If you read one thing this week/month/year make sure it’s @benjamincook.bsky.social interview/in depth feature on Jodie Whittaker and her time as the 13th Doctor, including a mega interview with Jodie herself and with Chris Chibnall in this months Doctor Who Magazine. More Jodie More 13th Doctor ❤️❤️

Obviously as a staff member it is not appropriate for me to comment on this. But it is an interesting read.

The actions leading up to the campaign to restore access to the BBC Written Archives, from Ian Greaves for CST: cstonline.net/is-the-bbc-a...

Pride of place on the cover for my beloved Pting, I love it. When is Pting’s 23 page interview scheduled to run?!

I will always love Thirteen! 💙💙 #DoctorWho

Fascinating new issue of Doctor Who Magazine focusing on Jodie Whittaker. Haven’t had the chance yet to read her lengthy interview but great insightful interviews with @chrischibnall.bsky.social and really interesting chats with writers who have worked with her on other shows and how they see DW.

Nice to read interviews with (non Who) writers and directors who have worked with Jodie Whitaker in the new DWM... I'd be really curious to see Joe Cornish's take on Who

This 43 year old endorses @benjamincook.bsky.social and Jodie Whittaker’s vintage. Also, get the magazine. Not only the most insightful interview of JW I’ve seen, but also fascinating insights into the state of UK television and cracking interviews with Jack Thorne, Joe Cornish and Jesse Armstrong.

Reading the Jodie interview and was reminded of the Doctor's message during lockdown. It seems especially apt right now - especially for trans people. So I thought I'd share it again. Warning. It might make you cry. It did me. youtu.be/l0ED6CGmjm4?...

Not read the huge interview with Jodie Whittaker yet, but I'm sat on the bus with Doctor Who Magazine - just looking at random bits - and this part just caught my eye. This interview's going to be my favourite thing the magazine's ever done isn't it.

Fantastic interview with Jodie Whittaker in DWM. Everything she said makes me like her and her Doctor even more. She loves being the Doctor. Absolutely LOVES IT. She’s so positive, full of life and energy. It’s wonderful. That, and Jodie, is why Thirteen is so special to me.

That’s [expletive] lovely of you to say so. 😊

My copy has just arrived and I can confirm this interview is *23* pages long. It's been a while since we've had one of Ben's super-in-depth Doctor interviews, really looking forward to this!

How fantastic to get a super-size interview from Ben Cook in the pages of DWM again. It's been YEARS!

Thirteen Thursday? Great day to read DWM out today with a 23-page interview with the 13th Doctor!

The latest Doctor Who Magazine has landed on my doormat. The Jodie Whittaker interview should give the Radio Times website enough articles for about a month.

OUT TODAY! In all good newsagents, supermarkets, and comic shops – or buy online. #DWM621 #BuyMagazines 🧵⬇️

“Would I come back to Doctor Who? Every time. I now hope it’s every five or six years. YEAH! Me and Billie? I’d do it. There’s NO part of me that doesn’t want to.” Jodie Whittaker’s BIGGEST, most EXPLOSIVE interview ever?? Bring it on! All 20K words of it!! Coming this Thurs in DWM!

"You might suggest to your editor that he hold off our interview until he can run it as an obit. With a bit of luck, Ben, your word rate may have gone up by then." It hasn't. 😏 So I hope DWM won't mind me sharing my 2017 interview with Christopher H Bidmead – RIP. 🧵 ⬇️

Reminded recently of one of the great author notes, Christopher H. Bidmead, 'Castrovalva'.

Raising a glass to Christopher H Bidmead, who brought big ideas and magic moments to Doctor Who, and commissioned writers like Christopher Bailey, @andr3wsmith.bsky.social and @stephengallagher.co.uk. A playfully cantankerous persona never quite masked a deep intelligence and a kind, generous soul.

Christopher H Bidmead : a warm, engaging and hugely intelligent man who enjoyed putting the cat among the pigeons on interviews. In real life though, he was approachable and kind: and made the nicest coffee I’ve ever had. Here is is at home in Dec 2013 when he kindly asked me round. RIP Chris x

Very sad to hear we've lost Christopher H Bidmead. Always struck me as a very genial chap who took his work seriously but not himself. Hard to over-express my admiration for Frontios, and the ideas in Logopolis and Castrovalva, where mathematics is treated as where philosophy and poetry meet.

So farewell then, Christopher. Creator of the Cloister Bell and the Zero room. The man who named the Master's shrinkie gun and explained why the TARDIS corridors keep changing. Season 18 was brilliant and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise. Christopher RIP Bidmead.

"Events cast shadows before them, but the huger shadows creep over us unseen." – Logopolis, by Christopher H Bidmead One of my favourite openings to any novel ever. RIP Chris, who died on 6 August. Lovely man. Brilliant, engaging interviewee. With a clear, audacious vision for Doctor Who.

You can read the letter here. Please follow the instructions at the top to join the campaign and sign. tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

Thank you to @theobserveruk.bsky.social for giving attention today to the campaign for independent access to the BBC Written Archives. The Corporation is still yet to engage with our argument and properly defend the policy shift. That is because it is indefensible. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Please help otherwise the things a lot of you like and a lot of things I try to make might be in real trouble.

Mês que vem teremos Jodie na DWM

@garygillatt.bsky.social Your World War Two article in the latest DWM is an extraordinary piece of writing (and research!). Genuinely moving.

Alex Kingston has achieved the greatest celebrity press release quote I’ve ever seen.

Peter Purves and Derek Ware put the frighteners on.

I took that cover photo. So yes! 😅

Three hours of no-holds-barred Doctor Who commentary on "The War Games in Colour" from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and me – with SHOCKING revelations, dastardly villains, and a jaw-dropping final act! 🎨🪖💥 If you haven't already, sign-up to Toby's Patreon to listen. 🔊 www.patreon.com/TobyHadoke

Cracking commentary on the The War Games in colour with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and @benjamincook.bsky.social over on Toby’s Patreon. Well worth joining, a lovely friendly community.

Three hours of no-holds-barred Doctor Who commentary on "The War Games in Colour" from @tobyhadoke.bsky.social and me – with SHOCKING revelations, dastardly villains, and a jaw-dropping final act! 🎨🪖💥 If you haven't already, sign-up to Toby's Patreon to listen. 🔊 www.patreon.com/TobyHadoke

Don’t be blue, Peter.

Lovely interview with Peter Purves in the latest DWM.

Out TODAY: new DWM! I interview Doctor Who and Blue Peter legend Peter Purves – plus a set report from his 2023 Tales of the TARDIS with Maureen O’Brien. Yes, they signed my Doctor Who annual. Yes, I’m a massive geek. 🎨 Colourisation: Clayton Hickman 📸 @scotthandcock1984.bsky.social/Jonathon Aiken

STOP PRESS: WeTransfer have quietly watered down that clause. Left: how it read this morning Right: how it now reads The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.

An alert to all creatives using #WeTransfer. Basically, stop immediately! As of August, they will begin scraping everything you send for AI purposes (see the new paragraph in their Terms and Conditions below). If, like me, you’re a voice artist, they’ll clone your voice. Avoid at all costs.

TFW you're reading a Doctor Who novel and a character mentions YOUR article from DWM! Does this make me immortalised in a Target novel?! Is this how I become canon??? Thank you, @gossjam.bsky.social, for this surreal honour. 😅 📖

I’m no expert but I would’ve got a person to do it.

Work continues on our next book project, Box of Delights: The Story of BBC Children's Television – 1967-1997, written by Richard Marson. Drawing on over 170 candid interviews and clocking in at over 500 pages, the book promises to be the definitive account of the department's extraordinary output.

I’m all over this one. Sorry not sorry.

I genuinely cannot recommend David's "Doctor Who Production Diary" highly enough. It's been invaluable for two recent deep-dive DWM pieces I've written (on Peter P and Carole Ann – coming soon!). The sheer depth of his research is remarkable. The details of Jackie Hill's trousers are worth it alone.

And here's the exploded packshot! We got eight discs of amazing content for you lovely people, and so! many! facts! in the booklet!

"I fought Sutekh. A long time ago in the summer of 1911, deep in the English countryside…" Some Doctor Who I've edited – starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ncuti Gatwa, and Millie Gibson – has made it onto a Collection box set. 🥳 Mum, I've made it! 💿 "TALES OF THE TARDIS: PYRAMIDS OF MARS"! 𓂀 𓃥

In which all things do or do not come to an end.