Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom Figure Set - FP Exclusive

Character Options have revealed their latest classic Doctor Who figure set, exclusive to Forbidden Planet:

The Seeds of Doom Figure Set

Two alien seed pods are found buried in the Antarctic permafrost. The Fourth Doctor, accompanied by Sarah-Jane Smith, realises that they are from a Krynoid, a form of voracious plant life that infects and transforms all animal life on planets upon which it becomes established.

One of the pods opens and infects a scientist at an Antarctic base but the developing Krynoid is destroyed by a bomb set to cover the tracks of two men, Scorby and Keeler, who have made off with the other pod for their boss, eccentric plant collector Harrison Chase.

The second pod infects Keeler and he also becomes a Krynoid, rapidly growing to giant proportions. UNIT are called in, and they arrange for the Krynoid to be bombed before it can spread its pods across the Earth.

Contents:
1 x Fourth Doctor

1 x Krynoid

1 x Cutlass accessory
1 x Open Seed Pod accessory
1 x Closed Seed Pod accessory

The set is on sale from 2nd April exclusively at Forbidden Planet stores priced £24.99 per purchase.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 253

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

"Phew! It’s not easy pretending to be dead, you know!"

"Last weekend, I had to divert an alien invasion, stop a star exploding and buy some new slippers, all without moving! Still, it seems to have fooled the Silence. Unless they read Doctor Who Adventures, of course… Oh dear."

"Urm… who’s this Doctor chap?"

This week free gift is a Sonic pen and psychic paper set.

Also inside…

Repaired Room

Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Share Their Show Secrets

Order Order

10 Things You Might Not Know about the Silence

The Star Serpent

The Amazing Deaths of Rory Williams

Who lookalikes 

Plus much more…

Issue 253 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from tomorrow at all good newsagents until 1st February priced £2.50 per copy. In other news: Matt Smith won the Best Male Drama Performance award at the National Television Awards earlier tonight while Karen Gillian won the Best Female Drama Performance award.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock - New Trailer

The first full trailer for the new upcoming Doctor Who video game The Eternity Clock has been released, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will launch globally, initially on PS3 and PS Vita via the PlayStation Network, in March 2012 with a PC version due shortly after.

Players will be up against the most feared monsters from the Doctor Who universe - Cybermen, Daleks, Silurians and the Silence.

Take control of both the Doctor and River Song to unravel the mystery of The Eternity Clock in March 2012. The clock is ticking...

BBC Worldwide today announced that Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will be a PlayStation console exclusive in EMEA. Developed by experienced PlayStation developers SuperMassive Games, Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will be launched on Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita when it is released in Spring this year.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will immerse gamers in the universe of Doctor Who, allowing them to take on the role of the Doctor and River Song as they travel across time and space to save the Earth in an epic adventure. Featuring specially recorded original voiceovers from Matt Smith (the Doctor) and Alex Kingston (River Song), Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is the ultimate Doctor Who gaming experience. It is the first in a series of console games based on the brand to be announced by BBC Worldwide, marking a significant move into the console gaming business for the Digital Entertainment and Gaming division.

“Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is such an exciting release for us” said Robert Nashak, EVP digital entertainment and gaming, BBC Worldwide. “It’s one of our most ambitious projects to date, using state of the art motion sensor technology to create stunning graphics as well as specially created vocals. We’re delighted that we’re able to team up with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for this release, a company who are so well respected in the gaming universe.”

Zeno Colaço, SVP, third party relations & operations, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe commented, “Doctor Who is such an iconic franchise, which appeals to people of all ages and backgrounds, worldwide. We are honoured to be able to include it amongst our portfolio of PlayStation console exclusive titles this year.”

Doctor Who: Dark Horizons - Cover & Info

BBC Books have released the cover and info on a new Doctor Who book:

DARK HORIZONS - by J.T Colgan

On a windswept Northern shore, at the very tip of what will one day become Scotland, the islanders believe the worst they have to fear is a Viking attack. Then the burning comes. They cannot run from it. Water will not stop it. It consumes everything in its path - yet the burned still speak. 

The Doctor is just looking for a game on the famous Lewis chess set. Instead he encounters a people under attack from a power they cannot possibly understand. They have no weapons, no strategy and no protection against a fire sent to engulf them all.

Add in some marauding Vikings with very bad timing, a kidnapped princess with a secret of her own and a Tardis that seems to have developed an inexplicable fear of water, and they all have a battle on their hands. The islanders must take on a ruthless alien force in a world without technology; without communications; without tea that isn't made out of bark. Still at least they have the Doctor on their side... Don't they?

Doctor Who: Dark Horizons is on sale from 7th July at all good bookstores priced £12.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 20

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine:

IN ISSUE 20...

Top 10 Skull Shocks
The Timey-Wimey Detector
Slitheen V The Family of Blood
The Girl Who Waited
Where’s the Doctor? - Deadly Dolls House
J is for Jenny 

Plus much more

Issue 20 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from 25th January at all good newsagents until 7th February priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 252

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Facts, posters, prizes and a great free gift in this week's Doctor Who Adventures!
"What a week it’s been! I must write it down in my 500-year diary so I don’t forget. First, I taught a gorilla to water-ski. Then I stopped an invasion by the grouchy Groog. Then I took part in the Strictly Come Dancing final in 2145 - and came second to Robot John. He was cool! How was your week?"

This week's mag is packed with awesome facts about time and space! The Doctor keeps us aware of what's lurking in the sky, from Atraxi space ships to the number 200 bus.

You can find out what happened when the Tardis scanned the Master, and take our Time Traveller's Quiz to see which era of history you belong in. Plus, try your hand at making a Cybermat and read about the cool pets that have appeared in Doctor Who.

As well as all that, there is an all-new Doctor Who comic strip story, Mrs Tinkle's latest adventures in AAAGH! and some tricky puzzles to try!

This week free gift is a Monster Blades battle pack…

Also inside…

Lost and Found

Keep Watching the Skies

Time-Travellers Quiz

Beware of the Dog

Ood Timeline

Picture Imperfect

Make a Cybermat 

Plus much more 

Issue 252 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from 19th January priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 443

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

In the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, every reader has the opportunity to download a FREE Doctor Who audio episode from Big Finish Productions! Yes, Tom Baker has reprised his role as the Fourth Doctor, alongside Louise Jameson as Leela - and you can hear them in Part One of The Foe from the Future.

DWM issue 443 also features an exclusive interview with Robert Banks Steward, the original writer of The Foe from the Future - as well as two of most highly regarded Doctor Who stories of all time - Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom. DWM asks him about his unused 1970s script for Doctor Who, now recorded for audio:

“The first three episodes were very much my kind of thing,” Robert tells DWM. “… you’ve only got to read the first two or three pages to see that I was writing a sort of a thriller, before taking the story off into what was hopefully an unexpected direction…”

PLUS!

MENACE FROM THE PAST
Two 1960s episodes of Doctor Who, thought lost forever, have been found! DWM presents the first review of Galaxy 4: Airlock and The Underwater Menace, and examines how they were recovered. We also chat to the people who starred in them, including stars Maureen O'Brien, Frazer Hines and Anneke Wills.

WATCH IN WONDER!
Writer, actor, novelist and all round gentleman, Mark Gatiss tells of the thrill of watching the recovered episodes - and gives reveals some tantalising hints about his next Doctor Who script - in Production Notes.

MORE JANIS THORNS!
The Fourth Doctor and Leela are reunited in a brand new series of audio adventures! DWM goes behind the scenes and catches up with Tom Baker and Louise Jameson as they prepare to battle the Master, the Daleks, Kraals and more…

LET’S SHOOT HITLER!
DWM interviews dynamic director Richard Senior about Let's Kill Hitler, recording special scenes for DVD, and his life-long love of Doctor Who.

ASSASSINS AND TALONS AND HANDS, OH MY!
It was the season that saw the departure of Sarah Jane, the arrival of Leela, and the Fourth Doctor face some of his most terrifying foes… Countdown to 50! continues with a look back to the 70s and Series 14…

NEW NEW YORK, NEW NEW YORK
The Time Team revisit the year five billion and watch what happened when the Doctor and Rose met Cat Nuns, Cassandra and the Face of Boe. What will Emma, Chris, Michael and Will make of New Earth?

GODS AND MONSTERS
The Gods are angry and ancient Greece will suffer their wrath! The Doctor, Rory and Amy face the mighty Zeus himself in Part Two of the new comic strip adventure, The Chains of the Olympus, written by Scott Gray and drawn by Mike Collins.

WE LOVE THE DOCTOR!
Romance! Aliens! And the Electric Light Orchestra! The Fact of Fiction puts the Tenth Doctor and Rose adventure Love & Monsters under the microscope, with exclusive additional comments from writer Russell T Davies!

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
The Watcher reveals the surprising relationship that the Doctor has with filthy lucre, celebrates another supporting artist, and challenges readers with The Six Faces of Delusion in Wotcha!

PLUS! 

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

Issue 443 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until 8th February priced £4.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 19

The cover and info on this fortnight's edition of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine:

IN ISSUE 19...

Top 10 Rocking Rescues
Eye Drive
Dalek Drones V the Tenth Doctor
The End of Time
Where’s the Doctor? - Demons Run
J is for Judoon 

Plus much more

Issue 19 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until  24th January priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who: Script to Screen Returns!

After the success of Script to Screen with Doctor Who last year, BBC Learning have announced that the competition will again go into motion this year, read on for further details:

The new competition will be launched by the Doctor himself on Blue Peter on CBBC, Thursday 12th January at 5.45pm. The challenge is simple. School children aged 9-11 should write a mini-episode that features the Doctor in an Olympic-themed adventure. Amy and Rory can be included in the script alongside one of four familiar alien species plus a brand new human character.

You can find out much more about the new Script to Screen on Thursday's Blue Peter, but it's been confirmed that once again, the winning script will be produced by the Doctor Who team and broadcast on the BBC. The winners will meet the stars of the show, visit the set and see their mini-episode being shot.

Script to Screen invites UK primary schools to submit one entry each to the competition and a BBC Learning website is available to give master classes in how to write. Learning resources were downloaded 300,000 times during the 7 weeks the competition was open last year and more than 1000 schools submitted an entry. 

Following the 2011 competition a survey found that 96% of teachers believed it was an excellent tool for teaching literacy and writing skills. Steven Moffat, Doctor Who's lead writer and executive producer, reflected, 'I come from a family of teachers, I was a teacher, my father's a teacher, my sister's a teacher. We go back teacher generations so it's hard wired for me to want the approval of teachers so I'm very, very thrilled that its gone down so well with the schools that took part.'

Caroline Skinner, executive producer of Doctor Who, looked forward to the return of Script to Screen and commented, 'It's so exciting to be able to challenge young writers in this way. Doctor Who is such an amazing show to work on. It really sets the imaginations of viewers alight, and it's a thrilling prospect to see where young members of our audience would like to see the Doctor go this time!' 

All entries for this year's Script to Screen must be submitted by midnight on Friday, March 16, 2012. To find out more about the competition, watch Blue Peter on CBBC, 5.45pm and you can visit the BBC Learning site to investigate the videos and resources created to help develop writing skills that are out of this world!

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 251

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Find out what makes a monster cringe in Doctor Who Adventures!

"I’m here in 1807 to pick up a very rare copy of Jack and the Beanstalk. My last one got eaten by a hungry Multiform."

"And who should I bump into but the Cyberleader! Oh, it’s a small universe. Right, better dash - small Cyber invasion threatening all of history."

"See you next week, if there is one..."

 This weeks issue comes with free mind boggling puzzle cube.

Ever wondered what might make a Dalek blush or a Sontaran turn scarlet? Find out this week as we look at some extra-embarrasing monster moments.

There's also a brilliant Forest Walker maze puzzle that will keep you busy for ages, a look at a day in the life of Madame Kovarian, and loads of facts, puzzles and posters.

Plus, this week we give one lucky reader the chance to win all six Doctor Who box sets, and a brilliant portable DVD player to watch them all on.

Also inside…

Talking Rubber Ducks
Monster Cringes
Forest Walkers
10 things You Might Not Know About the Sonic
The Amazing Life of Amy Pond
Vengeance of the Atomon - Part 2

Backstage secrets

Plus much more…

Issue 251 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from 12th January at all good newsagents until 19th January priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: The Art of Death - Cover & Info

The BBC have released the cover and synopsis of a new exclusive Doctor Who audio story:

THE ART OF DEATH - written by James Goss; read by Raquel Cassidy 
Raquel Cassidy reads this exclusive audio adventure featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory as they encounter one of the wonders of the universe.

‘Don’t be alarmed!’ the Doctor cried through gritted teeth, ‘It’s simply sucking the life out of me. Nothing to worry about...’

When the Doctor falls through a crack in time he finds himself in the Horizon Gallery. But it’s no ordinary art gallery, because this one has the best view of the most impossible wonder of the universe - the Paradox. Tour parties are eager to see this stunning, hypnotic portion of sky that’s beyond description, and it’s Penelope’s job to stop people staring up at it for too long. For the Paradox’s beauty drives people mad.

The Doctor, Amy and Rory are about to discover that the Paradox also contains a giant and frightening creature with a taste for death…

Doctor Who: The Art of Death is on sale now at all good CD stores priced £10.20 per copy.

Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels - Cover & Info

Quick Reads have revealed the cover and info of a new Doctor Who book:

MAGIC OF THE ANGELS - by Jacqueline Rayner

'No one from this time will ever see that girl again...'

The Doctor, Amy and Rory round off a sight-seeing tour round London with a trip to the theatre. That's when things start to go wrong.

The Doctor wonders why so many young girls are going missing from the area. When he sees Sammy Star's amazing magic act, he thinks he knows the answer. Sammy's glamorous assistant disappears at the climax of the act - but this is no stage trick.

The Doctor and his friends team up with residents of an old people's home to discover the truth. And together they find themselves face to face with a deadly Weeping Angel.

Whatever you do - don't blink!

Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels is on sale from 2nd February at all good book stores priced £1.99 per copy.

Doctor Who: Rememberance of the Daleks & Attack of the Cyberman Figure Sets - FB Exclusives

Character Options have revealed two new classic Doctor Who figure sets - exclusive to Forbidden Planet:

Remembrance of the Daleks Figure Set - £29.99

The Tardis arrives in London in November 1963, where the Seventh Doctor and Ace discover that two rival factions of Daleks - one loyal to the Dalek Emperor and one to the Dalek Supreme - are seeking the Hand of Omega, a powerful Time Lord device that the first Doctor hid there during an earlier sojourn on Earth. The Daleks are focusing their search around Coal Hill School - the school that the Doctor's grand-daughter Susan attended - while a human military unit led by Group Captain Gilmore is attempting to resist their incursions. The Imperial Daleks eventually capture the device. The Dalek Emperor is revealed to be Davros, now with only the last vestiges of his humanoid form remaining. The Doctor begs him not to use the Hand but is ignored. 

However, this is just the final ruse in a complex trap laid by the Doctor. The Hand of Omega utterly destroys the Dalek home planet, Skaro, and then returns to destroy their forces orbiting Earth.

Contents: 1x Dalek Emperor Davros & 1x Destroyed Imperial Dalek

Attack of the Cybermen Figure Set - £26.99

When something disturbs the Tardis in flight, the Sixth Doctor is determined to find out the reason why. Landing in London, 1985, he and Peri are shocked to find the Cybermen are hiding in London’s sewers! Becoming their prisoner, the Doctor is forced to take the Cybermen to their home planet, Telos. There he discovers the inhuman monsters have captured another time vessel and plan to change history. They want to redirect Halley’s Comet so it crashes into Earth in 1985 - the year before their original home planet, Mondas, was destroyed. Peri Perpugilliam Brown, known as Peri, was an eighteen year-old American Botany student holidaying in Lanzarote with her step-father, when the Fifth Doctor and Turlough landed nearby. Turlough rescued Peri when she tried to swim to shore from her uncle’s boat, and took her inside the Tardis to recover. The Tardis took off with Peri still on board. Headstrong and argumentative, Peri stayed with the Doctor and helped him through his most difficult regeneration to date. Peri’s fate is unclear.

Contents: 1x Peri, 1x Rogue Cyberman (with detachable faceplate & Cybergun accessory)

Both figure sets are on sale from 9th March exclusively at Forbidden Planet stores.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 250

The cover and info on the next edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:

Happy New Year - again!
"I know for you lot New Year was last week, but here on Slombikkitini it’s New Year every week, because the planet just wooshes round its sun that fast!"

"People have birthdays once a week, too, and the whole place is just one big party! Don’t you wish you were here?"

This weeks issue comes with a free note book and pen with 2 double sided postcards so you can choose your own cover. 

Also inside…
The Best Job Ever

The Doctor's Great Escapes
New Year , New Hat
River's Diary
Vengeance of the Atomon
Backstage Secrets
Destination 2012 

Issue 250 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from tomorrow at all good newsagents until 11th January priced £2.50 per copy.

Happy New Year! - from The Ultimate Doctor Who Site

It´s 2012! A beginning of a new year of life, thrills, laughter and adventure... and a new series of Doctor Who! Filming for series seven begins in February at set for broadcast this Autumn on BBC One and BBC One HD.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!