Big Finish has announced a special CD bringing a host of former Doctor Who companions together:
As might be inferred from the description, the story will star Peter Davison as the Doctor, with guest stars William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Jean Marsh (Sara Kingdom), Anneke Wills (Polly).

The story is written by Eddie Robson, and will also feature the vocal talents of Nick Briggs as the Daleks, and Dan Starkey as the Sontarans.

Recording kicked off on 12th May, with the CD expected to be released in December as a free special exclusively for subscribers to the main Doctor Who range at that time, with the option for future annual subscribers to select it as their free extra.

Full details and subscription options may be found on the Big Finish website; the company have also launched a new fan page on Facebook.

Friday 13th saw a new addition join the menagerie of monsters on show at the Doctor Who Experience currently running at London's Olympia Two.

The Silence are now on show in the walk-through part of the exhibition following their appearance in the opening two episodes of the current series. Fans will be able to encounter these monsters for the first time, although whether anyone will remember their encounter is a moot point, as their powers of telepathy and eerie ability to erase themselves from your memory make them one of the Doctor’s most frightening foes.

To mark their entry into the exhibition The Silence have been making surprise appearances across London.

In the exhibition you can step through the crack in time and become the Doctor’s companion in the walk through experience that recreates the TV series.

Karen Gillan will be a guest at this year's London Film and Comic Con, her first convention appearance.

She will be taking part in photo opportunity with the TARDIS and a 45 minute talk as well as signing throughout the day on Saturday, 9th July 2011.

Tickets go on sale now and are only available on a first come first served basis.

Other guests from Doctor Who appearing over the two day event include Mark Sheppard (Canton Everett Delaware III, The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates), Mary Tamm (Romana I), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).

The BBC have released details for Week 22, which includes the synopsis for the sixth episode of the series, The Almost People; this is due to be broadcast on BBC1/BBC1HD on Saturday 28th May, with the time of broadcast yet to be confirmed. This is the second part of a story by Matthew Graham.

Starz have released details on the individual episode titles that make up Torchwood: Miracle Day. The episodes are as listed in the programme guide, but may be subject to change nearer broadcast.


The series premieres on Starz in the United States at 10:00pm ET/PT, 8th July 2011; however, its launch on BBC1/BBC1HD has yet to be confirmed in the United Kingdom.

As part of the promotion for this weekend's Doctor Who adventure, The Doctor's Wife, the BBC have released a number of interview segments involving writer Neil Gaiman, who discusses writing for the series, visiting the Doctor backstage, and also provides an introduction to his episode.

Note: the videos contain plot elements of the story which could be considered spoilers.


Entertainment website Digital Spy have also released interviews with both Neil Gaiman and this week's guest star, Suranne Jones:

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The Doctor's Wife will premiere on BBC1/BBC1HD at 6:30pm, 14th May in the United Kingdom; it then follows on SPACE in Canada at 8:00pm ET, BBC America in the United States at 9:00pm ET, and on ABC1 in Australia at 7:30pm on the 21st May.

With less than two months until Torchwood: Miracle Day premieres on Starz on the 8th July, the channel continues its promotion of the show by releasing some promotional photos of the cast, alongside the brief bios for the characters originally unveiled from the press launc
h in January.

Teaser trailers have been playing on the channel for a number of weeks, though a full cast/clips style version has yet to air (both the BBC and Starz have shown a couple of clips in general promotional showreels).

Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) Jack looks like a hero. He's handsome, witty and subversive with a killer smile. But there's a reason for that glint in his eye. His dashing style hides a secret. Truth is Jack Harkness is immortal, the only one of his kind. He once ran the Torchwood Institute, a British organization dedicated to fighting the strange and bizarre. But Torchwood closed down, and Jack disappeared to start yet another of his many new lives. When a new, epic danger affects the whole planet, Jack finds himself back at the center of events, fighting not just for his own life, but for everyone on Earth.	Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) Gwen once lived the ultimate double life ... the funny, salty, earthy woman who loves home and family, combined with the tough, ruthless warrior, who loves the thrill of the fight. She was the heart and soul of an organization called Torchwood. She was a defender of the human race. But now she lives in seclusion, with her devoted husband Rhys and baby Anwen, knowing that one day trouble will come calling again. When events surrounding "Miracle Day" push Gwen to the limit, she'll need to call on resources she never knew she had and make the most terrible decisions, on behalf of all mankind.
Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer) Rex Matheson is a CIA agent at the top of his game. Ruthless, brilliant and destined for fast-track promotion, nothing's going to stop this man from getting whatever he wants in life. But when the world convulses under Miracle Day, Rex discovers that everything he thought was true and safe and fair is now in danger. And when the CIA itself turns against him, Rex finds himself on the run. The only people he can trust are some strangers from a long-lost British institute called Torchwood. Rex finds himself traveling across continents as the scale and ambition of the threat is revealed - but in trying to save the world, will he put his own life at risk once too often?	Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) Well-educated and a former school teacher, Oswald's a convicted child killer, both guilty and unrepentant. But when Oswald survives his own execution, he's given a whole new life. The most infamous man in the world, he becomes the most provocative figure in modern media. He's a flare, reviled yet mesmerizing, whose very existence embodies how the world changed on "Miracle Day".
Jilly Kitzinger (Lauren Ambrose) As a PR woman, Jilly sees how the world spins and instinctively knows how to manipulate her position in it. Ambitious and ruthless, there's little she wouldn't do for her career. A great talent spotter with a dark understanding of human needs, she is unshockable in a world that is increasingly corrupt and boiling. Jilly soon realizes that, in a world gone mad, Oswald Danes could easily become her ticket to power.	Rhys Williams (Kai Owen) Gwen's husband is loyal, loving and passionate about her. A new father, he is firmly devoted to their daughter Anwen and the unity of their family. They've been through a lot, particularly when Rhys discovered Gwen's secret life working for Torchwood ... a world he could barely have imagined. Unafraid to tell Gwen when she's out of line or to say family sometimes needs to come first, Rhys is confident in his relationship with her and carries a grudging respect for Jack. But how much longer can he endure the dangers of Torchwood?
Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins) Esther is an innocent, in a world of assassins, liars and zealots. She got where she is with the CIA through diligence and application. Hard work keeps Esther focused but she still dreams of active duty as a field agent serving her country. The dream is going to happen faster than she thinks and in no time at all, Esther finds herself running alongside Jack, Gwen and Rex, living off the grid, gun in hand, fighting a global conspiracy against enemies ranging from big business to the state. It's a tough, brutal, hard lifestyle where survival is hard won an d life-changing choices have to be made.	Dr Vera Juarez (Arlene Tur) An attending surgeon in Washington D.C., she's smart, fast talking and hard working, Vera is on the frontline of medical care on "Miracle Day". As the world crisis grows, Vera's surgical and ER experience sees her recruited to advise on government think-tanks. Sexy, confident and passionate, Vera's life is soon inextricably tangled up with Rex's.

Doctor Who moves to 6.45pm for the fifth episode of the current run, The Rebel Flesh.

The first of the two-part story, written by Matthew Graham and directed by Julian Simpson, will be sandwiched between the two parts of So You Think You Can Dance, which has been moved back to an earlier start.

Doctor Who will go up against Sing If You Can on ITV1, in which contestants perform well-known songs while undertaking challenges designed to distract them. BBC Two will be showing Flog It, with people invited to try to make money out of their antiques by taking a risk at auction, while Channel 4 has The Restoration Man, the first of a series in which architect George Clarke joins people as they embark on projects to transform unusual and historic buildings into family homes.

Aviva Investors, the current owners of the Porth Teigr project to regenerate Cardiff Docks - and the new Roath Lock BBC Studios - have agreed to sell the 38 acre development to the British Steel Pension Scheme.

The full terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but the pension company has agreed to acquire both the BBC studios and to fund the development of the Centre for Creative Industries which is also to be built at the site.

Hoong Wey Woon, Fund Manager for Aviva Investors, said:

Aviva also confirmed that the BBC would remain long-term tenants at the site - phase one of the Roath Lock development was completed in January, and Doctor Who is expected to re-locate there from the existing Upper Boat studios during 2012.

News coverage from: Financial News, Professional Pensions

Part Three of the Fourth Doctor story, The Hand of Fear, on BBC Four, had 168,000 watching, with the audience rising to 294,000 for Part Four, according to unofficial overnight figures.

The show, which was being broadcast as a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen, had a 0.83% share of the total audience for part three, rising to 1.37% for part four.

Against Doctor Who, Snog Marry Avoid? on BBC Three had 190,000 watching, The Only Way Is Essex on ITV2 had 132,000, Friends on E4 had 132,000 and The Simpsons on Sky One had 470,000 viewers.

The episodes are not available on the iPlayer due to rights issues.