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For the next few weeks Doctor Who TV is going to be running a series of polls to find out the ultimate overall episode/story since the show returned in 2005. Round one is the first series of the revival with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper. If you need to jog your memory, check out our episode guide here.

Note: Christmas episodes and other specials will be included in their own separate poll.

Doctor Who TV has received a tip that suggests Steve Thompson will be writing for the show again.

Thompson has only written one Doctor Who episode so far – Series 6′s divisive The Curse of the Black Spot. Though he was more recently responsible for Sherlock’s excellent second series finale, The Reichenbach Fall.

Our source indicates that Thompson’s episode will not be shown until next year. With scheduling on Series 7 still unclear, it’s possible his episode could appear in the latter half of the series, if it’s split over 2012 and 2013.

So far the only known writers next to Steven Moffat are Mark Gatiss and John Fay, who was credited on his CV and then later removed.

More Series 7 writers are set to be officially confirmed next week. Which ones would you like back? Let us know in the comments.

Alex Kingston is a guest on The Graham Norton Show this Friday.

In the show, which has already been recorded, Kingston is asked about whether River Song will return in Series 7.

As expected, Kingston is playing her cards close to her chest, only hinting at another appearance from the character.

“You may see her again. Who knows?” she told Norton (via Digital Spy). “Let’s just say, Upstairs Downstairs and Doctor Who don’t film at the same time.”

Of course, we’ve already heard about River coming back at the Christmas press screening last year. Reportedly, Kingston will begin filming on Series 7 very soon which fits in with her comments here.

 The Graham Norton Show airs at 10.35pm on BBC1.

There’s already been a few rumours of Sherlock’s Benedict Cumberbatch appearing in Doctor Who. Now Lara Pulver, who guest starred in the shows second series as Irene Adler, was asked whether she might be interested in appearing in future.

“He may be calling me right now,” she joked when posed the question by Assignment X.

“We haven’t spoken about Doctor Who at all. I think they are very separate entities for Steven, and I think he puts on very different hats, but I love working with him, and if we found another project to work together on whether it is Doctor Who or another season of Sherlock, then I’m sure we’d want to work together again.”

So there you have it.

Mark Sheppard, aka Canton Delaware, headlines the updated guest list at the forthcoming official Doctor Who Convention. The event will take place on the 24th and 25th March 2012 at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales.

Full details follow:

Mark Sheppard is to join the stellar cast at the Official Doctor Who Convention taking place on the 24th and 25th March at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre. Sheppard was an instant hit with fans playing the role of Agent Canton Delaware III in the opening episodes of Series 6 The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon, helping the Doctor to eliminate one of his creepiest foes – The Silence.

Sheppard said: “I grew up watching Doctor Who, and the fans are a huge part of what really makes the show so very special. I can’t wait to come back to Cardiff for this unprecedented behind-the-scenes event – a unique chance for fans to meet the amazing people responsible for so much of the show we all love and get to experience their talent and creativity in a totally new way”

Also announced as joining the Convention line up today are: Nick Briggs, voice of the Daleks; Neil Gorton, A Director of effects specialist MillenniumFX; Ian McNeice who appeared as Winston Churchill in the Doctor Who episodes The Wedding of River Song; The Pandorica Opens; Victory of the Daleks and The Beast Below; and Raquel Cassidy who played Cleaves in The Almost People and The Rebel Flesh.

They join  a host of cast and crew appearing at the Official Doctor Who Convention including: Matt Smith; Steven Moffat; Arthur Darvill; Danny Hargreaves; Tom MacRae;  Barnaby Edwards; Caroline Henry; Stephen Pehrsson; Michael Pickwoad; Andy Pryor; Gary Russell and Marcus Wilson with further announcements to follow in the next two weeks. The Convention is a full day event that will reveal the inner workings of Doctor Who, showing the journey from script to screen: Live special effects and pyrotechnic demonstrations; prosthetic masterclasses and in-depth Q & A sessions with the makers of the show will give an unrivalled glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of Doctor Who.  For more information about the event and for tickets please visit: www.dwconvention.com.

Issue #444 of Doctor Who Magazine is out next week and the cover has been revealed.

The headline teases: “We go on the trail of the missing episodes…how the Daleks exterminated Doctor Who’s history!”

The mag takes a look at Shada – the lost story by Douglas Adams, which getting a book release this March.

We’re also promised some news on Series 7.

DWM 444 is on sale from Thursday 9 February priced £4.50.

Matt Smith has given some brief thoughts on who he thinks should succeed him on Doctor Who when he eventually leaves the role.

He told the Press Association: “I think there will need to be a younger, cooler person than me.”

Given that Smith is the youngest person yet to take on the role though, perhaps it’s time to swing it around the other way and have someone older next time?

He added: “Or maybe an older, cooler person, who knows?”

Smith also reiterated his comments last week that his future is not set in stone, but he doesn’t think he’ll be beating Tom Baker’s 7 year record: “I don’t think I’ll be doing it as long as Mr Baker,” he said.

“I just sort of take each year as it comes really. We’ve got all the rest of this year to get through and then we’ll just sit down and review it from there and see where it goes.

“But I love playing the part and I love working with Steven Moffat.”

We have updated our UK release calendar with some of the official upcoming books coming this year. Full details on each release can be found below.

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Weird and Wonderful is our look at the some of the other Doctor Who bits and bobs around the web that caught our attention over the last week or so. This week: Doctor Who nesting dolls; 1963 to Now video; Ultimate 11th Doctor trailer; the Fan Orchestra returns; more Awesome art; and another Cool Collectable.

Who Nesting Dolls

The 11th Doctor, Amy, Rory, River and the TARDIS nesting dolls. By Bachel60.

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Series 7 is a long way off, but info has been trickling through over the past several months. Here’s a compilation of what we know about the series so far.

Note: This post will be continually updated as more info emerges over the coming months until broadcast.

LAST UPDATED: 28 January 2012

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