Matt Smith has been telling Graham Norton about his fan mail. He is a guest on the chat show this week alongside Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

The whole interview can be seen in the UK tonight on BBC One at 10.30pm and in the United States on BBC America at 10.20pm Christmas Day. It was shown in Australia on Christmas Eve there, and is repeated on Christmas Day (10:00pm, ABC1)

The third of the Doctor Who Confidential Red Button previews of A Christmas Carol is now available online.

It will be on the Red Button service later today.

The second of the Doctor Who Confidential Red Button previews of A Christmas Carol is now available on the BBC's YouTube Channel.

It will be on the Red Button service later today.

The Doctor Who Confidential preview of A Christmas Carol is now available via the Red Button service on Freeview and Sky/Virgin media.

The preview is Day One of a video blog by Charlie McDonnell, who explores the Doctor Who set. Further segments are expected at 6pm each day, leading up to the broadcast of the episode itself on Christmas Day.

The schedule for the red button service is listed here.


The preview is also available on the BBC's YouTube Channel:

The BBC has confirmed the times that the red button preview for A Christmas Carol, announced here last week, will be available.
Sky/ Virgin media

• Tue 21st December, 5:30pm-6:00am Wed 22nd
• Wed 22nd December, 5:30pm-12:00am Sat 25th

Freeview:

• Tue 21st December, 5:30pm-11:00pm & 11:40pm-5:50am
• Wed 22nd December, 5:30pm- 6:20am Thurs 23rd
• Thu 23rd December, 5:30pm-7:45pm
• Fri 24th December, 4:10am-5:50am & 5:30pm-8:15pm & 11:25pm-5:50am
• Sat 25th December, 3:10pm-11:00pm

Not available on Freesat

While many viewers in the English speaking world will be enjoying Matt Smith's first Christmas special as The Doctor this year, viewers in France will be bidding farewell to the Tenth Doctor when France 4 broadcasts both parts of The End of Time this Christmas Day.

Docteur Who : La Prophétie de Noël will be broadcast at 8.35. The title translates as The Christmas Prophecy.

The story was dubbed into French last March with David Manet making his swan song as the voice of the Tenth Doctor. A full cast list can be found here.

Update 19th December: readers in France may watch previews for parts one and two from the France4 website.

The BBC is to show a short Pre-Christmas edition of Doctor Who Confidential on the BBC Red Button Service.

The preview programme will follow Vlogger Charlie McDonnell as he gives his unique insight from behind the scenes of the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special.

Exact times are not confirmed, but the programme is listed on some platforms as starting at 5.30pm on Sunday 19th December.

ABC have confirmed they will be showing the 2010 Doctor Who Prom on Boxing Day at 5pm, the same day they show the 2010 Christmas Special A Christmas Carol.

The BBC Proms are an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events which have been held annually since 1895. Taking place mainly in the Royal Albert Hall in London, the BBC took over responsibility for the Proms in 1927. The first Doctor Who Prom took place in 2008.

The Doctor Who Prom features the music of Murray Gold performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, who record the soundtrack for the television series. The Prom took place Saturday 24 July and was hosted by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

The Prom was shown in the UK last September. It was announced last month that it will be shown in the United States on BBC America on Christmas Day.

A special Doctor Who celebrity edition of the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads, is scheduled for Monday 20th December at 6pm.

The show will star Sixth Doctor Colin Baker along with Katy Manning, Frazer Hines, Louise Jameson and John Leeson who take on the Eggheads to win money for their chosen charity.

The BBC have released their Christmas Showreel, featuring programmes in the festive line-up this year. Doctor Who is of course one of the highlights (5:52 into the video), though this is simply the trailer with no additional material from the story.


There is also a drama-specific showreel, which features the Who segment at the start.