The books by by Tony Lee, Matthew Dow Smith, Al Davison, Blair Shedd, and others have been published since 2008. The 2009/10 series is sometimes marketed with the unofficial title of Doctor Who Ongoing and consists of 16 issues and one annual featuring the tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant.
Lee managed to craft a series of adventures that not only played in the same world as the "Doctor Who" television series but made notable additions to it, too. The "Doctor Who 2010 Annual" and Lee's heartbreaking farewell to The Tenth Doctor in issue #16 is not to be missed,
The British Film Institute has uploaded an 8 minute clip taken from the recent Q & A with Matt Smith, Katherine Jenkins and Stephen Moffat, which took place after the South Bank screening of the episode earlier this month.
The clip is on the BFI Live page and contains spoilers from the episode.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010 - Reported by Harry Ward
The latest and final issue of Torchwood Magazine has been released. The official Torchwood Magazine Facebook page posted earlier today: "The final issue of Torchwood Magazine is now on sale. Make sure you get your copy as this is going to be a collector's item!".
In the editorial notes of issue 24 the magazine posted:
"Finally, in less happy news, the next issue of Torchwood magazine will be the last for a while, Everything changes, and with the TV show on its way back as a BBC/Starz co-production, there's a whole new world of merchandising to be worked out, and plenty of new projects in the pipeline. Hopefully, by this time next year, interest in the series will be at an all-time high, and Torchwood magazine will rise again - whether with the same old team or in a whole new guise......"
Issue contents:
Interview: John Barrowman reveals his thoughts about being Captain Jack and returning in Torchwood: The New World.
We talk to Eve Myles about playing Torchwood's action mum, Gwen Cooper.
For our final issue, we take a look back at some of the most memorable things the stars said about Children of Earth.
Archivist Andrew Pixley charts the development and day-by-day production of the episode that saw Owen face up to life, death and Tintin.
In the last ever Beyond the Hub, Kate Lloyd takes a flying trip through the remaining worlds of weirdness we never quite got round to...
A brand new Toshiko Sato adventure by James Moran, with art by Adrian Salmon.
Owen Harper waves a ghostly tale in a new adventure by Trevor Baxendale, with art by Ben Willsher.
A time travel adventure in the midst of the Cardiff Blitz, by Gary Russell and John Ridgway.
Gwen is forced to go it alone in an epic adventure by Steve Tribe and James Goss, with art by Mike Dowling.
The first issue of the magazine was released on 24 January 2008 and was originally printed every four weeks until Issue 14 when they moved to being a bi-monthly production with a larger page count. [Wikipedia]
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:
Video may not be available outside the United Kingdom.
The soundtrack, which is due for release in February, will cover music from this year's Christmas Special, A Christmas Carol and will include a performance from Katherine Jenkins (Abigail Pettigrew), who will be singing Abigail’s Song
The music is composed by Murray Gold and performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Crouch End Festival Chorus. The album will be available both on CD and for download.
Monday, 20 December 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
BBC Magazines will be launching a new partwork magazine in April 2011, entitled Doctor Who: Monster Invasion.
The magazine was first published in April during Matt Smith's first series, but was only available in southwest England in a test run to see how it might be received. This original series of six issues introduced a new card game with some 90 cards to collect; there were also special 3D cards that enabled the collector to interact with the magazine's website, which also provided further information about the cards and magazine, and also games to play.
(This website is still active, and it is possible to sign up for a newsletter for more information on developments.)
It isn't clear as yet whether the April launch will be a completely fresh start or will build upon the card series previously released.
Comic artist Jamie Smart has recently announced that he is working on the project, via his blog:
(Jamie successfully submitted a test piece in 2009) Just before Christmas I was called up to the BBC, given a hard drive filled with top secret images from the (as yet unscreened) new series, and sent away to work on six more pieces. The magazine was released in a test area of the country, and then for the most part of this year I sat and waited.
Word came in a little while ago that it had gone well, they were to roll the magazine out across the UK, and would I consider carrying on? A long-term contract like this, to produce weekly work for over a year, is usually a dream to freelancers, but I did have concerns. There are already a handful of other projects I need to be working on next year, and I’ve been real worried that I’m trying to take too much on. But then the sense of reason kicks in, it’s Dr Sodding Who. What an opportunity.
"Partwork" magazines are those that are regularly published as part of a series, normally to build up a collection, and Doctor Who is no stranger to the format! Back in 2006, Battles in Time also revolved around a collectible card game, and was published until 2009. Last year then saw the launch of the Doctor Who Files, a DVD collector series which initially released the first four series of 21st Century Doctor Who, but has since continued with classic series stories (as well as completing the David Tennant Specials in the next couple of months).
From Monday there are just four days left of the WhoNewsiOS app charity appeal. WhoNews is a Doctor Who news application which offers news from over 30 websites. For a full list of features please click here.
Paul Gee, creator of the app is donating all profits from sales to charity between 23rd November and 23rd December. Below are updates from his blog.
9th December: From 9th - 23rd December all profits from WhoNews will be going to Cure Leukaemia, a charity that enables patients access to potentially life saving, ground breaking drugs and treatments. The charity supports the Haematology Centre at the University Hospital Birmingham, UK and also those hospitals working with the centre through joint research into the condition. This includes Birmingham Women’s Hospital, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Stoke on Trent, Dudley, Worcester, Stafford, Heartlands and Sandwell. Check out their website for more details.
16th December: I thought I’d also give you a little update on Andrew the young boy who inspired the appeal. Andrew turned 13 on Monday but had to spend the day in hospital topping up his platelet levels which were very low. On Tuesday he was rushed to hospital after his speech became slurred and the Doctors suspected this may have been caused by a small clot which resulted in a mini-stroke. On Wednesday his speech had improved and he under went an M.R.I scan and we hope to hear the results very soon..
Just by purchasing WhoNews from the App Store either via iTunes or on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you will make a donation of £1.45 in the UK or $2.80 in the US to Cure Leukaemia. Just click here to be taken to the app store.
Monday, 20 December 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Wednesday saw the latest Entertainment Memorabilia Sale take place at Bonhams; the auction included three items from the classic series of Doctor Who, the results of which are given below:
MTV Splash has named the IDW Doctor Who Comic Books as the Best Licensed Series in their review of the best of 2010.
The latest and final issue of Torchwood Magazine has been released. The official Torchwood Magazine Facebook page posted earlier today: "The final issue of Torchwood Magazine is now on sale. Make sure you get your copy as this is going to be a collector's item!". 
Silva Screen have announced that a new Doctor Who soundtrack will be released early next year.
BBC Magazines will be launching a new partwork magazine in April 2011, entitled Doctor Who: Monster Invasion.
The magazine was first published in April during Matt Smith's first series, but was only available in southwest England in a test run to see how it might be received. This original series of six issues introduced a new card game with some 90 cards to collect; there were also special 3D cards that enabled the collector to interact with the magazine's website, which also provided further information about the cards and magazine, and also games to play.
(Jamie successfully submitted a test piece in 2009) Just before Christmas I was called up to the BBC, given a hard drive filled with top secret images from the (as yet unscreened) new series, and sent away to work on six more pieces. The magazine was released in a test area of the country, and then for the most part of this year I sat and waited.
From Monday there are just four days left of the WhoNews iOS app charity appeal. WhoNews is a Doctor Who news application which offers news from over 30 websites. For a full list of features please click here. 
The British Film Institute has uploaded an 8 minute clip taken from the recent Q & A with Matt Smith, Katherine Jenkins and Stephen Moffat, which took place after the South Bank screening of the episode 
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