Doctor Who Magazine Issue #440 Cover

Here's the cover for the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine. The upcoming issue is a tribute to Elisabeth Sladen:

It will be available from Thursday 20th October, priced £4.99.

Preview Clips from The Wedding of River Song

Today is the finale of the latest series of Doctor Who. While you're counting down the hours why not enjoy these preview clips from the BBC:

The Wedding of River Song is on BBC One & BBC One HD at 7.05pm tonight.

Confidential axed by the BBC

An article on The Guardian's website has revealed that Doctor Who behind the scenes show Doctor Who Confidential is the latest victim of the corporation's budget cuts.

The BBC Doctor Who website have confirmed this news & added that the upcoming episode (due to be aired on Saturday 1st October at 8.35pm) will be the last.

This is from The Guardian article:

Doctor Who Confidential, which features behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Doctor Who as well as interviews with the cast and crew, has aired in an early evening slot on BBC3 since 2005, when the corporation revived the main series with Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Time Lord.

However, with the corporation facing budget cuts of up to 20% across its output as part of its "Delivering Quality First" initiative, BBC controller Zai Bennett has chosen to axe the show at the end of its current series.

Bennett is understood to be pursuing a strategy of focusing investment on original commissions in post-watershed time slots.

Speaking last month at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, Bennett said: "It's about focusing my budget on 9pm and 10pm; those are the time slots that count. Budgets are tight, so we have to be sensible with the money we have."

Personally I have really enjoyed the behind the scenes clips & the extra peeks at the cast that we got to see on DWC so I'm not happy about this latest development.

How do you feel about it?

Doctor Who Radio Times Cover

The upcoming season finale of Doctor Who, The Wedding Of River Song, is this week's feature cover on the Radio Times, which is out to buy now.

The Complete Sixth Series Special Edition

Along with the news of the Series 6 DVD, we also bring news of the Special Edition Set. Much of the content is the same, but there are slight variations.

 

This set, like the standard edition, also includes fourteen episodes:

1. A Christmas Carol

2. The Impossible Astronaut
3. Day Of The Moon
4. The Curse Of The Black Spot
5. The Doctor’s Wife
6. The Rebel Flesh
7. The Almost People
8. A Good Man Goes To War
9. Let’s Kill Hitler
10. Night Terrors
11. The Girl Who Waited
12. The God Complex
13. Closing Time
14. The Wedding Of River Song

The majority of the extras are also the same, although this set also includes 5 3D collectors cards.

5 X ‘Night And The Doctor’ Additional Scenes

2 X ‘Comic Relief’ Sketches
Commentaries
4 X ‘The Monster Files’
4 X Prequels
Trailers
14 X ‘Doctor Who Confidential’ Cut-Downs
‘Doctor Who Confidential: A Nights’ Tale’

5 3-D Art Cards

As well as all that, this set also comes with a limited edition raised Silent Head slip cover.

Doctor Who DVD: The Complete Sixth Series

The Cover art and content details for the upcoming release of the Complete Sixth Series of Doctor Who have been revealed.

Fourteen episodes are included on the set. They are:

1. A Christmas Carol
2. The Impossible Astronaut
3. Day Of The Moon
4. The Curse Of The Black Spot
5. The Doctor’s Wife
6. The Rebel Flesh
7. The Almost People
8. A Good Man Goes To War
9. Let’s Kill Hitler
10. Night Terrors
11. The Girl Who Waited
12. The God Complex
13. Closing Time
14. The Wedding Of River Song

As well as that, the extras on the set include:

5 X ‘Night And The Doctor’ Additional Scenes
2 X ‘Comic Relief’ Sketches
Commentaries
4 X ‘The Monster Files’
4 X Prequels
Trailers
14 X ‘Doctor Who Confidential’ Cut-Downs
‘Doctor Who Confidential: A Nights’ Tale’

The Wedding Of River Song Promo Images

Here is a handful of promo shots from the series 6 finale, The Wedding Of River Song. To see nearly 30 more, check out the picture thread of The Doctor In The TARDIS Forum.

The Wedding Of River Song Trailer

Here is the BBC one trailer for the series 6 finale, The Wedding Of River Song, so if you haven't watched it yet, or just want to see it again, check it out below.

Closing Time Overnight Ratings

Unnofficial Overnight ratings for episode 12 of Series 6, Closing Time, have come in today at a respectable 5.3m viewers, making it the third most watched programme of the day.

This is slightly up on the 5.2 recieved by last weeks story The God Complex.

Official figures for the episode are due within the next 7 to 10 days.

Join The Infinite Quest - The Mark Of The Rani

This week we pay just our second visit so far to The Sixth Doctor and see the first appearance of The Rani in 1985s The Mark Of The Rani.

In 19th century England, the Doctor finds himself facing two competing enemies: his old adversary, the Master, and the Rani, another Time Lord with a sinister plan. The local population is turning violent and unpredictable and with a major meeting of the brains of the Industrial Revolution due to happen in the village soon, the Doctor must work out what exactly is causing all the problems. Only the Doctor can stop both the Master and the Rani's evil plans.

The Mark of the Rani was the third story of Season 22 of Doctor Who. A new Time Lord villain, the Rani, was introduced in this serial. 

To join in with the discussion of this weeks story, come on over to The Doctor In The TARDIS Forum

Prequel to The Wedding of River Song

The BBC have just posted the prequel for the Doctor Who series 6 finale:

I'm sure that will keep us all thinking for the next week.