BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The BBC have released archive pictures of the Radiophonics Workshop. You can view the photographs here.

New Companion

Tomorrow morning (9am) via their twitter feed, the BBC will announce who the new companion will be. Reportedly the person is a household name. News on the recent concert in Cardiff can be read here.

Wednesday Update

The New edition of the Radio Times has a rundown on the remainder of the series, written by Steven Moffat, also interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston.

Earlier this year BBC Learning ran a competition for a short story to be filmed, this 3 minute spin off is to air on October 3rd as part of the confidential programme. The winner was written by pupils of Oakley Junior School in Basingstroke.

Steven Moffat had this to say about the winning entry.

I loved the shortlisted scripts, there was so much skill and enthusiasm on display that it was actually genuinely, very, very difficult to judge. There was some really, really skilled writing, it was very exciting how they caught the voice of the Doctor and how they used the always stringent limitations of Doctor Who to their advantage.I come from a family of teachers, I was a teacher, my father's a teacher, my sister's a teacher.

We go back teacher generations so it's hard wired for me to want the approval of teachers, so I'm very, very thrilled that its gone down so well with the schools that took part.

Monday Update

As you can see, we have updated three new trailers for the upcoming conclusion of Series Six. The last video from BBC America states that Doctor Who will return on 27th August. As of yet, no confirmation on the UK air date from the BBC.
Every one's favourite newsreader, Trinity Wells has been added to our Character section on the web site.

BBC Books

The BBC have announced details of a new classic series book, to be written by Alistair Reynolds entitled Harvest of Time.

The book will feature the Third Doctor against his arch enemy The Master.

The book is due for publication 2013.

Weekend Catch Up

Apologises for the lack of posts over the weekend, now time for a quick catch up.

Matt Smith made a personnel appearance at The Crash of the Elysium in Manchester on Friday.

The Following stories are now available through the BBC Facebook page.

An Unearthly Child
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Time Warrior
City of Death
Earthshock
Attack of the Cybermen
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The End of the World
Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead

BBC Top 5 Programmes

In the BBC annual report Doctor Who is ranked as one of the top five programmes produced by the BBC. Others include Top Gear, Lonely Planet, BBC Earth and Dancing with the Stars. The revenue from these programmes generated 308.1m for the Corporation. You can read the report here.

Official web site updates

The recording of the fifth Doctor Who Adventure game has taken place, written by Phil Ford and directed by Gary Russell, you can read a report here.

Also a report on the last day of filming can be read here.

BBC Learning

BBC Learning will be launching a competition for primary schools to write their own Doctor Who adventure. The winners will travel down to Cardiff to see their mini episode being filmed. More details will be available from 20th April. BBC Teachers Link

Updates to Official Site

Don't forget to check out the Official site for updates every week.
Check out the jigsaw section here

Monday Update

Press coverage abounds today about the complaints regarding the graphic over Saturday nights episode.

Looking ahead to June, a new board game will be released.

BBC Apologise.

After last nights ruining of The Time of Angels climax by the inclusion of a graphic for the following show Over the rainbow, the BBC have apologised. Read the news report here