Today the BBC gave people in the UK an early Christmas present with the early release of Shadow of the Vashta Nerada. Plus John Barrowman has inferred that we will have seven more years of Torchwood to look forward to!


A Christmas Carol
io9(22nd) - Spoiler-Free Review of Saturday's Doctor Who Special
Digital Spy(22nd) - 'Who' Smith: 'The Doctor loves Christmas'
Seenit(22nd) - Christmas picks – drama on the BBC
Telegraph(22nd) - Doctor Who's madcap take on A Christmas Carol
Telegraph(22nd) - Is Doctor Who the new Santa?
Comic Book Movie(22nd) - Charlie and the.... TARDIS
Sydney Morning Herald [AU](23rd) - Festive Tardis right on time
Get Bracknell(22nd) - TV Choice: Festive look at Top Gear, Doctor Who and more
USA Today [US](22nd) - Matt Smith is feeling very merry about his Doctor Who role
Daily Mail(22nd) - Who's that singing? Matt Smith and Karen Gillan belt out a carol in sneak behind-the-scenes peek at Doctor Who Christmas special
Digital Spy(21st) - Moffat: 'Tennant exit inspired Xmas Who'
Herald Sun [AU](22nd) - Paying the price to be the Doctor
Digital Spy(21st) - Christmas 'Who': Q&A with Matt Smith
Airlock Alpha(20th) - Katherine Jenkins Nervous About 'Doctor Who'
NewsOK(20th) - ''Dr. Who" meets Scrooge@

Series Coverage
Monsters & Critics(22nd) - Matt Smith: I love Doctor Who
The List(22nd) - Matt Smith's Doctor Who love
Obsessed with Film(22nd) - Dan Owen’s Top 10 Television Shows of 2010
Blastr(21st) - Why that Dr. Who/Sherlock crossover will NEVER happen
Digital Spy(21st) - Moffat rules out 'Who', 'Sherlock' crossover

Torchwood
Comic Book Movie(22nd) - Seven More Years Of Torchwood!?
Chicago Tribune [US](21st) - Geekery leverages duo into TV (Derek Frederickson)

The Adventure Games
Voodoo Extreme(22nd) - Doctor Who: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada Available For Free To UK Fans

Ratings
AV Clubs(22nd) - The 25 best television series of 2010
Telegraph(22nd) - Downton Abbey helps ITV dominate top 10 TV programmes in 2010
Guardian(21st) - ITV1 proves it has The X Factor in ratings war

People
Scotsman(22nd) - Talk of the Town: Doctor's assistant is looking for a geek (Karen Gillan)
Shock Til You Drop(22nd) - Photo Gallery, Trailer for Upcoming Release Outcast (Karen Gillan film)
Evening Times(21st) - Little Jimmy is a big, big star (Jimmy Vee)

Merchandise
TV Overmind(21st) - Doctor Who Christmas Special Home Video Release in February
TV Shows on DVD(21st) - Doctor Who - Story #125: Snakedance
TV Shows on DVD(21st) - Doctor Who - Story #119: Kinda
blogcritics(21st) - iPhone Game Review: Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time
Washington Times(20th) - Zadzooks: Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series

Miscellaneous
SFX(22nd) - The Sci-Fi Fantasy Christmas Radio Times Wishlist
Geeks of Doom(22nd) - Amazing TARDIS Bookcase To Materialize Under Some Lucky Kids’ Christmas Tree This Year
Technabob(21st) - Doctor Who Dalek and Tardis Dress-Up Time
SFX(21st) - 12 Ice Planets
flick filosopher(21st) - ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “I’m Gonna Spend My Christmas with a Dalek”
Birmingham Mail(21st) - Birmingham man invents Dalek iPhone app
Walyou(20th) - Gingerbread TARDIS Takes You on a Journey through Time

Passing Mention/Related News
Digital Spy(22nd) - Meet the man who controls Christmas TV (Steve Graham)
Daily Mail(22nd) - Ultimate game show gaffe: Couple lose $800,000 on Million Dollar Drop despite giving the CORRECT answer
Blastr(20th) - Freaky Chinese TV ad warns: DON'T time travel! (video)

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