Richard E Grant News

Steven Moffat – Doctor Who’s head writer and executive producer – has thanked the programme's fans for keeping secret the closing moments of this year’s season finale.

Matt Smith will continue to play the Doctor in the BBC’s flagship science-fiction television drama, when he returns from Hollywood this summer.

The BBC returns Doctor Who to its roots for this year’s now-traditional Christmas Day episode – which usually offers a good dose of tinsel with the sci-fi intrigue.

The BBC have now released the name of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, together with a new trailer for the episode, a series of promotional photos and a minisode.

David Tennant has confirmed that he’d be happy to return to Doctor Who for the science-fiction drama’s 50th anniversary in 2013.

Richard E Grant is to appear in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special, playing an as-yet-unknown character alogside Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor, in the BBC’s long-running science-fiction drama series.