User:Doc77can/sandbox3/Newspaper giveaways

2006 DVD giveaway
In April 2006, 2|entertain arranged to have a set of six promotional DVDs included in The Sun to promote the DVD range and the then transmitting second series. Each day a voucher was printed in the newspaper which could be redeemed at branches of newsagents Somerfield, Martin's, McColl's, Forbuoys & Dillons. Alternatively all six discs could be redeemed by post (which required a payment of £2.99 for p&p).


 * Rose Episode 1 DVD on Monday 24 April 2006.
 * Day of Armageddon  DVD on Tuesday 25 April 2006.
 * The Faceless Ones DVD on Wednesday 26 April 2006.
 * The Robots of Death Part 1 DVD on Thursday 27 April 2006.
 * Spearhead from Space Part 1 DVD on Friday 28 April 2006.
 * Earthshock Part 1 DVD on Saturday 29 April 2006.

2008 DVD giveaway
In March 2008, 2|entertain arranged to have a second set of six promotional DVDs included in The Sun, and its sister paper News of the World to promote the DVD range and the upcoming fourth series. Each day a voucher was printed in the newspaper which could be redeemed at branches of ASDA, Martin's & McColl's. Alternatively all six discs could be redeemed by post (which required a payment of £4.50 for p&p).


 * School Reunion DVD on Saturday 15 March 2008 in The Sun.
 * Army of Ghosts DVD on Sunday 16 March 2008 in the News of the World.
 * Doomsday DVD on Monday 17 March 2008 in The Sun.
 * Smith and Jones DVD on Tuesday 18 March 2008 in The Sun.
 * Blink DVD on Wednesday 19 March 2008 in The Sun.
 * Utopia DVD on Thursday 20 March 2008 in The Sun.


 * 10 second TV advertisement (YouTube)
 * 20 second TV advertisement (YouTube)

2010 DVD giveaway
In December 2010, 2|entertain arranged to have a promotional DVD included in The Sun's Buzz Magazine to promote the DVD range and the upcoming Christmas special. In the London & Carlton TV region the DVD was packaged with the magazine, elsewhere in the UK a voucher was printed which could be redeemed at branches of W H Smith. The voucher expired on Monday 20 December 2010.


 * The End of Time Part One & Two and The Eleventh Hour DVD on Saturday 18 December 2010.


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2008 sticker giveaway

 * 7 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 8 June - The Sunday Mirror newspaper gave away a second free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 9 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a third free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 10 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a fourth free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 11 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a fifth free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 12 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a sixth free sheet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 13 June - The Daily Mirror newspaper gave away a seventh free sheet of Merlin Stickers.


 * UK national tabloid newspaper Daily Mirror/Sunday Mirror included a free sheet of 6 stickers every day between 7-13 June 2008, giving away of a total of 42 stickers (as shown below). Also included (on Saturday-Monday and Wednesday-Thursday) was a voucher to get the sticker album for free. The voucher could be redeemed at Merlin stockists or by post (which required a payment of £1.30 for p&p). The offer expired on 28 June 2008.

2010 sticker giveaway

 * The 9 May 2010 edition of the Sunday Mirror included a voucher to get the sticker album and a packet of 6 stickers for free. The following day the Daily Mirror included a voucher to get another packet of 6 stickers for free. The vouchers could be redeemed at branches of newsagents Martin's, McColl's & RS McColl. Both offers expired on 16 May 2010.


 * 9 May - The Sunday Mirror newspaper included a voucher to redeem a free sticker album & a packet of Merlin Stickers.
 * 10 May - The Daily Mirror newspaper included a voucher to redeem a second free packet of Merlin Stickers.

2009 magazine giveaway

 * In summer 2009, the Daily Mirror newspaper promoted the Doctor Who Adventures in a series of giveaway special edition magazines in consecutive Saturday editions, featuring reprinted material from the magazine.
 * The first two were separate 16-page giveaways magazines and included the comic strip stories Hear No Evil and The Ball and Chain Gang respectively and a £1-off voucher.
 * The following four were mini-mags and formed an eight-page pullout in the TV listing magazine.


 * 1 DWA Deadly Daleks! on Saturday 13 June 2009 in the Daily Mirror.
 * an A4 foldout poster featuring the Tenth Doctor on one side and a Dalek maze on the reverse from issue 99 on Sunday 14 June 2009 in the Sunday Mirror.
 * 2 DWA Creepy Cybermen! on Saturday 20 June 2009 in the Daily Mirror.
 * 3 DWA Scary Angels on Saturday 27 June 2009 in the Daily Mirror.
 * 4 DWA Sontaran Scares! on Saturday 4 July 2009 in the Daily Mirror.
 * 5 DWA TARDIS Secrets! on Saturday 11 July 2009 in the Daily Mirror.
 * 6 DWA The Children of Time on Saturday 18 July 2009 in the Daily Mirror.

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 * 7 DWA Tenth Doctor Souvenir Special on Saturday 19 December 2009 in the Daily Mirror.


 * Issued in the week before The End of Time broadcast, this special issue from the Doctor Who Adventures team included photos and features that included "Who is the Doctor?", "What we love about Who at Christmas!", "The End of Time preview", "Double page Tenth Doctor and Alien foes poster", "Top 10 Tenth Doctor Moments", "Who says? (quotes)", "The 10 Doctors" (plus the Eleventh), and "The Tenth Doctor's Adventures".
 * Unlike the previous special releases the content was all-new and both written and presented for an older age-group than the weekly Doctor Who Adventures title which may explain why this issue is totally advert free (including the DWA title).

2013 magazine giveaway
In 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, the Daily Mirror publisher Trinity Mirror published a collected volume of material from its archives as part of an irregular themed series of bookazines (The Doctors: The Archive).

2011 CD giveaway
In February 2011, BBC Audio arranged to have a set of two promotional CDs included in The Guardian and its sister paper The Observer, followed by five promotional audio downloads.


 * The Hounds of Artemis CD on 19 February 2011.
 * The Ring of Steel CD on 20 February 2011.
 * Hornets' Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares download on 21 February 2011.
 * Hornets' Nest: The Dead Shoes download on 22 February 2011.
 * Hornets' Nest: The Circus of Doom download on 23 February 2011.
 * Hornets' Nest: A Sting in the Tale download on 24 February 2011.
 * Hornets' Nest: Hive of Horror download on 25 February 2011.