With just ten days to go until 'The Day Of The Doctor', some more video interviews and promotional images have been released.

A selection of new images can be seen in the column to the right and the video interviews can be watched, below:

David Tennant on the Evolution of The Doctor

3 Questions With Jenna Coleman

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The first promo picture from the 7-minute minisode 'The Night Of The Doctor' has been released, which you can see below (Sisterhood of Karn, anyone?): 

+  The Day Of The Doctor airs on 23rd November at 7:50pm on BBC One.

[Sources: DWO; BBC America]

It has just been confirmed that Billie Piper will be attending Collectormania Milton Keynes on Sunday 26th May! 

This brings the total number of Doctor Who guests appearing at the event to fifteen, including current companion Jenna Louise Coleman (Clara), Dan Starkey (Strax), Carole Ann Ford (Susan) and John Leeson (K-9).

Although the online shop is closed for all other photo shoot ticket sales, the Showmasters team will be keeping it open until Wednesday 15th at 4.30pm for Billie Piper photo shoot tickets. More information can be found on our forum showmastersonline.com/forums/.

As well as Doctor Who guests there are nearly 75 stars from the world of film and tv appearing over the weekend. You can meet movie stars and sports legends at Collectormania Milton Keynes on Saturday 25th to Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2013, the region’s biggest movie collectors event held at the Dons stadium:mk. And best of all… entry is still free!

DWO will have tables at the event, offering a wide range of Doctor Who merchandise - stop by and say hi!

For more details on the event check out the website collectormania.com/miltonkeynes/ or the forum showmastersonline.com/forums/.

Event Details:

Date: Saturday 25th-Monday 27th May 2013 (Bank Holiday)
Venue: thestadium:mk, Stadium Way West, Milton Keynes, MK1 1ST
Entry: FREE!
Website: http://www.collectormania.com/miltonkeynes/
Contact: info@showmastersonline.com / 01908 671138

Media guests confirmed so far include:

Billie Piper – Doctor Who, The Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Mansfield Park

Jenna Louise Coleman – Doctor Who, Captain America

Bernard Cribbins – Doctor Who, The Wombles, Carry On films

Sylvester McCoy – Doctor Who, The Hobbit

Richard Franklin, Sheila Steafel, Bonnie Langford, Carole Ann Ford, Nabil Shaban, Rachel Bell, John Leeson – Classic Doctor Who

Jean Marsh – Doctor Who, Upstairs Downstairs, Willow, Return to Oz

Dan Starkey, Neil McDermott – New Doctor Who

Gillian Anderson – X-Files, Bleak House

Charles Dance – Game of Thrones, Alien 3, The Golden Child

Alfie Allen – Game of Thrones, Equus

Malcolm McDowell – Clockwork Orange, Star Trek, Heroes

Torri Higginson – Stargate Atlantis

Ariana Richards – Jurassic Park

Lou Ferrigno – The Hulk

John Rhys Davies – Indiana Jones, Lord of the Rings, James Bond

Steven Robertson, Colin Hoult, Ben Greaves-Neil – Being Human

Denis Lawson – Star Wars, New Tricks

Henry Ian Cusick – Lost

Dave Legeno – Harry Potter

Gethin Anthony – Game of Thrones

Richard Poe – Star Trek

Julian Sands – Stargate, Smallville

Duncan Regehr – Star Trek, Zorro, Monster Squad

Ken Kirzinger – Freddy vs Jason

Sonita Henry – Star Trek, Chuck

Spice Williams – Star Trek, Stuntwoman

Mary Ellen Trainor – Lethal Weapon, Back to the Future

Oliver Ford Davies – Star Wars, Hamlet

Kenny Baker – Star Wars

Christopher Judge – Stargate SG-1

Eric Milligan – Bones

Mark Stanley, Luke Barnes, Ellie Kendrick – Game of Thrones

Amy ‘Lita’ Dumas, Tara, Kid Cash, Doug Williams, Shelton Benjamin – TNA/WWE wrestlers

Rupert Young, Eoin Macken – Merlin

Anjli Mohindra, Paul Marc Davis – Sarah Jane Adventures

Nick Shirm, Ryan Nelson – Harry Potter

[Sources: DWO; Showmasters]

The read through for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special took place earlier this evening, (Monday 1st April), the BBC Doctor Who site confirmed.

Current Doctor Matt Smith was joined by David Tennant (pictured-right) and many more familiar faces including Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara) and Doctor Who’s head writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat.

Over the weekend it was confirmed that David Tennant and Billie Piper would both be returning to the show for the eagerly anticipated 50th Anniversary Special. It was also revealed that screen legend John Hurt would also feature in the adventure.

The episode’s production continues all this week and the special is expected to air on the show's anniversary on 23rd November 2013.

UPDATE - Tuesday 2nd April @ 00:01am
A second image (also pictured-right) taken at the read through has now been released, simultaneously confirming the casting of Joanna Page (The Syndicate, Gavin And Stacey, Love Actually), for the 50th Anniversary Special. 

[Source: BBC]

The BBC has officially confirmed that David Tennant and Billie Piper will return for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special.

Filming on the show, which will also star John Hurt (Labyrinth, Merlin, 1984), will start next week.

Tennant's successor, Matt Smith - also in the special with his new assistant played by Jenna-Louise Coleman - says fans "will not be disappointed" by the 3D show, due to air on 23rd November.

Tennant and Piper have long been rumoured to be making a return for the special, which is being written by the show's executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat.

In January, Billie Piper, appearing on the Graham Norton Show, denied she would be appearing.

"I wasn't asked, no, I think Matt Smith may have said, in passing or in jest, it would be nice. I think maybe he said that and then it became something quite different, but no."

Matt Smith has said the show "manages to pay homage to everything - and look forward. I read it and I clapped at the end. I think it's hilarious, it's epic and it's vast."

Steven Moffat, meanwhile, has said he took special care to protect the secrets of the story.

"One length I've gone to which is a really good security measure - I make sure I don't get a script, because I will lose it, I forbid people to hand me one. It's on my computer under lock and key."

Other casting confirmations this week include Ken Bones as The General, Orlando James as Lord Bentham and Marshall Griffin in an, as yet, untitled role.

[Sources: BBC]

Our friends over at Harkable have sent DWO a rather smashing infographic for Doctor Who Companions.

It's goodbye Amy Pond after Karen Gillan left in the tear-jerking mid-season finale, The Angels Take Manhattan.

But how will Amy be remembered in the pantheon of the best and worst Doctor Who companions? Did she hit the lofty heights of Rose Tyler or Sarah Jane Smith?

Take a look at the amazing infographic to the right and make up your own minds whist learning all there is to know about the Doctor's TARDIS co-travellers...

[Source: Harkable]

Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper will return to the stage to star in the UK premiere of Neil LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty, which runs at the Almeida Theatre from 17th November 2011 (previews from 10th November) to 14th January 2012.

Reasons to Be Pretty, which will also be directed by LaBute, examines our perception of beauty and asks whether it is as much of a curse to be conventionally attractive as it is to be considered ugly.

The play had its world premiere at New York’s Lucille Lortel Theater in 2008 and has previously been tipped for the West End and connected with names including Lily Allen, Julia Stiles and Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera.

Billie Piper made her stage debut in 2007 in the West End revival of Christopher Hampton’s Treats. The former pop star’s many television credits include Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Doctor Who, A Passionate Woman, Mansfield Park, The Ruby in the Smoke, ShakespeaReTold and Things to Do Before You’re 30.

[Source: What's On Stage]

Former Doctor Who star Billie Piper is to star in BBC Three’s new sitcom Tom and Jenny.

The show follows a feuding couple who split-up but remain living in the same house together.

Directed by Ben Palmer (The Inbetweeners Movie), the series is written by Lee Hupfield, producer / co-writer of The Kevin Bishop Show and Star Stories.

Other shows heading to BBC Three include coming of age comedy Pramface, Life Story starring Sharon Horgan and Holly Walsh, plus a new series of White Van Man starring Will Mellor and Doctor Who star, Georgia Moffett.

[Source: BBC Three]