The second series of The Kevin Bishop Show will begin transmission in the United Kingdom tonight at 10pm on channel four and many of the show's sketches will star Karen Gillan who will be appearing in the fifth series of Doctor Who next year as the 11th Doctor's companion, Amy Pond. Karen appeared in the first series of The Kevin Bishop Show last year and you can view more information about the programme here on its official website. Tonight's episode of the show will see comedy sketches involving impressions of; Gok Wan, Matthew Horne, James Corden and many more famous celebrities. It should however be noted that this programme will contain adult humour which some younger viewers may find offensive and it's also likely that some of the sketches will contain strong language that may upset some viewers. Will you be watching Karen Gillan in tonight's episode of The Kevin Bishop Show when it broadcasts later tonight?

According to reports on various different websites, it was revealed at the San Diego Comic Con last weekend that a fourth series of Torchwood has been commissioned by the BBC. This confirmation apparently came from a representative of BBC America who attended the event and also stated that a press release for the show's fourth series should be made public by the BBC's Press Office in a few weeks time. You can view one of the many articles reporting about this news here online. Before Torchwood's third series aired earlier this month, Russell T Davies explained that a fourth series of the show would depend on how well Children of Earth was received and how successful it was with the public. With viewing figures over six million for all five parts, Torchwood received fantastic ratings and you can view more details about the series here. It should be noted however that the BBC haven't yet officially confirmed online that a fourth series of Torchwood will definitely be made but more information about Torchwood's future will be posted on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this news?

The 126th issue of Doctor Who Adventures was released today and it is now on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £2.10. This week's issue takes a look at The Master's top ten moments and it comes with a free exclusively designed 10th Doctor stationary set. BBC Magazines have kindly sent us details about this week's issue of the magazine and you can view this information here on this site below;

The fifteenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files was released today and it is now on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £6.99. This fortnight's issue comes with a free DVD containing the next two episodes of Doctor Who; 'Smith and Jones' and 'The Shakespeare Code'. As well as coming free with this DVD, the issue also takes a look at; the CyberKing, Sarah Jane Smith, the Judoon's translation devices, the 3rd Doctor's battle with The Master and much more. It also goes behind the scenes of the show with Gareth Roberts to take a look at the writing process that went into his episodes and you can visit the official website for the Doctor Who DVD Files here. You can also find out about some of the magazine's previous issues here. The next issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files, issue number sixteen, will be released in two weeks time and it will come with a free DVD containing the next two episodes of Doctor Who; 'Gridlock' and 'Daleks in Manhattan'. More information about the issue will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. Will you be purchasing a copy of the fifteenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files?

After the premiere showing of a new trailer for The Waters of Mars, a trailer for this year's final specials was shown at the San Diego Comic Con last weekend. The trailer is forty five seconds long and despite the fact that it hasn't yet been released by the BBC, it has now appeared online thanks to safia43 who recorded it at the event. You can view the trailer below but please be aware that it contains major spoilers;

According to reports and after watching this trailer, it seems that the final of this year's specials will be titled 'The End of Time' however this hasn't yet been confirmed by the BBC. There are also rumours that the third special will be titled 'Nightmare's Reign' but again, this hasn't been confirmed so it's not definite that these will be the titles of the specials. You can view the trailer for The Waters of Mars that was shown at the convention here and more information about all three of this year's remaining specials will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this newly released Doctor Who trailer?

Sci-Fi Collector have recently revealed details about a new limited edition Torchwood figure which they now have on sale. A special figure of Captain Jack in a different costume from the wave one release is now available for purchase online and in all three of Sci-Fi Collector's stores across the country. The figure has been produced in a limited quantity of three thousand for sales in the United Kingdom and it first went on sale at this year's San Diego Comic Con as an exclusive product. Out of the three thousand figures, twenty four of them have been signed by Gareth David-Lloyd who is well known for his role as Ianto Jones in Torchwood and if you want to purchase a signed figure then it will be slightly more expensive at the price of £29.95. Non-signed figures are currently on sale at the price of £14.95 and if you want to purchase these figures which will soon become a rarity, it's advised that you order them sooner rather than later as it's likely that they are going to sell out very quickly. You can view more details about these figures as well as purchase them here online. Will you be buying one of these limited edition figures?

The BBC have today released a new trailer for The Waters of Mars, the second of this year's special episodes of Doctor Who, and it is now available to view here on their official website for the show. With an approximate running time of one minute and fourteen seconds, the trailer features many new clips and it was first shown at this year's San Diego Comic Con. The trailer can be viewed here on this site below;

The Waters of Mars is set for transmission in November and it will have an approximate running time of sixty minutes. It has been written by Russell T Davies and it will see David Tennant reprise his role as the 10th Doctor. Lindsay Duncan will also star in the episode as Adelaide and you can view the next time trailer for the special here in a previous post. A preview clip from the episode can also be found here and more information will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this new trailer?

Silva Screen, the publishers of many original television soundtracks, have today released a soundtrack for the third series of Torchwood, Children of Earth, which aired in many countries earlier this month. The soundtrack features a total of forty tracks and you can view the titles for these tracks here along with more details but please be aware that the track titles contain spoilers if you are yet to watch all five parts of the series. With a running time of more than sixty minutes, the soundtrack was first released as a download on the seventh of July and it has today been physically released on thousands of compact discs. Inside the CD's case, there is a booklet which contains information about the tracks and an interview with Ben Foster who composed, arranged and conducted the music. Euros Lyn, the director of Children of Earth, also leaves a message inside the booklet which is ten pages in length. This CD is the second official Torchwood soundtrack to be released and it follows on from the previous soundtrack which featured musical scores from the first and second series of the show. More information about the first Torchwood soundtrack can be found here. Will you be buying a copy of this official soundtrack for Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth?

It has recently been revealed and confirmed that John Leeson will be voicing K9 for the upcoming Australian spin-off show of the same name. John Leeson has voiced K9 ever since his first appearance in The Invisible Enemy back in 1977 and most recently voiced the character for a cameo role in the recent Doctor Who series four finale 'Journey's End'. During season seventeen of the classic series of Doctor Who, David Brierley temporarily provided the voice for K9 but all of K9's other appearances have seen the character voiced by John Leeson. K9, the series, will consist of twenty six episodes which will each have an approximate running time of thirty minutes. The series is expected to premiere next year and more information will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. You can view a promotional trailer for the show here and a promotional picture for the series can be found here. What do you think of this news?

I have today completed episode guides for all five parts of Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, and they can now be viewed here on this website's new episode guide page for the series. The guides include information regarding each episode's transmission date, official ratings, cast list, duration and much more. You can view the episode guide for Day One here, the episode guide for Day Two here, Day Three's episode guide here, Day Four's episode guide here and the episode guide for Day Five here. Episode guides for the first two series of Torchwood can also be found here and here. The third series of Torchwood, Children of Earth, premiered in the United Kingdom and Australia earlier this month and the series has just finished broadcasting for the first time in both America and Canada. At the moment, a fourth series for the show hasn't yet been confirmed but more information about Torchwood's future will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of these Children of Earth episode guides?

Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones in Torchwood, and Kai Owen, who plays Rhys Williams in Torchwood, will both be signing various pieces of Torchwood merchandise at the Stamp Centre in London tomorrow afternoon. The signing will commence at 12:30pm to celebrate the recent premiere of Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, and the recent release of Sci Fi Collector's second wave of exclusive Torchwood figures. To access the signing, you will need to purchase a qualifying item and qualifying items will include; some new prints from Children of Earth, stamp covers, figures of Ianto and the official Children of Earth DVDs and Blu-ray editions. You can view more information about the signing as well as find out how to access the Stamp Centre store here on Sci Fi Collector's official website. Will you be attending this signing to meet Gareth David-Lloyd and Kai Owen when it takes place in London tomorrow afternoon?

The 411th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released yesterday and it is now available in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £3.99. This month's issue features the first part of an exclusive interview with Tom Baker, an interview with Katy Manning, a free Doctor Who audio story available for download, all the latest news plus much more. The cover for the issue can be seen above and its press release can be viewed below;

Tom Baker talks exclusively about playing the 4th Doctor again in DWM's 411th issue!

He’s back! The jelly-baby munching, boggle-eyed bohemian puts on his long scarf and floppy hat once more, as the legendary Tom Baker returns to the role of the Fourth Doctor for the first time in over fifteen years! DWM talks exclusively and in depth to Tom about what made him come back to the role that made him famous, what he thinks of Doctor Who today and whether a meeting with the current Doctor could be on the cards. Tom also tells us what he thinks about these modern Doctors kissing their companions...

“Well, I don’t know how I would’ve done it,” Tom considers. “I suppose I would have made it extremely funny. Especially if I’d rescued the girl, and she’d kissed me, I would’ve been able to be absolutely astounded that she was pressing her lips on mine, thinking, ‘Oh, that was rather nice’ and then saying, ‘Would you like to do that again?’” He laughs. “But I don’t know. It was inconceivable during our time. We didn’t think like that. I played him entirely… I never did handle the girls. Or if I did handle the girls, I always did it clumsily, because I reasoned that the Doctor wouldn’t know about that.”

Also in DWM 411:

A Free, Brand New Doctor Who Story!
Exclusively for DWM readers, there’s a brand new, free audio story to download featuring the Third Doctor and Jo! When Jo finds herself on an alien planet in the far future, she begins to recall a tale of ghosts and murders – and a terrible Time Lord secret... The Mists of Time stars Katy Manning as Jo Grant and is written by Jonathan Morris.

TV Choice?
Doctor Who is the best television programme in the world... or is it? DWM talks to experts on the television industry, including Dick Fiddy, Alison Graham, Gill Hudson, Mark Lawson, Ben Lawrence, Jon Peake and Ally Ross, about how Doctor Who is really perceived by both media professionals and the public at large...

Radio Times!
Doctor Who’s Head Writer, Russell T Davies, investigates the curious case of the enigmatic Radio Times listings in Production Notes!

The Stage And Television Today!
What’s it like to see your favourite Doctor Who stars live – and naked – on stage? Read about Neil Harris’ frankly unforgettable experiences in You Are Not Alone!

Channel Five!
The mysterious Watcher reveals everything you need to know about the cricket-loving Fifth Doctor, as his essential guide to the Time Lord continues!

Girl Illustrated!
Was the Third Doctor’s companion, Jo Grant, the sexiest assistant of all time? Decide for yourself, as we talk candidly to the actress who played her, Katy Manning!

History Today!
As glaciers and dinosaurs threaten to destroy present-day Sydney, how on earth can the Doctor save the day? And what will become of his ‘employer’, Majenta? Discover the answers in DWM’s comic strip, The Age of Ice, by Dan McDaid with art by Martin Geraghty.

Ghostwatch!
Get ready for the spookiest Time Team ever! Richard, Peter, Jac and Clay experience creepy goings-on in a Victorian haunted house as they watch the 1989 Seventh Doctor story, Ghost Light!

UK TV Gold!
It’s widely regarded as one of the best Doctor Who stories of all time! Find out why – and unearth a treasure trove of information – as The Fact of Fiction disinters 1967’s Second Doctor story, The Tomb of the Cybermen!

Plus!
All the latest news, reviews, previews, competitions and much, much more!

Tune in to Doctor Who Magazine 411 on Thursday 23 July, for just £3.99. Don’t miss it!

The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine, issue 412, will be released on the twentieth of August and it will feature the second part of this month's interview with Tom Baker. An article looking at the 6th Doctor who was played by Colin Baker will also be included inside the issue along with many other features and more information will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. Will you be purchasing a copy of Doctor Who Magazine #411?

The 125th issue of Doctor Who Adventures was released yesterday and it is now on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £2.10. This week's issue takes a look at ten of the best Doctor Who animals and it comes with a free exclusively designed Davros trainer bag. BBC Magazines have kindly sent us details about this week's issue of the magazine and you can view this information here on this site below;

In this week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine…

… We look at the story of the robot dog that used to travel in time and space with the Doctor – K-9.

There’s also a top 10 of all the weird and wonderful animals found in Doctor Who – everything from Rose the dog to the hairy, scary Werewolf. But what’s number one?

The issue comes with a Davros trainer bag! All this and…

On Tuesday, it was revealed that John Barrowman will be signing copies of his second autobiography in many different stores across the United Kingdom shortly after the book goes on sale later this year. Four signing dates and locations were announced earlier this week and the times and locations for four more signings have today been revealed. You can view a full list of the signings that are so far confirmed below;

30 September - 12.30pm-1.30pm, WHSmith, Westfield Centre
Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 7GD

5th October - 1pm, Borders, Cardiff
14 The Hayes, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 1AH

7 October - 1pm, Costco, Watford
Hartspring Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 8JS

12 October - 1pm, Waterstones, Reading Oracle
12 Holy Brook Mall, The Oracle, Reading, RG1 2AQ

19 October - 1pm, Borders, Oxford
9 Magdalen Street, Oxford, OX1 3AD

21 October - 1pm, Dress Circle, London
57-59 Monmouth Street, London, WC2H 9DG

28 October - 1pm, Waterstones, Bentalls Centre, Kingston
Unit 59, Wood Street, The Bentalls Centre, Kingston, KT1 1TR

2 November - 1pm, Waterstones, Bristol, Cribbs Causeway
33 Lower Mall, Cribbs Causeway. Bristol, BS34 5GF

The autobiography will be titled 'I Am What I Am' and it will follow his first autobiography which was titled 'Anything Goes'. It will be released on the twenty first of September and go on sale in all good book stores at an RRP of £19.99. The book will be published by Michael O'Mara books and in total, it will contain two hundred and fifty six pages. You can view more information about the publication here in a previous post and more details about the book and further signings will be posted here on this site as soon as they becomes available. Will you be attending any of these book signings for John's second autobiography later this year?

The official figures for Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, have now been released by BARB and we now know the approximate amount of viewers that each episode of the series received when they aired earlier this month in the United Kingdom. Each episode of the series had an approximate running time of sixty minutes and all five parts aired over five consecutive nights on BBC One at 9pm from the sixth of July to the tenth of July. Day One, the first episode of the series, received 6.47 million viewers and the following part, Day Two, was watched by a total of 6.14 million people. Day Three, the third part of Children of Earth, saw the show's ratings rise with a viewing figure of 6.4 million and the fourth part of the series, Day Four, managed to receive the season's highest ratings with an audience of 6.76 million people. Day Five, the fifth and final part of Children of Earth, was watched by a total of 6.58 million people and many people also watched the episodes on the BBC's HD channel. You can view more information about Children of Earth's ratings here on Gallifrey Base. What do you think of these final ratings?

It was revealed a few months ago that John Barrowman will be releasing a second autobiography later this year to follow on from his first book which was published last year. His first autobiography was titled 'Anything Goes' and this second edition will be titled 'I Am What I Am'. John will be signing copies of these books shortly after they are released and four dates and locations that John will be signing at have recently been revealed. You can view the cover for the publication above and details about the four signings below;

Borders, Cardiff - Monday 5th October - 1pm
Costco, Watford - Wednesday 7th October - 1pm
Borders, Oxford - Monday 19th October - 1pm
Dress Circle, London - Thursday 21st October - 1pm

John's second autobiography, I Am What I Am, will be released on the twenty first of September and it will go on sale at an RRP of £19.99. It will contain a total of two hundred and fifty six pages and the book will first be published in hardback edition. A paperback edition of the book is then likely to follow and like with his first book, this autobiography will also be co-written by John's sister Carole E Barrowman. More details about the book and further signings will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available. Will you be attending any of these signings when they take place with John Barrowman later this year?

Filming for the fifth series of Doctor Who has today begun in Cardiff and both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have already been spotted on set. To celebrate the launch of the filming, the BBC's official Doctor Who website have now uploaded a new picture of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in their character's costumes and a new press release for the series has also been released. You can view this press release in full here on this site below;

Filming has at last started on the next series of Doctor Who! New showrunner and long-running Doctor Who fan Steven Moffat has developed this series and, as Lead Writer and Executive Producer, will be responsible for the overall creative direction of the show, as well as plot and character arcs. His previous episodes of Doctor Who, including the BAFTA-winning episode Blink, have garnered widespread acclaim from critics and fans alike.

Discussing the series, Moffat commented, 'And here it is, the big moment - the new Doctor, and his new best friend. And here's me, with the job I wanted since I was seven. 40 years to here! If I could go back in time and tell that little boy that one day all this would happen, he'd scream, call for his Mum and I'd be talking to you now from a prison cell in 1969. So probably best not then. Matt and Karen are going to be incredible, and Doctor Who is going to come alive on Saturday nights in a whole new way - and best of all, somewhere out there, a seven-year-old is going to see them, fall in love, and start making a forty year plan...'

Piers Wenger, Executive Producer and Head of Drama, BBC Wales added, 'The scripts for the new series are every bit as funny, thrilling, scary and imaginative as you'd expect from the man who brought us The Empty Child and Blink. There's a strange and perfect alchemy between Steven and Matt Smith and the next few months are going to be riveting as that relationship starts to emerge on screen. Steven always says he's been waiting to do this job since he was seven. But it's actually the Doctor who has been waiting for him.'

The new series follows on from three Doctor Who specials starring David Tennant which will transmit later this year.

Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning says, 'I am thrilled that a whole new generation of children will forever say that their Doctor was the wonderful Matt Smith.'

The series was co-commissioned by Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning for BBC One and Jay Hunt, Controller of BBC One and will be produced by Tracie Simpson (Doctor Who) and Peter Bennett (Torchwood). Steven Moffat is Lead Writer and Executive Producer (Jekyll) with Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales and Beth Willis (Ashes to Ashes), also Executive Producing.

Filming is taking place in Cardiff right through to March, 2010 and we'll be here to bring you the production news as it happens. So stay tuned. The journey starts right here!

You can view an image of both Matt and Karen's costumes in full here and we also now know that the name of the Karen's character will be Amy Pond. Doctor Who series five will see Matt Smith take on the role of the 11th Doctor and Steven Moffat take on the role of the head writer for the show. The series is currently being filmed and filming will continue for the next nine months. According to reports, the series is scheduled for transmission in Spring next year and more information about the series will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

Following on from the first, second and third parts which were published earlier this week, the fourth and final part of Blue Moon has today been uploaded onto the BBC's official Doctor Who website. Blue Moon is a short story which has been written by Oli Smith to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing and it sees The Doctor caught up in the events leading up to the landing on the moon. The story has been split up into four separate parts and you can view the first part here. The second part of story can be viewed here and the third part can be found here. You can view the fourth part which was uploaded onto the website today, the exact date that the Apollo Moon landing occurred forty years ago in 1969, here. As well as uploading this story, the BBC's official Doctor Who website have also taken a look at some of the Moon's appearances in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures and more details about that can be viewed here.

Make sure that you don't forget that Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, will premiere in both America and Canada today with the first part of the series airing later tonight. In America, the season's first episode will broadcast at 9pm on BBC America and each episode of the series will then follow and broadcast over the next four consecutive nights on the same channel at the same time. Many programmes taking a look behind the scenes of the series will also air over the course of the week in America. Children of Earth will also premiere in Canada tonight and the first episode will begin transmission on the 'Space' channel at 7pm. Again, each episode of the series will then follow over the next four consecutive nights at the same time on the same channel and each episode has an approximate running time of sixty minutes. Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, premiered in the United Kingdom and Australia earlier this month and the series was released on DVD in the United Kingdom last Monday. Will you be watching the first part of Children of Earth when it airs for the first time in America and Canada later today?

BBC Books have now revealed the cover artwork for three upcoming Torchwood novels which are set for release in October this year and you can view the covers for these books above. The titles of the novels are; Consequences, Risk Assessment and The Undertaker's Gift. Each novel will contain a total of two hundred and fifty six pages and they will only be published in hardback edition. You can view these three book's official synopses here on this site below;

Consequences
Saving the planet, watching over the Rift, preparing the human race for the twenty-first century... Torchwood has been keeping Cardiff safe since the late 1800s. Small teams of heroes, working 24/7, encountering and containing the alien, the bizarre and the inexplicable. But Torchwood do not always see the effects of their actions. What links the Rules and Regulations for replacing a Torchwood leader to the destruction of a shopping centre? How does a witness to an alien's reprisals against Torchwood become caught up in a night of terror in a university library? And why should Gwen and Ianto's actions at a local publisher's have a cost for Torchwood more than half a century earlier? For Torchwood, the past will always catch up with them. And sometimes the future will catch up with the past... Featuring stories by writers for the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television, including Joseph Lidster and James Moran, plus Andrew Cartmel and David Llewellyn.

Risk Assessment
'Are you trying to tell me, Captain Harkness, that the entire staff of Torchwood Cardiff now consists of yourself, a woman in trousers and a tea boy?' Agnes Haversham is awake, and Jack is worried (and not a little afraid). The Torchwood Assessor is roused from her sleep in only the worst of times - it's happened just four times in the last 100 years. Can the situation really be so bad? Someone, somewhere, is fighting a war, and they're losing badly. the coffins of the dead are coming through the Rift. With thousands of alien bodies floating in the Bristol Channel, it's down to Torchwood to round them all up before a lethal plague breaks out. And now they'll have to do it by the book. The 1901 edition. Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davis for BBC Television.

The Undertaker’s Gift
The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back. They're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century, and they won't tolerate any efforts to repel them. An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness. It's been a busy week in Cardiff. The Hub's latest guest is a translucent, amber jelly carrying a lethal electrical charge. Record numbers of aliens have been coming through the Rift, and Torchwood could do without any more problems. But there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything - but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering by the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth? Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

All three of these books will go on sale at an RRP of £6.99 and they are all scheduled for release on the first of October. Consequences is currently being written by James Moran, Joseph Lidster, Andrew Cartmel, Sarah Pinborough and David Llewellyn. James Goss is the author of Risk Assessment and The Undertaker's Gift is being written by Trevor Baxendale. Will you be buying these Torchwood novels when they are released in October later this year?

The 124th issue of Doctor Who Adventures was released on Thursday and it is now on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £2.10. This week's issue takes a look at the top ten Dalek attacks and it comes with a free audio adventure and one of four collectable character inflatables. BBC Magazines have kindly sent us details about this week's issue of the magazine and you can view this information here on this site below;

In this week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine…

… You will find an exclusive interview with Doctor Who monster maker Neill Gorton. Neill tells Doctor Who Adventures about his fondness for Davros, how long it takes to make a Cyberman and where the idea for the Slitheen came from.

We have also got the 10 best Dalek exterminations, the biggest and most puzzling Who mysteries, a poster of future companion Karen Gillan and the results of our monster-drawing competition.

This week’s issue comes with a cool Who inflatable and an exciting Dalek audio CD called The Mutant Phase, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. All this and…

• Fantastic posters!
• A brand-new Doctor Who comic adventure
• A planet guide to sandy San Helios
• The Day of the Clown photo story
• Puzzles and competitions – amazing prizes to be won!
• Subscription – subscribe today and get a fantastic Doctor Who book – Monsters and Villains.

Doctor Who Adventures, issue 124, priced £2.10, is in shops on 16 July. Don’t let the Daleks catch you reading it!

I got my copy of this issue today, if you want your copy make sure you buy it before next Thursday which is when the next issue of Doctor Who Adventures, issue 125, will be released. Doctor Who Adventures #125 will come with a free Davros trainer bag. It will take a look at the secrets surrounding the Ood and more details will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available. Will you be buying a copy of Doctor Who Adventures #124?

Last week, the one hundred and twenty third issue of Doctor Who Adventures magazine was released and it went on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £2.10. It took a look at the Stingrays from the recent Doctor Who Easter special 'Planet of the Dead' and came free with a squirty sonic screwdriver as well as some stickers. Unfortunately, no press release for the issue was sent to us and as a result, no details about the issue were published here on this site until now. Yesterday, we received an email from BBC Magazines apologizing for the lack of a press release and they very kindly sent us an image of the cover which can now be seen here on this site above. As well as taking a look at the Stingrays, the issue also included details regarding some of the best spaceships featured in Doctor Who, some pull-out posters, a list of the top ten battles and many fun activities. If you missed the issue and forgot to pick up your copy then you can contact Doctor Who Adventures or BBC Magazines and ask to purchase a back copy of the issue which they will then happily arrange to send out to you. Did you purchase a copy of this issue last week?

Starting five weeks ago, the Daily Mirror launched an offer and began giving away special collector's editions of Doctor Who Adventures free with their papers every Saturday. The offer continued today with the sixth and final special collector's edition, the Children of Time, and each mini magazine consists of many fun filled pages. This week's special issue takes a look at the The Doctor's companions, includes details about the Sonic Screwdriver and features many activity puzzles plus much more. There have been a total of six of these special collector's issues and you can view more information and details about the first five of these special editions of Doctor Who Adventures which came free with previous copies of The Daily Mirror here, here, here, here and here in previous posts. Will you be purchasing a copy of today's edition of the Daily Mirror to collect this sixth and final special collector's edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine?

Following on from the first and second parts which were published earlier this week, the third part of Blue Moon has today been uploaded onto the BBC's official Doctor Who website. Blue Moon is a short story which has been written by Oli Smith to celebrate the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing and it sees The Doctor caught up in the events leading up to the landing on the moon. The story has been split up into four separate parts and you can view the first part here. The second part of story can be viewed here and the third part which was uploaded today can be found here. Blue Moon's fourth and final part will be uploaded onto the website on the twentieth of July which is the exact date that the Apollo Moon landing occurred forty years ago in 1969. As well as uploading this story, the BBC's official Doctor Who website have also taken a look at some of the Moon's appearances in both Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures and more details about that can be viewed here. A link to final part of this story will be posted here on this site as soon as it is uploaded and becomes publicly available.

Make sure you don’t forget that John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd will all be signing copies of Children of Earth on both DVD and Blu-ray in two different locations later today. They will first be making an appearance in London at Oxford Street’s branch of HMV and they will sign at that store for a total of one hour and thirty minutes. The signing will commence at 12:30pm and to attend the event, you will need one of two hundred and fifty special wristbands which you can find out how to gain access to here. After they have finished the signing in London, they will then fly over to Cardiff and arrive in a helicopter on the top of the Hub. Once they have arrived, they will then head over to Queen Street’s branch of HMV in Cardiff and sign copies of the DVDs and Blu-Rays there. The signing will commence at 5pm and end at 6pm but if the ques are long, the event may run for a slightly longer amount of time. You can view more information about these signings here. Will you be attending any of these signings today?

Following on from the first part which was published yesterday, the second part of Blue Moon has today been uploaded onto the BBC's official Doctor Who website. Blue Moon is a short story which has been written by Oli Smith to celebrate the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing and it sees The Doctor caught up in the events leading up to the landing on the moon. The story has been split up into four separate parts and you can view the first part here. The second part of story which was uploaded today can be viewed here and the third part will follow tomorrow. After the third part, the fourth and final part will then be uploaded onto the website on the twentieth of July which is the exact date that the Apollo Moon landing occurred forty years ago in 1969. As well as uploading this story, the BBC's official Doctor Who website have also taken a look at some of the Moon's appearances in both Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures and more details about that can be found here. Links to further parts of this story will be posted here on this site as soon as they are uploaded and become publicly available.

To celebrate the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing in 1969, the BBC's official Doctor Who website will be publishing a new short story in four parts over the next few days. Written by Oli Smith, the story sees The Doctor caught up in the events leading up to the landing on the moon and it features; mysterious aliens, sinister US agents, a threat to the future of mankind and much more. The first part of the story was uploaded earlier today and it can be viewed in full here. Following this first part, the second part will be published tomorrow and the third part will then become available on Friday. The fourth and final part will then be uploaded on the BBC's official Doctor Who website on the twentieth of July which is the exact date that the Apollo Moon landing occurred forty years ago. As well as uploading this story, the BBC's official Doctor Who website will also take a look at some of the Moon's appearances in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures plus much more and you can view more details here. Links to further parts of this story will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available.

The fourteenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files was released today and it is now on sale in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland at the price of £6.99. This fortnight's issue comes with a free DVD containing the next two episodes of Doctor Who; 'Doomsday' and 'The Runaway Bride'. As well as coming free with this DVD, the issue also takes a look at; the Werewolf from 'Tooth and Claw', the Master, Harriet Jones, Harry Sullivan, Malcolm Taylor and much more. It also goes behind the scenes of the show to take a look at the process that went into designing the new series Cybermen and you can visit the official website for the Doctor Who DVD Files here. You can also find out about some of the magazine's previous issues here. The next issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files, issue number fifteen, will be released in two weeks time and it will come with a free DVD containing the next two episodes of Doctor Who; 'Smith and Jones' and 'The Shakespeare Code'. More information about the issue will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes publicly available. Will you be purchasing a copy of the fourteenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files?

The cover for the 411th issue of Doctor Who Magazine has recently been revealed and it can now be seen above. It was uploaded onto the magazine's official Facebook page earlier today by Tom Spilsbury and it features a picture of Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor on the front cover. The issue will feature exclusive interviews with Tom Baker and Nicola Bryant, take a look at what has made Doctor Who the popular show it is today, include more production notes from Russell T Davies, a summary of all the latest news and much more. It will be released in all good newsagents across the United Kingdom and Ireland next Thursday, on the twenty third of July, and it will go on sale at the price of £3.99. The official press release for this issue will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes publicly available. What do you think of the front cover artwork for the four hundred and eleventh issue of Doctor Who Magazine?

Panini Books have recently released information about their upcoming Doctor Who 2010 Storybook and the cover for the publication has also now been revealed. The book will feature eight new stories involving the 10th Doctor and the stories have been written by many of the show's scriptwriters and novelists. You can view an image of this book's cover artwork above and view the publication's official synopsis and details here on this site below;

Thrilling Adventures in Time and Space!

Join the Tenth Doctor and his trusty TARDIS as they travel to previously unexplored times and places in this new collection of stories, packed with frights and fun – and all lavishly illustrated in full colour!

The Time Lord faces up to a shapeless horror in a Victorian orphanage, meets sentient doors from another dimension, re-encounters the gaseous Gelth on a reality TV show, journeys to the Australian outback to investigate mysterious objects falling from the sky, travels to the end of the rainbow – quite literally! – and battles Vikings. A lot of Vikings...

Containing eight action-packed stories:
Total Eclipse of The Heart by Oli Smith
The End of the Rainbow by Jacqueline Rayner
Scared Stiff by Mark Gatiss
Space Vikings! by Jonathan Morris
Bennelong Point by Keith Temple
The Shape on the Chair by Matt Jones
Knock Knock! by Paul Magrs
The Haldenmor Fugue by James Moran
Plus a final Letter from the Doctor – as told to Russell T Davies!
Featuring the Tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant
in the smash-hit BBC One drama series!

Eight original illustrated adventures featuring The 10th Doctor! Includes writers from the award-winning BBC One Series.

This storybook will be released on the thirty first of August this year and it will go on sale at an RRP of £7.99. It will contain a total of eighty pages and it will only be published as a hardback publication. This will be the fifth in the line of new series storybooks for Doctor Who and you can view more details about previous year's storybooks here. Will you be buying a copy of the Doctor Who 2010 Storybook when it's released in book stores next month?

Torchwood: Children of Earth, the latest series of the show, was released on DVD and Blu-ray today and it is now available for purchase in all good DVD stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The DVD has an RRP of £24.99 whereas the Blu-ray edition is slightly more expensive with an RRP of £29.99. As well as featuring all five episodes of the series, a special edition of Torchwood Declassified and a promotional audio clip from "In the Shadows' are also included on the discs as bonus material. The DVD and Blu-rays have an approximate running time of five hours and forty minutes in total and it's rated a '15' which means that only people at the age of fifteen or over are advised to watch it due to its content. John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd all star in this series and all three of them will be signing copies of these DVDs and Blu-rays in two different HMV stores this Friday. More information about both of these signings can be found here in a previous post. Will you be buying a copy of Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, on either DVD or Blu-ray edition?

It has recently been revealed that John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd will all be meeting fans and signing copies of Children of Earth on DVD and Blu-ray in two different locations this Friday. Children of Earth will be released in the United Kingdom on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow but if you want to attend these signings, you will either have to wait to purchase it on Friday at the event or buy an extra copy at the signing.

John, Eve and Gareth will first be making an appearance in London at Oxford Street's branch of HMV and signings will begin at 12:30pm. The signing will take place for one hour and thirty minutes and if you want to attend then you will need to be in possession of a special wristband for the event. These special wristbands will be free of charge and they will become accessible from the specified HMV store at 9am on Friday morning. They will only be produced in a limited quantity of two hundred and fifty which means that due to time restrictions, only a limited amount of people will be able to attend the event and meet John, Eve and Gareth. The wristbands will be handed out on a first come first served basis so if you want to guarantee that you meet the guests, it's best that you get there early as previous events have seen the wristbands go out of stock very quickly.

After they have finished the signing in London; John, Eve and Gareth will then fly over to Cardiff to sign copies of the DVDs and Blu-rays in Queen Street's branch of HMV. The signing will commence at 5pm and again, it's advised that you get there early if you don't want to be disappointed. At the moment, it seems that only wristbands will be handed out at the London signing so the basis of meeting these three guests in Cardiff will be based on how early and near to the front you are in the que. The signing will take place for a total of an hour but if the ques are large, the event may run for a slightly longer amount of time.

If you want to attend either of these signings, you will need to purchase a copy of Children of Earth on either DVD or Blu-ray at the event which John, Eve and Gareth will then sign. More information about both of these signings can be found here on John Barrowman's official website, here in the event section of HMV's website and here on Doctor Who Online. Will you be attending one of these events when they take place in London and Cardiff next week?

According to overnight ratings, the final episode of Torchwood's third series was watched by a total of 5.8 million people last night which gave the episode an audience share of 26.7%. The episode, Day Five, was the fourth most watched programme of the day and managed to the maintain the high figures that the season's first four episodes received earlier this week. An unconfirmed amount of people also watched Day Five, the fifth and final part of Children of Earth, in high definition on the BBC's HD channel and final figures for the episode will be released in ten days time by BARB. It's likely that the episode's final figures will be significantly higher than these overnight ratings and they will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available and are announced. What do you think of the overnight ratings that Day Five received?

The BBC's official Torchwood website was recently updated after the transmission of last night's episode of Children of Earth and many new videos and pictures are now available for viewing. An exclusive behind the scenes video with the cast of Children of Earth was one of the videos uploaded onto the website last night and it has an approximate running time of one minute and thirty seconds. It can be viewed here and sees the cast joking about what it was like working with Eve Myles. This is the seventh of many Up Close videos for Children of Earth and the first six videos with Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, John Barrowman, Kai Owen and Tom Price can be viewed here, here, here, here, here and here but please be aware that they contain spoilers for all five parts of Children of Earth. What do you think of this new behind the scenes video for Torchwood?

The BBC's official Torchwood website was recently updated after the transmission of last night's episode of Children of Earth and many new videos and pictures are now available for viewing. An exclusive behind the scenes video with Tom Price was one of the videos uploaded onto the website last night and it has an approximate running time of four minutes and three seconds. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who haven't yet seen any episodes of the series. This is the sixth of many Up Close videos for Children of Earth and the first five videos with Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, John Barrowman and Kai Owen can be viewed here, here, here, here and here but again, please be aware that they contain spoilers. Another up close video with the cast in general was also uploaded onto the BBC's official Torchwood website last night and links to that video will be posted here on this site later this afternoon.

The BBC's official Torchwood website was recently updated after the transmission of last night's episode of Children of Earth and many new videos and pictures are now available for viewing. An exclusive behind the scenes video with Kai Owen was one of the videos uploaded onto the website last night and it has an approximate running time of four minutes and eight seconds. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who haven't yet seen any episodes of the series. This is the fifth of many Up Close videos for Children of Earth and the first four videos with Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and John Barrowman can be viewed here, here, here and here but again, please be aware that they contain spoilers. Up close videos with Tom Price and the cast in general were also uploaded onto the BBC's official Torchwood website last night and links to those videos will be posted here on this site later this afternoon.

Starting four weeks ago, the Daily Mirror launched an offer and are currently giving away special collector's editions of Doctor Who Adventures free with their papers every Saturday. The offer continued today with the fifth special collector's edition, Tardis Secrets, and each mini magazine consists of many fun filled pages. This week's special issue takes a look at the Tardis, features many activity puzzles and much more. There will be a total of six of these special collector's issues and the final one will be available in next Saturday's edition of the Daily Mirror. Next week's special collector's edition of Doctor Who Adventures will take a look at the Children of Time and more information about it will be posted here on this site on its day of release. You can view more information about the first four of these special editions of Doctor Who Adventures which came free with previous copies of The Daily Mirror here, here, here and here in previous posts. Will you be purchasing a copy of today's edition of the Daily Mirror?

Make sure you don’t forget that Day Five, the fifth and final part of Torchwood’s third series, will air for the first time in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. The episode will broadcast simultaneously in high definition on the BBC’s HD channel and it will see the events carry on from last night's episode which ended on another cliffhanger. The official synopsis released by the BBC for Day Five can be viewed here on this site below;

Torchwood is defenceless and Gwen Cooper stands alone, as the final sanction begins, in the last part of the new Torchwood adventure. As violence erupts and the world descends into anarchy, an ordinary housing estate becomes a battleground, where the future of the human race will be decided.

Like with the rest of the series, tonight's episode will have an approximate running time of sixty minutes. Along with special features and the first four parts of the series, this episode will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the United Kingdom on Monday. Children of Earth is currently airing in Australia and it will premiere in both America and Canada on the twentieth of July. Will you be watching tonight’s episode of Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth?

Today, the tenth of July, is John Simm's thirty ninth birthday and I would like to take this time to wish him a very happy birthday and the best for the future. John played the role of The Master in the third series of Doctor Who and he is also well known for his acting roles in many other programmes such as; Life on Mars, State of Play, The Devil's Whore and much more. He also recently appeared in the television movie 'Skellig' and you can view more details about his acting career here. Feel free to leave your birthday messages for John in the comment section of this post below.

After last night's transmission of the fourth episode of Torchwood series three, a next time trailer for the fifth episode was shown. The next time trailer has an approximate running time of thirty five seconds and it features many new clips that haven't previously been seen before. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who are yet to see the first four parts of Children of Earth. The BBC are also currently airing a different trailer for the episode on their channels and you can view that trailer here. It is approximately twenty seconds long and again, please note that it contains spoilers if you haven't yet watched the first four episodes of the series. Day Five, the final episode of Torchwood's third series, will premiere in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. It will then air in Australia tomorrow and it's set for transmission in America and Canada on the twenty fourth of July following the series premiere on the twentieth of July. What do you think of these trailers for the final part of Children of Earth?

According to overnight ratings, the fourth episode of Torchwood's third series was watched by a total of 6.2 million people last night which gave the episode an audience share of 27.0%. The episode, Day Four, was the second most watched programme of the day and scored the highest figures that Torchwood has ever received to date. An unconfirmed amount of people also watched Day Four, the fourth part of Children of Earth, in high definition on the BBC's HD channel and final figures for the episode will be released in ten days time by BARB. It's likely that the episode's final figures will be significantly higher than these overnight ratings and they will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available and are publicly announced. What do you think of the overnight ratings that Day Four, last night's episode of Children of Earth, received?

The BBC's official Torchwood website was recently updated after the transmission of last night's episode of Children of Earth and many new trailers are now available for viewing. A second exclusive behind the scenes video with John Barrowman was also uploaded onto the website last night and it has an approximate running time of two minutes and twenty seconds. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who haven't yet seen the first four episodes of the series. This is the fourth of many Up Close videos for Children of Earth and the first three videos with Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and John Barrowman can be viewed here, here and here but again, please be aware that they contain spoilers. The fifth and sixth videos will be uploaded onto the BBC's official Torchwood website at 10pm tonight and they will go behind the scenes with Kai Owen and Tom Price. What do you think of this new video?

Make sure you don’t forget that Day Four, the fourth part of Torchwood’s third series, will air for the first time in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. The episode will broadcast simultaneously in high definition on the BBC’s HD channel and it will see the events carry on from last night's episode which ended on another cliffhanger. The official synopsis released by the BBC for Day Four can be viewed here on this site below;

The BBC have released a new preview clip for the second of this year's special episodes of Doctor Who, The Waters of Mars, today and it is now available online. It's approximately fifty three seconds in length and David Tennant stars in the clip as the 10th Doctor meanwhile Lindsay Duncan stars in the clip as Adelaide. As well as being available elsewhere online, the clip can also be viewed in full here on this site below;

You can also view two new promotional pictures for the episode and a promotional trailer for other programmes that are coming to the BBC this Autumn here on Digital Spy. The Waters of Mars is scheduled for transmission in November and it will have an approximate running time of sixty minutes. It will be the second of this year's specials and more information about it and the other two remaining specials will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this newly released preview clip for The Waters of Mars?

After last night's transmission of the third episode of Torchwood series three, a next time trailer for the fourth episode was shown. The next time trailer has an approximate running time of thirty five seconds and it features many new clips that haven't previously been seen before. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who are yet to see the first two parts of Children of Earth. The BBC are also currently airing a different trailer for the episode on their channels and you can view that trailer here. It is approximately nineteen seconds long and again, please note that it contains spoilers if you haven't yet watched the first two episodes of the series. Day Four, the fourth episode of Torchwood's third series, will premiere in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. It will then air in Australia tomorrow and it's set for transmission in America and Canada on the twenty third of July following the series premiere on the twentieth of July. What do you think of these two trailers for Day Four?

According to overnight ratings, the third episode of Torchwood's third series was watched by a total of 5.9 million people last night which gave the episode an audience share of 27.1%. The episode, Day Three, was the third most watched programme of the day and managed to the maintain the high figures that the season's first two episodes received earlier this week. An unconfirmed amount of people also watched Day Three, the third part of Children of Earth, in high definition on the BBC's HD channel and final figures for the episode will be released in ten days time by BARB. It's likely that the episode's final figures will be significantly higher than these overnight ratings and they will be posted here on this site as soon as they become available and are publicly announced. What do you think of the overnight ratings that last night's episode received?

The BBC's official Torchwood website was recently updated after the transmission of last night's episode of Children of Earth and many new trailers are now available for viewing. An exclusive behind the scenes video with John Barrowman was also uploaded onto the website last night and it has an approximate running time of two minutes and twenty seconds. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who haven't yet seen the first or second episode of the series. This is the third of many Up Close videos for Children of Earth and the first two videos with Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd can be viewed here and here but again, please be aware that they contain spoilers. The fourth video will be uploaded onto the BBC's official Torchwood website at 10pm tonight and that will go behind the scenes with John Barrowman again. A video going behind the scenes with Kai Owen and a backstage video with Tom Price will then be uploaded onto the website tomorrow night. What do you think of this new video?

Make sure you don’t forget that Day Three, the third part of Torchwood’s third series, will air for the first time in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. The episode will broadcast simultaneously in high definition on the BBC’s HD channel and it will see the events carry on from last night's episode which ended on another cliffhanger. The official synopsis released by the BBC for Day Three can be viewed here on this site below;

The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce: "We are here," as the new Torchwood adventure continues. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?

Each episode of the series has an approximate running time of sixty minutes and the next episode, Day Four, will transmit at 9pm on BBC One tomorrow night. The series will then continue to air in the United Kingdom every night this week on the same channel at the same time. Children of Earth began in Australia yesterday and it will premiere in both America and Canada on the twentieth of July. Will you be watching tonight’s episode of Torchwood?

After last night's transmission of the second episode of Torchwood series three, a next time trailer for the third episode was shown. The next time trailer has an approximate running time of thirty six seconds and it features many new clips that haven't previously been seen before. It can be viewed here but please be aware that it contains spoilers for those who are yet to see the first two parts of Children of Earth. The BBC are also currently airing a different trailer for the episode on their channels and you can view that trailer here. It is approximately twenty seconds long and again, please note that it contains spoilers if you haven't yet watched the first two episodes of the series. Day Three, the third episode of Torchwood's third series, will premiere in the United Kingdom tonight at 9pm on BBC One. It will then air in Australia tomorrow and it's set for transmission in America and Canada on the twenty second of July following the series premiere on the twentieth of July. What do you think of these two trailers for third part of Children of Earth?