The Last Post of 2008...

I told you about this yesterday, and yes, it is still going to happen. Adventures Through Time and Space will be closed until 2009, with no updates. Christmas is a big thing in the year, and, to be honest, the least thing I would like to be doing is sitting in front of a computer on the day, rather than having all these festive things I want to do. I don't want the site to spoil my day, but not that it will of course. You may have thought that it would be a better idea to close it from 24th to the 26th, but now I will tell you why not. Early tomorrow morning, I will be going away to London for two days, and so obviously I won't be able to update. Then, on 23rd, I'm sure I won't want to, but just have a really fun day, two days before the day. Then, the 24th is a big day, as well as the 26th, and of course the 25th is too, not saying why. The 27th will probably be a bit like the 23rd. And then, on the 28th, the site will be closed with no access at all. This means that you will not be able to view anything, as I want to make it ready to re-open for 2009, all tidied up, and fresh for a new year. I hope you feel that this is the right thing to do, as I certainly do! I do need that long-awaited break!

With this temporary closure, it means no more Competitions until the New Year, no site reviews, nothing updated, apart from one thing, that would be silly to close. The Advent Calendar will be running as normal, but don't expect a big thing on Christmas Day. It will probably just be a 'Merry Christmas!' message, but I doubt you'll want to visit the site on that day, and you should have too many other things to be doing! So a thing you might quite enjoy will be on the 24th. There isn't really much else to say really. I may still be able to talk a little bit on the chat page and so on, but not much really. I will still read comments, and please, please vote on the awards. And if you can vote on every section, that would be great!

I hope you all do have a wonderful, jolly Christmas! Get lots of presents from Santa, enjoy your Christmas Lunch, sing carols and whatever else you may do. And, of course, don't forget the Christmas special at 6:00pm on the day. Don't miss it! Thank You for a wonderful eight months with the site, and I will see you in 11 and a bit days!

Oh, and one last thing, there are so many other sites to visit over Christmas which will be having all the news you need, and so here is a list of some of the great sites for news, in no order, and sorry if I have missed anyone out!

• Tardis and Torchwood Treasures
• Doctor Who Mad Online
• Doctor Who Fansite
• The-Oncoming Storm
• Gallifrey Vortex
• Tardis Base
  
• Doctor Who Hideout
• Tardis Newsroom
• The Bad Wolf TV
• Timelords Vs Daleks
• Children of TARDIS
• WhoviaVortex
  
• And many others...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Until 2009...

~ Adv (Owner and Editor)

Dervla Kirwan Interview

Yesterday, the evil Miss Hartigan was interviewed on Paul O'Grady's chat show. If you didn't already know, behind the female villian that will star in this year's Christmas special, The Next Doctor, is an actress known as Dervla Kirwan. The video of it is now on Youtube for you all to watch, and has an extra-special, brand spanking new clip from The Next Doctor. On top of that, Derval does her M&S voice! Exciting? Then watch it below!

Site Awards and Articles

A couple of things about the site here, that have just recently happened. We have just won another two awards on two different sites! How splendid! The first is from Tardis Updates, as it is now called, which used to be Doctor Who - The Blog. We won the award for 'Most Up To Date Blog'. Thank you very much Sylar for this, and you can see the site's award page, here! The other award is from the site called 'Whovian World'. For that we won 'Magnificent Blog of 2008'. Well, that is... Magnificent! You can see this site's award page, here! Thank you so much to both owners, Sylar and The Powerful Boy, and you can see the actual awards made here and here. The second thing is that ATTS is in Via the Void Magazine! For the magazine, I, the owner, answered some quick fire questions, and the site was 'Site of the Month', and there is a little article of the site in the magazine. It is a lovely piece of writing, and left me feeling really happy after reading it. You can read the latest issue of Via the Void magazine, the online magazine of The-Oncoming Storm, here.

More Pictures!

Even more promotional pictures have surfaced online. Radio Times have got thirty-two images, some new and some ones that we have already seen. I'm not going to put them on here, because there are quite a few of them, but you can see them all on the Radio Times website, here. There are images of the Doctors, Rosita, Miss Hartigan, the Cybermen and many other characters appearing in the Christmas special. There are also a few other images. The first is from The Next Doctor's press screening, and has the stars Dervla Kirwan (Miss Hartigan), Velile Tshabalala (Rosita), Russell T. Davies and a Cyberman with a Doctor Who logo background. The second is an alternate image to one of the standar promotional pictures, and has both Doctors, Miss Hartigan, Rosita and the Cyber Leader. The last one is a picture of just the Cyber Leader. You can see all three below, and click to enlarge. There may be more pictures leading up to Christmas Day, but, unfortunately they will not appear here.

The Next Doctor First Reviews

Carrying on with more Christmas news, two reviews have already been posted online for The Next Doctor. The special is due to air on Christmas Day, but there was a press screening event held very recently, but we actually did not hear any news about. But here they are, and thankfully in these reviews, nothing much 'spoilery' is told. The first is from SFX, which you can see here, or view a short snippet below;

Morrissey is great, and there's a lot more to his role than just pastiching the Doctor. The Cybershades are also surprisingly effective - they may look a bit naff in the trailers, but they prove worthy successors to the Cybermats. The Cybermen themselves aren't exactly on top form; they're more like Ciphermen much of the time, and come across a bit stupid. They also seem a lot weaker than usual. What happened to their super strength? And if you've heard that there's an Oliver Twist element involving lots of kids, well, there is, but don't worry - it's more Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom than the Baker Street Kids.

The second is from the Guardian, which you can see here, or again, view a short snippet below;

I would say The Next Doctor is pared down, but it would be difficult for it not to be after the frustratingly busy finale of the last series, which featured Rose, Martha, Donna, Sarah Jane, Captain Jack, Mickey and Jackie (and is surely available in a special And the Kitchen Sink box set). Indeed, the restraint of The Next Doctor – I realise that restraint isn't really a word you'd readily associate with the big, bold visions of Russell T Davies, so let me remind you that context is everything – could perhaps be a sign of things to come in 2009. Davies has said that in the next special the Doctor will be without a companion and without the Tardis – though how David Tennant's back injury will affect filming, which is supposed to begin next month, is anyone's guess.

All this looks pretty exciting already, but you'll be glad to know nothing is spoiled in these reviews. What do you think?

The Next Doctor Guide

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its twentieth door today, marking the date, the 20th December. Today's feature is the site's guide to the Christmas special, The Next Doctor. The guide has not been up at all until now, and with it comes many new wallpapers, a fear forecast, and all the trailers laid out to get to them easily. There are twelve wallpapers at the moment of the page, and all show many scenes of the special, including some promotional pictures. There are two trailers up at the moment, and the fear forecast you can read below;

• 0 min - This looks familiar. "Perhaps XXXXXX is behind the TARDIS," grins Adam.
• 1 min - The family cheer!
• 2 min - Harry: "Cool!" Samuel: "How?"
• 3 min - Amy's suddenly concerned.
• 4 min - Rosita springs into action. Harry demands an explanation.
• 5 min - Amy whispers to Dad, "Why doesn't he... ?"
• 6 min - Harry's delighted with a vision.
• 8 min - Amy clutches Dad's leg.
• 9 min - Mum harrumphs significantly. Samuel announces that he is a fish.
• 10 min - The kids have never seen the sonic screwdriver used like that before.
• 11 min - Watch and learn. The kids are agog.
• 13 min - The Doctor recalls the night he regenerated. "It makes sense now!" says Samuel gleefully.
• 14 min - A sudden appearance alarms Amy. Adam has his doubts.
• 16 min - Amy feels quite sorry for the Doctor.
• 17 min - The Lady in Red outrages Samuel.
• 18 min - Amy's eyes widen in apprehension. Harry groans in dismay.
• 20 min - Why is Dad talking about his nice cardigan?
• 23 min - The Doctor reveals his favourite personal technology for the very first time.
• 26 min - Samuel's initial reaction reveals something about last week.
• 27 min - Samuel is delighted to see a very familiar face.
• 29 min - Mum and Dad are horrified.
• 31 min - Amy feels musical.
• 34 min - What is the racy nightmare?
• 35 min - Samuel slaps his forehead. "Why did the Doctor do that?"
• 36 min - The kids cheer!
• 38 min - Samuel is impressed.
• 40 min - What makes Amy wriggle in her seat?
• 41 min - The kids debate royal nomenclature.
• 42 min - Samuel whoops. Harry grins.
• 43 min - Harry's advice to the XXXXXXXX is: "Run!" So why are they slowing down?
• 45 min - "He's called what?" asks Adam.
• 46 min - Gasps and cheers. The watching parents are misty-eyed.
• 47 min - The boys are hugely impressed.
• 49 min - "It's like XXXXXXXX!" says Samuel. "It's a scary XXXX with XXXXX-XXXXXX!" says Harry.
• 51 min - Samuel realises something about the Doctor... but which one?
• 53 min - "Wooaaahh!" gasp the kids.
• 55 min - "The cloister bell!"
• 56 min - "This is even better than last year!" decides Adam.
• 57 min - The Doctors have an appointment to keep.
• 60 min - "Very good show!" declares Harry, and the whole family agree.

You can view the guide here, or the fear forecast here!
You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Digital Spy Hints

Well, there has been a lot of news popping up lately, all to do with the Christmas special, and I want to get as much in before I close the site for Christmas, so here are some hints. Like usually, Digital Spy have released their exciting hints for the upcoming episode. There are ten overall, but we are not actually sure yet whether any of them are false or not. You can see all of them below;

1. The mysterious Cybershades can jump quite high.
2. Neither the Doctor nor the Other Doctor recognise each other. But the latter doesn't remember much anyway.
3. There are two words that the Doctor never refuses.
4. The Other Doctor has a TARDIS - and it's magnificent.
5. For a while Rosita becomes the Doctor's companion
6. The script includes the customary line "what about the children?"
7. At least one previous incarnation of the Doctor makes an appearance.
8. Miss Hartigan is a very special lady.
9. The Other Doctor's fobwatch is a very important clue.
10. "I suppose ** *** ***, **** ***** ** *****."

Another Velile Interview

Another source has posted an interview with Velile Tshabalala, after proviously doing one for Last Broadcast. Velile plays the characters of Rsita, the other Doctor's companion in this year's Christmas special, The Next Doctor. Velile Tshabalala's talk has been put up on Digital Spy and they talk all about her character, not delving at all into her life, apart from her early life with the show and other television roles. Below you can read a short snippet from the interview;

What are the Cybershades? They look like dogs with cyber-faces.
"They're funny little things, aren't they? They've got robotic faces and they're all covered in feathers. I didn't know what to make of them at first. I thought they were quite nice and thought I might borrow one of their outfits for Friday night! They're quite menacing but they're obviously not as strong or scary as the Cybermen. They pop up quite a lot in the episode - they're always coming out of dark corners and stuff. They're a bit of a nuisance to be honest!"

Jobsworth Judoon

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its ninteenth door today, marking the date, the 19th December. Today's feature is another fun game to play! The game is called Jobsworth Judoon. The main aim of the game is for the Doctor to use his Sonic Screwdriver to break the security codes made by the Judoon on the Tardis so that The Doctor can escape. It is a game of strategy, where you have to join a link up, and actually requires some skill, rather than just making the Doctor run around everwhere battling monsters. It is a good game, and has three settings; Easy, Medium and Hard, and each has three levels. You can play the new game here.

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Monster and Villain Files Is Back!

Yes, you read correctly. The page devoted to all the creatures and maniacs the Doctor has met over the past four years has now re-opened after a long while. It closed when the site first started its complete update, which was supposed to provide the site with so much more than it used to have, with extra features and new-looks. I have been working very hard over the past month, and mainly the past week in getting as many files as I can written up. I had to re-write nearly every single one, as I did not think they were of the standard they could be. But I have not finished the page yet. I decided to open it, so you can see it, and I will keep on writing them and posting them until all of them are complete. When they are, there will be more than sixty files. They now look a whole lot better, with bigger pictures, clearer layout and more information. Plus, they are all written completely by me. Honestly, no word has been copied from anywhere else, which I hasten to add was not the case before. At this time, there are just over forty files up, ready for you to read, and I hope you enjoy them, and use it as a reference in the future. Please note that all the writing on the page is copyright to this site, and should not be used under any circumstances.

With the new page, brings along a new design of page banner. It is now clearer and looks much better than before, and I will be adding this new design to all the pages in the near future. The Competitions and Chat ones are already up. This is all part of the big scheme of getting the site a whole lot bigger and better for the New Year, and if you just think about what was on the site and what is looked like only a few months ago, you may be suprised with the major, and minor changes that are still happening as I speak. So, until 2009, you can expect changes everywhere, so watch out for them.

There are a few notices also leading up to the New Year. The site will have no updates from the end of tomorrow until the 28th. There will be a bigger notice about this tomorrow. This is the Christmas break the site deserves, and you will not see any posts, unless I schedule them, until then. Competitions will also have no updates. The only page which will is the Advent Calendar, and the days will all be posted for each day. More about this tomorrow. The other thing is the site will completely close just for one day, the 31st of December. You will not be able to access the site, as I will be making it look just right for 2009 on that day! More about this on the 29th and tomorrow, so until then...

~ Adv (Owner and Editor)

Rosita Speaks!

A source has posted an interview with Velile Tshabalala. She plays the characters of Rsita, the other Doctor's companion in this year's Christmas special, The Next Doctor. Velile Tshabalala's talk has been put up on Last Broadcast and they talk about her character in The Next Doctor, and about her other television work as well as where she would like the Doctor to take her and her future with the show . Below you can read a short snippet;

What was it like working with David Morrissey and David Tennant?
"I met them briefly at the read through. I walked into the room and it was so scary, literally everyone from Doctor Who was there – the producers, the crew, the magazine people… Dervla [Kirwan, who plays villainess Miss Hartigan in the episode] was so sweet though, she came over and was like “stick with me, we’ll be fine”. The first time I met them properly was on set, they both came to welcome me and were so great. The first day they were both up in the air in harnesses being dragged and pulled about. Those harnesses did not look too comfortable for men!"

Hartigan Speaks!

A source has posted an interview with Dervla Kirwan. She plays the characters of Miss Hartigan in this year's Christmas special, The Next Doctor. Dervla Kirwan's talk has been put up on the Telegraph website, and they talk about her character in The Next Doctor, and all about her life, and her acting, as well as her voice-over on the M&S adverts, for an example. Below you can read a short snippet;

Is she prepared for the surge of excitement that accompanies the Doctor Who Christmas special?
'I'm not sure. I know people feel passionate about it. It was such a fun thing to do, although slightly odd in that grown men are wandering around dressed up in plastic suits. The assistant director has to say the lines as no one can speak through the layers of plastic.' She has worked with David Tennant before in Casanova, where she played his mother, and with the writer Russell T Davies. 'I don't think I get the phenomenon as much as some people do,' she says, 'but I will be proud to show my children, when they are older, that I played an evil woman in charge of the Cybermen. That's pretty cool, isn't it?'

Cut of the Timelords

Series 3 has very recently just been made avaliable on the United Kingdom iTunes store. Before this, it had only been on the American store, but through this month, they are slowly adding them. But, there is just one problem with buying this series on iTunes. They have cut down the season finale 'Last of the Timelords', to make every episode more or less forty-five minutes. Normally, the length of the episode is fifty-one and a half minutes, but it now has a running time of 46:21. What have they done? They haven't cut 'The Runway Bride', so why this? So does this mean that when the fourth series is on, 'Journey's End' and all fifty minute episodes will be shortened as well? And you would have thought that they had chosen the worst scenes...

Prom Preview

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its eighteenth door today, marking the date, the 18th December. Today's feature is an exclusive clip (or trailer), of the Doctor Who Prom. The whole program will be broadcast onto our screens on New Year's Day, on BBC One at the time of 1:50pm to 2:50pm. The event was part of the BBC Proms, and was held inside the Royal Albert Hall on 27th July this year, and was hosted by Freema Agyeman. The version we will see will be cut, with just the main highlights, to one hour long. On the red button after broadcast you can watch an extended edition which is fifteen minutes longer, while the whole thing shall be on the DVD release of The Next Doctor, out in January. This preview shows part of the piece 'All the Strange, Strange Creatures', and monsters such as the Cybermen, Judoon and the Sontarans walked around scaring everyone as the music was being played. The whole clip is aproximately one minute, thirty-four seconds long, but bear in mind that this is not the complete tune. They say it is a trailer, but it doesn't really look like one! Watch it here. If it is uploaded onto Youtube soon, I will put it on here as soon as possible.

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

A Dead Disturbance

Two new promotional pictures have been revealed for the Christmas special, and they are of an ambush taking place by the Cybermen, during a funeral service, in a graveyard, with Miss Hartigan leading them. The first picture shows a man getting dragged along the ground by two Cybershades, while the second shows a man being electrocuted by a normal Cyberman on their shoulder. Take a look at these below, and say what you think (click to enlarge);

Captain Jack's Vortex Manipulator

At last, we will be able to buy Captain Jack's trusty gadget, after seeing it so many times, and wanting a toy just like it. The gadget featured on Jack's wrist since Series 1, from The Empty Child to Journey's End, and many episodes of Torchwood also. Forbidden Planet have now revealed an image and released information about the upcoming piece of merchandise. You can view the picture of it to the right, and also, with the toy, it actually includes a mini Sonic Screwdriver. The screwdriver looks slightly different to previous versions released before, and the centre part looks darker, like the original prop. The head of it also glows blue, probably powered when a button is pressed, but we do not know yet whether it has any kind of sound effects. The Vortex manipulator also has features. It lights up in one place, blue, has an adjustable strap and removable cover. We do not know yet what material it is made of. The original prop was leather, but I doubt tht this will be, as it is only a children's toy. It is due for release on Friday the 30th of January, at the RRP price of £14.99.

Third Series on iTunes

Earlier this month, the second series of Doctor Who was made avaliable to download from the UK iTunes store, just after the first series had already been added. Long before this the new series was avaliable to download and watch on the American iTunes Store. We were all wondering why it was on there and not on the UK Store, as, well, it is made over here! Series 3 has now been uploaded, and features the 10th Doctor and Martha, as they get sent to the moon, watch the Daleks evolve, the Doctor becomes human, Sally Sparrow tries to solve the mystery of the Weeping Angels and spend a year trying to stop the master from ruling the world. Each series costs £19.99 or you can buy each episode for £1.89. It has the full episodes, but no features like the box sets have. Compared to the box sets, this is a fantastic price, but it is up to you what you'll do! Visit the Doctor Who Series 3 page on iTunes here!

Comic Maker Returns!

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its seventeenth door today, marking the date, the 17th December. For today, Comic Maker, the fabulous online feature of the BBC Site is back! It was closed not so long ago for major updates, and to work and look its best, so now it works as it should, and is actually a lot better than it was. There are more character, backgrounds, things to do and you can actually now print the comic to keep, so check it out now!

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Doctor Who Adventures 95

This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures, issue 95, will be released tomorrow around the UK. The magazine costs £2.99, and comes free with a bumper gift pack comprising of a monster popper folder, a set of colouring pencils, an eraser and a sketch pad. It is the bumper Christmas special, and will be around for two weeks before the next issue, and will be bigger, and better than normal issues! Posters inside include many images from The Next Doctor, Dalek Sec and a Cyberwreath. Inside are many features and previews for the Christmas special, how to make a webstar, and a chance to win many, many Doctor Who goodies! You can see the cover to the right, and click to enlarge, and below is the official press release from the BBC;

The bumper Christmas special!

The wait for the Doctor’s amazing new Christmas adventure is almost over! To celebrate, this week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine has an exclusive preview of ‘The Next Doctor’.

The bumper Christmas special of Doctor Who Adventures magazine goes on sale 18th December. It’s packed full of exciting Doctor Who news, monster facts, and Christmas treats. Coverage of the Christmas adventure includes:

• A special Christmas preview featuring exclusive pictures of the new Cyber monsters, the mysterious other Doctor and evil Miss Hartigan!
• A photo-story of the first two action-packed minutes of The Next Doctor.
• Exclusive posters of the new monsters, the Cybermen and the two Doctors.
• A Time Agent tracker for readers to rate the Christmas episode.

The bumper issue also contains a mega competition to win loads of Who goodies, a Cyberman mask, a massive Christmas quiz, a special festive comic and the best posters in the universe! The magazine also comes with a Christmas bumper gift pack containing a monster popper folder, a set of colouring pencils, an eraser and a sketch pad.

The Christmas bumper special of Doctor Who Adventures is on sale 18th Dec 2008 – 1st Jan 2009. Miss it and miss out!

Remember to get this issue before the first of January, when the ninety-sixth issue will be out.

MDWM Issue 22

Gallifrey Productions, the home of Mad Doctor Who Magazine have revealed the cover of their twenty-second issue. Mad Doctor Who Magazine is an online magazine, made by fans of the show, and it is incredible. Much work is poured into the magazine all the time, and hosts a fantastic group of writers. This is what the have to say about this issue; "Inside Issue 22 you can find MDWM giving you an exclusive preview of The Next Doctor with our thoughts on the episode. There is also the third episode of Reality Vworp which is Ghost Town and an exclusive interview with the writer and author Martin Day..." You can see the cover below. This issue will be online on Monday 22nd December 2008.

New Cybemen Figures

Character Options have released pictures and information about a new wave of Cyberman figures, that cover both the Classic Series and the New Series. There are 5 figures in total, but one of them you have to find parts for in each of the other four items, and they come with them. Below you can read the list of the different Cybermen in the new wave;

• Cyberman from “The Tenth Planet”
• Cyberman with two Cybermats from “The Tomb of the Cybermen”
• Cyberman with gun accessory from “The Invasion”
• Cyber Leader from "The Next Doctor"
  
• The figure you are able to build is the Cyber Controller, the version which appeared in "Tomb of the Cybermen"

They did the same thing with the collect and build idea with the first wave of Classic figures, building up to become the K1 Robot, from "Robot". These figures will be released on the 30th of January at the RRP price of £7.99 each.

Cyber Leader Voice Changer

Before, you could turn yourself into a simple Cyberman, then you were able to upgrade to the Cyber Controller, become Dalek Sec Hybrid, turn into its true form with Dalek Sec, become a normal Dalek, and then show your true colours with the Supreme Dalek, but now, with this new helmet, you can become the Cyber Leader! This version of the Cyber Leader appears in this year's Christmas special, The Next Doctor (broadcast on Christmas Day), and so is already quite early for a picture to be released of the product. The new-look Cyber Leader differs from previous ones seen in The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday, because most of the front, and mor of the top is black. Before, just the handles were. There are different setting for use. You can just use it as a normal voice changer or pree a button and hear phrases that should be heard in The Next Doctor, spoken by the metal fiend. There may be a sound effects button as well, like there was on the Cyberman one reviously released. There is no price or release date for the item, but it is rumoured to be put first on sale at the very end of this month, the 31st December. The Cyber King will also feature in the special, so do you think we might get a helmet for that too? You can view the full picture of the helmet here.

Murray's Unit

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its sixteenth door today, marking the date, the 16th December. Today's feature is an exclusive video of a piece of music, composed by Murray Gold. The music is another part of the Unit theme, but not the loud, militaristic tune. It is one of the cues for a scene in the Series 4 episode, The Sontaran Stratagem. The music is quite dark and pretty sinister, just right for Unit and gradually builds up to when we hear a variation on Donna's Theme. It a good addition to the advent calendar, which you should get some please out of, and you can hear it here!

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Journal of Impossible Things

As reported not long ago, a new product will be released soon, that is the Journal of Impossible Things. The book featured in the two-parter of Series 3, Human Nature and The Family of Blood. Forbidden Planet have now revealed the cover and released information about the upcoming piece of merchandise. You can view the picture of it to the right, and also, with the Journal, it actually includes a mini Sonic Screwdriver. The screwdriver looks slightly different to previous versions released before, and the centre part looks darker, like the original prop. The head of it also glows blue, probably powered when a button is pressed, but we do not know yet whether it has any kind of sound effects. The book looks amazing. It is A5 sized, and has many, many pages with complete detail and pictures, and looks exactly like the real thing. It looks as if the cover may be made of leather, but this is still unconfirmed. There are blank pages also included, and you are able to use the Sonic Screwdriver (which is actually a pen as well), to write on these pages. It is due for release on Friday the 30th of January, at the RRP price of £9.99, which is actually a very good price, considering the content.

The All-New Shiny Trailer!

If you tuned into BBC One this evening at around 8pm, then you might have been a little disappointed with what you saw. No, the trailer wasn't bad at all, but it wasn't shown! What were the BBC up to? Anyway, after Eastenders, it was broadcast, half an hour late, but wasn't it terribly exciting! I got it wrong, of course, that we had already seen the trailer, but we had not. They said that the one we saw before was going to be the one tonight, but we saw a brand new sparkly one. It had so many clips that we had not seen before, as well as old ones, like quite a few from the Children In Need preview. We saw everything, except for the Cyber King, which still remains shrouded in mystery. The clips were cut and edited very well, giving some dramatic parts, as well as the Cybermen theme behind. You can see the trailer on the official site here. But without further ado, here is the trailer. If I'm up for it, I may do another post talking about it tonight, but we'll see. View it below, and enjoy!

The Last Sarah Jane

Well, it has been a good twelve or so weeks on television, with the second series of The Sarah Jane Adventures keeping us entertained every Monday. But, sadly, it ends today, or for you digital viewers, it already has, as you have most likely seen the second. part of Enemy of the Bane, the last episode of the series. But have no fear, Sarah Jane and her gang will return in under a year's time, next Autumn, and bring with them new, exciting, and thrilling adventures. And in the month we're in the middle of now, December, it's Christmas anyway, so there is no need to worry, plus the Doctor Who special on Christmas day. Then, straight after that is the Confidential special, plus the Doctor Who Prom on New Year's Day. And then in Spring we have Torchwood, and four new Doctor Who specials next year as well! So there is a mountain load to watch! And, if you want to see Series 4 again, why not buy the box-set, out now? Anyway, enjoy the final part of Enemy of the Bane today, that will be broadcast at 4:35pm on BBC One. There ma be repeats of Series 2 in the future, but we do not know of any right at this moment. Remember to come back at 5pm today and talk about what you thought! Until then...

A New Trailer Tonight...

There have been rumours spreading very lately about a new trailer for the Christmas special, The Next Doctor, and that it will be broadcast for the first time on television today. Well, now it has been confirmed as true, but we have actually already seen the trailer! It was released a week ago yesterday, and you are able to view it on an earlier post. It is not a very different trailer, in fact, comparing it to the one that was released just after David Tennant announced that he was leaving, live on the Natinal Television Awards. Before this, it had been shown at the Comic Con event, held in America a long time before that. This is the official 'TV Trailer', and we now know that it will be airing on BBC One this evening, just before 8pm, as the advent calendar on the official BBC site is hinting it. So to catch it fully on television, either watch it at that time, or go back to the site and watch it at the same time.

Battles In Time 61

The cover and information for Issues 61 of Battles In Time have been released on their website. Remember, the collection goes up to issue 70, and not 60 or 52, as it was confirmed recently, and then it will definitely stop, when the DVD Files go on sale. Issue 61 is out on Wednesday 7th January, at the usual price of £2.50. You can see the cover and information about the new issue below;

ISSUE 61

- Cybershades: Servants of Steel
- All-new Deck Doctor Puzzle spread
- Learn all about the First Doctor
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Behind The Scenes of The Next Doctor

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its fourteenth door today, marking the date, the 14th December. Today's feature are new pictures from behind the scenes of the Christmas special, The Next Doctor. There are five images in total and all show what goes on behind the cameras of the episode. There isn't really much else to say, apart from you can view them all here, or below, and click to enlarge each one.

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Turn Yourself Into A Cybershade...

The BBC Doctor Who Advent Calendar has opened its thirteenth door today, marking the date, the 13th December. Today's feature is how to make a Cybershade mask. The Cybershades are a new type of Cyberman, who will first appear this Christmas in The Next Doctor. You have to download three parts to the mask, and then use the step-by-step guide to make it, using pictures with the information on. And when you've made it, why not wear it on Christmas day? The instructions are on the site, but you can download all three parts of the mask here, here and here. To go to today's feature, where all the instructions lie, click here.

You can see all days of the advent calendar on the main page here.

Doctor Who Adventures 94

This week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures, issue 94, was released yesterday around the UK. The magazine costs £2.10, and comes free with a Tardis money box, which you have to put together plus some Tardis stickers. Posters inside include The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith, a Cyberman, The Runaway Bride and The Christmas Invasion. Inside is a feature on many robots in Doctor Who that go wrong, many Cyberman facts to get you geared up for Christmas and a fact file of the Bane with a preview of The Sarah Jane Adventures' finale! You can see the cover above, and below is the official press release from the BBC;

Rebel robots!

This week’s Doctor Who Adventures has been invaded by mechanical monsters! These rascally robots have caused the Doctor and his friends no end of trouble over the years. We look at the best of the bad bots from the halo-hurling Host to Trine-E and Zu-Zana. Remember what they wanted to do to Captain Jack? Stitch his legs to his chest in a monstrous makeover. Nasty.

We’ve also got a countdown to Christmas with five essential things you need to do before the Doctor storms back on to our screens on Christmas day. And for anyone who ate so many mince pies that they can’t remember what happened last Christmas or the one before, we’ve got an adventure guide to Voyage of the Damned and a Christmas Invasion photostory.

It’s been a while since we last saw the Cyber army, so just in case your Cyber knowledge is a bit rusty, we’ve got a fact file on the steel soldiers to prepare you for their imminent return.

Monday sees the thrilling series finale of The Sarah Jane Adventures. To find out what’s in store for SJ and the gang in part two of Enemy of the Bane, we’ve got a special sneak preview and a fact file on the beastly Bane.

The issue comes with a FREE TARDIS money box and stickers!

PLUS:

• Awesome posters: A Cyberman, The Runaway Bride, The Christmas Invasion, and The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith.
• Doctor’s data: Feisty Torchwood chief, Yvonne Hartman.
• Comps: Nintendo DS games and the chance to see free films for a year!
• Comic strip: Part two of The Giant’s Ring.
• Subscription offer: Subscribe today and get Dalek Sec and TARDIS mini diecasts.
• ALL THIS AND OODLES MORE!

Doctor Who Adventures issue 94, priced £2.10, is out on 11 December. Information: Christmas is coming!

Remember to get this issue before next Thursday, when the ninety-fifth issue will be out. Have you got this issue of Doctor Who Adventures yet?

Midnight Sounds Good

The Doctor Who episode 'Midnight', reported earlier, had been nominated for an award for Best Sound from a drama at this year's RTS (Royal Television Society) Craft and Design Awards. It was, this year, the only category Doctor Who had been nominated in, rather than more than one in previous years. But the very good news now is that it won the award! It is true that the music heard in Midnight was amazing, and terribly spooky. If you want to hear the music, it is included on this year's soundtrack, filled with twenty-seven tracks of the Doctor's latest adventures. But I think it was mostly the small sounds heard, made by the Sounds Department of the Who studios. Julie Gardner was talking to Doctor Who Magazine about the win;

"We're all so proud that the magnificent work of the Sound Department has been recognised at last. This episode pushed them right to the limit, using techniques that simply won't be called for on many other dramas, and it's wonderful to see their work being recognised by their peers. And I have to say, it's probably a unique event, for a drama recorded in basically one small room, to win an award for the quality of it's sound. That department does brilliant work on every single episode, and it's about time they were honoured! And out thanks and congratulations to the director of that episode. Alice Troughton, who worked so closely with the sound team, as well as the cast, who gave everything to make the story work."

Easter Special Title at Christmas

It has now been confirmed, thanks to Doctor Who Magazine, that the title of the first special next year, due to be shown around Easter time, will be revealed at the end of The Next Doctor, on Christmas day. They have done this usually after a series, telling us the Christmas special title, but that did not happen this year, as it was a very big secret. Once again, it shall be shown right at tyhe end of the main programme, just before the credits, saying that Doctor Who will return in... We now also know that the title will be four words long, and one of those words will begin with the letter 'D'. But don't think that stands for Dalek, as Russell T. Davies has told us that there will be new monsters appearing in the episode. Remember, The Next Doctor will air on Christmas Day at the time of 6pm. Don't miss it (like you would)!

Prom Variations

We have now found out that there will be three different length Doctor Who Proms. The normal one, that is due to be shown on the 1st of January next year, at 1:50pm, is an hour long. As you know, this is not the whole concert, but just the highlights. You are able to, after the broadcast of this version of BBC One, then go onto the BBCi service, via the red button on your TV remote, and choose to watch an extended edition, this is an hour and a half. But pushing that even further, the DVD release of The Next Doctor (in January), will have the full version, which will have a running time of 120 minutes, two hours. This may get a bit confusing, but the good thing is that we get the best version on the DVD.