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The Doctor's regeneration process on Doctor Who has allowed the show to remain relevant for years, but each version of the Time Lord has had a different reaction to their regeneration sickness. Time Lords aren't immortal, but their regenerations allow them to extend their lifetimes far beyond that of a human. After each regeneration, the Doctor is hit by a period of confusion and disorientation that comes with the complete physiological change in their body. Though each version of the Doctor has a different reaction to the sickness, it's almost universal that they will experience adverse effects immediately following their transformation.

Originally introduced in 1966 when the First Doctor willingly regenerated into the Second at the end of the serial The Tenth Planet, the Doctor has regenerated every few years into an entirely different form. Whether it's classic Doctor Who or modern seasons of Doctor Who, the Doctor's regenerations have each had a unique twist,...

Tony Sokol Mar 20, 2019

Woodstock 50 brings peace and love with more than 80 performances over a summer weekend.

The Killers, Miley Cyrus, Santana, Dead & Company, Chance The Rapper, The Black Keys, Jay-z, Imagine Dragons and Halsey will headline The Woodstock 50 Music and Arts Fair. The official lineup for the three-day 50th anniversary celebration of the iconic rock festival includes more than 80 musical acts spanning generations. Woodstock 50 runs from August 16 though 18, Woodstock's 50th anniversary weekend, Aug. 16-18. It is happening in Watkins Glen, N.Y., about 115 miles northwest of the original site.

“We’ve lined up artists who won’t just entertain but will remind the world that music has the power to bring people together, to heal, to move us to action and to tell the stories of a generation,” Michael Lang, who was the co-founder and original promoter of the 1969 Woodstock Festival," said in a statement. “Our hope is that today,...

Digital Spy presents Doctor Who Week - seven days of special features celebrating the return of the world's favourite sci-fi series, and the arrival of a brand new Doctor - on August 23.

We've known he was coming since August 2013 - and he's officially been our Doctor since Christmas - but in a mere three days, Doctor Who fans will finally get the chance to size up Peter Capaldi's debut as a new, "more mysterious" Time Lord.

Between 1963 and 2014, the show's had 11 stabs at introducing a new Doctor - so before Steven Moffat's 'Deep Breath' is unveiled to the general public, let's take a look back at those other attempts - from the awesome to the audacious to the seriously misjudged.

The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf

An Unearthly Child

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The British director responsible for a number of well-known early stories in sci-fi series Doctor Who died Thursday. He was 82. Derek Martinus had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, his family told the BBC. Active at the Doctor Who helm between 1965 and 1970 during the tenures of three different Doctors, his credits on the long-running BBC show include the Mission to the Unknown, The Tenth Planet, The Evil of the Daleks, and The Ice Warriors episodes, as well as the show’s first serial to be filmed in color, The Spearhead From Space. During his career the Yale-educated Martinus helmed episodes of A Little Princess, Z Cars, Blakes 7, Penmarric, and Spearhead and also directed the 1968 version of Henry James’ What Maisie Knew and the miniseries The Black Tulip.

Derek Martinus, director of numerous “Doctor Who” episodes, died Thursday following a battle with Alzheimer's, the BBC reports. He was 82. Martinus directed 26 episodes of the long-running series, many of them pivotal — including the “Spearhead From Space” serial, the first color episodes of “Doctor Who” which saw Jon Pertwee (pictured above), the third Doctor on the series, come into the picture. See video: ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special DVD Peek: Matt Smith Says Goodbye to Jenna Coleman His daughter, Charlotta Martinus, called the director “an absolute legend … He taught me how to love, live and laugh, he was just such...

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One of Doctor Who‘s most important directors, Derek Martinus, has died a few days short of his 83rd birthday, it has been announced. Responsible for notable serials such as The Tenth Planet, The Evil of the Daleks and Jon Pertwee’s debut Spearhead from Space, Martinus was a successful stage and TV director whose work spanned

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Review Andrew Blair 15 Jul 2013 - 06:09

An oft-released Doctor Who adventure gets a high-definition reissue. Spearhead From Space is well worth picking up, Andrew writes...

Spearhead From Space has been released several times (twice on VHS, four times on DVD, and it's on iTunes). Due to it being entirely on film as opposed to video (industrial action meaning it had to be filmed largely on location, where film would be used instead), it is the only story from the original run of Doctor Who that can be released on Blu-ray without upconversion, and so here we are.

I was unable to get a copy of the omnibus edition I rented from a video shop in Hereford in 1994 for comparison, but certainly the picture quality here is as crisp as Quentin or Quavers. Blemish free, it's never looked better, and it's always looked good. Derek Martinus and his camera and editing crew throw in flourishes throughout,...

Feature Cameron K McEwan 5 Apr 2013 - 07:00

Cameron selects ten tremendous Doctor Who series openers, from Rose to Ribos, and Tomb to Terror...

Over the years, Doctor Who has suffered from what is commonly known as "Sos" or "Season Opener Syndrome". There's been some stinkers like Destiny of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Arc of Infinity and some mundane instalments such as New Earth, Robot and The Dominators. But there are some genuinely good ones out there too - some damn good ones. So here's ten of the best season openers over the last forty-nine and a bit years of Doctor Who. 

10. Partners In Crime (2008) 

Despite the levity of the episode, and we're talking about the Adipose here, this Russell T. Davies beauty managed a couple of mean feats. Firstly, he re-introduced us all to the mighty Donna Noble again (The Doctor and Donna's meeting through the windows...