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The overnight ratings for the Christmas special are in, and they are very good indeed.

Doctor who was watched by an average of 8.9 million people at the time of broadcast. This made it the third most popular programme of the day beaten only by EastEnders with 9.9 million and Coronation Street that managed a few more with 9.3 million viewers.

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#403 of Celestial Toyroom should be falling through letterboxes as I type with its lovely Christmassy Dalek cover by Barry Ward.

For those who haven't already purchased I would highly recommend the latest Shooty Dog Thing book '2th & Claw'.

The latest edition of CT is a tribute to the wonderful Elisabeth Sladen. To tie-in with this the Toybox has the pleasure of revealing 4 rare items from its collection.

The most recent items are found at http://www.dwasonline.co.uk/toybox_recent

Enjoy. These are rare!

Colin Baker filmed a series of Celebrity Christmas Come Dine With Me programmes last month and these are going out on Channel 4 starting Boxing Day. The schedule is as follows:

Boxing Day at 6.35pm (Linda Nolan hosts)
Tuesday 27th December at 7.30pm (Nick Bateman hosts)
Wednesday 28th December at 7.30pm (Bianca Gascoigne hosts)
Thursday 29th December at 7.30pm (Danny Young hosts)

Ticketmaster are running a 'Buy One Get One Free' offer on tickets for the Doctor Who Experience. More details may be found at: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/hhu5k0?brand=christmas

James C McFetridge has won our little competition - well done James! The answer was "The Feast of Steven".

May I take this opportunity to wish all DWAS Members a splendid Christmas, and a prosperous New Year.

It has been announced by the BBC that Karen Gillen and Arthur Darvill will leave Doctor Who during the next series, and that a new companion will be cast. Steven Moffat said during a preview of this year's Christmas special that the story surrounding the departure of the characters would be a 'heartbreaking' one.

DWAS has been advised that the BBC intends to hold a one-off public screening of the two recently recovered episodes. When and when we do not yet know but are told that an announcement will be made soon.

Rumours began circulating today that two missing episodes of Doctor Who had been found and returned to the BBC. This rumour for once, turned out to the true. An official announcement from the BBC is due at about 6pm.

Doctor Who Online is saying the episodes are Galaxy 4 part 3 and The Underwater Menace part 2 but this has not as yet been confirmed.