The BBC have released a spoof introduction to The Day of The Doctor, introduced by David Tennant.

Australian broadcaster ABC have announced a special "pop-up" radio channel dedicated to Doctor Who for its 50th Anniversary celebration, which will run throughout the day on Sunday 24th November 2013.

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide had an unofficial overnight rating of 0.73 million viewers, a 2.9% share of the total television audience.

The two hour BBC Three documentary looked back over fifty years of Doctor Who and included specially shot sequences staring Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman. It was the highest rated show on BBC Three for the evening and the highest rated show for all digital TV during the transmission.

An additional 0.16 million watched the repeat at 00.45 getting a 4.9% share of the total audience at that time.

Winner of the day on digital was I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now with just over a million viewers.

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide is repeated on Friday at 7pm and is now available on the BBC iPlayer.

Radio Times is celebrating Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary with an interactive special edition and a choice of 12 collectable covers - one for each of the Doctors who've appeared over the last 50 years.

The special issue is the 50th Radio Times Doctor Who cover since the iconic time traveller first graced the front page in 1964 and the magazine features archive interviews with each of the actors to have played the Doctor.


To access the interactive content, readers simply have to download the free Blippar app (iOS/Android) to their smartphone or tablet, then open the app and hold over the cover of the Radio Times to reveal an exclusive video message from the current Doctor, Matt Smith, and the opportunity to create and star in their own Radio Times Doctor Who cover to share on social media.

There's also further Doctor Who content to be unlocked inside where readers see the Blippar logo including:

• A comprehensive episode-by-episode guide for each Doctor
• Animated and video Doctor Who content
• Over 100 pictures from the Radio Times Doctor Who archive
• Gallery of all Radio Times Doctor Who covers
• Exclusive 3D content

Inside the issue there are 26 pages of Doctor Who features, including interviews with Matt Smith, David Tennant and John Hurt, as well as authored pieces by showrunner Steven Moffat and BBC Director General Tony Hall, a guide to all the Doctors, a gallery of all 50 Radio Times Doctor Who covers, celebrity fans on what makes the iconic programme so special to them, and a chance to win Matt Smith's bow-tie.

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TV Times

The rival listing magazine TV Times also features Doctor Who in a series of four souvenir covers.

All eleven Doctors are featured, where they are joined by several companions and monsters from throughout the last fifty years.

Both magazines are now available in shops.

The first sneak preview for The Day of The Doctor has now been revealed on the 50th Anniversary #SaveTheDay website. You can watch it via the picture link below:

As the week heads inexorably toward the 50th Anniversary broadcast there is plenty of media coverage relating to Doctor Who; what follows is a summary of where to the related links so far.

(note: the BBC radio broadcasts are available worldwide, but video broadcasts may be unavailable outside the United Kingdom.)

Television

Doctor Who featured on BBC's Breakfast this morning, with an item by entertainment correspondent Liza Mzimba on filming The Day of the Doctor, including interviews with Matt Smith, David Tennant, John Hurt and Jenna Coleman. The article is available to watch via the BBC iPlayer.

The local news programme South Today reported on the filming of The Sea Devils in Portsmouth, including behind-the-scenes footage. The programme is available via the BBC iPlayer (from 20:35) until tomorrow around 6:30pm.

Buckingham Palace played host to cast and crew from the series in order to celebrate the 50th Anniversary; this was covered by BBC News with photos from the event available via the BBC's Doctor Who website. It was briefly mentioned as part of a longer report on Doctor Who on the BBC's Six O'Clock news, which is available to watch via the BBC News website.

Programming today in the UK included the premiere of Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide on BBC3, and the continuing broadcast of The Night of the Doctor on the BBC Red Button; in the USA and Canada the premiere of Tales from the TARDIS was broadcast on BBC America and SPACE respectively. BBC America also showed Professor Brian Cox's The Science of Doctor Who which had been shown in the UK last Thursday, and have uploaded videos on YouTube including: Arthur Darvill, Karen Gillan, Alex Kingston wishing a happy 50th Anniversary, an interview with Matt Smith, David Tennant and Steven Moffat, and Sir Ian McKellen professing his love for Matt Smith.

You can also catch up with the latest field report from Strax, this time on Queen Elizabeth ...

Radio

BBC Radio 4's Today programme featured an interview with (birthday boy) Steven Moffat recorded back during filming of The Day of the Doctor, with him discussing what he wanted to achieve from the story, and looking back over the rich history of the series. It can be heard via the BBC iPlayer (from 2:20:15), and also as a clip from the BBC News site.

BBC Radio Solent are running a regular item on Doctor Who in the Solent area during the Alex Dyke show around 11:30am. This morning's show looked into filming of The Sea Devils in Portsmouth (tying into the television item above), and also Jon Pertwee's connection with the area. (BBC iPlayer - from 1:38:10).

BBC Radio Norfolk are also running a regular item about Doctor Who's association with Norfolk on Chris Goreham at Breakfast; this morning included an interview with Brian Hodgson. (full programme on BBC iPlayer)

BBC Radio 1's Gemma Cairney spoke to Claudia Grant and Jemma Powell about the 50th Anniversary drama An Adventure in Space and Time. (BBC iPlayer - from 01:39:43)

BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Naked Scientist looked into how technology has helped restore old Doctor Who episodes, with producer Paul Vanezis and restoration expert Peter Crocker discussing working on the recent recoveries including The Web of Fear. (BBC iPlayer - from 24:50)

BBC Scotland's Get It On With Bryan Burnett marked 50 years of Doctor Who with songs and artists referencing doctors, from Dr Hook to Dr Beat". (BBC iPlayer)

In Australia, ABC National Radio broadcasted an item looking at the role of female companions of Doctor Who; the item can be heard via ABC's website.

Misc Media Items

A selection of 50th Anniversary related items in the media.

• Take a tour of the TARDIS, courtesy of the BBC News site! Also available is an interview with designer of the latest TARDIS look, Michael Pickwoad, plus a recap of all of the Doctor's regenerations.
• The Mirror presents what they consider to be the top 10 funniest Doctor Who moments and the top ten most terrifying moments.
• More 50th Anniversary celebration from the Mirror, including comments from Russell T Davies.
• The Telegraph presents numbers 20-11 in former Mastermind winner Gavin Fuller's list of 50 best stories.
• Another Telegraph item, on the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker.
• CBBC's Newsround invites younger viewers to send in their Doctor Who tributes.
• The West Sussex County Times has a video of Horsham Museum's 2D Adventures in Time and Space exhibition.
• ABC Adelaide tie in the 50th Anniversary with local actor Edmund Pegge.
• BBC News present 50 years of memories.
• The Independent report on the top ten ways of defeating the Daleks.
• The Express features several cast and crew thoughts on Doctor Who.
• The Express also chats to Peter Davison and Tom Baker on the joys of time travel.
• The "TARDIS" is popping up all over Wales to promote the anniversary, with appearances in places like Holyhead, Llandudno, Wrexham and Aberystwyth, reported by papers such as the Daily Post.

The BBC have released a preview clip from An Adventure in Space and Time, featuring Brian Cox as Sydney Newman and Jessica Raine as Verity Lambert. Plus, both BBC America and ABC1 in Australia have released their own trailers for the drama.

Doctor Who has been honoured with a reception at Buckingham Palace to mark the series' fiftieth anniversary.

The reception was attended by past Doctors Tom Baker and Peter Davison as well as the current incumbent Matt Smith and The War Doctor John Hurt.

Held at the official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch, the reception was hosted by Sophie, Countess of Wessex, the daughter-in-law of the Queen.

Also attending were current showrunner Steven Moffat, today celebrating his 52nd birthday, and current companion Jenna Coleman. The event was held in the Bow Room of the Palace, which had been decked out with Daleks and a TARDIS in honour of the event.

Former companion Catherine Tate was also invited as well as senior members of BBC management including Director General Lord Hall and Director of Television Danny Cohen.

Also present were children from two Cardiff schools, Gladstone Primary and Mount Stuart Primary, who entered a local competition to design a Tardis for the Queen. One of the winners, Hafza Hassan, 10, had painted a gold-plated time machine with a Union flag door, while Emily Parnce, 11, had included a dog flap for the Queen's corgis and an illuminated crown on the roof.

The status of the last part of the Destiny of the Doctor series, The Time Machine, had been uncertain since the series publisher AudioGo entered administration last month; however, the series producers Big Finish have now announced that they will be releasing the final adventure on CD and download, completing the collection which kicked off in January with Hunters of Earth.


For more details, see the Big Finish website.

The extra content for the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Day of the Doctor was revealed today - including another mini-episode.

BBC Worldwide said the 50th-anniversary episode would be accompanied by the following:

• The Night of the Doctor mini-episode
• The Last Day - a second mini-episode
• Doctor Who Explained
• Behind The Lens
• The Day of the Doctor TV trailer
• 50 Years of Doctor Who trailer

The release will also contain English subtitles for the hard of hearing, audio description, and audio navigation. The main feature will have a 5.1 soundtrack.

It will be released for Region 2 (the UK, rest of Europe, and Ireland) on Monday 2nd December (pre-order DVD, Blu-ray), and for Region 1 (USA and Canada) on Tuesday 3rd December (pre-order DVD, Blu-ray/DVD combo - two discs). Please note that the Blu-ray release will play normally on both 3D and standard Blu-ray players but the 3D will only work on a Blu-ray 3D player. Release dates for other regions are unknown at the moment.