March 6th 2010. The Guardian has published a brand new interview with Matt Smith.

February 20th 2010. BBC1 has screened an all-new trailer for Series Fnarg, featuring the Doctor and Amy tumbling through the vortex. View it here: [BBC] [BBC America], and find Vortex wallpaper here: [BBC] [BBC America]. Series Fnarg premieres in the UK on BBC1 on April 3, on BBC America and Space (Canada) on April 17, and on ABC Australia “from April” [date still tbc].

February 18th 2010.Blue Peter have announced the winner of their TARDIS console competition. View the winning designs here.

February 8th 2010. Doctor Who Magazine #418 features an in-depth interview with Steven Moffat, revealing the titles of the first three episodes of Series Fnarg. During the SFX Weekender, Neil Gaiman ended months of speculation when he revealed he will be writing for Series Fnarg² in 2011. [GallifreyBase] [SFX]

February 2nd 2010.  SM.net wishes to  congratulate Carey Mulligan (Sally Sparrow) on her Best Actress Oscar nomination for An Education. [BBC]

January 16th 2010. Press Gang is 21 years old today!

January 1st 2010. SM.net delighted to officially welcome Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor.

December 31st 2009. Check out the official Doctor Who website for exclusive previews of the Eleventh Doctor immediately after the End of Time Part 2, on New Years Day at 6:40pm on BBC1.

December 25th 2009. SM.net says "A Happy Christmas to all of you at home!"

December 13th 2009. Steven Moffat interviewed on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves on December 15th. [reported @ GallifreyBase]

December 11th 2009. Doctor Who Magazine has revealed its new look, to be  launched on January 7 2010. Sporting the new logo and insignia, issue #417 of DWM marks an important milestone in the countdown to the new series...

November 15th 2009.  Press Gang alumni Lucy Benjamin (Julie Craig) is a contestant in the new series of  I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!  We imagine Colin would be delighted, but Lynda might not be so impressed....

November 2nd 2009.  Steven Moffat headlined at the Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham, reported by Digital Spy.

October 6th 2009.  The BBC reveals the new logo for the 2010 series. [BBC]

September 19th 2009.  A poll in Issue 413 of Doctor Who Magazine places all four stories penned by Steven Moffat in the Top 25 of TV stories, with Blink placed at number #2, beating long-time fan-favourite Genesis of the Daleks, and bested only by The Caves of Androzani. Time Crash topped the ‘extras’ chart, with The Curse of Fatal Death placed at #4.

September 9th 2009.  The BBC has confirmed that Richard Curtis will script a forthcoming episode of Doctor Who. [BBC]

July 20th 2009.  The first pictures of the Eleventh Doctor and his new companion Amy Pond have been posted on the BBC's Doctor Who website, as filming for Series 5 (11.1) begins in Cardiff. [BBC, BBC, The Mail, The Sun]

July 17th 2009.  Tabloid gossip suggests that the Eleventh Doctor's companion will be called Amy... [mirror.co.uk]

July 16th 2009.  The BBC have at last confirmed the commission of a 3x90 minute series of Sherlock, to be made by Hartswood Films for BBC1 in 2010. The pilot episode, entitled A Study in Pink, was completed earlier this year, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes, Martin Freeman as Dr Watson, and Rupert Graves as Lestrade. The series is created and co-written by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.[Broadcast]

May 30th 2009.  Karen Gillan has been confirmed as the Doctor’s new assistant, joining Matt Smith in the TARDIS in 2010. The name of her character has yet to be announced.  Moff describes Karen as “funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy. Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it.” [BBC, BBC, Broadcast]

May 23rd 2009.  Last night marked the end of filming for the last of the 2009 Specials featuring David Tennant as the Doctor, with a wrap party for the outgoing production team in Cardiff. Coyly downplaying the occasion, The Moff was giving nothing away when asked how he felt as the show entered a new era: “I've been doing the job for ages now!” [view RTD’s farewell to the TARDIS]

May 14th 2009.  Issue 115 of Doctor Who Adventures is a Weeping Angels Special, celebrating their recent Scariest Monster poll win. Creatures from stories written by Steven Moffat dominate the Top Ten, with The Empty Child at #10, the Vashta Nerada at #6, and the Clockwork Robots from The Girl in the Fireplace placed at #4. The magazine features fact files, posters, a mask and Weeping Angel inflatable toy.

April  6th 2009.  The Weeping Angels have been named Scariest Monster in a new Doctor Who Adventures poll, securing 41% of the reader vote, and soundly beating the Daleks into 2nd place.

March  20th 2009.  Here we go again! The Moff has earned his fourth consecutive Hugo Award nomination, this time for The Silence in the Library. Russell T Davies and Joss Whedon are also nominated in the Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form category.

March 12th 2009.  It's a completely unbelievable 10 years today since the  first transmission of The Curse of Fatal Death.  And we are delighted to report that COFD will soon be available to download from iTunes, with all proceeds going to Comic Relief.  We'll keep you posted on that, but in the meantime, please support Red Nose Day 2009 and make a donation.

March 2nd 2009.  Red Nose Day 2009 is less than two weeks away.  If you have ever laughed at anything that Steven Moffat has written (and you know you have...) then please consider rewarding the Giggle Loop and make a donation. Otherwise we'll be sending the clown round to sort you out...  [MoffJongg for Comic Relief]

February 2nd 2009.  You can see the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, in Moses Jones, currently transmitting on BBC2. Episode 1 also features Lee Ross, who is definitely not playing Nice Kenny.

January 16th 2009. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESS GANG!  SM.net is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the transmission of the first episode of Press Gang on CITV. Keep checking back for exclusive new content and features (only slightly delayed due to a certain Mr Mathews absconding with our passwords and petty cash and muttering something unintelligible about crunchy credits...)

January 3rd 2009. The BBC have officially confirmed the casting of the Eleventh Doctor. The man who will be at the heart of Steven Moffat's vision for Doctor Who is Matt Smith [IMDB, BBC, BBC], whose credits The Sally Lockhart Mysteries, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Party Animals, The Street, and the forthcoming BBC drama Moses Jones. SM.net congratulates  Matt on his new role, and eagerly anticipates The Moff putting words in his mouth in 2010. [BBC]

December 21st 2008. The BBC have released more details of Sherlock: A Study in Pink, the 60 minute pilot to be made by Hartswood Films for BBC1,  written by Steven Moffat and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Rupert Graves. You can find more information on the Press Office website.

December 8th 2008. It is with great sadness that we report the death of Bob Spiers.  With a career spanning more than three decades, Bob Spiers directed some of the finest comedy performances from the last 30 years, and he had a key role in the realisation of much of Steven Moffat's early TV work, including 23 episodes of Press Gang, Murder Most Horrid: Overkill, and the entire run of Joking Apart. [BBC]

November 18th 2008, this site is celebrating its second birthday with a complete overhaul. Look out for more content going live in the coming weeks, prior to our 20th birthday celebrations for Press Gang, beginning in January 2009.

 We'd also like to take this opportunity to wish a certain person a Happy Birthday...

November 17th 2008, and we are delighted to be able to finally announce the release on Chalk Series 1 on DVD by our friends at Replay. This long-overlooked and under-rated school farce stars David Bamber and Nicola Walker, and, thanks to the dogged persistence of Craig Robins,  is due for release in the UK on December 15th. Pre-order your copy from the Replay website now!

October 20th 2008. River Song and space-suited Vashta Nerada figures will be available from Character Options from mid November.

May 20th 2008.  Just in case anyone missed the memo... Steven Moffat will be Lead Writer and Executive Producer of the Fifth Series of Doctor Who, coming to BBC1 in Spring 2010.