France Television Distribution have today confirmed that boxsets of Series 4 and the 2009/10 Specials will be released on DVD in France this summer!

The announcement comes after French fans launched an online petition for a DVD of David Tennant’s final episodes as the Tenth Doctor, and they’ll be pleased to hear that for the first time they’ll be able to get both Series 4 (€24,99) and the Specials (€19.99) from 15th June! Both boxsets will be French dubbed with French subtitles.

In addition, the same day will see the releases of complete Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 boxsets for €24,99 each! Although the first three series have previously been made available, the updated sets, also dubbed in French, will sport new packaging.

Series 5 continues tomorrow on France 4, with Vincent et le Docteur & Le colocataire.

With thanks to Aurélie!

Watch have confirmed that they will be kicking off 2011 in style as they have renamed New Year’s Day as their very own Doctor Who Day!

The channel’s festivities will commence on January 1st at 1:05pm with the first part of Series 4’s epic finale, The Stolen Earth, and the marathon will continue right through the day, culminating at 7:40pm with the 2008 Christmas special, The Next Doctor! We’ve put together a full schedule for the day below – will you be tuning in?

Watch’s ‘Doctor Who Day’ (New Year’s Day)
Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth - Watch, 1:05pm
Doctor Who: Journey’s End – Watch, 2:10pm
Doctor Who: The Christmas Invasion – Watch, 3:00pm
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride - Watch, 4:50pm
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned – Watch, 6:10pm
Doctor Who: The Next Doctor – Watch, 7:40pm

Also on New Year’s Day, BBC One will be showing a repeat of The End of Time, Part One at 12.40pm. Part Two of the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration story will be shown on BBC One on January 2nd at 12:10pm. See in the New Year with our favourite Time Lord!

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 fourth series of Doctor Who has been nominated for a BAFTA!

The series, which aired last year on BBC One, is up against Shameless (Channel 4), Spooks (BBC) and Wallander (BBC) in the Best Drama Series category.

The awards ceremony will take place at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday 26th April. WhovianNet would like to wish Doctor Who and its cast and crew the very best of luck!