Melody Malone; Series Seven On DVD and Peter Jackson!What with the two-month wait we now have until the sixth episode of Doctor Who Series Seven (and the Christmas Special) airs on BBC1, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the press team would quieten down a bit on the news front. You'd be wrong, though- in the aftermath of The Angels Take Manhattan, a whole heap of exciting revelations and confirmations have come our way. Here they are in full...
- eMELODY- BBC Books have confirmed that Doctor Who: The Angels' Kiss- A Melody Malone Mystery will be released exclusively on eBook devices this week. A novelised prequel to the mid-season finale that saw off the Ponds, Kiss will focus on why River adopted her persona and what her fictitious character got up to before Rory was zapped back in time. The Angels' Kiss hits eBook online retailers on Thursday October 4th.
- SERIES SEVEN PART 1 ON DISC- We've now seen the entirety of Doctor Who Series Seven Part One on the telly, so naturally it's coming to DVD and Blu-Ray soon. The 'Part 1' boxset will package together Asylum Of The Daleks, Dinosaurs On A Spaceship, A Town Called Mercy, The Power Of Three and The Angels Take Manhattan along with Pond Life, intriguing prequels to Episodes One & Three which tease future arcs and a documentary from the States called The Science Of Doctor Who. At an RRP of £18-22, it's a meaty and worthwhile package, but of course this'll all come as part of the bigger Series Seven boxset when that arrives in stores next Summer. Doctor Who: Series Seven Part 1 heads to disc retailers everywhere on October 29th.
- CHRISTMAS CHORUS- At a BAFTA press screening of The Angels Take Manhattan, Steven Moffat revealed a few sneaky details on the Christmas Special. The exec confirmed that we will indeed learn more of Jenna-Louise Coleman, her character's fate and more in the episode, plus Madame Vastra, Jenny and Commander Strax of A Good Man Goes To War fame will all be back in action too.
- WHO GOES DOWN UNDER?- The 'other' Who exec Caroline Skinner has been teasing that the BBC may soon enter talks with Peter Jackson about the idea of shooting an episode directed by him over in New Zealand. The news comes after Jackson showed interest in filming for the series, although of course Skinner did confirm that any such episode would have massive budgetary requirements and would need to take place after the 50th Anniversary episodes at the very earliest. All the same, it's exciting news.
- TORCHWOOD: THE FUTURE- Finally, we've heard confirmation once again from Starz that Torchwood won't be back "for a while". Apparently it was never intended that Russell T Davies would helm a season every year, but we're probably not looking at anything until late 2013 at the very earliest, and even then it's best not to hold your hopes up.
Doctor Who returns to BBC1 on December 25th.
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