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Blogtor Who has entered the world of Battles in Time with a fast growing collection of these fun and beautiful Doctor Who trading cards

 

Those who’ve been following along with Blogtor Who’s Instagram Reels and TikTok will already know how much he’s been enjoying the reinvigorated Battles in Time from Master Replicas. We’ve has now opened a whole box of the Obliterator set, along with the packs for the First Doctor and the Second Doctor.

The collectible card game originally ran from 2006 to 2009 and covered Series One to Series Four. Now it’s back, and expanding to cover all the seasons before those seasons and those since. Each character features a different character, object, or action, with the own power rating, as well as offensive and defensive strengths for intelligence, agility, stamina, special abilities, and fear factor. When competing against another player, these scores determine the winner, but objects like the sonic sunglasses or the Moment have special actions that can change everything.

However, the real appeal here is just how gorgeous all the cards look. Many of the modern eras of Doctor Who featured fantastic, high resolution photographs and they’ve rarely looked better than when produced on the glossy Battles in Time cards. But Master Replicas also do wonders with the photos from the 1960s. Wonderfully, they’re resisted any urge to colourise them, and the black and white image look simply beautiful here.

The current status of Blogtor Who’s own Obliterator collection Building a complete set with depend on a great deal of trading with your fellow fans, but even an incomplete set is a lovely thing to behold

The Obliterator set consists of 142 individual cards, 92 of which are Common, 40 are Rare, and 10 are Super Rare. Each packet of six cards contains 5 Commons, either 1 Rare (in 9 out of 10 packs) or 1 Super Rare (in 1 out of 10 packs.) Although to add to the fun, or complexity, whichever way you want to look at it, there are also Vortex cards to be found in 1 in 720 packs, and 6 oversized Box Toppers, with 1 in every box of 36 packs.

If that that all makes building a complete collection sound like a daunting task, then you’d be right. You could spend over £2,000 on boxes and still only probably find an ultra-rare Vortex card. Leaving that aside, even putting together the full 142 cards on the main set will depend on some canny trading with other collectors. In Blogtor Who’s review box from Master Replicas, we wound up with 55 Commons, 15 Rares, and 2 Super Rares, with the rest of the box doubles of those cards. So more or less half of the entire set.

However, few things worth doing are easy, and the thrill of finding a new card, versus the good natured groan finding your twelfth Mr. Sweet from The Crimson Horror, is more benign and pleasant than a visit to the casino. In any event, even an incomplete set is a delightful thing to have between your Target Books and Blu-rays.

 

The Doctor sets, however, feature 15 cards in every packet, giving you their entire set of Rare cards in one go

There are no such concerns with the First Doctor and Second Doctor sets. Each is a single packet of 15 Rare cards, highlighting companions and monsters from their respective eras. Plus, of course, the Hartnell and Troughton Doctors themselves. Moreover, this is just the start, with more such self-contained sets for each classic Doctor arriving each month. Though it will be interesting to see how the team get 15 cards out of the Eighth Doctor era.

There’s also a full Dalek Invasion set, following fast on the heels of Obliterator, and even a new Doctor set for Circuit Breaker. It seems clear that the regenerated Battles in Time is here to stay. And while it may not be the most inexpensive hobby, whether you’re a Tennant baby looking for a hit of nostalgia, a dedicated gaming enthusiast bringing two interests together, or the newest of fans encountering Doctor Who’s long legacy in a fun and visually appealing way, it doesn’t disappoint.

You can follow along with Blogtor Who’s Battles in Time journey on Instagram and TikTok. Meanwhile, you can start your own Battles in Time collection by ordering from the Master Replicas page.

 

 

 

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Various BBC Studios production teams are preparing submissions to be the new home of Doctor Who next year

 

The Doctor Who tender process continues with the next milestone tomorrow, the 2nd of October at 2pm. That’s the deadline for interested parties to express their interest in being the next team to lead one of the BBC’s flagship shows – Doctor Who. And it appears there’s already some surprises on the way about who’s entering.

We already knew that BBC Studios would be entering a bid to take back production of the show. But now it turns out that the company, which acts as the BBC’s commercial arm for creating programs, will be entering multiple bids. Jamie Hall, the head of BBC Studios’ Scripted division, that there are “one, potentially two, companies” within the group developing pitches for the job. Rather that compete with each other to represent BBC Studios in the tender process, Hall has cleared the way for all interested BBC groups to make their own tenders for the job, saying he’s “100%” happy to make multiple submissions.

So what does this mean in practice? Well, Hall’s Scripted division is made up of three department, and several production companies that, while whole owned by BBC Studios, operate like small independents. Any one of these could among the teams making sure to have their papers in by 2pm tomorrow.

 

BBC Studios Scripted is composed of three major in-house labels, which make shows both for the BBC and other channels

 

David Tenant and Michael Sheen describe the mismatched heroes of Good Omens as a true double act (c) Amazon Prime Video BBC Studios Comedy

Comedy is unlikely to be among those looking to take over Doctor Who. It’s true its remit is wider than the name suggests, having been involved in projects like Good Omens and Inside No. 9, as well as more obviously comedic fare like Mandy and Here We Go. However, Blogtor would guess the BBC won’t be keen to place a ‘comedy’ label on the show.

 

Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) – Doctor Who BBC Studios Drama

Drama was the home of Doctor Who from its return in 2005 until the end of the Whittaker era in 2022. (This does mean that if they win, they could potentially dub the 2028/9 season the headache inducing “Series 14.”) Other shows currently made by Drama include EastEnders, Silent Witness, and Casualty. They’re very likely to among those entering tenders for the show now.

 

Custodial Manager Bobby Bailey (DAVID TENNANT);Peter (OLLIE McNULTY);Christopher (Ushindi) (CHUKWUBUIKEM MOLOKWU);James (LOUIS McCARTNEY);Marie Louise (SIOBHAN FINNERAN),DESCRIPTION:,COPYRIGHT:BBC Studios,CREDIT LINE:BBC/BBC Studios/Peter Marley BBC Studios Fiction

The newest of BBC Studios Scripted’s divisions, Fiction was set up only last year. Josh Cole, whose CV includes being the executive producer of Good Omens, heads up a team dedicated to producing high end, BAFTA worthy television. Prison drama anthology Time is the first show so far to transfer to Fiction. Making a pitch for Doctor Who may well appeal to a fresh new team actively looking to expand their slate. That said, its eligibility depends on the interpretation of the rules laid out in the tender invitation. In its own right, Fiction simply hasn’t been around long enough to establish the track record the invitation requires.

 

The BBC Studios Scripted banner also cover six production companies which are owned by BBC Studios but operate independently

 

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Steve Coogan heads up Baby Cow as its Creative Director, and naturally the company produces all his shows such as Alan Partridge and The Trip. However, it does also make other projects too, such as Alan Carr’s Changing Ends and Rob Brydon’s upcoming sitcom Bill’s Included.

Baby Cow’s emphasis on comedies does make it seem unlikely to be chasing Doctor Who. Unless, of course, Steve Coogan has decided he fancies a go in the TARDIS himself…

 

Matt Smith in The Death of Bunny Munro (c) Clerkenwell Films Clerkenwell Films

Clerkenwell have a long and impressively varied list of credits. This includes hard-hitting. award winning dramas like Baby Reindeer and Matt Smith’s The Death of Bunny Munro. They probably have the most experience in science fiction, fantasy, and genre productions too. The End of F***ing World, Misfits, The Aliens, and Paradox were all Clerkenwell projects.

 

Jenna Coleman as Liv Taylor in Wilderness (c) Amazon Prime Video Firebird Pictures

Firebird describe themselves as having “a focus on character-led contemporary series,” which suggests Doctor Who may not appeal to them as fitting their particular niche. There’s no denying the quality of their productions, though, which include psychological thrillers The Jetty and Wilderness, both starring Jenna Coleman, the equally dark and complicated Wild Cherries, and  ‘true story’ historical drama Outrageous.

Another factor in Firebird’s case is that their preference for one-off mini-series means they likely won’t qualify under the tender rules. Those require the bidder to have made at least one series that lasted three seasons of at least six episodes each.

 

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Another element of the invitation to tender is the BBC’s desire that the new Doctor Who be ‘cinematic.’ House Productions certainly qualifies on that front, with their slate a mix of big screen films and prestige television dramas. Its feature films include critical acclaimed productions like papal drama Conclave, and harrowing concentration camp film Zone of Interest. On television, they’re best known for Sherwood, currently making the third season of the Nottingham set crime drama starring David Morrissey.

 

Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack (c) BBC Lookout Point

Lookout Point have one of the most eclectic portfolios in the whole BBC Studios family, which may make them a prime candidate for the Doctor Who job. They’re responsible for the bleak psychological drama Happy Valley, as well as comedies like Am I Being Unreasonable? and The Power of Parker. They’ve also demonstrated the kind of quirky charm you’d expect from Doctor Who in projects like fantastical highway-woman adventure series Renegade Nell, and sapphic historical drama Gentleman Jack.

As with some other production companies on this list, Lookout Point’s success seems to be in enabling creatives to bring their personal vision to life. This does suggest that if they were to make a tender, it would likely be because some writer/producer in their orbit had approached them with a vision for the show.

 

The cast of Extraordinary Sid Gentle Films

Sid Gentle Films have perhaps some of the most experience of genre television on this list. They’re the makers of Extraordinary, for instance, about a world where everyone has superpowers except Jen, as well as horror anthology Likely Stories, and alternative history detective series SS-GB. Other projects include serial killer horror series Ragdoll, and of course, Killing Eve. The award winning series was one of the BBC’s biggest hits of the past decade and launched star Jodie Comer to international fame.

 

By the end of this month, eligible candidates will have signed their NDAs, and there will likely be little more to tell until the end of the year

Fans should brace themselves for another period of the tender process going dark, starting from tomorrow. Once the submissions are in, the BBC will have until the 9th of October to decide which applicants are eligible under the rules to go forward to the next round. Those that do will have until the 23rd to submit their short editorial proposals, sketching out their ideas for Doctor Who. In parallel to that, though, they’ll have to sign their Non-Disclosure Agreements with the BBC. Even without those NDAs, competitors will not want too much about their plans reaching the press, and their rivals.

Perhaps later this year, as head towards the finish line, our old friends unnamed “sources” will begin to discretely tell the papers some details to create a sense of inevitable momentum. But we may not even get an acknowledgement of who’s on the short list until then.

As is so often the case with the development process, we shouldn’t take an absence of exciting news as meaning a lack of exciting work happening behind closed doors. But Blogtor Who will stand ready to fill you in with everything there is to know, as details emerge.

 

 

 

 

 

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It’s 1999 all over again as the dynamic duo of the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa return with some standard, but well made, Doctor Who

 

Over the past several years, the Fifth Doctor Adventures have become one of Big Finish’s most reliable Doctor Who ranges. A large part of the reason for this consistently high quality has been the relationship between Peter Davison and his companions Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, and Matthew Waterhouse. In particular how that spills over into their characters to make one of the most engaging and fun TARDIS teams. It’s perhaps because there’s such a thing as too cosy that new boxset Shock and Awe mixes things up. It introduces a new dynamic, with the Doctor and Nyssa travelling together alone.

Or rather, it’s a return to an old dynamic. In Big Finish’s earliest days Fielding and Waterhouse had yet to be convinced to come out to play. This meant an awful lot of Fifth Doctor stories set in the gap between Season 19 and Season 20, when the Doctor and Nyssa were on their own. It’s a combination that never got a single episode on television. Yet it still provides a hit of nostalgia to long time audio listeners. (As unlikely as being nostalgic for Land of the Dead sounds.)

It’s remarkable just how well Davison and Sutton slip back into this very specific time in the characters’ development too. Sutton in particular instantly inhabits this version of Nyssa. She brings back the earnest, righteous, naivety of a young nobleman thrown from her alien utopia into an unkind universe. The script provides details like her still not being entirely sure what tea is. But it’s Sutton who provides the potent mix of anguish, confusion, and outrage in the face of sadism and genocide.

 

Lair of the Voltaxa is Who at its cosiest and most familiar

If the choice of leads mixes things up, the two stories in this set balance it with cosy familiarity. They’re the sort of story you could listen to at the end of a long day, confident that if you doze off momentarily, you won’t be lost when you snap back awake. So firmly do they keep to some standard Doctor Who patterns, you could probably fill in the blanks pretty accurately.

This is particularly true of the four part story Lair of the Voltaxa which makes up most of Shock and Awe. Its basic set-up goes back at least as far as 1968’s The Invasion. Moreover, it unfolds in much the same way as stories like The Sontaran Stratagem. It’s compounded by enough previous Big Finish releases to fill a bookcase, also sharing the same essential plot.

There’s a powerful tech millionaire, Miranda Moss (Beth Goddard) and her revolutionary new AI product on its way into every home in the country, the Miri Cube. Of course, this tech-oligarch is aligned with forces even darker than late stage capitalism, if such a thing is possible. Soon it’s up to the Doctor and his friends to shut down this product roll-out and send these domestic invaders packing.

 

There’s no denying the quality with which the story riffs on these tropes, however, or the performances of the cast

Even though Lair of the Voltaxa is straight off the shelf of Who Ikea, the real test is how well writer Ronald Moore assembles those flat-packed pieces. Fortunately, there are no awkward angles, evidence of overenthusiastic hammering, or left over screws, here. Everything is beautifully paced, with a good mix of action, drama, and lighter moments. The Tweflth Doctor almost certainly had a well thumbed prompt card for “I’m sorry but that’s not your family member/lover/friend/pet/robot anymore. It’s the thing that killed him/her/them/it. Stop trying to hug him/her/them/it.” But this Fifth Doctor adventure provides one of the best examples of a character’s mind telling them the tragic truth that their heart can’t accept.

A lot of Voltaxa’s success is due to the confident performances of the cast. Especially Clive Hayward and Alex Stedman as a father and son duo hunted when one steals a Miri Cube. Wanda Opalinksa also does great work the potentially annoying Ania, shop manager and Moss’ unlikely companion as they search for the stolen cube.

 

March of the Colossus may have been done before, but it fizzes with the wild excesses of a comic

March of the Colossus makes up the final two episodes of Shock and Awe. If the Voltaxa brought the shock with their electric powers, the Colossus certainly bring the awe with their sheer gargantuan size. Unrestrained oligarchy is again the root of all evil. Though this time it’s with all the larger than life energy of a Doctor Who Adventures comic strip. Stuart Milligan’s Austus Zebeck certainly channels DWM villain Josiah Dogbolter, with his plan closely resembling that of Berakka Dogbolter in The Warmonger. This time, though the scale of Zebeck’s plan is vastly bigger. Literally, as instead of 20 foot tall alien warriors, the battling Colossus at the heart of his pay per view fight empire are the size of mountains.

It goes without saying that that’s bad news for the Dianasa tribe who happen to live on those slumbering mountains. These comic book visuals do sometimes extend beyond the ability of Alan Ronald’s script to describe them. You’d think people falling through the air as their village suddenly pivots 90 degrees from horizontal to vertical would be less helpfully descriptive for instance.

 

The story’s real heart is the conflict between an obnoxious tech oligarch and the outraged Nyssa

Where March of the Colossus really sings is the battle of wills between Zebeck and Nyssa. The Doctor’s companion viscerally recoils from perhaps her first encounter with not the banality of evil but its cartoonish stupidity. Destruction, torture and death in pursuit of universal power is at least rational. But wiping out a whole civilization, and torturing innocent creatures to the point of insanity, just to earn a quick buck and get your face on TV… Sarah Sutton plays this knife to Nyssa’s very soul, and her subsequent grief and rage, with power and truth.

This Doctor and companion pairing may deny us the amiable four way banter that’s made recent Fifth Doctor Adventures so enjoyable. However, is the result is giving the space for moments like these, it’s worth the trade.

 

Doctor Who: Shock and Awe. Cover by Rafe Wallbank (c) Big Finish Doctor Who: Shock and Awe

The Doctor and Nyssa face alien menaces on Earth and on a far-off unnamed world.

Doctor Who – The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Shock and Awe is available to purchase now for just £19.99 (download to own) or £24.99 (download to own + collector’s edition 3-disc CD box set). Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.  

 

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This year you’ll be able to live-stream Crime and Comedy’s A Christmas Carol starring Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred and Tom Baker as it tours the UK again

 

In what’s now an annual yuletide tradition, Crime and Comedy Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol returns. The new tour will take place this November at theatres across the UK. Live on stage, Colin Baker (The Sixth Doctor) and Sophie Aldred (Ace) lead the cast of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic. It also features a rare, specially recorded appearance by Tom Baker (The Fourth Doctor) as Jacob Marley!

On Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is warned by the ghost of Jacob Marley that he will be visited by three Spirits – Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. They whisk <strong>Scrooge to the past and his happy boyhood Christmastimes, to the present to meet Tiny Tim at Bob Cratchit’s Christmas feast, and to the future and Scrooge’s own miserable grave – all to show him the error of his ways. But will Scrooge wake on Christmas morning a changed man?

The presentation takes the form of a radio-play-live-on-stage. The setting is a radio studio, the actors ready as if for a radio broadcast, and the sound effects are created live. It all combines to transport the audience to Victorian London. There, Dickens’ timeless tale of charity, forgiveness and redemption at Christmas unfolds once more.

 

You can also livestream the performance on the 15th of November, or buy previous productions on DVD

You can now also buy a recording on DVD of the production’s previous version, with Peter Purves as the narrator. There are also DVDs of the same team’s Sherlock Holmes adaptations The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Sign of Four. These both star Colin Baker as Holmes and Terry Molloy as Watson. You can order them now from Honolee Media.

There will also be a livestream of the performance on the 15th of November. You can buy your tickets for the livestream here.

The full list of dates and locations for this year’s tour of A Christmas Carol are on the Crime and Comedy Theatre website here.

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Circuit Breaker reaches its climax with Full Circuit and Short Circuits – out now from Big Finish

Over the course of the mixed-media Doctor Who adventure Circuit Breaker – which has encompassed comic books, novels, games, and more – the Fugitive Doctor has been working with UNIT’s Petronella Osgood to resolve a crisis across time and space.

That crisis reaches its climax today in Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit. This full-cast audio drama stars Jo Martin as the Fugitive Doctor and Ingrid Oliver as Osgood, as well as Omari Douglas (It’s A Sin) as Osgood’s assistant Andrew Turner, and Jemma Redgrave as UNIT Commander-in-Chief Kate Stewart (in her first chronological appearance since TV spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea).

The Doctor and her allies have uncovered the villain behind the unusual anomalies – the Conductor (Dan Starkey). This uniquely scheming Sontaran is making his final moves, which involve a Time Bomb that threatens all of the Doctor’s future selves…

The cast of Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit also includes Nigel Sudarkasa as Captain Ford/Andrew’s Dad, Ony Uhiara as Sergeant Ryle/Andrew’s Mum, and George Naylor as Skaag/the Sontarans.

 

” Jo Martin defines the sound and rhythm of Circuit Breaker”

Director Barnaby Edwards said: “It was a great joy to work with the Fugitive Doctor. This was my first experience with Jo, and I’m keeping everything crossed that it won’t be my last. I love her! She’s so fresh and funny and natural. Robert wrote a really good script and Jo completely locked into the humour and the pathos of it. She defines the sound and rhythm of Circuit Breaker.”

Esmie Jikiemi-Pierson, Circuit Breaker editorial lead, added: “It’s exciting to have the Fugitive Doctor at the heart of this story. She’s a fantastic character, and Jo as an actress is a gift that keeps on giving. She is capable of so much depth and tenderness, but also such strength, and that lends itself so well to the character.

“People think they know the Fugitive Doctor from everything we’ve seen of her, and part of the process of writing this was asking: how much of what we’ve seen is a front that she puts up to protect herself from the world, and how much of it is really who she is in her heart? Which was a really fun dichotomy to play around with.”

 

Also out now is short story collection Short Circuits

Even after the climax of Full Circuit, some questions about the mystery remain. Those missing pieces are revealed in Short Circuits, a set of two Short Trips-style 30-minute audiobook stories, which reveal the backstories of two key characters original to Circuit Breaker.

First, we head to Sontar, to discover the origins of the Conductor, a uniquely intelligent example of his militaristic race. Then, the second story focuses on Andrew, Osgood’s assistant in the UNIT Black Archive.

Both stories are read by Dan Starkey, who’s known for playing Sontarans across Doctor Who on both TV and audio. Reader Dan Starkey said: “They’re fun stories. There’s an origin story for the Conductor. It has the birth of a supervillain feel to it, both nice and horrible at the same time! The other story is more of an introductory bridging story as to how Andrew ends up working for UNIT. There’s a little bit of jeopardy, some thrills and spills – oh, and a dinosaur. It’s all great fun!”

 

Doctor Who: Full Circuit. Cover by Simon Holub (c) Big Finish Doctor Who: Full Circuit

The Doctor, Petronella Osgood and Andrew Turner are joined by Kate Stewart. A final mysterious object is manifesting, this one at the pinnacle of UNIT Tower itself.

A Time Bomb! Which threatens a dark future for all of the Doctor’s incarnations.

Only this Doctor can save herself – and her other selves – from this intricately woven scheme.

 

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker: Full Circuit is now available to purchase for just £13.99 (download to own) or £21.99 (download to own + collector’s edition CD), exclusively from the Big Finish website. Please note: the collector’s edition CD box set is strictly limited to 1,500 copies and will not be re-pressed.

Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker: Short Circuits is now available to purchase as a download to own for just £11.99, exclusively from the Big Finish website.

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Get ready for the Dalek Invasion of your Battles in Time collection with the latest set from Master Replicas

 

Battles in Time continues to chart the whole of Doctor Who history, from 1963 to the present day, with Dalek Invasion. The new set of collectible cards from Master Replicas features Every Dalek Ever!

There’s a total of 142 cards to collect, featuring more than 80 different Daleks. From the Skaro city Daleks that confronted the First Doctor, to the latest advanced Dalek scouts. And all exhaustively researched with leading Dalek expert Gavin Rymill. You’ll also encounter other characters and monsters as they appeared across six decades of appearances by the Doctor’s deadliest enemies.

You can order boxes of Battles in Time: Dalek Invasion now from the Master Replicas website. Each box contains 36 packs of cards, with six cards in each pack.

 

The breakdown of all 142 cards includes

• 80 Common cards — high-spec UV gloss finish
• 45 Rare cards — stunning rainbow foil, 1 in every pack
• 15 Super Rare cards — premium holofoil, 1 in 10 packs
• 2 Vortex Metal cards — Gold and Silver — brand-new metallic technology, 1 in 720 packs

Each booster box also contains an oversized Box Topper cards, recreating one of the cards in the set at a giant scale. There are five Box Topper variants to collect.

Plus, while most boxes contain a completely random collection of cards, you have a chance of being one of very lucky, very few, who get a Dimension Box. These contain every single card in Battles in Time: Dalek Invasion.

 

The Battles in Time collection continues to grow as it explore every era of Doctor Who

The new set builds on Master Replica’s stunning regeneration of the Battles in Time card game that ruled the playground in the 2000s. It’s available to pre-order now ahead of shipping in December 2026. Already available:

• Reintroduction – reprinting 70 classics from the original run alongside 8 new favourites from the Gatwa era
• Obliterator – featuring 142 brand new cards covering the 2009-2025 eras of Doctor Who
• First Doctor – 15 new cards, with beautiful black and white photo art, starring William Hartnell’s original Doctor, his companions, and worst enemies
• Second Doctor – 15 new cards, also with black and white photo art, with Patrick Troughton’s incarnation, friends and foes.

 

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Fans can revisit the Impossible Planet in a new movie edit containing never before seen footage – in cinemas for Doctor Who Day 2026

 

For readers of Blogtor Who, the 23rd of November is now and forever, Doctor Who Day. It’s the anniversary of the broadcast of the very first episode An Unearthly Child, and both fans and the BBC use it every year to celebrate the show. This year, BBC Studios have teamed up with CinemaLive and Fathom Entertainment. Together, they’re inviting fans to Doctor Who: The Satan Pit Extended Cut. One of the Doctor and Rose’s most chilling and atmospheric adventures will be on the big screen for the first time. It’s a special one-night-only Doctor Who Day cinema event taking place on the 23rd of November 2026. And over 1,000 cinemas across the UK, Ireland, U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand are taking part.

Moreover, this Doctor Who: The Satan Pit – Extended Movie Cut will present the two episode story The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit as a newly re-edited, movie-length cinematic cut. Deleted scenes, previously only available on physical media releases, have been re-integrated into the story alongside never-before-seen extended footage. Fans already widely regard the two-parter as one of the standout stories of modern Doctor Who. Now the movie edition features more scale, horror, and emotional stakes than ever before.

The screening will also feature an exclusive interview with International Emmy and multiple BAFTA Award winning director and producer James Strong, reflecting on the making of one of the most celebrated stories of the modern Doctor Who era.

Fans across three continents will unite for this unique Doctor Who Day event

Natasha Spence, Global Events Director, BBC Studios, said: “Part of what makes Doctor Who so extraordinary is that there is always more to discover. Even with a story as loved as The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit, we’re able to offer fans something they haven’t experienced before, with previously deleted scenes restored into the adventure and never-before-seen extended footage included in this special cinema cut. Doctor Who Day is the perfect moment to celebrate that sense of discovery with fans. We’re delighted to be working with CinemaLive again to bring this unforgettable Tenth Doctor and Rose story to the big screen, and to give audiences the chance to experience it together in cinemas for the first time”.

John Travers, Head of Acquisitions & Distribution, CinemaLive, said “Following the incredible reaction from fans in UK & Irish cinemas to last year’s Doctor Who season finale, we’re thrilled to be partnering with BBC Studios again and expanding the scope of this very special Doctor Who Day cinema event so that Whovians from the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand can also come together and join in this big screen celebration.”

 

 

Doctor Who: The Satan Pit Extended Movie Cut. (c) Peter Strain for BBC Studios Doctor Who: The Satan Pit – Extended Movie Edit

The TARDIS brings the Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) to Sanctuary Base 6, a remote outpost on a planet orbiting a black hole. As the base crew uncover something ancient beneath the surface, the Doctor and Rose are pulled into one of their darkest and most unforgettable adventures, facing the terrifying Ood and an evil older than time itself: the Beast.

Tickets go on sale from 25 September 2026 at 9am local time. To find out participating cinemas and book tickets, visit doctorwhoincinemas.com in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia & New Zealand and Fathom Entertainment in the US.

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