Torchwood production starts in February? and Tom Baker may return plus Julie's Real Timelord..

The Doctor Who Locations Guide has Torchwood Series Four, word from filming of Doctor Who tonight is that the next series of Torchwood is due to commence production in February 2010. There is no official confirmation of this as yet, however, though a report relating to the ComicCon event last weekend suggested that a BBC America executive had confirmed the fourth series had been ordered by the BBC.



The Press Association has Doctor Who legend Baker may return, Tom Baker has said he would be interested in taking part in a reunion show for Children In Need - but only if he was allowed to vet the script.

Newsarama has Julie Gardner: Dr Who's Real Timelord, she's has given up the civilized life of Cardiff, Wales for the mad traffic of Los Angeles, California. It’s getting to her.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 1:12. Bad Wolf, the Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack have to fight for their lives on board the Game Station.



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• VV1 - The Invasion 1, like most stories that begin with its sole focus on The Doctor and his companions, this episode starts very mysteriously with little explanation as to what is going on.
• VV2 - The Invasion 2, the seed for the next five years of Doctor Who are firmly planted in this episode with the introduction of UNIT, the Brigadier, lots of military equipment, and extensive location filming. It all looks and feels very familiar now, looking back on it, so much so that seeing Patrick Troughton's Doctor in the middle of all of this seems almost out of place.
• VV3 - The Invasion 3, the Invasion was originally supposed to be a shorter story, but was fleshed out to eight episodes when script problems on other serials in Season Six resulted in those serials being dropped. Episode Three shows the stretch marks of that expansion.
  

Richard Parkin reports that...
Character Options have announced the release of their Third Doctor figure to be available EXCLUSIVELY from 'Forbidden Planet'.
The Pertwee figure comes in 2 costume styles, accompanied by either a Dalek or a Sea Devil, also rumour has it that Character Options believe that Pertwee alone can financially justify the new "wave" of figures, whereas the next wave will include both Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann to cover the same interest. Though Character Options have not officially commented on this!

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ArchiveAtBBC

• "All BBC roads do indeed lead to Doctor Who."
  
• "Previous tweet prompted by discovery that Enid Blyton's daughter married Donald Baverstock, who greenlit Doctor Who back in 1963."

strictly_baby "Has decided she will dress up as Gwen when she meets Gareth from Torchwood next month :)"

FuzzyChanny "I would rather listen to a radio show hosted by John Barrowman in the mornings than have to listen to Chris Moyles." (ed: watch out for your job Chris, no more time off)

RobJFreemantle "If you can see 'Through the Rain' flying up the download charts covered by John Barrowman, it's all Chris Moyles's doing. On radio 1."

jembie "Just bought John Barrowman "Made it through the rain"..."

utahkay "Words I never, ever thought I'd say: I'm liking Torchwood (Children of Earth) better than Dr. Who (Planet of the Dead)"

hannahrah "omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg DADS GETTING ME A TARDIS"