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Saturday, 9 December 2006 - Reported by Anthony Weight
Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures spoilers
The latest edition of Digital Spy's "Tube Talk" column by Neil Wilkes contains small previews of both the last few episodes of Torchwood and the forthcoming Sarah Jane Adventures special. Of the latter, Wilkes says that "Although this series has been billed as appealing to a kiddie audience, it will almost definitely please classic Who fans as it could just as easily play out as an episode from the regular series." Scroll down to the bottom of the page and highlight the hidden text for the full previews.

The Runaway Bride photos
The CBBC Newsround website, always a strong supporter of Doctor Who, has put up a page of preview images from the forthcoming Christmas special. No plot spoilers are revealed in the ten images, although the settings of some scenes are shown.

General press clippings
The Mirror featured the return of Doctor Who in a list of the "Top 10 Comebacks" in its December 6th edition, and on Friday gave coverage to the story about the Doctor and Martha's alleged activities in the new series reported elsewhere earlier in the week. Some very minor spoilers.

The Sun reports on the story also covered elsewhere earlier in the week of the home-made Dalek built to deter rowdy students, and also reports on Jessica Stevenson's casting in the new series. Of Stevenson they say that: "She will soon start filming two episodes of the third series of the BBC1 drama. An insider said: 'The role will play to her comedy strengths.'"

Ananova also covers the home-made Dalek story.

icWales is carrying a Q and A with John Barrowman, promoting his forthcoming pantomime run in Cardiff. Asked what character he would ideally like to play, he replies that: "I don't know. I don't think people are ready for me to play the bad guy what with Torchwood and Dr Who, so I'd like to still play the good guys. I don't really like playing the same characters though, so we will see."

The Yorkshire Post has a story about people in their 30s who are turning their back on the conventional "grown-up" behaviour in favour of playing games, collecting toys, and, yes, watching Doctor Who. The article terms this group "New Regressives". Ian Wheeler of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society is interviewed.

Unusually far-flung coverage for Doctor Who this week, as The Times of India mentions the programme in an article by Mukul Sharma about nanotechnology with the comment: "In the British science fiction TV series Dr Who, the protagonist known as the Seventh Doctor invokes Arthur C Clarke's famous law in reverse by saying that any sufficiently arcane magic is indistinguishable from technology. Then he justifies the possibility of how a spaceship can also be grown, as opposed to being built."

(Additional reporting by Kenny Davidson and Josiah Rowe).




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