Doctor Who Adventures Magazine 359

Saturday, 6 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus

This month in BBC Doctor Who Adventures you’ll find the first pictures from the Christmas episode plus an exclusive interview with actress Jenna Coleman who talks about the upcoming episode.

It’s about what’s real and what isn’t and about dreams. And Father Christmas is in it – with elves! It’s not your traditional Christmas but there are definitely some traditional elements in there.

Coleman also tells what she likes about Christmas Day, the first Christmas she remembers and what present she thinks the Doctor would get her.

A mask – because he’s always commenting how she looks tired. A mask with his own face on it probably!

The issue comes with a free monster kit, which includes four characters to build.

Plus

25 awesome facts for every day until Christmas.
What would the Doctor’s enemies get him for Christmas?
A seasonal adventure for the Doctor and Clara in an exciting comic strip.
Race Against Time with a cool board game.
Cut out a scary Snowman mask!
Read a guide to Christmas monster invasions.
Make Monster gift tags for your presents.
Read a festive behind-the-scenes feature.
Mega prize page, puzzles and four posters – including a stunning image from the Christmas special. You can win the Complete David Tennant years and loads of Doctor Who books, too.

The new Christmas issue of BBC Doctor Who Adventures, Issue 359, is on sale for four weeks from 3 – 30 December, priced £3.99.

FILTER: - DWA

Advent Calendar - Day Six

Saturday, 6 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom

Clara hopes to find a soldier underneath her Christmas tree,
Let's hope it's Danny Pink and not the one we see!

FILTER: - Advent

Last Christmas - New Pictures

Saturday, 6 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC has released new pictures from this year's Christmas special, Last Christmas.

The story can be seen on BBC One at 6.15pm on Christmas Day, followed by screenings around the world.

Doctor Who (PETER CAPALDI) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Santa Claus (NICK FROST) (Credit: BBC / David Venni)

Santa Claus (NICK FROST) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Wolf (NATHAN McMULLEN), Ian (DAN STARKEY) (Credit: BBC / David Venni)

Clara (JENNA COLEMAN) (Credit: BBC / David Venni)

Doctor Who (PETER CAPALDI) (Credit: BBC / David Venni)

Santa Claus (NICK FROST), Doctor Who (PETER CAPALDI) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Wolf (NATHAN McMULLEN), Ian (DAN STARKEY) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Bellows (Maureen Beattie) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Ashley (NATALIE GUMEDE) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Shona (FAYE MARSAY) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Professor Albert (MICHAEL TROUGHTON) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

Clara (JENNA COLEMAN) (Credit: BBC / Adrian Rogers)

FILTER: - Series Specials

DVD cover for German Season 25 boxed set revealed

Friday, 5 December 2014 - Reported by Pascal Salzmann

German DVD distributer Pandastorm Pictures released a picture of the cover of the Season 25 boxed set, titled Siebter Doctor Volume 2, as well as a promotional picture on their Facebook page.

The 5 discs set will contain all the content of the UK releases, including the extras, and will include the German dub and the original English version. It will be released in Germany on 27th February 2015.

Volume 1, containing all episodes of Season 24, was just released a week ago. It can be ordered from Amazon Germany. More season sets of the Classic Series are planned to come out in 2015.

Season 25 DVD Boxed Set Germany (Credit: wvg)

FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Classic Series - Germany - Seventh Doctor

The Underwater Menace: DVD update

Friday, 5 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Coming Soon: The Underwater Menace (Credit: BBC Worldwide)

BBC Worldwide have given an update on the status of the last classic story expected to be released on DVD, The Underwater Menace:

We hope to release ‘The Underwater Menace’ in 2015. We delayed the release to ensure that our publishing schedule is phased appropriately across the year and the episodes will be animated.

The highly anticipated DVD will include the only known existing episode that has yet to be made officially available to own, episode two (rediscovered in 2011).

FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Classic Series - Second Doctor

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD limited edition steelbook

Friday, 5 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Zavvi are to release an exclusive steelbook for the second Peter Cushing movie outing, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.. The Blu-Ray release will be a limited edition of 2000 and is due out on 15th May 2015; it is available for pre-order from today.

Daleks - Invasion 2150AD Bluray Limited Edition Steelbook (Credit: Zavvi/SteelbookBluray)

Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Limited Edition Steelbook
Release date: 15 May 2014 (available for pre-order)

Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. directed by Gordon Flemyng, now fully restored and starring Peter Cushing in his return to the big screen as British TV's most iconic sci-fi hero, Doctor Who.

The earth of 2150 AD is a desolate and hostile ruin of a planet, crumbling at the edge of civilisation, slowly disappearing into the darkness of space. For the future of planet earth now belongs The Daleks, a destructive army of alien invaders who have turned the human race into cowering slaves.

Meanwhile deep within the London Underground a group of resistance freedom fighters are planning an attack. But there's only one man who could possibly help them succeed in destroying their extra-terrestrial enemies and take back control of planet earth. A man of mystery, a man of time and space, a man known only as... The Doctor.

Special Features:

Restoring Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Interview with actor Bernard Cribbins
Interview with author Gareth Owen
Stills Gallery
Trailer

Details and images with thanks to SteelbookBluray.com

FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - Peter Cushing

Advent Calendar - Day Five

Friday, 5 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom

Strax prepares for Christmas but what is that I see?
He really shouldn't use grenades to decorate the tree!

FILTER: - Advent

Stuart Manning prints auctioned for Breast Cancer Research

Thursday, 4 December 2014 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Stuart Manning Posters for DWAS Auction (Credit: DWAS/Stuart Manning)

The Doctor Who Appreciation Society are currently auctioning two prints from artist Stuart Manning, the proceeds of which are to be donated to Breast Cancer Research in memory of Doctor Who's first producer, Verity Lambert.

Manning is known for his series of downloadable posters from the Radio Times website, most recently for the current series. Prior to this he produced posters for The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear, and he has kindly donated a signed print of each to DWAS for the auction at their eBay site.

For more details and to view the auction please visit the Society's website.

FILTER: - Auctions

Advent Calendar - Day Four

Thursday, 4 December 2014 - Reported by Willy Phantom

Jenny poses for a picture but there's something that she's missed,
Vastra isn't painting pictures - she's writing out a list!

FILTER: - Advent

Ian Fairbairn

Wednesday, 3 December 2014 - Reported by Marcus

The actor Ian Fairbairn has died.

Ian Fairbairn was a veteran actor on British television, appearing in a variety of programmes during the 1960s to 1980s, including Emergency Ward 10, Z Cars, The Onedin Line, Shoestring, The Professionals and Last of the Summer Wine.

He first appeared in Doctor Who in 1967 playing Questa, a human who lived in a colony secretly ruled by Macra, in the first Episode of The Macra Terror. He returned to the series in 1968, playing Mark Gregory, a researcher for International Electromatics in three episodes of The Invasion.

In 1970 he appeared in the third Doctor story Inferno as Bromley, a technician who became the first person to mutate into a Primord. His final apperance in the series was in 1976 when he played Doctor Chester, a medical doctor stationed at the South Bend base in Antarctica, in the third episode of The Seeds of Doom.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Obituary

Previous 10 Stories

Doctor Who Adventures Magazine 359

Advent Calendar - Day Six

Last Christmas - New Pictures

DVD cover for German Season 25 boxed set revealed

The Underwater Menace: DVD update

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD limited edition steelbook

Advent Calendar - Day Five

Stuart Manning prints auctioned for Breast Cancer Research

Advent Calendar - Day Four

Ian Fairbairn

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