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Thursday, 4 August 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Promotion for the Eighth Doctor radio series on BBC7 is now under way. A short trailer has been running on BBC television, featuring an "ear farmer" whose business has been revived by Doctor Who and other programmes on BBC7. BBC7 itself is running three trailers: the first is a selection of clips from the four serials and lasts almost a minute; the others are specially recorded two-minute pieces, one voiced by Paul McGann, designed to emphasise that this the same show as the Christopher Eccleston version. The BBC7 website has revised its own Doctor Who page, discarding its own history section in favour of mentions of the Ninth Doctor and details of "Storm Warning", the first play in the series. Also, the 'Classic Series' section of the official Doctor Who websitehas now been revised with a Paul McGann homepage, giving links to Real Player files of the three audio trailers and bbc.co.uk's own webcast of "Shada". BBC7's broadcast of the four Big Finish audios starts this weekend; we've added it to the broadcast schedule here on the News Page at left. (Thanks to Steve Tribe)




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