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Line of Duty Production Team Interested in Bidding for Doctor Who Tender
The Doctor Who Companion – 7 September 2026 Simon Heath, CEO of World Productions — the company behind Line of Duty and Karen Pirie — has confirmed that members of his team are interested in bidding for Doctor Who once the BBC formally puts the show out to tender, though he stressed no decision has…
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David Tennant: Doctor Who’s Future Is “Probably Quite Exciting”
The Doctor Who Companion – 5 September 2026 David Tennant has struck an optimistic note on Doctor Who’s future, saying the show is likely to return “in a different form” after any hiatus, much as it did following its 1989 cancellation. He pointed to Big Finish as a source of new stories in the meantime.…
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Mark Gatiss Says Doctor Who Should Just Ignore The Reality War’s Cliffhanger
The Doctor Who Companion – 3 September 2026 Writer and actor Mark Gatiss has suggested that Doctor Who doesn’t need to explain the Fifteenth Doctor’s apparent regeneration into Billie Piper at the end of The Reality War, arguing the show could simply move on rather than resolve the cliffhanger. He compared the situation to Dallas’s…
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Character Options Reveals Autumn 2026 Doctor Who Figure Range, Including Paradigm Daleks
The Doctor Who Companion – 31 August 2026 Character Options has unveiled its Autumn 2026 range of 5.5-inch Doctor Who action figures for UK B&M stores, including a Twelfth Doctor & Missy set, an Eleventh Doctor & Amy Pond set, and two limited-edition History of the Daleks Paradigm sets featuring the Strategist, Scientist, Drone and…
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Netflix Exec Anne Mensah Says Doctor Who “Belongs on the BBC”, Praises Russell T Davies
Bleeding Cool – 29 August 2026 Speaking to Radio Times following the Edinburgh TV Festival, Netflix’s VP of Original Series Anne Mensah said she believes Doctor Who “belongs on the BBC”, while praising former showrunner Russell T Davies as “a freaking genius” she would love to work with again. Her comments came shortly after Prime…
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Amazon’s Prime Video Says It Would “Welcome” Doctor Who Conversations
Bleeding Cool – 29 August 2026 Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Prime Video’s senior UK scripted commissioner Oliver Jones said the streamer would “welcome any conversations” about Doctor Who as the BBC prepares to put the show out to competitive tender. Jones and Amazon MGM Studios’ London-based VP Nicole Clemens also discussed plans to…
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Big Finish Releases Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion
Big Finish – 28 August 2026 Big Finish has released The Sixth Doctor Adventures: Reunion, a new three-story box set reuniting Colin Baker’s Doctor and Nicola Bryant’s Peri with Mark Strickson’s Vislor Turlough. The trio travel from Swinging Sixties London to medieval France and Viking Denmark, building to Turlough’s long-awaited return to his home planet,…
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Waris Hussein and Carole Ann Ford Reminisce on The Whoniverse Show
Doctor Who (BBC) – 27 August 2026 The series’ first-ever director, Waris Hussein, and its original companion, Carole Ann Ford, reunite for a new episode of The Whoniverse Show to look back on working with William Hartnell during Doctor Who’s earliest days. Read the full story →
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Billie Piper Tells Doctor Who Fans to “Chill Out”, Insists She’s Not the Next Doctor
Doctor Who TV – 23 August 2026 Speaking at For the Love of Fantasy & Sci-Fi in London, Billie Piper addressed speculation over her future in Doctor Who following her surprise appearance at the end of The Reality War, saying: “I am not the next Doctor. I am Rose Tyler in hiatus.” She urged fans…
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David Tennant Suggests Doctor Who Tender Pitch Could Revolve Around a “Particular Performer”
CultBox – 20 August 2026 Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine, David Tennant suggested a production company bidding for the BBC’s Doctor Who tender might try to entice the broadcaster by attaching a “shiny” star to its pitch. He stressed he wasn’t hinting at insider knowledge, but said whoever wins the tender should feel free to…
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