The Doctor From Gallifrey 

From BBC Press Office: 

A special, one-off mini-episode of Doctor Who starring Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith will be shown on BBC Three this Autumn.

The bonus episode, Death Is The Only Answer, has been confirmed as fans of the show eagerly await the start of the new Doctor Who series. The three-minute spin off has been specially written by children from a school in Basingstoke after they entered a BBC Learning and Doctor Who Confidential competition earlier this year.

The journey of how their mini-adventure goes from script to screen will be documented on Doctor Who Confidential, BBC Three, from Saturday 27 August at 8pm with the winning episode shown on Saturday 1 October. Details of the script, are a closely guarded secret but it includes a well known historical figure and a fez!

New on TARDIS Log: 

• Discussion of episode 6 of Torchwood: Miracle Day "The Middle Men".
• Review of Torchwood novel "The Undertaker's Gift".

With Doctor Who news flying at you all over the place, it can be a difficult to keep up with it all. Not to worry, here's all the latest!

- A full synopsis of episode 9 "Night Terrors" by Mark Gatiss has been revealed. You can read it on our series 6 page. The episode will air on Sat Sept 3rd at 7:15PM.

- Episode 12, Gareth Roberts' sequel to 2010's "The Lodger" is to be called "Closing Time".

- All the info on the reamining episodes of series 6 is on our series 6 page, which is constantly being updated.

- Doctor Who won  Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) at last night's Hugo Awards for "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang" by Steven Moffat.

- The series 6 behind the scenes album is updated daily with new photos from the filming of series 6.

- Just after midnight tonight some new promo pics will be added to the Series 6 Promo Pics album.

Today was a massive day in terms of new information about Series 6 Part 2. To help you keep up, here's a brief summary of all the new stuff on the site today: 

- New Promo Pics for Series 6 Part 2 in the Series 6 Promo Pics Album.

- New photos from behind the scenes in the Series 6 Behind the Scenes Album.

- A clip from Let's Kill Hitler can be found here.

- Details for all but the 13th episode of the series can now be found on the Series 6 Page.

Last night there was a big Doctor Who press event which included a screening of the next episode, Let's Kill Hitler, and a question and answer session with Steven Moffat, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill. We have zoomed all over the internet and collected all the best news and put it right here. And don't worry, there are no spoilers so feel free so carry on reading.

Let's Kill Hitler- 10 Teasers

1. Some time has passed since the end of A Good Man Goes to War.

2. The opening shot is similar to one in series 5, but not for long!

3. There may be someone new taking a trip in the TARDIS…

4. The Doctor’s fame has spread even further, but not everyone is as hostile as the Clerics.

5. We find out why the Titanic sank.

6. Alex Kingston steals some clothes. And most of the scenes she’s in.

7. Some familiar faces are glimpsed, and they don’t make the Doctor happy.

8. The Beano may have been the inspiration for one plot thread!

9. The Doctor’s death is a fixed point in time, apparently.

10. Remember, the Doctor lies. And so does Steven Moffat.

Rest of Series 6 Info

- A dalek will appear at some point in series 6, despite the fact that Moffat said he was giving them a rest. He said "it's almost like I lie sometimes". The appearence is likely to be brief and probably only a cameo.

- Also possibly appearing is a cameo from Billie Piper and maybe even Freema Agyeman and Catherine Tate as well. We struggled to confirm this but several sources seem to be reporting it. It could be a flashback of some kind.

- When asked "Could there be a shock regeneration in time for Christmas?" Moffat replied with "There could. Trust nothing and no one!" 

- "David Walliams plays a submissive mole in Episode 11" according to Karen Gillan.

- Moffat said: "More dark sides of the Doctor to come, But he's still fundamentally a nice man".

- There will be more references to older Who episodes. Moffat said: "it's what I do instead of fun".

Other Stuff

- There WILL be a new companion for series 7. This pretty much confirms the fact that Rory and Amy are leaving the TARDIS and will only return for some guest roles, though of course we cannot confirm that at this stage!

- Arthur Darvill said "Rory's an action hero. That's why I was cast". At this Karen Gillan could not resist giggling. 

- Moffat said: "it's not that complicated to write when you know how it ends"

- Moffat has no plans to write a "Writer's Tale" like Russell T. Davies did after his time on Doctor Who saying: "It would be the same book by a more grumpy, shorter man" 

Excellent stuff! And it has now been offcially confirmed that Let's Kill Hitler will air on August 27th on BBC1! Hurrah!

On the Site now: Behind the Scenes Pictures from the filming of series 6.

Coming Soon: Later today we will have the prequel to Let's Kill Hitler and probaly some exciting news from today's press release!

- SFX asked Arthur Darvill (Rory) if he would be returning for series 7. He said: “I will be coming back at some point… There is an involvement in some way.” This does sort of suggest that he is not returning full time but I guess we can't really assume anything!

-Well known actor Phil Daniels has recorded a voice for the next Doctor Who Adventure Game, "The Gunpowder Plot". He said:  'It was great to do! You get to go through the gunpowder plot in various ways...'  'It's really interesting... It'll be fantastic!'

- Matt Smith has been spied filming for upcoming BBC drama "Bert and Ernie". He is playing Bert Bushnell, one half of the rowing team that won the gold medal in the 1948 Olympics in London for the double scull.

- Black Dog Murals has released 4 new Doctor Who wallpaper murals. The price is £25 per square metre and you can get more details here.

- Let's Kill Hitler will air in Australia on ABC1 on Saturday 3 September 2011 at 7:30pm.

- Today on TARDIS Log: We discuss the episode 5 of Torchwood: Miracle Day "The Categories of Life", last night's episode if you are in the UK. Read it here.

- The BBC have responded to a small number of complaints about there being too much gay content in Torchwood. They said:

"We have strict Editorial Guidelines which govern the content of our programmes, and Torchwood is no exception.

These clearly state: "In all BBC output the portrayal of sex, or the exploration of sexual issues, should be editorially justified and treated with appropriate sensitivity. In post-watershed content, we must be able to justify the frank and realistic portrayal of sex and the exploration of themes and issues which some people might find offensive."

Captain Jack Harkness is an established character in the series. The audience over the previous series of Torchwood have known him to be promiscuous and bi-sexual so we felt the content was justified in terms of the context and characters and would be within the expectations of regular viewers. We aim to depict relationships whether heterosexual or homosexual in an honest and realistic way. These scenes are not meant to cause offence."

The BBC cut a scene from episode 3 showing Jack and a barman have sex so imagine the complaints if that had been shown!

- Doctor Who is yet to appear in the schedules for the 27th August in the UK. BBC America has confirmed it will air in the US on that date but it is notably absent from the BBC One highlight of week 35. However, it is worth noting that Torchwood did not orginally appear when the schedules were first published and appeared a few days later, so don't panic!

- BBC America have unveiled a new poster for series 6 Part 2. You can view it here.

- They have also created a catch-up video of the season so far which you can view in the player below if you so wish:

 

- There have been a lot of rumours flying around the internet over the last few days saying that Amy and Rory will be leaving the TARDIS at the end of the series. Karen Gillan has however confirmed she will return for series 7.  Either the pair will return for a few episodes like Martha did in series 4 or the rumours are not true. Both Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill have taken major theatre roles recently though which also suggests that they will not appear full time in series 7. We shall have to wait and see however.

- The artwork for the DVD releases of Third Doctor stories Coloney in Space and Day of the Daleks has been unveiled as shown below. Click the links to find out more details about what the DVD offers.

- Jen Blackburn, one of the reporter's from newspaper The Sun was turned into a silurian yesterday by the Millenium FX team. You can read about how it's all done in this article.

- STARZ and the BBC have signed a new deal thanks to the success of Torchwood: Miracle Day. This means that they will be producing more shows together in the future, though it does not gurantee a future for Torchwood.

- The BBC iPlayer has now been released for Playstation 3. It joins the Nintendo Wii and the iPad versions so watching Doctor Who on iPlayer has never been easier!

- And we would like to introduce you to a new extension to the site. TARDIS Log is a blog written by site creater D.Hough and will follow him as he watches and reads his way through time/space. It's well worth checking out- not that we are sucking up to the boss or anything...

- The Mail on Sunday published a fairly in-depth interview with Matt Smith yesterday. It included him saying "Amy Pond is a sexy character by her very nature. No one is quite like Amy. I think Doctor Who should be dark. I think it should be scary". You can read the full interview here.

-Moffat has teased us a little more about the 2011 Christmas Special:   “It will be as Christmassy as Hell. I might be cleverly redeploying a known Christmas story again, sort of… but probably not the one you think, It will be massively Christmassy and moving and sentimental and sweet. It’ll be set partly on Earth, but not completely. And it might have a period setting…”

- And Moffat tweeted on Friday evening:  "Today I'm watching rushes of A Scandal In Belgravia and the finished Let's Kill Hitler. And I'm very happy." Sounds like good news.

- The Fourth Doctor has appeared in Futurama! Watch the clip here.

We have just one thing in our Daily Update today but it's a good one! It's a brand new trailer for Series 6 Part 2, featuring some brand new footage from the unseen episodes. I can't wait until August 27th when the series returns!