According to a message from retailer Galaxy 4, the expected Doctor Who audio CD title Resistance is Futile has run into problems. Says the note from Galaxy 4, "The BBC have now removed this title from the 2004 schedule with no new date assured. This is due to copyright issues regarding the theme tune and the new Doctor Who TV series. We have therefore suspended all orders pending rescheduling or cancellation." This is a surprising turn of events, considering that the long-delayed CD release was actually promoted quite heavily with free giveaways at last year's official Doctor Who anniversary event, Panopticon 2003. (Thanks to Galaxy 4, Steve Tribe)

UK viewers, tune into quiz show Mastermind this Tuesday at 9pm on BBC2 - according to MyDigiGuide one of the contestants is taking Doctor Who as his specialist subject.

According to the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification), the following is the list of running times for the extras being included on the forthcoming DVD release of Ghost Light in the UK, which we've previously reported on.


There are further details in the article on the Restoration Team site about these items, including details on the DVD transfer. (Thanks to Steve Tribe)

The North-West Evening Mail ran a brief story about London collectors "planning to exterminate all opposition to get their hands on BarrowÆs Dalek," referring to the Dalek model currently guarding the entrance to Furness Auctions at Oldham Street.

The Times (London) finally ran an obituary for Anthony Ainley on June 15 (better late than never!) It's the first indication of cause of death, which is listed as cancer (and it also says he was 66, born in 1937... still no confirmation!)

Little Britain comes Stateside; the comedy premieres on BBC America this Sunday at 9:40pm and features Tom Baker as the narrator (with Anthony Stewart Head as the Prime Minister).

According to a rumor on the SciFi Online site, the multi-disc "orphan episodes" DVD box set due in November we first reported about some time ago won't feature any photo galleries. We've no independent confirmation of this rumor so far. (Thanks to Rich Kirkpatrick)

Gary Russell of Big Finish let us know about an upcoming audio taping on June 23 where fans can participate. "If you fancy being one of about 25 people, men and woman, screaming yourself hoarse in a variety of ways and can be in south London next Wednesday evening 23rd June, drop an e-mail ASAP to crowds@bigfinish.com and we'll get back to you. Sorry, no fee, but heaps of tea and coffee. And maybe a cake or two... generous, aren't we..."

Tales of Hyspero by Paul Magrs is a new novel series from Simon & Schuster's Children's Books. Recognize the name? That's because Hyspero is the planet from the BBC Doctor Who novel "The Scarlet Empress" that Magrs wrote, and now he's setting this new series on that magical planet. "Hyspero is a huge world," says Magrs. "Really huge. In Hyspero, there's a fabulous mix of the weird and the utterly everyday. It's funny and has lots of creatures in it. Evil sloths! Acrobatic super-intelligent foxes! Widescreen lizards! It's a book about REAL kids discovering a magical land. Not the made-up kind of well-behaved kids that no reader ever believes in." The first book is entitled A World of Her Own and is due out in September.

Max Rosenberg, the co-producer of the two films "Dr. Who and the Daleks" and "Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD," died last Monday. Rosenberg created such memorable B-movies as "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "The House that Dripped Blood", and was responsible for fostering the careers of such film notables as Terence Stamp, Donald Sutherland, Tuesday Weld and Peter Cushing, who would later go on to star as Dr. Who in the two films. He was 89. You can read his obit at the MST3Kinfo website. (Thanks to Steve Manfred, Paul Engelberg)