Kill the Moon - Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: The Caretaker last Saturday, a trailer for the next episode in the series - Kill the Moon - was shown, you can watch it above. Also, the teaser trailer for the episode is currently broadcasting in between programmes on various BBC channels, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Kill the Moon will broadcast this Saturday at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: The Caretaker received an overnight rating of 4.89 million with an appreciation index of 83%, the final BARB ratings will be released next week. The final BARB ratings for Time Heist have recently been confirmed as 6.99 million.

The Caretaker - Tonight!

The current series of Doctor Who continues tonight at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD, read on for the synopsis to the sixth episode:

THE CARETAKER - by Gareth Roberts & Steven Moffat
The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.

The episode will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer soon after broadcast, Doctor Who Extra will also be available to watch on BBC Red Button and online. The series continues next week with Kill the Moon - more information coming then.

Mummy on the Orient Express - Synopsis

The BBC Media Centre has released the official synopsis for the eighth episode of the current series of Doctor Who, read on for further details:

MUMMY ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS - by Jamie Mathieson
The Doctor and Clara are on the most beautiful train in history, speeding among the stars of the future - but they are unaware that a deadly creature is stalking the passengers. Once you see the horrifying Mummy you only have 66 seconds to live. No exceptions, no reprieve. As the Doctor races against the clock Clara sees him at his deadliest and most ruthless. Will he work out how to defeat the Mummy? Start the clock!

Doctor Who: Mummy on the Orient Express will broadcast Saturday 11th October at 8:35pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

The Caretaker - Clip

The BBC have released a clip from the next episode of the current series of Doctor Who, The Caretaker, you can watch it above. Doctor Who: The Caretaker will broadcast this Saturday at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 355

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

The ultimate Doctor Who family announced by Doctor Who Adventures magazine
Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the fact-packed magazine for children that love Doctor Who, today reveals the ultimate Doctor Who family in the UK.

Moray Laing, dditor of Doctor Who Adventures, says: "Earlier this year we launched our search to find a family that live and breath Doctor Who unlike any other. We were really impressed with the response and it wasn’t easy choosing the overall winner because we got some amazing entries!"

"However, the ultimate award goes to the Fishpool family from Cleveland. In their entry they explained how the boys, Dylan and Noah, have a Tardis blue bedroom, have amazing Doctor Who parties and love playing Doctor Who all the time… and they even have a dog called Tennant."

The family win a year’s worth of Doctor Who Adventures, an action figure and a Doctor Who calendar. Three runner-up families win goodies too. The issue comes with a massive A2 Doctor Who poster to celebrate the launch of the new Topps Regeneration collection, plus 13 Doctor Who stickers, including exclusive ones.

Also this issue:

• A sneaky look at the next two episodes of Doctor Who.
• Which monster should be crowned the grossest creature of all time?
• The chance to win Doctor Who - Deep Breath on DVD plus a complete set of Doctor Who Regeneration stickers from Topps.
• Essential facts about the Dalek Prime Minister.
• Fun puzzles, quizzes and things to cut out and keep.
• Interview with Ben Miller, who recently played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Who.
• Comic fun and danger for the Doctor, Clara and also the Alien Babies.
• Bonus token to win a life-size Tardis for your school.
• All this and loads more!

Issue 355 of Doctor Who Adventures is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 7th October priced £3.99 per copy.

Action Figures - New Commercial

A new commercial for Character Options' latest Doctor Who 3.75" action figures and playsets is currently airing during breaks on various TV channels, you can watch it above. All figures and playsets shown are all on sale now at all good toy stores.

The Caretaker - Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: Time Heist last Saturday, a trailer for the next episode in the series - The Caretaker - was shown, you can watch it above. Also, the TV trailer for the episode is currently broadcasting in between programmes on various BBC channels, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: The Caretaker will broadcast this Saturday at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: Time Heist received an overnight rating of 4.93 million with an appreciation index of 84%, the final BARB ratings will be released next week. The final BARB ratings for Listen have recently been confirmed as 7.01 million.

Time Heist- Tonight!

The current series of Doctor Who continues tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD, read on for the synopsis to the fifth episode:

TIME HEIST - by Stephen Thompson & Steven Moffat
The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse - to steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos. With the help of a beautiful shape-shifter and cyber-augmented gamer, the Doctor and Clara must fight their way past deadly security and come face-to-face with the fearsome Teller: a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt…

The episode will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer soon after broadcast, Doctor Who Extra will also be available to watch on BBC Red Button and online. The series continues next week with The Caretaker - more information coming then.

2014 Christmas Special - Guest Stars Announced

The BBC have announced the guest stars who are set to feature in the upcoming Doctor Who 2014 Christmas special, read on for further details:

Nick Frost, Natalie Gumede, Faye Marsay, Nathan McMullen and Michael Troughton will also join the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) and his companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman).

Production on 2014's Doctor Who Christmas episode has begun, with a host of British acting talent set to appear. The Christmas special - a cracker of a highlight in the festive season’s schedule - will air this Christmas on BBC One and promises to be an action-packed, unmissable adventure.

Nick Frost, actor and screenwriter, has starred in numerous hit film and television roles, including Spaced, The World’s End, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Cuban Fury and Paul, which he also wrote.

Nick comments: "I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas special, I'm such a fan of the show. The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream 'No spoilers!' Every day on set I’ve had to silence my internal fan-boy squeals!"

Michael Troughton (Breathless, The New Statesman), who has recently returned to acting, will follow in his father’s footsteps by appearing in Doctor Who. His father, Patrick Troughton, played the second incarnation of the Doctor.

They will be joined by Natalie Gumede (Coronation Street, Ideal, Strictly Come Dancing), Faye Marsay (Pride, The White Queen, Fresh Meat) and Nathan McMullen (Misfits, Casualty).

Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, says: "Frost at Christmas - it just makes sense! I worked with Nick on the Tintin movie many years ago and it's a real pleasure to lure him back to television for a ride on the Tardis."

The Doctor Who Christmas special is written by Steven Moffat and directed by Paul Wilmshurst (Strike Back, Combat Kids), it will be shot in Cardiff at BBC Wales Roath Lock Studios.

The Doctor Who 2014 Christmas special will broadcast this Christmas on BBC One and BBC One HD, further details are to be confirmed.

Latest News

The latest news from the universe of Doctor Who:

TIME HEIST - CLIPS
The BBC have released two clips from the next episode of the current series of Doctor Who, Time Heist, you can watch the first above and the second below:

Doctor Who: Time Heist will broadcast this Saturday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

KILL THE MOON - SYNOPSIS
The BBC Media Centre has released the official synopsis for the seventh episode of the current series of Doctor Who, read on for further details:

Kill the Moon - by Peter Harness
In the near future, the Doctor and Clara find themselves on a space shuttle making a suicide mission to the Moon. Crash-landing on the lunar surface, they find a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma. When Clara turns to the Doctor for help, she gets the shock of her life.


Doctor Who: Kill the Moon will broadcast Saturday 4th October on BBC One and BBC One HD, a time is to be confirmed.

DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE - ISSUE 478
The cover and details of this month's edition of Doctor Who magazine:

Comedia Frank Skinner chats exclusivly about his Doctor Who role in DWM issue 478!
Frank Skinner - Mummy on the Orient Express guest star, and life-long Doctor Who fan – speaks about his role in the new series, playing Perkins.


"I don’t know how I’ll feel when they say, ‘And that’s a wrap for Mr Skinner,’" Franks admits. "I’m sure I’ll go through a mix of emotions. When footballers are in cup finals, the managers always say, ‘Savour every moment,’ and that’s what I’m doing. Every moment is ‘wowee’!"

Also in this issue: 

• Extensive previews of Episodes 5 to 8 of the new series - Time Heist, The Caretaker, Kill the Moon and Mummy on the Orient Express. DWM talks exclusively to writers Steven Moffat, Stephen Thompson, Gareth Roberts, Peter Harness and Jamie Mathieson.
• Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions in his exclusive column.
• DWM talks to Billy Hanshaw, the man who inspired the brand new title sequence for this year’s series of Doctor Who.
• DWM investigates the nature of ‘spoilers’ and asks if they really spoil anything?
• Into the Dalek writer Phil Ford talks about getting to know a Dalek from the inside out!
• In-depth reviews the twelfth Doctor’s first four adventures: Deep Breath, Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood and Listen.
• As audio company Big Finish celebrates its 15th anniversary with an epic audio adventure, The Worlds of Doctor Who, DWM talks to its stars including Colin Baker, Louise Jameson, Lalla Ward, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter and Jamie Glover.
• The Doctor and Clara’s comic strip adventures continue in The Eye of Torment written by Scott Gray, illustrated by Martin Geraghty.
• The Time Team comment on the 2008 Tenth Doctor adventure Turn Left.
• Jacqueline Rayner finds unexpected inspiration for her Relative Dimensions column at the breakfast table...
• A look back at August’s Doctor Who world tour which saw Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman travel round the globe to promote the new series.
• The Watcher eloquently explains why Doctor Who belongs in the Autumn in Wotcha!
• The DWM crossword, prize-winning competitions and much more!

Issue 478 of Doctor Who magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 15th October priced £4.99 per copy.

The Complete David Tennant Years DVD Boxset - Cover & Details

BBC DVD have revealed the cover and details for the release of The Complete David Tennant Years DVD boxset, featuring all the Doctor Who episodes from the Tenth Doctor's era, read on for further details:

In this massive 26-disc collection, the BBC brings together the complete David Tennant Years! David Tennant made his debut as the Doctor in 2005 in The Christmas Invasion and in the four years that followed, Doctor Who grew to new heights of popularity. 

This collection celebrates Tennant’s tenure by bringing together every David Tennant Doctor Who episode including the Complete Second Series (co-starring Billie Piper as Rose Tyler), the Complete Third Series (co-starring Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones), the Complete Fourth Series (co-starring Catherine Tate as Donna Noble), all eight specials and two spin-off animated adventures (The Infinite Quest and Dreamland), totalling over 38 hours of Doctor Who plus hours of extras. This is a must-own collection for the legion of devoted Doctor Who fans.

The Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Years DVD boxset is on sale from 10th November at all good DVD stores oruced £109.99 per copy.

Time Heist - Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: Listen last Saturday, a trailer for the next episode in the series - Time Heist - was shown, you can watch it above. Also, the teaser trailer for the episode is currently broadcasting in between programmes on various BBC channels, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Time Heist will broadcast this Saturday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: Listen received an overnight rating of 4.8 million with an appreciation index of 82%, the final BARB ratings will be released next week. The final BARB ratings for Robot of Sherwood have recently been confirmed as 7.28 million.

The Visual Dictionary: Updated & Expanded - Cover & Details

BBC Books have revealed the cover and details of an updated expansion of the Doctor Who visual dictionary, read on for further details:

The Visual Dictionary: Updated and Expanded
The successful guide to the Doctor’s world - now updated and expanded for 2014 and the new Doctor. This lavishly illustrated guide to the Doctor’s world is now expanded to include all the action from the new series with Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.

With 32 new pages of material, including new companions, aliens and adventures across time and space, Doctor Who: The Visual Dictionary offers details to pore over and enjoy as well as behind-the-scenes information on this hit TV series.

The the updated expansion of the Doctor Who visual dictionary is on sale from 16th January 2015 priced £13.65 per copy.

Listen - Tonight!

The current series of Doctor Who continues tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD, read on for the synopsis to the fourth episode:

LISTEN - by Steven Moffat
When ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, the Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe. What happens when the Doctor is alone? And what scares the grand old man of Time and Space? Listen!

The episode will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer soon after broadcast, Doctor Who Extra will also be available to watch on BBC Red Button and online. The series continues next week with Time Heist - more information coming then.

Listen - Clip

The BBC have released a clip from the next episode of the current series of Doctor Who, Listen, you can watch it above. Doctor Who: Listen will broadcast tomorrow at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

The Caretaker - Synopsis

The BBC Media Centre has released the official synopsis for the sixth episode of the current series of Doctor Who, read on for further details:

THE CARETAKER - by Gareth Roberts & Steven Moffat
The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - but worse, and any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet. When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill school, the Doctor decides to go undercover.

Doctor Who: The Caretaker will broadcast on Saturday 27th September at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 354

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

Are you a Doctor Who mastermind?
Prove how much of a Doctor Who mastermind you are, and you could win an amazing money-can’t-buy prize. In the new issue of Doctor Who Adventures, the magazine is offering one lucky reader the chance to be the Editor for a day.

Current Editor, Moray Laing, says: "This is a fantastic prize for readers that love Doctor Who and are thinking about what they want to do when they’re older. The winner will get to make decisions about what goes in their favourite magazine and also see how we write and design the pages too. To win, all they have got to do is prove that they know Doctor Who inside out…"

You’ll also find the second token to enter a competition to win a life-size Tardis for your school. If you missed the first token, don’t worry because there will be a bonus token in the following issue.

Plus:

• SIX free gifts - including stickers, a notebook, badges and key ring.
• Check out what’s coming up in the next two episodes.
• Tricky puzzles
• What is the ultimate robot?
• Dalek shocks! How can a Dalek be good?
• Win a Doctor Who box set and figure.
• Interview with Samuel Anderson who spills some on-set secrets.
• More amazing fact figures!
• Find out what the Alien Babies are up to.
• Another exciting comic strip with the Doctor and Clara!
• All this and loads more!

Issue 354 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 23rd September priced £3.49 per copy.

Listen - Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood last Saturday, a trailer for the next episode in the series - Listen - was shown, you can watch it above. Also, the teaser trailer for the episode is currently broadcasting in between programmes on various BBC channels, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Listen will broadcast this Saturday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: Robot of Sherwood received an overnight rating of 5.2 million with an appreciation index of 82%, the final BARB ratings will be released next week. The final BARB ratings for Into the Dalek have recently been confirmed as 7.29 million.

Robot of Sherwood - Tonight!

The current series of Doctor Who continues tonight at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD, read on for the synopsis to the third episode:

ROBOT OF SHERWOOD - by Mark Gatiss
In a sun-dappled Sherwood forest, the Doctor discovers an evil plan from beyond the stars and strikes up an unlikely alliance with Robin Hood. With all of Nottingham at stake, the Doctor must decide who is real and who is fake. Can impossible heroes really exist?

The episode will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer soon after broadcast, Doctor Who Extra will also be available to watch on BBC Red Button and online. The series continues next week with Listen - more information coming then.

Time Heist - Synopsis

The BBC Media Centre has released the official synopsis for the fifth episode of the current series of Doctor Who, read on for further details:

TIME HEIST - by Stephen Thompson & Steven Moffat
The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse - to steal from the most dangerous bank in the cosmos. With the help of a beautiful shape-shifter and cyber-augmented gamer, the Doctor and Clara must fight their way past deadly security and come face-to-face with the fearsome Teller: a creature of terrifying power that can detect guilt…

Doctor Who: Time Heist will broadcast on Saturday 20th September at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: The BBC have omitted a scene from the next episode of Doctor Who, Robot of Sherwood, depicting a beheading out of respect of recent news events in the Middle East.

Robot of Sherwood - Clips

The BBC have released two clips from the next episode of  the current series of Doctor Who, Robot of Sherwood, you can watch the first one above and the second below:

Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood will broadcast this Saturday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.

Robot of Sherwood - Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: Into the Dalek last Saturday, a trailer for the next episode in the series - Robot of Sherwood - was shown, you can watch it above. Also, the TV trailer for the episode is currently broadcasting in between programmes on various BBC channels, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood will broadcast this Saturday at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC One HD. In other news: Into the Dalek received an overnight rating of 5.2 million with an appreciation index of 84%, the final BARB ratings will be released next week.