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A new 30-minute behind-thescenes series chronicling the making of Doctor Who has been filmed for BBC Three and iPlayer. Doctor Who Unleashed is hosted by Steffan Powell.
It was confirmed that Neil Patrick Harris will play the Toymaker in an upcoming anniversary episode. A new trailer was aired before Strictly Come Dancing on 23 September, featuring new material from all three specials.
Doctor Who @ 60: A Musical Celebration – a concert recorded in Cardiff on 28 September – is now available on BBC Sounds and was also filmed for a future release on iPlayer.
Over 800 episodes of Doctor Who from 1963 to 1989, plus archive material, are now available on BBC iPlayer. These include The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood, Class and Doctor Who Confidential and will have subtitles, audio description and sign language for the first time. Russell T Davies said: “I’d like to thank the BBC for all the hard work to get this massive back catalogue under one roof, at long last. And we’re determined this won’t be a dusty museum – we have exciting plans to bring the back catalogue to life, with much more to be revealed!”
A new archival website dedicated to Doctor Who has been launched at bbc.co.uk/doctorwho. It will include interviews, documents, audio and behind-thescenes material. In addition, an estimated 25,000 prints, negatives, slides and digital images from the archives have been scanned at 8K resolution.
Big Finish is releasing a new book, The Art Of The Audio Adventures. The hardback coffee table tome features imagery from 100 of its covers and is available this month.
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