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FOUR old Time Lords, two trusty companions and a host of old foes will make a comeback to help save new Doctor Who Matt Smith.
In a sensational new show, the Doc’s ex-Tardis travellers Sarah Jane Smith (Lis Sladen, 62) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning, 60) will unite for the first time for an adventure to rescue him.
The pair will be told the Time Lord (Smith, 27, who makes a special guest appearance) has been killed and the duo are invited to his funeral.
Suspicious Jo, who appeared on Doctor Who with the late Jon Pertwee, and Sarah Jane, who was Jo’s *successor and travelled with Pertwee and also Tom Baker, are escorted to the ceremony only to discover it’s a trap.
A group of vulture- like aliens called The Shansheeth have captured the Tardis and left the 11th Doc stranded on a planet.
They want to use his time-travelling police box for a deadly plan but don’t have the key.
So they imprison Sarah Jane and Jo and use a “memory weave” *machine to dig into their brains and uncover their past
times with the Doc to create one.
It’s here TV viewers will be treated to video flashbacks of former Time Lords William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker as well as old enemies *Davros, The Daleks, Sea Devils and Sontarans.
The episode, called Death Of The Doctor, will air as part of the new BBC series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, which starts next Monday. And it is being billed as one of the most exciting and ambitious stories ever made.
The special episode has been penned by former Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies, 46.
Actress Lis said: “Uniting the past and present is a real homage to Doctor Who.”
New chief Steven Moffat, 47, joked: “Typical. We invite Russell back and he tries to kill off The Doctor.”
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The BBC has announced details of a new Doctor Who exhibition to launch in early 2011.
The Doctor Who Experience will open at the Olympia Two venue in London on February 20 and will showcase a number of props and costumes used throughout the show's history.
Showrunner Steven Moffat said: "The is a fan’s dream come true. A fully interactive adventure that will allow viewers of the show to get as close as possible to some of the scariest monsters from the series. It will also be the first time that Doctor Who artefacts from all the show's 47 year history... will be on display together, many of them being seen for the first time."
The exhibition will feature new scenes filmed with series star Matt Smith as part of an interactive walk-through experience, including special visual effects and a recreation of the Tardis interior.
Smith claimed: "The whole concept of the Doctor Who Experience... is massively exciting! I hope as many people as possible enjoy boarding the Tardis next year to embark upon an exhilarating and sometimes terrifying adventure through time and space."
The Doctor Who Experience will relocate to a permanent home in Cardiff in 2012. Tickets for the London run go on sale at 9am on November 18.
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LOOKS like Dr Who will be needing his sonic Scrooge-driver this festive season - the yuletide special is based on A Christmas Carol.
The episode will pay homage to Charles Dickens' famous 1843 story about Ebeneezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future.
Announcing the episode yesterday, show boss Steven Moffat said the special, which will also be called A Christmas Carol, will feature a mix of holiday fun and terrifying monsters.
And he reckons the episode is the most exciting he's ever written.
He said: "Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And The Doctor. And a honeymoon. And oh... you'll see. I've never been so excited about writing anything."
For fans who can't wait until Christmas, a sneak preview will be aired on BBC1 on Friday night as part of Children In Need.
Dr Who previously paid tribute to Dickens in the 2005 episode The Unquiet Dead.
The author helped The Doctor, now played by Matt Smith foil the dastardly plans of the alien Gelth.
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DOCTOR Who boss Steven Moffat says he won't bring back Torchwood character Ianto Jones despite desperate pleas from fans.
Executive producer Steven told fans on Twitter to stop asking for the character, played by Gareth David-Lloyd, 29, to be resurrected on his show.
Who boss ... Steven Moffat
The BBC has received hundreds of complaints from viewers who are desperate to see the character return even though he was killed off in Torchwood's third series, The Children of Earth.
Steven also added that former Doctor Who boss, Russell T Davies, was still responsible for spin-off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, not him.
Writing on Twitter Steven said: "Ianto fans only: Russell's character, and I thought his death scene was brilliant. Not reversing it. Stop asking [sic]."
He added: "Torchwood is Russell's — nothing to do with me."
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It's hard to believe that just a year has passed since we jumped up and down with glee at the spitty return of the Time Lords and then dabbed our eyes at the Tenth Doctor's admission that he "didn't want to go". This year, however, we've been promised a much more "Christmassy" special, as The Doctor takes on the miserly Kazran Sardick in an effort to save Amy and Rory.
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I know this time last year we were all dreading saying goodbye to Mr Tennent. I'm looking forward to this years Christmas episdoe but I still miss David.
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OPEN All Hour star Lynda Baron has been tipped for a role on the new series of Doctor Who.
The actress, who played the object of Albert Arkwright's affections - busty Nurse Gladys Emmanuel - in the BBC sitcom, is expected to guest star alongside James Corden when he returns to the sci-fi hit for its sixth series.
Funnyman James is reprising his role as Chris Owens on the show after starring in the fifth series episode The Lodger.
The episode saw The Doctor, played by Matt Smith, being forced to stay with landlord Chris while he investigated an alien time machine.
Lynda has featured in the sci-fi serial before, in the 1983 storyline Enlightenment as Captain Wrack and she sung Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon in the 1966 chapter The Gunfighters.
The 71-year-old actress has also acted in EastEnders as Christian Clarke (John Partridge) and Jane Beale's (Laurie Brett) busybody mum Linda Clarke.
Doctor Who returns later in the spring.
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The next series of Doctor Who will premiere over the Easter weekend.
The first half of the show's sixth run will begin on BBC One on Saturday 23 April, according to Doctor Who Magazine.
The first episode, written by showrunner Steven Moffat, will also air on the same date in the US.
Supernatural actor Mark Sheppard and Jonathan Creek's Stuart Milligan will both appear in the opening two-parter, which is set in '60s America.
Subsequent episodes will include guest spots from Hugh Bonneville, David Walliams and a returning James Corden.
Writers confirmed for the series include Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson, Being Human creator Toby Whithouse and fantasy author Neil Gaiman.
After an initial run of seven episodes, Doctor Who will take a two-month hiatus and return to BBC One in September.
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The BBC has released a new iconic image for the next series of Doctor Who.
The show's sixth run will begin in April and kicks off with two-part adventure 'The Impossible Astronaut' and 'Day of the Moon'.
A brief teaser trailer for the adventure debuted on BBC One on Wednesday night, while a two-minute prequel to the series was also released online yesterday.
Check out the new Doctor Who iconic image below.
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Doctor Who returns to BBC One in April.
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The name of fantasy author Neil Gaiman's forthcoming Doctor Who episode has apparently been revealed.
SFX claims that the instalment, which will air fourth in the next run, is entitled 'The Doctor's Wife'.
Former Coronation Street actress Suranne Jones will appear in the episode as Idris, previously described by Gaiman as "an old acquaintance with a new face".
Michael Sheen will voice a character in the instalment, which also stars Elizabeth Berrington and Adrian Schiller.
Gaiman recently revealed that he is "happy" with the final version of his script, adding: "They spent money on this one and it shows."
Doctor Who will return to BBC One in April.
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