BBC America have released a short video covering highlights from their preview of Asylum of the Daleks last weekend.

BBC America has released videos of famous Doctor Who fans - including tenth Doctor (David Tennant - talking about their first memories of Doctor Who. Chris Hardwick of The Nerdist has appealed to fans asking them to tweet about the first time they experienced Doctor Who using the hashtag #newtoWHO.


Asylum of the Daleks premieres on BBC America on September 1st at 9/8c.

The demand for tickets for the upcoming New York preview of Asylum of the Daleks has been heavy enough to cause major problems for the ticketing site, where all 800 available tickets were sold in less than twenty minutes.

The special showing will take place at New York’s Ziegfeld Theater on August 25 followed by a live Q&A session with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and executive producer Caroline Skinner. Tickets were sold for the princely sum of 11c, plus a small service charge.

Comic Mix reports that shortly after the ticket release, the purchase system slowed to a crawl, with access severely limited. The site’s customer service number was also jammed as people attempted to see if aborted transactions resulted in a sale or not.

BBC America has apologized that the process didn’t go as smoothly as it could have done but have said they are pleased the event was so popular with fans.

The new Doctor Who series is due to launch on BBC America in early September, but no date has yet been officially confirmed.

BBC America have announced that they will host a special screening of the new series opener, Asylum of the Daleks on Saturday 25th August.

The event will take place in New York City at 6:00pm, and will be followed by a live Q&A session with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and executive producer Caroline Skinner.

BBC America are building up anticipation for the return of Doctor Who with a request for fans to share their first memories of the show:



Meanwhile, the channel continues its new series of documentary specials this coming Saturday with The Women of Doctor Who:
The trailer for last week's documentary, The Science of Doctor Who, is also available to watch on BBC America's YouTube channel.

BBC America are to broadcast four new special documentaries in the lead-up to their premiere of the next series of Doctor Who. Forming part of their Supernatural Saturday themed evenings, the first documentary will be broadcast on Saturday 4th August:


The documentary will be preceded by repeats of last year's documentaries, Best of the Companions, Best of the Monsters and Best of the Doctor from 6:00pm.


The following weeks will see documentaries on The Women of Doctor Who (11th August), The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who (18th August), and The Destinations of Doctor Who (25th August).

New York City's The Paley Center for Media, in conjunction with BBC Home Entertainment, has announced that it will begin monthly Saturday afternoon screenings of four select serials from the classic series.

Just What the Doctor Ordered will give fans a rare opportunity to see special digitally remastered episodes on the big screen and with superior sound. In addition, trivia competitions will be held with the chance to win DVDs and more.

Screenings begin at 1pm, and are as follows:

• Saturday, June 30th - Resurrection of the Daleks
• Saturday, July 28th - Death to the Daleks
• Saturday, August 25th - Spearhead from Space
• Saturday, September 29th - To be announced

More information regarding these events can be found here.

This competition has now closed.

The winner was James Bolander, from Crescent City, California.

The correct answers were the name of the fictional lake in North America where the Eleventh Doctor lost his life was Lake Silencio, and the name of the lake where the scenes were filmed was Lake Powell AZ.

The BBC America shop is offering one lucky reader of the Doctor Who News Page a bumper giveaway package featuring merchandise from the series.

The store is inviting fans of their shows to consider BBCAmericaShop.com while looking for great gift ideas during this holiday season.

To help promote the merchandise they are offering prizes in a competition where the winner will receive the following: Doctor Who Series Six, Part One and Part Two, a Doctor Who Tardis Mini Set, Doctor Who Suit Shirt, Doctor Who Talking Pen, action figure and playset.

All you need to do is to tell us the name of the fictional lake in North America where the Eleventh Doctor lost his life and the name of the lake where the scenes were filmed.

To enter send you answers to bbcamerica-competition@doctorwhonews.net

Please note we can only accept entries from people living in the United States. Closing date is 26th December 2011.

BBC America have confirmed that the 2011 Christmas Special, The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe will Premier on the channel Christmas Day at 9pm ET.

The episode has already been confirmed for transmission in the UK on Christmas Day at 7pm and for transmission in Australia on Boxing Day.

BBC America is to air three Doctor Who specials in the run up to the return of Doctor Who to the channel on Saturday August 27.

The three programmes will talk to devoted fans of Doctor Who asking such questions as which Doctor Who monster would make the best roommate? What’s the most fashionable Timelord headgear, fez or Stetson? And. pool in the TARDIS or Vortex Manipulator watch?

These questions as put to celebrity Doctor Who fans as well as viewers who packed the exhibition floor at last month’s San Diego Comic-Con. Their answers will be feature in three original specials that BBC America will show over the next three Saturdays.
The lineup includes: Alison Haislip (The Voice, G4 correspondent), Chris Hardwick (Nerdist), Scott Adsit (30 Rock), Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Conchords, Bob’s Burgers), WIRED Magazine senior editor Adam Rogers, singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls), comedian/musician Reggie Watts, Danielle Harris (the Halloween franchise), comedian Paul F. Tompkins, former NFL player Hugh Douglas, and guitar hero Scott Ian (Anthrax). And Who fan fave Mark Sheppard — Canton Delaware III from the two-part season opener — will also be joining the festivities.