Paul Winter's blog

Sunday 26th May 2013 is when you can see the two AARU Dalek films, starring Peter Cushing as Dr Who, in HD, on the big screen. The films have been remastered and this will be an early opportunity to see them in the new format, and a rare one to see them in a theatrical showing. The venue once again is Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.

The actor who will play William Hartnell in the forthcoming drama-documentary about the start of Doctor Who on the BBC has been confirmed: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21251726

Doctor Who returns to BBC1 on 30th March. See Doctor Who news for more on this story: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2013/01/new-series-7-publicity-picture-2401...

You can hear Beryl Virtue on the latest edition of Desert Island Discs. She talks about her career and the many shows she has worked on including Men Behaving Badly and Sherlock. Beryl also talks about the writers she represented in the 1960s including Terry Nation, and how she changed his BBC contract so as to give the rights to the Daleks to him, rather than the BBC.

If you click the 'Celestial Archive' section above, you will find a new Dalek-related section of material from fandom's past...

Next Saturday The Who Shop hits West Ham football club - see http://www.thewhoshop.com/event-ticket-celebration-26th-p-4949.html

If you see any of the DWAS crew there come and say hello!

The final ratings for 'The Snowmen' show a figure of 9.9 million making it the fourth most popular show on Christmas Day, adding 2.3 million to the overnight figure.

The initial overnight ratings show that Doctor Who was watched by 7.6 million viewers which is 34% of the TV wathcing audience. The show was the fifth most popular on Christmas Day. the more accurate consolidated ratings should be available in just over a week.

There cannot be many of us who grew up in the 60s, 70s or 80s unaffected by the work of Gerry Anderson, who sadly died yesterday aged 83.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407

We have known for some time that a set of 2013 Doctor Who stamps were likely. However today the Royal Mail finally reveals the designs, and they are just great! http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/entertainment-arts-20838728