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The figure has an RRP of £14.99, but you could get one for absolutely free, and all you have to do is follow @wnfeed now to be in with a chance – it really is that simple!

Thanks to everyone who has helped push us over the halfway mark, but we still need your help!

Finalized schedules have confirmed all of the Doctor Who Proms-related goodness that will be hitting our screens throughout next week!

As we previously reported, from 8:30PM on Monday 6th September, highlights of the concert will be shown on BBC3 in a 60-minute cut-down programme, and the channel will be repeating it a few hours later at 2:45AM the following day (Tuesday 7th). Meanwhile, on Friday 10th, BBC3 will be airing a 90-minute extended programme from 7:00PM.

Here’s a round up of the schedule so you don’t miss a second of the action!

6/9/10, 8:30PM, BBC3: Doctor Who 2010 Prom highlights (60 minutes)
7/9/10, 2:45AM, BBC3: Doctor Who 2010 Prom highlights (60 minutes) – repeat
10/9/10, 7:00PM, BBC3: Doctor Who 2010 Prom highlights (Extended, 90 minutes)

In addition, ‘VIP access-all-areas’ footage – including backstage interviews and unseen music – will be available to watch via the BBC’s Red Button service from Monday.

Danny Horn – who will be appearing in Doctor Who this Christmas - has spoken to The Telegraph & Argus about his role in the special.

He told them: ”It’s been like a bizarre dream. I finished the Central School of Speech and Drama on the Friday, had the audition on the Monday and by Thursday I was filming in Cardiff. I was very excited about the audition but didn’t think I’d get it. It took a month to film and I’ve been up and down to Cardiff. It’s a relatively good part.”

The actor revealed that his character spends most of the story with singer Katherine Jenkins, who will be making her acting debut in the episode. “We were together for a lot of the episode,” he said. ”Let’s just say I might be a bit of a hero with the boys.”

He finished: “Working with Michael was fantastic as he’s one of my heroes, and Matt is brilliant to work with - absolutely fantastic.” The special is due to air on Christmas Day.

Will Brenton - director of the forthcoming Doctor Who Live tour – has confirmed that the story of the concert is inspired by the events of the 1973 Third Doctor adventure Carnival of Monsters.

“We’ve created a brand new character – called Vorgenson – but it is a character who grows out of Carnival Of Monsters,” he told SFX. “All of its genealogy grows out of that episode. And the fans who spotted that reference will enjoy how it happens.”

He continued: ”Its taken what happened in that episode and moved it on, and updated it and had some fun with it as well. I sat down with Steven and said, ‘I’ve got this Jurassic Park kind of feel, with a character who’s reeling out these characters,’ and he immediately said, ‘Well, ‘Carnival Of Monsters’! Let’s let it grow out of that.’”

The Doctor Who live tour launches next month at the Wembley Arena and will then visit eight more cities across the country. For more information, visit DoctorWhoLive.com.

Richard Clark has confirmed on his Twitter page that he’ll be directing a Series 6 episode penned by Mark Gatiss.

Last month, the director tweeted: “In the thick of Dr Who. New drafts coming along. Mark Gatiss story wonderful.” Gatiss has previously written The Unquiet Dead, The Idiot’s Lantern and, most recently, Victory of the Daleks. In 2007, he appeared on-screen in The Lazarus Experiment, and is co-creator of the acclaimed Sherlock series alongside Steven Moffat.

Clark will also be helming the 3rd episode of the 2011 series, written by Neil Gaiman.

Are you happy that Gatiss is back for Matt Smith’s second series? Let us know below!

Please bear in mind that the full list of writers is still to be confirmed by the BBC.

Actress Leila Hoffman has been cast to appear in the sixth series of Doctor Who.

Her CV confirms that she will be playing a character called Mrs Rossiter, in an episode directed by Richard Clark.

Hoffman has previously appeared in Not Going Out, EastEnders, One Foot in the Grave, How Not to Live Your Life, and as Neville Longbottom’s gran in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

An array of monsters from the Whoniverse descended on Nottingham’s Old Market Square today!

They were out and about to promote the forthcoming Doctor Who Live tour, which kicks off next month and visits the Nottingham Arena on October 25th-26th. You can watch coverage of their invasion here. 

For full concert dates, venues and ticket information, see its website, DoctorWhoLive.com.

Matt Smith has spoken to BBC Newsbeat about his excitement for the next series of Doctor Who.

“I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “What Steven’s planned is so madly inventive, and hopefully we’ll get some fabulous actors. I don’t know anything about who they’re looking to get. I’ve got a couple of scripts coming to me this week that we’re film soon so I’m excited. It’s funny because I’m in the same position as the people who watch the show. I literally don’t know anything until I get the scripts.”

Of his co-star Karen Gillan, who will be back on our screens as Amy Pond next year, he laughed: “She’s great. She just makes me laugh more than most human beings. She’s sort of just a mixture between a praying mantis and a very beautiful China doll, all gangly. We’re great pals and I’m very fond her. She’s gonna hate me for saying that!”

The actor also discusses the Doctor Who Live tour, and confirms that he’ll be making a personal appearance at the launch of it at Wembley Arena (October 8th-10th).

He explained: “It’s gonna play in the arenas around the country and there’ll be all of the monsters and within that there’s a narrative. I’m there on the screen talking directly to the audience, and the whole story just unfolds. Fans can be part of the adventure!”

Please join us in raising our glasses to wish Burn Gorman a very happy birthday!

The actor is known in the Doctor Who universe as the late Owen Harper from Torchwood’s first and second series, and he is today celebrating his 36th birthday. We hope he has a fantastic day!

Feel free to leave your own birthday messages to Burn in a comment on this post.

As we prepare for the return of those long autumn nights, we’ve still got one part of summer to enjoy – our Fan of the Month for August 2010!

Thanks to everyone who entered this month. Yet again we’ve been blown away by the response and we wish we could pick more than one, but rules are rules and you can now read the winner’s profile here.

Keep ‘em peeled for the September interview, coming soon!