Big Who Stuff Humble Bundle

Humble Bundle has the first edition (well, last edition of first edition) RPG rulebook and sourcebooks along with various comics collections and audio dramas to download for about fifteen quid, with a chunk going to Children In Need.

The new theme

The new version of the Doctor Who theme, as premiered online and on radio.

I don’t like it!

Which delights me, getting to tick off a classic Doctor Who Fan Bingo square.

Doctor Who iPlayer rollout

Want some Doctor Who on streaming? How about all of it that we have? Starting November 1st. Which is nice.

Doctor Who anniversary specials trailer

“Sometimes I think there’s something missing...”

When Rose Met Doctor

Caroline Siede, former AV Club “When Romance Met Comedy” columnist, has a substack for general media talk, Girl Culture, and this week starts a Davies era Doctor Who rewatch!

Doctor In Theatre

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe once again has an improvised Doctor Who show (as well as an improvised Jane Austen show, an improvised Shakespare show...) but as distinct from the people playing D&D for an audience shows it does not use RPG rules.

Ncuti Gatwa interview

Ncuti Gatwa talks about being the Doctor at Rolling Stone. Thanks to io9 for the heads up.

International Museum Day

International Museum Day, a day Doctors would approve of.

The Anniversary Specials

The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder, and The Giggle.

And yes, they rally are doing one of the formative stories of our people.

Dressing Up Docs

How often do TARDIS crews dress for the occasion?

Between the shot in the specials trailer, two behind-the-scenes looks at variations of the main costume, and the Swinging 60s and Regency outfits we’ve had official photos for, I’ve already seen Fifteen in as many different looks as Thirteen in her entire run.

Of course Thirteen avoided historical clothing because a lot of it is heavily gendered and the show kept her in trousers the whole time. (Yaz had a few historical feminine looks, but not often either - Ruby is already approaching her number before we actually see her in an episode.)

Where do you and your Doctor Who characters land on this?

World Book Night

Happy World Book Night! Not the night of World Book Day.

Aladdin Sane at 50

Aladdin Sane isn’t the best known of David Bowie’s regeneration names, but it’s the one with the lightning bolt makeup.

Comic Relief

After Sir Lenny Henry regenerated, David Tennant did well as ain presenter of Red Nose Day, handling msot of the serious bits and giving us the occasional OH YES!

UNIT

Looks like we’re getting a Kate Stewart UNIT spinoff. Which is nice.

World Book Day

Happy World Book Day!