This week's Paul O'Grady show, on BBC Radio 2, will feature a Doctor Who related trail.

It has been made specially for the programme and will only be broadcast once. Paul O'Grady is on Radio Two between 5pm and 7pm BST and the trail should be broadcast before 5.20pm. The programme is available worldwide via the BBC iPlayer.

The first scene of The Eleventh Hour is now available to viewers in the UK on the official BBC website and on the Red Button service.

Fans in the United States can watch the clip on the BBC America website.

A clip from the upcoming series of Doctor Who has been shown in the UK as part of Matt Smith's interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

The clip is from the sixth episode of the series Vampires of Venice by Toby Whithouse, which is due to be shown in the United Kingdom towards the end of April.



A link to part of the interview is also available on the BBC YouTube site.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the revival of Doctor Who.

This week Doctor Who Adventures checks out the 3-D trailer for the new series of Doctor Who and finds out some sneaky secrets from the first six episodes.

They go behind the scenes with the Who crew to find out how they filmed David Tennant regenerating into new Doctor, Matt Smith, and take a look back at the Tenth Doctor’s final battle in this week’s story guide.

Also in the magazine a gift pack, 3 posters, the top 10 amazing endings and a final comic strip for the Tenth Doctor.

This is the last issue before the magazine regenerates next week. The revamped issue will feature the first in a series of exclusive diary reports from actor Matt Smith. In addition there is a sneak peek at The Doctor's first episode, The Eleventh Hour, a star interview with Matt Smith, a free TARDIS clock and the chance to win your very own life-size Dalek.

Jonathan Ross welcomes Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith onto his Friday night chat show tonight.

In the programme, recorded yesterday, Smith talks about becoming the Doctor:
On the TARDIS, he reveals there have been some changes:

There's also an exclusive sneak preview of episode six of the new series, the Doctor's encounter with vampires.

Smith is joined on the programme by Emma Thompson and Professor Brian Cox. The programme is on BBC One/BBC HD at 10.35pm and will be shown on BBC America at a later date. NB: Quotes are taken verbatim from the studio recording and may not actually be included in the transmitted version of the programme.

The UK Sci-Fi channel is devoting much of the Easter holiday weekend to repeats of episodes from the classic series of Doctor Who.

Stories from the 4th, 5th and 6th Doctors are being shown starting at 2pm on Good Friday.

Schedule
Friday 2nd April
1400-1600 - The Ark in Space
The Doctor investigates sinister goings-on at a space station used as a deep-freeze for the whole future population of Earth. He discovers that the station has been invaded by giant alien insects, the Wirrn.
1600-1800 - The Face of Evil
The Doctor meets the Tribe of Sevateem on a jungle planet - and finds himself hunted as the Evil One.
1800-2000 - Pyramids of Mars
When an archaeologist uncovers an ancient Egyptian tomb in 1911, he also awakens Sutekh, the alien god of evil, who is trapped in his prison on Mars.
2000-2200 - Ark in Space (Repeat from 2pm)

Saturday 3rd April
1400-1600 - Face of Evil (Repeat from Friday)
1600-1800 - Pyramids of Mars (Repeat from Friday)
1800-2000 - Logopolis
The Doctor and his companions travel to Logopolis, a planet of brilliant mathematicians, in order to repair the chameleon circuit in the TARDIS. It's Tom Baker's last adventure as The Doctor.
2000-2200 - Earthshock
The Cybermen plan to crash a spaceship into prehistoric Earth, deleting the human race from history.

Sunday 4th April
1200-1350 - Logopolis (Repeat from Saturday)
1350-1540 - Earthshock (Repeat from Saturday)
1540-1730 - Revenge of the Cybermen
The Doctor faces an old enemy on the planet of gold.
1730-1930 - The Caves of Androzani
When the Doctor faces a shadowy adversary on the planet Androzani Minor, he and companion Peri are lethally poisoned with Spectrox.
1930-2200 - The Two Doctors
Two versions of the time-travelling hero face both the warrior Sontarans and an alien race that is obsessed with food in Spain.

Monday 5th April
1200-1350 - Warriors of the Deep
In 2084, a cold war rages on Earth while deep beneath the oceans, intelligent reptile creatures from the time of the dinosaurs plot to destroy the human race.
1350-1540 - Revenge of the Cybermen (Repeat from Sunday)
1540-1740 - Caves of Androzani (Repeat from Sunday)
1740-2010 - The Two Doctors (Repeat from Sunday)
2010-2200 - Warriors of the Deep (Repeat from earlier)

The BBC Press Office has released details of the second episode of the new series The Beast Below.

The story by Steven Moffat will air in the UK on 10th April. The time not confirmed at present, but the talent show Over the Rainbow is scheduled for 6.30-8.00pm, implying Doctor Who could be on as early as 5.45pm.

All schedules are provisional and will be confirmed next Wednesday.

The K9 adventure series will premier in the UK and Australia on Saturday 3rd April 2010.

In the UK the series will launch at 4pm on the Disney XD channel with episode two showing the following day also at 4pm.

In Australia series will launch at at 9.30am on the TEN network

The new 26 episode children's series features an animated version of the robot dog which appeared in Doctor Who from 1977-1981 before returning in the 2006 story School Reunion.

The series has been jointly created by Bob Baker and Paul Tams. Baker, working with his then writing partner, Dave Martin,  created the original K9 for the fourth Doctor story The Invisible Enemy. John Leeson once more voices the character of K9.

The series is currently showing in Scandinavia where it premièred in January. It was shot between December 2008 and May 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. It is co-produced by Stewart & Wall Entertainment and London-based Park Entertainment.

K9 - Episode One - Regeneration

The Daily Mail has taken exception to the length of Amy Pond's skirt in the upcoming series of Doctor Who.

Writing in the Femail section, columnist Allison Pearson displays a woeful ignorance of the series when she asks "since when was Doctor Who's assistant supposed to be sexy?" and makes a plea to keep Doctor Who as family TV.

As any Doctor Who fan could tell her, the Doctor has a long tradition of travelling with sexy companions in short skirts which dates right back to the sixties.

What's next she asks, "Cybermen become Cyberchicks with metal boobs?" Perhaps she should view Torchwood's Cyberwoman.