Welcome to the sixth annual from The Doctor Who Companion!
And we’ve got quite a whopper for you. At 99 pages, this is our biggest annual yet.
All you have to do is download the PDF.
To download the Doctor Who Companion Annual 2026, just click here!
What a funny year it’s been. We’ve had a full season of Doctor Who, but its ending, writing out Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor, seemed to satisfy no one. Does that detract from other strong stories with his Doctor like Boom, 73 Yards, Lux, and The Well? No, it shouldn’t. It does make the era feel like a missed opportunity, however. Now, we have 12 months to wait, to see how the cliffhanger is picked up, to see the shape of the show’s potential future.
But the DWC isn’t waiting 12 months to celebrate the festivities — so here it is, this year’s annual, to tide you over, featuring: reviews of every episode of new Doctor Who screened in 2025; an exclusive extract from Companions: More Than Sixty Years of Doctor Who Assistants from Candy Jar Books; an interview with Baz Greenland, editor of the Doctor Who Christmas Specials book; a look back at The Time Warrior; Frank Danes mulling over a decade of the Bedford Who Charity Con; an extensive deconstruction of Delta and the Bannermen; and reviews of Big Finish’s festive Torchwood tale, Reflect, the Paul Cornell-penned book, The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s, and two superb plays, Inside No 9: Stage/Fright and Twelfth Night.
Plus, there are three short stories, starring the Ninth Doctor, the Third Doctor, and the Master…
Click here to download the free PDF. The PDF should simply open up in a new browser tab.
Stay tuned to the DWC across the festivities for more features, reviews, and news.
2026 marks the site’s tenth anniversary, which feels amazing — we’ll be celebrating accordingly
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
