Doctor Who Magazine Special: Sarah Jane Smith

The cover for the next Doctor Who Magazine Special, which is about Sarah Jane Smith has been released by the DWM editors on Facebook. It will contain an exclusive interview with Elizabeth Sladen, behind the scenes reports of The Sarah Jane Adventures filming and detailed episode guides for the first 2 series'. It includes 100 pages and will be in WHSmith and all good newsagents from Thursday 1st October for £5.99.

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SJA Series 3 News!

The BBC Press Office has released the Winter/Spring line up for CBBC, and includes some clips of the third series of Sarah Jane Adventures. You can watch the trailer, here. A promotional picture has been released, and you can see it below.

Next, Digital Spy has an interview with Elizabeth Sladen about the series, which you can read here, and Digital Spy has also been updated with some new picture from episodes 5 and 6 from the series, The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, featuring the Doctor played by David Tennant. Again, you can see them below.

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Sarah Jane Adventures/Dreamland Crossover!

Phil Ford recently revealed that the first story of the third series of the Sarah Jane Adventures, Prisoner of the Judoon will have a direct link with the animated Doctor Who story, Dreamland, both written by Phil Ford. The screening of Prisoner of the Judoon was on in London followed by a Q&A session. It also included a trailer for the rest of the series, which will be on here as soon as possible. You can read the SFX article here.

Elizabeth Sladen, who plays Sarah Jane also gave a preview of the first 4 stories of the series.

Prisoner Of The Judoon, by Phil Ford.
“I love one and two, because I’m evil Sarah Jane, and I absolutely relished it – it’s great! I said to Phil Ford, ‘Why did you think I could do that?’ and he said, ‘It’s something you did or said last year’, so I thought ‘Oh… They do listen!”

The Mad Woman In The Attic, by Joseph Lidster
“Three and four my husband (Brian Miller) is in, which is brilliant. That was in the rain on Barry Island. If you’ve ever been on Barry Island, with or without rain, you would remember it. I got a chest infection on Barry Island! You look at it and you don’t see the terrible weather we had - it was a nightmare for poor Alice (Troughton, the director), it really was. And for the lighting guy. And of course this year we’re in HD for the first time. It’s a different kind of look and it looks so expensive – it’s wonderful, I’m so thrilled with it.”

The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith, by Gareth Roberts
“A great story. It’s by my lovely Gareth – he’s lovely because he knows Sarah so well, he knows Doctor Who so well. He puts little things in sometimes, where I look up from a read-through and maybe only he and I and Russell and someone else will spot them! It’s really nice to have those little moments.”

The Eternity Trap, by Phil Ford
“The haunted house one is incredibly scary - I mean I even screech in it when something happens! Danny (Anthony, who plays Clyde) went to the loo and he wouldn’t look in the mirror - when he came back out from washing his hands, he flew out!”

Series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures starts on BBC One and BBC HD on Thursday 15 October, with the second episode following the next day.

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Torchwood 2010 Calendar

The cover and details for the Torchwood: Children of Earth 2010 Calendar has been released by Danilo. It is 305mm X 305mm and you can see the synopsis and images of the product below:

Hot on the heels of Doctor Who, Torchwood is hot property, with the BBC dedicating a week long story line for it's growing army of fans. Si-Fi for grown ups, plan an alien free year ahead with a Danilo calendar & a little help from the Cardiff crusaders.

It is due to be released on October 1st for an RRP of £7.99.

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Dreamland Update

The BBC official Doctor Who website's Dreamland blog has recently been posted 2 new videos about designing and voicing the character from the new 6-part animated series, Colonel Stark. You can see the blog, here.

The first is an interview with Stuart Milligan who voices the character. You can see it below.

The next includes Darren Garrett talking about the design of the character. You can watch it below.

Dreamland will air through the BBC Red Button later this year.

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Prisoner of the Judoon Synopsis

The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for the first story of the forthcoming third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Prisoner of the Judoon. You can read it below (It contains spoilers):

Prisoner of The Judoon - Part One

Investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, one-time companion to The Doctor, is back for a third series of alien-busting adventures, from creator Russell T Davies, which also features a special appearance from The Doctor himself, David Tennant, who stars in two episodes.

Sarah Jane is accompanied by her adopted son, Luke, his streetwise pal, Clyde Langer, their schoolmate, Rani, who lives opposite and has aspirations to become a journalist like Sarah Jane, and their Xylok super computer in the attic, Mr Smith. Sarah Jane's robot dog, K-9, also joins the gang on their adventures.

In the first of this two-part adventure, Sarah Jane and the gang face the most dangerous day of their lives, as the rhino-like Judoon return. When prisoner Androvax the Destroyer crash-lands on Earth, a Veil is set free and starts to turn Earth's technology against itself. And his next intended victim is Sarah Jane.

Prisoner of The Judoon - Part Two

Luke, Clyde and Rani fight their most fearsome enemy yet – Sarah Jane Smith – in the second episode of this two-part, alien-busting adventure.

As the Judoon fleet approaches Earth, it's a race against time to stop Androvax. But with Genetech's technology on the rampage, and Rani's parents taken prisoner, can anything stop the Army of the Infinitesimal?

Luke is played by Thomas Knight, Clyde by Daniel Anthony, Rani by Anjli Mohindra and Sarah Jane by Elisabeth Sladen.

The Sarah Jane Adventures starts on October 15th on BBC One with part 1 of this story, and part 2 on the day after, both on at 4:35 pm.

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Alien Armies Trading Cards

Panini have revealed that they will be releasing a new Doctor Who card game called "Alien Armies". It will have a Game Board, and 260 cards to collect, 180 of them will be standard cards, 40 of them will be glitter foil and 20 will be super-foil and another 20 will be emboss cards. Each pack will contain 6 cards for 50p, there will be 2 collector's tins and a bumper-sized starter pack that will be £4.99.

They will be in shops from the 10th October.

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Torchwood Series 1-3 DVD

2|Entertain have revealed the cover and details for the upcoming Torchwood Series 1-3 Complete DVD. It features every episode from "Everything Changes" to "Children of Earth: Part 5". It features John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd. You can see the cover below.

Torchwood: Complete Series Box Set is due to be released on the 26th October for the RRP of £59.99 in UK and Ireland.

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Doctor Who Series 1-4 DVD

2|Entertain have revealed the cover and details for the upcoming Doctor Who Series 1-4 Complete DVD. It features every episode from "Rose" to "Journey's End". It features Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant, Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate. No Special Features have been reveled yet. You can see the cover below.

It is due to be released on the 26th October, for the RRP of £89.99.

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Aliens and Creatures and Gamemaster's Screen

Cubicle 7 has revealed a new boxed set supplement for the Doctor Who: Adventures In Time and Space Role Playing Game. It's called "Aliens and Creatures" and includes all about the Doctor's adventures with the Cult of Skaro, Davros, the Weeping Angels, and the Hath in a boxed expansion set for the Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space Roleplaying Game. It also has a 148 page rule book, 32 page adventures book with a new scenario and scenario ideas, story point counters, and alien record cards. It's due to be released in December this year. The RRP is set to be $39.99, £24.55 is the UK equivalent.

They have also revealed a "Gamemaker's Screen" for the Adventures in Time and Space RPG. The Doctor Who Gamemaster’s Screen is a thick foldout screen that includes plenty of useful charts and information for any Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space game master. The four-page screen is in full color and is due to have an RRP of $14.99, £10.08 is the UK equivalent. It is due to be released on the 30th November this year. The cover for the Gamemaster's Screen has not yet been revealed.

Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space is due to be released on the 15th November, it and Aliens and Creatures and Gamemaster's Screen are written by David F. Chapman and Dominic Mcdowall-Thomas.

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Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3 Air Dates

Issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine has revealed the air dates for series 3 of The Sarah Jane Adventures. The series is in a new format, instead of a new episode ever week, they'll have 2 every week, meaning the series will take 6 weeks to broadcast, as opposed to the usual 12. You can read the schedule below:

• Prisoner of the Judoon (Part 1) - October 15th
• Prisoner of the Judoon (Part 2) - October 16th
• The Mad Woman in the Attic (Part 1) - October 22nd
• The Mad Woman in the Attic (Part 2) - October 23rd
• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Part 1) - October 29th
• The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Part 2) - October 30th
• The Eternity Trap (Part 1) - November 5th
• The Eternity Trap (Part 2) - November 6th
• Mona Lisa's Revenge (Part 1) - November 12th
• Mona Lisa's Revenge (Part 2) - November 13th
• The Gift (Part 1) - November 19th
• The Gift (Part 2) - November 30th

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Series 5 Writers

Some new writers for Doctor Who has been announced for series 5. Late last year until January this year, there have been rumours that fantasy author and graphic novelist Neil Gairman will write and episode, but so far, there has been no confirmation. Other writers are (Head-Writer) Steven Moffat, Richard Curtis, best known for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill, The Boat That Rocked and Love Actually, as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley and also founded the charity Comic Relief, Simon Nye has also been confirmed, best known for the sitcom, Men Behaving Badly, and also David Renwick, best known for the sitcom One Foot in the Grave, and mystery series Jonathan Creek. Keep checking back for more news!

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Doctor Who Magazine 413 (Cover 4)

The cover for the last of the four special covers for issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine is now released on Facebook by the DWM editors. The Magazine will be out on 17th September for £3.99. It features the article The Mighty 200, the results of a poll taken by issue 407 of the magazine to the readers about their favourite Doctor Who stories of all time. Click here, to read more about the article.

I guess I don't need to repeat myself for the fourth time, just look on the previous Doctor Who Magazine Issue 413 posts for what it includes.

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Doctor Who Magazine 413 (Cover 3)

The cover for the third of the four special covers for issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine is now released on Facebook by the DWM editors. The Magazine will be out on 17th September for £3.99. It features the article The Mighty 200, the results of a poll taken by issue 407 of the magazine to the readers about their favourite Doctor Who stories of all time. Click here, to read more about the article.

The magazine includes The Mighty 200, the new comic strip, Onomatopoeia, by Daniel McDaid and Mike Collins, The Watcher's Guide to the Seventh Doctor, Production Notes, Gallifrey Guardian, DVD and Audio Previews, Galaxy Forum, You Are Not Alone, The Time Team, The Fact of Fiction, Reviews and more.

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Doctor Who Magazine 413 (Cover 2)

The cover for the second of the 4 special covers for issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine is now released on Facebook by the DWM editors. The Magazine will be out on 17th September for £3.99. It features the article The Mighty 200, the results of a poll taken by issue 407 of the magazine to the readers about their favourite Doctor Who stories of all time. Click here, to read more about issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine.

The magazine includes The Mighty 200, the new comic strip, Onomatopoeia, by Daniel McDaid and Mike Collins, The Watcher's Guide to the Seventh Doctor, Production Notes, Gallifrey Guardian, DVD and Audio Previews, Galaxy Forum, You Are Not Alone, The Time Team, The Fact of Fiction, Reviews and more.

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Doctor Who Magazine 413 (Cover 1)

The cover for the first of the 4 special covers for issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine is now released on Facebook by the DWM editors. The Magazine will be out on 17th September for £3.99. You can read a short paragraph about the latest issue's article, The Mighty 200, the results of a poll taken by issue 407 of the magazine to the readers about their favourite Doctor Who stories of all time.

The results of THE MIGHTY 200 are on the way!

Issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine, on sale on Thursday 17 September will reveal the results of the biggest poll of Doctor Who stories ever!

So, which Doctor has the most stories – five of 'em – in the Top 10? What do The Ribos Operation and Frontios have in common? Which story leaps up the chart to Number 17, after missing the Top 20 altogether last time round? And finally, which brilliant tale prevails in an exceptionally tight race between favourites old and new to take the title of THE BEST DOCTOR WHO STORY OF ALL TIME? Find out very soon...

The magazine also includes the new comic strip, Onomatopoeia, by Daniel McDaid and Mike Collins, The Watcher's Guide to the Seventh Doctor, Production Notes, Gallifrey Guardian, DVD and Audio Previews, Galaxy Forum, You Are Not Alone, The Time Team, The Fact of Fiction, Reviews and more.

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Filming Update *SPOILERS!*

New filming images for series 5 of Doctor Who have been posted online. First, Bay Radio have some from filming at Neath Abbey. You can see them here. Next another image has been released from yesterday's filming. It features Terrence Hariman in a black cloak, and what looks like a clock key around his neck. See the image below.

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National Television Awards Nominations

The nominations for the next National Television Awards have been released. Doctor Who and Torchwood have been nominated for Best Drama. Doctor Who has previously won the award for 4 consecutive years. David Tennant, John Barrowman and Eve Myles have all been nominated for Drama Performance for their roles as the Doctor, Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. You can vote for your favourites from the NTA official website, here. Your vote must be in by 30th September, this month.

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K9 Series Promotional Poster

The Park Entertainment website has recently uploaded a new K9 Promotional Poster. It features K9, voiced by John Leeson, Starkey played by Keegan Joyce, Jorjie played by Philippa Coulthard and Darius played by Daniel Webber, and includes some villains from the series.

K9 will broadcast in the UK and Ireland early 2010 on Disney XD, and on Network Ten in Australia.

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Greatest Moments: The Enemies Overnight Ratings

BARB has released the unofficial overnight ratings for Doctor Who Greatest Moments: The Enemies, which aired last yesterday on BBC Three at 8pm. It was watched by 340,000 viewers, with 1.7% share of the total television audience. and was the 14th most watched programme of the day. The official figures will be released next Sunday.

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Code of the Krillitanes Quick Read

The cover and details of the new quick read book "Code of the Krillitanes" has been released. It features the 10th Doctor and the Krillitanes from 2006's School Reunion and the recent new series novel "The Krillitane Storm". You can see the cover and synopsis below:

"I blame those new Brainy Crisps. Since he started eating them, he’s been too clever by half.”

Can eating a bag of crisps really make you more clever? The company that makes the crisps says so, and they seem to be right. But the Doctor is worried. Who would want to make people more brainy? And why?

With just his sonic screwdriver and a supermarket trolley full of crisps, the Doctor sets out to find the truth. The answer is scary – the Krillitanes are back on Earth, and everyone is at risk! Last time they took over a school. This time they have hijacked the internet. Whatever they are up to, it’s big and it’s nasty. Only the Doctor can stop them – if he isn’t already too late...

A short, sharp shot of adventure, featuring the Doctor as played David Tennant in the hit series from BBC Television.

It's written by Justin Richards, and is due to be released on the 4th March 2010 for the RRP of £1.99 in paperback.

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SJA on See Me on CBBC Tour

Last Saturday, Nabu San and Anthony Garnon from SarahJane.tv visited the See Me on CBBC Tour in Manchester's Trafford Centre. They have posted many images and videos from the tour including the first look at the Blathereen, and 2 videos of the Judoon and the Blathereen in action with some fans. You can see their post on SarahJane.TV, here.

As you can see, the Blathereen are.. orange. You can see an earlier image of it, here. All credit to SarahJane.TV for.. everything..

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