A large variety of old items from BBC Television Centre are to be sold off in an online auction taking place over the first week of November, including a large, 3.5m wide by 2.5m high canvas backdrop that was used to promote Doctor Who during the eleventh Doctor's era.

The auction is being held by PPAuctions, which comes as the Television Centre itself is formally handed over to its new owners, Stanhope plc, at the end of the month; an earlier auction of BBC memorabilia was undertaken during June.

The BBC have confirmed that the seventh episode in the current run of Doctor Who, Kill the Moon, will broadcast at 8:30pm in the evening.

The programme will once more follow Strictly Come Dancing, the original UK version of the Dancing with the Stars franchise, and will be followed by Casualty. On the other main UK channels the episode is scheduled against ITV's The X Factor (which airs from 8:00pm to 9:20pm), a repeat of Dad's Army on BBC2, Grand Designs on Channel 4, and the spaghetti western Joe Kidd on Channel Five.

Tom Baker has announced, via his website, a new way to obtain autographs from the Fourth Doctor.

The actor will no longer accept requests sent through his agents as demand has become unmanageable. However fans can now purchase autographs here from his website, with 10% of the proceeds being donated to St Michael’s Hospice in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.

As well as signing cards and photographs, Baker will sign personal paper based items such as video/DVD or CD cover, photo or other picture of himself. If you want an autograph for your copy of Baker’s autobiography or The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, please do not send the books, but send the dust jacket.

Please check the website for full details.

The winners of the ultimate Doctor Who family competition, have been announced by BBC Doctor Who Adventures magazine

Moray Laing, Editor of Doctor Who Adventures, says: The family win a year’s worth of Doctor Who Adventures, an action figure and a Doctor Who calendar. Three runner-up families win goodies too.

Also this issue:

• A sneaky look at the next two episodes of Doctor Who.
• Which monster should be crowned the grossest creature of all time?
• The chance to win Doctor Who – Deep Breath on DVD plus a complete set of Doctor Who Regeneration stickers from Topps.
• Essential facts about the Dalek Prime Minister.
• Fun puzzles, quizzes and things to cut out and keep.
• Interview with Ben Miller, who recently played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Who.
• Comic fun and danger for the Doctor, Clara and also the Alien Babies.
• Bonus token to win a life-size TARDIS for your school.

The new issue of BBC Doctor Who Adventures, Issue 355, is on sale from 24 September – 7 October 2014, priced £3.99. The issue comes with a A2 Doctor Who poster to celebrate the launch of the new Topps Regeneration collection, plus 13 Doctor Who stickers, including exclusive ones.

Listen has now been confirmed as being the 7th most watched programme on British Television for the week ending 14th September 2014.

The episode, with 7.01 million viewers, was the second most watched programme on BBC Television, only being beaten by The Great British Bake Off which had 10.13 million watching.

Saturday'sThe X Factor on ITV, topped the chart with 10.21 million watching.

The chart position continues the run of episodes in the UK top ten, with the last seven stories reaching that position.

The longest run of stories in the top ten was from Midnight in June 2008 to The Beast Below in April 2010, a run of eleven episodes, but which covered a number of specials.

Series Eight is the first series where, on final figures, the first four episodes have all reached the top ten.

The BBC has released a new set of pictures from the next episode of Doctor Who - The Caretaker, which debuts next Saturday.
Written by Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat, and directed by Paul Murphy.

After receiving recent reports that the DVD of The Two Doctors no longer includes A Fix With Sontarans as an extra, we checked with BBC Worldwide over the status of the story's release and they have verified:


At the time of writing, online retailers such as the BBC Shop and Amazon still list the extra; purchasers of the story should verify which version they are buying as retailers may hold either version in stock at present.

BBC Home Entertainment in the United States, has announced a massive collection in honour of the Eleventh Doctor and the man who portrayed him with the release of Doctor Who: The Complete Matt Smith Years Limited Edition Blu-ray Gift Set, which will be released in time for the holidays on November 4, 2014.

Matt Smith made his first appearance as the Doctor in 2010, and went on to star in three seasons of Doctor Who, written and executive produced by Steven Moffat.

The set features the complete adventures of the Eleventh Doctor – every season, every special, every episode. It also includes, for the very first time on a special bonus disc, Doctor Who Proms 2013, The Day of the Doctor: From Script to Screen, The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot and Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide. It also includes the two part special The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Death of the Doctor and the docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time.

The set is available for pre-order from Amazon.