Executive Producer Steven Moffat will be a guest on Graham Norton's Radio 2 show next Saturday, 23rd April, just a few hours before the launch of the new series.

The show will have a clip from the first episode. The producers are asking for emails for Norton to put to Moffat during the programme, which can be sent to graham.norton@bbc.co.uk.

Radio 2 is available worldwide on the BBC iPlayer. Moffat will be on the show around 1130 UK Time.

With just over a week until the new series of Doctor Who launches on BBC One, BBC America and SPACE, the BBC have released a new trailer.


The series premiers on BBC One next Saturday at 6pm

2|Entertain's Classic Doctor Who have released a "First Look" video on their YouTube channel to promote the forthcoming release of the third Doctor's final story, Planet of the Spiders.

2|Entertain have announced a competition via Twitter for fans to contribute on commentaries for the final Seventh Doctor adventures to be released on DVD, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

In order to enter, fans should record and submit a question to the Classic Doctor Who Soundcloud group, and the favourites chosen will be featured as recorded on the related commentary.

Full entry details are on our competitions page.

2|Entertain have announced a competition via Twitter for fans to contribute on commentaries for the final Seventh Doctor adventures to be released on DVD, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

The BBC has released press details for the second episode in the new series, Day Of The Moon, scheduled for transmission on BBC One on Saturday 30th April.

The Episode is currently pencilled in sometime between 6pm and 7pm, but timings won't be confirmed until next week.

As part of publicity for the new series, the BBC have released interviews with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, discussing what viewers might expect from the upcoming episodes.

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Two preview clips from the series opener, The Impossible Astronaut have also been released:

 

BBC Worldwide Canada has announced a deal with SPACE which will see Torchwood: Miracle Day come to the channel this summer along with a raft of other sci-fi titles such as Bedlam, Primeval and Outcasts.

Hilary Read, COO, BBC Worldwide Canada said:
Joanna Webb, Senior Vice-President, Programming, Bell Media said
SPACE previously aired series Two and Three of Torchwood. Series One was first seen in Canada on CBC.

Qwertee, Europe's largest daily T-Shirt website, have just completed their latest campaign featuring a Doctor Who inspired design, and are offering readers of Doctor Who News who are also follow their Facebook page a chance to win a t-shirt from their back catalogue!

In order to enter the competition, please answer the following question:


Closing date: Saturday 23rd April

Please email your answer to our competition address with the subject line "Qwertee Competition" - we will contact the three winners with details on how to choose and receive their prize from Qwertee after the competition has closed.


Please note the t-shirt designs illustrated reflect a sample of the previous campaigns and may not be in stock as a prize for this competition.

The official BBC site has revealed the Cybermen are to return in the new series, which has been confirmed in the new Radio Times as the mid-series finale A Good Man Goes To War.

The Cybermen have been a staple of the series since their first appearance in William Hartnell's last story, The Tenth Planet, in 1966.

Created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis the cyborgs were a regular in the series during the tenure of the Second Doctor appearing in some of his most highly-regarded stories. Appearances followed facing the Fourth Doctor in 1975, the Fifth in 1982 and the Seventh in 1988.

A new race of Cybermen were introduced in the 2006 series story Rise of the Cybermen, with the villains making regular appearances since.

The official site has a history of the Cybermen complete with pictures from behind the scenes of some of the sixties stories.