The BBC Press Office has confirmed that the third series of Doctor Who is to make its way to BBC Entertainment.

Launched in November 2009, the pan-regional channel is available across Europe and in the Middle East, and will welcome Freema Agyeman’s first series as Martha Jones alongside David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor this Autumn.

The press release includes an overview of the series, which can be read below:

The third installment of Doctor Who is full of new thrills, new laughs, new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters. From the moment the Doctor (David Tennant) walks into the life of medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) he changes it forever. Together they find themselves travelling through time and space encountering extraordinary events, amazing worlds and faces both old and new. They come face to face with the ruthless Judoon, a vicious plasmavore and the Doctor’s sworn enemies, the Daleks, who have been hiding in 1930s New York with a terrifying plan for humanity.

French Whovians have recently launched a new online petition to get the full fourth series of Doctor Who released on DVD in France!

The appeal will eventually be sent to Mr Rostein of France Television Distribution, the distributors of Doctor Who DVDs, and it’s hoped that it will encourage him to realise that there is a “real base of fans and a growing popularity for this series” in the country, offering the signatures as proof that there are “many potential buyers”.

While Series 1, 2 and 3 have been made available, fans have also urged for future Doctor Who DVDs to be produced at a higher quality, after previous releases have seen no special features, French dubs incomplete and even full episodes completely missing.

You can read the full details and sign the petition here (don’t forget to use Google Translate!), and we’d like to wish our fellow Whovians the very best of luck! Allons-y!

The Audiobook Store has released its shortlist for their Best Audio Book of the Year prize, which includes the Doctor Who adventure Dead Air by James Goss!

Released back in March, the story is read by David Tennant and follows the Tenth Doctor as he journeys through the wreckage of a floating radio station at the bottom of the sea, where a lost recording has been discovered. After careful restoration, it’s played for the first time, revealing something incredible.

You can have your say now by clicking here, and when your cast your vote you have the chance of winning £50 of Audiobook Store vouchers! Best of luck James and David!

Back in April, the nominations for this year’s Constellation Awards were revealed, and its ceremony this weekend saw David Tennant win the Best Male Performance for his portrayal of the Tenth Doctor in The Waters of Mars!

He recieved 23%, while Gareth David Lloyd, shortlisted for his role as Ianto Jones in Torchwood, came 5th in the category, with 8%. Michelle Ryan came fourth in the Best Female Performance, with 13% voting for her character, Lady Christina de Souza, from Planet of the Dead.

17% of the final vote landed last year’s Doctor Who specials in third place in the Best Science Fiction TV Series of 2009. The series was beaten by Defying Gravity, 22%, and, in first place, Supernatural, with a close 23%. Day One of Torchwood’s Children of Earth, meanwhile, came third in Best Overall 2009 Science Fiction Film or TV Script.

The Pixel Project have extended their deadline to find a new celebrity role model to represent their charity, which is working to put a stop to violence against women.

At the beginning of the month we told you that David Tennant was on the shortlist, and, if you haven’t done so already, you now have until June 30th to cast your votes for the former Tenth Doctor actor. The 2 celebrities with the most votes will be sent the poll results and the petition and have their picture taken for the charity’s collage.

The Pixel Project are currently running a poll to recruit a new celebrity male role model for their campaign against violence against women.  

David Tennant is one of 5 nominees, and we’ve been asked to invite our visitors (that’s you!) to head over to their website and cast their votes for the former Tenth Doctor actor. The 2 celebrities with the most votes will be sent the poll results and the petition (a link to which is on the poll page), and have their picture taken for the charity’s collage.

Voting closes on June 17th. If you’re voting, don’t forget to sign the petition too, as this will be sent off to David should he make the top two. Thanks to Regina for the details!

It has been revealed that David Tennant will be appearing in a new romantic comedy called Decoy Bride.

The former Tenth Doctor actor will be playing a character called James in the film, which is written by Sally Phillips, behind Channel 4’s hit series Smack the Pony, and Neil Jaworski. Alice Eve will portray Lara, an acclaimed actress who wants nothing more than to marry her cute British boyfriend James. They retreat to the remote Scottish island of Hegg, where they’re sure the press won’t find them.

But when they do, Lara is forced to find a decoy bride, local girl Katie, played by Kelly MacDonald, however it isn’t long until sparks begin to fly when she meets James.

David will be shooting the film from next month, with production based in the Isle of Man and Scotland. The project was announced earlier today at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Daily Telegraph have released details of their forthcoming Doctor Who audiobook giveaway!

Inside the newspaper this coming weekend, 24th/25th April, the newspaper will include The Runaway Train and part one of Pest Control. Over the course of next week, vouchers will be printed which can be used to claim the remaining free CDs from WHSmith. The giveaway includes Slipback, Exploration Earth, Genesis of the Daleks and Mission on the Unknown.

Free inside on Saturday, April 24th
The Runaway Train - An original story, read by Matt Smith.
Arriving on Earth in the midst of the American Civil War, the Doctor and Amy must get a posse together to help them retrieve an alien artefact. The duo are chased across the Wild West by the alien race, their only hope of escape catching the 3.25 to Arizona.

Free inside on Sunday, April 25th
Pest Control – Part One. An original BBC audiobooks story, read by David Tennant.
The Doctor and Donna face monstrous insects and a ruthless robot exterminator in this thrilling story and the TARDIS is lost in battle on a distant planet.

Free with The Daily Telegraph on Monday, April 26th
Pest Control - Part Two. An original BBC audiobooks story, read by David Tennant.
The Doctor and Donna face monstrous insects and a ruthless robot exterminator and the TARDIS is lost in battle on a distant planet in this thrilling story.

Free with The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, April 27th
Slipback – Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Valentine Dyall star in this BBC Radio 4 adventure from 1985.
The Doctor and Peri board an alien craft which the TARDIS has materialised inside, to investigate time experimentation. Which turns out not to be the only illegal activity onboard.

Free with The Daily Telegraph on Wednesday, April 28th
Exploration Earth – Tom Baker and Sarah Jane Smith star in this special BBC School Radio episode from 1976.
The Doctor and Sarah witness the Earth’s development. But, as the Earth evolves from a mass of heat and gas, Megron the High Lord of Chaos has his own designs on our homeworld.

Free with The Daily Telegraph on Thursday, April 29th
Geneisis of the Daleks – Tom Baker narrates an abridged audio version of the 1975 television adventure.
The Doctor, Sarah and Harry are sent to Skaro, where crippled scientist Davros has created protective casings for the genetic mutations with his race will become as a result of the 1,000-year war of attrition between the Kaleds and the Thals.

Free with The Daily Telegraph on Friday, April 30th
Mission on the Unknown – The soundtrack to a Doctor Who adventure from 1965, but which famously does not feature the Doctor himself, with linking narration by Peter Purves.
In this one-off prelude to The Daleks’ Master Plan, can Special Space Service Agent Marc Cory survive the vegatation on the planet Kembel and prevent the Daleks’ plans for galactic domination?

Thanks to The Daily Telegraph for letting us know!

Please join us as we send out our best birthday wishes to David Tennant, who is today celebrating his 39th birthday!

Even though he no longer resides in the TARDIS, he’s still very much in our hearts, and we hope he has a great day! 

Feel free to share your own birthday wishes for David in a comment on this post. Allons-y!

Familiar faces from Doctor Who and Torchwood are featured in the nominations for this year’s Constellation Awards, Canada’s annual ceremony which focuses on rewarding excellence in sci-fi film and TV!

Firstly, David Tennant is shortlisted for the Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode prize for his role as the Doctor in The Waters of Mars, as is Gareth David-Lloyd for his portrayal of Ianto Jones in Day Four of Children of Earth.

Meanwhile, Michelle Ryan’s appearance as Lady Christina de Souza in Planet of the Dead has landed her a nomination for the Best Female Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode, and Doctor Who itself is up against Supernatural, Being Erica, Sanctuary, Stargate Universe, Defying Gravity and Flashfoward for the Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2009 gong.

In addition, the script for Day One of Torchwood’s Children of Earth, written by its creator, Russell T Davies, is included in the Best Overall 2009 Science Fiction Film or Television Script category!

The winners will be announced at the Polaris 24 convention, which takes place between 16th-18th July 2010. We’d just like to wish all involved the very best of luck!