Confirmed: The Ponds to leave in Series 7

It has been announced tonight, at the Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ press release, that Amy and Rory Pond will depart in Series 7, and will be replaced by a new companion to adventure alongside Matt Smith’s incarnation of The Doctor.

Doctor Who Magazine’s confirmed the entrance of a new companion in Series 7 earlier this year.

The news broke first through Lizo Mzimba’s Twitter feed (on the ball as always, Lizo!), as he said…

@lizo_mzimba – Lizo Mzimba
Doctor Who announcement - Amy and Rory will leave 'heartbreakingly' during next series and The Doctor will get a new companion #doctorwho

Which was then confirmed by the official BBC Doctor Who tweet…

@bbcdoctorwho – Doctor Who Official
Steven Moffat announces "The final days of the Ponds are coming during the next series. Then the Doctor will meet a new friend"

Followed by Digital Spy soon after…

@digitalspy – Digital Spy
Big #doctorwho news: Rory and Amy leaving mid next series after "heartbreaking end". New companion then introduced, but not yet cast.

We’re also promised that further details of the upcoming companion will be revealed soon!
> DWF – ‘Confirmed: New Companion for Series 7’

Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ will broadcast Xmas Day - BBC One/HD at 7PM(UK), and the same day on BBC America at 9/8c (US) and Space (Canada), and UKTV (Australia) on 26th Dec.

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‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ BBC One Trailer

The official BBC Doctor Who website have released the BBC One trailer for this year’s Christmas special ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ and, although it re-uses a lot of footage seen in the previous Children In Need trailer, there are some exciting new shots to find in it as well…

Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ will broadcast Xmas Day - BBC One/HD at 7PM(UK), and the same day on BBC America at 9/8c (US) and Space (Canada), and UKTV (Australia) on 26th Dec.

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‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ Prequel

The official BBC Doctor Who website have released the prequel for this year’s exciting 2011 Christmas special ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ – the first to feature The Doctor fully, and really does precede his own adventure running up to the episode…

Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ will broadcast Xmas Day - BBC One/HD at 7PM(UK), and the same day on BBC America at 9/8c (US) and Space (Canada), and UKTV (Australia) on 26th Dec.

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‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ Synopsis

BBC Press Office have finally released the official synopsis for the Christmas 2011 special - inspired by C.S. Lewis’ Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe – titled ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’…

It’s Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home, in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special, starring Matt Smith as the Doctor.
He promises to repay her kindness – all she has to do is make a wish.

Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever.

The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true…

Madge Arwell is played by Claire Skinner, Lily Arwell by Holly Earl and Cyril Arwell by Maurice Cole.

The episode also stars Bill Bailey and Arabella Weir.
Doctor Who ‘The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe’ is set to air (believe it or not) on Christmas Day, though the exact time is yet to be confirmed.

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1st Christmas 2011 Trailer!

The very first trailer for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special has just premiered on tonight’s Children In Need appeal night, and here it is…

> Get the latest news on “Christmas 2011”…
> BBC Children In Need

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Christmas 2011 Title Revealed!

The title of Doctor Who’s 2011 Christmas Special has been revealed tonight on Children In Need, following the Doctor Who sketch, featuring Matt Smith, for the charity appeal programme. The confirmed title of the Doctor Who Christmas 2011 Special is…

‘The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe’

So, last Christmas was strongly inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, can't imagine what this one's based on! Looks set to be another fantastic episode!

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Christmas 2011 Trailer & Title TOMORROW!

Edward Russell, Doctor Who’s current TV Brand Manager, has revealed tonight on Twitter that tomorrow’s special Doctor Who “sketch” for Children In Need night will be followed directly by a trailer of the Christmas 2011 Special as well as a confirmation of the episode’s title.

@edwardrussell - Edward Russell

“Just watched tomorrow night's Doctor Who sketch for CIN. Short but very funny. Matt is brilliant. It's on at about 8.20 tomorrow, BBC one”
17th Nov 2011 - 9:49PM

@edwardrussell - Edward Russell

“...Followed by a trailer for Xmas. At the end of which, we reveal the title.”
17th Nov 2011 - 9:50PM

The Doctor Who Children In Need sketch and Christmas 2011 trailer are due to air between the 8-8:30PM, though Edward Russell specifies it to be around 8:20PM, so that may be the probable time.

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First 2011 Christmas Special Photo

The BBC have finally unveiled the first, exciting photo from the upcoming 2011 Christmas special. You would think their describing of “exciting” might be an overstatement for purposes of hyping up the fans, compared to the first shot released of ‘A Christmas Carol’ last year. But, however, it is actually pretty exciting and intriguing!



Find out a bit more about the Christmas 2011 special in the latest Doctor Who Magazine #441 which is out now!

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Doctor Who Magazine #441 OUT TODAY & Details

The new Doctor Who Magazine issue #441 – which is out today – takes a first-look peek at this year’s upcoming Christmas special with an “in-depth” interview with Doctor Who’s producer, Marcus Wilson:

It’s Christmas turned up to 12. It’s the most Christmassy Christmas Special we’ve ever seen. It’s a lovely, heart-warming, touching tale. It’s literally magical. It’s full of the usual concoction of things that spew out of Steven’s imagination. You’re going, ‘How can you have that and that in the same story?’ – and yet it works...

Also this issue:

• Holding the Baby - DWM talks to Closing Time director, Steve Hughes, who reveals the secrets of turning a department store into a haunted house, giving the Cybermats teeth, and defending the honour of Adric!
• Like Father, Like Son - DWM goes behind the scenes of Serpent Crest, AudioGO’s latest series of audio dramas featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor, and talks exclusively to David Troughton – who joins the cast to take on his father’s role as the Second Doctor!
• Here's to the Future! - Executive producer Steven Moffat writes about experiencing Christmas in the snow, his plans for Doctor Who in 2012, and the series’ 50th anniversary, in Production Notes!
• School Winners! - DWM joins the crew of Doctor Who Confidential and visits the pupils of Oakley Junior School to meet Matt Smith and watch their winning entry for the ‘Script to Screen’ competition, Death is the only Answer – featuring Albert Einstein and an Ood!
• And the Winners Are ... - The results of the DWM merchandise poll for the most popular books, audios, and DVDs of 2010 are revealed at last – along with your views on DWM itself!
• Shock Return - The Fact of Fiction is filled with fascinating facts and sinister Cybermen, as it focuses its attention on the much-loved Fifth Doctor adventure from 1982, Earthshock!
• Let's have a Party ... or not? - As the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who approaches in 2013, how best to mark the occasion – celebrate the past with a multi-Doctor extravaganza or pave the way to the future with something new, original and completely unexpected? There’s only one way to decide… get debating duo Toby Hadoke and Johnny Candon to argue the toss in A Battle of Wits!
• The Child of Time - The Doctor, Amy and Alan Turing face their ultimate encounter with the time-twisting Chiyoko in the thrilling climax to the Eleventh Doctor’s latest comic-strip adventure, The Child of Time by Jonathan Morris with art by Martin Geraghty.
• Going Fourth - It’s the season that saw the return of the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Sontarans... and the very first appearance of Davros! Discover more as DWM’s Countdown to 50 looks back at 1974/5’s Series Twelve and the debut of Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor.
• It's all been fantastic! - The Time Team shed a tear as they reach the end of the Ninth Doctor era with The Parting of the Ways – what will Emma, Michael, Chris and Will make of the Time Lord’s encounter with the Dalek Emperor and the Bad Wolf?
• PLUS! All the latest official news, reviews of TV and merchandise reviews, previews, competitions, a prize-winning crossword and much, much more!

Doctor Who Magazine #441 is available Thursday 17 November 2011, priced £4.50 in the UK at WH Smith, some Tesco & Asda stores, and other good retailers!

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Doctor Who Magazine #441 Cover

The bods at DWM Towers have unveiled the cover of the upcoming issue #441 of Doctor Who Magazine, which appears to be following an Christmassy tone as the official magazine gives us a few teasers for this year’s 2011 Christmas special in the form of an interview with producer Marcus Wilson as the main feature.


Doctor Who Magazine #441 is available Thursday 17 November 2011, priced £4.50 in the UK at WH Smith, some Tesco & Asda stores, and other good retailers!

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