Lovarzi, the UK’s leading online scarf retailer, is expanding its Doctor Who range with new Winter 2018/19 products.

Maninder Singh Sahota, Director of Lovarzi, said:






Maninder adds:

Alongside these three items, a shorter, more manageable version of the Fourth Doctor Season 18 Burgundy Scarf is also now available. This second version is a more concise 200cm, so it's easier to wear day-to-day without dragging the tassels underneath you.

The TARDIS and Dalek Christmas Sweater and The Tomb of the Cybermen Scarf will be available to buy from 12th November from Lovarzi.co.uk and Amazon. The Pandorica Opens Gloves will be available to buy in last week of November.

Members of Lovarzi’s exclusive Doctor Who Fan Club can take advantage of a 15% discount on all newly launched Doctor Who products by LOVARZI. You can become a member here.

NERVA is a special event organised by the Ark in Space Facebook group celebrating the visual effects and other designers who brought Doctor Who to our screens.

Current guests include visual effects designer Colin Mapson (e.g. The Green Death), sculptor and prop maker Stephen Mansfield (e.g. Battlefield), K9 assistant operator Steve Cambden (e.g. Full Circle), documentary director Kevin Jon Davies (e.g. Thirty Years in the TARDIS), and researchers Richard Bignell (Nothing At The End Of The Lane), Jon Green and Gavin Rymell (Dalek 6388).

Alongside the event, a special poster has been commissioned from artist Ian Wells, inspired by the work of Frank Bellamy. There are three versions of the poster available that can be purchased separately to the event itself: the image with event information as displayed, one with the addition of Ian's autograph, and a third version with the text replaced with a personalised message from the artist. Full details can be found via the organisers' website.

All proceeds from the event and posters will be donated to the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

The event itself is limited to members of the Facebook group, who can register their interest via the relevant thread, and to followers of the @ClassicDrWho Twitter account, who can tweet or send a direct message instead. You can find out mote about the event via the group or the organisers' event page.

In an exclusive deal with Sainsbury's supermarket, Doctor Who: Energy of the Daleks, produced by Big Finish Productions, will be available for the first time on vinyl record.

From the 25th May, Sainsbury’s will be stocking a strictly limited pressing of ‘Energy Of the Daleks’ on blue 180GM Heavyweight Vinyl. This will be available in participating stores only, limited to 1,500 units.

A spokesperson from Sainsbury's said The Daleks take on Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor in this Doctor Who full-cast audio drama from 2012, which takes place between The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Horror of Fang Rock, both broadcast on BBC One in 1977.

The Fourth Doctor Tom Baker and his companion Leela, played by Louise Jameson, find themselves in the middle of London at the time of a new energy crisis. The GlobeSphere Corporation seems to have all the answers – but several thousand protesters beg to differ.

The Doctor has detected a mysterious energy reading. Could it be that the most evil creatures in the universe have returned to claim ultimate victory once and for all?

For Baker, Energy of the Daleks was the first time since 1979's Destiny of the Daleks that he'd gone hat-brim to eyestalk with the Daleks - but for Jameson, it's a first. This is Leela's opening encounter with the Daleks, and she's not going to find it a pleasant experience. And speaking of unpleasant experiences, she's not quite ready for the 21st century either. But then, is the 21st century ready for Leela?

Executive Producer and Director of Energy of the Daleks, Nicholas Briggs said Guest stars include: Mark Benton (TV Doctor Who story Rose, Waterloo Road, Land Girls, The Street, Northern Lights, Strictly Come Dancing), Alex Lowe (The Late Edition, The Thick of It, Lead Balloon and Peep Show), TV Sontaran Dan Starkey, giving life to both Kevin Winston and a Roboman and Nicholas Briggs as The Daleks.

Series one to seven, which star Tom Baker are available to buy now from the Big Finish website.

The BBC is marking Record Store Day 2018 by releasing the soundtrack of two Doctor Who stories on vinyl for the very first time.

Record Store Day, which takes place today, April 21, sees the full-cast television soundtracks for the The Tomb Of The Cybermen and City Of Death made available on vinyl for the first time. Both adventures come separately as 2 LP sets on coloured vinyl with newly commissioned gatefold artwork.

Record Store Day 2018 is celebrated around the world.

Find about Record Store Day in the UK, in the US, or in Australia or look up Record Store Day in your own country.

Fantom Events are selling a limited number of Alister Pearson art prints in aid of the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom.

Each card is available for £5 per A4 print, plus an additional £1 per order towards postage (varying rates for overseas).

Alister Pearson has allowed Fantom to sell these prints which are normally exclusive to Fantom event ticket holders. This one-off opportunity will last until the end of the month, or whilst stock lasts.

Cards Include:

• Delta And The Bannermen 
• The Tomb Of The Cybermen 
• The Enemy Of The World 
• Revenge Of The Cybermen 
• The Pirate Planet 
• The War Machines 
• The Five Doctors 
• Remembrance Of The Daleks 
• Mindwarp 
• Planet Of The Daleks 
• Talons Of Weng-chiang 
• The Key To Time 
• Survival 
• Pyramids Of Mars

If you are interested please contact Fantom via their website

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine is out this Thursday, and features Jodie Whittaker in her first cover since becoming the new Doctor on screen! Talking about the choice of clothing for the character, the actress said:
The issue also sees new lead writer Chris Chibnall looking forward to a new era:

Other highlights include:

• RACHEL TALALAY: The director of Twice Upon a Time on the filming of Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker’s regeneration scene.
• TWICE UPON A TIME: Exclusive set report and unseen images from the 2017 Christmas Special.
• WHO IS JOHN SMITH? The fan turned visual effects pro who worked on the Twelfth Doctor’s final adventures.
• DUDLEY SIMPSON: Tributes to the composer who wrote some of Doctor Who’s best-loved scores.
• TARDIS BUILDING: A first-hand account of how the 1960s TARDIS prop was recreated for Twice Upon a Time.
• MEET THE DR MEN: Writer and illustrator Adam Hargreaves explains how his Mr Men entered the world of Doctor Who.
• THE FACE OF EVIL: The Fact of Fiction explores the 1977 story that introduced the Fourth Doctor’s companion Leela.
• THE PHANTOM PIPER: Part Three of The Phantom Piper, a new comic strip adventure featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Bill.

PLUS... The Blogs of Doom, previews, reviews, news, the DWM Christmas Quiz answers and prize-winning competitions!

Candy Jar Books opens its fifth series of ongoing Lethbridge-Stewart novels with the publication of A Very Private Haunting at the end of this month:


Author Sharon Bidwell previously wrote the Lethbridge-Stewart short story, The Wishing Bazaar, and has worked with range editor, Andy Frankham-Allen, on several projects since 2011, even co-writing a book. For this nverl, Sharon said:
Andy Frankham-Allen said:
Sharon adds:

Shaun Russell, head of publishing, said:

The cover is by regular artist, Richard Young:

All pre-orders of A Very Private Haunting will receive a free digital short story called The Comrades by Brian Gallagher, a tale set during the Cold War which sees Brigadier Douglas and Captain Bishop working alongside the SAS. It can be pre-ordered individually, as part of a discounted UK bundle or an international bundle, or as part of a yearly subscription offer. Full details are available from the Candy Jar website.

A Very Private Haunting will be followed by The Man from Yesterday and The New Unusual.

RP2 Global have announced a set of vinyl figures to tie into the four books published by Puffin Books based on Roger Hargreaves colourful characters:

Lovarzi have launched the latest in their range of Doctor Who merchedise, a TARDIS Knitted Tie.

The TARDIS has been an iconic symbol of Doctor Who since the show's very first episode in 1963; this exclusively-designed tie is Lovarzi's celebration of the blue box that's as instantly-recognizable as the Daleks, Cybermen, and the Fourth Doctor's multi-coloured scarf.

The Tie is made in Italy from high-quality wool and acrylic. It is soft, and resistant to fading and available in blue and grey. It comes in a black presentation box, foil-printed with the Doctor Who logo.

Maninder Singh Sahota, Director of Lovarzi, says: This is the second Doctor Who tie unique to Lovarzi, following a popular multi-coloured Fourth Doctor Knitted Tie in 2015.

Lovarzi, the UK’s leading online scarf retailer, is the only official licensee of Doctor Who scarves in the UK, and its debut item in the range, the Fourth Doctor Scarf, remains a best-seller. Subsequent releases include the TARDIS Stick Umbrella, The Pandorica Opens Scarf, and TARDIS and Dalek Christmas Hat.

The TARDIS Knitted Tie is available now, priced £24.99, from Lovarzi.co.uk

Candy Jar Books has announced the next in its limited edition Lethbridge-Stewart novella range:


Originally intended as a novella, Candy Jar previously published parts one and two of The Lost Skin in The HAVOC Files 2 and 3, and will now be completed (with 50% new material) as the novella it was originally designed to be.

Range Editor and author, Andy Frankham-Allen explains:
Shaun Russell observes:
Andy continues:

The Lost Skin features Professor Travers, but also brings back Harold Chorley and his old chum, Larry Greene. Andy explains:

The cover is by regular artist Adrian Salmon, who was selected specifically for this cover by Andy. He says:
The cover features both Harold Chorley and Larry Greene, as well Samson Ware and the ‘lost skin’ of the title, against a nice backdrop of the Orkney Islands. Adrian comments:

The Lost Skin is now available for pre-order as a limited edition hardback, and is only available directly from Candy Jar Books or from the Lethbridge-Stewart website.