Flux: The Halloween Apocalypse

Halloween joins Christmas and New Year in having a special episode, which feels long overdue.

Although it’s not very Halloween-ish, apart from the bit with Di. One of several teaser scenes that made this feel less like part one of six and more like the pre-credits of six stories...

I like a Thor Ragnarok opening as much as the next viewer.

The Han Solo guy and the Chewbacca guy don’t start out together.

How’s the rampant speculation about Claire looking a bit like Clara going?

Don’t you just hate when someone you don’t know comes up and says they’re your archenemy? Take a ticket, blue guy.

Doctor Who: Flux

This year we get one serialised multi-part story, and now we know its title: Flux.

Starting Halloween.

Not to be confused with Doctor Who Fluxx.

One possibility for the second Davies era - spinoffs?

Russell T Davies noted that he had three Doctor Who shows on at once, and at times two behind-the-scenes shows, and that was really weird then but pretty much normal now with streaming services. So should we hope for more...?

The Second Davies Era

They pressed the Davies Button for the 60th anniversary in 2023 “and series beyond”. Feels weird.

The Einstein Engine, a free adventure for DWRPG second edition

Doctor Who And The Einstein Engine, a 22 page adventure. Not a quickstart, so knowing either first or second edition will be required.

It starts with the body of a clone of Einstein found in a mine in 1980s Australia. And yes, there is a Young Einstein reference.

First edition RPG and Doctor book bundles

At Bundle Of Holding, a collection of first edition rules and sourcebooks with the basic for twenty dollars, and the twelve Doctor sourdebook PDFs for just over two dollars each, for the next three weeks.

Next Doctor, next showrunner, next year

Jodie Whittaker and Chris Chibnall to leave after a BBC centenary special in 2022. Mixed feelings.

Second Edition PDFs and book preorders

Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game second edition PDFs are here along with preorders for books.

RPGnet thread with a quick summary of some of the changes, like And and But being moved onto the dice getting 1s or 6s and Advantage and Disadvantage meaning rolling 3D6 and picking the best or worst.

Hold on to something!

Dan Slott's Silver Surfer was very Doctor Who but...

Comics writer Dan Slott has always said his run of Marvel’s Silver Surfer with artist Michael Allred was a love letter to Doctor Who and a number of the plots could inspire Whovian adventures, but one of the thirty stories started as a Who pitch...

One big adventure

From the Doctor Who Comic-Con panel, a teaser, a look at John Bishop in action as Dan, an introduction to Jacob Anderson as Vindor, possibly an Egyptian tomb, and news that this season will be a serial.

Doctor Who Roleplaying Game second edition

Cubicle 7 confirmed today that the Doctor Who Roleplaying Game second edition is on its way. Hardback not a box, 13 on the cover. A revised and streamlined system (how much more streamlined can it be - I would guess more unified Traits) and a bigger section of creating TARDISes and other time machines.

Darker Hue Studios on Doctor Who

Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios (Harlem Unbound, Haunted West, V5 Chicago By Night, Scion: Masks Of The Mythos) looking back at a 2015 post about the Doctor Who series he would write.

Loki

Now that was a fun episode of Doctor Who.

Random list of new Doctors

And of course Tilda Swinton

Happy birthday Jodie Whittaker!