About this episode

The episode discusses the latest Doctor Who news and celebrates Tom Baker's 92nd birthday.

Hey, Who fans, and welcome to Episode 431. Happy New Year, you lot. We hope you had a great Christmas and are now already cracking on your 2026 plans. There's not a huge amount of Doctor Who news currently, but to kick things off, we celebrate Tom Baker's remarkable 92nd birthday. It’s incredible to see him still vibrant and full of life, a true icon of the show. Plus: Doctor Who director (and in the news for his announcement about a Blake's 7 reboot) Peter Hoar talks about something being a-miss in the recent Disney era; the BBC is getting close to announcing content for YouTube; three new Target novelisations and our Matt has put out our first Big Finish review of 2026 for The Thirteenth Doctor's latest story The Return of the Doctor. Links to the things mentioned in this episode: Peter Hoar's comment on Doctor Who at Deadline BBC's soon-to-be-announced content deal with YouTube New Target books announcement from the official Doctor Who channel Matt's review of The Doctor Returns from Big Finish Thank you again for listening. For even more Doctor Who content, head over to our website and check out the blog, featuring articles from our writing team. If you're listening in your…

People in this episode

Hosts: Garry, Adam

Guest: Peter Hoar

Topics covered

• Doctor Who news
• Tom Baker birthday
• Big Finish review
• Peter Hoar interview
• Target novelisations

Keywords

• Doctor Who
• Tom Baker
• Peter Hoar
• Big Finish
• Target novelisations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, Big Finish

Books & works: The Thirteenth Doctor's latest story The Return of the Doctor, Blake's 7

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