SFX Magazines Doctor Who Preview

The next issue of SFX Magazine features a massive world exclusive preview of the Doctor Who 2009 Specials. The magazine will also feature an interview with Russell T Davies, the head writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, plus it includes the latest news on the Eleventh Doctor, who will be played by Matt Smith in 2010. An extract from the magazines press release can be seen below;

With the Davies/Tennant era of Doctor Who coming to an end, we talk to Russell T Davies about this year's TV specials - and we reveal the winners of our Dress The Doctor competition!

SFX Magazine issue 181 will go on sale this coming Wednesday, the 11th of March, at the price of £3.99 in all good newsagents across the UK and Ireland. To go to SFX Magazines official website then click here.

The Tennant Tapes Part 3

The official BBC Doctor Who website uploaded another special behind the scenes video diary of David Tennant's filming for the Doctor Who specials. In the third edition of the Tennant Tapes David Tennant records moments from filming the Planet of the Dead, and you can watch the video below;



To go to older posts to see the first and second editions of The Tennant Tapes then click here and here. Planet of the Dead will air this Easter on BBC One and it stars David Tennant, Michelle Ryan and Lee Evans.

The Cybermen Collection

2 Entertain have now revealed the cover for an upcoming Doctor Who DVD set called The Cybermen Collection, which features the series 2 episodes Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday. The boxset will also include an exclusive interview with David Tennant and a short documentary on the 25 best Cybermen moments. You can see the cover for the DVD to the left. The Cybermen Collection will be released on the 13th of April at the RRP of £15.99 in all good shops across the UK and Ireland.

Image of the Fendahl Cover and Details

2 Entertain have now released the cover and information for the DVD release of the classic Doctor Who story, Image of the Fendahl. You can see the cover to the left, and below is DVDs synopsis;

A sonic time scan draws the TARDIS to the Fetch Priory on Earth. There, the Doctor and Leela discover an impossibly old human skull that is the key to a nightmare from the Time Lords’ past.

A murderous monster stalks the priory grounds; and within, someone is intent on unleashing a malevolent creature that feeds on death itself...

Image of the Fendahl will be released on the 6th of April at the RRP of £19.99, and the DVD also includes many special features.

The Doctor Who DVD Files Magazine Online

The Doctor Who DVD Files magazine is now available online for the benefit of people who already own the DVDs, or for those who live outside the UK and Ireland. Ben Robinson, the project manager at GE Fabbri said; "We were contacted by loads of people who already owned the DVDs but were interested in the new magazine, so we decided to explore a new online opportunity which would also let us reach out to fans who normally wouldn’t be able to get hold of Doctor Who DVD Files.” To get acess to this content you must subscribe, and when you do, a new issue is added every 2 weeks. You can build up a massive library of more than 600 pages of Doctor Who DVD Files over the next year, plus theres over 150 pages of collected comics from Doctor Who Battles in Time that will become available when you subscribe. It costs £3 a month or £25 a year to subscribe, and you can click here to go to the online DVD Files website, where you can subscribe, and get a preview of the first 2 issues.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 406 Press Release

The press release has now been released for Doctor Who Magazine issue 406, which came out yesterday at the price of £3.99 in all good newsagents. You can see the cover to the left and below is the press release;

DAVID TENNANT puts on a happy face, in Doctor Who Magazine 406 – ON SALE NOW!

Talking exclusively to DWM, the Doctor himself, DAVID TENNANT, talks candidly about presenting this year’s Comic Relief...

“I’m co-presenting this year’s TV extravaganza , on BBC One on Friday the 13th – which won’t be unlucky this year, I promise... Live telly is always exhilarating, but I’m sure this will be even more so, because I’m expected to be fronting it – well, the first hour or so, which does give me some more responsibility...” How does he think he’ll cope presenting alongside Davina McCall? She is, after all, the Loudest Woman on Telly. “Well, I’ve had a word with the sound men to turn my microphone up louder, so I’m hoping that should equalise it out a bit! It’ll be a challenge!”

Also in this issue:

THE DALEKS' MASTER PLAN!
Back in the 1960s, while the First and Second Doctors were on TV, the Daleks came very close to starring in their own big-budget, full colour film series – made for the USA! For the first time anywhere, DWM researcher Andrew Pixley reveals the full story behind the Doctor Who spin-off that never was...

THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS!
A brand new comic strip adventure starts for the Tenth Doctor and Majenta – MORTAL BELOVED by Dan McDaid, with art by Sean Longcroft. Arriving at a bizarre party, terrible secrets from Majenta’s past begin to catch up with her...

THE DEATH OF DOCTOR WHO!
It the end, but the moment has been prepared for... The Fact of Fiction takes an in-depth look at the very last adventure to star Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor – a story that redefined the concept of Time Lord regeneration – 1981’s LOGOPOLIS!

DALEKS IN MANHATTAN?
Er, no, actually. But the Sixth Doctor is! COLIN BAKER chats exclusively to DWM from the Big Apple!

THE PLANET OF DECISION!
Head writer and executive producer RUSSELL T DAVIES muses over whether Planet of the Dead will really be the 200th TV Doctor Who story, in Production Notes...

DEVIL'S PLANET!
Why on Earth does Neil Harris argue that the Fifth Doctor’s last adventure, 1984’s THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI, is the one Doctor Who story that should never have been told? Find out the surprising answer in You Are Not Alone!

DAY OF RECKONING!
The Time Team cast their critical eyes upon the Seventh Doctor’s only TV encounter with the armoured mutants from the planet Skaro. Join them and discover what they think about the nostalgic 1988 adventure, REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS...

THE DEAD PLANET!
DWM speaks exclusively to acclaimed scriptwriter GARETH ROBERTS about his work on Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures... and the forthcoming Doctor Who Easter Special, Planet of the Dead!

THE DALEKS!
Nicholas Pegg pays tribute to the greatest Dalek operator of them all – actor JOHN SCOTT MARTIN.

Plus! All the latest news, previews, reviews, competitions and more!
Have a smile with the Dalek-table DWM 406 ­– out now, price £3.99!


Make sure you get the magazine before the 2nd of April, because that is when issue 407 will be released. The next issue will feature a preview to Planet of the Dead, along with an interview with Michelle Ryan, who plays the Doctors companion in the episode.

John Barrowman on The One Show Tonight

Doctor Who and Torchwood actor John Barrowman will be appearing on tonights edition of The One Show. John will most likely be discussing Doctor Who, Torchwood, and other things he has done in his career. There are rumours that John Barrowman will be talking a bit about the upcoming series of Torchwood, which is due to air later this year. Make sure you dont miss The One Show at 7pm tonight on BBC One, and if you miss it you will be available to watch it for the next seven days on BBC iPlayer if you are in the UK. To go The One Shows official website then click here.

SJA Nominated for Royal Television Society Award

The Sarah Jane Adventures has been nominated for the 'Best Children's Drama' award at The Royal Television Society Awards. The programme is up against CBBC's Summerhill and MI High. The winner of the award will be announced on the 12th of March at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Sarah Jane Adventures was previously nominated for the same award but it lost out to The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury. Please note that the icon used in this post was created by me and it may only be used elsewhere if credit is given.

Second Special for Christmas

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine has some information regarding this years Doctor Who special episodes. Gareth Roberts, the co-writer for the Easter Special, revealed that the second Doctor Who special will shown at Christmas. During the interview with the magazine he said "the Easter Special is pretty much all we've got until Christmas." This is some bad news for Doctor Who fans, but we can still look forward to the new series of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, and possibly even the K9 series.

SJA Series 3 Writers Announced

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, issue 406, which is out tomorrow, reveals the names of the writers for series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Gareth Roberts, Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Brian Dooley and Phil Ford will all be writing episodes. Production for series 3 will begin soon, and the series will air in Autumn this year on BBC One.

Battles in Time Issue 65

The 65th issue of Doctor Who Battles in Time was released today in all good newsagents across the UK and Ireland at the price of £2.50. This issue comes with a usual packet of Devastator cards, plus a packet of Ultimate Monster cards. Inside the issue you can read about General Kudlak. Also inside the magazine;

- Card Clash: Sycorax Leader VS Crucible Dalek
- Who is... The Fifth Doctor
- The Deception of Kudlak
- The Day the Earth Was Sold
- Which Time Lord Are You?


If you want to get a copy of the magazine then make sure you get it before the 18th of March, which is when issue 66 will be released. Issue 66 takes a look at the Haemovores and it comes free with an extra pack of Ultimate Monsters cards as well as the usual Devastator cards.

Radio Times Comic Relief Covers

This weeks issue of the Radio Times features 21 different covers, and each cover has a different celebrity on it. David Tennant and Ronnie Corbett both have their own covers. David Tennant will co-host the first hour of Comic Relief Night with Davina McCall, and Ronnie Corbett stars in the special episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Simon Pegg who played the Editor in the series 1 episode The Long Game also has his own cover, and you can view a gallery of all the different covers here on the Radio Times website. The magazine is now on sale in all good shops across the UK and Ireland at the RRP of £1.10.

Classic Doctor Who on iTunes

Classic Doctor Who episodes are now available to download on iTunes due to the success of new series episodes of Doctor Who that are available for download. Episodes that are currently available for download include; The Creature from the Pit, The Invisible Enemy, Nightmare of Eden, Pyramids of Mars, The Ark in Space, The Deadly Assassin, The Hand of Fear, The Leisure Hive, The Sontaran Experiment, The Sun Makers, The Talons of Weng-Chiang and Underworld. Each classic story costs £4.99, and more stories are expected to become available soon.

New Tardis Interior for Series 5?

The interior of the Tardis will be redesigned for the 5th series of Doctor Who, according to The Daily Mirror. Apparently Steven Moffat, the head writer and executive producer for series 5 wants the arrival of Matt Smith as the Doctor to signify a new era for the show. Apparently BBC bosses want a radical new overhaul in time for the new series, and the new design will also enhance the quality of the police box exterior, after it was feared the flaws of the current designs would show on screen now that it will be filmed in high definition. Please note that these are only rumours and so they may or may not be true.

Billie Piper on The Paul O'Grady Show Today

Billie Piper will be a guest on todays edition of The Paul O'Grady Show along with Neil Morrissey. She is most likely going to talk about the 3rd series of the Secret Diary of a Call Girl which she stars in, but she may also discuss her role in Doctor Who. Make sure you dont miss the show which begins at 5pm on Channel Four and at 6pm on Channel Four +1.

David Tennant Nominated for BPG

Nominations have now been revealed for the 35th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. David Tennant is a nominee, and he has been nominated for the 'Best Actor' award for his role as the 10th Doctor in Doctor Who and for his role as Arthur Eddington in Einstein & Eddington. David Tennant is up against Ben Whishaw and Kenneth Branagh for the award, and the winners will be revealed on the 27th of March at the Theatre Royal.