The latest news from the universe of Doctor Who:
NEW DOCTOR WHO THEMED RADIO TIMES COVER
This week's edition of Radio Times magazine features a Doctor Who themed cover, promoting the series six final, which broadcasts this Saturday, read on to find out what this issue contains:
As we bid farewell to another cracking series of Doctor Who, we thought
we’d gear up for its sand-blown finale by quizzing the show’s
mastermind, Steven Moffat, and stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on
their hidden Who heroes - and we also look back at the Doctor’s five
greatest escapes…
The magazine is on sale now at all good newsagents priced £1.05 per copy.
SERIES 6 - DVD/ BLU-RAY BOXSET
2entertain have released the covers and synopsis on the Doctor Who series six boxset:
The Doctor returns, alongside newly weds Amy and Rory, to face monsters
and mysteries and adventures all across time and space, in a thrilling
new series of Doctor Who.
EPISODES INCLUDED:
6.X: A Christmas Carol
6.01: The Impossible Astronaut
6.02: Day of the Moon
6.03: The Curse of the Black Spot
6.04: The Doctor's Wife
6.05: The Rebel Flesh
6.06: The Almost People
6.07: A Good Man Goes to War
6.08: Let's Kill Hitler
6.09: Night Terrors
6.10: The Girl Who Waited
6.11: The God Complex
6.12: Closing Time
6.13: The Wedding of River Song
SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS
Night and the Doctor - 5 additional scenes, exclusive to the boxset
Space and Time - the 2 mini-episodes from Comic Relief night
Commentaries - commentaries from 4 episodes
The Monster Files - 4 files based on enemies from the series
Prequels - all 5 prequels originally released online via the official Doctor Who website
Trailers - teasers and trailers used to promote the series
Doctor Who Confidential - cut-down versions from all 14 episodes
Doctor Who Confidential: A Nights’ Tale - special one-off edition
FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO LIMITED EDITION
Embossed Silent Head Slip Case - exclusive to limited edition
Character Building Eleventh Doctor Figure - Complete with stand and Sonic Screwdriver accessory
3D Art Cards - 4 lenticular 3D cards featuring monsters from the series
The Doctor Who series six boxset is on sale from 21st November at all good DVD stores priced £51.05 per copy on DVD format and £61.27 per copy on Blu-Ray format.
UPDATED 'FLESH' FIGURE WAVE
Character Options have added two new figures to their Doctor Who 'Flesh' figure wave, new figures include:
Mondasian Cyberman (with Cyber Weapon)
Eleventh Doctor (with Sonic Screwdriver & Soft Flesh Head & Hands)
The new figures also each come with a Flesh mask and sachet, they are on sale from next month at all good toystores priced £9.99 each. The rest of the figures in the wave are on sale now, also priced £9.99 each. For more info on the wave, click
here to read about it in a previous post.
THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES: SERIES 5 - PRESS PACK
The BBC Press Office have released a new press pack on the fifth and final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures:
Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith and her gang of young
sidekicks are back, as the final ever episodes of the award-winning The
Sarah Jane Adventures are broadcast on CBBC from Monday 3rd October.
The six episodes making up the fifth series of The Sarah Jane
Adventures were all filmed before the sad death of much-loved actress
Elisabeth Sladen earlier this year.
Lis first appeared as Sarah Jane in Doctor Who in 1973 and remained
on the iconic programme for three-and-a-half series alongside the Third
Doctor, Jon Pertwee, and the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker. She returned to
the role in 2007 in her own spin-off series on CBBC.
The Sarah Jane Adventures brought Lis to a whole new generation of fans who grew to love her alien-busting adventures.
Created by Russell T Davies, this new series of the hugely successful
Doctor Who spin-off features new aliens, surprising arrivals, and the
usual mix of thrills, scares and fun. Sarah Jane and her gang are thrown
into the middle of a war between two deadly aliens, Fleshkind and
Metalkind, Clyde finds himself out on the streets when an alien curse
turns his friends against him, and Sarah Jane confronts the mysterious
Mr Serf and discovers the secret of his success - he has alien slaves in
his basement!
Elisabeth Sladen plays Sarah Jane Smith alongside young stars Tommy
Knight as Luke, Daniel Anthony as Clyde and Anjli Mohindra as Rani. This
series introduces a brand new member of the gang, Sky, played by Sinead
Michael. The series also features Ace Bhatti and Mina Anwar as Rani’s
parents, Jocelyn Jee Esien as Clyde’s mum, and guest appearances from
Floella Benjamin as Professor Rivers, James Dreyfuss as Harrison, Peter
Bowles as Lionel Carson, Christine Stephen-Daly as Miss Myers and Lily
Loveless as Ellie.
The Sarah Jane Adventures is executive produced by Russell T Davies
and Nikki Wilson and is produced by Brian Minchin. Writers include Phil
Ford and Gareth Roberts. Episodes from the new series include:
Sky - Part 1
Sarah Jane finds a baby girl on her doorstep and tries to find out
who abandoned her. At a nuclear power station, a beautiful woman appears
out of thin air and uses alien powers to take control. She’s looking
for something - and realises that Sarah Jane may just have it.
Sky - Part 2
Sky has undergone an amazing transformation, but in doing so has
triggered a countdown that no one can stop. As Sarah Jane and Sky find
themselves trapped between the alien war fought by Metalkind and
Fleshkind, Clyde and Rani face a race against time to stop the biggest
bang in history…
The Curse of Clyde Langer - Part 1
It’s raining fish from the skies, and Sarah Jane’s investigations
lead the gang to the Museum of Culture, where the ancient god Hetocumtek
may offer answers. But when Clyde acts the fool once too often, family
and friends savagely turn against him, and he is thrown out of their
lives!
The Curse of Clyde Lange - Part 2
Clyde is alone and abandoned on the streets of London, living rough,
cold and hungry. One person reaches out to him, but as they become
friends, he’s warned about the legendary Night Dragon. In Bannerman
Road, Sky knows something’s wrong - why do Sarah Jane and Rani suddenly
hate Clyde?
The Man Who Never Was - Part 1
Joseph Serf has launched his new SerfBoard, the must-have computer
that no one can resist owning. Intrigued, Sarah Jane takes Luke and Sky
to investigate what’s so compelling about Serf and his business. Clyde
and Rani meanwhile take a SerfBoard to pieces, suspecting alien
technology may be the answer…
The Man Who Never Was - Part 2
The truth behind Joseph Serf’s company is out - alien Light
Sculptors, slaves kept beneath his office building. As Luke and Sky try
to find a way to free them and get them home safely, Sarah Jane needs
Clyde and Rani to come and help her – and get married along the way…
You can read the whole press pack here as well as view some new promo images for the series and the first story Sky here. The Sarah Jane Adventures returns next Monday (3rd October) at 5:15pm on CBBC.
