The official Doctor Who website has today posted details of several upcoming Doctor Who related programmes that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 this Spring as part of its 7th Dimension strand!

Starting at the end of the month, the station will be airing a recorded version of Barry Letts – Who and Me in 7 weekly parts. The fascinating autobiography tells the story of the late producer’s involvement with the series between the years of 1967 to 1981.

Meanwhile, April will see the transmissions of three novelized adventures, The Brain of Morbius (1976), The Creature from the Pit (1979), and The Giant Robot (a revised adaptation of the serial Robot from 1974). Each will be read by the Fourth Doctor actor, Tom Baker! The stories will be introduced by Nicholas Briggs, the 21st century voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen.

We’ll bring you the exact transmission times as and when. Stay tuned!

Issue #194 of SFX Magazine was released across the UK today, and, as well as its 3D cover, inside there’s a 9-page feature previewing the forthcoming series, with exclusive Q&A sessions with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Steven Moffat!

“The fact that I’m younger, the fact that my soul is different, will add to a different sort of Doctor,” the Eleventh Doctor actor teases. ”It’s a part that allows for everything, every facet of you to be revealed.”

He adds: “I hope it’ll be rich and plentiful, but it’s not something that I have analysed, because he’s changing every day for me.”

Meanwhile, the actress who will be portraying his new companion, Amy Pond, admits that the mini-skirt she’s been spotted sporting in The Eleventh Hour has a genuine purpose in its plot, seemingly adding more fuel to the fire regarding her character being a kissogram! “The thing about Amy is that she has to do things in order to ensure she’s successful in her missions,” she explains. “And that possibly may have been one of the things she had to do…”

And any fans doubting the new showrunner’s techniques can sleep at ease tonight, as his interview confirms that he definitely knows just who he’s making the programme for! “Children will always need a hero who fights monsters but never becomes one,” he says. “I think that’s such an important story for children. And when I say children I mean children of 48. That’s very central. As a myth, that’s really important.”

The magazine also confirms that Series 5 will begin on April 3rd. Despite its 99.9% certainty, transmission details are still to be finalized, but confirmation is expected imminently…

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The BBC Press Office has today confirmed the date on which Matt Smith will be appearing as a guest on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross!

The Eleventh Doctor actor will be interviewed on the show on Friday 26th March on BBC One/HD at 10:35PM to promote the launch of the forthcoming fifth series.

Meanwhile, for US fans, the episode will be broadcast on BBC America a week later, on April 2nd. More details to follow!

Series 5 of Doctor Who is expected to begin on April 3rd. Stay tuned for the latest!

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Karen Gillan briefly appeared on Radio 1 with Fearne Cotton this morning, where she offered some of the first tantalizing teases as to what fans can expect to see from her character, Amy Pond, in the forthcoming series of Doctor Who!

“She’s a very sassy lady, and she meets the Doctor in a really incredibly interesting way, which determines their relationship for the first part of the series,” she said.

She added: “She’s not completely in awe of the Doctor all the time, there’s none of that, because she doesn’t take his word as gospel. She’s kind of like ‘Ok, if you’re gonna go off and do that, I’m gonna go and do my own thing!’, so she’s independent. She’s really funny. Funny and sassy and strong. Yeah!”

Meanwhile, regarding the recently announced series launch tour of Britain, she beamed: “We’re going to Belfast, Iverness, Sunderland, Salford and Northampton, so it’s really exciting in itself. We get to take the show back to our hometowns, which is really nice.”

And the actress went on to liken her relationship with co-star Matt Smith to that of ‘an annoying older brother’. “But annoying in a brilliant way,” she added, laughing. Stay tuned!

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DigitalSpy have today released a preview of their upcoming interview with Steven Moffat, in which he reveals that he found it thoroughly enjoyable to write the Eleventh Doctor’s first words, as seen at the end of The End of Time, Part Two!

“It took me ten minutes to write, if that,” the new showrunner said. “I just added that bit on the end. I added some fun banter for Matt, but it wasn’t difficult, it was a great pleasure.”

He added: “It was so lovely for Russell to let me do that. Russell, being Russell, said that I must have the first words, so that was just really great. It was one of the most fun things I’ve had to do!” Geronimo!

Series 5 of Doctor Who is expected to begin on April 3rd. Stay tuned for the latest!

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Issue #194 of SFX Magazine, sporting a 3D Series 5 image as its artwork, is out today, and to mark its release, the official SFX website has published a gallery of images taken during the recent photoshoot for the cover!

The pictures can be viewed by clicking here, and they feature Matt Smith (The Eleventh Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) in various action poses, which only the Doctor and his companion can do best!

Inside SFX Magazine #194, there’s an in-depth feature for the forthcoming series, offering exclusive tidbits, never before seen pictures, and brand new interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and showrunner Steven Moffat!

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It’s common knowledge that the Doctor would be lost in space without a companion at his side, and there was a special look back over some of his most faithful of friends in last night’s Sidekick Stories on BBC Four!

The programme was narrated by Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) and celebrated the role of assistants in television, and Doctor Who, unsuprisingly, has the highest number of sidekicks in British TV history! 

The Doctor Who segment includes interviews with David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) and various other TV and radio critics as they look back over the show’s 46 year history and examine the impact its companions have had on the series, as well as on the Doctor as a character.

If you missed it, you can watch it again for the next 6 days via the BBC iPlayer service, here.

TV Tonight, Australia’s leading TV blog, has today revealed the date on which the forthcoming series of Doctor Who will begin transmitting in Australia!

The series will commence on ABC1 on Sunday April 18th at 7:30PM with The Eleventh Hour, which will see the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith, getting to know his new body, and also meeting his new companion, Amy Pond, portrayed by Karen Gillan.

And before it has its network premiere, it’ll also be made available to watch exclusively online via ABC’s iView platform from 12:00AM on Saturday April 17th.

Elsewhere, Series 5 will be launching both in the US, on BBC America, and in Canada, on Space, on Saturday 17th April. While the UK transmission details are still to be finalized, it’s expected to begin its 13-week run on BBC One/HD on Saturday April 3rd. Stay tuned!

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