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As Doctor Who gears up for its global premiere this May, the episode titles have now been revealed for the season, as well as a guest star who has jumped aboard the TARDIS for the upcoming season.

DOCTOR WHO – EPISODE TITLES

Space Babies: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Julie Anne Robinson

The Devil’s Chord: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Ben Chessell

Boom: Written by Steven Moffat, directed by Julie Anne Robinson

73 Yards: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams

Dot and Bubble: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Dylan Holmes Williams

Rogue: Written by Kate Herron and Briony Redman, directed by Ben Chessell

The Legend of Ruby Sunday: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue

Empire of Death: Written by Russell T Davies, directed by Jamie Donoughue

Joining Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in the Julie Anne Robinson directed 'Space Babies', is Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) who joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn, who the Doctor and Ruby collide with, in their first adventure in the TARDIS together.

Russell T Davies, Showrunner said:

It’s been amazing to see the whole world appreciate Golda’s talents, because of Bridgerton, and it’s been an absolute joy to invite her to Cardiff to help launch Ncuti and Millie’s first season.

Rounding out the explosive double bill is previously announced Jinkx Monsoon who stars in ‘The Devil’s Chord’, the Doctor’s most powerful enemy yet. In this episode, the Doctor and Ruby step back to the sixties to meet The Beatles.

New episodes will then debut weekly across BBC iPlayer, BBC One and outside of the UK on Disney+ (where available), with the Steven Moffat penned adventure ‘Boom’ up next, followed by ‘73 Yards’, ‘Dot and Bubble’, ‘Rogue’, and a massive two-part finale spread across two weeks titled ‘The Legend of Ruby Sunday’ and ‘Empire of Death’.

Over the rest of the season there are an array of brilliant guest stars jumping aboard the TARDIS, including Callie Cooke, Dame Siân Phillips, Alexander Devrient, Bhav Joshi, Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy, Tachia Newall and Caoilinn Springall. They join the previously announced guest cast: Michelle Greenidge, Angela Wynter, Anita Dobson, Aneurin Barnard, Yasmin Finney, Jonathan Groff, Gwïon Morris Jones, Bonnie Langford, Genesis Lynea, Jemma Redgrave, Lenny Rush and Indira Varma.

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At least for US users, Classic Who is apparently now on Tubi. It’s completely free (with ads) and looks like a great option if you’re interested in the show. There are a few episodes not available (An Unearthly Child because of the rights drama and some of the animated missing episodes, I’m told) but it is basically all of them.

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Wonderful!

Ask me if you have any questions!

Mr. Science Teacher is named Ian Chesterton, and you are not alone in finding his name long and a bit obscure

I just began Classic Doctor Who.

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DOCTOR WHO RESOURCES: A MASTERPOST

Hi all, I was going to share my Doctor Who comics, but I got a bit carried away so enjoy! I’m only sharing links to my own files, websites, and files I have permission to share, so this will certainly have gaps. Feel free to contact me for any recommendations, suggestions, requests, or anything you’d like to add ❤️

VIDEO/TELEVISION:

The Library (has every episode of Modern Doctor Who, Classic Doctor Who, the TV movie, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class)

Classic Doctor Who Again (this is out of order but some of the reconstructed animations are in here too)

Mini Episodes, Prequels, Lockdown, Extras and More

Scream of the Shalka Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6

The Curse of Fatal Death

Some Doctor Who Confidentials

The Peter Cushing Films

The Infinity Quest

Dreamland (unfortunately this is only available to people in the UK but you can use a VPN too)

AUDIO:

All the audio dramas here come from Big Finish on Spotify, but I highly suggest supporting Big Finish directly when you can, as they are a smaller company that relies more heavily on audience contributions. There’s also more free stuff on their website that isn’t included below.

The First 50 Main Range

Short Trips Volume 1 and 2

8th Doctor main range in order up to Zagreus, and first season with Lucie Miller (if you are just getting into the audios I would suggest starting here)

Charlotte Pollard Further Adventures (Series 1)

4th Doctor Adventures (Series 1)

The Lost Stories (4th and 6th Doctors)

Destiny of the Doctor

Unit: Dominion (highly suggest this, great plot twists and characters, it is 4 hours long though)

UNIT (assorted)

The Stageplays

Bernice Summerfield

Counter-Measures (series 1 and 2)

I, Davros

The Davros Mission

Iris Wildthyme (assorted)

Jago & Litefoot

The Companion Chronicles (series 2)

Graceless (Series 1-3)

Cyberman

Dalek Empire

Fan Audios (these are amazing too)

The Soundtrack

COMICS:

My Personal Collection (right now it’s mostly full of wilderness years stuff, but I’m always editing it)

This website has a lot of the newer stuff and is fairly safe

This website also has a lot of new stuff, but is a little less safe

Would highly suggest the fan comics High and Dry by Valc0, and The Ten Doctors by Rich Morris

NOVELS/ LITERATURE:

Here’s my collection of pretty much every major novel series. In truth I don’t actually know what sort of stuff I have, but there’s around 500 novels in here

All of these are in my collection already, but here’s another link just in case: EDAs VNAs PDAs

My collection doesn’t have the target novelizations so here they are

Some (older) Doctor Who Magazines

Official Scripts

Transcripts

Big Finish Transcript Archive

Here’s just a link to AO3’s Doctor Who stuff because I can

MISCELLANEOUS:

Games

Big Finish Trigger Warning Chart

The Big Finish Podcast

A list of everything included in Doctor Who’s canon

The Wiki

#how to watch doctor who

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It's a running joke in the series. The TARDIS is always "broken" and the Doctor is entirely incapable of being inconspicuous.

There are several episodes featuring other TARDISes, all of which have functioning chameleon circuits, so we do get to see what that looks like.

There are two episodes that involve the Doctor trying to fix the chameleon circuit.

In the first one he gets the help of some super-powered mathematicians, but the end result is that the entire universe gets destroyed and the Doctor gets murdered, and still no progress is made

In the second one, he fixes it himself and the TARDIS throws what can only be described as an almighty temper tantrum and starts changing into the MOST conspicuous possible disguises, so at the end of the episode he sets it back to Police Box and calls it good, with a sort of "Let us never speak of this again"

After these attempts, the clear message was "maybe we just shouldn't mess with it."

The Police Box look has now become iconic and beloved, both in-universe and out, totally eclipsing the historical object it was based on.

the first episode of doctor who i watched, the doctor mentioned that the tardis was supposed to change it’s cloaking device to match the area, but it was mysteriously malfunctioning!

and it’s been how many seasons and the doctor still hasn’t fixed it?? and also doesn’t even seem concerned about fixing it anymore??? wtf man..

#TARDIS #chameleon circuit

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A Dalek is a an alien mutant in a tank-like travel and battle vehicle. They are a deliberate Nazi analogue and are associated with universal hatred, racial supremacy, and inexorable military conquest. The Daleks are the primary antagonists of the franchise.

"Valeyard" is a Gallifreyan word meaning "Learned doctor of Law" - the prosecutor at the Doctor's trial in the season 23 arc "Trial of a Time Lord" was called the Valeyard. Any more information about that character risks running into highly spoilery territory.

In general, Doctor Who is about an impoverished itinerant alien do-gooder who travels about in Time and Space, usually accompanied by one or more companions, saving planets and advocating for the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.

As to where to start well...that's sort of a hard question but there's a brand new episode airing Friday so why not start there?

If you have any more questions or want any clarification, feel free to ask me - it's why I am here

Okay, this is going to sound extremely random and I may sound like a dumbass, but can someone please explain to me what the hell a Dalek is? Or who the Valeyard is?

WHAT THE HELL IS DOCTOR WHO ABOUT IN GENERAL AND WHERE DO I EVEN START?

Help 🥺

#daleks #the valeyard #about

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Good luck!

Lemme know if you have any questions about anything!

Just about to start watching Doctor who for the first time wish me luck!

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If you have any specific questions, I'm here to help. Otherwise - enjoy!

I just started the first episode of doctor who and I'm already confused

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When they first appeared in 1963, the intent was Nazis, and specifically tanks. They double down on the Nazi imagery in their origin story some 15 years later.

But they remain ever more broadly applicable as the need arises. So lowkey...yes?

Doctor Who Thoughts #2

Lowkey are the Daleks supposed to represent ... white people ?

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Some seasons are better starting places than others. The best places to start are

Season 1 (1963)

Season 7 (1970)

Season 16 (1978 or so?)

Series 1 (2005)

Series 5 (2010)

Series 11 (2018)

These are all points of very low continuity, and usually mark significant changes on tone and style. One caveat is that a lot of the episodes in the first 6 seasons are musding, which can be difficult.

In the 20th century portion of the show, Doctor Who is primarily episodic rather than arc-driven; in the 21st century portion the arcs typically do not cross Doctor boundaries, though there are frequent backward references.

To my mind, it doesn't really matter where you start watching Doctor Who so long as you don't stop. If one point of ingress isn't to your taste, try another. If you end up with continuity questions, ask me! And, above all else, enjoy :)

Question

Do I need to watch Doctor Who from the beginning to understand the show? Because I do understand that the Doctor changes but wasn’t sure if the storyline continues to follow on with each change. Or can I start from any season?

#how to start watching doctor who

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Hello yes I am the cliff notes version ask me anything and everything

And enjoy!

DOCTOR WHO FANS! I need your help.

I’ve recently been introduced to the sheer brilliance that is David Tennant (I know, I’m so late to this party) and I’m working my way through some of his work.

Now, I have a question

Is it possible to only watch Tennant’s Doctor Who and understand what’s going on?

Advice?

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In broad strokes, Moffat is telling the story backwards, so it won't necessarily make sense until you get to the beginning.

Where exactly are you in the season, and what specifically is giving you trouble? Maybe I can help.

so i started watching doctor who like on Christmas and i for the most part got it, completely understood it, cool. But now, however, I’m on Matt Smith’s Doctor, specifically his second season now i think? And may i just say…..,,,,i have no idea what in the FUCK is going on. I think i pieced most of something together and i hope I’m wrong but given the clues and shit i don’t think i am but I’m missing something. Anyway. It’s confusing as hell and i don’t know what’s going on

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It is intended that you should be able to pick up there, so yes

Can I pick up watching doctor who with the 13th doctor, or will I be confused?? cause I haven’t watch since the 12th doctor started.

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Wonderful! Let me know if you have any questions about anything!

I’m starting series 1 of doctor who, I’ve never seen any doctor who before I’m so excited!!!!

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When Clara was introduced, it was as "Soufflé Girl" so the Doctor/Clara ship name was Whoufflé. The accent was quickly forgotten and you got compounds like whoufflepuff (for whouffle shippers).

When the Doctor regenerated, you've still got whouffle as the ship name, but you want to distinguish the new Capaldi!Doctor so:

whouffle + capaldi = whouffaldi

That's way too many vowels so I expect the u went the same way as the é.

Why is the shipname of 12th doctor and clara whoffaldi? What does that means?

#etymology #whoffaldi

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Yes, there's a pretty clean break after Clara's departure.

I would also recommend watching the two intervening Christmas Specials: "the Husbands of River Song" and "the Return of Dr. Mysterio."

Did you get far enough into the Capaldi era to see the Missy reveal? That is a good spoiler to have under your belt. There's also a bit from Clara's departure that informs a bit in the first episode of series 10, but it's pretty minor.

I doubt any of it will be terribly important for Series 11, but more Doctor Who never hurts.

If you have any questions or it does seem like you've missed something, ask me!

CALLING ALL DOCTOR WHO FANS: I used to be a dedicated viewer, watching from the beginning of the Ninth Doctor’s era through the first few episodes with Twelve; hard as I tried, I couldn’t maintain my interest in Clara’s storyline, despite how much I adore Peter Capaldi and wanted to see his evolution on the show.

I would love to return to Doctor Who again when Jodie Whittaker starts as the Thirteenth Doctor. She’s such a wonderful actress! I see that the most recent series with Capaldi/Pearl Mackie is available on BBC America on Demand. Should I just go ahead and watch those episodes, even though I’ll be missing some series in between? Is that an OK place to jump back in?