Matt Smith To Leave Doctor Who!

The BBC has just announced that Matt Smith will be leaving Doctor Who later this year.

His last story will be this year's Christmas Special. The series will continue with Season 8 and with a new actor playing the Doctor. Jenna-Louise Coleman has said that she will be involved in Season 8.

Here's the official announcement.

"Smoke and Mirrors" Audio Review

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"Smoke and Mirrors"

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"Mind of Evil" DVD Review

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Mind of Evil DVD

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"The Moonbase" Is Animated & Doctor Who DVD May-November DVD Release Update

The Moonbase gets animated!

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine confirms that The Moonbase will have its own DVD release on the 21st October. Originally released as part of Lost in Time DVD in 2004, episodes two and four will be accompanied by animated versions of episodes one and three. The missing episodes are to be animated by Planet 55 Studios, who provided the animated episodes for The Reign of Terror and the forthcoming The Tenth Planet. 

6th May	The Visitation (Special Edition)
20th May	Series 7 Part 2 (DVD/Blu-ray)
27th May	Inferno (Special Edition)
27th May	Dr Who and the Daleks/Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150AD (DVD/Blu-ray) (Aaru movies, released by Studio Canal)
3rd June	The Mind of Evil
24th June	Doctor Who: Regeneration (coffee-table book/DVD set of The Tenth Planet, The War Games, Planet of the Spiders, Logopolis The Caves of Androzani, Time and the Rani, Doctor Who: The Movie, Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways, and The End of Time)
8th July	The Monster Collection (individual themed DVDs: Cybermen, Davros, Silurians, Sontarans, The Daleks and The Master)
15th July	Spearhead from Space (Blu-ray)
5th August	The Green Death (Special Edition)
26th August	The Ice Warriors (animated episodes two+three)
16th September	Scream of the Shalka
30th September	Terror of the Zygons
21st October	The Moonbase (animated episodes one+three)
18th November	The Tenth Planet (animated episode four)

"Shroud of Sorrow" Book Review

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Shroud of Sorrow

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"Plague Of The Cybermen" Audiobook Review

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Plague Of The Cybermen

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Doctor Who Magazine Issue #460 Cover Revealed

The cover for the most recent issue of Doctor Who Magazine has been released and shows all Eleven Doctors with the title "Who is the Doctor?"

A quote from First Doctor companion Ian Chesterton and a sentence about the magazine heading to Trenzalore to find out whether the Doctor's name has been discovered or not can be seen on the cover.

The cover itself ties in with the recent revealing of the title of the Series 7 Part 2 finale as The Name of the Doctor.

The 460th issue of Doctor Who Magazine will be on sale from Thursday 2nd May, and will be priced £4.75.

Season 7 Finale Episode Title Revealed!

The BBC have just unveiled the poster and title for the current series finale episode. The Name of The Doctor, written by Steven Moffat and starring Matt Smith, Jenna-Louise Coleman and Alex Kingston, airs in the UK and North America on May 18 and on the following day in Australia, Poland and South Africa. 

Synopsis

"Someone is kidnapping the Doctor's friends, leading him towards the one place in all of time and space that he should never go."