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The cover and info on this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine:Be in Seventh Heaven - with Doctor Who Magazine #425!In his most candid interview to date, lavishly illustrated with never-before-seen photos, SYLVESTER McCOY talks at length to DWM about his long career, on being the Seventh Doctor - and what he thinks about Doctor Who today… “I’m delighted that they’ve done such a good job in bringing it back. I’m so proud to have that connection with this very successful programme. It wasn’t allowed to be successful when I was doing it. At the time, I didn’t know why. It was only afterwards that I realised I wasn’t given a fair crack of the whip. I wish I had been…”Also in this issue:A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIMEY-WIMEY!Time travel - what are the rules? And can those rules be broken? In an in-depth feature, DWM examines the knotty problems of paradoxes and time loops, and explores the incredible phenomenon of timey-wimeyness throughout the history of Doctor Who!A NIGHT AT THE PROMS!It’s the music event of the year! DWM dons its dinner jacket and journeys to the Royal Albert Hall to talk exclusively to the people responsible for the Doctor Who Prom, including composer MURRAY GOLD, conductor BEN FOSTER and executive producer STEVEN MOFFAT. Packed with behind-the-scenes photos from the Prom, this is the definitive account of the making of the show!THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION!The Doctor and Amy take a trip to Tokyo and discover that too much TV can be really, really bad for kids, in the first episode of a brand new comic strip adventure by Jonathan Morris and Martin Geraghty - THE GOLDEN ONES!ART TREASURES OF HISTORY!What have a Roman mosaic, a painting by Toulouse Lautrec and a long, floppy scarf got in common? They all feature in the brand new audio series starring TOM BAKER as the Fourth Doctor, Demon Quest! DWM catches up with the legendary Tom, co-stars RICHARD FRANKLIN and SUSAN JAMESON, writer PAUL MAGRS and many more in an exclusive report from the recording of the adventures!THE WORLD’S GREATEST PLAYWRIGHT!William Shakespeare - the most talented dramatist in history or a letch with bad breath? Find out the truth (according to Doctor Who!) behind the man and his works, as The Fact of Fiction extracts every nuance of meaning from the literary triumph that is the 2007 Tenth Doctor adventure, THE SHAKESPEARE CODE!THE WRITER’S TALEDoctor Who’s head writer, STEVEN MOFFAT, reveals all about being shy, being recognised, and the Eleventh Doctor’s most recent adventure - defusing a bomb at the Proms! - in Production Notes.THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH!DWM catches up with Hex, the hunky nurse who accompanies the Seventh Doctor and Ace on their audio adventures, aka actor PHILIP OLIVIER, who reveals his experiences of attending conventions, being recognised in the street and what he really thinks about Doctor Who fans…PLUS!All the latest official news, previews, reviews, competitions and much, much more!Issue 425 of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale at all good newsagents from Thurday 19th August until 16th September priced £4.20 per copy.
Underground Toys have revealed two new classic Doctor Who toys - exclusive to Forbidden Planet:
The Master & Axon Figure Set
An approaching alien spaceship is detected on monitoring equipment at UNIT HQ, where the Brigadier is entertaining two visitors - Chinn, a civil servant making a security inspection, and Bill Filer, an American agent sent to discuss the threat of the Master. The ship lands in England and the UNIT team meet its occupants a beautiful golden-skinned race of humanoids called Axons. The Axons claim that their ship, Axos, is damaged and that they need time in which to repair it. In return, they offer Axonite, a substance that can cause animals to grow to enormous sizes and thus end global food shortages.The Doctor is suspicious, and rightly so, Axos, Axonite and the Axons are all part of one hideous parasitic entity brought to Earth by the Master to feed on the planet's energy and consume it. The Doctor manages to materialise his TARDIS, with the Master on board, at the centre of the Axos ship. Outmanoeuvring the Master the Doctor offers to link the two ships together to make one giant time machine, on condition that Axos in return helps him to take revenge on the Time Lords for exiling him to Earth. The trick works, and Axos is locked in a time loop from which it can never escape. The Doctor returns to Earth in the TARDIS, where he reluctantly admits to the Brigadier that the Master has escaped.In this exclusive Underground Toys action figure set we present the Master, the arch enemy of the Doctor first played by Roger Delgado in the 3rd Doctor adventure Terror of the Autons. This set comprises of both the Master in his iconic suit with his Tissue Compression Eliminator weapon accessory and an Axon creature as they appeared together in the adventure The Claws of Axos. This was the first and only appearance of the Axons.
Third Doctor Sonic Screwdriver
The Sonic Screwdriver is a versatile tool and defensive device first used by The Doctor in his second incarnation for opening up hatches, panels and controls. later uses included cutting through wall sections and even as a conventional screwdriver.During the third Doctor's exile on Earth he had a larger and more elaborately detailed version, which has a decorated silver handle and black and yellow stripes. This version has even more functions including detecting security traps, remote detonation of mines, opening doors and restraints, creating ignitions sparks and again removing screws and fixings.In this exclusive release, we present an electronic version of the third Doctor's sonic screwdriver with two sounds and spring loaded sound activation!
The cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures comes with THREE brilliant gifts! You'll get a whole pack of Dalek playing cards, a giant two-sided poster and loads of cool stickers. Plus, if you're a lucky golden ticket winner, you'll win another gift!Once you rip your mag out of its bag, you'll find loads of awesome stuff inside! There's the ultimate Dalek guide to all the creepy pepperpots we've met (there's loads!), vital facts on the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, a terrifying travel guide all about Leadworth (avoid it at all costs!), exclusive info on what it's like being a Doctor Who monster, a yucky look at foul food (what snacks make you go 'ooh' and 'eew'?), a new comic adventure starring the Doctor and Amy and loads more besides!What's more, if you find a lucky golden ticket inside your mag, you've won a mystery prize! It could be a cool Weeping Angel figure, a Doctor and Amy figure or even a remote-control 13" Dalek Drone. Grab your mag now!Issue 179 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale from today at all good newsagents until 19th August priced £2.20 per copy.
Character Options have revealed four new Doctor Who triple figure packs that are on sale now, exclusively at Tesco stores:
Three exclusive Doctor Who action figure pack that includes three 5 inch action figures of key characters from the hit TV series. Suitable for children ages 5 years and over.
SERIES 1 PACK INCLUDES...
Graske
Sycorax Leader (with Whip & Staff)
Grey Suited Auton
SERIES 2 PACK INCLUDES...
Possessed Toby Zed
10th Doctor (in 3D Glasses & with Sonic Screwdriver)
Sarah Jane Smith
SERIES 3 PACK INCLUDES...
Regenerated Master
Old & Anicent Doctors
Bannakaffalatta (with EMP Device & Removeable Shirt)
SERIES 4 PACK INCLUDES...
Judoon Captain (with Blaster)
Sontaran General Staal (with Cane & Removeable Helmet)
25 Adipose
The sets are on sale now at Tesco stores with a toy section priced £20.00 each. You can also order the sets from the Tesco Direct website.
UPDATE: The sets are now on sale at discount price of £10.00 each. Get them while you can!
Silva Screen Records and BBC Audio have revealed the cover and info on the Doctor Who Series 4 Specials soundtrack:
The opening track, Vale is a cue from the larger work Vale Decem (loosely translated as Farewell Ten), which the music builds towards as the departure of the Tenth Doctor becomes imminent. The full version of Vale Decem is at the end of Disc 2.
TRACKLISTING:
DISC 1
1. Vale
2. A Victorian Christmas
3. Not the Doctor
4. A Bit of a Drag
5. In the Sea of Memory
6. Hidden in the Closet
7. The Wonder of Balloons
8. A Forceful Intelligence
9. The Greats of Past Time
10. The March of the Cybermen
11. Goodbyes
12. A Disturbance in the Night
13. The Cat Burglar
14. Alone in the Desert
15. A Special Sort of Bus
16. Stirring in the Sands
17. Lithuania
18. Letter to Earth
19. By Water Borne...
20. The Fate of Little Adelaide
21. Altering Lives
DISC 2
1. We Shall Fare Well
2. A Frosty Ood
3. A Dream of Catastrophe
4. All in the Balance
5. A Ruined Gaol
6. Wilf’s Wiggle
7. Minnie Hooper
8. The End Draws Near
9. Gallifrey
10. Final Days
11. The Council of the Time Lords
12. The Master Suite
13. The Ruined Childhood
14. A Chaotic Escape
15. The World Waits
16. A Longing to Leave
17. A Lot of Life Behind Us
18. Dealing with the Menace
19. Speeding to Earth
20. The Time Lords’ Last Stand
21. The Clouds Pass
22. Four Knocks
23. Song for Ten (Reprise)
24. Vale Decem
25. Vale
26. The New Doctor
The Doctor Who: Series Four Specials soundtrack is on sale from 20th September at all good CD stores priced £11.99 per copy and iTunes for £11.99 (£0.99 per song). In other news: Silva Screen have confirmed that a Doctor Who series five sountrack will be on sale this coming November. More details coming soon.
UPDATE: Due to delays, the soundtrack's release has been pushed back to 4th October.
Various news sources have confirmed that the overall title for series four of Torchwood is The New World. Read on for 'juicy' info on the title as well as the new series:The Hollywoord Reporter:The new story will follow a CIA agent (Rex) and analyst (Ester) who tackle an alien-related global issue.Torchwood, having been destroyed and disbanded, is "like a legend now ... it's like something that's ceased to exist and is now spoken of only in whispers." Soon, Rex and Ester are on the run and are seeking out the help of Captain Jack and Gwen."The two teams coming together is a big part of the story - are they friends or enemies? There's a lot of sparks and excitement.""We definitely have a really big story to tell," added executive producer Julie Gardner. "It's absolutely rebooted to welcome in a new audience."The ten episodes will be very fast paced, telling a self-contained story with the miniseries Children of Earth being used as a template.Being on Starz, the show could potentially take advantage of looser standards for nudity and violence."I've always had loose standards and practices," Davies said. "If the story demands intimacy or savagery, we will go there absolutely ... [but] there's nothing better than a great big global thriller that stops for a sex scene - it's probably hard to make that happen in a thriller."USA Today:New is the operative word. The team has left Wales for America, as creator Russell T. Davies has left Britain for Los Angeles. The case will tie the two remaining Torchwood members (Jack and Eve Myles's Gwen) to the CIA, and will expand into a world-wide threat. And yet, says Davies, it "will be faithful" to the BBC original.Davies says this story, which "had been ticking away in my mind for a long while," had not been planned as a Torchwood story at all. "And suddenly I thought, there's a popular show, there's a great story, let's put them together. It felt like it definitely could move forward and become new again."Though it will be newer and bigger, the tone won't change, says Davies. Barrowman's Jack will still be TV's only bi-sexual hero, character will still be stressed, and humor will still play a large part in the show's make-up."I sit there in the editing room saying 'Don't cut that joke! Cut the plot, cut the murder, cut the story, but don't cut the joke.' It will always be a cheeky show."Filming for Torchwood: The New World starts January 2011 and will broadcast on BBC One in the UK and Starz in the US the following summer.
The latest news from the universe of Doctor Who:
Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 178
Cover and info on this week's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine:
With this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures, you'll get an amazing Weeping Angels stationery set PLUS another cool mystery gift! Your favourite monster mag is bursting with exciting stuff.
Take a look at the huge group of creatures who tried to trap the Doctor in the Pandorica (can you remember them all?), find out who won our meanest villain award, pull out four amazing posters, relive the moment that the Doctor realised he and his friends were surrounded by Weeping Angels, check out a brand-new Who adventure in our comic and make your very own Smiler - they're easy to do and very creepy!
Issue 178 of Doctor Who Adventures magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents unitl 12th August priced £2.10 per copy.
The Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith - Cover & Info
BBC Books have released the cover and synopsis on an upcoming Doctor Who book:
Who is the Eleventh Doctor? How did he get the part? And what’s it like stepping into some of the biggest shoes on television?
Find out all about Matt Smith’s first year as the Doctor, with exclusive interviews about life in the TARDIS, his adventures, co-stars and behind the scenes, as well as all the essential facts about Matt himself! Packed with gorgeous pictures and fascinating facts, as well as a pull-out poster of Matt for your bedroom wall!
Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith is on sale from 7th October at all good book stores priced £6.99 per copy.
Blue Strategist Dalek Figure added to Doctor Who Series 5 Wave 1 Assortment
Character Options have added the new blue Strategist Dalek figure to the latest Doctor Who series five action figure assortment. The Strategist Dalek figure will be released later this month at all good toy retailers priced £8.99. The figure is also currently available as a remote controlled figure and is priced £14.99.
Torchwood Comic - Issue 1: The Selkie & Broken: Part 1
The first issue of a new Torchwoood comic series is set to go on sale at Forbidden Planet stores in America on 10th August. Read below for more details:
The hit BBC TV series hits the world of comics!
Tommy Lee Edwards and John Barrowman team up for Titan’s new Torchwood comic!
Acclaimed artist Tommy Lee Edwards, currently working with outspoken TV personality Jonathan Ross on the hit comic series Turf, has teamed up with John Barrowman (Torchwood’s Captain Jack) and his sister and frequent coworker Carole E. Barrowman, to produce Captain Jack and the Selkie.
Captain Jack and the Selkie is one of two original Torchwood stories in issue #1 and sees Jack facing a deadly threat on a remote Scottish island, where people are disappearing one by one. To his horror, Jack starts to suspect he may know who, or rather what, is responsible.
Barrowman is overjoyed to have worked with Edwards, who he describes as one of his favorite artists. The pair began their collaboration when Barrowman and his sister Carole came across a poster of Captain Jack at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con.
“Tommy and Trevor had drawn a brilliant poster of my face super-imposed over the Face of Boe, which I think is the best piece of Captain Jack art I’ve seen,” said Barrowman.
“The four of us hit it off immediately and I asked if they’d ever be interested in working with us on a Captain Jack project. They thought about it for, oh, about 30 seconds, and so Captain Jack and the Selkie was born!”The second story is part one of a special five-part story written by Torchwood TV script editor Gary Russell. Entitled Broken, the story sees Captain Jack, Gwen and Ian to get trapped in a cosmic hotel, while an old villain from the TV series returns.
Artwork for Broken is provided by Adrian Salmon, whose work includes the Cybermen for Doctor Who Magazine and Judge Karyn for the Judge Dredd Megazine.
Two collectible covers will be available for each issue - an art cover and a picture cover. British comic book artist Ian Churchill, whose work includes Superman for DC Comics and Avengers, Deadpool, and X-Men for Marvel, has drawn the art cover for issue #1. An alternate cover, also drawn by Churchill, will be available exclusively at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.
You can pre-order an exclusive edition of the first comic here from Forbidden Planet if you live outside the USA for £2.65 per copy. A trailer for the comic has also been released and you can view it here on YouTube. In other news: The title for the next Torchwood series (which is made up of ten hour-long episodes) is rumoured to be (highlight the following gap if you like spoilers) The New World. Rumours also suggest that it will air next Summer. Filming for the series starts January 2011. More to come!
The cover and info on this month's edition of Doctor Who Magazine:
