December 16th–Advent Calendar

Barnaby Edwards' Christmas Questions

What have been your personal highlights of working on Doctor Who?

Far too many to list here, but being shot at by a dozen Kalashnikov rifles while being drenched in water for Dalek comes pretty close. I felt like Bruce Willis.

What's surprised you most about the world of Doctor Who?

That I'm now a part of it. If you'd told my childhood self that one day he'd grow up to be a Dalek, I think he may have expired from the shock.

What are your earliest memories of Doctor Who?

I can recall Sarah Jane and the Third Doctor being menaced by Aggedor in 1974's The Monster of Peladon. I would have been four at the time and thought it was the most terrifying - and glorious - thing I'd ever seen.

How will you be spending Christmas? And after working on Doctor Who for ages, will you still be watching A Christmas Carol 'live' on the 25th?

I've been touring most of the year with Shakespeare's Globe's production of The Merry Wives of Windsor and feel I've earned a break, so I'll be spending a quiet Christmas with some friends in Menorca. If they can get BBC ONE there, I shall be watching it. If not, there's always the hard drive recorder.

What's your personal favourite Adventure Game to date? Be honest!

I love the Cyberman one. It's scary, it's exciting and my character gets bitten by a Cybermat. What's not to like?

The last time you went to a fancy dress party, who or what did you go as?

A mummy. I don't recommend it - those bandages are a nightmare!

Do you secretly prefer the Daleks to the Doctor?

That information is classified.

You get one trip in the TARDIS and wind up in a palace. Abba are performing in one room. Elvis is doing his thing in the next. Don't ask how. Timey-wimey, you know? Anyway, you've just got time to bound in and perform with Abba or Elvis. Which singing sensation do you plump for and what do you sing with them?

The likelihood of Abba reforming is slightly less than the possibility that Elvis is still alive, so I'll take the Abba ticket.

Five fast ones: What's your..

-Favourite movie?

It's a toss up between Citizen Kane and Flash Gordon

- Favourite TV Show? (apart from Doctor Who!)

Carl Sagan's Cosmos.

- Ideal Christmas present (to receive!)

An iPad

- Favourite book?

Bleak House by Charles Dickens

- Motto?

Seek. Locate. Destroy.

Finally... what are your new year's resolutions for 2011?

To exterminate that pesky Doctor once and for all.

Big yuletide thanks to Barnaby Edwards!

Doctor Who Magazine out today

The new Doctor Who Magazine from Panini features an exclusive preview of the Doctor Who Christmas Special. The Doctor himself, Matt Smith tells DWM about guest star Michael Gambon: “Michael is a naughty man, a naughty actor,” Matt laughs. “He’s hugely interesting, everyone on set could have listened to his stories all day!” Find out more in DWM 429, out in shops 16 December – with three bonus art cards! – price £4.99.

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Doctor Who???

Ever wonder about the Doctor’s origins and how he came to be? Well wonder no more fans, this video will answer all your questions and some you may not even have thought of or really wanted to know. Enjoy

Who star not worried about Xmas ratings

Doctor Who star Matt Smith has claimed that he is not worried about the ratings for the show's upcoming Christmas special.

Last year, 'The End of Time - Part One' was the third most watched show on Christmas Day, with a final figure of 11.57m viewers.

Smith told BBC News: "I hope it continues to do well [this year], I really do. But I can't really feel any pressure for it because I've done it now. I've made it, so c'est la vie, what will be will be. It's out of my control. But I think it's a great episode."

The actor added that his first two years in the role of The Doctor had been a "wonderful" experience.

"It's whizzed by... because we're very busy up in Cardiff," he admitted. "But, yeah, it's been a wonderful two years. It's been a privilege to play it, I have to say, and it's been a great experience for me."

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Jenkins fretted over 'Doctor Who' kiss

Katherine Jenkins has described a kissing scene involving her character in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special as the most terrifying moment of her career.

The opera singer was required to kiss actor Danny Horn as part of the festive instalment, but she admits that she was uncomfortable about filming the intimate moment.

"The kissing was the most stressful part of the whole thing," she said. "My mum's got to watch that on Christmas Day!

"I really don't know how it's going to come across. I just want to get that bit out of the way. It was by far the most nerve-wracking thing I've ever done."

Jenkins went on to say that the scene was even more intimidating than her performance in front of Pope John Paul II in 2003, according to The Sun.

The 30-year-old also recalled how Matt Smith mischievously decided to ruin the scene a number of times in order to have Jenkins and Horn do several takes.

"He kept doing it on purpose going, 'Oh sorry, I messed it up. You'll have to do it again,'" Bang Showbiz quotes her as saying.

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