the Time Lords’ home planet Gallifrey in the ultimate battle across time and space.

Following on from the events of Gallifrey: Time War Volume One, find out who survived and whether Romana and Narvin live to see Gallifrey fall?

More tales of intrigue and political manoeuvring from the seat of Time Lord power are coming, with three more volumes from the homeworld of the Doctor now confirmed. After the events of Gallifrey: Time War Volume One, not all the characters escaped unscathed and, in a Time War, whole civilisations can become pawns in a larger battle.

Following the events of the first series, a new Time Lord president joins the ranks.

Terrence Hardiman (who listeners will recognise as the titular role in the children’s BBC series The Demon Headmaster) plays Rassilon, joining Lalla Ward as Romana and Seán Carlsen as Narvin.

Director and writer, Scott Handcock, tells us more

Gallifrey: Time War Volume One is available for £35 on CD and £30 on download from bigfinish.com

Doctor Who: Demons Of The Punjab had an official rating of 7.48 million viewers, according to figures released by the Broadcasting Research Audience Board, BARB.

7.23 million watched the episode on a conventional TV set. However the BARB 4-Screen Dashboard shows that an additional 139,000 watched on their PC, 61,000 watched on a Tablet device and 51,000 watched on a smartphone These figures make Doctor Who the 8th most watched programme of the week ending 11th November.

Top for the week was Saturdays edition of Strictly Come Dancing getting 11.55 million watching. The new David Attenborough narated series Dynasties had 7.63 million viewers.

Demons Of The Punjab had an Appreciation Index score of 80, again scoring higher with female viewers.

Doctor Who: Kerblam! was watched by 5.93 million viewers, a share of 28.5% of the total TV audience, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The rating makes Doctor Who the fourth highest rated programme for the Sunday and the 10th for the week ending 18th November.

Highest for the day was ITV’s celebrity show, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here which had 11.03 million watching. Strictly Come Dancing - Results Show had 8.99 million viewers, while Dynasties, the David Attenborough series had 6.13 million. The BBC Drama The Little Drummer Girl had 2.29 million.

On ITV The Chase: Celebrity Special had 4.04 million viewers.

Saturdays Strictly Come Dancing had 10.22 million viewers.

Final figures should be available next Monday.

The BBC's annual fundraising evening for Children in Need took place yesterday, and by the end of the evening raised £50,595,053 for the charity!

The evening featured a special treat for nine year old Doctor Who fan Anna, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, when she and her brother Alex got to travel to the TARDIS and meet the cast, and also an exclusive clip from this weekend's adventure, Kerblam.




You can still donate to Children in Need via their website.

A number of new publicity images to promote this week's episode of Doctor Who, Kerblam!

Episode 7 Trailer | Kerblam! | Doctor Who

This episode will debut on BBC One at 6.30pm.

Main Broadcast Details
United Kingdom	BBC One	Sunday 18th November	6.30pm BST
United States of America	BBC America	Sunday 19th November	8.00pm EDT
Canada	SPACE	Sunday 18th November	8.00pm EDT
Australia	ABC	Monday 19th November	6.00pm AEST

Full listings here

This month's Doctor Who Magazine, Issue 532 talks to new companion Mandip Gill about the risk she took to win the part of Yasmin Khan Also in this issue...

• PREVIEWS
Looking ahead to the next episodes of Series 11 with writers Chris Chibnall, Ed Hime, Pete McTighe and Joy Wilkinson, and director Sallie Aprahamian.
• COSPLAY
Doctor Who’s costume designer Ray Holman provides tips on how to cosplay members of Team TARDIS.
• OUT OF THE TARDIS
The legendary Bernard Cribbins answers questions from the DWM TARDIS tin.
• MADAME TUSSAUDS
DWM attends the unveiling of the waxwork Thirteenth Doctor in Blackpool.
• TARDIS REVOLUTION
The second part in a series looking at the evolution of the TARDIS control room.
• RATINGS ROUND-UP
An in-depth look at the ratings for the first episodes of Series 11.
• WHO’S CREW
Key members of Doctor Who’s current production team describe their roles.
• THE TIME TEAM
The Team watches the Thirteenth Doctor’s first episodes.
• DAVID SOLOMONS
An interview with the author of the new Doctor Who novel The Secret in Vault 13.
• EPISODE REVIEWS
The verdict on Series 11 episodes Rosa, Arachnids in the UK and The Tsuranga Conundrum.
• BLU-RAY PREVIEW
Inside the new box set Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 19.
• THE WARMONGER
The second part of a comic strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.

PLUS... The Blogs of Doom, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine 532 is on sale 15 November, priced £5.99