New lifesize cardboard figures are being released into the 11th Doctor collection. Tying into Victory of the Daleks we see an original, "Ironside" version of the Doctor's greatest foe, accompanied by the new Red "Drone" and White "Supreme" versions. The Daleks are joined by a "regenerating" Weeping Angel from The Time of Angels

The new figures join the existing range of 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, and TARDIS cutouts, and are expected to be released from 11th June.

A new book exploring Legends of Kids TV has been published to raise money for the NSPCC Child's Voice Appeal.

The book is filled with interviews with the stars of UK Children's Television and includes such Doctor Who luminaries as Sir Derek Jacobi, Peter Purves and the legendary Bernard Cribbins, as well as other Doctor Who contributors such as Richard Briers, who also talks about his role in Torchwood, and special effects supremo Mat Irvine.

The book can be purchased online via the website.

Sticker collectibles producer Topps will be releasing a new edition of their Doctor Who Stickers and Album collection, "following the Eleventh Doctor and his brand new assistant on their amazing journey through time and space".

Ruth Leonard, Entertainment Marketing Director, Topps Europe, said:

As well as the new Doctor, the new collection will also feature the 2009 specials, and also the most popular characters in the series, aliens, Cybermen, and of course the Daleks. There will be some 260 stickers in total to collect, with the 48 page album also featuring an A2 wall chart.

The collection is expected to launch during the first week of May.

The new Matt Smith action figure has been released, and ITN have reported on how the figure was made. The character comes in two versions, one showing the Doctor's crash outfit as he appeared in the majority of The Eleventh Doctor and one showing the Doctor in his new outfit.



Reviews on The Eleventh Doctor continue to be published and you can find a full list in Doctor Who in the Media.

Neil Gaiman has blogged about watching the episode and his daughter's reaction to the story. In his blog he reveals that the story he has written for Matt Smith's second series was originally planed for inclusion towards the end of the current series. He is now rewriting it to fit in its new slot.

Over a dozen never before published colour photos from the filming of the 1967 Doctor Who story The Abominable Snowmen have been discovered, and will be featured in the forthcoming limited edition version of Deborah Watling's autobiography Daddy's Girl from Fantom Publishing.

Says co-writer Paul Ballard:
Also contained in the limited edition hard back will be a treatment for a series entitled House of Watling. This comedy was due to be launched by ITV in the early eighties and would have seen the whole family playing themselves in a variety of real life situations. This is the first time the full premise will be made available to the public.

The book will be launched at the Utopia event at Heythrop Park on the weekend on 15-16 May. You can pre-order the book at the Fantom Films website.

According to the Sun, BBC Worldwide has inked a reportedly £10 million contract with Nintendo to develop a Doctor Who game for the Wii and DS consoles.

The game, still in the early stages, is said to feature Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor as well as key adversaries such as the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Silurians.

A BBC insider reportedly told the Sun, "This has been in the pipeline for years. We're delighted to have finally nailed down a deal. We went with Nintendo as they have huge appeal for families and Doctor Who is very much a family brand. The Wii console is key for us as it's something families play together."

The Sun quotes David Tennant as saying that the element that kept this from getting off the ground before now was how developers treated the character of the Doctor. "The video game was quite actively developed, but it's difficult to nail as the Doctor doesn't blow things up. He's not Batman, who goes around smacking people in the head."

The insider added: "BBC Worldwide, which licenses BBC shows, has been trying to find some way of doing it. But you can't have Doctor Who blowing things to bits with a laser gun. That would massively change the nature of the show."

According to the Sun, the plan is to have the game in shops in time for the 2010 Christmas season.

Read the full article here.

According to an interview that appeared in today's Rutherglen Reformer, Andrew Smith, author of the 1980 Doctor Who serial Full Circle, has been commissioned for a new script by Big Finish.

Smith wrote Full Circle at the age of 18. The story involved the Fourth Doctor, Romana and K9 entering the universe of E-Space. The story is notorious for introducing the character of Adric.

The new script, entitled Invasion of E-Space, has been written for the Companions Chronicles line with Lalla Ward as Romana telling the story, which features the Fourth Doctor and Adric.

Big Finish Producer David Richardson said: “I met Andrew at a convention in Glasgow last year. I was a fan of Full Circle, which was such a clever and inventive script, so I was delighted when he said he might be interesting in writing for Big Finish. It was an instant yes from me - and over the subsequent weeks we set about formulating ideas for a Companion Chronicle featuring the Fourth Doctor, Romana and Adric.”

Andrew told the Reformer: “I wanted the dialogue to sound naturalistic, as if it’s being spoken, not read off the page. You want it to sound like a normal conversation, not an unrealistic description of green and verdant hills, or whatever. I've done the first draft, and this is with (script editor) Jac Rayner now, while David at Big Finish is reading it. They will come back with notes and I'll do the next draft in the next two or three weeks."

To read the full interview, visit the Rutherglen Reformer website.

The MFX Warehouse have announced that they have ceased their lines of replica Doctor Who props.

The Warehouse produces replicas designed by its award-winning parent company Millennium FX. With that company having worked on Doctor Who and its spin-offs since production resumed in 2004, the last five years have seen the Warehouse produce fully licensed authentic hand-made replicas of a number of their designs, including items such as Cyberman and Ood heads, Clockwork Man masks, and the sonic screwdriver.

However, the announcement has stated that this line has now ended, and that their remaining stock of sonic screwdrivers - on sale at a reduced price - will no longer be available to purchase from April.

IDW Publishing have announced a new Doctor Who Annual to be released in the United States in 2010. Revealed at the Gallifrey One convention at the weekend, editor Denton Tipton explained:
The annual will be written/drawn by three established writers for IDW's Doctor Who range - Tony Lee, Al Davison and Matthew Dow Smith - plus Hollywood screenwriter Jonathan L Davis who has written the main story.

The annual also features a short story by Matthew Smith and Tony Lee that leads into IDW's final arc of their ongoing Tenth Doctor range of comics (issues 13-16, entitled Final Sacrifice). The comic series itself continues from March with issue 9 starting the Don't Step on the Grass story by Tony Lee; the new story will also feature the Doctor's companion Martha Jones.

You can read more about IDW's Doctor Who range in a report by Comic Book Resources from the convention.

The Tonner Doll Company has recently unveiled a set of Doctor Who figures to be released this year. Displayed at the New York Toy Fair, award-winning sculptor Robert Tonner has modelled the 10th Doctor, Martha Jones, Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper.

The highly detailed 17" dolls include accessories: for example the 10th Doctor comes with a two piece suit, shirt, tie, socks and shoes, and also includes a sonic screwdriver model; a coat can be purchased separately to complete the appearance.

The limited edition figures are expected to retail between $170-$200 mark, depending on the character. See the Doctor Who and Torchwood catalogues for more details. You can also see various views of the figures from the Toy Fair Gallery.