Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 421

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

There are Vampires, Silurians and life-changing choices to be made, in this month's Doctor Who Magazine.

Four forthcoming episodes are previewed, The Vampires of Venice, Amy’s Choice, The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood and there are interviews with writers Toby Whithouse, Simon Nye, Chris Chibnall and Steven Moffat, and never-before-seen photos!

Talking about the new-look reptile people of The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, Chris Chibnall reveals,

"These new creatures don’t negate the original Silurians, they’re a different exploration of the same idea. They’re close cousins. And once you see Neve McIntosh (who plays Silurians Alaya and Restac) and Matt Smith acting their socks off together, I’m hoping you’ll feel the idea paid off."

Also in the magazine:

Head writer Steven Moffat gets his head flushed down the loo and tells what else happened when Matt Smith and Karen Gillan went back to school with the Doctor Who team, in Production Notes!

• It’s the most incredible ship in the entire universe - the Doctor’s trusty TARDIS! Join the Watcher as he leads you through his indispensible in-depth guide to the Time Lord’s astonishing time and space machine.
• They’re bigger than before. And they’ve had a paint job! Writer Mark Gatiss, actors Nick Briggs and Barnaby Edwards and designer Ed Thomas explain just how and why the brand new Daleks have come about.
• The Eleventh Doctor and Amy visit a jungle planet that’s full of scary surprises, as they make their DWM comic strip debut in Supernature, written by Jonathan Morris with art by Mike Collins.
• Just who is the smart, sexy and teasingly enigmatic River Song? DWM catches up with the actress who plays her, Alex Kingston, and finds out exactly what she knows about the secrets of her elusive character.
• DWM meets the Terrence Hardiman, who chats candidly about his sinister role in The Beast Below - and what it’s like to be best known for terrifying children!
• Just how is a Doctor Who script translated from script to screen? DWM finds out just how it done as it talks to Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Caitlin Blackwood and Steven Moffat about bringing The Eleventh Hour to life.

Issue 421 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £4.20 per copy.

Doctor Who: Amy's Choice - Synopsis

The BBC Press Office have revealed the synopsis for episode seven of the current series of Doctor Who:

Amy's Choice - by Simon Nye
It's been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice – one that will change her life for ever.

Doctor Who: Amy's Choice will broadcast Saturday 15th May at 6:30pm on BBC One and BBC HD. In other news: The time slot for Doctor Who: The Vampires of Venice has been finalised to 6:00pm next Saturday. More to come!

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 164

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

DON’T BLINK!
This week, Doctor Who Adventures looks back at The Time of Angels and the chilling return of the Weeping Angels to Doctor Who.

There’s a chance to test your knowledge of the Doctor’s oldest and deadliest enemies in this week’s Dalek quiz.

We also go behind the scenes to find out how the Who team made River Song fall through space.

Don’t forget to check out the Doctor Who Adventures new website www.dwamag.com to keep up to date with the very latest news from the Time Lord.

All this, plus:

• FREE Weeping Angel mask!
• Win the chance to be editor of Doctor Who Adventures for a day.
• A sneak peak at episode five, Flesh and Stone!
• Subscription offer: subscribe today and get your first four issues for £1, then 25% off of a year’s subscription.

Issue 164 of Doctor Who Adventures is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy.

New Doctor Who Adventures Website!

The popular children's magazine Doctor Who Adventures has finally received it's own website! It features blog posts, info on the latest issue, competitions, downloads and more. Check it out here.

Silver Nemesis Cyber Leader & Cyberman Figure Set - Forbidden Planet Exclusive

Characters Options have released info on a new Forbidden Planet Doctor Who figure set exclusive:

Silver Nemesis Cyber Leader & Cyberman

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit Windsor, England in 1988, where three factions - the Cybermen, a group of Neo-Nazis and a 17th Century time travelling sorceress named Lady Peinforte - are each attempting to capture a weapon made of a living metal, Validium, created as the ultimate defence for Gallifrey. The weapon is now in the form of a statue of Lady Peinforte and has three components that must be brought together in order to be activated.

In order to foil an earlier attempt to control it, the Doctor launched the weapon inside an asteroid, into a 25 year orbit over 300 years ago. The asteroid now crashes back to Earth near Windsor Castle. The Doctor plays the three rival groups off against one other until eventually he appears to surrender the statue to the Cybermen. However, this is just another carefully-laid trap by the Doctor and the Cybermen warships are totally wiped out when they attempt to control the weapon.

In this exclusive figure set we present the Cyber Leader and Cyberman each with a Cybergun from the 1988 story Silver Nemesis.

The figure set is on sale at Forbidden Planet stores (only) from 7th July priced £24.99. You can pre-order it here. In other news: The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine confirms that episode eight of the current series of Doctor Who is titled The Hungry Earth. The BBC are yet to confirm this.

New Doctor Who Sticker Album

Merin Stickers have revealed info on a fifth Doctor Who sticker album:

With 260 stickers to collect featuring all of the 2009 specials plus the first four episodes of the brand new series, this collection is a must have for any Doctor Who fan.

Packed full with all the gadgets and aliens that the Doctor encounters, experience the galaxy as you have never seen it before.

The album also comes with a super A2 sticker wall chart featuring brand new characters from the new series.

The only thing left for you to do is to step inside the TARDIS and enjoy the ride.

Inside this brand new Doctor Who sticker collection from Topps relive the final moments of the Tenth Doctor and follow the Eleventh Doctor and his brand new companion as their adventure through time and space begins.

The album is on sale from sometime in May priced £1.49. You can buy sticker packs at the price of 40p. More to come!

Doctor Who & K.9 Continue Tonight!

The new series of Doctor Who continues tonight along with new spin-off show K.9. Here's the Schedule:

K.9: The Fall of the House of Gryffen - 4:00pm - Disney XD
Doctor Who: The Time of Angels - 6:20pm - BBC One & BBC HD
Doctor Who Confidential: Eyes Wide Open - 7:05pm - BBC Three & BBC HD

K.9 continues tomorrow at 4:00pm with episode eight of the series, titled Jaws of Orthrus. Doctor Who also continues next week at the later time of 6:25pm

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 163

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

DALEK INVASION!
This week the Daleks invade Doctor Who Adventures magazine. We go behind the scenes and meet the new Daleks for the first time, and have an in depth look at Victory of the Daleks. There’s also free Dalek stationery and a Supreme Dalek poster!

In this week’s diary Matt Smith reveals all about the new Daleks.

Find out what menacing Doctor Who monster returns this week and which old friend the Doctor is reunited with, too.

All this, and…
Four fantastic posters
Brand-new comic adventure for the Doctor and Amy
Subscription offer - subscribe today and get a FREE Monster Book!

Issue 163 of Doctor Who Adventures is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy.

Doctor Who at the Proms Returns!

The BBC Press Office have released details on this year's BBC Proms, which confirms that Doctor at the Proms will return this summer for two evenings:

Matt Smith (the Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond, his new companion) bring the Time Lord back to the Proms for two performances of a family-friendly spectacular with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, who record all the soundtracks for the series.

Intergalactic music includes Murray Gold's music from the TV series, plus a selection of classical favourites (24th and 25th July).

Doctor Who first came to the Proms in 2008 and proved to be one of the hottest tickets that season; the first of this year's Doctor Who at the Proms will be broadcast on BBC Three.

For more details, schedules and to purchase tickets, click here to visit the BBC Proms website. More to come!

Doctor Who: The Vampires of Venice - Synopsis

The BBC Press Office have released the synopsis for episode six of the current series of Doctor Who:

The Vampires of Venice - by Toby Whithouse

Dessicated corpses, terror in the canal and a visit to the sinister House of Calvierri – the Doctor takes Amy and Rory for a romantic mini-break, as the Tardis touches down once again.

But 17th-century Venice is not as it should be. The city has been sealed to protect it from the Plague, although Rosanna Calvierri may have other plans...

Doctor Who: The Vampires of Venice will broadcast on Saturday 8th May at 6:30pm on BBC One and BBC HD.

Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 34

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

In issue 34...

Resurrection of the Daleks
Adelaide Brooke
The Malus
Slugs & Cybermen
Gelth
Caecillius
Lytton
Adipose Ship
Interview with the Fifth Doctor; Peter Davison

Issue 34 of the Doctor Who DVD Files is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £6.99 per copy.

Eleventh Doctor & Jo Grant in The Sarah Jane Adventures!

The BBC Press Office have released a press pack concerning more info on the forthcoming series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. One two-part story will feature old Doctor Who companion Jo Grant as well as the latest incarnation of the Doctor, played by Matt Smith. Here's the press pack:

Sarah Jane Smith is reunited with another of the Doctor's former companions, Jo Grant (Katy Manning), in a new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, set to air on CBBC this autumn. They'll be joined by the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith), in a special edition of the show penned by executive producer Russell T Davies.

The two episodes will see the Doctor and his two former time-travelling partners caught up in an alien-busting adventure that will entertain Doctor Who fans of all ages.

Elisabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane comments: "It's a fantastic script and I can't wait to work with another Doctor and hope Matt has fun with us. I've known Katy for ages and I am delighted to be working with her. I last met her in LA but this time we will be in Cardiff. LA was good but Cardiff is better."

Katy Manning, who recently returned to live in the UK again, adds: "Playing Jo Grant again is something I never really considered. I was gob-smacked when they told me and I am over the moon. What an incredible little treat. I come home and this is one of the first things that happens."

Executive producer Nikki Wilson says: "We are absolutely thrilled to be introducing Sarah Jane and the gang to both the Eleventh Doctor and Jo Grant, and to have a script penned by Russell T Davies is the icing on the cake!

"Viewers are in for a real treat, with an action-packed story full of Russell's usual wit and warmth, which takes the gang inside a secret base beneath Snowdon and introduces brand-new vulture aliens, the mysterious Shansheeth. All this, plus a trip to an alien planet - a first for The Sarah Jane Adventures."

Featuring the usual mixture of thrills, laughs and scares, the fourth series promises fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man and a dangerous journey back into history.

A galaxy of guest stars are lined up to appear in the series and include Laila Rouass (Primeval, Footballers Wives) and Cheryl Campbell (Pennies From Heaven), whilst David Bradley (Argus Filch in Harry Potter) will provide the voice of the Shansheeth.

The Sarah Jane Adventures returns this Autumn to CBBC. In the meantime; don't forget to watch Doctor Who this Saturday at 6:20pm on BBC One and BBC HD!

Doctor Who: The Time of Angels - Trailer

The TV trailer for Doctor Who: The Time of Angels is currently airing on various BBC channels between shows. You can watch it below:

Doctor Who: The Time of Angels will broadcast Saturday 24th April at 4:20pm on BBC One and BBC HD.

Doctor Who: Series 5 Volume 1 DVD & Blu-Ray - Covers & Info

BBC DVDs have released the covers and info on the Doctor Who: Series 5 - Volume 1 DVD and Blu-Ray sets:

Brand New Doctor! Exciting New Adventures!
Volume 1 of the highly anticipated brand new series, contains the first three episodes, including the hour long premier episode, and promises more adventures and travels through time, with the 11th Doctor and his new companion…

Episodes Comprise:

1. The Eleventh Hour
2. The Beast Below
3. Victory of the Daleks

Special Feature: The Monster Diaries - Produced by the team behind BBC Three's hugely popular Doctor Who Confidential series, The Monster Files will get under the skin and inside the minds of the latest Doctor’s most challenging opponents. With previously unseen footage and exclusive comments from cast and crew, The Monster Files take fans old and new even further behind enemy lines.

Doctor Who: Series 5 - Volume 1 is on sale from 7th June priced £15.99 for the DVD version and £19.99 for the Blu-Ray version. (Please note that some stores might sell both products at a discount price).

New Doctor Who & K.9 Continue Tonight!

The new series of Doctor Who continues tonight along with new spin-off show K.9. Here's the Schedule:

K.9: Sirens of Ceres - 4:00pm - Disney XD
Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks - 6:30pm - BBC One & BBC HD
Doctor Who Confidential: War Games - 7:15pm - BBC Three & BBC HD

K.9 continues tomorrow at 4:00pm with episode six of the series, titled Fear Itself. Doctor Who also continues next week at the earlier time of 6:20pm. In other news: a trailer for the new Doctor Who online 3D game series, The Adventure Games, is to be shown tonight after the broadcast of Victory of the Daleks. More to come!

New Doctor Who: Monster Invasion Trading Cards!

A new collectible Doctor Who magazine and trading card series, similar to Battles in Time, has been unveiled by BBC Magazines today. The new card series is called Doctor Who: Monster Invasion and features 90 common, rare and super rare cards based on the past era and series five of Doctor Who. Issue one is now available to purchase from all good newsagents priced £1.50 per copy and comes with two packs of cards to start off your collection. For more details on the magazine and trading cards, visit the website here, where you can also subscribe.

Doctor Who: Flesh and Stone - Synopsis

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

Flesh and Stone - by Steven Moffat

There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner, in the fifth epsiode of Doctor Who, written by Steven Moffat.

Meanwhile, in the forest vault, the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, finds herself facing an even more deadly attack.

Doctor Who: Flesh and Stone will broadcast on Saturday 1st May at 6:25pm on BBC One and BBC HD. Doctor Who Confidential will then follow over on BBC Three and BBC HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 162

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

MONSTER ALERT!
This week, Doctor Who Adventures looks at the best bits from last week’s episode, The Beast Below.

This week; Matt reveals all about the filming of The Beast Below in his exclusive to Doctor Who Adventures diary.

Find out lots of interesting filming facts as Doctor Who Adventures visits the Doctor Who team as they film last week’s episode..

Who needs the Doctor’s help is this week’s brand new adventure? Find out in this week’s exclusive sneak peak at episode three, Victory of the Daleks.

All this, and…

· 11 free Doctor Who gifts!
· Cyberman Fast Facts.
· Essential info on Earth invaders.
· Five fantastic posters.
· Subscription offer - subscribe today and get a FREE Monster Book!

Issue 162 of Doctor Who Adventures is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy.

Torchwood Magazine - Issue 21

The cover and info on the latest edition of Torchwood Magazine:

Torchwood’s Gareth David-Lloyd pens comic
The new issue of the official Torchwood magazine - on sale 15th April - plays host to an exclusive Torchwood comic strip penned by Torchwood star and fan-favourite, Gareth David-Lloyd!

David-Lloyd’s character, Ianto Jones, who died in Captain Jack’s arms in the recent Torchwood five-part series Children of Earth, gets a new lease of life and takes centre stage once again in this exclusive comic strip - a move that will delight all fans of the criticallly acclaimed Doctor Who spin-off.

Talking exclusively to the official Torchwood Magazine, David-Lloyd said, “I feel I know this character implicitly. The narrative of this comic focuses predominantly on Ianto, and integrates a number of characters who have been missed by Torchwood’s ardent followers.”

The story, titled Shrouded, is made up of two parts and is as diverse as it is thrilling. Ianto, who struggles with his tumultuous feelings for Captain Jack from the offset, has his world turned upside-down by the visit of a familiar face from the future.

Additionally, he is set a mission that could alter the course of life, as he knows it, forever…

Shrouded is illustrated by Pia Guerra, the critically acclaimed artist of Vertigo Comics’ ground-breaking series, Y: The Last Man and more recently, Doctor Who: The Forgotten. Pia won Outstanding comic book artist for 2006 at the Joe Schuster Awards.

Issue 21 of Torchwood Magazine is on sale from Thursday 15th April priced £3.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Radio Times Cover: Vote Dalek!

The latest issue of Radio Times features three collectible Doctor Who covers featuring a new type of Dalek in red, blue and yellow. Find out more below:

Election fever has reached Radio Times: The Daleks are back in technicolour and this week’s Radio Times has three different Dalek covers - red, blue and yellow, like the three main political parties.

Also in this week’s Radio Times:

Writer Mark Gatiss explains his fascination with Daleks and explores their timeless appeal.

Plus, Radio Times takes an exclusive first look into the BBC’s online archive to find out its top Doctor Who secrets. An online BBC Archive project allows the first ever access to audience research reports on previous Time Lords from John Pertwee to Sylvester McCoy. Radio Times went to find out more.

And an interview with Gordon Brown including a quickfire round of questions about topics such as Doctor Who:

Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet?
“Hamlet [with David Tennant]. I saw it recently.”

John Pertwee, Tom Baker, David Tennant or Matt Smith?
“I think you know what I’m going to say here. Yes. David Tennant is the best.”

The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents priced £1.10 per copy.

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks - Trailer

The TV trailer for Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks is currently airing on various BBC channels between shows. You can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks will broadcast on Saturday 17th April at 6:30pm on BBC One & BBC HD.

New Doctor Who & K.9 Continue Tonight!

The new series of Doctor Who continues tonight along with new spin-off show K.9. Here's the Schedule:

K.9: The Korven - 4:00pm - Disney XD

Doctor Who: The Beast Below - 6:15pm - BBC One & BBC HD
Doctor Who Confidential: All about the Girl - 7:00pm - BBC Three & BBC HD

K.9 continues tomorrow at 4:00pm with episode four of the series, titled The Bounty Hunter. Doctor Who also continues next week at the later time of 6:30pm.

Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 33

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

In Issue 33...

Pyramids of Mars
Tim Latimer
Changing Faces
Barbara Wright
Power Point!
Mr Magpie
Writing the Past - Interview with James Moran
Gadget
Sibylline Sisterhood

Issue 33 of the Doctor Who DVD Files is on sale now at all good newsagents priced £6.99 per copy.

Doctor Who: The Time of Angels - Synopsis

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

The Time of Angels - by Steven Moffat
Don't blink - the Weeping Angels return in the fourth episode of Doctor Who, which is written by Steven Moffat.

The Doctor, played by Matt Smith, is recruited by Father Octavian to track the last of the Angels through the terrifying Maze of the Dead.

Meanwhile, the mysterious River Song re-enters the Doctor's life - but can he trust her?

Doctor Who: The Time of Angels will broadcast on Saturday 24th April at 6:20pm on BBC One and BBC HD. Doctor Who Confidential will then follow at 7:10pm over on BBC Three and BBC HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 161

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

MONSTER FACTS INSIDE
Find out all the facts on Prisoner Zero in this week’s Fast Facts only in Doctor Who Adventures magazine.

In this week’s diary, Matt reveals his favourite bits from episode one and how he managed to eat fish fingers and custard!

The Doctor and Amy make their first appearance in the Doctor Who Adventures comic strip.

All this, and…

Free Doctor Who stationery.
Win a life-size Dalek.
Sneak peak at episode two!
Tardis fact file.
Fantastic posters.
Subscription offer - subscribe today and get a FREE Monster book!

Issue 161 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents priced £2.10 per copy. In other news: The official Doctor Who website have posted news on a series of 3D Doctor Who games where you can be the Doctor and Amy called Doctor Who: The Adventure Games. Click here for more info.

Doctor Who April 2010 Novels - Covers & Info

BBC Books have released the covers and synopsis on three new Doctor Who novels:
Apollo 23 - by Justin Richards
'For a few moments this afternoon, it rained on the moon...'

An astronaut in full spacesuit appears out of thin air in a busy shopping centre.

Maybe it’s a publicity stunt. A photo shows a well-dressed woman in a red coat lying dead at the edge of a crater on the dark side of the moon – beside her beloved dog ‘Poochie’. Maybe it’s a hoax. But as the Doctor and Amy find out, these are just minor events in a sinister plan to take over every human being on earth. The plot centres on a secret military base on the moon – that’s where Amy and the TARDIS are.

The Doctor is back on Earth, and without the TARDIS there’s no way he can get to the moon to save Amy and defeat the aliens. Or is there? The Doctor discovers one last great secret that could save humanity: Apollo 23.

Night of the Humans - by David Llewelyn
'This is the Gyre - the most hostile environment in the galaxy...'

250,000 years’ worth of junk floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all – the Humans. The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the countdown has already started. There’s a comet in the sky, and it’s on a collision course with the Gyre...

When the Doctor is kidnapped, it’s up to Amy and “galaxy-famous swashbuckler” Dirk Slipstream to save the day. But who is Slipstream, exactly? And what is he really doing here?

The Forgotten Army - by Brian Minchin
'Let me tell you a story. Long ago, in the frozen Arctic wastes, an alien army landed. Only now, 10,000 years later, it isn’t a story. And the army is ready to attack.’

New York - one of the greatest cities on 21st century Earth... But what’s going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly Mammoth rampaging down Broadway? An ordinary day becomes a time of terror, as the Doctor and Amy meet a new and deadly enemy. The vicious Army of the Vykoid are armed to the teeth and determined to enslave the human race. Even though they’re only seven centimetres high.

With the Vykoid army swarming across Manhattan and sealing it from the world with a powerful alien force field, Amy has just 24 hours to find the Doctor and save the city. If she doesn’t, the people of Manhattan will be taken to work in the doomed asteroid mines of the Vykoid home planet. But as time starts to run out, who can she trust? And how far will she have to go to free New York from the Forgotten Army?

The novels are on sale from 22nd April priced £6.99 each. Also in book news:

The TARIDS Handbook - by Steve Tribe
Everything you need to know about the TARDIS is here - where it came from, where it’s been, how it works, and how it has changed since we first encountered it in a London junkyard in 1963.
Including photos, design drawings, floor plans and instruction manuals from different eras of the series, this handbook explores the ship’s endless interior, looking inside its wardrobe and bedrooms, its power rooms and sick bay, its corridors and cloisters, and revealing just how the show’s production teams have created the dimensionally transcendental police box, inside and out.

The TARDIS Handbook is on sale from 27th May priced £12.99 per copy. More to come!

Doctor Who: The Beast Below - Trailer

The trailer for Doctor Who: The Beast Below is currently airing on BBC channels between shows. You can watch it below:

A radio trailer for the episode is also airing on various BBC radio stations between shows, you can listen to it here in courtesy of Life, Doctor Who & Comdom. Doctor Who: The Beast Below broadcasts this Saturday at 6:15pm on BBC One and BBC HD.

First Doctor Who Series 5 Stand-ups

Cardboard Cutout have revealed their first wave of Doctor Who stand-ups from the new series (as seen above). The wave consists of The Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond, the new TARDIS and the Eleventh Doctor & Amy Pond together. The stand-ups are on sale from 12th April priced £24.99 each. You can pre-order them here from Forbidden Planet. In other news: Last night's episode of Doctor Who was watched by 8.3 million viewers with a 38.1% audience share, making it the most watched programme on TV. The final BARB ratings will be announced in ten days time.

New 11th Doctor Crash Set & Sonic Screwdriver Toys!

Character Options have released info on two new Doctor Who products:

Eleventh Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver - £14.99
The Doctor’s multipurpose tool is a Gallifreyan device, with numerous settings, easily controlled at the press of his thumb. The Doctor has had many sonic screwdrivers of different designs throughout his life, and this latest one was created from within the TARDIS console itself after the previous one was destroyed during a confrontation with Prisoner Zero in the village of Leadworth. This new sonic is larger, with a luminous green light but continues to be an essential part of the Doctor’s equipment as he explores the universe. This faithful copy of the Doctor’s trusty Sonic Device has spring loaded extending action. Pressing the button on the side of the handle activates the LED and Sound FX which operates in CLOSED mode. Flip open the cap at the end of the Screwdriver to reveal an additional button that activates the light and sound effects when it is in full extension OPEN mode. Requires 3 x L1154 batteries.

Eleventh Doctor Crash Set - £14.99
Recreate scenes from the ‘Eleventh Hour’ with this twin pack that features two incredibly detailed and authentic Eleventh Doctor five inch action figures. When the Eleventh Doctor’s TARDIS crashes into the garden of young Amelia Pond, he is still wearing the remains of the Tenth Doctor’s suit, ripped and raggedy from the damage after the TARDIS control room exploded. After he departs, Amelia grows up, telling her friends about ‘The Raggedy Doctor’, making dolls and puppets of him. When he returns to her life after twelve years, he’s still wearing the same battered clothes but, shortly before facing down the Atraxi, he selects for himself a new outfit, ‘borrowed’ from various lockers at the local hospital. Tweed jacket, bow tie and boots in place, the Eleventh Doctor is now ready to face the future…

Both sets are on sale from 5th April (this coming Monday!) More to come!

New Doctor Who & K.9 Tonight!

Doctor Who returns this evening to BBC One and BBC HD, followed by Doctor Who Confidential. Also, the new Doctor Who spin-off, K.9, officially begins later today! Here's the schedule:

K.9: Regeneration - 4:00pm - Disney XD

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - 6:20pm - BBC One & BBC HD

Doctor Who Confidential: Call Me the Doctor - 7:25pm - BBC Three & BBC HD

K.9 continues tomorrow at 4:00pm with episode two titled Liberation. Series five of Doctor Who then continues next week at the earlier time of 6:15pm. More to come!

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.