Tennant sends 'postcard' from America and Dalek War in October plus more Podcasts and Blog Picks

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• Doctor Who - Series 2: 4. The Girl in the Fireplace, Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from clockwork killers.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2: Secrets of the Stars - Part 2, Sarah Jane infiltrates Trueman's circle as he controls the population via their star signs.
• Jamie Owen and Louise Elliott, they are joined by Doctor Who star David Tennant (ed: approx 2hrs 20min into the show).

The Whoniverse has added The Doomsday Manuscript to their Discontinuity Guide.



BBC Press Office has Doctor Who star David Tennant sends 'postcard' from America, Tennant has joined the shows executive producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner in Los Angeles to post their regular radio postcards to BBC Radio Wales listeners (ed: program added to the BBCi Player, see above).

IESB.NET has an Interview with Doctor Who's David Tennant and Russell T. Davies, at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, the two men talked about what fans can expect from their final specials, along with why working on Doctor Who was such a memorable experience for both of them.

The Doctor Who News Page has Dalek War in October, the Dalek War Box set, featuring the third Doctor stories Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks, will be released in the UK on the 5th October.

Bridging The Rift Podcast has released #2: 11th Doctor 1st Filming Photos, when filming for the Matt Smith 2010 series of Doctor Who began, we were treated to the first pictures of the Eleventh Doctor in costume and in character, as well as our first look at the new companion and a newly regenerated Tardis exterior. Without mentioning plot spoilers, we discuss the fandom’s reaction to these and speculate about what they mean (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Gallifreyan Embassy have released two new podcasts (ed: both added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

• Sonic Newsdriver Episode 20090806, in this episode: New Threads for 11, New TARDIS Too, No Spoilers, Revealed: John Simm and Timothy Dalton, Waters of Mars Trailer, San Diego Comic Con, Exclusive Figures Announced, Actor Harry Towb Dies, John Barrowman Made it Through, What's The Big Chill?, Doctor Who: Podshock 158 Coming Soon, and Get Your Sonic Gear, plus more!
• Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 158, coverage of San Diego Comic Con 2009, Dragon*Con, The War Games reviewed, Adric the Cricket, and more..

This is Nottingham has Life as a Dalek alongside Billie Piper and David Tennant, so the truth is out. Billie Piper didn't get a Dalek to tell ex-hubby Chris Evans he was "exterminated". Just in case you were wondering. The story started circulating in the press about three years ago, while Nick "voice of the Daleks" Briggs was working alongside Billie in Doctor Who.

BBC Doctor Who has...

• Land of the Three, Russell, Julie and David report from the US!
• Interview Update, Last few hours for your questions

Tin Dog Podcast has released TDP 097: Terminus (ed: added to the pods and audio button).



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• XX5 - The Seeds of Death 5, this story saw a greater use of out-of-sequence recording, which hadn't been attempted that often up to this point in the programme's production history.
• XX6 - The Seeds of Death 6, one of the reasons that The Seeds of Death was made was to try and recoup the cost of production of the Ice Warrior costumes that were made for their debut in the previous year's recording block.
• YY1 - The Space Pirates 1, I wrote earlier about how, in The Seeds of Death, it took over eight minutes for The Doctor to first appear in the story and how surely, at the time, that must have been a record.
• YY2 - The Space Pirates 2, it isn't really until the very end of this, the second episode, that The Doctor and his companions become even remotely involved in this story.
• YY3 - The Space Pirates 3, this story is the next in a run of classic Dudley Simpson scores.
• YY4 - The Space Pirates 4, "usually, before settling to watch each story on this marathon of mine, I try and flush all preconceived notions of how the story I'm about to view ranks with me, based on previous viewings, or more generally in the eyes of fandom."
  

David_Tennant

• "David Tennant Treat For Today"
• "As Seen On TV last night had a round of questions about David Tennant (UK only) from 19:15"

darthramza "Patrick Troughton is an under appreciated Doctor."

Beeb want Questions for Oli Smith and Tennant Captured in Oils plus Mike 'The Streets' Skinner in 'Who'?

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 2:3. School Reunion, the Doctor runs into an old companion in a London school.



BBC Doctor Who has We Want Your Questions, for an interview with Blue Moon author, Oli Smith.

BrokenSea has released Doctor Who: Beyond the Veil (B2E8) (Ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Now Magazine has OMG! David Tennant looks very strange indeed, Doctor Who star captured in oils by illusionist Derren Brown.

Den Of Geek has Doctor Who - Mike "The Streets" Skinner To Star?, "I can't talk about it but let's just say I got a part in Doctor Who" the pop star's Twitter account reveals he is to star opposite Matt Smith in the next series of the world's most successful science-fiction show.



Doctor Who Torchwood - The Blog has Doctor Who Illuminations – The Inside Information, meet Sarah, a skilled artist who works (amongst other things) with the Blackpool Illuminations team, as a “sandgrown” I have spent my entire life admiring the Illuminations, as a small child remembering exciting tram rides and open top bus tours and as an adult (working on the golden mile myself) I realise just how much the illuminations mean to Blackpool’s economy).

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• XX2 - The Seeds of Death 2, while The Doctor and his entourage worry about getting a rocket ready to launch for the first time in years back on Earth, the much more interesting story in this episode is, again, taking place on the Moon.
• XX3 - The Seeds of Death 3, mention must be made at this point about the score for The Seeds of Death, as provided by Dudley Simpson. 
• XX4 - The Seeds of Death 4, finally, after six years of having either William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton take a week off and having the story suffer as a result, this, the final Doctor-less episode in the series' history, shows how writing The Doctor out of the episode for a week can be done without stalling the story in its tracks.
  

Billie Doux has a review of Doctor Who: 42, Martha: "I can't believe our lives depend on some stupid pub quiz."

Gallifreyan Embassy has Dancing TARDIS, Par for the Course at Gallifrey, "this video came my way courtesy of our own Tara Wheeler who is actually in this video. No, she is not the one dancing, nor is that her TARDIS which is dancing, but she and her TARDIS are there nonetheless. She quickly takes to safety in her TARDIS when the dancing one enters the room at Gallifrey 20 (February 2009). I know that is what I would had done as well."

The Gallifrey Vortex has Exclusive Interview: Simon Guerrier, in this interview, we ask him about his career and his most recent contributions to Doctor Who, two novels entitled The Pirate Loop and The Slitheen Excursion.



RovingRambler "I look towards Canary Wharf and think to myself: Look, it's Torchwood One!"

skinnermike "you wouldn't believe the week I've had. i can't talk about it but let's just say I got a part in doctor who"

writeranonymous "Blink is one of the cooliest episodes of Doctor Who! Yay Sally Sparrow!! XD"

Braxietel "Delta and the Bannermen was released on DVD today here in Australia.. something tells me I'll be the only one lining up for this one"

tdrury "TARDIS/Transformer collision cosplay"

brakco "'nother comic con pic.. Russel T Davies and a Dalek. Extreme awesome."

ella_caramella "Aug 19 is Ianto's birthday. Send cards & gifts to BBC, and ask them to give Ianto the gift of life! www.saveiantojones.com"

TobyHadoke "is at The Frog and Bucket Thur, Fri and Sat, and the Manchester Comedy Store on Sunday. He might be quite funny every now and again."

Two Minute Thoughts on Torchwood and a New Who Cast plus a Pick of the Blogs

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 2:2. Tooth and Claw, the Doctor and Rose travel back to the year 1879 and into the Scottish Highlands.



Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 53: Final Thoughts on Torchwood, Fandom and Choices, "title says it all. See you in a few days!" (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Doctor Who Online has released WhoCast episode 130, still more to be said about Torchwood apparently, more specifically, Children of Earth, its characters and their motivations (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Doctor Who News Page has Tennant's Hamlet comes to PBS, America's Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has announced that the Royal Shakespeare Company's recent production of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart will air in the US as part of the network's "Great Performances" series in 2010.



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• WW1 - The Krotons 1, three words that, for years to come, will bring so much joy and hope towards Doctor Who fans that what they are about to watch just might be the most entertaining 24-and-half-minutes they'll have seen in some time, appear for the first time at the beginning of this episode: "By Robert Holmes".
• WW2 - The Krotons 2, this episode will always hold a special place in my mind because it contains the very first glimpse if Patrick Troughton I ever had as a youngster.
• WW3 - The Krotons 3, "I mentioned earlier how this story is the debut of esteemed writer Robert Holmes, but I've neglected to mention that this story is also the premiere Doctor Who television performance* of Sir Philip Madoc."
• WW4 - The Krotons 4, well meaning characters, especially people who are in positions of power, are not long for the world in Doctor Who stories.
• XX1 - The Seeds of Death 1, Episode One of this story features what might be, at the time, the longest elapsed time before The Doctor appears in the story - 8 minutes, four seconds, by my reckoning (although this mark will be shattered very soon). Two entire settings and plot threads are started up, Osgood, who looks like he's going to be a major character, is introduced and killed before we even see the TARDIS materialize.
  

Behind the Sofa has Win Doctor Who: The Stuff of Nightmares, "thanks to BBC Audiobooks we have 5 copies to give away."



TachyonTV "Breaking News: BBC worried that new series of Dr Who isn't camp and frothy enough - an emergency Collinson has been flown in to advise."

David_Tennant

• "It was a year ago tonight that David Tennant played the RSC Hamlet Press Night in Stratford-Upon-Avon."
• "In TV Choice mag the look at next week is a photo from Waters Of Mars with "A look at the new season" although WOM isn't due until Nov."

arussell "The new Muse track sounds like Doctor Who. Not sure quite what to make of it."

NovemberDied "Is very happy to hear ANOTHER new muse track... Doctor Who-y! [Now I've got to go listen to it another million times ^^"

Muse - Uprising [The Resistance]

Listen out for the Doctor Who Theme

Classic Dalek Collectors 3-Pack: Set 2

Forbidden Planet

The second in the series of collectors Dalek 3-packs brings you only the very best that Skaro has to offer. This great pack includes a Saucer Pilot Dalek from ‘Dalek Invasion of Earth’ (1964), an Emperor’s Guard Dalek from ‘Evil of the Daleks’ (1967) and Supreme Dalek from ‘Day of the Daleks’ (1972) all ready to bother Jon Pertwee.

All three Daleks are new to the Doctor Who classic toy line and are available in limited quantities as part of this great collectors set.

Grab one now – UNIT will be on the to way wipe them out shortly!
Due for release on the 10th August

Televisionary Talks to Russell T. Davies and Euros Lyn

Mission of the Viyrans and Fax the Betamax plus Will There Be A Doctor Who Movie?...

I noticed that BBC Worldwide have removed the YouTube clip of 'Hornets Nest - The Stuff of Nightmares' (see previous post) for 'copywrite' reasons, why?

Was it doing any harm, did it detriment sales or maybe it's because it didn't link to the BBC shop where they have the audio clip concerned, should they turn a 'blind-eye' to fans trying to advertise their products for them?

Answers on a coffee packet to @BBC Worldwide.



Big Finish have 124a. Doctor Who - Mission of the Viyrans, the Doctor and Peri take a holiday on the planet Gralista Social, but soon discover they aren't the only time-travelling aliens in town, now available to download for only 99p.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2:The Day of the Clown - Part 1, is there a connection between a sinister clown and missing children?



Radio Free Skaro has released 152 - Fax the Betamax, the Three Who Rule come off last week's plethora of news with but a handful of offerings this time around. Turning lemons into lemonade they parry and thrust their way through another hearty podcast for your aural pleasure. From the return of Spoilor to thoughts on the return of Tom Baker to the role of The Doctor, grab your foil and join the fray (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

io9 has...

• Matt Smith Gets a Different Kind of Resurrection [Womb], After he's regenerated as the Eleventh Doctor in the fifth season of Doctor Who, Matt Smith will experience a different sort of resurrection. In the first trailer for moody romance Womb he plays a man cloned by his grieving widow.
• Will There Be A Doctor Who Movie?, despite rumors, producers for the BBC's Doctor Who are denying that they're working on a movie for the character... But have David Tennant and a BBC press release writer ruined the planned big reveal?

Hello, I'm the Doctor has Some Funky Doctor Who Music (ooh get down baby!)

Life for Rent has Some thoughts on Classic Who, esp. Revenge of the Cybermen, "so far I've only seen Fourth Doctor stuff.  I plan to branch out into other Doctors, but for now, I can see why Tom Baker became so iconic."



IanLevine "Hearing all sorts of disturbing behind the scenes rumours from Cardiff. Has Phil Collinson really had to step back in?"

littlegingerkid "Before anyone "outs" me, I appear to have bought my Dalek lunchbox to the office. How do you spell professionalism ;-)"

LegionAOD "Muse- Uprising... i keep thinking of that TARDIS song by the Timelords..."

tvkirby ""Etheric beam locator"! Ha! Episode 1 of Genesis of the Daleks AND The
Master's "Dalek Bumps" in Curse of the Fatal Death! Same wording!"

davidmacho "I can see why Steven Moffat is going to be Dr. Who's new head writer. Silence in the library and Forest of the dead are certainly brilliant"

markwillis1993 "can't wait to meet everyone at The Hub in October and everyone at Doctor Who at the Fab Cafe in November, especially Georgia Moffett. :)"

drgemini86 "Let's hack into U.N.I.T...  the password's as any good #DoctorWho should know, is 'buffalo' :P"

whatevermort "Gwen Torchwood (Eve Miles) just pulled alongside our car to tell us we had a flat. It was astonishingly surreal for some reason."

Doctor Who Adventures 127 Cover and Details

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar

In this Weeks Issue...

• Free Doctor Who Book - The Spaceship Graveyard
• Who news - Meet the 11th Doctor and Amy
• Double Doctor Trouble - Top Ten Doubles in Doctor Who
• Fact File - Clones, what are they?
• Make the 200 Bus
• This Weeks Adventure - Rise of the Cybermen
• This weeks Secrets - Actors Doubles
• Comic Strip - Copycat
• Plus Puzzles and Posters

Due for release on the 6th August

An Afternoon with Nabil Shaban and Gareth's August Inquisition plus Muse's Timelord-Tastic New Track

Glasgow Who has news of An Afternoon with Nabil Shaban, On Sunday 27 September 2009, Glasgow Who proudly present 'The Whole Shaban'.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 2: 1. New Earth, the Doctor and Rose Tyler find gruesome secrets hidden inside a luxury hospital.

Colin Baker Online has More Time Lord Thoughts.., this time Colin has been hob-nobbing with Leonard Nimoy and John Barrowman.

Gareth David-Lloyd Site has August Inquisition, odd habits, boredom, helicopters, chilli and more - check out Gareth's latest Q&A session.



SFX has BLOG: The extended Doctor Who universe, "If you call yourself a Doctor Who fan, do you keep up with all the books, comics, audio stories and more? Blogger John Cooper realises there's a whole universe of adventures going on out there".

NME has Muse's Timelord-Tastic New Track, 'Uprising', the opening track from Muse's fifth album 'The Resistance', due in September - since it's more direct, riff-based and, well, Muse-like, featuring a sly nod to the theremin-boosted 'Doctor Who' theme.

The Argus has Doctor Who meets his match in Worthing, Daleks and Cybermen almost met their match at the weekend – in the form of a typical English summer.

The Minute Doctor Who Podcast has 020 - Cricket, "we’re back to the more light hearted and frivolous side of the podcast with this run down of cricket in Doctor Who."



Junk Shed has He is a Dalek, "I make no secret of the fact that I’m more of a fan of Doctor Who than is possibly healthy for a man approaching his forties."

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Karen Gillian Swimwear Photographs, (ed: give that man a holiday, a new car, scanner, 20meg broadband.......cuddly toy....).

vortex_of_mirth has Outtake: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs, inspired by the Classic Doctor Who story Invasion Of The Dinosaurs.



amysnow "Today I ate official Doctor Who jellies in the shapes of Daleks and TARDISes."

reinventhannah "Blah, I wonder if they're gonna make another torchwood series. Because jacks gone...?"

Chobr "The correct look for The Master is middle-age/elderly man, beard and slicked back hair a la Delgado/Ainley"

lamwalker "I heard Doctor Who was involved in an incident with Rose and Martha. The police charged him with a gal affray" (ed: possibly the worst joke ever...well maybe not)



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

Fanatical For Who has The almost forgotten spoiler!, "found this little tidbit when searching..actually wasn't looking for Who news but there ya go."

Prepare for Judgment from Faction Paradox and Why Ianto needs to stay dead plus more pick of the blogs

Kaldor City has Prepare for Judgment, "we've now put up a page for the sixth Faction Paradox CD, The Judgment of Sutekh. Usual information to follow."

TARDIS Television has The Doctor's Diary 02 Aug 09, Sarah Jane Adventures series 2, Doctor Who: The Next Doctor, a few hellos and general waffle...

Caption Who has Death To The Daleks, this week we see Goosio, a Jack in the Box, a Time Lord bong, and an amusing callback to "The Time Monster."



Den Of Geek has Why Torchwood's Ianto Jones needs to stay dead, the shock moment of Torchwood: Children Of Earth saw Ianto Jones suddenly killed. But why are people protesting to bring him back to life?

Coventry Telegraph has Gareth David-Lloyd on whether it really is the end for Ianto, here, Gareth talks exclusively to the Coventry Telegraph about his departure from Torchwood and his reaction to the intense outpouring of emotion from fans.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion, a Christmas special introducing David Tennant as the new Doctor. The Sycorax are coming, and The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2:The Last Sontaran - Part 2, Sarah Jane has 40 minutes to stop General Kaagh from destroying the Earth.



Doctor Who Reviews has The Macra Terror, the Macra Terror is very formulaic - a hidden menace behind a perfect society, the Doctor exposing the truth and fighting some memorable monsters, but this has the distinction of being vintage Troughton and the scariest Doctor Who story yet, and The Faceless Ones, "William Hartnell is my favourite Doctor but I didn't give all of his stories 5/5 just because he was in them."

Organised Chaos has Geek Alert! Who vs Trek, "a debate seems to have erupted in cyberspace over the decision by the Guinness Book of World Records to award Doctor Who the title of Most Successful Sci-fi Series. Naturally, Star Trek fans are up in arms."

The Toms Tardis Blog has a review of 65 - The Juggernauts, this story is the first to feature the 6th Doctor and Mel since the One Doctor back in December 2001.

Fanatical For Who has Life on Mars/Doctor Who Crossovers, it was just asking to be done.

Velvet Jacket has an alternate cover for Delta and the Bannermen.

Bad Wolf TV has Murray asked to stay, at the International San Diego Comic Con 09, which took place recently, composer of all Who music, Murray Gold, was asked if he was planning to stay on for series 5.



jas0n360 "Is rather looking forward to hearing Doctor Who: Hornet's Nest. Interesting to see Tom Baker back in the role since the TV series."

ceekayell "Now back with the Cybermen. Why did they need such a huge roulette wheel in their tomb?"

New Tom Baker Doctor Who clip

New clip of the 2009 audio adventure 'Hornets Nest' starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who and Richard Franklyn as Mike Yates.

(Ed: good old BBC Worldwide have removed this clip for copywrite reasons, why? was it doing any harm, did it detriment sales or maybe it didn't link to the BBC shop where they have the audio clip concerned, should they turn a 'blind-eye' to fans trying to advertise their products for them? answers on a coffee packet to @BBC Worldwide)

Torchwood Fans React with Threats and Staggering Stories on the Torchwood Radio Stories...

Glasgow Sunday Mail has Screwy leaving present for departing Doctor Who David Tennant, he was given a sonic screwdriver as a parting gift when he stood down as the TV Time Lord.

WalesOnline has...

• Fans react with threats to Ianto's death in Torchwood, sickening death threats have been made against Torchwood writers for killing off the character of Ianto Jones.
  
• Gareth David-Lloyd on how he knew he was leaving Torchwood, “I knew it was coming for a while and obviously I was disappointed. But it is the sort of thing that makes Torchwood real."

Staggering Stories has released #51: How Much Wood Would a Torchwood Torch..?, in which they talk extensively about the Torchwood radio stories Asylum, Golden Age, the Dead Line, also Torchwood: Children of Earth, and find lots of general news, and a variety of other stuff (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

The Doctor Who Project has Monkey Cups Now Available, by Dan Tessier, the third and final entry in our first set of Brief Encounters stories, is now available to download for your reading pleasure.



Doctor Who Reviews has The Moonbase, in the surviving episode wasteland that is Patrick Troughton's first season, even a half-complete story is something to get extra excited about.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has...

• VV6 - The Invasion 6, this is the episode, of course, that features the famous, iconic scene with the Cybermen marching down the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral.
• VV7 - The Invasion 7, after such an epic end to the previous episode, this episode is fairly disappointing in that, apart from the reprise from the Episode Six cliffhanger, we never see the Cybermen at all during the course of this installment.
• VV8 - The Invasion 8, I always have a soft spot for stories, and TV programmes and films in general, that have the main antagonist and protagonist join up and fight what they both no realize is their common enemy.

David_Tennant "It's not confirmed but it's believed that David Tennant will make an appearance at the TCA today in Passadena for Masterpiece Contemporary."

staygo1dkid "The sound of the TARDIS is quite possibly the most beautiful sound."

NLPtraining "seeing Jo Grant from 70s Doctor Who. made me cry when she left the show."

saraheddie "Went to the Dr Who exhibition in Glasgow yesterday. Most disappointed by the lack of TARDIS"

Issue 6 of Vortex from Big Finish and Two more Podcasts...

Big Finish have released Issue 6 of Vortex (also available in PDF format).

The Vervoid has At Home With The Warlords Episode Two - TV, and takes a look at Revelation of the Daleks and Short Trips - Indefinable Magic.



Tennantcast has released #11 – More is Less, "with Kelsey away (in Scotland) Kari, Flossie and George will play, their discussion includes Jonathan Ross, San Diego Comic Con and planes.

The Minute Doctor Who Podcast has a video 019 - More about faith in Doctor Who, "following some good feedback to last episode, I continue the discussion in this episode."

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who: The Next Doctor, when the Doctor meets another Doctor, the two must combine forces to stop the CyberKing.



planetzogblog has Doctor Who C1.4: Marco Polo review, Marco Polo: "You are asking me to believe that your caravan can defy the passage of the sun? Move not merely from one place to another, but from today into tomorrow, today to yesterday?"



pricetom "A new Torchwood signing in the diary. Which limb shall I break this time?"

XxLadyClaireXx "saw the Tardis and a couple of Daleks in town today.  And no I hadn't been drinking...."



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

SJA News has Sarah Jane Adventures series three Episode Titles Revealed!!

New Tin Dog and Cloister Room Podcasts plus Power of the Trickster

TARDIS Television is now showing 025: The Gunfighters, the TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881, the Doctor, suffering from toothache, seeks out the local dentist - the notorious Doc Holliday. Meanwhile, Steven and Dodo decide to explore the town, and soon find themselves in the Last Chance Saloon...

Tin Dog Podcast has released TDP 096: Maudryn Undead and Children of Earth Round Up (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Whoniverse has added The Dead Men Diaries to their Discontinuity Guide.



The Cloister Room has released TCR 002: O Captain! My Captain!, this week Tom takes a look at Captain Jack Harkness: the background of the character, the major events that have shaken him in Children of Earth, and his thoughts on the character's direction for the future. But that's only one of the four acts in this episode. Tom also discusses the recently unveiled trailers for the upcoming specials and Russell T Davies' attitude on religion in Torchwood: Children of Earth. It's far and away the most jam-packed episode yet, which, Tom admits, is really not saying much, as it's only the second one! (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has..

• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2: The Last Sontaran - Part 1, Sarah Jane investigates alien lights and encounters an enemy from the past.
• Torchwood - Children of Earth: 3. Day Three, the eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce, 'We are here'. 

The Tardis Project has "A Race Against Death", "the Historian here, along with Ketina, Ronelyn and Schmallturm, bringing you another tale from the Sense-Sphere. Let's skip the preliminaries and get to the summary!"



Bad Wolf TV has Power of the Trickster Released!, the Doctor is drawn to a planet completely covered in fields. When he helps a psychic, terrified boy escape from captivity, he finds himself battling it out with a monster that could turn his life upside down…. With time running out, and a giant meteor heading for Earth, the Doctor's only hope is an injured human named Arabella...



jenny_L_s "just found out mum has bought me doctor who spaghetti for today XD"

benjuth "Remember just because somebody likes Torchwood there is no reason to buy them a John Barrowman album!"

LanaJackson "Just downloaded John Barrowman "Made it through the rain". Come on you know you all want to take part in getting this into the Top 10."

David_Tennant "An article by Robert Lloyd about introducing David Tennant at ComicCon"

Doctor Who Lost Stories: The Nightmare Fair (Audio) Cover and Details

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar

CAST:
Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), David Bailie (The Celestial Toymaker), Matthew Noble (Kevin), Andrew Fettes (Stefan), Louise Faulkner (Woman), William Whymper (Shardow/Attendant), Toby Longworth (Yatsumoto/Truscott/Manager/Man), Duncan Wisbey (Humandroid/Security Man/Geoff/Guard)

SYNOPSIS:
The Lost Stories: Adventures that wereoriginally written for the Doctor Who television series but never made.Now available to hear for the first time…

The TARDIS has been drawn to Blackpool in the year 1985, where the Doctor intends to investigate a dangerous space/time vortex… while enjoying some local attractions along the way. But an old enemy is watching from his base deep within the amusement park, a timeless being who craves revenge.

The Celestial Toymaker has returned. The game is on. And, should he lose, the Doctor will pay the ultimate forfeit…

Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 30th November

Action Figure Adventure Set: The 4th Doctor

Forbidden Planet

Straight from the much-loved BBC classics follow the 4th Doctor in his many time travelling adventures!

Re-enact Tom Baker's fight against the mummies from ‘Pyramids of Mars’ (1975), his encounters with Voc robots from ‘The Robots of Death’ (1977) and even his war with the Daleks in ‘Destiny of the Daleks’ (1979).

The 4th Doctor Adventure set comes to life with 4 great figures in one classic set. Included in the pack are the 4th Doctor himself complete with hat and sonic screwdriver,
a Voc robot, a mummy with canopic jar accessory and a Destiny Dalek with bombs!

All three of these villains are brand new to the Doctor Who classic toy line and are only available in limited quantities as part this collector's set.

Action Figures: 6th Doctor Caves Of Androzani

Forbidden Planet

This set features an exclusive Underground Toys action figure of the newly regenerated 6th Doctor, as played by Colin Baker, still wearing the mud splashed outfit of his previous incarnation. Change my dear .. and it seems not a moment too soon!

The TARDIS arrives on Androzani Minor, the source of a life-prolonging drug refined from a substance called Spectrox. Production of the drug is controlled by Sharaz Jek, a madman in self imposed exile, who blames Morgus, a powerful industrialist on Androzani Major, for all his misfortunes. The two sides are pitched in a convoluted ongoing war which, unknown to Jek, gives Morgus a monopoly of Spectrox on his planet, Major. Jek becomes infatuated with Peri, and saves her and the Doctor from being executed on Morgus’s orders. However, the two travellers learn that they have contracted spectrox toxaemia, a fatal disease. The only antidote is the milk from a queen bat, which the Doctor must find in the deep caves on Minor. With moments to spare, the Doctor carries Peri back to the TARDIS, where he gives her all the milk he has collected. She recovers, but the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life.

Sorry - only available for sale in the UK & Eire.

The Week Ahead (Saturday, August 01, 2009)

Today's events:

• Doctor Who: Storybook 2010 (Hardcover)

Coming in the next 7 days:

• Fitzroy Tavern ,
• Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (Audiobook) ,
• Doctor Who: The Mind Robber (Audiobook) ,
• Doctor Who: The Official Doctor Who Annual 2010 ,
• Torchwood: Golden Age (Radio Audio CD) ,
• Torchwood: The Dead Line (Radio Audio CD) ,
• Doctor Who Adventures 127