Christopher Eccleston has won the International Emmy for Best Actor.

The Ninth Doctor, won the award for his role in Jimmy McGovern's Accused for BBC One, which also won best drama series. In the drama, shown last year, Eccleston played a plumber who found £20,000 in the back of a cab but was arrested after it turned out the money was forged.

The awards, which celebrate TV production outside the United States, were presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in New York on Monday evening.

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Eccleston is currently working on a new BBC One drama The Fuse.

Filming is currently taking place in Liverpool and Manchester for the four-part thriller which tells the story of a fictional council official (Eccleston) who realises he may have committed a murder during a drunken night out. An act of redemption eventually leads to him becoming a straight-talking mayoral candidate.

The Fuse is written by Bill Gallagher, who previously worked on Lark Rise To Candleford, and is made by Red Production Company (Single Father, Exile).

The new edition of the Radio Times (26 Nov - 2 Dec) features former editor Alison Graham's Festive Treats, a sneak peek of twelve programmes we can look forward to on television at Christmas; unsurprisingly Doctor Who is one of her shows to watch over the festive period!

Meanwhile, the next edition (3-10 Dec) promises to 'cover' what's in store for the Doctor in The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe - full details will be revealed on Saturday when the issue is published!

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A roundup of some of the fan productions that have recently been released.

The TARDIS has landed at Westfield Stratford City bringing the Doctor and his companions to the shopping complex to launch the Series 6 Box Set released in the UK today.

Matt Smith, Karen Gillian and Arthur Darvill will all be attending the event held at the brand new mega complex adjoining the 2012 Olympic site in east London.

The three stars will be signing copies of the box-set at HMV before attending a question and answer session in the Gallery Area. Fans around the world can view the experience via the BBC Worldwide YouTube channel from 1600GMT (4PM UK, 11am ET) today. The three stars will be answering questions in a panel hosted by DJ Jo Whiley.

They'll also be updates from the event on the BBC Facebook page and Doctor Who is also taking over the BBC Worldwide Twitter channel. Fans are encouraged to tweet with the hashtag #doctorwho all day.

Doctor Who was one of only two programmes to be accessed over 1 million times on the BBC iPlayer during October.

The series conclusion The Wedding of River Song, was requested 1.30 million times during the period it was available. It was beaten to first place for the month by the new natural history series, Frozen Planet which had 1.48 million requests.

Episode 1 of Young Apprentice was third with 0.91 million.

BBC Worldwide have responded to criticism of some of the charges associated with the official Doctor Who Convention being held next march in Cardiff.

The event costs £99 per day and originally attendees were also asked to book a separate £25 ticket for a picture or autograph with either Matt Smith or Steven Moffat.

After consultation with Moffat the convention has now agreed that the guaranteed autograph signing and photography opportunities with him will now be offered on a complimentary basis. Anyone who has already purchased a ticket for a session with Moffat via the website will be immediately refunded.

Instead the event will be holding a competition in the next few weeks offering Doctor Who Convention attendees the chance to be selected for a photograph or autograph with Steven Moffat.

The charges for a photograph or autograph with Matt Smith will remain. BBC Worldwide justify this by saying the photographs will be taken by a professional photographer and will be studio quality prints. They confirm that conference attendees will have other opportunities to see Matt Smith in person but the ticket will guarantee the opportunity to have a photograph or autograph with him.

BBC Worldwide have also answered criticism that the event is not child friendly. They say:

Last night the Doctor put up his clothes for auction to raise money for Children in Need; the costume is available to bid on here, and at the time of writing has currently reached £22,100!

Other related items in the auction include signed Pudsey Bears by Matt Smith (currently £1,600) and John Barrowman (£240.50), plus signed artwork by the Sarah Jane Adventures cast with Tommy, Shansheeth and The Empty Planet by Anjli Mohindra, Anjli and Odd Bob by Tommy Knight, and The Groske by Daniel Anthony.



You can watch the Doctor's appeal (and the trailer for The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe) below:

The title of this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special has been revealed tonight on Children in Need to be:



Not surprisingly, the broadcast date of the episode has also been confirmed to be Christmas Day.

Big Finish are to offer the first series of the popular spin-off Jago and Litefoot for a special discount this weekend: