Doctor Who Guide: Backstage at Christmas

Last updated 15 December 2018

Backstage at Christmas

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Director: Adam Page

Featuring: Simon Pegg, James Hawes, David Tennant, Mike Crowley, Phil Collinson, Noel Clarke

Not broadcast.

It's the height of summer, and the Doctor Who team are shooting the 2005 Christmas Special. This year, it looks like Christmas cheer is going to be in very short supply...

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On This Day: 16th July

The War Machines: Episode 4 premiered on BBC One in 1966 at 5:16pm BST, watched by 5.50 million viewers.

Meet the Thirteenth Doctor premiered on BBC One in 2017 at 4:26pm BST, watched by 4.29 million viewers.

Birthdays

Colin Baxter is 50 today - credited as Policeman in Meat(TW)

Amy Benedict is 56 today - credited as Bridget Howe in Rendition(TW)

Adrian Mills is 64 today - credited as Aris in Kinda

David Sibley is 72 today - 10 credits, including Pralix in The Pirate Planet

Robert Banks Stewart (died 2016 aged 84) would be 89 today - 6 credits, including Writer for Terror of the Zygons

Frances Pidgeon (died 2016 aged 85) would be 90 today - 2 credits, including Thalira's Lady in Waiting in The Monster of Peladon

Deaths

Trevor Baxter (died 2017 aged 84) - 22 credits, including Professor Litefoot in The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Hugh Martin (died 1997 aged 82) - 2 credits, including Munro in Terror of the Zygons

Doctor Who News

Maurice Roëves 1937 - 2020
The actor Maurice Roëves has died at the age of 83
15 Jul

Doctor Who: Shadow of the Daleks (Credit: Big Finish)

Davison vs Daleks
Big Finish have announced that Fifth Doctor Peter Davison will battle the Daleks in Shadow of the Daleks, a new set of audio adventures for Big Finish.
15 Jul

Lucy Wilson Mysteries: 8.46 (Credit: Candy Jar Books)

The Lucy Wilson Mysteries: 8.46
Candy Jar Books has announces its latest free-for-download short story in The Lucy Wilson Mysteries:
13 Jul

100 Objects of Dr Who (Credit: Candy Jar Books)

100 Objects of Dr Who
Candy Jar Books has announced a new non-ficton book collecting together facts and opinions from all fifty-seven years of the rich history of Doctor Who:
12 Jul