Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 305

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

Doctor Who Adventures has all the big news! 
"You think it’s cold outside? Try floating through deep space with the heating on the blink. It’s so chilly I’m typing this message in massive mittens knitted by my two-headed godmother. You remember the one? A bit whiffy? Anyway, she forgot which godson she was knitting for and made them large enough to fit her thirty-fingered Flyktrotter godson, Gilbert. And then sent them to me. It’s an interesting look!"

This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures is packed full of new Who info. We take a look at the latest trailer and show you exactly what's in store for you in the brand-new episodes. What are all of those terrifying creatures and just who is Clara?

We've also got loads of top monster info - including the coolest and hottest monsters, behind-the-scenes Dalek fun, tons of puzzles and how to spot an alien!

This week's issue comes with a surprise gift and a pack on Monster Invasion cards. 

ALSO IN ISSUE 305...

Latest News!
Wordsearch!
Clara Info!
Alien Spotting!
Comic Adventure!
Doctor, Doctor!
Make a Dinosaur!

Issue 305 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 6th February priced £2.99 per copy.

An Adventure in Space and Time - Casting Announced

The first news of casting for the one-off BBC Two drama An Adventure in Space and Time - documenting the origins of Doctor Who - have been announced, read on for further details:

As part of the BBC’s blockbuster celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, David Bradley (Harry Potter) is set to play the first ever Doctor, the iconic William Hartnell in the BBC Two drama An Adventure in Space and Time. 

But this isn’t his first foray into the world of Doctor Who… In 2012 David Bradley won plaudits playing the villainous Solomon in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and in 2010 he voiced one of the Shansheeth in The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor - a two-part story that featured Matt Smith as the Time Lord. He’s also well-known around the world for his portrayal of Argus Filch in the Harry Potter movies as well as appearances in blockbusters like Captain America: The First Avenger and TV shows ranging from The Professionals to Game of Thrones.

An Adventure in Space and Time will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who - first aired on 23rd November 1963 - and the many personalities involved.  The BBC’s Head of Drama Sydney Newman, credited with the creation of the show, will be portrayed by Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity) and the producer, Verity Lambert, by Call the Midwife star Jessica Raine. The director of the first ever episode, An Unearthly Child, Waris Hussein, will be played by Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango In Halifax).

Commenting on his upcoming role, David Bradley, said: “I’m absolutely thrilled.  I first heard about this role from Mark [Gatiss] while watching the Diamond Jubilee flotilla from the roof of the National Theatre.  When he asked if I would be interested, I almost bit his hand off!  Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television...

The one-off drama An Adventure in Space and Time will air sometime around the 50th anniversary date of Doctor Who this autumn on BBC Two.

Character Options Announce New Scale Series 7 Figures

Producer of Doctor Who action figures and toys Character Options have announced that all new series Doctor Who action figures are to be released in a new scale of 3.75", read on for further details:

In a golden year for Doctor Who, Character Options unveils a brand new scale to its figure collection 
Doctor Who celebrates the 50th anniversary of the brand in 2013, Character Options commemorates with a new era for its action figures series. 

After huge popular demand from fans, 2013 will see the launch of a range of new series 3¾ inch figures and playsets. The new collection will succeed the incredibly successful 5 inch figures portraying both characters and storylines from the new series including the Eleventh Doctor, his new companion Clara as well as many of the foes he has met over the past 50 years. 

The new collection is to be released in June and will be unveiled at London Toy Fair on 22nd-24th January 2013. Jon Diver, Managing Director of Character Options, commented: “With this being a very special year for the Doctor, we wanted to bring something brand new to the fans and our research has shown that the new 3 ¾” size is what the fans want. We appeal to both serious collectors and children and this new smaller figure allows the younger generation to collect their treasured Doctor Who figures more affordably, while presenting a brand new opportunity for adult fans to increase their portfolios.” 

To complement the figure series, to-scale playsets will also be available. The Weeping Angel set will include the iconic but eerie New York backdrop from The Angels Take Manhatten together with exclusive cherub accessories. Another of the Doctor’s most iconic enemies will be encountered in the Dalek Playset set in a battle-scarred London. 

To travel from one adventure to another, no new series would be complete without a Tardis. The new 3 ¾” scaled Spin and Fly Tardis has motion-activated interactive sound effects to bring the action to life. 

Finally, fans will join in with the Doctor’s adventures with a new range of Heritage Sonic Screwdrivers, depicting the tools of past incarnations of the Doctor. Appealing to collectors and kids alike, choose from the Third, Fourth or Tenth Doctor’s Screwdriver or River Song’s Future Sonic, each highly detailed. 

Character will also launch new construction figures and playsets in the Doctor Who Character Building range and news of new collections for late autumn will be released soon. 

The new wave of Doctor Who action figures based on characters from the forthcoming second part of the seventh series is to be released in June.

Destiny of the Doctor: Shadow of Death - Cover & Details

BBC AudioGo have revealed the cover and synopsis of the second edition of the Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor audio series, read on for further details:

SHADOW OF DEATH - written by Simon Guerrier, performed by Frazer Hines & Evie Dawnay
Following an emergency landing, the Tardis arrives on a remote world orbiting a peculiar star - a pulsar which exerts an enormous gravitational force, strong enough to warp time.

On further exploration the Doctor and his friends, Jamie and Zoe, discover a human outpost on the planet’s surface, inhabited by scientists who are there to study an ancient city. The city is apparently abandoned, but the scientists are at a loss to explain what happened to its sophisticated alien architects. The Doctor discovers that something dark, silent and deadly is also present on the world - and it is slowly closing in on the human intruders…

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctor - Shadow of Death is on sale from 7th February at all good CD stores priced £10.20 per copy and all digital online MP3 websites priced £3.99 per download.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 304

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

Doctor Who Adventures is ready for battle!

This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures is dedicated to mad, menacing monster armies! This issue comes with a set of terrifying Weeping Angels and sinister Silurians for you to create your own beastly battles! We've also got a cool game inside the mag that you can play with your mini monsters!

This issue is also packed with brilliant posters, more monster chuckles, loads of tricky puzzles and even some clever science-y fun!

Issue 304 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 30th January priced £2.99 per copy. In other news: BBC Worldwide have launched a new Doctor Who website for lead-up to the show's 50th anniversary, you can view it here.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 47

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

IN ISSUE 47...
Top 10 Possessions
Compression Field Collar
Jennifer's Ganger V Saturnyne The Snowmen
Where’s the Doctor? - Stingray Supper
X is for Xoanon
Plus much more... 

Issue 47 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 5th February price £2.60 per copy.

Series 7, Part 2 - Premiere Date Confirmed!

The BBC have confirmed that Doctor Who will return to screens later this year on Saturday 30th March for the second part of the current series, read on for further details:

Doctor Who returns to BBC One during the Easter weekend on Saturday, 30 March, 2013.

The Doctor is back in a fantastic adventure written by the show’s lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat. The episode - the first in a run of 8 - is directed by Colm McCarthy whose previous credits include Hustle, Spooks and Endeavour.

Later adventures in the run include episodes written by Mark Gatiss (Victory of the Daleks, Night Terrors) and Neil Gaiman (The Doctor's Wife). Steven Moffat has promised us that in terms of Doctor Who, 2013 will be a ‘tremendous’ year and we’ll be bringing you more about the forthcoming adventures soon. 

The series will run for eight weeks, concluding series seven of Doctor Who, and return later this year for the 50th Anniversary.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 303

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

Doctor Who Adventures is bigger on the inside! 
Don't miss this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures - we've got some top information on the Tardis as we take an EXCLUSIVE look at its new-look control console! Also, we reveal the best Monster Television shows. Do you know what your fave aliens love to watch on the box?

This issue is also packed with brilliant posters, more monster chuckles, loads of tricky puzzles and everything a tiny Time Lord needs!

Issue 303 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 23rd January priced £2.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 302

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

ARGHH! Doctor Who Adventures has been upgraded! 
This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures is packed with Cybermen, as we take a look at all of their creepy designs - plus we want you to design your own Cybermen and send them to us. The best design will win an awesome prize! There are even Cyber playing cards that come with this issue!

It's also loaded with puzzles, more comic adventures, a look at the Doctor's cool new styles and even some bonkers Dalek jokes!

ALSO IN ISSUE 302...
An Interview with the Gunslinger from A Town Called Mercy 
A Guide to the Doctor's Christmas Styles
The Game - Snowflakes and Ladders
Posters
More Comic Adventures for the Doctor and Decky Flamboon
Brainteasers 
Plus much more!

Issue 302 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until 16th January priced £2.99 per copy.

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue 456

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

In a lavishly illustrated feature, DWM talks to Production Designer Michael Pickwoad,, the man responsible for the Tardis makeover, about his inspiration for the time machine’s new look: “There was a lot of going forward, and a lot of harking back. You want to take the best of everything that’s ever happened…” 

ALSO IN ISSUE 456: 

QUESTIONS THAT MUST NEVER BE ANSWERED…?
Doctor Who‘s showrunner and head writer Steven Moffat provides cool answers to burning questions from DWM readers in his new regular column.

DIRECT ACTION
He’s directed dinosaurs on a spaceship, cyborgs in the Wild West and snowmen in Victorian London! DWM interviews Saul Metzstein about his work, and discovers behind-the-scenes secrets from Doctor Who…

THE YEAR OF THE DOCTOR
2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who - and there will be plenty of ways celebrate! DWM reveals what’s planned in the worlds of Doctor Who books, audios, screenings and much, much more…

REVOLUTIONARY ANIMATION
The First Doctor adventure The Reign of Terror is released on DVD this month, with brand new animation to bridge the gap left by its two missing episodes. DWM investigates how this remarkable reconstruction was achieved, with exclusive notes and images from the team that created it.

THE HOLIDAY FROM HELL
DWM turns the clock back to 1980, and looks at a Fourth Doctor story which featured reptilian criminals, cutting-edge science and a brand new look for Doctor Who. Prepare to be amazed as the Fact of Fiction enters The Leisure Hive!

AN ACE YEAR
It was the year that saw Haemovores and Husks, the Brigadier and the Master and the Doctor become Merlin… and it would be the last regular series of Doctor Who for nearly 16 years! DWM takes a nostalgic look at the Seventh Doctor’s final TV adventures as Countdown to 50 continues with a look at 1989.

SARAH JANE INVESTIGATES
The Time Team takes a sideways step to look at The Sarah Jane Adventures, the popular CBBC spin-off from Doctor Who starring Elisabeth Sladen as the investigative journalist on the look out for extra-terrestrials.

COMIC STRIP
The Doctor is on the trail of stolen goods - and gets the shock of his life! - in Hunters of the Burning Stone, the brand new comic strip by Scott Gray, and illustrated by Martin Geraghty.

RELATIVE DIMENSIONS
Doctor Who is now being enjoyed by a whole new generation. But how will their experience as fans differ from their parents? Doctor Who author and dedicated mother of two Jacqueline Rayner finds out…

WOTCHA
The enigmatic Watcher recalls the golden years of Radio Times listings, challenges readers with the Six Faces of Delusion and champions another Supporting Artist of the Month in Wotcha!

PLUS!
All the latest official news, the latest DVDs, books and CDs reviewed, a prize-winning crossword and competitions and much, much more!

Issue 456 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 6th February priced £4.75 per copy.

Doctor Who Monster Invasion - Issue 46

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

IN ISSUE 46...
Top 10 Transformations
The Key to Time
Shakri V Dalek Skeleton Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Where’s the Doctor? - Hoix Spaceship
W is for The Wire
Plus much more!

Issue 46 of Doctor Who Monster Invasion magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 22nd January priced £2.60 per copy.

Doctor Who Nominated for National Television Awards

The finalised nominees for this year's National Television Awards have been announced and reveal that Doctor Who has been shortlisted for Best Drama, Matt Smith for Best Male Drama Performance and Karen Gillan for Best Female Drama Performance, you can vote online here for your choices from each category. Voting closes at 12:00pm on Wednesday 23rd January while the event will broadcast live on ITV1 at 7:30pm the same day.

A Big Hand for the Doctor - Cover & Details

Puffin Books have announced that in the months leading up to the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who they will be releasing eleven ebooks - one per month - featuring one of the eleven Doctors, read on for further details from the first in the series featuring the First Doctor:

A BIG HAND FOR THE DOCTOR - by Eoin Colfer
London, 1900. The First Doctor is missing both his hand and his granddaughter, Susan. Faced with the search for Susan, a strange beam of soporific light, and a host of marauding Soul Pirates intent on harvesting human limbs, the Doctor is promised a dangerous journey into a land he may never forget...

Eleven Doctors, eleven months, eleven stories: a year-long celebration of Doctor Who! The most exciting names in children's fiction each create their own unique adventure about the time-travelling Time Lord.

Doctor Who: A Big Hand for the Doctor will be released 23rd January onto all good digital media outlets priced £1.99 per download and will be available as a physical paperpack in November to co-elide with Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, more information coming soon.

K.9 to Appear in Stargazing LIVE

The BBC have confirmed that the Doctor's faithful robot companion K.9 is set to make a special guest appearance in Brian Cox's Stargazing LIVE show, read on for further details:

K.9 returns to our screens this week as part of the new series of Stargazing LIVE. The Doctor’s faithful metal friend will be appearing in all three ‘Back to Earth’ shows as the new question master, posing a ‘space brainteaser’ to a number of special guests…
 

Stargazing LIVE is back on BBC Two for a third three-night series from tomorrow (Tuesday 8th January) and aims to encourage everyone – from the complete beginner to the enthusiastic amateur - to make the most of the night sky. 

Professor Brian Cox (who many will recall from his cameo appearance in The Power of Three) and Dara O Briain will broadcast from the control room of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, interacting live with the audience and calling on a starry collection of the country’s finest astronomical minds to explore the wonders of the cosmos. You can find out more about the series at the BBC’s Stargazing LIVE pages.

Immediately after each episode of Stargazing LIVE, Brian Cox, Dara O Briain and their guests return for an extra half hour of chat, debate and audience participation in three shows called Back to Earth. And that’s where K.9 will be on hand to give the benefit of his experience traveling amongst the stars!

K.9 will make his appearance in the Back to Earth episodes of the show from tomorrow night through to Thursday night at 9:00pm on BBC Two.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 301

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

Gooooooo! Doctor Who Adventures is grosser than ever! 
This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures is one of grossest and slimiest ever, as we take a look at the yuckiest aliens that the Doctor has ever met!

It's also packed with puzzles, monster info, more comic adventures, a scary snowman mask and facts about the Great Intelligence!

Issue 301 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents until 9th January priced £2.99 per copy.

Happy New Year! - from The Ultimate Doctor Who Site

It´s 2013! The beginning of a new year of life, thrills, laughter and adventure... and the year of the greatest show in the universe. Series seven of Doctor Who continues this coming Spring on BBC One and BBC One HD and the show's 50th anniversary is coming - this November - with plans kept firmly under wraps until the big day...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!