Richard E. Grant Returns

The BBC have announced that Richard E. Grant will be appearing in this years still untitled Christmas Special, The Sun newspaper is reporting that he will be portraying the main adversary.

Mr.Grant is no stranger to Doctor Who having appeared in The Curse of the Fatal Death for Comic Relief and the BBC webcast Scream of the Shalka.

Mr.Grant said of the announcement:

I played Doctor Who in the digital animated Scream Of The Shalka and I'm honoured to be in the Christmas Special.

The filming for the special starts this week in Cardiff, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Saul Metzstein.

Another name set to be part of this festive special is Silent Witness actor Tom Ward playing the part of Harry Cunningham.

2012 Christmas Special

The BBC have released a photograph of the 2012 Christmas special script.

2012 Christmas Special

The BBC have announced via their twitter feed:

Casting news! An iconic star will be in the Doctor Who and we’ve been granted permission to reveal who at midnight… See you at 00:00!

The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe.

The final viewing figures for this years Christmas special have been released.

1. Downton Abbey 11.60m
2. Eastenders 11.33m
3. Doctor Who 10.77m

This figure does not include BBC IPlayer downloads.

Doctor Who Experience

The Wooden King and Queen from this years Christmas special The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe have been unveiled at the Doctor Who Experience at Olympia in London. The Experience runs until February 22nd, then it moves to Cardiff later in the year.

The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe

This years Christmas Special got an A.I figure of 84, which is slightly higher than last year

The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe

Overnight viewing figures for this years Christmas Special was 8.9, making this the 3rd most watched programme of the day, only beaten by Eastenders and Coronation Street. The final figures will be available in the coming weeks.

Matt Smith on the Dangerous Side of the Shoot of Doctor Who The Doctor, ...

Holly Earl and Maurice Cole Discuss Doctor Who - The Doctor, The Widow ...

Steven Moffat on Doctor Who - The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe

Bill Bailey on the Christmas Special - Doctor Who - BBC One

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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe...

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe...

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011 - BBC One

The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe 2 Clips

Thanks to DW TV for clip

Radio Times Christmas Edition

Yes folks it's that time of year, when the double issue of the Radio Times appears on shops shelves. In this edition there is a three page article on Doctor Who.

Steven Moffat has this to say:

It's amazing how fast tradition is, isn't it? Christmas, as we know it, only came along with the Victorians, Santa's outfit was popularised by Coca-Cola, and I remember only a few years ago Russell T Davies pointing out all the papers referring to the traditional Doctor Who Christmas special - "It's only the second one!" he laughed. Ah, was the world ever so young? We're days away from the Doctor's seventh Christmas visit, and I'm wondering just why this feels so right. I think, when I was little, the Doctor and Father Christmas lived in the same place in my head - kind, funny lunatics, who looked like grown-up but definitely weren't.

There are also interviews with Matt Smith & Maurice Cole who plays Cyril in The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.

BBC Press Office .

The BBC press office have released a media pack on this years Christmas Special The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.

The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe - Prequel

The BBC have released a prequel to this years Christmas special, see it at the link below.
http://dedepth.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post.html

Which means we're unveiling another mini blog, it's purpose will become apparent soon. We should publish a couple of new pages to our web site, at some stage tomorrow.

Matt Smith on the Christmas Special - Doctor Who - BBC One