Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 41

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

IN ISSUE 41...
Top 10 Trips to the Future
The Firestone
Pig Slaves vs Heavenly Hosts
Dalek
Where's the Doctor? - Area 52 Attack
U is for Uncle
Plus much more...

Issue 41 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 13th November priced £2.60 per copy.

Happy Halloween, from The Ultimate Doctor Who Site!

Today, 31st October, is Halloween. I have nothing more to say, apart from enjoy yourself if you're 'trick or treating' or having a gools night-in!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Doctor Who: 2012 Christmas Special Trailer & Prequel Confirmed for Children in Need

The BBC Media Centre have released the press pack for this year's BBC Children in Need night, and amongst all the special guest stars and music performances is special treat for Doctor Who fans, read on for further details: 

BBC One announce today that the BBC Children in Need appeal show returns on Friday 16th November, live once more from BBC Television Centre. Sir Terry Wogan will be joined by Fearne Cotton, Tess Daly plus Nick Grimshaw to host a bigger than ever, spectacular night of musical entertainment, sketches, special features, glitz, glamour and guest appearances.

This year’s appeal night will be the pinnacle of a vast range of programming contributing to the 2012 BBC Children in Need campaign. The biggest names in entertainment will come together to support the appeal and help to raise money for disadvantaged children in the UK. 

The star-studded evening of entertainment will feature music performances from One Direction who kick off the programme, plus Little Mix, Susan Boyle, Leona Lewis, The Script, Paloma Faith, Il Divo and Tim Minchin. Pop superstars Girls Aloud will also reunite live in the studio for the exclusive first TV performance of their much anticipated official Children in Need 2012 single entitled "Something New".

Britain’s Got Talent 2012 winner Pudsey the dog will finally meet his namesake, Children in Need’s own Pudsey bear, for an exclusive dance performance extravaganza.

Around 20 of Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic heroes including Tom Daley, Rebecca Adlington, Louis Smith, David Weir, Nicola Adams and Ellie Simmonds will be throwing shapes in their very own music video set to Basement Jaxx’s "Do Your Thing" - including a special section featuring Zara Phillips and her 3 Day Eventing teammates dancing the "Gangnam Style". 

Strictly Come Dancing viewers’ favourites Ann Widdecombe and Russell Grant will return to the dance floor on a wing and a prayer for an unmissable performance with their partners Anton Du Beke and Flavia Cacace. 

Doctor Who, featuring Matt Smith, will also bring viewers an extra special prequel to its Christmas special, with a bespoke storyline made for Children in Need, and an exclusive preview trailer of the Christmas special including the first glimpse of the Doctor with his new companion. There will also be an exclusive preview of the Call The Midwife Christmas special.

The BBC Newsreaders, Fiona Bruce, Sophie Raworth and Bill Turnbull, will be pitting their driving skills against each other in a special edition of Top Gear’s ‘Star in a reasonably priced car’. A host of comedy specials will also feature including an exclusive episode of Not Going Out with Lee Mack featuring a cameo appearance from Sir Terry Wogan himself.

The action will spread across the country, as presenter and former chorister Aled Jones leads The Choir, which once more unites children across the UK's nations and regions and leads a 2,500 strong chorus of young singers in an unforgettable performance of "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Viewers will also get a rare treat as pop princess Kylie Minogue performs reworkings of some of her classic hits accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, filmed at Proms in the Park in Hyde Park earlier this summer. Also EastEnder Shona McGarty (who plays Whitney) will be singing an extra special number.

The evening will feature films highlighting some of the vital work the charity is doing to change the lives of children throughout the UK. Fearne Cotton will introduce an appeal film on bullying and Robbie Williams will help tell the moving story of a family supported by Children in Need through a time of grief. Olympian Tom Daley will front a film about a teenage hero who has been helped by Children in Need and EastEnders actress Nina Wadia (who plays Zainab) meets a little boy whose life has been transformed by Children in Need’s “Friendship" project.

Totaliser updates will be dotted throughout the night to keep viewers up to date with the total amount raised.

Sir Terry Wogan, Children in Need Life President says: "Children in Need as ever is graced by the presence of lovely ladies Tess and Fearne, and this year I'll be delighted to welcome Radio 1's morning star, Nick Grimshaw, to prop me up as the Friday appeal stretches into Saturday, and we head for what we hope will be another record-breaking total for the people’s charity. Every year of Children in Need is a shining tribute to the extraordinary generosity of the British people.''

Clare Pizey, BBC executive producer, says: “This year’s Children in Need is bigger and more ambitious than ever. I am delighted with the spectacular line-up who will come together to help raise money for the children who need it most, plus the fantastic addition of Nick Grimshaw to the presenting team. This is just a taste of what is to come, viewers can look forward to a few more extra special surprises on the night too. We will be asking the nation to call in with their pledges before the night is done, to help make this is an even more successful year for the charity.”

David Ramsden, BBC Children in Need chief executive, added: “This year's Campaign is bigger and better than ever and people right across the country are once again coming together to raise thousands that will help change the lives of disadvantaged children right here in the UK.”

Children in Need night will broadcast live from BBC Television Centre on Friday 16th November from 7:00pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. Doctor Who returns this Christmas also on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 292

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

Don't fear - Doctor Who Adventures is here!

Forget The X Factor, in this week's Doctor Who Adventures we've got the scare factor. We take a look at all of the latest scary alien moments and beastly best bits from the new series! We've also got a brilliant dinosaur quiz, Rory's top moments and a brand-new cool comic story. There are also mind-melting puzzles and lots of monster chuckles!

ALSO IN ISSUE 292...
Latest News
Scariest Scares!
Dino Quiz!
Creature Frights
Rory’s Best Bits
Crazy Comic
Doctor Doctor
Ultimate Monster

Issue 292 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today until 31st October at all good newsagents priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: Series 7 - Episode 10 Title Confirmed

In an interview with Radio Times, Ashley Walters, who will be starring in episode 10 of the current series of Doctor Who, confirmed the title to be (highlight gap to reveal spoiler):

Journey to the Centre of the Tardis

You can read the full interview with Walters here. Doctor Who will return this Christmas to BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who: New Audio CDs - Covers & Info

BBC Audio have revealed the covers and synopsis of two new exclusive Doctor Who audio CDs:

SLEEPERS IN THE DUST - written by Darran Jones, read by Arthur Darvill
The Tardis touches down on Nadurniss, a planet under quarantine. A joint Nadurni/human mission has recently landed on the planet to survey it for possible re-colonisation. Two millennia have passed since the Nadurni Empire fell at the end of the Prokarian War, and Nadurniss seems to be a lifeless, barren world - but a mysterious illness is infecting the Nadurni, and now the whole team is in danger. 

The nature of the infection becomes clear when the sickest Nadurni dies and an amorphous creature emerges from its dried-up body. A shambling mound of bacteria, acting as one being - a Prokarian - it has been on the planet all along, sleeping in the dust. As the Prokarians attack, Amy is infected. The Doctor can do nothing to help her - until he realises that the cure could lie in the past. He and Rory must travel back more than 2000 years to try and save her life...

SNAKE BITE - written by Scott Handcock, read by Frances Barber
After a lifetime spent working on her secret project, Doctor Elehri Mussurana and her husband, Ernst Wharner, watch in awe as their experiment reaches its final, glorious fruition. A wormhole in time and space is being created… then the unexpected occurs: inside the swirling vortex appears a tall blue box… 

Potential disaster awaits the Doctor, Rory and Amy as the Tardis arrives in a scientific research outpost far into the future just as the fabric of reality is ripped at the seams and the universe tears in two…

Doctor Who: Sleepers in the Dust is on sale from 1st November and Snake Bite from 6th December and at all good CD stores priced £9.25 per copy.

Doctor Who: Cleric Wars App

AppGear have released information of a new Doctor Who app game involving the Q.L.A Anti-Time Device:

Q.L.A QUANTUM LOCK ACCELERATOR ANTI-TIME DEVICE
After the Doctor disappeared, the Cybermen and Daleks went to war across the universe. And on each world they destroyed, they left in their wake, Stone Angels, picking over the dead and dying. But the Cleric army fought back and scoured the dead worlds left after the wars, looking for the wreckage of Daleks, Cybermen, and broken Angels to create a hugely powerful ‘anti-time’ device. A device part Dalek, part Cyber technology and using the Quantum signature from the Stone Angel to trigger a Gateway to pull enemies into the time Vortex…Erasing them from Time completely.

LOCK AND LOAD
As Earth nears total destruction by alien forces, you must join the Cleric army and battle through multiple waves of enemies: Daleks, Cybermen and Angels in a last-ditch mission to save the planet.

IMMERSIVE CONTROLS
The immersive controls use a first-person viewpoint with pan function. To defeat an enemy you need to aim the Q.L.A and fire at it until a vortex opens up and pulls it in. The head up display (H.U.D) helps you locate your enemies. Their general location is indicated by coloured icons near the centre of the target that light up to indicate which way to turn to locate them.

AMPLIFIED REALITY
Battle enemies in your own room! Dalek, Cybermen and Angels appear in your actual location on screen via amplified reality.

DON’T HAVE YOUR OWN Q.L.A.?
Going head to head with Daleks, Cybermen and Angels? You won’t get far without your own Doctor Who Q.L.A. Quantum Lokk Accelerator Anti-Time Device. Test out the free demo level to see what these famous foes are made of, and then head over to the website to learn how you can get your hands on a Q.L.A.

The app is on sale now from iTunes and Google as a free download.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 291

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

Don't blink! You won't be able to read Doctor Who Adventures!

Be warned - this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures has been taken over by the Weeping Angels. We've got a mega guide to the stony creeps, so get the lowdown on their biggest scams, scares and shocks! 

This issue even comes with a Weeping Angel mask and claws. They're totally claw-some. Sorry, we mean awesome!  We also have more monster laughs, cool comic fun and puzzles so tricky that they're banned by the Shadow Proclamation.

Issue 291 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today up until 24th October at all good newsagents priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 40

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

IN ISSUE 40...
Top 10 Brilliant Bugs
Satellite Five
The Astronaut V Teselecta Doctor
Tooth and Claw
Where’s the Doctor? - Lakertyan Invasion
T is for Tritovores
Plus much more

Issue 40 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 30th October priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 453

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

Karen tells DWM about leaving Doctor Who after three years as the Doctor’s companion: “I am so, so sad. I’m not going to lie. Leaving that show has to be one of the saddest experiences I’ve ever had. It was my life for, like, three years. That’s going to take a while to go away. But also it’s really exciting, because I get to go and do other things…”

THE FIRST LADY OF TIME
DWM  looks at the life and times of Mary Tamm, the actress who played the Fourth Doctor’s companion Romana, with never-before-seen photos and tributes from her friends and colleagues including Louise Jameson, John Lesson and Anthony Read.

MATT’S MISSING SCENE!
Just how old is the Doctor nowadays? The clue’s in his hair, as showrunner Steven Moffat reveals, as he presents a missing scene from The Angels Take Manhattan - exclusively in Production Notes.

THE FEAR FACTOR
There have been some truly terrifying moments in Doctor Who’s 49-year history… and, just in time for Halloween, DWM issue 453 celebrates the very best of them! Fearmerchants Philip Hinchcliffe and Terrance Dicks are on hand to give their expert opinion, so prepare to have your blood chilled and your spine tingled, with The A-Z of Dread…

ROUGH JUSTICE?
DWM  look back at the season that gave us the longest story ever, an evil future Doctor and Bonnie Langford, as The Trial of a Time Lord is put under the spotlight in Countdown to 50!

DALEKS VS CYBERMEN!
Witness the greatest battle in history as the Daleks and Cybermen come face to face with the Tenth Doctor and Rose in Torchwood HQ. It’s Doomsday - and what will The Time Team make of it all… ?

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
It’s one of the most controversial issues currently challenging fandom - the Doctor’s morality. Are there circumstances where it’s acceptable for him to kill his enemies, or should this be avoided at all costs? Toby Hadoke and Johnny Candon argue the pros and cons in A Battle of Wits.

DEATH IN PRAGUE
The Doctor, Amy and Rory encounter a legendary monster and terrifying creatures from another dimension in The Broken Man, the brand new comic strip written by Scott Gray and illustrated by Martin Geraghty.

THE SECRET COMPANION
Celebrate 20 years of Berince Summerfield, as DWM talks to Paul Cornell, Lisa Bowerman, Jac Rayner, Gary Russell and Scot Hancock about one of the most enduring Doctor Who characters of all time.

ZAP!
The mysterious Watcher examines the Doctor’s little-known use of  weaponry (including his ray-gun), challenges readers with The Six Faces of Delusion and champions another Supporting Artist of the Month, in WOTCHA!

MONSTERS AND MAGIC!
DWM  catches up with former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies and chats exclusively with him about his brand new show - Wizards vs Aliens - and just why Doctor Who fans will want to watch…

PLUS! 
All the latest official news, the latest episodes, DVDs, books and CDs reviewed, sneak previews of forthcoming merchandise, a prize-winning crossword, FIVE fantastic competitions and much, much more!

Issue 453 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from tomorrow up until 14th November at all good newsagents priced £4.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: P.S

An new unshot mini Doctor Who episode titled P.S was released today via the official Doctor Who website in the form of an animated storyboard. It tells the events of what happened to Amy and Rory and Rory's dad Brian Williams after the heartbreaking conclusion of The Angels Take Manhattan, with voice over from Aurthur Darvill himself. Doctor Who will return this Christmas to BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: Matt Smith and Steven Moffat immortalised their hand prints in cement today at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 290

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

It's a Dalek attack - runnnnnnn - and get Doctor Who Adventures!

 Have you seen the awesome cover of this week's Doctor Who Adventures? If you love that, then you're going to go crazier than a Slitheen on a bouncy castle when you see it as a super-cool poster! This part also features the Doctor's best heroic bits, a cool Asylum of the Daleks quiz, more hilarious monster texts and another awesome comic adventure!

ALSO IN ISSUE 290...
The Doctor’s Series Highlights
Creepy Cherub Monster Texts
Awesome Comic Strip Adventure 
Plus much more!

Issue 190 of  Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 17th October priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who: Official 2013 Sticker Book - Cover & Info

Penguin Books have revealed the cover and synopsis for the official Doctor Who 2013 sticker book:

This Doctor Who official sticker book contains over 1000 stickers of over 200 of the scariest monsters and aliens from the last 50 years! 

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who by using the stickers inside to complete your guide to the Doctor’s greatest enemies, including Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Ice Warriors and many more!

The official Doctor Who 2013 sticker book is on sale from 4th April 2013 at all good bookstores priced £7.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 289

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

Stop weeping - Doctor Who Adventures is here!

Boo hoo! Amy and Rory may have gone, but we need you to put on a brave face. There are still hundreds and thousands of alien adventures to be had! This week's cool issue comes with a guide to The Angels Take Manhattan, so re-live your fave scares and Angel frights! 

There are also loads of monster laughs, a brilliant comic strip and some puzzles to put your Who IQ to the test! Plus, this issue comes with a make your own Cyberman kit!

ALSO IN ISSUE 289...
Star Interview!
Cool Angel Maze!
Angel Spotting!
Episode Guide!
Comic Adventures!
Doctor, Doctor!
Behind the Scenes!
Ultimate Dalek! 

Issue 289 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 10th October priced £2.50 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 39

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

IN ISSUE 39...
Top 10 Coolest Planets
Dalek Crucible
Weevils V Red-Eye Ood
New Earth
Where’s the Doctor? - Racnoss Webstar
T is for Trickster
Plus much more

Issue 39 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 16th October priced £2.60 per copy.