Tom Spilsbury


Tom has been a writer for TV Choice and its sister publication Total TV Guide since 2021. He was previously the longest-serving editor of the official Doctor Who Magazine (from 2007 to 2017), where he won an Eagle Award in 2012, and the ACE award for Circulation Excellence by a monthly magazine (2014), after sales of the issue published in November 2013 topped 52,000 copies. He also spent three years as a regular writer for Inside Soap magazine from 2018 to 2021. He has frequently appeared on BBC Breakfast and BBC News as a television expert, and has contributed to several documentaries for the Doctor Who home media range. His favourite television shows of all time include Doctor Who, Neighbours, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, 'Allo 'Allo! and Blackadder. His top TV picks of the last year or so include Mr Bates Versus The Post Office, Douglas Is Cancelled, Sherwood, The Outlaws and All Creatures Great And Small.