The Doctor From Gallifrey 

According to The Mail on Sunday, Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme will be one of 4 TV themes that will be played at the London Olympics Opening ceremony. 

The newspaper went on about the use of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" and The Sex Pistol's "God Save the Queen" but it included the full list of songs. The other TV themes are the 1954 BBC News theme, the Coronation Street theme and Sousa's Liberty Bell March (a.k.a the Monty Python theme). 

We don't know which of the many versions will be used yet and it's making us wonder whether there will be a reference to the show in the ceremony itself. It's not alttogether unlikely for a dalek to pop up somewhere is it? Just a thought!

[Source: SciFi Bulletin]

Sherlock star Lara Pulver, who played Irene Adler in the detective drama, spoke about the rumours that she might become a female Doctor in an interview with the Evening Standard.

“Steven [Moffat] and I have both said we thoroughly enjoyed working together, and then there was me being in Wales so the media put two and two together.”

When asked whether she was interesting in doing it she said: “Yes and no. Not if it meant the end of the Doctor Who franchise because the fans aren’t keen on it.”

The interview also included conversation on that scene in Sherlock. 

[Source: Evening Standard]

Steven Moffat has tweeted something which has us shivering in our boots:

See this new monster I've invented? This is a GOOD one. This will SCARE you. Oh yes.

— Steven Moffat (@steven_moffat) June 14, 2012

The Doctor Who website has released the third image of Matt Smith and Jenna Louise-Coleman. It's pretty much the same as the last one so don't get too excited.

The Doctor Who Website has uploaded the first two pictures of Matt Smith and Jenna Louise-Coleman together. It seems the Doctor is getting a new outfit!

Here's the cover of Doctor Who Magazine #448: 

Featured on the cover is William Russell who is interviewed in the issue. He played original companion Ian Chesterton. Also interviewed inside is Neil Gaimon, author and writer of the Series 6 episode "The Doctor's Wife". 

We've had technical difficulties but rest assured we are back for good with all the updates just as things get exciting. Here is some new Doctor Who for you in the form of a mini-episode written by Blue Peter viewers called "Good as Gold". 

 

You can view last year's mini-episode and many more on our Mini-episodes page!

[Aired on Blue Peter on 24th May]

Who Showrunner and Sherlock co-creater Steven Moffat is to recieve a special award at this year's BAFTA TV awards for "outstanding creative writing contribution to television". 

"Blimey! A special award!" said Moffat. "I didn't even know I was ill". 

Previous winners of this award include former showrunner Russell T. Davies. Moffat won his first BAFTA in 1991 for Press Gang and won with Doctor Who and Sherlock in 2008 and 2011 respectively. Last Sunday he recieved the writing prize at the BAFTA Croft Awards for "A Scandal in Belgravia", the first episode of Sherlock's second series.

BAFTA Chair Tim Corrie said that Moffat is "one of the finest exponenets of his craft". 

[Source: Doctor Who Online]

It has today been announced that Doctor Who was the most downloaded TV show in America during 2011, beating many popular US shows in the process. Here's the list:

1. Doctor Who
2. Modern Family
3. Dexter
4. Breaking Bad
5. True Blood
6. Top Gear
7. Glee
8. Entourage
9. Archer
10. The Walking Dead

[Source: Radio Times]

Children's magazine show Blue Peter will be airing a Doctor Who exclusive next week. It will air a mini-episode written by three of the show's viewers, the winners of this year's Script to Scene competition. 

(A still from the launch video of the competition)

The edition will air on Thursday May 24th at 5:45PM on CBBC. It's the first new material featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor since Christmas Day!