The first two Doctor Who Adventure Games have been officially launched internationally.

City of the Daleks and Blood of the Cybermen – both written by Phil Ford – can now be purchased ,exclusively from Direct2Drive, for a special bundle price of $6.99. The remaining two episodes will also be available to buy on the retail game site for a small fee shortly after their respective UK releases. The games are currently being showcased at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.

City of the Daleks sees the Doctor and Amy face the dreaded Daleks as their latest scheme threatens to wipe out virtually every human in existence, while, in Blood of the Cybermen, our heroes arrive in the Arctic, where something that has been waiting under the ice for thousands of years turn members of a survey team from flesh to metal.

Don’t forget that once you’ve played the games you can share your thoughts with WhovianNet! Did you enjoy being the Doctor? Use the links below to have your say!

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The agency profiles for two previous Doctor Who writers have been updated with evidence to suggest that they’ll both be returning for its sixth series, the filming for which commences at the beginning of next month.

Paul Cornell (Father’s Day, Human Nature, The Family of Blood) is writing an episode for ‘DOCTOR WHO 6′, which, interestingly, has a 60-minute running time, while Tom MacRae (Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel) has a Doctor Who script ’in development’.

While this doesn’t serve as solid confirmation that they’ll both be lending their creativity for Matt Smith’s second series, it does seem likely. Showrunner Steven Moffat has, however, recently revealed that they are still verifying its final list of writers.

The current series concludes tonight with The Big Bang at 18:05 on BBC1/HD.

It’s time to step into the Doctor’s shoes once more, as the TARDIS journeys to the Arctic in the thrilling new Adventure Game, Blood of the Cybermen, which can now be downloaded for absolutely free – for PC UK users - here!

When members of a survey team start turning from flesh to metal, the Doctor and Amy discover something sinister digging from under the ice that’s been waiting for thousands of years – an army of Cybermen!

Once you’ve played, don’t forget to let us know what you thought of it below, as we’ll be compiling your thoughts to include in our forthcoming Adventure Games section.

The Mac version of Blood of the Cybermen will be available from June 30th.

The official website has posted a new video in which Karen Gillan introduces the long-awaited Adventure Game, Blood of the Cybermen.

You can watch the video here to help prepare yourself for the game, which sees the Doctor and Amy materialize in the Arctic to find members of a survey team turning from flesh to metal. Something sinister under the ice has been waiting thousands of years – an army of Cybermen! 

Blood of the Cybermen is released for free download for PC UK users tomorrow!

The official site has revealed that there will be a special event celebrating the launch of the new game, Blood of the Cybermen, tomorrow in Cardiff, giving fans the opportunity to meet the Daleks and the Cybermen.

Hosted by Jason Mohammad, the BBC newsreader and presenter who has also made guest appearances in Doctor Who, the day is set to kick off at 10:00AM at the Hayes in the city centre, with attendees being amongst the first to play the new interactive episode!

In addition, free post cards and posters will be available on a first-come, first served basis. The event will conclude at 14:00. Blood of the Cybermen is released tomorrow.

DigitalSpy have posted a new Q&A with Phil Ford, the writer of the brand new Adventure Game, Blood of the Cybermen, which is released on the official website tomorrow.

In the interview he also comments on the fourth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, for which he has penned episodes 3 and 4, The Vault of Secrets. He promises a “very different and exciting” feel to the CBBC series when we return to Bannerman Road in the Autumn.

The BBC has released a TARDIS-load of information about the second instalment of the Adventure Games!

Episode 2, written by Phil Ford, officially named today as Blood of the Cybermen, will be released for free download for UK users on the official site from 26th June (that’s this Saturday!), and sees the Doctor and Amy Pond journey to the Arctic, where they find something sinister which has been waiting for thousands of years under the ice - an army of Cybermen!

To whet our appetites, the BBC has released a teaser trailer, as well as two downloadable script extracts. In addition, you can catch up with video coverage of its launch at Gavinburn Primary School, where showrunner Steven Moffat took part in a Q&A session about the game, which was naturally, interrupted, by the Cybermen, and there are also concept art and screenshot preview galleries.

Details of its international release are expected to be announced shortly. Stay tuned!

What did you think of City of the Daleks? Share your thoughts here!

DigitalSpy have released a Q&A with Meera Syal, who appears as Dr. Nasreen Chaudry in the forthcoming two-parter, The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood. During the interview, the actress discusses the return of the Silurians.

“What’s great about them is that they’re not black and white baddies, they’re actually a highly intelligent and evolved race, who have technology way beyond the humans in many aspects,” she said. “However, they feel quite possessive about the Earth because they were there first.”

She continued: ”I think they’re scary enough for the little kids to get really scared, but then they’re also sort of interesting and multi-layered enough to just get to like them as characters, because they are distinctive characters. It’s not like the Cybermen, they are all really individual. And the humans behave pretty badly in this as well, so it’s a very equal argument, and there is a point where you think, this could go either way.”

The Hungry Earth airs this Saturday at 18:15 on BBC One and the BBC HD channel.