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Intimidated by the long history ofDoctor Who?No need. You'll be able to jump right in with thenext season, come springtime, and enjoy it as a brand new show! These four concepts are probably all you'll actuallyneed.
You can certainly choose to enjoyDoctor Who as purely a television series. But did you know that there are far more stories told in the comic and audio form than exist in the whole television catalogue? Luckily, there'sno such thing as canon in this fandom. So you can enjoy exactly thekind ofDoctor Who you prefer. And we'll be here to cover it all!
Tales of the TARDIS is the first new spin-off to join theWhoniverse onBBC iPlayer. Each episode comprises a classicDoctor Who story edited into oneomnibus-style episode, bookended by new scenes featuring members of the original cast in"a remembered TARDIS". It's a great place to start dipping your toes intoDoctor Who's older stories, or to revisit old favourites!
Try out arandom article from the Tardis Wiki! Like theFourth Doctor'srandomiser, this will take you anywhere in time and space... mostlyEarth in the20th or21st centuries. Who knows what you'll find?
Big Finish's main range ofDoctor Who audio stories features the adventures of mainly theFifth,Sixth andSeventh Doctors, complete withlarge casts, sound effects and scores. Though some original-to-audiocompanions are occasionally used, the line typically features the original lead actors seen on television.
Treasure Trail was a1976Fourth Doctor/Sarah JaneTV Comic story that was a pure historical set in the waning days ofWorld War II. Although many otherDoctor Who stories were set during the Second World War,Treasure Trail was unusual for portraying theItalian resistance, and was almost certainly the onlyDoctor Who story in any medium to depict theNazi plunder ofEuropean art.
Doctor Who and the Mines of Terror was a1985 platform video game released for theBBC Micro and other gaming computers. The game featured theSixth Doctor, traveling with a robotic cat companion namedSplinx, attempting to stopthe Tremas Master from disrupting theuniverse.
Curious aboutthe Doctor's many incarnations? Click a face below to learn about one of the Doctor's numbered regenerations!