New Fourth Doctor & Tardis Figure Set

Character Options have revealed yet another classic Doctor Who figure set exclusive to Forbidden Planet:

4th Doctor with Electronic Tardis
This Doctor masked his brilliant and inventive mind behind a façade of bohemian eccentricity. The longest lived incarnation of the Doctors so far, he was forced to change his body after losing a fight with his old enemy the Master and falling from a radio telescope to the ground beneath him…

In this exclusive Fourth Doctor Set is the Fourth Doctor action figure with his classic Electronic Tardis as they appear in the Planet of Evil. The Doctor comes in a red jacket with alternate head and Sonic Screwdriver accessory.

The Tardis features opening doors, a spring activated right hand door and takeoff and landing light and sound effects.

The set is on sale from 10th May at Forbidden Planet stores and online here for £34.99.

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks - Synopsis

The BBC Press Office have released the synopsis for episode three of the fifth series of Doctor Who. You can read it below:

Victory of the Daleks - by Mark Gatiss

The Doctor has been summoned by an old friend, but in the Cabinet War Rooms far below the streets of blitz-torn London, it's his oldest enemy he finds waiting for him, as the time-travelling adventures continue. The Daleks are back - but can Winston Churchill be in league with them?

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks will broadcast on Saturday 17th April at 6:35pm on BBC One and BBC HD. Doctor Who Confidential will then follow at 7:05pm on BBC Three and BBC HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 160

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

REGENERATION FOR DOCTOR WHO ADVENTURES!
This week, Doctor Who Adventures has an all new look and exclusive content!

With the new series approaching, Doctor Who Adventures has a sneak peek at the Doctor’s first episode, The Eleventh Hour.

There’s also the first in a series of exclusive diary reports from Matt Smith - this week he tells all about the first few months of being the Doctor.

All this, and…

• Free TARDIS clock!
• The chance to win a life-size Dalek!
• 10 incredible facts about the Doctor.
• Monster facts.
• Fantastic posters.
• Subscription offer - subscribe today and get a FREE Monster book!

Issue 160 of Doctor Who Adventures magzine is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 420

The cover and info on this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine:

MEET THE NEW DOCTOR AND AMY POND - WITH TWO EXCLUSIVE COVERS FOR DWM #420!
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan reveal all about playing the Doctor and Amy in the new issue, on sale on Thursday 1st April.

In DWM’s in-depth interviews, Matt talks about how the Doctor’s costume may evolve, the nicknames that he and Karen have for each other and playing football with James Corden for a scene in Episode 11: “This has made my list of Top Five Shooting Days! Pushing Top Three! There were no aliens, no Daleks, nothing. We were just playing football. Then again, I suppose there was a big time loop...”

Karen, meanwhile, tells us about Amy’s complicated relationship with the Doctor and Amy’s boyfriend Rory, what she thinks about wearing surprisingly short skirts, and her approach to playing the role of the Doctor’s new best friend: “Amy should never take anything for granted - she doesn’t know she’s the companion and she’s not familiar with the set-up that the Doctor has a female companion. So this is all brand-new to her and I have to keep reminding myself of that. As far as she knows, she’s the first companion… ever!”

Also in DWM 420:

“What have you got for me this time?”
DWM proudly presents extensive previews the first five episodes of the new series - The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks, The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone - with never-before-seen photos and exclusive revelations from head writer Steven Moffat!

“I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!”
STEVEN MOFFAT talks candidly about the perils of being recognised in public as Doctor Who’s head writer - and finds time to answer your questions about the new series before you ask them! - in Production Notes.

“And it’s goodnight from me”
Neil Harris looks back fondly at 47 years of farewells in Doctor Who - and discovers how the series has always had its softer side - in You Are Not Alone.

“McNeice to see you, to see you, McNeice!”
Churchill himself, actor IAN McNEICE, talks exclusively to DWM about his role in the forthcoming story Victory of the Daleks - and reveals what it’s like to encounter the metal meanies in real life…

“Give her a big hand!”
It’s the final end! The Doctor and Majenta engage in the ultimate battle with the Crimson Hand in the very last comic strip to feature the Time Lord’s Tenth incarnation. Will anyone survive the apocalypse? Don’t miss the thrilling conclusion to The Crimson Hand, written by Dan McDaid, with art by Martin Geraghty.

“Is it cos I’s blue?”
It’s the most remarkable machine in the universe - and yet it looks like a blue twentieth-century police box! The Watcher uncovers the many and varied secrets of the Doctor’s time and space machine, the TARDIS!

“You’re hired!”
On the planet Vulcan, the colonists decide to employ the services of creatures that they have discovered buried in a mercury swap - the Daleks! Can a newly-regenerated Doctor, armed only with his recorder and a rather natty bow tie, save the day? Find out, as The Fact of Fiction digs up some amazing details about the classic Second Doctor story from 1966 The Power of the Daleks!

Plus!

All the latest official news, reviews, previews and competitions - including the chance to win an 32” HD-ready widescreen TV! - and much, much more!

Issue 420 of Doctor Who Magazine is available in two different covers and is on sale from Thursday 1st April priced £4.20 per copy.

Doctor Who in Latest Radio Times

This week's Radio Times magazine features a Doctor Who cover and an interview with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, as well as pictures of the new TARTIS interior! Read the info below for more info:

Matt Smith is the 27-year-old actor to scoop the title role in the new series of Doctor Who. A graduate of the University of East Anglia, where he studied drama and creative writing, Smith has his own way of accessing this enigmatic character.

“I was thinking, ‘Who in the world has a brain and a silliness which is close to the Doctor?’ and then I saw that photograph of Albert Einstein poking his tongue out and it just clicked. I found this book of quotes by Einstein - which I recommend as a life choice, he was such an insightful man - and I started writing short stories about Einstein and the Doctor, where the Doctor was getting irritated with the great man’s buffoonery. He’d be saying, ‘Come on, Albert, keep up!’ and I think that, more than anything, was my way in to the part.”

Karen Gillan is the girl who grabbed the role every actress would die for: the companion to the eleventh Doctor. Fans camped outside the Doctor Who set are a reminder of the show’s unique place in British culture.

“I was never really into science fiction when I was growing up,” she says, “though my mum was a big Doctor Who fan. Now I’ve turned into a real sci-fi geek. Once you get sucked into that world, it has its own logic and laws, which is why I think people are so passionate about it.”

The magazine also confirms that episode seven of the next series of Doctor Who is titled Amy's Choice. The magazine is on sale now priced £1.10. For pictures of the new Tardis interior, click here. More to come!

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 159

The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:
READY FOR CHANGE?
This week Doctor Who Adventures checks out the amazing 3D trailer for the new series of Doctor Who. PLUS find out some sneaky secrets from the first six episodes!

We go behind the scenes with the Who crew to find out how they filmed David Tennant regenerating into new Doctor, Matt Smith.

Take a look back at the Tenth Doctor’s final battle in this week’s story guide. Rediscover the friends, the foes and the final moments before the regeneration began!

All this, and…

• Bumper gift pack with TWO great gifts.
• Top 10 amazing endings!
• Brilliant final comic strip for the Tenth Doctor!
• Three fantastic posters.
• Subscription offer - subscribe today and save over 40%.

Issue 159 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy.

New Extended Series 5 Trailer & Vampires in Venice Clip

When Matt Smith appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross last night, an extended version of the Digital Spy Doctor Who series five trailer was shown. You can watch it below:

Also, a clip from episode six of the series, Vampires in Venice, was shown later on. You can watch it below:

Series five of Doctor Who starts next Saturday at 6:20pm on BBC One and BBC HD. Doctor Who Confidential follows straight after on BBC Three.