Dates for the diary...

Things will be stepping up a gear from the end of this month, so here's a quick summary of dates to look out for (as of the UK). Amazon etc. will keep you up to date on novels, comics and audios if they're your thing.

• Thursday 26th October: Infinity magazine has a Doctor Who feature.
• Wednesday 1st November: SFX magazine has promised anniversary coverage.
• The back catalogue arrives on BBC iPlayer, along with a lot of background archive material.
• We've also been promised some significant news today.
• Thursday 2nd November: DWM's 60th Anniversary bookazine released.
• Starburst magazine - last issue before anniversary, sure to have significant content.
• Fortean Times issued - may have something on the series. Paul Cornell wrote a piece for FT for the 50th.
• Monday 6th November: The latest "coffee table" book - Whotopia - issued.
• Thursday 9th November: DWM 597 - the last regular issue before the anniversary date.
• Monday 13th November: The Underwater Menace DVD / Blu-ray released.
• Tuesday 14th November: Radio Times and other TV listings mags - the issues which cover the anniversary week. Obviously we'll need to keep an eye on these depending on the actual broadcast dates for the Specials.
• Friday 17th November: The second significant news day we've been told to watch out for. Is this the date of Children in Need? The current DWM says that the backstage show (Unleashed) will be on screen before The Star Beast, and that an extra six day shoot was undertaken recently. Does this all refer to a brand new CiN minisode, rather than just a clip?
• Thursday 23rd November: The 60th Anniversary. There may not be any episode today, but I'll certainly be watching something on Blu-ray / DVD tonight.
• We've been promised this as the third of the news days to watch out for.
• Today also sees the latest Infinity and Dark Side magazines. DS released a whole special issue for the 50th, but that was before they started producing stablemate Infinity which is the home to TV sci-fi / fantasy, so almost certain to see something from them.

We then move into December. 

Thursday 7th sees the last regular issue (598) of DWM before Christmas. (NB: almost at the 600th issue, which should come out on 1st February).

The Christmas Radio Times and other listings magazines likely to be out on Saturday 9th, though the festive Special is generally covered in the issue prior to this (possibly Thursday 7th as well).