Radio Times Poster Offer

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

This week's Radio Times features a large double-sided panoramic poster offer. One side features the Doctor, Martha and Jack inside the Tardis, and the other side has a rogues' gallery of recent enemies, including the Angels, Dalek Sec and its mutant hybrid, Scarecrows and the Judoon. The poster measures 124 x 45cm, and is available with two tokens and a fee for postage. The first token is in this weeks issue, the second in next weeks.

Also in Radio Times this week, an interview with Torchwood star John Barrowman on returning to Doctor Who. Click on the spoiler tag to read an extract.

"It's not the Captain Jack from Torchwood. He's not angsty, he's not moody; he's determined, but in a different way. Captain Jack from Doctor Who is a little more light-hearted, because he’s back where he wants to be. Although he loves the Torchwood team, one of his main objectives over the past couple of years has been to find the Doctor, to figure out why Jack is the way he is. Now he's there, he can let the Doctor take the responsibility for everything and he can sit in the background a bit."

FILTER: - Merchandise - Magazines - Radio Times

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 31

Wednesday, 6 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

You can meet the Family in the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures. The fearsome foursome are on the cover alongside the Doctor... or is it John Smith?

Inside there are previews of the next two episodes, Blink and Utopia, including many new pictures.

There is an interview with the boy who won a Blue Peter competition to land a part in Doctor Who. Nine-year-old John Bell tells the magazine what it was like to appear in Utopia:

Also in the issue:

Data File - on Lazarus.

Comic strip – things get nasty for the Doctor and Martha in part two of The Green, the Bad and the Ugly.

Adventure guide – take a trip to the future with the guide to Gridlock, and go behind the scenes on the making of the story with Doctor Who Confidential.

Free gifts. Include four sticker sheets – one huge sheet, some holographic ones, a glow-in-the-dark set and even some special puffy ones.

Doctor Who Adventures issue 31 is out across the United Kingdom on Thursday 7 June.

FILTER: - Magazines - DWA

Storybook 2008 Update

Thursday, 31 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Doctor Who Magazine has announced some of the more details for the Doctor Who Storybook 2008. Authors for this 80-page hardback summer release include Gareth Roberts (The Body Bank), Tom MacRae (Cats and Dogs),Robert Shearman (The Box Under the Tree), Justin Richards (Kiss of Life), Nicholas Briggs (The Iron Circle),Nicholas Pegg (Deep Water), and Paul Magrs (Zombie Motel). The comic strip for the book is Sunscreen, written byJonathan Morris and with art by Martin Geraghty. Other artists for the book include Brian Williamson, Andy Walker, Adrian Salmon,Ben Willsher, and with Alister Pearson doing the cover.

FILTER: - Magazines

New Radio Times

Tuesday, 29 May 2007 - Reported by Anthony Weight

The latest issue of the BBC's Radio Times listings magazine is released across the UK today, and in addition to all of its regular Doctor Who coverage it contains special praise for this Saturday's forthcoming episode, "The Family of Blood", selected as the magazine's 'Drama of the Week'.

"Those who dismiss Who as lightweight fluff should give tonight's story a try," writes reviewer Mark Braxton on the magazine's 'Today's Choices' page for Saturday. "The conclusion to a 1913-set two-parter, it's rich, complex, resonant and BAFTA-worthy on its own merits... it also contains the best description of the Doctor we've ever heard on the show. Take a bow, Mr Cornell."

In addition, a moment from the episode is selected as the magazine's 'Moment of the Week', described, again by Braxton, as "an awful shadow of things to come... It's a tiny moment, but one that's eloquence itself."

The magazine's regular preview feature this week focuses on an interview with guest star Jessica Hynes, who explains how she deals with questions from her son and his friends about her relationship with Doctor Who. "I have to explain that I'm already married and it's only a pretend snog," she tells interviewer Danny Scott. Hynes also maintains that the offer to appear in Doctor Who is "the phone call you always dream of getting."

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Magazines - Radio Times

Doctor Who Magazine 383

Friday, 25 May 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine will exclusively reveal the names of all eight writers for Doctor Who series four, as those penning the Doctor's adventures in 2008 are revealed by the production team at BBC Wales.

Also this issue; find out why the Doctor is to undergo his biggest challenge yet in the next Doctor Who story to hit your screens (see spoiler box). DWM goes behind the scenes on the thrilling new episodes Human Nature and The Family of Blood, also catching up with guest star Jessica Hynes, writer Paul Cornell, and showrunner Russell T Davies about this very different - and even more terrifying than usual! - Doctor Who adventure...

Plus: DWM spends an age with Professor Lazarus himself, alias actor Mark Gatiss; writer Steven Moffat explains why you should be keeping your eyes wide open for his spine-chilling new episode Blink; director James Strong recounts the second part of his blow-by-blow account of bringing the deadlyDaleks to Manhattan; and make sure you pack your sunscreen for a trip to the SS Pentallian and 42 fantastic facts about 42!

Meanwhile, the magazine unwraps the secret plans for the end of the current series, with previews of the final four fantastic episodes - Blink, Utopia,The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords; Part 3 of the new comic strip adventure The Woman Who Sold the World; while Russell T Davies is flying the flag (for Who) in another unmissable Production Notes.

DWM 383 is on sale from Thursday 31 May

Also this issue; find out why the Doctor is to undergo his biggest challenge yet in the next Doctor Who story to hit your screens...

"Playing the same character every week in a long-running series is great, and very inspiring and exciting," David Tennant tells DWM, "but it's such an unexpected bonus to be asked to portray a whole new character, halfway through the shoot, which by definition must be unlike the character you're playing every other day."

So who, exactly, is this John Smith character?

"He looks like the Doctor and doesn't sound much like him, but he must be a different man," says David cryptically. "Well, he must be a man, rather than a Time Lord..."

FILTER: - Magazines - DWM

Radio Times Preview

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

The new issue of Radio Times, out today, includes behind the scenes pictures and interviews about Saturday's episode, Human Nature. Our thanks to Radio Times for the following extract, which contains spoilers.

The new issue of Radio Times, out today, includes behind the scenes pictures and interviews about the forthcoming scarecrows episode. The story is based on Paul Cornell's 1995 Who novel Human Nature, now rewritten by him for television. Cornell explains: "The Doctor is forced to hide by becoming human, and it's the story of what happens when aliens arrive to destroy everything and the Doctor isn't there. That's why it's scary.

The Scarecrows are "hessian sacks of malevolence and straw", reckons Cornell, "[and] will scare little eight-year-olds absolutely witless! There's a scene where a whole army of them shows up, and [director] Charles Palmer fills the screen with them! And there's another where a Scarecrow grabs a child holding a balloon. And if that doesn't get them hiding behind the sofa..." Read the full story in Radio Times.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Magazines - Radio Times

Doctor Who Adventures 30

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

The new issue of Doctor Who Adventures, out Thursday 24 May, takes the reader on a trip to 1913 for a special preview of the next two episodes,Human Nature and Family of Blood. It covers the scarecrows from the forthcoming story, as well as the Cult of Skaro. There is part one of a new comic strip "The Green, the Bad and the Ugly" and an interview with Totally Doctor Who's Kirsten O'Brien.

The magazine comes with posters of scarecrows, the Doctor and Martha, Daleks and Carrionites.

FILTER: - Magazines - DWA

Murray Gold Interview

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by Marcus

The June issue of Sound On Sound magazine features a six-page interview with Murray Gold, the composer of all the music for Doctor Who since its return in 2005.

The magazine is dedicated to the technological side of recording and recording techniques. Topics covered include how Gold got his break, recording the soundtrack album with Neil Hannon, and some pictures from the recording of the score for The Lazarus Experiment at AIR studios in North London.

There's also a large box on how the original Delia Derbyshire theme was created, with input from Murray Gold on how he created the revised version of the theme based on the original.

Sound On Sound is available across the United Kingdom.

FILTER: - Murray Gold - Magazines

Guest star Michelle Collins in Radio Times

Tuesday, 15 May 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

As part of the pre-publicity for this Saturday's episode, the new issue ofRadio Times, out today, features exclusive pictures and an interview with Michelle Collins who is guest starring as cargo spaceship captain McDonnell. Our thanks to the Radio Times for the following excerpt:

"We were running around in vests and combats, covered in baby oil and sprayed with water. It was very uncomfortable, because baby oil makes you feel really yucky, and I had to have it on my hair and hands, and my hands had to be filthy."

Not a typical role for the ex-EastEnder then - light years from Walford, in fact, as Collins's ship is heading for a distant sun. So the atmosphere is necessarily hot, hence the spray to give the actors that dripping-with-sweat look. "You got used to it," says Collins. "It was quite liberating not wearing even a bit of mascara, because if I had done it would have been all over my face in two minutes. I was a bit worried about that no-make-up look to start with, then I just thought, 'Oh, go for it!'"

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Magazines - Radio Times

Doctor Who Adventures 29

Thursday, 10 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The press release for issue 29 of Doctor Who Adventures - out today - has been released by BBC Magazines.

The cover illustration is below (click for a larger version).

Full details are given in the textbox beneath it.

You might have to wait two weeks for the next episode of Doctor Who, but don't worry – the next issue ofDoctor Who Adventures is out on Thursday to help fill the gap!

But be careful - inside this exciting edition you'll find danger and monsters on every page…

Feel the heat with our preview of 42 (ooh, ouch, hot) and hide from the scarecrows as we look at Human Nature (scary!).

Also this issue:

*Monsters - find out facts about big face himself, the Face of Boe. Poor old Boe. And learn about Dalek Sec's new look in our pull-out monster guide.
*Comic strip - more comic danger for the Doctor and Martha in part two of The Skrawn Inheritance.
*Adventure guide - read our fact-packed feature on the first episode of the third series, Smith and Jones.
*Win - grab loads of cool stuff!
*Fun stuff - help the Doctor and Martha escape Florence and the Judoon.
*Who knows? - your Doctor Who questions answered. Do YOU know what happened to Margaret Slitheen or why Cyber Yvonne Hartman attacked the Cybermen? Find out here!
*Posters - this issue we've got posters of Daleks, the Lazarus monster, Judoon and the Doctor and Martha from The Infinite Quest.

PLUS all your usual favourites!

The issue comes with a choice of two different inflatable monsters – Dalek Sec and Ood or Sycorax and Cyber Controller. Who will you choose? There's also the second part of our huge Tardis poster for your wall.

Doctor Who Adventures issue 29 is out on Thursday 10 May. You can't miss it - there's a yucky Lazarus monster o

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