Doctor Who News

The Doctor Who Companion – 1 August 2026 Big Finish’s four-part audio saga Rutans vs Sontarans reaches its conclusion with Peace at Last, starring Paul McGann, India Fisher and Conrad Westmaas as the Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard and C’rizz, as the two ancient enemies attempt an uneasy truce that history has other plans for. It’s…

Doctor Who TV – 1 August 2026 Responding to Steven Moffat’s recent comments against a full reboot, Doctor Who TV writer Jamie Holloway argues the show’s next era should keep its continuity intact but stop centring stories on it, pushing complex lore like Gallifrey, the Timeless Child and bi-generation into the background so new viewers…

BBC Doctor Who / Big Finish – 31 July 2026 As the summer-long Circuit Breaker event heads into its finale, East Side Games’ interactive title Castling is confirmed for release on 6 August, putting Jo Martin’s Fugitive Doctor at the TARDIS console to face down the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans and a rogue Weeping Angel —…

Big Finish – 27–31 July 2026 A busy week on the audio side: Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton head into The Fifth Doctor Adventures: Shock and Awe (27 July, due September); Jane Slavin and Joe Sims take on the Daleks in Space Security Service: Bret Vyon Lives! (28 July); Jon Culshaw and Gwithian Evans release…

The Doctor Who Companion – 26 July 2026 Columnist Graham Clements lays out a tongue-in-cheek 10-point “tender” of his own for whoever ends up producing Doctor Who next — an older, more mysterious Doctor, two-part 45-minute stories, and the Daleks back in season one — while inviting fellow fans to make their own case in…

Doctor Who TV – 26 July 2026 The first instalment of a new retrospective traces Big Finish’s origins back to 1996, when the BBC’s audio licence was out of reach and Bernice Summerfield became the company’s founding series, through to the September 2003 announcement that the TV show itself would return. Read the full story…

Doctor Who TV – 25 July 2026 Former showrunner Steven Moffat predicts a bidding war among production companies vying to make the show next, and argues that a full reboot would be “a terrible beginning” for Doctor Who. Read the full story →

Doctor Who Magazine / Big Finish – July 2026 Away from the tender headlines, Doctor Who Magazine’s latest issue (on sale 23 July) continues its “Legends” tribute series with a special on Patrick Troughton, while Big Finish has released a new six-part audio series for the Twelfth Doctor, The Twelfth Doctor Adventures: Run Fast, Be…

Doctor Who TV – 15 July 2026 BBC Studios CEO Tom Fussell confirms his company will formally enter the competitive tender to keep producing Doctor Who, declaring “we are in it to win it.” Read the full story →

Deadline – 14 July 2026 BBC Studios confirms it will bid to remain Doctor Who’s producer when the tender process opens, with Fussell noting the studio has made the show for 60 years and wants “another 60.” Read the full story →

Deadline – 14 July 2026 A senior BBC executive frames the decision to put Doctor Who out to competitive tender as a chance for creative renewal rather than a sign of the show’s decline. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 7 July 2026 Moffat asks fans to stay patient during the show’s transition and insists that entertainment, not moralizing, is “the minimum condition of anything you write” for Doctor Who. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 5 July 2026 Davies says it was simply “time to move on,” clarifying that the now-cancelled 2026 Christmas special was only ever a stopgap plan, and that no script or actor had been lined up for a new Doctor before the show was put out to tender. Read the full story…

Doctor Who TV – 21 June 2026 A retrospective feature argues that, for all the turmoil surrounding its end, Russell T Davies’s second era stands as the greatest period in Doctor Who’s history. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 20 June 2026 A feature weighs the show’s realistic options after the tender announcement, concluding that every path back to screen carries real risk. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 17 June 2026 Former Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi says he had doubts about where the show was heading, and feels the emotional weight of regeneration has been “diminished” through overuse. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 17 June 2026 Capaldi doesn’t rule out the show going quiet for a period during the tender process, but insists Doctor Who remains fundamentally safe long-term – and wouldn’t rule out a return himself. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 14 June 2026 A feature argues that RTD’s public reassurances gloss over a genuine crisis facing the show in the wake of the tender announcement. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 14 June 2026 Steven Moffat pushes back on comparisons to the show’s 1989 cancellation, insisting Doctor Who is “definitely returning” and isn’t being cancelled. Read the full story →

Doctor Who TV – 13 June 2026 Davies directly disputes the “cancelled” narrative building around the tender announcement, telling critics “you’re wrong” and saying he regrets nothing about how it was handled. Read the full story →