A TV advert promoting the new Series 5 action figures has been revealed by CM Gifts and Collectables!
The promo showcases the Eleventh Doctor figure alongside Amy, the Smilers, the Daleks, Edwin Bracewell and the Weeping Angels. The figures were unveiled back in May and are available now from various outlets (prices vary).
In related news, Karen Gillan will be signing copies of the Amy Pond figure at Hamleys in Glasgow this Saturday.
Underground Toys have confirmed that a ‘limited quantity’ of their rare Eleventh Doctor and Dalek Scientist figures will be released in the UK later this month!
Originally made exclusively for sale at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, demand has been so high that the set will be available to buy in Forbidden Planet stores across the country from August 18th. You’ll have to be quick if you’re hoping to get your hands on one, though, as it’s strictly while stocks last, and once they’re gone, they’re gone!
UK fans will also be able to purchase a set via the official Underground Toys website, again for a limited time only.
Elsewhere, Underground Toys have made their set featuring Roger Delgado’s incarnation of the Master alongside an Axon from the 1971 Third Doctor serial The Claws of Axos (pictured on the right) available in the UK via Forbidden Planet. The set is available for the price of £24.99.
Are you hoping to get your mitts on the Eleventh Doctor and Dalek Scientist set?
With the news that a 2-disc set featuring music from the 2009/10 Specials will be making its way into the hands of Whovians far and wide next month, details have now surfaced regarding the release of the official Series 5 soundtrack!
According to Amazon, which is now listing the highly-anticipated CD for pre-order, a collection of Murray Gold’s scores from the Eleventh Doctor’s first series will be available to buy from November 8th 2010.
As it’s early days, its cover artwork and track listings haven’t yet been made available, however we’ll bring you the all-important details as and when we get them. Stay tuned!
The Doctor Who Exhibition in Cardiff has recently welcomed an array of Series 5 monsters, props and costumes to its ever-growing collection!
A report in WalesOnline reveals that the Khaki Dalek seen in Victory of the Daleks and a Weeping Angel from The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone are now on display at the exhibition, which is open every day from 10:AM to 6:30PM. There’s also costumes worn by Karen Gillan for companion Amy Pond and Ian McNeice for Churchill.
“Since opening at The Red Dragon Centre in December 2005, we’ve had mass interest from fans from across the UK, America and Australia,” said Martin Wilkie from Experience Design. “It continues to attract thousands of fans each year and we’re sure the new props will see fans flocking to the centre in coming weeks.”
Emma Johnstone, the centre’s marketing manager, added: “The Exhibition has been an enormous tourist attraction over the past four years. We’re delighted to be able to welcome fans back to view the latest products and enjoy all the centre has to offer.”
2 Entertain have sent us the final cover artworks for the DVD and Blu-ray release of the fourth Series 5 volume.
The disc will contain the episodes Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, and the two-part series finale The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang. Inkeeping with tradition, The Monster Files mini-documentary will be a special feature, and an exclusive Top Trump card will also be included inside the DVD. You can check out the front covers for both formats below – what do you think of them?
The fourth and final Series 5 volume will be available to buy from September 6th, priced at £15.99 for the DVD and £19.99 for the Blu-ray.
The third volume of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy’s adventures is officially released on DVD and Blu-ray today!
The disc features Amy’s Choice and The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood two-parter, and its ‘Monster Files’ special feature takes a look back over the history of the Silurians, with exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.
The DVD is out to buy now for £15.99, while its Blu-ray is priced at £19.99. Geronimo!
Last month we told you about a brand new game featuring Amy Pond, and the official website has today confirmed that it will be launching it on Monday!
Entitled Amy’s History Hunt, the objective is to help Amy unlock the Doctor’s safe, with specially shot videos starring Karen Gillan. The quest will include facts and trivia about the Doctor’s friends and places he’s visited, as Amy offers her own unique point of view about some of the people she’s met throughout her TARDIS travels.
Completers of the game will unlock a special short story written by Paul Cornell. Head over to the official website now to see a preview of the game. What do you think?
More details have surfaced online regarding the two new scenes, entitled ‘Meanwhile, in the TARDIS…’, that will be included as a special feature on the Series 5 boxset!
The first scene takes place between The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below and will explain why Amy was floating in space at the beginning of episode two, while the second – set between Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice - shows what happened after that controversial kiss at the end of episode five.
Both scenes are penned by showrunner Steven Moffat and star Matt Smith and Karen Gillan as the Doctor and Amy. In addition, the boxset will boast out-takes, in vision commentaries, video diaries, Confidential Cut Downs, The Monster Files and BBC trailers and promos. The DVD/Blu-ray will be on sale from November 8th in the UK, and November 9th in the US. Are you looking forward to its release? Let us know!
Karen Gillan appeared on Woman’s Hour earlier this week, where she spoke about this weekend’s anticipated Doctor Who Proms, which she’ll be co-presenting alongside Matt Smith and Arthur Darvill.
“It’s all the music from the show. Murray Gold is the composer, and he is really, really amazing,” she said. ”All the characters have a theme, so there’s The Doctor’s Theme and Amy’s Theme, and even Rory’s Theme, so they’re all going to be featured.”
She continued: “There’s also going to be some classic music that’s kind of related to time travel in some way. We’ve got Mars from The Planet and O Fortuna, one of my personal favourites. It’ll be amazing to hear it with a full choir.”
The actress also commented on what the last 12 months have been like, describing her first year as Amy Pond as ”completely mental”. ”Doctor Who’s like no other job,” she explained. “It just changes your life as soon as you’re announced in the role. Everyone’s very aware of Doctor Who, I think kids are born knowing about it. It wasn’t on television when I was growing up, yet if I saw a Dalek, I’d know it was from Doctor Who.”
2 Entertain have sent us the early details regarding the highly-anticipated Series 5 DVD/Blu-ray boxset, which is set to be released on November 8th in the UK, and on November 9thin the US!
The 6-disc collection will include all 13 episodes of Matt Smith’s first series, as well as special features consisting of cast video diaries plus never before seen sequences – written by showrunner Steven Moffat – revealing what happened inside the TARDIS between episodes.
Also included on the set will be the Monster Files documentaries previously released on the volumes, and we can no doubt expect the usual mixture of Doctor Who Confidential, commentaries, deleted scenes, out-takes and trailers that we all know and love!
In addition, the boxset will come in a limited edition ‘crack’ packaging, as showcased below in the draft cover artwork for the release. We’ll bring you the latest, as we get it!
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