The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine reveals that the writer for episodes five and six of Series Six will be Matthew Graham. Steven Moffat describes the story, to be directed by Julian Simpson, as a "thrilling and terrifying two-parter. The Doctor will face a dilemma the like of which he’s never seen before."

Graham has himself confirmed this on Twitter:

The Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes creator previously wrote Fear Her for David Tennant's first series.

Doctor Who Executive Producer, Piers Wenger has been talking to Collider about the plans for the series as it enters its 48th year.

The series returns this Christmas with a special entitled A Christmas Carol. Wenger describes the story as riffing on the Dickens tale. "There’s no one called Scrooge in it and it’s not set on Earth, but there are familiar archetypes from that story within it that will please fans of Dickens’s original."

Wenger also talked about the first story of the 2011 series, parts of which will be filmed in Utah. He described the story as "Doctor Who’s love letter to the States. It’s all about taking the show out to the States and seeing what Doctor Who will feel like set in America and in some very iconographic parts of the American landscape."

The sixth edition of The Finished Product is now available.

This issue looks at the relationship between Big Finish and Doctor Who Magazine, speaking to many of the people who have been involved over the years, including Gary Russell, Alan Barnes, Conrad Westmaas and Tom Spilsbury.

There is a feature on the DWM exclusives which haven't been covered by The Inside Story book, starting with The Veiled Leopard, including the thoughts of Sophie Aldred, and Cuddlesome, including a plot breakdown of the Audio Visuals original which many readers won't have heard, and then The Mists of Time and Freakshow.

The Companion Chronicles specials continue with The Three Companions, before the issue is rounded off with interviews on how Spare Parts was developed into The Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel, with exclusive interviews with Marc Platt, Gary Russell and Tom Macrae.

Email thefinishedproduct@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development has confirmed that principal photography for the previously announced US filming will take place in Utah from November 17 to November 19. The state's Motion Picture Incentive Fund has authorized a filming rebate of up to $30,000 for location filming in the state. The exact location of filming has not been revealed, and fans are not being encouraged to attend filming; a BBC representative told a member of the Utah Film Commission in a private email that he "feels that it would be doing the production a disservice to have fans of the show watching it being filmed as certain story arcs and plot lines could be exposed prematurely and be spread over the internet."

The site of the new BBC Studios in Cardiff Bay has been named Porth Teigr, reflecting the traditional name of Tiger Bay the area held during its dockland heyday.

The project is being undertaken by developer Igloo; director Mark Hallett said:
The BBC is due to begin production on hospital drama Casualty (relocating from Bristol) at the new site in March next year, with filming from September; Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures are expected to move there during 2012.

A digital media centre for small businesses is also being proposed by the developers.

It was back to Cardiff today, with filming taking place in two locations during the course of the day.

The daytime hours were spent at the Coal Exchange near Cardiff Bay - a frequent interior location for the series, used most recently for the forthcoming 2010 Christmas Special!

The evening saw activity switch to Cardiff city centre, focussing around the streets just south of the New Theatre, Crockherbtown Lane and Park Place - another venue that has cropped up in past adventures. The following photos capture the transformation from Cardiff to the currently filming story's required setting!

The second issue of the fanzine Blue Box is now available.

In this issue

• 10 Films Every Doctor Who Fan Should Watch by Ian Wheeler
• Escaping Sunbeams (Fan Fiction) by Robin Bell
• Horror of Fang Rock Review by Richard Farrell
• Season Fnarg Reviews by William JP Turner, David MacGowan and Jez Strickley
• Paul Cornell Interview Part 2
• Art by Nathan Lindsell
• Prom Review by Tim Drury
• Rumours of Death by Jez Strickley

The Fanzine, which comes with a cover from Draculasaurus costs £1.50 in the UK and £2.50 for the rest of world. It can be ordered by PayPal from dalek82@hotmail.co.uk. Email for other options.

After a quiet start to the episode one/two recording block last week, the cast and crew were finally seen in public once more tonight, with filming taking place at an unfinished building on West Bute Street, at Cardiff Bay. The evening saw scenes taking place with guest stars Alex Kingston and Mark Sheppard.



Tonight's filming was preceeded by two additional filming shoots, once on St. Mary's Street in Cardiff centre at Le Monde, and the other at old filming haunt the Glamorgan Building at Cardiff University.

The US convention ValleyCon 36 have reported that the actor Mark Sheppard has had to pull out of their event this weekend due to new work commitments on Doctor Who. Their press release states:
As the release states his start last week, this suggests that he will feature in the series opening two-parter, which began shooting this week under the helm of director Toby Haynes.

Sheppard has appeared in a number of high profile science-fiction shows of late, including Supernatural as Crowley, Battlestar Galactica as Romo Lampkin, and Warehouse 13 as Benedict Valda.

The October 2010 issue of the fanzine Panic Moon is now available.

This issue covers Doctor Who from the 1960s through to the 2010 series and beyond. Subjects include: the 2011 series split; The Happiness Patrol, the Doctor Who Prom; a look at what was new and what familiar in series five; The Adventure Games, the design of TARDIS props; growing up with Doctor Who in Germany; Time and the Rani; Genesis of the Daleks; the origins and inspirations behind The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone; the influence of Terry Nation’s earliest sci-fi on his Doctor Who work; Fear Her; reviews of the latest fanzines; Revenge of the Cybermen; Silver Nemesis; DVDs and the pursuit of the fan; The Dominators; The Massacre; Big Finish reviews; behind the scenes on Remembrance of the Daleks; plus an old-fashioned fanzine letters page.

The issue is A6 format, 36 pages, black and white, and fully illustrated.

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