Shooting on the 50th special is currently under way in Britain - but the three actors are 10,000 miles away, in Australia

The anniversary collection of stamps has outsold any other commemorative set produced by Royal Mail

Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Louise Jameson are just some of the Doctor Who veterans who'll appear on a special edition of the BBC quiz later this month

Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann – and more – are set to face “imminent destruction” in audio adventure The Light at the End

A sheet of 11 stamps will feature each incarnation of the Time Lord, while a smaller set will star five Doctor Who monsters, plus the Tardis

The Sherlock actors are joined by James Nesbitt, Sylvester McCoy, Richard Armitage and Aidan Turner in the latest JRR Tolkien adaptation

Stars Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage and director Peter Jackson jetted in on a Hobbit-themed Air New Zealand plane

Rare images from the Radio Times archive – our photographer Don Smith went on set in 1989 for the last Doctor Who made at BBC Television Centre

RT on location with Doctor Who in 1988

Rare images from the Radio Times archive with Sheila Hancock, Ronald Fraser – and even PD James