July 15, 2025
The Series 1 TARDIS team speak to Doctor Who Magazine about returning for a new series of audio adventures…
It’s been over twenty years since we last encountered the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler together in the TARDIS, but Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper are set to return in August for a whole new series of audio adventures with Big Finish Productions. Among their fantastic travels through time and space, the new series will see the Doctor and Rose return to the Powell Estate, the London tower block known to fans as the home of Rose and her mother Jackie.
Doctor Who Magazine spoke to Eccleston and Piper about their new series – read an exclusive extract below.
Issue 619 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from Thursday 17th July. You can order it here.
Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper on returning to the Powell Estate – first introduced on screen in 2005 – for their new series of audio adventures…
Billie Piper: "Coasting that line of domesticity and sci-fi is what gives the series so much heart. I think if you feel connected to the world that you see every day, then it means you can go off and have these fantastical adventures, and because it’s grounded in something that feels so familiar, you care more about the idea of it all being over."
Christopher Eccleston: “I understood, having come from a similar kind of estate myself. If you want youngsters to invest, they need… to see it, so they can be it. Planting it there, in the ordinary, if you like, was very important. That’s the beauty of the show: we can deal very much with the present and Earth as we know it, and we can travel to other areas of the galaxy. I think we’ve got a good balance in this series of Earthbound adventures and far-flung adventures.”
Read more in Doctor Who Magazine issue 619.
In this issue:
- CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON and BILLIE PIPER talk to DWM about being reunited for a brand-new series of audio adventures.
- Celebrating 60 years of Steven Taylor – actor PETER PURVES looks back over his fascinating career and his time travelling with the First Doctor.
- PLUS – a look behind the scenes of the Tales of the TARDIS episode that covered 1965’s The Time Meddler – including a chat with both Peter Purves and MAUREEN O’BRIEN who played Vicki in the serial.
- Script to screen: Find out all about how THE SHREEK from Lucky Day was conjured into reality!
- Illustrator extraordinaire DAN LILES shares some of the artwork he’s prepared for the Target Books range including original mock-ups and alternative designs.
- After Image: the first in a series looking back at episodes from the recent season – including reviews of the new Target Book adaptations.
- Boom! Piper Jones invites us to join her at the Ace Jacket book launch…
- Back to 1992: We look at some of Third Doctor Jon Pertwee’s final TV roles…
- The Randomiser: Gary Gillatt reviews chess as seen in Doctor Who with the help of expert THALIA HOLMES.
- We scrutinise the insect-world of Vortis in the concluding part of our Fact of Fiction on 1965’s The Web Planet.
- The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda’s adventures continue in the comic strip.
Regular features
- GALLIFREY GUARDIAN – our news round-up including a look at plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2025.
- Reviews – featuring the latest audio and book releases.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe, including a chat with the team behind the new Ninth Doctor and Rose adventures!
- Prizes to be won – including the Limited Edition Steelbook of the Fifteenth Doctor’s second season!
Issue 619 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from Thursday 17th July. You can order it here.
