As is now well known across Doctor Who fandom, the Daleks are soon to return in the new series... and it appears that photos of the new Daleks have started to leak onto the Internet. Outpost Gallifrey has obtained these two photos, likely the new series Dalek designs (click on each for a larger version) while Monday's edition of the Sun features an articleabout their return, including the usual silly comments about Doctor Who "anoraks" studying the differences from the original version. We'll keep watch to see if these photos are completely legitimate, and if there are any additional pics to be had.

Meanwhile, various reports across the Internet from over the weekend appear to confirm that the Daleks will fly in the new series. "Levitate!" says the Daily Record, which notes that "Dr Who's mortal enemies - with the fearsome cry of exterminate - can fly. ... A BBC insider confirmed they can now fly. He said: 'The Daleks were always the Doctor's scariest enemy - but now they can exterminate from mid-air. The doctor will have his work cut out dealing with flying Daleks.'" Outpost Gallifrey is aware that filming of episode 6 has begun, and it is heavily rumored that this is the episode that the Daleks will first appear in. You can browse these various news reports here: Daily Record, Telegraph, The Sun, The Mirror and icWales, among others. (Thanks to Fiona Moore, Roger Anderson, Paul Engelberg, Steve Tribe)

The new issue of Dreamwatch's UK edition (#123) features an interview with Russell T. Davies, in which he reveals his reaction to the first cut of the first episode and discusses various new developments. He also responds to suggestions that he is turning the series into a soap with the introduction of recurring characters like Rose's Mum and boyfriend and so forth.

Exec producer Russell T Davies spoke to icWales about his newest drama series, Mine All Mine, a six-part serial that debuts on ITV1 in November. "Mine All Mine", which features an all-star cast including Griff Rhys Jones, Ruth Madoc, Jason Hughes and Joanna Page, follows the fanciful story of eccentric cab driver Max Vivaldi who believes that, according to a faded legal document written in 1710, his family owns the whole of Swansea. His neighbours and even his wife and three children laugh at Max whenever he brings up the subject of his inheritance until one day his incredible claim is proved to be true.

A recent edition of BellaOnline discusses a female perspective on the return of the new series, including biographical info and series details -- none of which is new to any of us, but is indicative of the wide net of press coverage now being seen.

Newsquest ran a story on October 21 about the series filming on Penarth Pier. "Various media groups have used Penarth as a location for filming and advertisements in recent months," says the article. "A BBC crew visited the town last month to film part of the new series of Doctor Who in and around Headlands School on Paget Place." Penarth Pier has also featured in a number of dramas and films over the years.

The Independent ran a story on October 27 called "The World According to Mark Gatiss," an interview with the creator of "The League of Gentlemen" and one of the writers for the new series. Only once was the new show mentioned. "Who would win in a celebrity death match: Daleks or Cybermen? For sheer mobility, you would have to say the Cybermen, but of course the Daleks can now go upstairs. And they have firepower on their side. My sister used to tease me when I was little because she had seen Dr Who from the beginning and used to say that her favourite story was when the Cybermen and the Daleks got together. But I knew they never had."

The Daily Record interviewed Jimmy Vee on October 26, who stars as an alien in the new series -- in fact, one of the midget aliens Outpost Gallifrey displayed exclusive photos of several weeks ago. "Standing at just three foot eight inches, Jimmy Vee may be small, but he packs a punch as an alien in the latest series... By night, Jimmy, from Harthill, is one of the attractions at raunchy burlesque nightclub Club Noir. But by day, the Razz can reveal that he is the secret star of many a Hollywood blockbuster - from Willow to Harry Potter - where he has played an assortment of roles designed for a small man." In the new series, he says he plays various extraterrestrials. "I play different aliens in it. It's my biggest part yet and although I'm not yet raking it in, I hope it will lead to bigger things. There are lots of different episodes and everything is top secret."

The Express' "Show Bitz" column on October 22 noted that "Producers of the BBC's new Dr Who series ... have become so paranoid about leaks that they have now resorted to MI5-style measures to ensure secrecy. My sources tell me that each script has been watermarked, individually printed, signed out with a confidentially agreement and tracked to ensure no details filter through. When a member of the production team had his laptop stolen from his car, BBC security went into overdrive to track it down in an all-out bid to protect the storyline information contained in the computer's files. Sadly it seems that even with such measures the leaks just keep on coming..."

The icHuddersfield website reports on a company called Vehicles in Vision that supplies vehicles for, among other films and programmes, the new Doctor Who series.

Last week's Media Guardian reported in a column called "Dramatic Moves": "Bananas to the BBC's drama department, which is working overtime to bring the more far-flung bits of the British Isles to the screen. The Welsh town of Usk is being used to send Dr Who back to Victorian Britain..."

Finally, the latest issue of SFX Magazine features a rundown of some of the rumors recently reported on the new series, including some spoilers as noted below.

Outpost Gallifrey has learned that production began on the sixth episode of the new Doctor Who series last Tuesday, October 26, with location filming taking place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Says PlanetWho, production papers leaked to the press "detailed a filming schedule on episode 6 (written by Rob Sherman), and contained several production drawings/concept art for the episode. One sketch appeared to show a Dalek hovering high above a workman/security guard surrounded by a high wall. The documents also revealed that the Daleks had acquired jet propulsion, and the story was run in a number of newspapers over the weekend (pointing out that the Daleks could now climb stairs, again, obviously unaware of 'Remembrance')."

According to Roadshow Home Video, Ghost Light, the Seventh Doctor and Ace serial, will be available on DVD in Australia (with the same features as in the UK) on February 3, 2005. (Thanks to Tony Keywood)

As previously noted on Outpost Gallifrey, the Patrick Troughton serial The Mind Robber and the Jon Pertwee storyThe Claws of Axos are the second and third DVD releases of 2005, according to new articles on the Restoration Teamwebsite. The articles briefly describe the cleanup efforts taken on the two releases, coming in March and May of 2005. There is no word on extras, however, as that information has been given to a future issue of Doctor Who Magazine.

The Internet Movie Database lists several people involved in the new series, including Stuart Bray and Rob Mayor as special makeup supervisors, Davy Jones as Makeup Artist, Lloyd Ellis as First Assistant Director, Patrick Begley as "Props," John Tellick as "Sound," and Lee Sheward as stunt coordinator. We have no independent confirmation of these crewmembers, however, so will list them as possible until we know otherwise. Meanwhile, stuntman Will Willoughby is the stuntman doing doubling for Christopher Eccleston on the new show, according to an interview with Willoughby on BBC Radio Nottingham. (Thanks to Sean Ditchfield, Steve Freestone)

Another casting news item: Bruno Langley, who played gay teenager Todd Grimshaw on the long-running ITV soap "Coronation Street," will be featured in the new series playing a "mysterious character called Adam," according to today's The Sun. The Sun quotes a 'BBC insider' as saying, "Bruno will be a recurring charcater towards the end of the series. No one is sure yet if Adam is good or bad. Bruno is really chuffed. It's a great break so soon after he left Corrie." It also speculates that Adam could be another love interest for Rose Tyler. The BBC Children's Newsround also reported the story today, noting that he would appear in "an episode" of the new Doctor Who series, not multiple episodes. (Thanks to Paul Hayes, Justin Thomas)

There is more location work being done this week; we've learned that the production team is currently doing on-location work at the Temple of Health and Peace in Cathay's Park in Cardiff. "Lots of blue midget aliens and 'tree people' having lunch in the catering wagons on Museum Avenue," says one of our correspondents. The TARDIS model has been spotted in the location as well. More details soon (and hopefully some photos...) (Thanks to MarkD, David Lewis)

TBI Buyers' Briefing, a weekly information service sent to over 6,000 worldwide TV executives, this morning features a news item: "BBC scout gets feet under US table: Dr Who US sale being finalised". Among the various items mentioned in the report, which is mostly about the move of BBC Worldwide executive Paul Telegdy from London to the US, is an impending sale of the new series to this, the largest television market for the new show. "One really exciting franchise on both sides of the Atlantic that audiences know and love is Dr Who," Telegdy is quoted as saying in the report. It mentions that he is talking to an "interested party" and is confident it will be sold to a US network in the near future. "We're discussing the ratings potential of the show," he explains. He is likely referring to a cable network, not to one of the over-air broadcast networks.

Meanwhile, the UK trade paper Broadcast also mentions the Canadian acquisition of the show in an article in yesterday's edition. "Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Dr Who, months before it is due to air in the UK." (This doesn't mean it will air before the UK, only that it's been bought months before the broadcast.) But CBC Television executive director programming Slawko Klymkiw does state, "This was an exciting opportunity for CBC to bring Dr Who to fans new and old alike across the country. We are pleased to be working closely with BBC to bring Canadians this exceptional new series." (Thanks to John Freeman)

The Sci Fi Online site notes, in an article entitled "Latest on the Daleks' dialect" that the Daleks will not abandon the popular phrase "Exterminate!" in the new show, despite the note in The Sun recently. It also mentions rumors on design: "The new-look inhabitants of Skaro wonÆt actually appear much different from their previous incarnations (save possibly a movie-style fender), although a final decision on a colour scheme has apparently yet to be reached. What is clear, however, is that the first Dalek we see will be damaged and covered in gunk, the sole survivor of a forgotten patrol thatÆs killing the unsuspecting crew of a spacecraft." Also mentioned in the report is that the TARDIS is larger and more chunky (as obvious from the photos posted on this very site) and that the rumored new logo was "created with widescreen TVs in mind - all the lettering is on one line in square upper-case text, backed by a coloured oval, some lens flare and the hint of printed circuits." You can read the whole report at that site.