Thursday update

A lot has been said about Matt Smith's tenure as the Doctor and the ratings for series 5 in the press recently. Also mentioned is the rumour about Johnny Depp staring as the Doctor in a big screen version. Of course all these should be taken lightly.

Effects supremo's Matt Irvine and Mike Tucker have a new book out, charting the history of the BBC effects unit, it can be purchased from amazon .

News on the christmas special and series 6, Costume design duties will be handled by Barbera Kidd, whose first involvement with the series dates back to the Pertwee era.