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Doctor Who ‘Create a Soundtrack’ Competition: Winners Announced!
Back in April, BBC Learning and BBC Proms launched a brilliant competition giving young people the chance to create a soundtrack to a recent clip from Doctor Who that will be showcased at the BBC Proms in 2013. The competition closed at the end of May and the winners have now been announced.
An Adventure that Changed Everything
Certain episodes of Doctor Who change the way we see the Doctor, altering the course of the show completely, and few have been more significant than episode ten of The War Games, first broadcast on this day – 21 June – in 1969.
Royal visit planned to the TARDIS
We’re delighted to confirm that the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will be paying a visit to the TARDIS in the first week of July.
Jenna Coleman to Star in Death Comes To Pemberley
It’s been announced that Jenna Coleman will play Lydia Wickham in Death Comes To Pemberley, a major new 3x60-minute serial that will be made for BBC One and directed by the BAFTA award-winning Daniel Percival.
The Ninth Doctor and The Parting of the Ways
The Ninth Doctor’s era came to a dramatic conclusion on 18 June, 2005 in The Parting of the Ways. It was the first time for over twenty years that we’d seen the actor playing the Doctor hand over with a regeneration scene in the course of a series and so anticipation in advance of the episode was understandably huge!
Master Class!
We’ve just updated dozens of our episode pages so you can now explore the Master’s earliest adventures! We’ve added clips, galleries and fact files that mean you can step back in time and follow the Master’s villainous career from the very beginning.
Celebrating the Master!
This weekend marks the sixth anniversary of the return of the Master in Utopia. The charismatic villain first appeared in 1971 in Terror of the Autons, immediately establishing himself as a worthy opponent.
Jenna Coleman is presented to Her Majesty The Queen
Jenna Coleman was presented to Her Majesty The Queen today when the major new extension of the BBC’s Broadcasting House was officially opened.
Matt Smith announces he is to leave Doctor Who - UPDATED
The BBC is today announcing that Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who after four incredible years on the hit BBC One show.
