Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 177

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

This week, you'll get EIGHT amazing gifts with your magazine! There's a huge Pandorica poster, a Doctor Who beach football, a Cyberman mask, three cool monster postcards and two ace bookmarks - wow!

If you can bear to put your gifts down for a second, and open the magazine, you'll find all kinds of Who treasures! There are vital Pandorica facts, an amazing Vortex Manipulator gadget guide, a brilliant Doctor Who Live competition (you could win VIP tickets!), our DWA award for the biggest bang, an interview with a Silurian, a terrifying game to play with your mates based on The Lodger episode, awesome posters and loads more!

Issue 177 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 5th August priced £2.20 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 424

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

THERE’S A WEDDING PARTY IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE - AND YOU’RE INVITED!
In an exclusive interview, DWM talks to ARTHUR DARVILL, aka Rory Williams, about what the future might hold for the new Mr Pond. How does Arthur feel about potentially becoming a regular next series?

“Fingers crossed! If that does happen, then I’m really interested to know what happens to Rory and Amy’s relationship, and also how the relationship between the three of them works. Because there’s obviously been a big change to Rory after waiting 2000 years...!”

PLUS!

THE WEDDING ALBUM
TOBY HAYNES, director of The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, takes DWM readers on a journey through the making of the epic season finale, with exclusive photos revealing how he brought the script to life…

BADLY DRAWN BOY?
In his most candid interview ever, MATTHEW WATERHOUSE tells DWM what it was really like being Adric in Doctor Who in the 1980s - and the many challenges he faced both in front of and behind the camera…

THE WEDDING PRESENT!
He wears a top hat now - top hats are cool! DWM catch up for a candid chat with the Doctor himself, actor MATT SMITH, about his hopes for the next season, the forthcoming Christmas special and Jo Grant’s mini-skirts!

LET’S TWIST AGAIN!
STEVEN MOFFAT, Doctor Who’s head writer and executive producer, names names and lets slip a secret or two about the next series, as he takes a rollercoaster ride in the latest Production Notes!

DANCE FEVER!
The Doctor and Amy find themselves slave to the rhythm in PLANET BOLLYWOOD!, a brand new comic strip by Jonathan Morris, with art by Roger Langridge!

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!
The Fact of Fiction takes a trip back to the swinging sixties, and discovers that there’s more than just megalomaniac computers and massive metal monsters in the groundbreaking First Doctor adventure, THE WAR MACHINES. Groovy!

EVERYONE’S A WINNER BABY!
What were the very best Doctor Who DVD, audio and book releases of 2009? And which story has been voted the favourite Tenth Doctor Specials? Discover all the winners as the mag announces the much-anticipated results of the DWM Awards!

PLUS!
All the latest official news, previews, reviews and prize-winning competitions, and much, much, more!

Issue 424 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until 19th August priced £4.20 per copy.

Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 40

The cover and info on this fornight's edition of the Doctor Who DVD Files:

IN ISSUE 40...
The Brain of Morbius
Klineman Halpen
Jamie McCrimmon
Fight for Survival
The Valeyard
Solomon
Terrible Time Lords
The Sixth Doctor
Sontaran Warship

Issue 40 of the Doctor Who DVD Files is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 11th August priced £6.99 per copy.

Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 41

The cover and info on this fornight's edition of the Doctor Who DVD Files:

IN ISSUE 41...
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vinvocci
Sole Survivor
The Master: Rebron
Mind The Gap
Susan Foreman
Clan Tardis - Interview with Frazer Hines
Vortex Manipulator
Sisters of Plenitude

Issue 41 of the Doctor Who DVD Files is on sale now at all good newsagents until 11th August priced £6.99 per copy.

Series Five Tardis Playset

Character Options have released details on the forthcoming release of the series five Tardis playset:

Make any adventure with your 5" Doctor Who action figures come to life with this TARDIS playset - a great reproduction of the console room from the new Eleventh Doctor's time machine!

The set is on sale from 26th September priced £39.99. It is unknown if the set will include any electronic features. An exclusive damaged Cyberman figure will be sold with each set if purchased from Argos.

New Classic Doctor Who Figures

Info on two new classic Doctor Who figure sets - exclusive to Forbidden Planet:

The Fifth Doctor & the Master from Planet of FireHis youthful appearance belied his wisdom and experience, but this Doctor still found it frustrating that so many people questioned his judgement, especially his companions. While on an alien planet he and his companion Peri contracted a disease and the Doctor gave Peri the only cure, necessitating another regeneration…

The Fifth Doctor and Turlough are on the island of Lanzarote because the TARDIS has detected a mysterious signal being transmitted from an unknown, recently salvaged artefact. They meet a young American botany student named Peri Brown, whose stepfather has been replaced with a shape changing robot as part of a plot by the Master. He plans to bring the TARDIS to the planet Sarn, so he can use that world's revitalising Numismaton gas to restore his body, accidentally shrunken in an accident. The Master (Anthony Ainley) is apparently defeated when the stream of gas turns to a normal hot flame. The Doctor destroys the shape changing robot, Kamelion, at the robot's own bidding as it has become completely unstable. Turlough leaves to return home, while Peri leaves with the Doctor.

• On sale now at Forbidden Planet stores only priced £24.99.

Regenerated Fifth Doctor from CastrovalvaFollowing the events at the Pharos Project which caused his regeneration, the Fifth Doctor escapes with his companions back to the TARDIS. Suffering from post-regeneration trauma, he only narrowly manages to save the ship from destruction as it plunges back through time to Event One, the hydrogen in-rush that preceded the creation of the universe.

The Doctor then seeks sanctuary, with companions Tegan and Nyssa, in the peaceful domain of Castrovalva, only to discover that it is an illusory, dimensionally paradoxical trap set for the him by the Master, unwillingly aided by Adric, whom he has kidnapped. The Doctor eventually wins the day by enlisting the help of the Castrovalvan people who, although also part of the Master's creation, are nevertheless able to exercise free will.

• On sale now at Forbidden Planet only priced £14.99.

Doctor Who Proms 2010 - Today & Tomorrow

Two new Doctor Who proms take place this weekend at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Read on for further details

PROM 10: Tonight (24th July) - 7:30pm-9:30pm
PROM 11: Tomorrow (25th July) - 11:00am-1:00pm

Matt Smith (the Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Aurther Darvill (Rory Williams) host an intergalactic musical adventure featuring Murray Gold's music from the TV series, plus a selection of classical favourites. They will also be joined by a host of monsters, including Daleks, Cybermen, Judoon and more!

Running Order (for both Proms)
Murray Gold - The Mad Man With A Box (Prologue)
Murray Gold - An Untimely Arrival
John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Murray Gold - I Am The Doctor
William Walton - Overture (Portsmouth Point)
Gustav Holst - The Planet; Mars
Murray Gold - Battle in the Skies (Daleks vs. Spitfires)

Interval (20 Minutes)

Carl Orff - Carmina burana; ‘O Fortuna’
Murray Gold - Amy
Murray Gold - Liz, Lizards, Vampires and Vincent
Richard Wagner - Die Walküre; The Ride of the Valkyries
Murray Gold - This is Gallifrey/Vale decem
Murray Gold - Pandorica Suite
Murray Gold - Song of Freedom
Ron Grainer, Murray Gold - The Doctor Who Theme

Audio from both proms will broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 when they kick off and will be available to listen to on BBC iPlayer for the next seven days after each broadcast. Prom 10 will also be filmed for future TV broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD.

Seated tickets for both proms have sold out and are now returns only, but 1,000 standing ('promming') tickets priced only £5 will be available to buy at the Royal Albert Hall today at Doors 10 (gallery) and 11 (arena) from 5:00pm for tonight's prom and 9:45am tomorrow for the second prom. (Best to queue early if you're planning to buy a promming ticket, due to popularity).