With the episode now locked and ready for transmission, the official advanced press screening for the upcoming Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars, is due to take place in London tomorrow (Friday)!

BBC News Entertainment Correspondent Lizo Mzimba is one of the lucky select few who have been invited to attend the event, which will also include a question and answer session with the cast and crew, including Tenth Doctor actor David Tennant.

And although an airdate for the episode is yet to be confirmed, it’s thought that it will debut on our screens on the evening of Saturday November 14th.

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As reported yesterday, Russell T Davies and Elisabeth Sladen appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to promote this week’s instalment of The Sarah Jane Adventures (part one airs today on BBC1/BBC HD at 4:35PM!), and an unexpected surprise came in the form of a BRAND NEW clip from the next Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars!

The preview follows on directly from the clip that was released on the official site back in July, and a snippet of it was included in the original teaser trailer seen at the end of Planet of the Dead.

The episode is due to air next month and will guest-star Lindsay Duncan as Adelaide, who has been described as the Doctor’s ‘cleverest and most strong-minded companion’ yet.

You can check out this morning’s BBC Breakfast clip below:

The waters are coming…

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SFX have posted online a preview of their interview with Graeme Harper, the director of the next anticipated Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars.

Harper talks about what it was like working with huge volumes of water on set, whether or not he thinks the episode pushes the boundaries of Saturday night family teatime viewing, and how the Doctor will act when he realises he’s one step closer to his regeneration this Christmas…

The full interview will be published in the next special issue of SFX Magazine, which will be released on 18th November 2009. The Waters of Mars is due to air on BBC One and BBC HD next month. Stick with us!

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David Tennant has revealed that he was thrilled when he first read the scripts for his final episodes, and has every confidence that his Doctor’s swansong will live up to - and maybe even exceed - everybody’s expectations.

Speaking to BoingBoing alongside Russell T Davies, the actor joked that he was ultimately worried that the head writer might not be able to live up to the scale of the episode. Naturally, being such a well-loved British icon, the Doctor regenerating is a huge television event, even if you’re not necessarily an avid follower of the show, and it’s safe to say that Russell had a mighty task at hand when the time came for him to pen the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration two-parter. But David acknowledged that the upcoming specials are some of the outgoing showrunner’s finest work to date.

“It was funny because it’s always been my favourite part, when a new script arrives, and you find out where you’re going next,” the actor told the website. “And this is the last one, this has got to be special, y’know? And, what if the inspiration runs out, or what if it can’t quite match the expectation? But I should’ve never have doubted Russell, of course! It was all there, and it’s sad.”

He added: “It’s very exciting, it’s thrilling, and it does new things to the show that haven’t been done before and that’s very exciting. There are revelations that you don’t see coming, and there are just beautiful moments of humanity.”

“There’s some very sustained dialouge scenes,” Russell continued, “between David Tennant and Bernard Cribbins. It’s as big and as strong as all the monsters and spaceships and fighting and explosions, but it’s just two men sitting together - two old men, both as wise as each other, but what do they think about the world, and life, and death?”

Meanwhile, David went on to divulge that the plot for the next special, The Waters of Mars, pushes the boundaries of Saturday night teamtime viewing, admitting that it’s “as down right creepy and gothic as we’d go”. But Russell added that some of the Master’s actions in the Christmas special might just raise a few eyebrows, too…

“Some of the stuff the Master gets up to on Christmas Day is going to be pushing it,” he laughed, before concluding, “I thought we’d push it right towards the end…”

The next special, The Waters of Mars, is due to air in November, with the first part of the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration two-parter transmitting on Christmas Day. It’s thought that his extended final episode, The End of Time, will follow in the New Year. Stick with us!

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There’s a preview of the three remaining Doctor Who specials in this week’s edition of Total TV Guide, as the listings magazine takes a look at 2009’s upcoming television highlights, and of course our favourite sci-fi programme is featured as the top telly treat!

Although there’s nothing new mentioned, David Tennant is the issue’s cover star, and it’s nice to see his final episodes being mentioned months before they are actually transmitted - just the way it should be!

And all of this talk makes us think that maybe they aren’t really that far away after all… or is that just us wishful thinking? Saying that, the preview is definitely a reminder that, although we’ve still got quite a wait ahead of us, David’s final episodes will be worth the wait, as the Tenth Doctor encounters zombies on Mars in November, before being forced into a final showdown with his arch-nemesis, the Master, at Christmas…

Check out the preview in this week’s issue of Total TV Guide (15th-21st August 2009), out across the UK now, priced £1!

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Following on from the debut of the Christmas specials trailer at the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this week, everybody’s talking about what’s in store for the Doctor this festive season (even more so than before!), and the man himself, David Tennant, has spoken about how we’ll see the Time Lord act when he realises his tenth incarnation is close to dying…

“I think this Doctor likes being this Doctor,” he told IGN. “And I think he’s raging against the dying of the light. And I think that’s kind of the beat that we play.”

He added: ”He knows that the sands of time are running out. He’s been told. And the bell is tolling for him, and he doesn’t want to go quietly.”

Meanwhile, outgoing showrunner, Russell T Davies, described the next special, The Waters of Mars, as being “one of those claustrophobic submarine-type dramas, all trapped in an enclosed space with sort of increasing darkness and intensity”. Sounds exciting, doesn’t it?

The Waters of Mars will air on BBC One and BBC HD later this year, with the final two specials transmitting on the channels over the Christmas period.

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Hot off the heels of its debut at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, the brand new trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who special, The Waters of Mars, has now been released online!

The preview contains lots of new clips from the episode, which stars David Tennant as the 10th Doctor. Lindsay Duncan also appears as Adelaide, the head of the Mars Base who doesn’t take too kindly to the Time Lord’s uninvited appearance…

You can check out the thrilling new teaser below… The Waters of Mars will air on BBC One and BBC HD later this year. It’s written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford and directed by Graeme Harper.

We don’t hear any knocking. Do you..?

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The BBC have today released some more information regarding the second of this year’s anticipated Doctor Who specials, The Waters of Mars!

In the episode, Lindsay Duncan will take on the role of the Doctor’s companion as a character called Adelaide, the head of the Mars Base who doesn’t take kindly to the Time Lord’s uninvited appearance…

It’s also been confirmed that Neighbours and Casualty star Peter O’Brien will play a character called Ed, Adelaide’s second in command, and the enemies previously revealed in the teaser trailer have been named as the Flood.

As well as those tidbits of information, an exciting new preview clip has been posted over at the official website. There’s also some intriguing wallpapers and images to speculate over, and its updated homepage instructs fans to ‘dive a little deeper’.

Meanwhile, a short but sweet montage of clips from the special can be seen in the BBC Press Office’s preview of BBC One’s upcoming autumn dramas, which you can view here. The Doctor Who clips appear at rougly 25 seconds in!

The Waters of Mars is written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford, directed by Graeme Harper and is expected to air on BBC One and BBC HD in November. The waters are coming…

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Now Planet of the Dead is out of the way, our attention turns to the second of this year’s specials, the title of which was revealed at the end of tonight’s episode!

It’s now been confirmed that the Doctor will return this November in The Waters of Mars, with actress Lindsay Duncan guest-starring as his companion, Adelaide.

And whatever happens in the episode, which is written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford, things are certainly about to take a drastic turn for the worse for the Time Lord, as he gets ever closer to his regeneration…

…Is it November yet?

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According to Total TV Guide listings magazine, the second of this year’s Doctor Who specials is called The Waters of Mars.

We’ll have to wait until Saturday night to find out whether or not the rumour is true, but it certainly ties in with the long-standing reports which suggest the episode will be set on the Red Planet…

Special #2 is written by Russell T Davies and Phil Ford and will transmit on BBC1 and BBC HD in November.

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