Former Doctor Colin Baker is appearing at the Kennet Centre in Newbury today, signing copies of his books based on his column in the Bucks Free Press, Look Who's Talking and Second Thoughts.

Filming continues on United (a film about the Manchester United team Munich plane disaster in 1958), which features David Tennant as assistant team manager Jimmy Murphy. Last week saw them filming at Carlisle United's Brunton Park, where their media officer Andy Hall said: "A couple of us had the chance to squint at a couple of pages of script that David Tennant was practising and it was powerful stuff. We thought David Tennant wouldn’t speak to us but he talked about Doctor Who and other stuff he has done. I don’t get starstruck often but it’s not every day you are set opposite a Time Lord. He said he was not much of a football fan but he’s from Paisley and said he looks out for St Mirren’s scores." (reported in the News and Star)

Filming also commenced yesterday in Bolton on Exile, a new BBC drama starring John Simm (The Master) and Jim Broadbent (The Doctor, The Curse of Fatal Death); the drama is a psychological thriller about the return of a journalist (Simm) to his hometown to be reacquainted with his father (Broadbent).

David Morrissey (Jackson Lake, The Next Doctor) will be one of the Final judges for the 2010 Costa Book of the Year; the winners are chosen and announced on 25th January 2011.

The Daily Mail has reported that Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) could be about to play Eliza Doolittle in a West End version of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. Other members of the cast could be Rupert Everett (reprising his role as Henry Higgins from the Chichester Festival Theatre production), Angela Lansbury and David Jason.

Bonnie Langford: Christmas in New York opens at 59E59 Theaters on the 14th December; part of the Brits Off Broadway festival, the show sees the star (who played Melanie Bush) perform songs from shows she has appeared in, and talk about the people she grew up with in her showbiz career.

Michael Gambon (Kazran, A Christmas Carol) is about to appear in his first US television series in a new drama from HBO called Luck; the show stars Dustin Hoffman, and follows the ins and outs of horse racing.

ABC have confirmed they will be showing the 2010 Doctor Who Prom on Boxing Day at 5pm, the same day they show the 2010 Christmas Special A Christmas Carol.

The BBC Proms are an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events which have been held annually since 1895. Taking place mainly in the Royal Albert Hall in London, the BBC took over responsibility for the Proms in 1927. The first Doctor Who Prom took place in 2008.

The Doctor Who Prom features the music of Murray Gold performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, who record the soundtrack for the television series. The Prom took place Saturday 24 July and was hosted by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

The Prom was shown in the UK last September. It was announced last month that it will be shown in the United States on BBC America on Christmas Day.

BBC Worldwide (@TW_TheNewWorld) have announced two new adventures for the pre-Children of Earth team of Jack, Gwen and Ianto, due to be released on 3rd March 2011.

The two stories are called Department X and Ghost Train, and are written by James Goss; no other details are known about them at present, other than they will take place after the previous Torchwood audio adventure The Dead Line.

BBC America have released a video to tie in with the Christmas special, entitled A Christmas Carol - Exclusive Inside Look.

The video features interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, during which the three discuss their thoughts on the special and its guest stars, Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins.

Come Fly with Me is a new comedy programme from Matt Lucas and David Walliams in the form of a 'documentary' of life in a busy airport. The series is scheduled for Christmas Day at 10:00pm, and as part of the promotion for the series a number of clips featuring celebrities are available to watch - Doctor Who is also represented in the form of a Dalek checking in for a flight to Skaro!




Both Lucas and Walliams are fans of Doctor Who, with numerous mentions (not to mention Tom Baker) featuring in their Little Britain series; both have also provided voices in Big Finish audio adventures. Walliams appeared in a number of sketches alongside Mark Gatiss for BBC2's Doctor Who Night in 1999, and in December 2008 newspapers reported the odds on him replacing David Tennant as the Doctor dropping to 8-1.

A couple of cast members from the previous series of Torchwood have tweeted today on their involvement in the next series, The New World.

Confirmed last month, Kai Owen who plays Gwen's husband Rhys will be returning to the show; in a tweet this afternoon the actor reported:
Meanwhile, actor and comedian Tom Price, who played Gwen's former colleague in the police Andy Davidson, has hinted that he too would be back in the next series; in response to Owen's comment:
You can follow both actors on Twitter from their respective accounts, @kaikaiowen and @pricetom; you can also receive updates from both Eve Myles (via her fan-feed @EveMylesFans) and John Barrowman (via his official site feed @Team_Barrowman).

Doctor Who Magazine have released the cover for Issue 429, via their Twitter account. The magazine, to be published on 16th December, will feature an exclusive preview of A Christmas Carol, and comes with three bonus art cards.

BBC America have confirmed that the 2010 Christmas Special, A Christmas Carol, will be released on DVD/Blu-ray in North America on February 15th.

It was previously announced that the story will be released in the UK on January 24th, 2011.

The Discs will include the hour long version of Doctor Who at the Proms.

The TARDIS has returned to Portmeirion for the Christmas period! Talking to the Daily Post, Estates Manager Meurig Jones said:
The police box will be on-site until the 3rd January 2011.

Meanwhile, the Lynn News reports that another police box is materialising in King's Lynn today, as part of a local police "Town Talk" event to provide information and advice to people in the town's Vancouver Centre.

As reported last week, some twenty-two police boxes were seen packed onto lorries, off to a mysterious destination.

GT Magazine are currently holding an auction to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. A number of Doctor Who related items are featured in the auction, including signed posters of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, a signed picture of Katherine Jenkins from A Christmas Carol, and a signed Eleventh Doctor Crash Set, plus signed photos including Matt Smith's from Christopher and his Kind. More items are expected to be added in the next couple of days.

You can find an auction list on Ebay here, via the gtnakedauction account.