Peter Capaldi appeared on a number of programmes yesterday to promote the release of Doctor Who: The Complete Ninth Series on DVD, Blu-ray, and through the BBC Store, during which he also discussed his present and potential future involvement with the show.

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland's The Janice Forsyth Show, he discussed his thoughts on continuing to play the Doctor when the show's next lead writer Chris Chibnall takes over with presenter Edi Stark:
Speaking on BBC Radio Two's Steve Wright in the Afternoon, he said:

Meanwhile, the next series, which definitely continues his adventures with the Doctor, will begin filming soon; when asked on ITV's Lorraine show, he responded:

The new series will also feature the new companion, with Peter telling Steve Wright:

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Radio Times has reported that, in addition to his usual duties in Doctor Who, Capaldi may also make a guest appearance in spin-off series Class, which is due to commence filming in April.

BBC Worldwide is to close the online BBC Shop, which sells Books, DVDs, BluRays and games related to BBC output.

Instead the company will concentrate on BBC Store, which launched last year and offers digital copies of BBC programs.

BBC Worldwide explained its thinking The shop closes on 30th March. A number of bargains, including items of Doctor Who mechendise, can be obtained while stocks last.

This week sees Titan release a new comic from The Twelfth Doctor.

A new unofficial Doctor Who book, Saturday Night Monsters is a compilation of fan written articles and reviews, originally published in two popular fanzines

The items were originally published in the fanzines Faze and This Way Up. They cover the whole span of the series from the early days right up to recent episodes.

The book includes comment, analysis, opinion and humour about different aspects of the programme. Features include: The triumphant 2005 Return, The 1985-6 Cancellation Crisis,Hartnell’s Historical Stories, The Philip Hinchliffe Era, The stories of Robert Holmes & Robert Sloman, Season 21,The road from Survival to the TV Movie and more…

 Reviews of stories from every era of the series include: Talons of Weng Chiang, The Dalek Masterplan, Spearhead from Space, The Macra Terror, The End of Time, The War Machines, Dalek, Remembrance of the Daleks, Blink, The Name of the Doctor, Logopolis, Tomb of the Cybermen, School Reunion, Pyramids of Mars, Human Nature / Family of Blood and many many more

The 260 page book is available from Amazon for £7.90 in print edition or £2.16 Kindle ebook.

Big Finish have announced a new series for the character that first launched their audio range, Professor Bernice Summerfield, this time teamed up with a rather different third incarnation of the Doctor, first introduced in the Unbound stories Sympathy for the Devil and Masters of War, as played by David Warner.

Doctor Who – The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 3: The Unbound Universe will see the universe's greatest archaeologist recruited by the Doctor for a mission to his parallel dimension – where together they set off to explore the aftermath of a disaster that has laid waste to reality. Benny and the Doctor will face the Kareem, the Blanks, Unicorns and the Sisters of Saint Beedlix – as a terrible truth awaits them at the end of reality.

Producer James Goss said:
Another returnee for this series is the Master, as played by Sam Kisgart aka Mark Gatiss; Goss explained:

The series has been directed by long term Benny-associate Scott Handcock, who said:

The other three episodes in the set have been written by Guy Adams, Una McCormack and Emma Reeves. Guest stars in the box-set include Rowena Cooper, Zeb Soanes, Tom Webster, Alex Jordan, Sophie Wu, Julie Graham, Kerry Gooderson, Deirdre Mullins, George Blagden, Richard Earl, Aaron Neil, Laura Doddington, Lizzie Hopley, Shvorne Marks and Gus Brown.


Doctor Who – The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 3: The Unbound Universe is due to be released in August 2016, and can be pre-ordered from the Big Finish website. CD orders direct from the company will also include a digital copy for download.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine is out today, and celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the TV Movie, featuring new interviews with Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts, Yee Jee Tso, Gordon Tipple and the Eighth Doctor himself, Paul McGann!

The 56-year-old actor can’t quite believe how quickly 20 years have flown by:
The actor also acknowledges how, in hindsight, the pilot for a series which never materialised did play its part in Doctor Who’s legacy:


Other featues inside this special TV Movie-themed issue include:

• The TV Movie's lasting legacy: DWM explores how the 1996 venture influenced the revival of the series which would follow in 2005.
• Daphne Ashbrook interview: Grace Holloway actress Daphne Ashbrook reminisces about kissing the Doctor, and how the TV Movie made her fall in love with Doctor Who.
• Yee Jee Tso interview: Yee Jee Tso who played Chang Lee looks back on the time when he collaborated with the Master.
• Jo Wright interview: Executive producer Jo Wright reveals how getting the TV Movie off the ground proved to be an almost impossible challenge.
• Eric Roberts interview: Hollywood star Eric Roberts talks about giving the Master a whole new lease of life in 1996.
• Gordon Tipple interview: Gordon Tipple delves into his ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ appearance as the ‘old’ Master in the TV Movie.

Also:

• Ask Steven Moffat: Doctor Who’s showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers' questions.
• We're going on a Witch Hunt: ...in part one of our brand-new comic strip adventure, Witch Hunt, written by Jacqueline Rayner and illustrated by Martin Geraghty.
• The Test of a modern audience: Jacqueline Rayner revisits the TV Movie with her twin boys and gives their verdicts in her column, Relative Dimensions.
• Time Team: What will the Time Team make of Winston Churchill’s new allies in Victory of the Daleks?
• The Power of Kroll: The Doctor and Romana face a huge problem when they land on the third moon of Delta Magna, in this issue’s Fact of Fiction.
• Dinosaurs on a Spaceship: DWM puts one of new showrunner Chris Chibnall’s previous episodes under the spotlight.
• Coming Soon: DWM previews all the latest Doctor Who CD and book releases.

Plus all the latest official news, reviews, competitions and The DWM Crossword.

This week sees the release of Issue 12 of the new Doctor Who Adventures Magazine

In this issue

• GHOSTS OF THE SEAS
The Doctor teams up with Prince George as he tracks down the legendary ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman, in a tale filled with robots, pirates and high seas adventure. Brought to you by Kieron Moore, Russ Leach and John Burns.
• KNOWING THE ALIEN
How much do you know about everyone’s favourite shape-shifting aliens, the Zygons?
• MAKE A TARDIS TISSUE HOLDER
River Song shows you how to make a classy TARDIS tissue box! It’s so cool you will almost want to catch a cold just so you can keep stocked up with tissues.
• UNIT ALIEN ARCHIVES
This month you get to access UNIT’s archive on the TARDIS itself!
• THROUGH THE AGES
Travel backwards and forwards through time and space in this cool board game, where you get to play the Doctor or his enemies!
• THE PATERNOSTER GANG INVESTIGATES
The Paternoster Gang investigate a series of thefts in science labs across Victorian England.

Doctor Who Adventures #12 comes with a set of free monsters and is on sale 3rd March 2016, price £3.99.

This week sees Titan release comics from The Ninth Doctor and the Eleventh Doctor.

Doctor Who The Ninth Doctor: Weapons Of Past Destruction collects the entirety of the smash-hit mini-series written by Cavan Scott with art by Blair Shedd and Rachael Stott. Also released Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Year Two #6.





Both comics are on sale Wednesday 2nd March 2016.

Sir John Hurt is to return to the London stage in a new production of John Osborne's The Entertainer. The War Doctor will play the part of Billy Rice opposite Sir Kenneth Branagh playing Archie Rice, in the play which runs at the Garrick from 20 August to 12 November. The performance will be broadcast live to cinemas worldwide, on a date to be announced.

Sir John said he was delighted to be back on the stage

Meanwhile Catherine Tate opens next week in a new musical, Miss Atomic Bomb. Tate plays Myrna Ranapapadophilou in the new production set in Las Vegas in 1952, where every mushroom cloud has a silver lining and fallout is your friend. The musical runs from 7 March - 9 April 2016 at London's St James Theatre.

Those receiving accolades for past success, include Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, who is nominated as Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, in both the acclaimed Oliver Awards and the WhatsOnStage awards. The actor is nominated for his portrayal of Herbie in the Savoy Theatre production of the musical Gypsy. Also nominated from the productions is Imelda Staunton as Best Actress in a Musical.

Other Oliver nominees this year include David Haig as Best Actor in a Musical for Guys and Dolls, and Mark Gatiss as Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Three Days in the Country.