Doctor Who: News Roundup, March 17th, 2016

A compilation of various recent Doctor Who news from around the internet for March 17th, 2016

(Re)Generation Who 2016 – credit: facebook.com/groups/regenerators

(Re)Generation Who will be held from March 18th to the 20th of 2016 at the Hunt Valley Wyndham Grand in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Their special guests this year will be:

• Sixth Doctor Colin Baker
• actor Michael Troughton (son of Second Doctor Patrick Troughton)
• Sixth Doctor companion Nicola Bryant
• Second Doctor companion Frazer Hines
• Big Finish Managing Director Jason Haigh-Ellery
• Big Finish producer and actor Nick Briggs
• Seventh Doctor companion Sophie Henderson (née Aldred)
• Second Doctor companion Wendy Padbury
• Second Doctor companion Deborah Watling
• First and Second Doctor companion Anneke Wills
• playwright and story writer Robert Shearman
• musician Dominic Glynn
• Davros actor Terry Molloy
• artist PixelWho (Nathan Skreslet)
• story writer Nev Fountain
• writer John Peel
• writer and podcaster Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg
• RPG writer, editor, and publisher Darren Watts
• Dalek operator Steve Gostelow
• RPG writer and publisher Walt Ciechanowski
• LEGO kit designer Andrew Clark
• writer and comedy performer Hannah Harkness
• music performer Cat Smith
• toymaker, illustrator, teacher, and author Kelsey Wailes of Doctor Kawaii
• author Keith R.A. DeCandido
• belly dancing troupe Antipode

While pre-registration has ended, you will still be able to register onsite. Tickets range from $20 to $85 per person depending on date and length of attendance. Children under the age of five are free.

ConGT 2016 – credit: congt.org

The Riverview Inn in Clarksville, Tennessee will be hosting the ConGT from March 25th to the 27th of 2016. Billing themselves as “Tennessee’s Only Doctor Who Exclusive Convention,” their special guests this year will be Sixth Doctor Colin Baker, author and journalist Robin Burks, professional Second Doctor impersonator Bill Breuer, BBC film editor and musician Louis Robinson, author and Timegate founder R Alan Siler, rocket scientist and robotics expert Wayne Neumaier, trock band Legs Nose Robinson, and a full sized replica TARDIS with lights and sounds.

Tickets range from $13.65 to $168.74 per person depending on length and date of attendance and time of purchase. Children under the age of five are free. On Friday the 25th, the viewing room, gaming room, and early vendor sales do not require a ticket.

More from Doctor Who

• Ncuti Gatwa’s Doctor Who Christmas special is a “complete reinvention”
• Ncuti Gatwa is “so nervous” to take on Doctor Who role
• The Doctor and Donna are better than ever in “Wild Blue Yonder”
• Take the Black: House of the Dragon season 2 trailer hints, the Fallout show, and more
• Jodie Whittaker didn’t pick up on any of the hate for her version of the Doctor

Big Finish just announced that there are both new and upcoming Torchwood episodes. The first part of Series 2, ‘Torchwood: The Victorian Age,’ is available today. In this episode, Queen Victoria comes to inspect the Torchwood Institute in the 1890s. The second episode of this series, ‘Torchwood: Zone 10,’ will be available in April and will feature Toshiko Sato.

In episode three, ‘Torchwood: Ghost Mission,’ Gwen Cooper’s former police partner Sergeant Andy Davidson is finally given the opportunity to prove whether or not he would be fit to join the Torchwood team. This will be available in May.

Episode four, ‘Torchwood: Moving Target‘ will be released in June and feature Suzie Costello. The July and August titles are to be announced.

Also, the Cyberman miniseries, Cyberman: The Complete Series 1 & 2, will be available on May 14th as a nine disc CD set or digital download.

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