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Big Finish have released the cover for November's THE NIGHTMARE FAIR by Graham Williams,  the first in their LOST STORIES range,  re-creating the original season 23 as intended by the production team before the 1985 hiatus drama.  Click on the cover to pre-order.

The company behind the DR. WHO DAY event at Mapperton in Dorset have announced a change of venue due to concerns about public safety at Mapperton.    The event will now be held as the ACADEMY THEATRE,  SHEPTON MALLET, SOMERSET on the same day Sunday 23rd August.  Among the scheduled guests aside from Colin of course will be Sarah Sutton (Nyssa),  Wendy Padbury (Zoe),  Mary Tamm (Romana #1),  Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield),  Anneke Wills (Polly) and many more Doctor Who celebs.    Check out full details at the website http://www.iconicuk.com/  

Colin has addressed the subject of the Daily Mirror's article this week claiming there will be a Children In Need special featuring all 11 TV Doctor's.    CLICK HERE to go to his regular column for the Bucks Free Press.

Addicts to Colin's THOUGHTS OF A TIME LORD blog will be keen to zip over to that section to hear of the latest in Baker World.    Even the lack of earth bound transport cannot keep a good Time Lord down !

Colin's episode of the drama series KINGDOM was broadcast on ITV 1 last night.   He played a character called Mr. Dodds who was living in squalor and trying to avoid his own daughter's attempts to have him removed from his home. 

However,  even here on ITV the spectre of an old adversary continued to haunt Colin...

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Big Finish Productions have announced details of PAPER CUTS, the second of the Sixth Doctor and Charley Pollard stories for this year,  due to be released in September.   The adventure sees the enigmatic Time Lord meet The Draconians once more,  a favourite from the Jon Pertwee era of the show.  Click on the cover to pre-order from the BF website.

CAST:

Colin Baker (The Doctor), India Fisher (Charley Pollard), Anthony Glennon (Prince/The Red Emperor in His Youth), Sara Crowe (Tombkeeper - Queen Mother), Paul Thornley (Gomori/Steward), John Banks (Soldier), Nicholas Briggs (Prefect/The Deathless Red Emperor), The Cast (Sazou/Deathless Emperors)

SYNOPSIS:

Online retailers are now reporting that Colin's debut story THE TWIN DILEMMA will be released on DVD in the UK on 7th September 2009.    This release will complete the Sixth Doctor era on BBC DVD.    A cause for celebration and a little sad that we've reached the end of the line for no. 6.   

He's a busy man despite the lack of wheels !

Here are some appearances confirmed for our hero:

5th July -  Family Fun Day,  Basildon Town Centre

18th July - Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery, Hertfordshire

22nd - 27th July  -  COMICON,  San Diego, USA

2nd August - LOVE LETTERS,  The Lamb, Eastbourne

9th August  - FLEET AIR ARM MUSEUM, RNAS YEOVILTON, SOMERSET

16th August - SIXTH SENSE:  CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE SIXTH DOCTOR,  Chiswick,  London  ( a Fantom Films event)

23rd August - Mapperton House,  Beaminster,  Dorset

29th August - Doctor Who Day,  Lanchester, Co. Durham

6th September - WHOOVERVILLE,  Midland Railway Centre, Ripley, Derbyshire. (The Whoovers of Derby event)

Big Finish Productions have released the cover and story details for the August CD which continues the relationship between the Sixth Doctor and Charley Pollard,  PATIENT ZERO.   Click on the cover to take you to the BF site to pre-order. 

CAST:
Colin Baker (The Doctor), India Fisher (Charley Pollard), Michael Maloney (Fratalin), Jess Robinson (Mila), Nicholas Briggs (Etheron/The Daleks)

SYNOPSIS:
Finally, the Sixth Doctor challenges Charlotte Pollard to tell him the truth. Who is she really ? What is she doing in the TARDIS?

To discover the answers, the Doctor must travel back in time, beyond all known civilisations to the vast, mysterious Amethyst Viral Containment Station. But answers lie within the TARDIS too. Someone who has been there a long, long time...

Meanwhile, the Daleks have travelled back in time on their own mission, to bring them the ultimate victory they crave. But it is a mission so complex and delicate that even they know they must beware the web of time...

Who is Patient Zero? What has happened to Charley ? And why have the legendary Viyrans been summoned?

BONUS EPISODE! THE COMPANION CHRONICLES: THE THREE COMPANIONS
The Brigadier's Story by Marc Platt: Polly's tale is over, but now Lethbridge-Stewart shares his story of a rare excursion in the TARDIS, when the Third Doctor answered a distress call from a distant galaxy. But what is the secret of Waterloo Station ?

Colin has announced his pantomime plans for 2009/2010 - this Christmas he'll once again be giving his Fleshcreep,  henchman to the evil Giant,  in JACK AND THE BEANSTALK at the Festival Theatre in Malvern.     His co-star will be Dominic Wood of "Dick and Dom" fame.   More news on this production later in the year.

It is with great sadness we report the death of actor DEREK BENFIELD.    Derek played Bill Riley in the iconic 1970's drama THE BROTHERS for it's entire run and was a much admired colleague and friend to Colin during the past thirty years.   They were reunited in 2005 for the Sixth Doctor audio drama Catch-1782.       Derek is also known for his role as Robert Wainthropp in the popular Hetty Wainthropp Investigates series in the 1990's and the cult children's sci-fi drama Timeslip.    He was a successful playwright with his most performed piece being the farce Bedside Manners which starred John Inman in several tours.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.

A little later than we anticipated, but all good things come to those who wait,  is our DVD record of the WHO'S AT GLADSTONE day back in May 2008 when Colin Baker returned to Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke On Trent, the location of the Fantasy Factory segment at the conclusion to the epic story "Trial Of A Time Lord".   

The DVD comes in two versions.  A standard 1 disc version featuring the 50 minute documentary about the day and a Special Edition 2 disc version,  containing the full unedited panels with our guests Colin, Terry Molloy and Rob Shearman.

The DVD can be ordered now through our Webstore using Paypal and is available in both PAL and NTSC format.