Wilf inside the TARDIS and The Line That Must Never Be Uttered plus a Pick of the Blogs

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Bernard Cribbins - Inside The TARDIS.

Caption Who has "We continue with John Smith's two-parter of impossible things this update! We finish up with "Human Nature" (starting on page 884) and get started with the conclusion, The Family Of Blood."



BBC Doctor Who has Day Seven!, with The End Of Time, Part One approaching it's time to update your wallpaper and add that festive flavour to your screen.

Radio Free Skaro have released 171 – You’ll Never Work In This Town Again, ...appreciation Indexes and other such numeric minutiae, a slow news week was transformed into quasi-random babble and buildup to the exciting segment you’ve all been waiting for….Douglas Camfield in the Miniscope (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

SFX has Russell T Davies And The Line That Must Never Be Uttered, "...Jane Tranter once advised you to give the historical stories a kick up the arse after series one."

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 84: The Wilderness Anniversary, on December 6, 1989, "Survival, Part Three" aired: the last premiere of a classic-series Doctor Who episode. For many fans, it was the beginning of long years in the wilderness (ed: added to the pods and audio button).



planetzogblog has Two Doctor Who December Radio 4 documentaries, Shada, The Lost Episodes, Radio 4 will be broadcasting two Doctor Who documentaries this December

Velvet Jacket has The Keys of Marinus, "my cover for The Keys of Marinus is now available to download".

Digital Spy has Tennant 'hoping to break Hollywood', he reveals that if his new US series is a success, he will move to Hollywood.

Crafty Tardis has Glass Etching Tutorial, "ok, so several people wanted an explanation of how I made my Rassilon plate."

io9 has Doctor Who "Time Out" Gallery and Doctor Who "The End of Time" Gallery (ed: spoilerific).

Crackerjack has Win An Evening With John Barrowman, he has just released his DVD of the sell-out concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, entitled An Evening with John Barrowman, and Crackerjack has got hold of two copies to give away.

Den Of Geek has David Tennant hosting Never Mind The Buzzcocks: new pictures!,  catch images of David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins on the show

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Partners in Crime", the opener of the 2008 season is a jolly tale about a miracle slimming cure with some rather unusual side effects. Of course, the Doctor is interested, but we also see the return of the Runaway Bride herself, who has regretted her decision to not accompany the Doctor on her travels.

The Daily Drew has "The Mind Robber" - Episode 1, a mechanical fault prevents the TARDIS from leaving the island, and it is quickly buried in molten lava.



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io9 has Doctor Who Filming In Croatia.

The Advent of Fear and Karen Gillan went from teacher to the TARDIS plus a Pick of the Blogs

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 3 - The Gift - Part 2, when the gift runs riot, Sarah Jane faces the battle of her life to save Luke.

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Daleks.



BBC Doctor Who has Day Six!, The Advent of Fear, Part One, by Mark B. Oliver.

SFX has The Greater Spotted David Tennant, ....must be going for some kind of record – most appearances on different TV and radio shows in a single month.

Digital Spy has 'Doctor Who': Dreamland - The Verdict, move over Mulder and Scully! The Doctor is in Roswell's Area 51, armed with his sonic screwdriver and plenty of one-liners in this highly-watchable and undemanding animated adventure.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Sonic Newsdriver 20091206, imagine Eccleston as Lennon, The End of Time Now Has a Date and Time, It's Lovely Weather for a Sleigh Ride Together with Who, Richard Todd Dead at 90, Croatia's Booming Tourism, Last of the Daleks, Dreamland Live, and more (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Staggering Stories Podcast have 60: Blathering in Dreamland, ...talk about the Doctor Who: Dreamland, three Sarah Jane Adventures stories, the BBC series Paradox, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

The Doctor Who News Page has Dreamland Ratings, the animated adventure Dreamland was watched by an estimated 0.45 million viewers on BBC Two for its first television broadcast.

Scottish Daily Record has Drama coach on how Doctor Who's Karen Gillan went from teacher to the TARDIS, Sally Coppen is delighted at the progress made by flame-haired Karen Gillan, who will become one of the biggest names on British TV.



The Doctor Who News Page has a Christmas broadcast summary.

Dennis the Vizsla has posted The Vizsla Invasion of Planet Petco, having gone back to the future with Doc Brown only to discover that the Earth has been overrun by human/Konglek hybrids, we have traveled through space and time back to the place where I originally met the Kongleks in a last-ditch attempt to put things right.

richbrettell has Doctor Who and Britishness, focus on the origin of Doctor Who and its status as a British icon and institution.

The Word has I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek, in 1964, a group from the north of England - The Go Go's - released a single called 'I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek'.

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 21, the Doctor, Beverly and Robert Dudley defeat the ambushers. Dudley comments on Beverly’s anachronistic fencing technique and the Doctor cuts her off before she can blow her cover. Dudely finds the Doctor “oddly familiar”.

Tennantcast has released 28 – Ch-ch-ch-DAVID, old excuse as always – the girls enjoy a very humorous, off-topic discussion, fueled by Kelsey’s dad’s idea of having Tennantcast commercials.

Behind the Sofa has Let's build a homeland together in the sand, a look at Dreamland, there’s something moderately disconcerting about watching a new Doctor Who episode for the first time on a Saturday morning.

The Tardis Project has "The Waking Ally", Ian and Larry run, but discover the pit's cliff face in front of them as the Slyther comes closer! Larry tries to dodge, but winds up falling, just barely catching the side of a scoop bucket hanging over the pit and saving himself.

Christmas Ident Two and Three and Last Dalek from original Dr Who for sale plus a Pick of the Blogs

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• BBC One Christmas 2009 Ident 2
• BBC One Christmas 2009 Ident 3
  
• Doctor Who - Trek Through Time III Teaser Trailer.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• Doctor Who: Dreamland, the Doctor becomes involved in an alien war inside a US military base known as Dreamland.
  
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 3 - The Eternity Trap - Part 1, a haunted house, with mysterious whispers and secrets in the shadows, requires Sarah Jane.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 3 - The Eternity Trap - Part 2, Sarah Jane and the gang discover the secret of Erasmus Darkening - but are they too late? 
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 3 - Mona Lisa's Revenge - Part 1, When the Mona Lisa comes to life, Clyde discovers that fine art can be dangerous!
  

Alden Bates' Doctor Who Page has DiscCon Guide - Added entries for Son of the Dragon and The Bride of Peladon.

Gareth David-Lloyd Site has Radio Manchester, Gareth has been interviewed for BBC Radio Manchester/BBC Radio Lancashire, and the chat is set to air on Monday December 7th during the John Barnes show at 11.00pm.



Big Finish has released Blackpool Xmas Preview Podcast, Eighth Doctor Christmas Special Death in Blackpool is available this month. If you haven't already ordered it, here's a taster of what you might be missing. A special preview podcast with exclusive behind-the-scenes material not available anywhere else! (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editors bit).

Doctor Who Online have released WhoCast episode 148, this week Marty and Trevor crack open the mail bag and take a look and listen to your fantastic feedback (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editors bit).

BBC Doctor Who has...

• Exclusive Image!, as our new exclusive image shows, the Doctor will be joined by his old ally, Wilfred Mott and an enemy from the past... the Master! The terrible Time Lord's slick, suave and smooth appearance has been replaced with an edgier look. Blond hair, hooded top and a glint in the eye that speaks of evil and the sound of drums!
• BBC One's New Festive Idents, this Christmas on BBC One you'll be able to enjoy festive idents that are Doctor Who themed and feature our favourite Time Lord sitting on top of the TARDIS and being flown through the sky by reindeer!
• Day Five!, this year, Time Out is celebrating the Doctor's return by issuing ten striking and very special covers of their next edition. Each cover will feature one of the Doctors and reflects the Time Lord's relationship with London. You can check out the covers right now by clicking on the images on the right hand side.

Telegraph.co.uk has Last Dalek from original Dr Who series for sale, also to be sold are a number of Cybermen, Sea Devils and Tractators.

The Doctor Who News Page has Peladon DVD Delayed?, Amazon are advising their customers that the UK January release of Peladon Tales is being delayed by two weeks. No information is available from 2 entertain to confirm this and it is not known what effect any delay may have on the rest of the 2010 schedule.

SFX has How New Doctor Who Has Changed Everything!, "it has inspired TV bosses to resurrect a long-ignored genre – the family drama...".



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) 416 Cover, ....should be in the shops this Thursday!

Tin Dog Podcast has TDP 107: Dalek, Dreamland and SJSA 3.6 (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editors bit).

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 20, the battle continues, Beverly a little out of her depth with her sport-fencing limitations. The Doctor combining fencing with his Venusian martial arts and Dudley a fine swordsman of his day.

Gallifreyan Embassy has This Week In Doctor Who - December 5, 2009, the weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.

Blogtor Who has Nevermind the Buzzcocks - Doctor Who special, coming up over the festive period on BBC 2 is a Doctor Who themed edition of the comedy quiz shoe, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: The Sontaran Strategem (1), we had the Sontarans, UNIT, and the ever lovely Miss Jones. Helen Raynor certainly doesn't do things by halves.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Androids of Tara 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Voyage of the Damned", ...is pure action escapism, providing a Doctor Who spin on the likes of The Poseidon Adventure- by this time, Doctor Who had become a Christmas tradition like a big movie and the OTT nature of the story fits well in the festive season, even with a replica of the Titanic swooping over Buckingham Palace!



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.

CBBC Newsround has In pictures: Doctor Who Christmas Special!, we're almost at the end of David Tennant's time as Doctor Who. We've got some clues to how it may all end, but be careful, because there are some big SPOILERS!!!!

Doctor Who: Adventures In Time & Space RPG

Forbidden Planet

Imagine you could go anywhere. This world or countless others, encountering strange alien races, new cultures or hostile environments. Now imagine you could travel to any time. See the pyramids and the Sphinx (back when she had a nose!), discover who (or what) really built Stonehenge, meet the first Emperor of Japan, or travel into the far future as humanity spreads to the stars. Where would you go?

With Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, the power is in your hands!

You can go anywhere or anywhen in the universe. It’s not going to be easy. It’ll probably be dangerous. The universe is a hostile place, full of Daleks, Slitheen, Krillitane, Sontarans, Plasmavores, Cybermen, Sycorax, Judoon and worse. There will be fear, heartbreak and excitement, but above all, it’ll be the trip of a lifetime.

Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space is a roleplaying game set in the universe of the world’s longest running science fiction show on TV – the BBC’s Doctor Who!

This core rules and setting boxed game arrives with gamemaster’s guide, player’s guide, adventures book, quick start guide, pre-generated character sheets, blank character Sheets, gadget sheets, story point tokens and dice!

Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space has been written to appeal to both the experienced and first time gamers.

Due for release from Forbidden Planet on the 11th December.

Latest End of Time Clip and Christmas Ident Reindeer TARDIS plus a Pick of the Blogs

Second Life have Rolling Restart for 1.34, "We will be deploying server version 1.34 to the main grid during the week of December 7th. The rolling restart is scheduled as follows:
    * 2009-12-09, Thursday, 7am - Deploy to pilot sims & central servers
    * 2009-12-10, Wednesday, 7am - Deploy to even numbered sim hosts
    * 2009-12-11, Thursday, 7am - Deploy to odd numbered sim hosts
As with all of our server deploys, each region will be restarted once during one of the rolling restart periods. Most regions should be down no more than 5-10 minutes, although some fraction of the regions will take 20-30 minutes to upgrade."



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• The End of Time -  latest clip
  
• Doctor Who Christmas Ident - Reindeer TARDIS
  
• Doctor Who: Adventure Calendar 2009 - Day Three
• BBC One Christmas 2009 Trailer (ed: includes some Doctor Who clips)

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has....

• Doctor Who - Series 4: 4. The Sontaran Stratagem, Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 -Eye of the Gorgon - Part 2, Sarah Jane and team encounter the Gorgon, a terrible creature that turns victims to stone.
  

Dreamwatch takes a look at Doctor Who: Dreamland, the TARDIS lands in 1957 in this animated adventure.

Doctor Who Exhibition at Coventry has "The next special, entitled ‘The Waters of Mars’, aired on Sunday November 15 and featured acclaimed actress Lindsay Duncan. It was the first in three specials leading to David Tennant’s departure. Experience Design and Management who stage the exhibition have very recently installed 'Gadget' the hero robot from 'The Waters of Mars', along with Captain Adelaide Brooke's costume, the 'Flood' Monster head complete with water and various essential food provision packages along with emergency tools from the Mars colony."



BBC Doctor Who has Day Four!, BBC ONE Ident and The Doctor and the Reindeer, Exclusive Wallpaper.

The Doctor Who News Page has Richard Todd 1919 - 2009, ...appeared in the 1982 Fifth Doctor's third story, Kinda. Appearing with Peter Davison, Todd played Sanders, the leader of the Earth colonisation survey expedition to the jungle planet Deva Loka.



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has The 2009 Christmas Radio Times Revealed, there are 2 different cover designs of the Christmas Radio Times this year, and one has a Dalek on the front! I will of course have scans of the Doctor Who articles!

TV & Satellite Week has A sneak peak of the cover of the Christmas double issue.

David Tennant News has Bid For A Signed Poster For The Make A Wish Foundation, the TV And Film Stunt Performers Group on Facebook are currently auctioning off a signed poster of David to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation children's charity.

Deadline Scotland has Dr Who mad pupils build life size TARDIS, Pupils at a Scots high school have gone Doctor Who mad after the show’s star actor David Tennant was voted the 5th greatest Scot of all time.

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 19, the Doctor and Beverly get involved in the battle.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Stones of Blood 1, 2, 3 and 4.

HeroPress has In Which Everything Is Explained..., many Classic era Doctor Who stories had an episode with a lot of running about or moments when the plot was recapped/explained for the audience - A Sting In The Tale serves that purpose for Paul Magrs five-part Fourth Doctor audio adventure, Hornets' Nest plus ...And They All Lived Happily Ever After!, getting over the disappointment that the dramatic ending of A Sting In The Tale doesn't pan out in Hive Of Horrors, the concluding episode of Paul Magrs audio adventure for the Fourth Doctor, the adventure continues with The Doctor (Tom Baker), his housekeeper Mrs Wibbsey (Susan Jameson) and Mike Yates (Richard Franklin) facing off against the Hornet Queen (Rula Lenska).

The Daily Drew has "The Dominators" - Episode 5, once again, Rago intercedes before Toba has a chance to kill the Doctor. Jamie and Cully return to the shelter, where they concoct a plan to rescue the prisoners being held nearby.

Blogtor Who has Review - "Hornet's Nest: Hive of Horror", and so the five part audio series Hornet's Nest comes to an end in Hive of Horror.



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.

SFX has More Matt Smith In Croatia Pics.

Doctor Who The 7 Percent and BBC One Christmas Ident Video plus a Pick of the Blogs

British Board of Film Censors has...

• DOCTOR WHO - THE END OF TIME - PART ONE [Additional material, Audio commentary] passed PG
• SERIES 4 SPECIALS - DELETED SCENES [Additional material, DOCTOR WHO] passed PG

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• BBC One Christmas Ident 2009
  
• Professor What 13 - Part 3.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• Doctor Who - Series 4:3. Planet of the Ood, the Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 - Eye of the Gorgon - Part 1, Sarah Jane and team encounter the Gorgon, a terrible creature that turns victims to stone.
  

Dreamwatch has Phil Ford: “I wanted it to be drive-in Doctor Who…”, the writer on new animated Who adventure, Dreamland.

A big thank you to Time Out Magazine and Eva Maria who has mailed me the following...

• "We thought you'd like your TARDIS Newsroom readers to know that next week's issue of Time Out (on sale Tuesday December 8) is a Dr. Who special with 10 different covers -  one for each Doctor!
• The magazine itself will hit central London streets on Tuesday, however, the actual collectors set is only available to buy as a set online at www.timeout.com/doctorwho.
• Inside the magazine we have content that Dr Who fans will love - a Russell T Davies exclusive, a preview of the Matt Smith era and a thorough look at how London itself has had a starring role in Doctor Who throughout the history of the show
  

BBC Doctor Who has...

• Day Two!, ....we're here to help with the Christmas cards, this year we're offering a choice of three designs, the first shows the Doctor from The End of Time, Part One and the second is a cosy Christmas image of a festive-looking TARDIS.
• Day Three!, and we're off to Mars in the company of everybody's favourite Martian machine... it's Gadget!
• Who to Watch Over Christmas, the best television over the festive season!

Digital Spy has Manning returns for Wildthyme special, Katy Manning returns as Iris Wildthyme in a new Christmas special.

BrokenSea has released Doctor Who – The 7 Percent (B2E12), the Doctor aids a band of rebels in their stand against an overwhelming Cyberman invasion. And Olivia finds out what it feels like to play the part of a Time Lord (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Doctor Who News Page has Doctor Who Adventures - 144, this weeks edition of Doctor Who Adventures asks what now for the Doctor?

ChronicleLive has Birtley Doctor Who fan builds his own Dalek, Who fan Rob Bosher is hoping to exterminate the competition with his hand-built Dalek.



SFX has....

• SFX NEEDS YOU! Your Chance To Quiz The Master’s Wife, it’s a Fannish Inquisition, SFX website-style! Next week, SFX will be interviewing Alexandra Moen, who plays Lucy Saxon, the Master’s wide in Doctor Who.
  
• TV Review Doctor Who “Dreamland", this review contains only moderate spoilers, written by Phil Ford and directed by Gary Russell...

David Tennant News has New Inside Look With David Tennant, don’t miss the three-part television event, starting with Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars on Saturday, December 19th at 9/8c on BBC America!

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 18, with a lead to the whereabouts of Lord Dudley, the Doctor and Beverly head off to the stables. Beverly meets a curious fellow with a snake emblem on his shoulders who points Dudley out to her. She rushes over to greet him just as he is ambushed by an ugly mob with rapiers!

Crafty Tardis has Rassilon Plate, "I decided I wanted to play with glass etching and I made this awesome plate."

Blogtor Who has Project No. 3?

Cathode Ray Tube has Who and Me - Barry Letts : The Memoir Of A Doctor Who Producer / Review.

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: Planet of the Ood, "I knew there'd be some insidious plot behind the Ood's subservience."

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Time Crash", 2007’s Children in Need featured this fun mini episode which, for the first time in the 21st Century, had the Doctor meet one of his past selves.

The Daily Drew has "The Dominators" - Episode 3, Rago stops Toba from destroying the research station just in time to prevent Zoe and Cully from being killed, but they are immediately captured by a Quark and taken to join the other Dulcian prisoners and "The Dominators" - Episode 4, Jamie and Cully manage to escape the destruction by finding an old underground bomb shelter.

HeroPress has Doctor Who: The Hand Of Fear (1976), quarries are a bit of cliché in Doctor Who, as an easy shortcut to represent an alien planet, but The Hand Of Fear subverts that by having the TARDIS materialise in an actual quarry on Earth - and Sarah Jane Smith initially doesn't believe they are back on her home world!



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.

Hello, I'm the Doctor has Latest Doctor Who Episode Pics.

SFX has Doctor Who Films In Croatia, the BBC has now officially announced that Doctor Who is currently filming in Croatia.

New Vortex Magazine and Christmas scheduling confirmed plus a Pick of the Blogs

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars, Mars, 2059. Bowie Base One. Last recorded message: 'Don't drink the water. Not one drop.'
• Doctor Who Confidential: Is There Life on Mars?, it is the beginning of the end for David Tennant's Doctor, on a mission to Mars. 

Big Finish have released Issue 10 of Vortex Magazine.

Unreality SF reviews Doctor Who: Death in Blackpool, "Despite some awkward points, this story gets kudos for following up on the events of The Zygon Who Fell to Earth in an entertaining and relevant way that has large repercussions for the Doctor and Lucie - especially Lucie."



The Doctor Who News Page has Christmas scheduling confirmed, the BBC Press Office has confirmed the scheduling of The End of Time, the two-part final adventure for David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor. Part one will be shown from 6pm to 7pm on Christmas Day, Friday the 25th of December. Part two follows from 6.40-7.55pm the following Friday, 1st January 2010 - New Year's Day.

SFX has Russell T Davies on “The End Of Time", “It’s unusual. It’s got that kind of ‘Logopolis’ air to it, and I always liked that, because he knew from episode one that something doom-laden..."

The Cyber Testicle has released Episode 6 - Allergies, Authority and Practical Jokes, in this episode a look at the Waters of Mars. People have sent in their own 1 min reviews to go alongside my own………musings (ed: adde to the pods and audio button).

South Wales Evening Post has Time Lord faces Dalek army, just when Dr Who thought he had seen the last of the Daleks, he finds himself face-to-face with 117 of them.



David Tennant News has Time Out London Ten Doctor's Collection, to commemorate David Tennant's imminent departure, Time Out is releasing a special Doctor Who collectors set featuring ten different covers and Take A Seat For David, visitors to David-Tennant.com are currently trying to raise funds to have a seat named after David Tennant in the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 17, the Doctor and Beverly eaves drop and participate in various gossipy conversations around the pub and inquire as to the likely whereabouts of Lord Dudley.

Words, Spaces & Punctuation has The Many Faces Of The Master, Gallifrey, before 1963 (or whatever), another Gallifreyan attends the Time Lord Academy with the Doctor.

Doctor Who Hideout has Doctor Who: The DVD Files Issue 24, ....contains an exclusive DVD featuring The Poison Sky, written by Helen Raynor, with The Doctor’s Daughter, written by Stephen Greenhorn, both featuring the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Pirate Planet 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Barrowman signed up for Torchwood Four and Filming in Croatia plus a Pick of the Blogs

Doctor Who Toys has Character Returns to Profit, turnover and margins were down but Doctor Who toy licencee The Character Group plc recorded an operating profit of £1.59 million in the six months to August 31st.

Gareth David-Lloyd Site has Supanova Down Under, Gareth will be appearing at Australia's Supanova Pop Culture Expo on April 9th-11th 2010 in Brisbane, and April 16th-18th 2010 in Melbourne.

Unreality SF reviews Doctor Who: Plague of the Daleks.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 4:2. The Fires of Pompeii, can Donna dare the Doctor to change history?



The Doctor Who News Page has Barrowman signed up for Torchwood 4, he said he expects Torchwood is to return for a fourth series as a full 13 episode run. Speaking on Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2, Barrowman confirmed he was signed up for the long rumoured return, although a production date has yet to be finalised.

BBC Doctor Who has Day One!, ...of the 2009 Christmas Adventure Calendar...

Doctor Who Online has WhoCast episode 147, news, news and more news this episode as Trevor and Marty pore over the amazing amount of awesome stuff that is happening out in Whodom (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Digital Spy has 'No Captain Jack in new Who', John Barrowman has said that he does not think Captain Jack Harkness will return for Matt Smith's first series.

SFX has 27 Things SFX Loves About New Who, welcome to 25 days of Doctor Who coverage on SFX.co.uk. Yes, in the lead up to the Christmas Special we’re going to give you an advent calendar of Whovian delights, culminating with a review of “The End Of Time, Part One”



Blogtor Who has JOHN BARROWMAN - Torchwood is Back!, John Barrowman was a guest today on Steve Wright in the Afternoon on BBC Radio 2. During the interview he discuses the future of Captain Jack in Doctor Who and confirms that Torchwood will be back for 13 episodes.

TARDIS Key has Doctor Who Advent Calendar - 1st, Terry Nation's Dalek Special Book.

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 83: Responding to io9, Defending RTD, Alasdair Wilkins, a contributor to SF blog io9, recently offered 5 Lessons We Hope RTD's Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 16, the Doctor and Beverly enter a pub to get something to eat and gather information.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Sylvester McCoy on WLIW in 1987, in August 1987, WLIW, a PBS station in Long Island, New York ran the epic Patrick Troughton 10 part story, The War Games as a marathon pledge drive.

Crave Online has David Tennant talks Dr. Who, when you signed on to do Doctor Who, did you know what you were going to do with the role?....

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii, Russell T. Davies got the idea for a story based in Pompeii after watching the BBC documentary “Pompeii: The Last Day”.

io9 has Doctor Who Gives You Some New Stuff To Paint On Your Bong, "Okay, so "Dreamland" was pretty weak, except for a few funny bits where David Tennant brought a smidge of his typical wit and sparkle to the role."

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "The Sound of Drums"/ "Last of the Time Lords", the name ‘Mr Saxon’ has been cropping up all over the shop in this season and here, we discover his identity.

The Daily Drew has "The Dominators" - Episode 2, instead of killing them, Navigator Rago and Probationer Toba put the Doctor and Jamie through a series of tests designed to determine their intelligence.



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Digital Spy has 'Doctor Who' filming in Croatia, this article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.