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Thursday, 3 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The following Doctor Who News competitions are currently available to enter, check each one for their closing date.


DWAS Membership

Christmas Card for 2015 (Credit: Doctor Who Appreciation Society)The Doctor Who Appreciation Society are currently selling Doctor Who themed Christmas cards, and from now until the 10th December any readers of Doctor Who News who order cards from their website will be in with a chance to win a twelve month membership/renewal to the society.

You can order cards from DWAS here.

Festive Jumper

This festive season sees a number of official Doctor Who jumpers to keep warm: Numskull present a cyber-theme:
The Cybermen have deemed the deletion of Christmas necessary for the subjugation of the planet Earth. Now you can join the festive fight for the deletion with the Cybermen, or against with the Doctor with this Official BBC Doctor Who Cyberman knitted Christmas Jumper.
Cyberman Jumper from Numskull (Credit: Numskull)To be in with a chance of winning a jumper courtest of Numskull, simply answer the following question:
In which year did the BBC run a festive campaign that featured a Cyberman playing Twister alongside the actors then portraying the Doctor assistant?
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-jumper@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "A cosy Cyberman?" - don't forget to include the size you'd like to receive (dimensions can be found via the Numskull website). The competition is open worldwide, closing date 13th December 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

Torchwood: Forgotten Lives

The third in Big Finish's new range of Torchwood adventures stars Eve Myles and Kai Owen:
It has been four years since the Miracle, and Gwen and Rhys's lives have gone back to normal, very normal. They're raising their daughter (they've got pictures they'd be only too happy to show you), they're living in a nice house, and they're almost on top of the laundry. Captain Jack Harkness has been missing from the world and their lives for a long time. But late one night the phone rings, and they're summoned to an isolated part of North Wales. The Bryn Offa Nursing Home contains a dark secret, an alien threat, and someone who really shouldn't be there. Gwen and Rhys are about to discover that Torchwood stays with you for the rest of your life.
Torchwood - Forgotten Lives (Credit: Big Finish)To be in with a chance to win a digital download of the Torchwood audio adventure courtesy of Big Finish, simply answer the following question:
Eve Myles appeared in Doctor Who before her lead role in Torchwood: which story did she appear in and what was her character name?
Please send your answer along with your name and the email address you have registered with Big Finish, plus where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-forgottenlives@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "Did anybody order pizza?". The competition is open worldwide, closing date 6th December. Note: entrants must have an active registration with Big Finish in order to be eligible to receive the prize - new registrations can be easily created on the website for free and with no financial obligation.

BBC Audio: K9 & Company

The final classic novelisation adaptation for 2015 from BBC Audio is the spin-off adventure, K9 and Company:
In the sleepy village of Hazelbury Abbas, the Winter Solstice is fast drawing near. It is a time of deep mystery an ancient evil. Sarah Jane Smith, journalist and former companion to the Doctor, comes to the village to write her new book. For company she has Brendan, the young ward of Sarah's missing Aunt Lavinia. The Brendan too disappears, possible kidnapped by practitioners of Black Magic. Is he to be sacrificed to the goddess Hecate on the Solstice? Sarah is not alone in her search for Brendan, for the Doctor has sent her a very special companion: a robotic dog by the name of K9 ...
K9 & Company (audiobook) (Credit: BBC Audio)To be in with a chance to win the audiobook courtesy of BBC Audio, simply answer the following question:
Though the series would have been known as K9 & Company, what was the individual title used for the single Christmas episode that was broadcast?
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-affirmative@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "Affirmative, Mistress". The competition is open worldwide, closing date 13th December 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

BBC Audio: The Winter Collection

The Sins of Winter (Credit: BBC Audio)To be in with a chance to win a set of the three audiobooks of "The Winter Collection" so far (The Gods of Winter, The House of Winter, The Sins of Winter), courtesy of BBC Audio, simply answer the following question:
The reader of the latest audiobook, Robin Soans, is one of the growing list of actors who have played roles in both the 20th and 21st Century versions of Doctor Who - name the stories/roles he has played (so far!)
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-winter@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "A Winter's Tale". The competition is open worldwide, closing date 13th December 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

Pop Vinyl figures

Funko: Pop Vinyl Tenth Doctor (Credit: fun.com)To be in with a chance to win a Funko Pop Vinyl figure courtesy of fun.com, simply answer the following question:
Name a story in which the Doctor is shrunken down to a much smaller size.
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-vinyl@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "Don't get too big-headed" - don't forget to specify which figure you'd like to receive from the list below. The competition is open to readers in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand only, closing date 13th December 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

Figures available Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth Doctors, Adipose, Cyberman or Dalek.

Lethbridge-Stewart Books

Lethbridge-Stewart: Mutually Assured Domination (Credit: Candy Jar Books)In celebration of the success of the Lethbridge-Stewart series of books, we are delighted to be able to offer the set of four books published this year (The Forgotten Son, The Schizoid Earth, Beast of Fang Rock, and Mutually Assured Domination) plus associated short stories, courtesy of Candy Jar Books. To be in with a chance to win, simply answer the following question:
In relation to this series of books, what is the significance of the closing date of this competition?
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-ls15@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "what happened next?". The competition is open worldwide, closing date: 16th December 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

Predict the Ratings of Hell Bent

Predict how many viewers will watch this year's series finale! Full details here.




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