This January sees the release of Invasion of the Dinosaurs on DVD, a story which has the dubious fame of including the final casualty of the old BBC process of destroying prints, with episode one only existing as a black and white print in the BBC Archive.

The episode, like other 'monochrome' Pertwee episodes, has been a focus as to whether a colour version could be recreated; speaking in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, DVD executive producer Dan Hall said:

As a result, the episode will be presented in the story in its 'clean' black and white version, with the partial colour restoration available as an alternative.

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The colour episode will be shown in the form of a special preview for attendees at the forthcoming DWAS convention, Time 5, taking place at Riverside Studios on Saturday 29th October 2011:

The trailer for the forthcoming The Reign of Terror - recently seen in Australia - will also be screened during the convention.
(with thanks to Paul Winter)

A number of conventions featuring actors from Doctor Who and its spin-offs will be taking place over the next few months. David Tennant will be attending his first convention since taking on the role of the tenth Doctor while Alexa Havins and Arlene Tur from Torchwood: Miracle Day make their first appearance at a UK convention.

This is a list of confirmed guests for some of the bigger events taking place in the UK and US.

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The Entertainment Media Show (London) — 1-2 October

David Tennant (the tenth Doctor), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams), Alex Kingston (River Song), Ian McNeice (Winston Churchill), Nina Toussaint-White (Mels), Albert Welling (Adolf Hitler), Frances Barber (Eye Patch Lady / Madame Kovarian), Miranda Raison (Tallulah), Caitlin Blackwood (Amelia Pond), Dan Starkey (Skorr, Strax), Anneke Wills (Polly), David Gooderson (Davros, Destiny of the Daleks), Philip Rham (Zimmerman), Leslie Schofield (Leroy, Calib), Kate O'Mara (the Rani), Georgia Moffett (Jenny, The Doctor's Daughter).

Autographica (London) — 14-16 October

Honor Blackman (Professor Lasky), Rodney Bewes (Stien), Michael Jayston (the Valeyard), Michael Cochrane (Lord Cranleigh, Redvers Fenn-Cooper), Philip Madoc (Eelek, War Lord, Solon, Fenner), Stephen Greif (Gurney, The Infinite Quest).

London MCM Expo — 28-30 October

Alexa Havins (Esther Drummand) and Arlene Tur (Dr. Vera Juarez), Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Memorabilia London — 29-30 October

Catherine Schell (Countess), Andrew Hayden-Smith (Jake Simmonds), Ayesha Antoine (Dee Dee Blasco), Daniel King (Davenport), Anna Barry (Anat), Sheila Steafel and Ray Brooks (Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.).

Memorabilia Birmingham — 19-20 November

Colin Baker (the sixth Doctor), Arthur Darvill, Kai Owen (Rhys Williams), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Derek Jacobi (Professor Yana / The Master), Marshall Lancaster (Buzzer), Frances Barber, Fiona Walker (Kala, Lady Peinforte), Isla Blair (Isabella), John Challis (Scorby), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic), Danny Horn (Adult Kazran).

Chicago TARDIS — 25-27 November

Peter Davison (the fifth Doctor), Alex Kingston, Nicholas Briggs (Various voices, Rick Yates), Beth Chalmers (Big Finish), Ben Aaronovitch (Writer: Remembrance of the Daleks, Battlefield), Arnold T. Blumberg (Howe's Transcendental Toybox), Benjamin Cook (The Writer's Tale, Doctor Who Magazine), Toby Hadoke (Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf)

Gallifrey One (Los Angeles) — 17-19 February 2012

Paul McGann (the eighth Doctor), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Mark Sheppard (Canton Everett Delaware III), Louise Jameson (Leela), Maureen O'Brien (Vicki), William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Tony Curran (Vincent van Gogh), Eric Roberts(The Master), Mary Tamm (Romana 1), Daphne Ashbrook (Dr. Grace Holloway), John De Lancie(Agent Shapiro from Torchwood), Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon), Richard Franklin (Mike Yates), Yee Jee Tso (Chang Lee), Toby Haynes(director), Richard Senior(director), Nicholas Briggs (Various voices), Beth Chalmers (Big Finish), Lisa Greenwood (Big Finish), Michael Troughton (son of Patrick Troughton, novelist), plus many more.

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Other events can be found on our Events page.

A new video looking into the world of Doctor Who Fandom has just been released.

The movie FANZ, by Marq English covers many facets of being a Doctor Who fan, including conventions, fan films, costumes, merchandise and the new series.


The video features contributions from J Jeremy Bentham, David J Howe, Steve O'Brien, Justin Richards, Lawrence Miles, Dan Harris, Alistair Lock, Stuart Robinson, Stephen James Walker, Erica Egertonm, Toby Hadroke, Athena Stamos, Neil Oseman, Rob Tizzard, Nick Scovell, John Paul McCrimmon, Rosie Grant, Gareth Preston, Adam Manning, Alison Manning, Steve Hatcher, John Davies, Gwyn Jeffers, Tom Golding and Louise Jameson.

It is available for free download and viewing on YouTube and also available as an mp4 for iPhone/iPad download from the FANZ Website:

Big Finish has announced a series of one-day sales called "Big Finish Week". The weeklong sale starts on 6th June and features a selection of Doctor Who CD releases which are available to buy from the Big Finish website for just £5.00 each for one day only. These one-day sales are as follows:

• 6 June – Doctor Who releases 1-10
  The Sirens of Time, Phantasmagoria, Whispers of Terror, The Land of the Dead, The Fearmonger, The Marian Conspiracy, The Genocide Machine, Red Dawn, The Spectre of Lanyon Moor and Winter for the Adept
• 7 June – Doctor Who releases 11-20
  The Apocalypse Element, The Fires of Vulcan, The Shadow of the Scourge, The Holy Terror, The Mutant Phase, Storm Warning, The Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Minuet in Hell and Loups-Garoux.
• 8 June – Doctor Who releases 21-30
  Dust Breeding, Bloodtide, Project: Twilight, The Eye of the Scorpion, Colditz, Primeval, The One Doctor, Invaders from Mars, The Chimes of Midnight, Seasons of Fear.
• 9 June – Doctor Who releases 31-40
  Embrace the Darkness, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland, Spare Parts, …Ish, The Rapture, The Sandman, The Church and the Crown, Bang-Bang-A-Boom!, Jubilee
• 10 June – Doctor Who releases 41-50
  Nekromanteia, The Dark Flame, The Pirates, Creatures of Beauty, Project: Lazarus, FlipFlop, Omega, Davros, Master, Zagreus

The sale will end on 11 June, with the Big Finish Day Convention in Barking, Essex. Guests in attendance will include Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, Katy Manning, Miles Richardson, Nicholas Briggs, Lisa Bowerman. More details on this event can be found on the 10th Planet Events website.

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.

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).

Nerdist has announced that Neil Gaiman, Mark Sheppard, and Toby Haynes will be on the Doctor Who panel at WonderCon 2011.

The panel will be moderated by fan of the show Chris Hardwick, who appeared on Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show along with Matt Smith last year. Smith was then a guest on Hardwick's Nerdist Podcast 46. Neil Gaiman has written episode four of the new series, which also has Michael Sheen provide a voice-over for an as yet unnamed character. Mark Sheppard plays Canton Everett Delaware III in The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon. These two opening episodes of the 2011 series have been directed by Toby Haynes with the first due to be broadcast by BBC America on April 23rd at 9pm ET/PT.

The panel will take place on Sunday April 3rd from 11:30-12:15 in the Esplanade Ballroom. More information can be found on the WonderCon website.

Gallifrey One's Catch 22: Islands of Mystery, the twenty-second annual North American Doctor Who and science fiction media convention takes place February 18-20 at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel.

Featured guests from the Whoniverse are Peter Davison (the fifth Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Tracie Simpson (Producer), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), John Leeson (Voice of K9), Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon), John Levene (Sergeant Benton), Gareth Thomas (Ed Morgan, Ghost Machine, Torchwood), Cush Jumbo (Lois Habiba, Torchwood: Children of Earth), Paul Kasey (Various monsters in Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures) , Neill Gorton & Rob Mayor (Prosthetics & Special Effects Designers), Ian McNeice (Winston Churchill, Victory of the Daleks), Gareth Roberts (Writer), Philip Oliver (Thomas Hector Schofield, Big Finish), Sarah Douglas (Doctor Who: The Adventure Games voiceover actress), Jane Espenson and Doris Egan (Torchwood: Miracle Day writers), Phil Ford (Producer and writer, The Sarah Jane Adventures), Joss Agnew (Director, The Sarah Jane Adventures), James Moran (Writer), Daphne Ashbrook (Grace Holloway, Doctor Who TV Movie), Gareth Skelding (Location Manager), Gary Russell (Writer & Script Editor), Jason Haigh-Ellery (Big Finish Productions), Clayton Hickman (Writer and former editor of Doctor Who Magazine) and Tony Lee (Doctor Who graphic novelist).

(Update 16/02: Gareth Thomas will be unable to be at Gallifrey 2011 due to sudden medical issues)

A special announcement by CBS Publicity was made on Monday night:

Ed Stradling announced via his Twitter account that Come In Number Five, a Peter Davison era documentary presented by David Tennant will be shown at the convention.

For a full schedule of events, visit the Gallifrey One website.

(See a full list of conventions and exhibitions on our Events page)

Attendees will be able to see a special preview showing of the new series opener The Eleventh Hour at WonderCon, an event taking place at the Moscone Center South in San Francisco over the 2nd-4th April. WonderCon is an event operated by the company that puts on the annual large-scale media event in San Diego, California, Comic Con International, which BBC America exhibits at annually.
The episode will be shown twice on Saturday 3rd (the same day as the series is expected to start in the United Kingdom), at 6:30pm and 7:45pm.

For full details of the convention see the WonderCon website.

The UK media website Digital Spy has published a summary of today's Doctor Who discussion panel at the ComicCon event in San Diego, which featured Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Julie Gardner and Euros Lyn discussing their time working on the programme, taking questions from the audience and previewing the forthcoming special episodes.

Among the topics raised was the possibility of a Doctor Who feature film, which the panel stated is not a project on which any of them are currently working. The panel also featured a presentation from Guinness World Records, declaring Doctor Who to be "the most successful sci-fi show on TV full stop".