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31 July. Doctor Who fans have raised over 4000 pounds in donations so far in memory of David Tennant's mother. >

31 July. Kylie Minogue spotted in her maid's costume as the waitress Astrid from Voyage of the Damned. >

31 July. Colin Baker (6th Doctor) talks about how his daughters became interested in his time in the show since RTD brought it back. >

31 July. Doctor Who Game due Christmas 2007 >

30 July. Interview with Julie Gardner answers some questions and gives some new spoilers about season 4. >

30 July. David Tennant returns to filming Voyage of the Damned and signs some autographs for fans. >

30 July. John Normington who played the brilliant but ruthless Morgus in Caves of Androzani and Trevor Sigma in The Happiness Patrol, as well as Tom Flanagan in Torchwood: Ghost Machine has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. >

30 July. Anthony Stewart Head gets telemovie as Giles, set before Buffy the Vampire Slayer! How's this going to work? He's much older now! >

29 July. Job available. Design packaging for Doctor Who toys and other toys. >

29 July. Mike Reid, who was in the War Machines as a soldier and appeared in the brilliant charity Doctor Who story Dimensions in Time has died of a sudden heart attack. > | > | > | > | >

28 July. No sexy scenes for Martha on Torchwood! >

27 July. BBC iplayer finally available. What TV shows online! > | >

27 July. Doctor Who comic confirmed! >

26 July. For some reason many news outlets are trumpeting the return of the Ood in Season 4. Donna gets to befriend one of them in an upcoming episode. Come on! They're only Monoid's with an extra eye! > | > | >

25 July. Show you care by donating to the Hospice that David Tennant's mother supported.>

25 July. Prince Charles passes up opportunity to appear in Doctor Who. >

25 July. Doctor Who Close-up exhibition in Manchester the largest ever, with Police Boxes everywhere! > | >

25 July. Amazon makes a mint selling Doctor Who. > Visit the Doctor Who merchandise page!

25 July. Filmmakers bring 32 million pounds to Wales. >

24 July. Colin Baker (6th Doc) interviewed about traffic in Wycombe!!! >

23 July. Short interview with Peter Davison (5th Doc) about his role as King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot. >

23 July. Doctor Who Toys continue to sell out in the UK. >

22 July. Last of the Timelords part 2 description and review added. Warning. Big spoilers.

21 July. A fascinating review of King Lear starring Ian McKellen and Sylvester McCoy (7th Doctor) which is due to start in Melbourne, Australia on 28th July. >

20 July. Dear Mr Tennant. My readers and I are very sorry to hear about the passing of your mother, Helen McDonald. Thinking of you and your family at this difficult time. >

20 July. Obituary for Peter Tuddenham. The voice of the Brain from Time and the Rani starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor. The voice of the computer from Ark in Space starring Tom Baker as the Doctor and the voices of Zen, Orac and Slave in Blake's 7. Avon and Orac were set to return in the aborted Blake's 7 telemovie. He'll be sadly missed. >

Sylvester News: Sylvester McCoy is being flown to Sydney for a special day event with the Doctor Who Club of Australia. The event is at the Drummoyne RSL from 11am onwards on the 5th August 2007. The event has only recently been announced so it is likely to be a more personal experience than other conventions in the past. This is your chance to meet a past Doctor! Find out more at the Doctor Who Club of Australia website.
19 July. Picture of an actor who plays a Porg from Voyage of the Damned (having a cigarette break) >

19 July. John Barrowman gets his own Saturday Night game show! >

19 July. Glen Murphy (Dibber - Mysterious Planet Classic DW) opened a retirement home. Is this me or does it sound like Galaxyquestitis? >

18 July. Tony Blair to appear in Doctor Who as himself. >

18 July. John Barrowman confirms that Martha Jones will be called by Captain Jack to help him save the world. >

17 July. If you're quick enough, and in Cardiff, you can stay at the same hotel that Kylie Minogue is! >

17 July. Interesting article which suggests we'll get some flashbacks to Jack's past including the death of his father, his adventures in 100,000 AD and it may even feature a scene of him joining the time agency. If the first episode is about a rogue time agent then flash backs may be in store. Now if we could just have a flashback of the 8th Doctor blowing up the sonic device factory... >

17 July. CBBC will use The Sarah Jane Adventures in its rebranding project. >

17 July. If Davies quits, Moffat may take over. >

17 July. Topps fiscal results including reference to its Doctor Who cards range. >

17 July. Interview with Danny Boyle who talks about his new project - a movie about a trip to the sun. He also mentions his fond memory of Doctor Who. I suspect he hasn't seen '42' yet! >

16th July. Easier.com's news release has more information about Torchwood. It confirms that the first story is about a rogue time agent, namely Captain John. Other stories include a memory thief that dredges up forgotten memories of the team and a time slip tragedy from World War 1. The rest of the article is similar to other news reports already on the net. >

16th July. The Stage has more juicy gossip about Captain John. >

16th July. BBC release publicity photo of Captain John - James Marsters character - a time agent from the 51st century and possible someone Captain Jack knows 'very well'!! <

16th July. James Marsters character in Torchwood is "naughty and a bit of a psychopath" and he's in episode 1! >

16th July. Doctor Who compared to new Japanese movie: Bubble Fiction. >

16th July. Alan Dale (Jim from Neighbours) will be in Torchwood. >

16th July. Interview with Anthony Stewart Head. Says he'll ask Julie Gardner if the Krillitanes can turn up in Torchwood! >

16th July. An article about Wales Today and the challenges of the future. >

15th July. Interview with John Barrowman. >

15th July. Jason Donovan wants to be next Doctor. >

15th July. Russell T Davies makes it onto another list! >

14th July. More detail about Kylie Minogue filming Doctor Who in Wales. Apparently the building is great for interior Titanic scenes (so the whole adventure does takes place within the Titanic) >

13th July. Kylie and David spotted filming in Swansea. Which suggests the episode isn't all at sea. >

12th July. Sorry guys, and girls. Billie Piper is getting married, again! >

11th July. Pics of Kylie as Astrid, a waitress on the Titanic in Voyage of the Damned. It's an alien invasion!  > | > | >

10th July. We knew that Doctor Who was popular but now a real estate agency is trying to sell No Man's Land Fort which was used in the classic story Sea Devils by mentioning its connection to Doctor Who. It could work! >

10th July. Toby Whithouse (School Reunion, Greeks Bearing Gifts) has been asked to write a new series called Being Human for BBC3. A ghost, a vampire and a werewolf become flatmates! >

10th July. Geoffrey Palmer to be the captain of the sunken ship, the Titanic, in Voyage of the Damned. > | >
(Geoffrey had previously appeared in the classic series in The Silurians and The Mutants.)

9th July. It's online! The National Television Awards. Get your votes in for Freema Agyeman, David Tennant and Doctor Who! Deadline 3rd August. http://www.nationaltvawards.com/

9th July. Clive Swift, who played Jobel in the classic episode Revelations of the Daleks, returns to Doctor Who in Voyage of the Damned. >

9th July. Ex Doctor Peter Davison is to play King Arthur >

8th July. SyFyportal tracked down the YouTube video of Tennant at the Live Aid Concert. >

7th July. Tennant introduces Pussy Cat dolls at Live Aid with an Eccleston joke. >

7th July. Minor updates added to the Sarah Jane Adventures page including new dates. >

6th July. David and girlfriend Sofia join the festival set at Chiswick House >

6th July. David Tennant set to play Hamlet >

5th July. James Marsters (Spike - Buffy & Angel) talks about his role in Torchwood. Apparently it's omnisexual! >

5th July. John Barrowman visits the Cern collector. Report and YouTube video. Listen for the Stargate reference!  >

5th July. Dennis Hopper in Season 4 of Doctor Who! >

4th July. More on Catherine Tate joining the TARDIS including a quote from RTD. >

4th July. Catherine Tate returns as Donna, the new companion, in 2008. She will be in all 13 of the episodes. Freema will join her later in the season. This suggests season 4 will be a lot lighter than season 3 with more comedy stories. >

3rd July. BBC releases pics of Tennant and Minogue. > | >

3rd July. The Sun lists possible replacements for Freema. >

2nd July. Warning regarding Torchwood explosion. >

2nd July. Explosions rock Cardiff... for filming of Torchwood. >

2nd July. Last of the TimeLords gets 9 million viewers in the UK. The top rating programme for the week. >

1st July. Freema Agyeman confirmed to guest star in 3 episodes of Torchwood as well as return to Doctor Who half way through season 4. A new companion will be introduced in the first episode of season 4. >

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