Power of 3

We return to the Doctor Who two-in-one novels, which featured the exploits of Matt Smith's Time Lord. We look at Web in Space! (reprinted in a solo volume as Web in Space), and discuss it with author David Bailey. And we've created an all-new reading from the book too!

We reach the concluding part of our look at the Tales of Trenzalore novel from early 2014. Today, John and Kenny take a look at Strangers in the Outland, by Paul Finch, and The Dreaming, by Mark Morris. Both writers join us to discuss their experiences writing for this collection. We also have the DWM review, and discuss what we think of the collection. You can visit Paul Finch's blog here: https:...

It seems apt to bring you some extra Christmas-themed episodes given we've just featured The Time of the Doctor. In a two-part series, we're bringing you a look at Tales of Trenzalore, a 2014 short story collection featuring events that took place during the 900 years the Eleventh Doctor defended the town of Christmas. Steevie and Kenny take a look at the first couple of stories today, Let It Snow...

Merry Christmas! It's the annual Power of 3 episode where we take a look at three festive episodes, as the ghost of Christmas past looms over us all. Today, David, Kenny and special guest co-conspirator Jo examine The Unquiet Dead (look, it's the closest we have to an Eccleston Christmas episode, so go with it!), The Time of the Doctor and The Husbands of River Song. Which will they love most? The...

There's only one more day to go until the big day... new Doctor Who day. Oh, and Christmas Day as well. Dave, Kenny and Jo look back over season one with the Fifteenth Doctor, and share their thoughts and hopes for what Steven Moffat is going to deliver. Hopefully Joy to the World will bring our trio of Who influencers some delight!

It's Christmas week, so it's only fair that we take a look at a Doctor Who novel with a festive title. It was released in July 1996, at the height of summer, and the Christmas content is, erm, well... Yes. Matt and Kenny discuss Lawrence Miles's first Doctor Who novel, and the writer himself features in an archive clip, courtesy of our friends at the Reality Check podcast. Listen to the full inter...

The Fifteenth Doctor is back in an all-new adventure - and we're not talking about Joy to the World (yet!). Today, we take a look at the latest original novel from BBC Books, Eden Rebellion, and speak to author Abi Falase about their first Doctor Who work. We've also got an excerpt from the audiobook, read by Genesis Lynea.

If we all lived our lives a little more like our favourite Time Lord*, then things might be a little less manic. Well, that's assuming we prefer the Doctor over the Master, the Rani, Borusa, Chancellor Valyes or even Castellan Kelner. Today, we speak to co-author Peter Anghelides, about The Daily Doctor.

It's only a few days until the broadcast of the Second Doctor in colour! As we get ready for The War Games, we've dug out a classic Second Doctor adventure from the Power of 3 bookshelf. Today, we speak to Steve Lyons about writing The Murder Game, the second BBC PDA release. Editor Steve Cole pops by too!

Better late than never, we bring you two more exclusive Season 25-related interviews. We spoke to David John Pope about playing the Kandy Man, and Eric Luskin, about creating The Making of Doctor Who - Silver Nemesis, a few months ago. However, Doctor Who Magazine were interested in them, so they appeared in print first, and now, we bring you the full conversations with the pair!

If you like being made to think about your Doctor Who viewing, the chances are you'll be more than aware of the Black Archive series. Launched by Obverse Books in March 2016, the Black Archive sees writers tackle a Doctor Who story, analyse and dissect it, and give their own take on it. We speak with Stuart Douglas, the range publisher, about how it came to be, and their latest book, which examine...

It's official - the next Doctor Who animation is another First Doctor tale. The Savages is being brought back to life, as all four episodes have been recreated in animated form, and married to the original soundtrack. Dave and Kenny share their thoughts, recording from the Power of 3 mobile recording studio (aka Kenny's car)

Remember when the Doctor encountered Queen Victoria, when she was mourning her husband, Prince Albert, and had an adventure in Scotland? Yes, of course we're talking about 2004's Fifth Doctor PDA, Empire of Death, by David Bishop. As if Russell T Davies would ever use an elements from one of David's stories, or nick his story title. Oh, no... wait... We're joined by David Bishop who discusses the...

It's that time of the year when we all get excited - there's a new Doctor Who Annual on the way. Gone are the days of Mission for Duh and X Rani and the Ugly Mutants, plus weird lurid acid-trip illustrations. Instead, we have Paul Lang looking after it all, and he tells how work started on this some twelve months ago!

It's back for a new lease of life in 2024, just in time for Christmas. Some 38 years after it was originally published, Harry Sullivan's War has been released as audiobook by BBC Audio. We present an extract from the book, and speak with the man who has brought it to life - Christopher Naylor. Lifelong Doctor Who fan Chris tells us about his career to date, and how he came to play Harry Sullivan f...

Have you even wondered what happened to certain characters on Doctor Who, and what they did before we meet them on TV? If so, then The Adventures Before is the book for you, featuring eight tales that prelude the greatest adventures of various Doctors. We chat to writers Mark Griffiths and Gary Russell about their entries, preludes to The Daleks and The Five Doctors. Another book to consider for C...

UNIT has been part of Doctor Who since 1968, there to support the Doctors in their moments of need. But what really happened before and after the Doctor arrived? Mike Tucker and Steve Cole reveal all in this glorious new hardback publication, and discuss the creative process behind it all.

It's an amazing time to be a fan of Doctor Who research into its earliest days. On top of Simon Guerrier's biography of David Whittaker and Paul Hayes's Pull to Open in 2023, this year has seen the release of the Doctor Who Production Diary - The Hartnell Years. Written by David Brunt, we speak to published David J Howe about this book, its sequel, and what else is coming from Telos Publishing in...

It's been a while since we featured a novel with the Twelfth Doctor, so here we go! Today, we're turning back the clock to 2017, when the Doctor and Bill faced the Shining Men. Author Cavan Scott joins us to reveal all about the book - including a frantic last-minute rewrite!

The team continue their story-by-story journey through the adventures of the Thirteenth Doctor. Today, Steevie, Kenny and John face The Tsuranga Conundrum, Demons of the Punjab and Kerblam! Will they enjoy it before the Pting tries to eat them all? Or will there be a special delivery to save them all?

There's a new compilation of Doctor Who art on the way - and YOU can make it happen. Today, we're delighted to welcome back Will Brooks (woop woop!), as he discusses the new upcoming Kickstarter project from Cutaway Comics - Unearthing The Time Team - a celebration of the DWM artwork by Adrian Salmon. This new book will collect Adrian's art for the classic era Time Team features - and feature all-...

It's official - the second sixties Doctor Who story to be colourised is The War Games. We've gone behind the scenes on it to chat with editor Ben Cook and chief colourist Rich Tipple, as well as Peter Crocker, who tells us about the picture restoration. The countdown to 23 December is on!

It's been a long time since we did a Doctor Who Family Tree episode. These are episodes where we find people with Doctor Who connections, working together on other projects, and here, we focus on 1984 BBC children's drama The Box of Delights. It starred Patrick Troughton, with a number of noteable Who alumni working on it too, most notably composer Roger Limb. Kenny is joined by Roy Gill to discus...

The Doctor's always running into people from Earth's past on TV, in a genre now known as the 'celebrity historical'. Here, we have David Tennant's Tenth Doctor travelling solo, finding himself in the Galopagos Islands, where he not only encounters a young Charles Darwin, but also... the Silurians. We're delighted to be joined by author L D Lapinski, as they tell us about getting the commission, an...

A range of Doctor Who fiction has begun, with the new Icons series. This sees different incarnations of the Doctor encountering famous people from Earth's past. The range begins with the Thirteenth Doctor meeting Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Author Sophie McKenzie joins us to tell us about the writing process.