Karen Gillan on tonight’s The One Show

BBC scheduling has confirmed that Karen Gillan will be the guest sitting on the big green sofa in this evening’s The One Show, to promote Series 7 and tomorrow-night’s ‘Asylum of the Daleks’.

We can assume Karen won’t be giving any overly-extraneous details away about the opening Dalek ‘movie-poster’ episode (thankfully enough, for me and any other spoiler-phobe).

HOWEVER! We do know (oddly enough) the footwear she’ll be sporting (forgive me, after necessary info there’s not a lot to fill this post with!) after the red-headed embodiment of ‘Awesome’ tweeted today…

Heading to radio 1 today and then on the ONE SHOW tonight! tune in! I've got blue boots.

— Karen Gillan (@KarenGillan2) August 31, 2012

The One Show begins at 7PM on BBC One (UK) with Kazza Gillan in swanky blue boots.

Patrick MacNee, Honor Blackman – ‘Kinky Boots’ (1964)

Series 7 Prequel – Pond Life: Part 5

The official BBC Doctor Who site have released the final of the online prequels to Series 7, in a range of very mini-episodes dubbed ‘Pond Life’.

The Doctor finally arrives at the Ponds House. But where are they? Here, Pond Life reaches its dramatic climax…

‘Pond Life’ is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Paul Metzstein, and produced by Denise Paul for BBC Wales.

Pond Life is also available as a full-length omnibus version, with all parts compressed to one.

Series 7 Prequel – Pond Life: Part 4

The official BBC Doctor Who site have released the fourth of five online prequels to Series 7, in a range of very mini-episodes dubbed ‘Pond Life’.

Domestic life with the Ponds is never dull, as we learn when the Ponds try adjusting to life with an Ood butler…

‘Pond Life’ is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Paul Metzstein, and produced by Denise Paul for BBC Wales.

Pond Life: Part 5 will be available tomorrow at midday.

Series 7 – Pond Life: Part 3

The official BBC Doctor Who site have released the third of five online prequels to Series 7, in a range of very mini-episodes dubbed ‘Pond Life’.

Rory stumbles upon an unexpected guest in his bathroom!

‘Pond Life’ is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Paul Metzstein, and produced by Denise Paul for BBC Wales.

Pond Life: Part 4 will be available tomorrow at midday.

Doctor Who Magazine #451 Three Covers

Doctor Who Magazine have unveiled the exciting details of the upcoming issue 451, which features an option of three brilliant covers for the upcoming first three episodes.

So, do you choose Daleks, Dinosaur, or Cyborg?

Asylum of the Daleks – DWM takes over the Asylum for Doctor Who's most ambitious episode yet. Matt Smith shares his thoughts on the Doctor’s arch enemies, Steven Moffat on the challenges of keeping the Daleks fresh and how Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan feel about the beginning of the end for Rory and Amy.

Dinosaurs on a Spaceship – it’s an episode of Doctor Who packed to the rafters with dinosaurs. On a spaceship! Writer Chris Chibnall reveals how his script lived up to that title, and what challenges did the FX team face on bringing so many dinosaurs to life?

A Town Called Mercy – guest stars Adrian Scarborough and Ben Browder on how thrilled they were to join Doctor Who for an adventure into the Wild West, how the crew enjoyed their time on location in sunny Spain, and what writer Toby Whithouse thought of being out of his comfort zone.

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• The Usual Suspects – the writers of the new series are given the once over by Doctor Who’s executive producer, Steven Moffat (including himself!) in a curtain-raising Production Notes.
• Guilty as Charged? John Nathan-Turner was Doctor Who’s most colourful and controversial producer, guiding the show to dizzying heights, but perhaps a few lows too. Luminaries and experts from Doctor Who past and present assemble for the first in a two-part feature to assess the work of the series’ longest-serving producer in The Trial of John Nathan-Turner.
• Cold Front - the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in Prague in the dying days of the Cold War. Revolution is on the horizon, but the Doctor senses something unreal in the air. What is the significance of the book The Sorrows of Prague, and why will Yuri Azarov and his terrifying companion stop at nothing to retrieve it? Part One of The Broken Man, the latest comic strip written by Scott Gray with art from Martin Geraghty.
• Is This Death? companions come and go, but should they ever die? Johnny Candon and Toby Hadoke weigh up the pros and cons of crash-landing to Earth in an out-of-control freighter, or heading off into the sunset to marry Brian Blessed in A Battle of Wits.
• Take Art - DWM’s intrepid Time Team – Chris, Emma, Michael and Will – go for gold as the Doctor and Rose land in an ordinary housing estate where extraordinary things are happening as children are going missing, trapped in the drawings of Chloe Webber. Will the Doctor make it to the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics as The Time Team views Fear Her.
• Coming of Age ­– Doctor Who’s 21st year saw a season packed with exciting cliff-hangers, companion departures, a tour de force performance from the leading man, and arguably the finest Doctor Who story ever made. Countdown to 50 reaches 1984 and Series 21.
• All in the Mind – mind-sucking alien parasites, prison riots, a nerve-gas missile and the Master at his most scheming – find out how the Third Doctor, Jo and UNIT fought The Mind of Evil in this month’s Fact of Fiction.
• Light my Fire – the Watcher warns of the pitfalls of predicting the near future as A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects reaches number 22 – the Olympic Torch. Was the 2012 of Fear Her remotely like the real thing? Also stare into the eyes of The Six Faces of Delusion, flick through The Stockbridge English Dictionary and marvel at the Supporting Artist of the Month in Wotcha!

Along with your regular favourites: news in Gallifrey Guardian, the WIN page, Production Notes, and much more!

Doctor Who Magazine #451 comes in three different covers and is available this Thursday 30th August in the UK.

Series 7 Prequel – Pond Life: Part 2

The official BBC Doctor Who site have released the second of five online prequels to Series 7, in a range of very mini-episodes dubbed ‘Pond Life’.

In this second instalment, The Doctor turns up unannounced, and realised it was probably best to announce...

‘Pond Life’ is written by Chris Chibnall, directed by Paul Metzstein, and produced by Denise Paul for BBC Wales.

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Pond Life: Part 3 will be available tomorrow at midday.

Series 7 Prequel – ‘Pond Life’ Part One

The official BBC Doctor Who site have released the first of five online prequels to Series 7, in a range of very mini-episodes dubbed ‘Pond Life’.

In this first instalment, The Doctor sends the Ponds a quick message, updating them on his recent lonesome capers in time and space.

Doctor Who Prequel: Pond Life part 1 - Series 7 Autumn 2012 - BBC One

Pond Life: Part 2 will be available tomorrow, with subsequent episodes being released on subsequent days.

Nice one, Doc.