Mark Gattis Spoiler, Doctor John Smith's Cottage, Dalek Costume for Halloween, plus more news and reviews

The Doctor Who News Page has Doctor John Smith's Cottage, a holiday cottage, designed as a tribute to a long term Doctor Who fan, has opened in the South East of England, it has been set up in memory of David Bannister who died suddenly last year at the age of 51, leaving a large collection of Doctor Who memorabilia.

Instructables has Dalek Costume for Halloween, this less of an explanation of how to and more of a bunch of photos of my costume which sort of shows you how it was made (Editor: posted in 2008 but still relevant).

WWSTD has Daleks and Oligodendrocytes, "in the BBC show Dr. Who there is the race of creatures known as the Daleks, genocidal emotionless destroyers who have mutated to the point of being tentacled blobs that drive around inside these robot suits. If you're lucky enough to have seen a naked Dalek then you've probably made the same connection I have...Daleks look like oligodendrocytes!

PaulCornell.com has posted The Fortean Times Unconvention, "it's from tomorrow and I'm on at 3pm, talking about Fortean themes in Doctor Who."

Rich's ComixBlog has Outrage of the Zygons - 17, the Doctor states that he doesn't trust Techrat, the Eric Raymond Zygon returns, transformed back into his disguise, taking Techrat with him to do a "job". He leaves the Doctor in the tender care of his thug, Zipper.

Who Fix has Missing Pieces, "I can't believe that's how they ended Lost!"

The Ood Castoon 1 – Self-Conscious, prop building & additional inspiration by Laura Simpson

Total Sci Fi has Doctor Who: Return to Earth Preview, a sneak peek at the new Wii game. Great Sonic Screwdriver add-on!

Tea with Morbius has Warriors' Gate, a slave ship is trapped in a void between universes. The TARDIS becomes a trapped there as well.

The Cloister Room has 011 - Poor Daleks (again), this week, the "Doctor Who" is the Christopher Eccleston story "Dalek".

The Who Noobs has Episode 15: The Singing Sands, two extremely special guests join us this week (for the first time!) to discuss the 2nd episode in the "Marco Polo" saga, "The Singing Sands".

Tim's Take On has Episode 41 (Sarah Jane Adventures:The Vault of Secrets review),
Tim's Take On..., my review of The Sarah Jane Adventures:The Vault of Secrets, also this week a short tribute to actor Graham Crowden who sadly died this week and a promo for The 20 Megabyte Doctor Who Podcast.

The Edwardian Adventurer has 004 – The Firemaker, in which The Doctor incites a riot and we see that humans never really change.

Bleeding Cool has Mark Gatiss To Play Doctor Who’s War Chief?, "from the looks of a picture and tweet that Mark Gatiss shared with the world this morning, he’s taking a role in the next season of Doctor Who as the War Chief, a rather evil Time Lord who hasn’t showed up in the series since the final story for Patrick Troughton’s second Doctor."