Here’s your Temple of Geek Doctor Who News update for May 10th through May 16th, 2024, bringing you news from all corners of the Whoniverse.

Doctor Who News  Update

River Song Audio Series “Last Words”

First up in our audio adventures is River Song! The cover art and additional cast have been announced for the Life and Death of River Song: Last Words, the first installment in Big Finish’s new River Song audio series. Set after the events of the TV episodes “Silence in the Library” and “Forest of the Dead,” the story sees River brought back to normal life in the universe after her library consciousness is uploaded into a cloned body. All four stories in this boxset are written by Robert Valentine. Joining Alex Kingston as River Song are Greg Wise, Garrison Dean, Jamie Parker, Sam Avner, and a whole new crew: Jane Booker, Shogo Mikita, Jamie Suvari, Jacob Daniels, Andrew James Spooner, Glen McCready, Izzy Van Randwick, and Nicholas Bolton.

Last Words also doubles as a prequel to something familiar! It serves as a prequel to the 1975 Fourth Doctor serial “The Ark in Space.” Robert Whitelock and Christine Cavanaugh guest star as Lazaar and Vera, respectively, characters originally played by Kenton Moore and Wendy Williams.

The Life and Death of River Song: Last Words is available for preorder now from Big Finish’s website, with both collector’s edition CDs and digital downloads due for release this August. Listeners can also preorder a bundle that includes Last Words, as well as volumes two and three of the series, both out next year.

Titan Comics – New 15th Doctor and Ruby Adventure

Moving on to comics, Titan Comics reveals variant covers for the upcoming 15th Doctor comic following their Free Comic Book Day release earlier this month. The series will follow the Doctor and Ruby as they investigate a strange signal from a shopping mall during the final days of planet Earth.

The Doctor Who: The 15th Doctor comic is written by Dan Waters and illustrated by Kelsey Ramsey.

Here’s a breakdown of the exciting variant covers:

• Cover A with artwork by Stan Lee and Art Jim Law featuring the Doctor and Ruby.
• Cover B, a photo cover featuring the Cyberman as seen in “Nightmare in Silver” and subsequent episodes.
• Cover C with artwork by Joshua Selby featuring the Doctor in a partially assembled Cyberman.
• Cover D with artwork by Christopher Jones featuring the Doctor, Ruby, and Cybermen.
• Cover E with artwork by Alex Moore featuring a mysterious figure, Cybermen, a small child, the Doctor, and Ruby.
• Cover F, a foil variant of Cover A.
• Cover G featuring the current Doctor Who logo.
• A black and white ink version of the main cover.
• A Doctor Who: The 15th Doctor Number One special sketch cover.

Doctor Who: The 15th Doctor Number One is out on June 26th, 2024.

Steven Moffat Returns to Doctor Who

In exciting news for Steven Moffat fans, Steven Moffat returns for Doctor Who’s 2024 Christmas special! The episode, titled “Joy to the World,” will be Moffat’s 50th Doctor Who episode. And the first seasonal special not written by the showrunner since it returned in 2005. While Moffat has written his latest episode of Doctor Who, he is unsure if he will write again for the show.

Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker and Matt Smith to appear at New York Comic Con

New York Comic-Con is coming! Taking place this year at the Javits Center in New York City from October 17th through the 20th, they’ve announced their first batch of guests, including Doctor Who alum Jodie Whittaker (the 13th Doctor) and Matt Smith (the 11th Doctor).

Ncuti Gatwa on the cover of Time Magazine

Finally, the 15th Doctor makes Time Magazine! Ncuti Gatwa is featured on the May 27th, 2024 cover of Time magazine. The article discusses Gatwa getting the role of the Doctor, his beginnings as an actor. It also discusses his hopes to use his success to be able to build a school in Rwanda.

Thanks for joining me for this week’s Temple of Geek Doctor Who news roundup!

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