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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.

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.

The Sun have posted an article in which they reveal what will no doubt be the first of their many ’spoilers’ surrounding next year’s mid-series cliffhanger.

On Sunday it was confirmed that Series 6 will be be transmitted in two halves to make for an ‘Earth-shattering’ plot twist at the end of Episode 7. According to the tabloid’s inevitable report, that plot twist will be the death of the Doctor’s current companion, Amy Pond. As always, the speculation should be taken with a pinch of salt.

To respect those of you who are avoiding spoilers, we’ve posted the link to the original source in a comment below. Do NOT read the comments if you don’t want to know as we won’t be monitoring them for spoilers.

BBC One Controller Jay Hunt has confirmed that the channel is currently deciding whether or not to make changes to the Doctor Who schedule.

Back in June last year it was speculated that Series 5 would be split into two halves, with the first half airing in the Spring and the second half from October. While this has obviously turned out to be false, the rumours have again resurfaced, with it now being claimed that the transmission of Series 6 will indeed be pushed back to Autumn 2011.

“We’re talking about what form Doctor Who will take,” Hunt exclusively told DigitalSpy. “I think the interesting thing with having Steven Moffat running that show now is it will be very much a creative decision. He will decide what he thinks is right for the show.”

She continued: “It’s one of the most terrifying things about being a BBC One controller – to be in charge of a regeneration and to cast the new Doctor Who. For Matt and Karen to have landed as successfully as they have in the audience’s mind, to be as popular and to be as instantly associated with the roles is wonderful.”

What do you make of the news? Do you think a transmission later in the year would benefit the series, or should it stick with traditition at the heart of the Spring schedule?

As always, we want to know your thoughts, so let us know by posting a comment below!

It has been revealed that next month the Daleks will be invading the National Space Centre in Leicester.

The event is taking place on 11th-12th September to raise money for Children in Need, and across the weekend there will also be guest appearances from Ruari Mears, who has played various monsters in the new series, as well as Nina de Cosimo, known as Blanche from Victory of the Daleks, and Sonila Vjeshta, who appeared as one of the Vampire Girls in The Vampires of Venice.

In addition, Hyde Fundraisers will be hosting a sculpting demonstration on the Saturday. You can read the all-important details at the Centre’s official site.

It has been confirmed that actor Nigel Planer will be appearing in the Doctor Who Live tour as Vorgenson!

Showrunner Steven Moffat has created the role exclusively for the concert, and the character has been described as an ”intergalactic showman”, who just so happens to be the Doctor’s number one fan. Planer is best known as Neil Pye in the BBC comedy The Young Ones, and has also appeared in Blackadder, French & Saunders, Jonathan Creek, and on stage in Wicked and Hairspray.

“I’m excited to be joining the tour and this role is something of a boyhood dream come true,” he said. “My character Vorgenson is the Greatest Showman in the Galaxy and using his incredible invention, ‘The Minimiser’, he can make any Doctor Who character appear on stage as part of his travelling show dedicated to his hero.”

He continued: “The Doctor Who Live tour brings all the magic of the television show together with a host of incredible effects, and I just hope that I can survive visiting nine cities sharing a stage with eleven Doctor Who monsters and a flying Dalek in tow!”

Meanwhile, producer of the tour, Craig Stanley, has promised that the show’s ”incredible illusions, immersive storytelling, magical music, scary monsters and intergalactic heroes” is enough to even entertain people who aren’t necessarily fans of the series.

Nick Briggs, voice of the Daleks and Cybermen, will also be taking to the stage as Winston Churchill. While Matt Smith and Karen Gillan won’t be appearing in the flesh, they will be seen on a big screen in specially-recorded scenes, as a 16-piece orchestra, conducted by composer Murray Gold, peform tracks both new and old.

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

The CV of actress Sophie Cosson has confirmed that she’ll be filming for the new series of Doctor Who next month.

Meanwhile, two Series 6 directors have seemingly been revealed via the CV of new production designer Michael Pickwoad. According to the listing, Richard Clark - the director of Series 3’s Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment - will be back, as will Adam Smith, who helmed Series 5’s The Eleventh Hour and The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone two-parter.

What do you think of the latest cast/crew developments? Share your thoughts below!

The sixth series of Doctor Who is currently being filmed in Cardiff, to broadcast in 2011.