Articles relating to: Doctor Who
Review: Escape Hunt’s Doctor Who – Worlds Collide, Manchester
Admittedly not everyone would want to spend an hour locked in a room with several Doctor Who fans. But speaking as a life-long ardent fan of the show, I couldn’t wait.
Read the full story..TV Review: Doctor Who
Understandably, most of the buzz about the return of Doctor Who has been around the casting of Jodie Whittaker, with some of the more dimwitted commentators announcing that the show was now dead to them with an actual female woman in the lead.
Read the full story..“Britain has become Royston Vasey” – Mark Gatiss talks to Northern Soul
“Britain has become Royston Vasey and we’ve never had any credit for it.”
Read the full story..Review: Delia Derbyshire Day, HOME, Manchester
It can be an overused term but Delia Derbyshire definitely qualifies as a ‘cult hero’. Among the cognoscenti she’s revered as a pioneer of British electronic music, and one of the first true artists in the field.
Read the full story..Cucumbers and Canal Street: Russell T Davies talks to Northern Soul
There’s a real lump-in-the-throat moment part-way through the first episode of Russell T Davies’s new Channel 4 drama Cucumber.
Read the full story..Delia Derbyshire Day
From a former ice rink in west London, the BBC Radiophonic Workshop created bespoke music and sounds for the TV and radio.
Read the full story..My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver: Northern Soul chats to Toby Hadoke
As evidenced by the world-spanning, attention-grabbing celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary last November, we’re pretty much all Doctor Who fans now. But it was not ever thus.
Read the full story..Doctor Who: Who-ly, Madly, Deeply
As Doctor Who turns 50, Geoffrey Lovelock meets Gareth Kavanagh, the man behind Manchester’s month-long celebration of everyone’s favourite Time Lord.
Read the full story..Editor's Picks
Advertising and Sponsorship Opportunities
Is your organisation interested in supporting quality journalism about culture, life and enterprise in the North of England?
For advertising and sponsorship opportunities contact Northern Soul’s Founder and Editor Helen Hugent at helennugent@northernsoul.me.uk.
Sign up for Northern Soul newsletter
The Northern Soul Poll

Recent Tweets for @Northern_Soul_
Video by @CharlotteOlivr
The moment eighties’ legends @aha_com took to the stage at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last night, captured by @Northern_Soul_ Charlotte Oliver. #aha #eighties #music pic.twitter.com/Ka9fbBtkHz
Time to get foraging! twitter.com/northern_soul_…
‘In Lancashire, rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It's a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play’ - actor Colin Welland, born in Liverpool on this day in 1934. pic.twitter.com/UB1r5jqSjf
Northern Soul’s @ClaireFleetndle finds a ‘forager’s paradise’ at Southport’s Hesketh Park. #foraging pic.twitter.com/jSxJga0l6P