Brian Cant, who played Kert Gantry in The Daleks' Masterplan and Tensa in The Dominators, has been voted the best-loved voice from children's TV, says a report on BBC News Entertainment.

The poll of more than 1,200 people for the magazine published forUnderground Ernie, which is a CBeebies cartoon series, also sawBernard Cribbins, who was Tom Campbell in the film Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 AD, in the top five.

In addition, the top 20 included Peter Sallis, who played Penley in The Ice Warriors, and Richard Briers, who was the Chief Caretaker in Paradise Towers.

Sallis voices Wallace in the Wallace and Gromit animations, which are co-written by classic series writer Bob Baker.

Cant, 73, came top for his narration of Camberwick Green andTrumpton. He was also a presenter on Play School.

Cribbins was nominated for narrating The Wombles, and Briers forRoobarb and Custard.

Carole E Barrowman, the older sister of John, has written a piece for theMilwaukee Journal Sentinel about the perils of going shopping with the star sibling in Cardiff - even late at night.

Headlined "Shopping With Captain Jack", it has been done for the Voices ongoing series of essays. Carole E Barrowman is a professor of English at Alverno College.

(Thanks to Laurence E Dickerson.)

The centre spread of today's edition of The Sun features Paul Kasey.

The 33-year-old, who has played a variety of monsters in the revamped series, tells what it's like to act behind the heavy make-up and prosthetics.

A sidebar by Sun TV editor Sara Nathan focuses on Freema Agyeman.

NB: Both articles contain plot details.

The BBC News Entertainment website follows up yesterday's companion gallery, marking Martha Jones's forthcoming first adventure, with an interview with Freema Agyeman today, saying the Doctor Who star is "set to go stellar".

Freema Agyeman talks about her encounter with the Daleks in an interview on Digital Spy.

"I was so excited when I knew it was going to be a Dalek day," she says.

"They came rolling on, and it was incredible. It was like holding a sonic screwdriver for the first time... or walking into the Tardis, all those moments, it's like goosebumps, heart racing. You think 'I'm actually part of this and I can't believe it'. The Daleks were a big moment."

The interview is in two parts, with the second one going online on Sunday.

Metro, "Britain's first urban national newspaper," is currently featuring an interview with Russell T. Davies in its "60 Seconds" column, in which the Doctor Who Executive Producer gives a few insights into Season Three and his thoughts on fandom and on being a fan himself.

Davies responds to questions such as "What does the 'T' stand for?", "What's your favourite piece of Doctor Who merchandise?", and "Which are better, Cybermen or Daleks?"

Davies' answer: "Daleks any day; that’s why I wrote an episode where the Daleks thrash the Cybermen. The fact they still work now is astonishing. We were tempted to redesign them and drew up all sorts of different Daleks – circular Daleks, flying Daleks, real Star Wars-type Daleks – but they just weren’t Daleks. There’s a reason they’ve lasted 40 years. I’d like to read a university-level essay on why the design of the Daleks has worked so well."

Metro was launched in March 1999 as a free, colour newspaper for morning commuters. At first only available in London, now commuters in 13 of Britain's major cities can pick up a free copy of Metro as they travel to work in the morning. Every weekday morning some 1.12 million copies are distributed across the UK making Metro the world's largest free newspaper and the fourth biggest newspaper in the UK.

In an interview in The Sun today, Freema Agyeman comes clean on a very important subject: "I'm a big sci-fi fan - I even went to a couple of Star Trek fan conventions. The Next Generation was my favourite show and I loved Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard."

Agyeman says that she grew up with Doctor Who when Sylvester McCoy was in the title role, but even then she was more of a Trekkie. However, she comments "Now I can't wait to go to a Doctor Who convention as a member of the cast."

This is partly to do with the reception that she's gotten from Doctor Who fans: "The fans have been really, really encouraging. I've had some great letters saying that they'll miss Rose but they're looking forward to meeting Martha. It warms my heart to know that the fans are backing me."

Catch Agyeman's debut as Martha Jones this Saturday, 31 March, at 7 pm in "Smith and Jones", the first episode of Series Three.

Colin Baker and Louise Jameson will be on stage together at the Theatre Royal Brighton during its summer season.

They are to appear in the touring production of the Alan Ayckbourn comedy Bedroom Farce from July 2-7.

The week before that show, Frazer Hines will be appearing at the theatre in the touring production of Agatha Christie's The Unexpected Guest, which runs from June 25-30. This also features Eugene Washington (who appeared in School Reunion).

The shows form part of a special line-up to mark the historical venue's 200th year, which kicks off with a world premiere of Indian legend Mahabharata on May 22 - a fusion of dance, puppetry and music from the award-winning Nitin Sawhney.

The season also includes musicals such as Blonde Bombshells of 1943 and Dancing Queen, and operas Aida andTosca, alongside family classics such as The Railway Children.

The anniversary celebrations will culminate in a "This Is Her Life" gala performance on November 4, centred around a journey through the theatre's 200 years.

To book tickets call 08700 606650.

To mark the landmark 200th birthday, The Argus and BBC Southern Counties Radio are collecting 200 Stories For 200 Years. E-mail your memories of the theatre to theatreroyal@theargus.co.uk.

(Thanks to David Guest and Mark Bailey for additional information.)