BBC America have released an exclusive new one minute trailer for the forthcoming Christmas Special, The Time of The Doctor, due to premiere in the United States on Christmas Day at 9:00pm ET.

With the 50th anniversary of the first appearance of the Daleks on TV screens fast approaching, a video tribute by Doctor Who's current showrunner Steven Moffat to their last story during the classic era - Remembrance of the Daleks - was posted today by the BBC on the programme's official site.

In the piece, he says of the 1988 four-parter: Moffat's comments were recorded last year as part of a mini series in which he talked about the Daleks in general to publicise their return in Asylum of the Daleks and, in subsequent video posts, looked at what he considered to be the best and most significant Dalek adventures.

BBC Worldwide have released the artwork, trailer and details for the forthcoming DVD of the second Doctor story The Moonbase, which is due for release in the United Kingdom early January next year.

The DVD was originally due to be released this October, with animated versions of episodes 1 and 3. However, this was later put on hold to allow further work on the animation to be completed.

Starring Patrick Troughton as the Doctor, Michael Craze as Ben, Anneke Wills as Polly, Frazer Hines as Jamie and guest-starring Patrick Barr, Andre Maranne and Michael Wolf, The Moonbase was originally screened in February and March 1967, and with episodes 1 and 3 animated it will become the earliest complete Troughton story available on DVD. Special features on the DVD include:

• Fully remastered Episodes 2 and 4.
• Newly animated Episodes 1 and 3, with original off-screen soundtrack recordings.
• Commentary on Episodes 2 and 4: a traditional commentary with actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Edward Phillips and Special Sounds creator Brian Hodgson.
• On Episodes 1 and 3, a series of interviews featuring writer Kit Pedler's daughters Lucy Pedler and Carol Topolski, archive interviews with producer Innes Lloyd, assistant floor manager Lovett Bickford, and Cyberman actors Barry Noble, Derek Chaffer and Reg Whitehead. Moderated and linked by Toby Hadoke.
• Lunar Landing – Cast and crew look back on the making of the story. With actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Reg Whitehead, plus production assistant Desmond McCarthy.
• Photo Gallery – Production, design and publicity photos from the story.
• Coming Soon – A trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
• Radio Times listings.
• Programme subtitles.
• Subtitle production notes.

The DVD is available to order at amazon.co.uk and amazon.com.

The BBC have released a trailer for Christmas Day programming on BBC One, which as well as including Doctor Who (7:30pm) also features Strictly Come Dancing (5:00pm), Call The Midwife (6:15pm), Eastenders (8:30pm), Mrs Brown's Boys (9:30pm) and Michael McIntyre's Showtime (10:00pm).

BBC Worldwide have today announced the host for the 2014 Australian and New Zealand tour of the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular will be the fifth Doctor himself, Peter Davison.

The show runs in Melbourne from 31st January to 1st February before moving to Brisbane on 8th February and Wellington from 21st February to 22nd February.

Peter Davison, who played the Doctor for three years between 1981 and 1984, said todayJoining Davison will be conductor Ben Foster, who has conducted almost all of Murray Gold's music for the revived series since 2005. He also shared his delight in returning to the tour from his involvement last year:The content that will be performed in the live shows will include music spanning across the whole 50-year history of the show, many recent favourites as well as music from this years Christmas Special The Time of the Doctor.

Canadian TV channel Space will be broadcasting The Time of the Doctor an hour later than originally planned to make way for the documentary Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith, it has announced.

The Christmas episode will now go out at 9pm Eastern Time/6pm Pacific Time, with the retrospective being added to the schedule and taking the episode's original slot of 8pm (ET)/5pm (PT).

Space's revised Doctor Who programming over Christmas is now currently as follows (all times as ET):
UPDATE - 18th DECEMBER: Space has subsequently made more changes to its schedule, including moving the drama An Adventure In Space and Time from late night on 25th December to just into 26th December. The above blocks now show all the correct transmission times at present.

Director Douglas Mackinnon has today announced on Twitter that he will be returning to Doctor Who for series eight in 2014, the first to star Peter Capaldi as the Doctor.

Mackinnon - who previously helmed The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky  for series four in 2008, and The Power of Three and Cold War for 2012-13's series seven - also confirmed that he will be directing two episodes of series eight. He begins pre-production work on his episodes on Monday, with actual shooting taking place next year.

The full HD film version of Power of the Daleks - the semi-professional reimagining of Patrick Troughton's first adventure as the Doctor - has been made available to watch for free online.

First released episodically in three parts, it was then shown at conventions worldwide, premièring at a special charity convention in Fareham on 1st September 2012.

Lasting 52 minutes, it features Nick Scovell as the Doctor, with cast members also including Nicholas Briggs, Lisa Bowerman, and Barnaby Edwards in the reworking of the six-part adventure. Adapted and directed by Scovell, it was made by the Doctor Who enthusiasts behind the highly successful Portsmouth stage productions of The Web of Fear, Fury From The Deep, The Evil of the Daleks, and The Dalek Masterplan (the latter renamed from the original 12-parter), with support from TNT Films and music by Martin Johnson.

A video of highlights from the Fareham convention - where the guests included original story director Christopher Barry, actress Anneke Wills, who played companion Polly in the TV version, Briggs, and Edwards - has also been released.

BBC America are to air a specially commissioned programme celebrating Matt Smith's time on Doctor Who this Christmas for the US.

Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith will see members of cast and crew talk candidly about the 11th Doctor actor's departure from the show and the legacy that has been left. Contributors include Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Jenna Coleman, David Tennant, Steven Moffat and more.

The network have released Farewell's trailer on YouTube, confirming its broadcast before The Time of the Doctor on Christmas Day, alongside a synopsis.



Doctor Who: Farewell to Matt Smith premieres on BBC America in the US on Wednesday December 25th at 8pm.

A wide variety of items from Doctor Who and Torchwood are to be auctioned in London next week. Bonhams' entertainment memorabilia sale will be held at its Knightsbridge auction venue on Wednesday 18th December, starting at midday, with viewings taking place every day from Sunday 15th December up to the sale.

Out of the 417 lots in the sale, 55 relate to the two series, with items ranging from scripts and artwork to costumes, props, and a signed postcard from Patrick Troughton while he was the Doctor.

Full list of related auction items

Torchwood:
Lot	Description	Estimate (£)
127	Collection of part costumes worn by John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in Series 3	350-550
128	Model flayed corpse	250-350
129	Pair of prosthetic Weevil masks	300-500
130	Collection of prosthetic corpse body parts and torsos	300-500
131	Costume for Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper in Sleeper	250-300
132	Collection of part costumes worn by John Barrowman in Series 2	350-550
133	Collection of part costumes worn by Kai Owen as Rhys Williams in Series 2	300-500
134	Collection of part costumes worn by Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones in Series 2	400-500
135	Costume worn by Eve Myles in A Day In The Death	250-300
136	Three-piece part costume worn by Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones in Dead Man Walking	250-350
137	Two part costumes worn by Demetri Goritsas as Franklin and Ethan Brooke as Gray in Adam	300-500
138	Costume worn by Eve Myles in Meat	300-500
139	Assorted props including severed head	300-500
140	Various costume parts worn by Naoki Mori as Toshiko	400-600
141	Collection of costume parts for Eve Myles in Out of Time	250-350
142	Part costume worn by John Barrowman in They Keep Killing Suzie	400-600
143	Collection of costumes worn by Eve Myles	300-500
144	Costume worn by Eve Myles in Countrycide	300-500
145	Two part costumes worn by Eve Myles in Ghost Machine	250-350
146	Collection of part costumes worn by Burn Gorman as Owen Harper	300-500
147	Collection of part costumes worn by John Barrowman, including RAF blue great coat	700-900
148	Costume worn by Eve Myles in End of Days	250-300
149	Collection of part costumes worn by John Barrowman, including 'Belstaff' beige bomber jacket	400-600
150	Collection of part costumes worn by John Barrowman, including RAF blue great coat	600-800
Doctor Who:
Lot	Description	Estimate (£)
151	Helmet-less Cyberman from Silver Nemesis	1000-1500
152	Destroyed Dalek, believed to be from Remembrance of the Daleks	4500-5000
153	Studio floor plan from The Trial of a Time Lord, plus assorted photos	100-150
154	Sharaz Jek head cowl from The Caves of Androzani	700-900
155	Rehearsal scripts for "Planet of Fear" (aka Planet of Fire)	200-300
156	Scripts and related material from Snakedance	350-450
157	Neman and Katura costume designs from The Keeper of Traken	800-1200
158	Seron and Tremas costume designs from The Keeper of Traken	800-1200
159	Varsh's dagger from Full Circle	300-500
160	Scripts and other material from Castrovalva	300-400
161	Original artwork for Doctor Who Annual 1980 (Reluctant Warriors)	600-800
162	Original artwork for Doctor Who Annual 1980 (Reluctant Warriors)	600-800
163	Original artwork for Doctor Who Annual 1979 (The Power)	1000-1200
164	Original artwork for Dalek Annual 1978 (The Castaway)	500-600
165	Original artwork for Dalek Annual 1978 (Davros - Genius or Madman?)	500-700
166	Original artwork for Dalek Annual 1978 (The Castaway)	500-600
167	Original artwork for Doctor Who Annual 1977 (The Body Snatcher)	1000-1200
168	The Taran Wood Beast costume from The Androids of Tara	1500-2000
169	Dove Pan magic trick prop from The Talons of Weng-Chiang	700-900
170	Set of four camera scripts for The Time Warrior	1000-1500
171	Camera script/shooting schedule for episode 3 of The Curse of Peladon	250-300
172	Rehearsal scripts for episode 1, 2 and 5 of Doctor Who and The Dominators	1200-1800
173	Postcard to Henry Soskin (Lincoln) from Patrick Troughton	500-800
174	Camera scripts for episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 of The Web of Fear	2500-3500
175	Carbon copy letter from Henry Lincoln to Mervyn Haisman about The Abominable Snowmen, plus script pages	250-350
176	Rehearsal scripts for episodes 1-5 of The Web of Fear	2500-3000
177	Draft scripts for episodes 1-6 of The Abominable Snowmen, hand annotated by Henry Lincoln	4000-6000
178	Rehearsal scripts for episodes 1-6 of The Abominable Snowmen	3000-5000
179	Original Yeti homing device prop from The Web of Fear	2000-3000
180	Original TARDIS prop model (1960s)	2000-3000
181	Original hollow Yeti homing device prop from The Web of Fear	2000-3000

It should be noted that some lots are subject to shipping and handling restrictions.