A number of actors from Doctor Who will be attending Collectormania in Milton Keynes over this coming weekend (Saturday 28th to Monday 30th May 2011).

Former Doctors Peter Davison and Colin Baker will join Alex Kingston (River Song), Stuart Milligan (President Richard Nixon, Colonel Stark, Tannoy), Anthony Head (Mr. Finch, School Reunion, Baltazar, The Infinite Quest) John Leeson (K-9), John Challis (Scorby, The Seeds of Doom), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic, Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel), Dean Lennox Kelly (Shakespeare, The Shakespeare Code), Nigel Planer (Vorgenson, Doctor Who Live), Christopher Ryan (General Staal / Commander Stark), Miranda Raison (Tallulah, Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks), Darren Morfitt (Marco, The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone), Ralph Morse (Foster Guardian, The Keeper of Traken), Les Conrad (Various - uncredited), Stephen Calcutt (Various - uncredited), Dean Mitchell (Armed Soldier, Aliens of London - uncredited) and Jill Curzon (Louise, Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.).

You can find a full list of guests and show information on the Collectormania website.

After the controversy raised by Scottish media last weekend over the commercial sale of replicas of the Doctor's coat, Canada's premier news agency Postmedia investigated further from the perspective of the country where replica producer AbbyShot Clothiers are based.

BBC Worldwide spokesperson Emma Finlay clarified that AbbyShot approached them with the proposal:
The agency also confirmed that the adapted jacket worn by Matt Smith for the current series was not a Chinese replica as intimated in the earlier reports, but was actually tailored into a warmer version for the actor by a Saville Row shop - though using a substitute for true Harris Tweed. The replica being produced by AbbyShot is a wool-acrylic blend based on that design.

Last year, AbbyShot received a Canadian SME Innovator of the Year award from Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. The company specialises in making screen-accurate representations of popular iconic clothing seen on television and in movies.

Alex Kingston will be a guest on The Graham Norton Show this Friday (27th May) at 10:35pm on BBC One. Other guests on the show are Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Rob Lowe.

Following transmission, the show will available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

The official BBC YouTube channel has uploaded three preview clips from tonight's episode but none of them feature Alex Kingston.

Matt Smith appeared on the The One Show this evening, where he chatted about finding football more nerve-wracking than the BAFTAs, his stunt work in Doctor Who, and of course next week's The Almost People - as much as could be revealed at any rate - during which he also described the Doctor as the "cleverest and vainest man in the world, sadly". The item was accompanied by a previously unseen clip from Saturday's episode.

When asked if he's carrying on in the role, Matt answered he would be for the foreseeable future, and on next season: "I hope so! If not then I'm panicking!". A short Q&A session occured at the end, in which Matt said Day of the Moon was his favourite episode (so far!), the Silence were the scariest monster, and the Silence/Weeping Angels as his favourite (host Matt Baker also commented on how he'd been lambasted by fans for calling the character "Doctor Who" when soliciting for the questions Twitter earlier in the day!).

The programme is available to watch in the UK on the BBC iplayer for the next seven days.

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The third edition of Doctor Who Insider will be available in North America from June 2nd.

In an exclusive interview, Arthur Darvill reveals he wants to write his own episode of Doctor Who, that he was cast for his massive arms, and shares his experience of filming in America.


Also in this issue:

• WASHINGTON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Actors Mark Sheppard and Stuart Milligan talk exclusively to Doctor Who Insider, sharing their experience of playing FBI Agent, Canton Everett Delaware III and President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.
  
• HERE’S TO THE FUTURE
  We track the evolution of mankind in Doctor Who as humanity escapes the confines of planet Earth and reaches for the stars.
  
• GOING FOR GOLD
  Insider talks exclusively to Murray Gold who has composed the music for Doctor Who
  since its return to TV in 2005.
  
• I WAS… ANAT Anna Barry casts her mind back to 1972 when she played the leader of a band of freedom fighters opposite Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee in Day of the Daleks.
  
• NEXUS POINT
  We recall the moment that the Doctor met himself – twice! – for the first time in The 
  Three Doctors.
  
• DATA FILE
  To coincide with the release of Time and the Rani on DVD, Insider takes a look at the 
  Seventh Doctor’s battle with his fellow Time Lord, the Rani in his very first adventure.
  
• TIME SCOOP Caught in the Time Scoop this issue are the Silurians, those xenophobic reptiles who are 
  sleeping beneath the Earth, waiting to re‐conquer their world.
  
• MERCHANDISE
  Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including Time and the Rani and 
  Frontiers on DVD featuring interviews with Wanda Ventham who plays Faroon in Time 
  and the Rani and Lesley Dunlop who was Norna in Frontios; we take a look at The BBC 
  Radio Episodes collection of Doctor Who audio dramas; and author Una McCormack
  guides us through the writing of her mysterious new Doctor Who novel, The Way 
  Through the Wood
• FAN ZONE A selection of photographs of fans and their incredible creations taken at the 2011 Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles. 
  

PLUS! The latest official news and a giant, double‐sided poster of Rory Pond and Time 
and the Rani!

Issue 5 of the Doctor Who Fanzine Fish Fingers and Custard is now available.

The issue contains the following:

• Our Sarah Jane - Tributes from fans of Elisabeth Sladen
• The Brig: A Great Chap
• Why I Watch Who
• Poetry
• A Look At The Scarifyers, plus an interview with creator Simon Barnard
• Doctor Who Actor, Harry Sedgewick, offers some more of his wisdom in his latest column
• Review of the opening 2 episodes of Series 6!

Downloading details on the website.

Matt Smith will join Matt Baker (Aliens of London) and Alex Jones in the studio for tonight's One Show on BBC One at 7.00pm.

Following transmission the show will available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

The BBC Doctor Who website have revealed that a "previously unseen clip" from The Almost People will premiere on tonight's One Show and will be made available to watch immediately after on their website.

After a shorter preview shown by Access Hollywood last week, Starz have now released their first full scene-driven trailer for Torchwood: Miracle Day, which runs to some 1 minute 46 seconds:

BARB have now issued final ratings for the week ending 15th May making Doctor Who: The Doctor's Wife the 14th most watched programme of the week.

The show was once again the highest non-soap drama of the week. It was knocked a couple of places down the chart by the new series of The Apprentice and by the Eurovision Song Contest.

The chart does not include iPlayer figures where over 1 million have already accessed this episode.

The Rebel Flesh had an Appreciation Index, or AI score of 85.

The score is once more in the excellent category with the highest rating of Saturday going to Casualty with 88.

Two programmes got more than six million watching on Sunday, pushing Doctor Who into 21st place for the week on the overnight figures. This will certainly rise when final figures are released next week.

The BBC Three Sunday night repeat had 0.5 million viewers, a 2.1% share of the audience.