The BFI has removed the restrictions on booking for the special preview of the new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The screening, at the BFI IMAX, on 16th September at 6:30pm was originally restricted to adults accompanied by children. Tickets are now available to all.

Subject to work commitments, cast members Daniel Anthony (Clyde Langer), Tommy Knight (Luke Smith), Anjli Mohindra (Rani Chandra), Sinead Michael and Phil Ford (co-producer and lead writer) will be present for a Q&A following the screening.

Tickets can be booked online.

With thanks to John Bowman

This Monday sees Day of the Daleks released on DVD in the United Kingdom, and 2|Entertain have made a few clips available to illustrate some of the special features included on the the two-disc set:



A full list of the extras for Day of the Daleks DVD can be found in our previous news item, and a more technical discussion of the production of the DVD will appear on the Restoration Team website in the future.

Regular updates on the classic Doctor Who range can be found on Twitter via ClassicDW, and on the BBC's official Facebook page.

The Guardian is to release a new e-book entitled Who's Who? The Resurrection of The Doctor:


The book forms part of a range of titles from the publisher, Guardian Shorts, the first of which, Phone Hacking: How the Guardian broke the story, was published last month; other subjects include How to Write: Children's Books, The Rise and Rise of Facebook, and Rioting in our cities: A century of civil unrest.

Who's Who? The Resurrection of The Doctor will be released in the next few months for the Kindle and in the iBookstore.

Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures Brand Manager Edward Russell has been walking this week from the BBC's Upper Boat Studios in Wales to Television Centre in London, raising money for the Meadow House Hospice who looked after the actress Elisabeth Sladen.

Having battled the inclement weather over the last few days, he has now reached his last resting place before the final push to London tomorrow. You can follow his adventure along the way via the official Facebook group for the walk.


So far Ed has raised just under £14,000 for the Hospice, but hopes to achieve £15,000 upon his arrival. To donate, simply click on the link below.

The BBC are offering readers the chance answer questions alongside Matt Smith via their official Facebook page.

The new application in partnership with VYou will see the actor answer five questions over the next ten weeks, and is designed to enable fans to interact directly with the page in three different ways.

The principal function is the ability to record a personal video response to the question, which can then be shared with other fans who watch the video stream, appearing after Matt's original answer.

The initial question on the site is:

In future, fans themselves will be able to submit questions, and further interaction is providing in the form of a voting system in order to determine the favourite question - the ones with the most votes will then be answered by Matt himself.

The BBFC have now certified all the episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day, which also confirms the running time for the episodes:

The New World            15   51m 42s  contains strong gore and bloody injury detail
Rendition                15   52m  1s  contains strong gore and violence
Dead of Night            15   53m 44s  contains strong sex and violence
Escape to L.A.           15   54m 50s  contains infrequent strong violence and threat
The Categories of Life   12   51m 50s  contains moderate violence and a gory moment
The Middle Men           12   51m 55s  contains moderate horror, violence, threat and language
Immortal Sins            15   51m 51s  contains strong bloody violence
End of the Road          15   52m 50s  contains strong bloody violence and threat
The Gathering            12   53m 45s  contains moderate violence
The Blood Line           15   53m 46s  contains strong bloody violence and threat

The forthcoming boxed set will have an overall 15 certificate. Special features have yet to be classified.

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Torchwood: Miracle Day is due to be released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 14th November 2011.

Tonight sees the final episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day premiering in the United States, with The Blood Line being broadcast at 10:00pm ET on Starz; it will be repeated on the channel several times in the following week.

The broadcaster has released a preview to introduce the episode (for US residents only):



The episode airs in the United Kingdom next Thursday (15th September) at 9:00pm on BBC1/BBC1HD. The episode will also be repeated on BBC2/BBCHD the following Tuesday at 12:50am, and available to watch online in the UK via the BBC iPlayer until 23rd September.

Torchwood:The Gathering achieved an average audience of 3.5 million viewers on BBC One and BBC One HD, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The penultimate episode in the Torchwood series had 14.7% of the audience share and was the 10th most watched programme of the day, very similar to the previous week

The first half of the programme faced strong opposition from Coronation Street, which had 6.7 million watching. The second half faced the game show Red and Black which managed 3.9 million against Torchwood. Celebrity Big Brother, which out rated Torchwood for its launch show three weeks ago, was down to 3.0 million viewers for its live final.

Final ratings, which include those who record the programme and watch it within seven days,will be released next week.

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The broadcast of the episode on Starz on 2nd September achieved a total of 1.024m over its premiere and repeat showings (10pm/11pm); this was a slight drop over the previous week's End of the Road at 1.172m.

Hyde Fundraisers are inviting you to join them in a celebration of the life and work of Elisabeth Sladen as they host a special screening at Cineworld in Ashton-under-Lyne in aid of Sladen's charity The Lymphoedema Support Network and BBC Children In Need.

There will be a screening of the Dr Who episode School Reunion, which stars David Tennant along with selected episodes from The Sarah Jane Adventures.

This will include character photo opportunities - including a replica K-9 - a charity tombola with Dr Who prizes and merchandiser Galaxy 4.

The specially invited guest (Subject to work commitments) is Daniel Anthony alias Clyde from the The Sarah Jane Adventures.

The event takes place between 10.30am and 2pm with tickets available from the Cineworld website.

The event takes place with kind permission of BBC Television and Cineworld Cinemas.

For further details visit www.hydefundraisers.com

The BBC have released details for Week 39, which includes the synopsis of penultimate episode of the current series of Doctor Who, Closing Time; this is due to be broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD on Saturday 24th September. The episode is written by Gareth Roberts and directed by Steve Hughes.

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Schedules have been confirmed for the previous week, Saturday 17th September, when Doctor Who The God Complex, will be broadcast at 7.10pm.