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Toby Hadoke on BBC Breakfast, featuring recovered clips from The Daleks’ Master Plan!

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Radio Free Skaro #1072 - This Song May Be Over - An era of Doctor Who ends - we discuss! - BBC puts Doctor Who "out to tender" to find new production partner - Former DWM editor Tom Spilsbury guests!

Radio Free Skaro #1072 - This Song May Be Over

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🔥 “Oh, Poor Morbius…” — Compassion on the Sofa 💀❤️

There’s a moment on the Brain of Morbius Blu-ray Behind the Sofa feature that’s pure joy — the kind of thing that reminds you why we love these commentaries as much as the stories themselves. There’s Katy Manning, watching the chaos unfold, her eyes wide, her heart enormous, her glasses on, then off, then on again — as if her compassion itself can’t decide whether to look or look away — and somewhere in the background Toby Hadoke, ever the voice of reason, trying to keep continuity on life support.

As the story darkens, Katy’s sympathy starts to shift. You can see it happening, bit by bit. The torches flare, the Sisterhood of Karn close in, and poor Morbius — this stitched-together monster of vanity and vengeance — staggers toward the cliff. And there’s Katy, hand to her mouth, whispering, “Oh, poor creature…” 😢

Cue Toby, valiantly reminding her that the brain inside that lumbering horror is a psychotic Time Lord criminal, bent on universal domination. “He’s the villain, Katy!” he protests, but it’s no use. Her empathy wins every time. She sees the trembling, not the tyranny; the pain, not the plot.

And that’s the magic of it. In a heartbeat, Behind the Sofa becomes its own little drama — the eternal Doctor Who argument between reason and compassion. One of them citing lore, the other feeling the story. Katy, bless her, always chooses love. And honestly, that’s the right choice. Because if The Brain of Morbius teaches us anything, it’s that monsters are often made, not born.

So there they are — Toby, fighting for Gallifreyan justice, and Katy, weeping for a creature with a brain in a jar — and somehow, between them, they capture everything that’s wonderful about Doctor Who: horror, heart, and the irresistible pull of sympathy for the lost.

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bluedot Festival includes Doctor Who celebrations and premiere of new BBC Radiophonic show, "Dawn of the Doctors"

Get set for a special celebration of Doctor Who at Jodrell Bank Observatory, and the premiere of a new BBC Radiophonic Workshop show

A special Sunday celebrating 60 years of Doctor Who takes place at Jodrell Bank in July featuring panels, performances, screenings and much more, as part of the bluedot Festival. With panels curated by Doctor Who expert Toby Hadoke, and music from Delia Derbyshire Day, the Manchester-based developing organisation which celebrates the work of Delia Derbyshire, and the live premiere of a new show…

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Doctor Who: Remembering Those We Lost in 2022

#DoctorWho: Remembering Those We Lost in 2022

Christmas and New Year can be a sobering time — yes, it’s a celebration, bringing light to the darkness but the dark is still there, and we often turn our thoughts to those who have left us. Toby Hadoke has done a wonderful job revisiting the past 12 months and creating a memoriam, featuring the Doctor Who related people who have passed away in 2022. It’s sad to note that these deaths range…

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The Road: Interview: Toby Hadoke Part 2: Contains Spoilers

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The Genius in Action

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Sad news, Toby Hadoke has reported that Paddy Russell has passed away. Russell was the first female director in Doctor Who history with the Hartnell adventure The Massacre and later directing Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Pyramids of Mars & Horror of Fang Rock with Tom Baker.