Every once in a while a genuine surprise turns up to treat Doctor Who fans. This week came the news that a long lost episode of Desert Island Discs featuring William Hartnell (The 1st Doctor) had resurfaced.
The programme which was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service Radio channel on Monday 23rd August 1965, is now available to listen to on the BBC Radio 4 website.
[Source: BBC Radio 4]
BBC Radio 1 have been in touch to let DWO know about a cool new video they released featuring Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) singing a parody version of the hit song 'Let It Go' from Frozen.
Watch the video in the player, below
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[Source: BBC Radio 1]
Richard Bacon is live in Cardiff from 2:00pm Today on BBC Radio 5 Live - going behind of scenes of some of TV's biggest dramas.
He's at the BBC's new Roath Lock studios which are used to film Doctor Who, Casualty and Holby City, to name a few.
Bacon will also be talking to The Doctor's new assistant - the actress Jenna Louise Coleman... And he'll get onto the wards of Holby General Hospital to meet the cast of Casualty.
+ Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live on BBC iPlayer.
[Source: BBC Radio 5 Live]
AudioGO have sent DWO the cover and details for the forthcoming CD release of Doctor Who: The BBC Radio Episodes.
A special slipcase containing each of the Doctor's full-cast BBC radio adventures: "The Paradise of Death"; "The Ghosts of N-Space"; "Exploration Earth - The Time Machine" & "Slipback".
Also included is the 1975 made-for-LP audio adventure 'Doctor Who and the Pescatons' and the 1994 spoof 'Whatever Happened To...Susan?'.
Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Jane Asher are amongst the cast.
+ Doctor Who: The BBC Radio Episodes is released on 7th April 2011, priced £60.00.
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[Source: AudioGO]
Doctor Who stars, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will present Radio 1's Top 10s of 2010, on Christmas Eve.
The show will see the pair airing their favourite tracks from 2010, and will be broadcast between 8-9pm.
Full details, together with other presenters over the festive period, can be found via the press release on the BBC Press Office website.
[Source: BBC Press Office]
