Dreamland: Begins Today

The all new Doctor Who animation series Dreamland premiers today on BBC Red Button and will continue through to Thursday 26th November, read on for the synopsis and broadcast times:

EPISODE 1 - Saturday 21st November (7:00am-8:50am • 11:10am-2:20pm • 7:25pm-10:35pm)
Dry Springs, Nevada, 1958. The Doctor befriends a young waitress, Cassie, and her friend, Jimmy, at a diner. The Doctor activates an alien artifact and, after finding further signs of alien activity, the US Army intervenes and takes him and his new companions to the mysterious Area 51 in Roswell, where they find out about Operation Fallen Angel. Will Operation leader Colonel Stark succeed in making the curious trio forget what they have just seen?

EPISODE 2 - Sunday 22nd November (12:10am-7:50pm)
Seeking refuge in the abandoned town of Solitude, Jimmy stumbles across a disconcerting discovery and the trio encounter Viperox royalty.

EPISODE 3 - Monday 23rd November (12:10am-7:50pm on 24th November)
The Doctor cannot understand why the Alliance of Shades mop-up team are more concerned with the whereabouts of a piece of space flight hardware than the hordes of Viperox pods hidden underground. Things start to fall into place when Jimmys grandfather, Night Eagle, introduces the Doctor to Rivesh Mantilax.

EPISODE 4 - Tuesday 24th November (10:40pm-2:00pm on 25th November)
Captured by the US Army, Rivesh is finally reunited with his wife, Saruba Velak. Meanwhile, the Doctor discovers the unsettling truth about his real identity.

EPISODE 5 - Wednesday 25th November (3:00pm-10:15pm • 11.10pm-9:50am on 26th November)
The Doctor and Saruba have to confront the mysterious alien force in the vault housing her space ship if they are to save her husband and stop Lord Azlok from rousing his sleeping army.

EPISODE 6 - Thursday 26th November (7:10pm-9:50am on 27th November)
As sunset falls, the Viperox drones start to attack the US Army base. Can the Doctor find a way to halt the seemingly unstoppable aliens in their tracks?

An omnibus version featuring all six episodes will broadcast later this year on BBC Two and CBBC. All episodes will also be available to watch on the official Doctor Who website from 4:00pm on the day of each episode premier.

3rd 2009 Special: New Clip!

As part of BBC Children in Need night earlier this evening, a clip from the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special - now officially titled as The End of Time - Part One - was shown, you can watch it above. Doctor Who: The End of Time - Part One will broadcast this Christmas on BBC One and BBC HD.

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 142

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

Monsters from Mars
This week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine is all about The Waters of Mars. We investigate the planet Mars and find out if it is a place you should visit or avoid.

If you were to visit Mars with the Doctor what would you take? Find out with Doctor Who Adventures' essential checklist. Meet the brave woman who helps the Doctor - Adelaide Brooke. Discover who she is and how she ended up at Bowie Base.

This week’s Top 10 is all about watery moments. Water bombs, raining in reverse and sea monsters; who will come top in this slippery countdown?

All this plus…

• Find out how well you know The Waters of Mars in this week’s quiz.
• A free Doctor Who note book and pencil.
• Claim a free Dalek rucksack.
• Part 1 of life-size Doctor Who poster included!
• Loads of cool goodies to win!
• Subscription offer - subscribe today and get two free DVDs.

Issue 142 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 25th November priced £2.99 per copy.

SJA: Concludes This Week

The current series of The Sarah Jane Adventures concludes this week on BBC One and BBC HD at 4:35pm today and tomorrow, read on for the synopsis:

THE GIFT: PART ONE - by Rupert Laight 
Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani face an old enemy, the green Slitheen, in the penultimate episode of this series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. When the Slitheen's latest scheme is halted, their cousins, the Blathereen, arrive. Declaring peace between the planets, they offer Sarah Jane a gift - one that might change the future of the human race forever.

THE GIFT: PART TWO - by Rupert Laight 
When the Blathereens' gift runs riot, Sarah Jane faces the battle of her life to save her son, Luke, as The Sarah Jane Adventures concludes. With Clyde, Rani and K9 trapped in a school under siege, and the whole of London convulsing under the alien threat, everything heads for a final showdown in the attic - and not everyone is getting out alive. 

Both episodes will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer soon after broadcast. If confirmed, The Sarah Jane Adventures will return next Autumn with a fourth series.

Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 23

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

Episode Guide: Planet of the Ood/ The Sontaran Stratagem

The Doctor: Shipwreaks & Skulls

Enemies: Cyberleader

Technology: Sontaran Battle Pod

Allies: UNIT

Behind the Scenes: Who's Behind the Ood?

Flashback: Cold War!

Issue 23 of the Doctor Who DVD Files is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 3rd December priced £6.99 per copy.

Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter - Cover & Info

BBC Books have released the cover and details of Russell T Davies's second edition of The Writer's Tale:

Doctor Who - The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter
For this revised and updated edition of The Writer’s Tale, head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies and journalist Benjamin Cook continue their in-depth discussion of the creative life of Doctor Who to cover the last of Russell’s specials, as well as the increasingly successful Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-offs.

Candid and witty insights continue throughout a second year’s worth of correspondence, covering David Tennant’s final episodes as the Doctor, Russell’s own departure from the show, and the legacy that both leave behind as a new era of Doctor Who begins.

With over 300 pages of new material, and taking in events from the entire five years since the show’s return in 2005, The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter is the most comprehensive - and personal - account of Doctor Who ever published.

Doctor Who - The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter is on sale from 14th January 2010 at all good bookstores priced £16.99 per copy.

3rd 2009 Special & Dreamland: New Trailers

After the broadcast of Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars last night, a trailer for next 2009 Doctor Who specials was shown, you can watch it above. The first of a two-parter, the title for Part 1 is yet to be revealed, while the title for Part 2 has been confirmed as The End of Time. Also, a trailer advertising the new Doctor Who animation series Dreamland is currently being shown on various BBC channels inbetween show breaks, you can watch it below:

Doctor Who: Dreamland will start broadcasting from 20th November on BBC Red Button and continue daily until 26th November. A full omnibus broadcast of the series will broadcast later this year. In other news: last night's viewing of The Waters of Mars was watched by 9.1 million viewers, the final BARB ratings will be revealed within the next ten days.