Merseyside Doctor Who Group
@merseywho.bsky.social
A friendly group of Doctor Who fans from Merseyside. Monthly Saturday afternoon meetings at The Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Weekday evening meal get-togethers. Occasional online meetings. #DoctorWho #Liverpool https://www.facebook.com/groups/merseywho
This Saturday 15 November upstairs in the Ship & Mitre 2pm-5pm, we're celebrating 60 years since the Daleks launched their fiendish Master Plan. As well as looking at the existing episodes, Timepiece Animation has made a few recons, and Josh Snares made a video about that. All welcome.
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This Saturday 15 November upstairs in the Ship & Mitre 2pm-5pm, we're celebrating 60 years since the Daleks launched their fiendish Master Plan. As well as looking at the existing episodes, Timepiece Animation has made a few recons, and Josh Snares made a video about that. All welcome.
Join us this Saturday upstairs in the Ship & Mitre 2-5pm as we mark 50 years since broadcast of Pyramids of Mars. Our fan creator this month is The Whoniverse, who has compiled a history of Sutekh in the extended, erm, Whoniverse.
October 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Join us this Saturday upstairs in the Ship & Mitre 2-5pm as we mark 50 years since broadcast of Pyramids of Mars. Our fan creator this month is The Whoniverse, who has compiled a history of Sutekh in the extended, erm, Whoniverse.
Join us tomorrow afternoon upstairs in the Ship, a little earlier than normal, as we have to be out by 4pm. We'll be apprentices to a magician, and familiars of a witch as we take in the series 9 two-part opener, and watch some boi online, this month's fan creator, tinker with a new paradigm Dalek.
September 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join us tomorrow afternoon upstairs in the Ship, a little earlier than normal, as we have to be out by 4pm. We'll be apprentices to a magician, and familiars of a witch as we take in the series 9 two-part opener, and watch some boi online, this month's fan creator, tinker with a new paradigm Dalek.
This Saturday upstairs at the Ship & Mitre, 2pm to 5pm, we'll be taking in some radio! It's 40 years since Slipback aired, and we'll be looking back at a Tom Baker/Lis Sladen radio programme, Exploration Earth, animated by Adam Bullock.
August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This Saturday upstairs at the Ship & Mitre, 2pm to 5pm, we'll be taking in some radio! It's 40 years since Slipback aired, and we'll be looking back at a Tom Baker/Lis Sladen radio programme, Exploration Earth, animated by Adam Bullock.
This Saturday upstairs in the Ship, 2pm to 5pm. We'll be remembering The Big Bang 15 years after the event, and celebrating the work of Babelcolour.
July 15, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This Saturday upstairs in the Ship, 2pm to 5pm. We'll be remembering The Big Bang 15 years after the event, and celebrating the work of Babelcolour.
Join us this Saturday 21 June upstairs at the Ship & Mitre for an afternoon of fun as we enjoy some highlights from the recent #DoctorWho series, and welcome back the cast and crew of Who-Ligans who'll be presenting the latest episodes of their award-winning comedy web series.
June 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Join us this Saturday 21 June upstairs at the Ship & Mitre for an afternoon of fun as we enjoy some highlights from the recent #DoctorWho series, and welcome back the cast and crew of Who-Ligans who'll be presenting the latest episodes of their award-winning comedy web series.
Happy birthday to undeniably the sixiest Doctor Who, Colin Baker.
June 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Happy birthday to undeniably the sixiest Doctor Who, Colin Baker.
Don't forget this issue of DWM includes a free paperback of Terrance Dicks's previously rare Target novelisation of the second Doctor story "The Wheel in Space". #DoctorWho
May 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don't forget this issue of DWM includes a free paperback of Terrance Dicks's previously rare Target novelisation of the second Doctor story "The Wheel in Space". #DoctorWho
Our Adrian has made it onto today's #DoctorWhoMagazine letter page (he's becoming a regular!).
Well done, Adrian! Thanks for plugging the group, and hope Doris the BBC Radio Merseyside Dalek didn't exterminate you too much.
Well done, Adrian! Thanks for plugging the group, and hope Doris the BBC Radio Merseyside Dalek didn't exterminate you too much.
May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Our Adrian has made it onto today's #DoctorWhoMagazine letter page (he's becoming a regular!).
Well done, Adrian! Thanks for plugging the group, and hope Doris the BBC Radio Merseyside Dalek didn't exterminate you too much.
Well done, Adrian! Thanks for plugging the group, and hope Doris the BBC Radio Merseyside Dalek didn't exterminate you too much.
At our Back to the Ship! meeting yesterday, we enjoyed @joshsnares.bsky.social's animation of The Genocide Machine with introduction video kindly provided by Josh for which many thanks!
We also watched many songs sung by the stars of Doctor Who, including this one!
We also watched many songs sung by the stars of Doctor Who, including this one!
May 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
At our Back to the Ship! meeting yesterday, we enjoyed @joshsnares.bsky.social's animation of The Genocide Machine with introduction video kindly provided by Josh for which many thanks!
We also watched many songs sung by the stars of Doctor Who, including this one!
We also watched many songs sung by the stars of Doctor Who, including this one!
This month, we celebrate fan creator Josh Snares and look at their animation of The Genocide Machine, which Big Finish released 25 years ago, and enjoy some songs from the cast of #DoctorWho in our Who-rovision Song Contest. Saturday 17 May, 2-5pm upstairs in The Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre.
April 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This month, we celebrate fan creator Josh Snares and look at their animation of The Genocide Machine, which Big Finish released 25 years ago, and enjoy some songs from the cast of #DoctorWho in our Who-rovision Song Contest. Saturday 17 May, 2-5pm upstairs in The Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre.
Our next Back the Ship! meeting is on Saturday 17 May, the afternoon of the Eurovision Song Contest final, so how about some songs?
Do you have a favourite song sung by a star of Doctor Who? Any songs about Doctor Who (or adjacent) you like?
List them below, and we'll play the best at the meeting.
Do you have a favourite song sung by a star of Doctor Who? Any songs about Doctor Who (or adjacent) you like?
List them below, and we'll play the best at the meeting.
April 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Our next Back the Ship! meeting is on Saturday 17 May, the afternoon of the Eurovision Song Contest final, so how about some songs?
Do you have a favourite song sung by a star of Doctor Who? Any songs about Doctor Who (or adjacent) you like?
List them below, and we'll play the best at the meeting.
Do you have a favourite song sung by a star of Doctor Who? Any songs about Doctor Who (or adjacent) you like?
List them below, and we'll play the best at the meeting.
We celebrate 20 years of New Who at our next meeting upstairs in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre, next Saturday 19th April, 2-5pm. Some very talented fan content creators have kindly recorded their memories of that time, and we'll be showing them exclusively at the meeting.
April 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We celebrate 20 years of New Who at our next meeting upstairs in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre, next Saturday 19th April, 2-5pm. Some very talented fan content creators have kindly recorded their memories of that time, and we'll be showing them exclusively at the meeting.
Also in this week's RT, Tom Baker's This is Your Life (2000, BBC) gets a repeat showing on BBC Four next Wednesday.
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Also in this week's RT, Tom Baker's This is Your Life (2000, BBC) gets a repeat showing on BBC Four next Wednesday.
Here are the other five covers.
March 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Here are the other five covers.
The new Radio Times has a variety of covers this week. Here's one of them. In a surprise move, David Tennant is only featured on one of them. 😂
March 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The new Radio Times has a variety of covers this week. Here's one of them. In a surprise move, David Tennant is only featured on one of them. 😂
At today's meeting we highlighted the work of Doctor Who fan podcast Radio Free Skaro @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social. Although none of the hosts could be there in person sadly, Steven Schapansky did send us a message...
March 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
At today's meeting we highlighted the work of Doctor Who fan podcast Radio Free Skaro @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social. Although none of the hosts could be there in person sadly, Steven Schapansky did send us a message...
Join us for another afternoon of entertainment at the Ship as we look at The War Games in Colour. Our celebration of Fan Creators continues with premier podcast @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social and we'll discover their connection to our main feature.
March 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us for another afternoon of entertainment at the Ship as we look at The War Games in Colour. Our celebration of Fan Creators continues with premier podcast @radiofreeskaro.bsky.social and we'll discover their connection to our main feature.
Devilish Freddie Fox joins the cast of Doctor Who Season 2. As well as appearing as namesake Freddie in RTD's Cucumber, he played his own dad Edward in Toast of Tinseltown. His sister is Silent Witness's Emilia, and we don't talk about his actor cousin who was once married to Billie Piper. 😁
March 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Devilish Freddie Fox joins the cast of Doctor Who Season 2. As well as appearing as namesake Freddie in RTD's Cucumber, he played his own dad Edward in Toast of Tinseltown. His sister is Silent Witness's Emilia, and we don't talk about his actor cousin who was once married to Billie Piper. 😁
Set the video! #DoctorWho returns to BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday 12 April.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Set the video! #DoctorWho returns to BBC One and Disney+ on Saturday 12 April.
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...
February 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Join us upstairs this Saturday 15 February in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre as we celebrate 40 years since transmission of The Two Doctors. Also, we begin a celebration of Fan Content Creators, and @cinescopepictures.bsky.social will introduce us to their comedy video series Who-ligans.
February 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Join us upstairs this Saturday 15 February in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre as we celebrate 40 years since transmission of The Two Doctors. Also, we begin a celebration of Fan Content Creators, and @cinescopepictures.bsky.social will introduce us to their comedy video series Who-ligans.
If you've not yet purchased the latest Doctor Who Magazine, WHSmith are giving away a BBC Doctor Who audiobook with the current issue. There seem to be quite a few titles available.
January 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you've not yet purchased the latest Doctor Who Magazine, WHSmith are giving away a BBC Doctor Who audiobook with the current issue. There seem to be quite a few titles available.
Our next Back to the Ship! meeting will be held upstairs in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre on Saturday 18 January, 2pm to 5pm. Join us as we celebrate 50 years since the transmission of Robot, Tom Baker's debut story.
December 30, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Our next Back to the Ship! meeting will be held upstairs in the Higher Room at the Ship & Mitre on Saturday 18 January, 2pm to 5pm. Join us as we celebrate 50 years since the transmission of Robot, Tom Baker's debut story.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all our followers at home! Hope to see you in 2025.
December 24, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all our followers at home! Hope to see you in 2025.