The BBC will be selling classic episodes of Doctor Who and Red Dwarf to view on mobile cell phones. BBC Worldwide, the commercial department of the BBC has teamed with ROK Player, a mobile phone content firm to sell special multimedia memory cards (digital video chips or DVC) which can be played on compatible phones.

For £17, the ROK Player web site, Choices video outlets, and Nokia stores will sell a DVC with a special Doctor Who story and three episodes of Red Dwarf. Also to be offered will be music videos, shorts, and films such as Wallace and Gromit, Pink Floyd, and The Shawshank Redemption.

The BBC will kick it off this new product line initially with the 90 minute 1983 Doctor Who story, "The Five Doctors". The Red Dwarf episodes include "Maroon" (series 3), "Quarantine" (series 5), and "Cassandra" (series 8).

William Grantham, age 9 of Colchester, Essex (UK), monstrous creation called "Abzorbaloff" won the competition by the Blue Peter television show to create a new Doctor Who monster. The "Abzorbaloff" absorbs its victims and will now be featured in the series with David Tennant and Billie Piper.

The contest drew in 43,920 entries, a new record since 1993 for Blue Peter. The judges panel consisted of David Tennant (the 10th Doctor) and Russell T Davies (executive producer and lead writer) of Doctor Who.

See the full "Abzorbaloff" first place winner monster and other runners up at the Blue Peter web page: Design a monstor for 'Doctor Who' winners.

It is being reported that the former husband of Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Chris Evans is being urged to make a guest appearance in the next series by Doctor Who producers.

Evans, a radio DJ would be slated to play the Devil in an episode titled, "The Satan Pit" according to reports.

As stated by unnamed sources to the Daily Star, "We've already got some great celebrities lined up for the next series, but having Chris Evans would be the icing on the cake."

"Having him as Satan would be a hoot and we're sure he'd relish the role. And we know Billie would find it a giggle."

As previously reported, shooting has begun on the new Doctor Who stories starting with the 60-minute Christmas special scheduled for later this year.

Long-time Doctor Who fan, David Tennant filling the shoes of Christopher Eccleston as the latest incarnation of The Doctor is excited about beginning work on the show.

According to reports, Tennant has stated that work on the series is "pretty daunting" and "the series is so huge."

He added, "I'm aware of all that but I try to keep it in my back pocket and just get on with the job."

"It's great - you get to play a Time Lord and have a TARDIS. You can't knock that!"

According to a report on UTV a poll out today shows that Doctor Who has been voted as best British fantasy TV show of all time!

"There has always been great affection for Doctor Who. It's a great British institution which has entertained people for generations," said SFX editor Dave Bradley.

He continued, "The recent series has just introduced a whole new generation to the concept and reignited our love for it."

"We scanned over 68 years of home-grown shows and this list shows we have some of the best and most talented writers, producers, directors and actors and actresses in the UK."

Somewhere around 4,000 people took part in the SFX magazine poll.

See what other shows made it to the list by clicking 'read more' below.

As previously reported here in the article Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy Down Under with The TARDIS, the Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story on the touring stage show today. As previously reported, Doctor Who - Inside the TARDIS is touring Australia with Colin Baker (the 6th Doctor), Sylvester McCoy (the 7th Doctor), Katie Manning (Jo Grant, companion to Jon Pertwee's 3rd Doctor), as well as Tim Ferguson who is hosting the show.

Inside the TARDIS focuses on the effect that Doctor Who has had on pop culture for more than four decades now. The actors talk about their experiences on and with the long running series. The show features BBC footage of the classic series, and a question and answer session with the audience. Overall it is targeted at the mass appeal of the series on culture rather than the real die-hard fandom that is the usual course at conventions.

Katie Manning points out, "There's a huge difference between what we're doing on this show and a convention, where you have hundreds and hundreds of fans from all sorts of walks of life," in the published article. Speaking to conventions, McCoy states, "When I got to America I was greeted by all these incredibly fat ladies dressed in chamois leather!" (referring to the costumed Leela fans).

Shooting has begun on the Christmas Invasion story due to hit the small screens this December. You can already take a sneak peek at the cast and crew shooting this story with David Tennant as The Doctor and Billie Piper returning as Rose at various sites on the net now. See below ('read more') for inks to sites that contain photos of the new production currently taking place on Doctor Who.

We can confirm the rumours that Elisabeth Sladen is to be returning to Doctor Who in the next series (season). BBC News is reporting that the character, Sarah Jane who served as a companion for Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker Doctors in the '70s is returning to the show along side of David Tennant (the 10th Doctor) and Billie Piper (Rose Tyler). Elisabeth Sladen originally appeared in the series from 1973 to 1976. She returned as Sarah Jane Smith in both a spin-off pilot K9 and Company as well as the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors in 1983. Although Sladen will be returning, rest assured that Billie Piper will remain in the entire second series (season) despite rumours stating the contrary.

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