At the time of this news item going live, there's a little over 24 hours left on this weekend's Doctor Who - The Novel Adaptations special offers: special prices on the first four of our adaptations of the Virgin Doctor Who novels, along with temporary reductions on the bundles collecting all these releases together! Check out the news item for details of two new trailers as well...

On Monday, we began the sad, slow, inevitable walk to the end of The Confessions of Dorian Gray, when Series 5's first episode, One Must Not Look In Mirrors by Guy Adams was made available as a digital download for all those who've pre-ordered Series 5 ahead of its release at the end of the month.

The Prisoner Volume 2 was confirmed as coming in August 2017 now, ahead of the 50th anniversary of The Prisoner's first broadcast on TV in September 1967, while the first story of Volume 1 - Departure and Arrival - is now available for free.

The first CD release of the week happened on Wednesday, with Peter Davison and Mark Strickson's Doctor Who - The Memory Bank and Other Stories coming out. The next of the third series of Doctor Who - The Early Adventures was released on Thursday: Doctor Who - The Fifth Traveller.

On Saturday we took a look at the amazing reception Doctor Who - Doom Coalition Series 3 has received.

The podcasts this week saw several visits to the past of Doctor Who: Nick and Benji's Big Finish podcast on Sunday had an interview with Peter Purves and Maureen O'Brien, while Toby Hadoke's Who's Round spoke to a monster actor from the Pertwee era!

Join us this coming week for more from Dorian Gray (for all those who've pre-ordered Series 5), a downloadable Doctor Who story, and the celebration of an anniversary...