Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

The Doctor Who Companion - Series Four

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 11:23 AM CDT

Tomorrow sees the publication of the fourth of Doctor Who Magazine's in-depth specials looking back over the latest season of adventures. At 148 pages, The Doctor Who Companion - Series Four is the biggest DWM special so far, and gives readers a step-by-step guide to the making of all 13 episodes as well as the 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned and the Children In Need scene featuring the Fifth Doctor, Time Crash. Tom Spilsbury, the editor of Doctor Who Magazine, said: "DWM has been

Good deed for the day

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 11:14 AM CDT

A rare SJA promotional postcard donated and signed by Elisabeth Sladen herself is currently being auctioned off on eBay. 100% of the proceeds of sale will go to a registered charity called 121 Youth Befriending, a Kent-based scheme which lets 'children offload stress, regain lost self-esteem and restore belief in themselves' by offering a 'support service to vulnerable young people.'


Score a unique SJA item while you can! Bidding ends on August 20th.

War Machines and Four To Doomsday DVD Updates

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 10:48 AM CDT

The Restoration Team today released details of the forthcoming DVD releases of The War Machines and Four To Doomsday. The War Machines, which the team first looked at 11 years ago, proved to be quite a problem, and Restoration Team member Steve Roberts goes into great detail regarding the work that has been done on the story. The feature also includes a link to the 1min 3sec "Coming Soon" trailer for The War Machines that never made it to previous DVD releases because of last-minute schedule

News: Moff Replaces Davies at Edinburgh

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 08:05 AM CDT

The recent announcement that Russell T Davies had withdrawn from giving a masterclass at the Edinburgh festival has been tempered by news that Steven Moffat will replace him! Having accepted the role as showrunner for season 31 onwards, and picked up a third HUGO award - leaving himself desperately searching for a carpenter to build a new fire surround - Moffat has now stepped into the breach at the forthcoming Edinburgh Film & Television Festival, which upon news of RTD's appearance was...

News: Doctor Who Companion Series Four

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 08:04 AM CDT

Summer's here, and this is the proof - a brand new Doctor Who Companion from DWM. RELIVE SERIES FOUR WITH THE NEW DWM SPECIAL! The Doctor Who Companion Series Four is the fourth of DWM’s in-depth Specials looking back over the latest season of adventures for our time-travelling hero. 2008 has been another astonishing year for David Tennant’s Doctor. Together, the Doctor and Donna have travelled through time and space, from Adipose Industries to the eruption of Vesuvius in...

Sci-fi fun at Lakeside - Essex Echo

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 08:03 AM CDT


Sci-fi fun at Lakeside
Essex Echo, UK - 1 hour ago
The cybermen are from the Doctor Who display at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, along with a lifesize Dalek, will be ready to pose for pictures ...

Torchwood Magazine To Reveal S3 Story Name

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 08:03 AM CDT

The name of Torchwood Series Three's five-part story will be revealed tomorrow when issue eight of the official magazine is published. Also in the magazine will be other news, an interview with executive producer Julie Gardner, a Torchwood location guide, "a dynamite FX feature" and new exclusive fiction. Principal photography on Series Three begins on August 18, according to the press release for the magazine.

New SFX subscription offer - a Clone Wars canvas

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 07:00 AM CDT

Subscribe to SFX magazine today and get this fantastic Star Wars Canvas – RRP £49.99 - for free! The canvas print is 300mm x 300mm in size (with a 35mm deep box frame). Get one to hang on your wall when you subscribe! Plus, you also get exclusive...

Festival diary: Strange music, odd wallpaper - Scotsman

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 06:08 AM CDT


Festival diary: Strange music, odd wallpaper
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
Steven Moffat, who is taking over from near-legendary Russell T Davies as executive producer and lead writer for Doctor Who, also takes over his slot at the ...

A Shape of Things to Come

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 04:59 AM CDT

BBC Radio 4's special audio Torchwood adventure, "Lost Souls", is now confirmed as airing on Wednesday September 10th, from 2:15pm. Broadcasting as part of the radio station's day long dedication to CERN's (European Organization for Nuclear Research) the piece features the vocal talents of John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) and special guest Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones).

The official synopsis:

"Somewhere out there in that chaos of darkness and light, of science and protons, of gods and stars and death... somewhere there's an answer."

The Torchwood Institute was founded by Queen Victoria in 1879 to protect the British Empire against the threat of alien invasion. By 2008, all that remains of the organisation is a small team based in Cardiff. And now, following the tragic deaths of two of their colleagues, the remaining three – Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones – have to protect the human race against another unknown force from the darkness.

Martha Jones, ex-time traveller and now working as a doctor for a UN task force, has been called to CERN – the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Geneva – where they're about to activate the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

The LHC is a particle accelerator which has been built deep underground in a 27km tunnel under Switzerland and France. Once activated, the collider will fire beams of protons together, re-creating conditions a billionth of a second after the Big Bang – and potentially allowing the human race a greater insight into what the universe is made of.

But so much could go wrong – it could open a gateway to a parallel dimension, or create a black hole – and now voices from the past are calling out to people and scientists have started to disappear...

Where have the missing scientists gone? What is the secret of the glowing man? What is lurking in the underground tunnel? And do the dead ever really stay dead?

Written by Joseph Lidster, the story guests Lucy Montgomery and Stephen Critchlow. It's set after the climatic events of series two's finale, "Exit Wounds".

Meanwhile issue 8 of Torchwood Magazine, due for release tomorrow, confirms the title of series three's five episode long arc - it'll be called collectively "Torchwood: Children of Earth".

Russell T Davies confirms to the magazine's news team that principal photography is set to commence on August 18th. It'll continue in Cardiff until November - with Euros Lyn helming all five episodes. Davies comments that, more than ever before, the show will be "director-led" and "will look absolutely amazing."

As anybody who attended San Diego's Comic Con at the tailend of July will know, BBC America has aquired the rights to show Torchwood's third season - which will broadcast shortly after its UK debut sometime in Spring 2009.

In other news, wave one of Getretro/Scificollector's Torchwood action figure has seen its release date pushed back to September. It includes figures of Jack, Gwen, the Cyberwoman and a 'snarling' Weevil. Wave two is expected in November, and will include figures of John Hart, a Blowfish, Ianto - and possibly Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato.

Titan Books releases the first Torchwood Yearbook on August 22, and it features new stories from Joseph Lidster, Steven Saville, David Llewellyn, Andy Lane and Trevor Baxendale. It's 96 pages long, features archive material from previous issues of Torchwood Magazine, and will be priced £7.99.

Finally, confirmation that Eve Myles will be guest starring in BBC One's latest Saturday night filler... erm... sorry, drama "Merlin". She appears in the show's very first episode as a character called Mary Collins. Expect to see the show from next month onwards...

Toodles, noodles.

Transport festival was top gear - Crewe and Nantwich Guardian

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 02:42 AM CDT


Transport festival was top gear
Crewe and Nantwich Guardian, UK - 6 hours ago
Unfortunately the Dalek was ill and failed to make it back through the Vortex but families enjoyed a day spotting a whole host of American classic cars, ...

No challengers in AG, Nipomo, but race is on in Oceano - Times Press Recorder

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 02:16 AM CDT


No challengers in AG, Nipomo, but race is on in Oceano
Times Press Recorder, CA - 45 minutes ago
Incumbent Harbor Commissioners Jim Blecha, Carolyn Moffatt and Jack Scarbrough have all pulled papers seeking re-election on Nov. 4, according to the County ...

Gordon Ramsay Is Rich...But Not Half as Rich as Rachael Ray - Anglophenia

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:06 AM CDT


Gordon Ramsay Is Rich...But Not Half as Rich as Rachael Ray
Anglophenia, NY - 1 hour ago
(Metro) Steven Moffat has not only replaced Russell T. Davies on Doctor Who, but he's also replaced him at the Edinburgh TV festival. ...

Rocky Horror Remade!

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:02 AM CDT

Dust down your fishnets, you sweet transvestites. Sky Movies have just announced that they're remaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Once astutely described by none other than the mighty Simon Pegg as "boil in the bag perversion for the middle classes",...

Baumgardner wins GOP slot in District 57 race - Glenwood Springs Post Independent

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 01:01 AM CDT


Baumgardner wins GOP slot in District 57 race
Glenwood Springs Post Independent, CO - 2 hours ago
Grand, Rio Blanco, Routt, Jackson, Moffat counties and a small section of Garfield County are all a part the state house district. ...

Man charged after body find - Guide and Gazette

Posted: 13 Aug 2008 12:22 AM CDT


Man charged after body find
Guide and Gazette, UK - 7 hours ago
Kris Kendrick, 20, was discovered on Tuesday night in a property in Cragielands Park just outside the town of Moffat, Dumfries-shire. Steven Herdsmen, 20 ...

Exclusive Summer Glau interview

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:48 PM CDT

The Sarah Connor Chronicles – the TV spin-off of the Terminator films – has been a huge hit in the US and the UK, and a second series is being produced right now. But if you can't wait for that, then the DVD of season one is now out on DVD from Warner Home...

SOLWAY NEWS - Elimar Pigeon Services

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:43 PM CDT


SOLWAY NEWS
Elimar Pigeon Services, UK - 23 minutes ago
Timing the winning pigeon is Michael Currie away up in Moffat on 1078. This was a good bird Michael clocked as it was on it's own for the last fifteen miles ...

Mark Steel: Let's make a virtue of being useless - Belfast Telegraph

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:33 PM CDT


Mark Steel: Let's make a virtue of being useless
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 33 minutes ago
Whoever's in charge will announce that, to save money, we won't bother with fireworks, but: "We can have just as much fun with a Dalek from Woolworths that ...

News: SJA Toy Line Cancelled?

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 08:39 PM CDT

Sarah-Jane.tv have revealed that the exciting-looking Sarah Jane Adventures board game announced for release earlier this year has been pulled... Due for released on July 30th and priced around &ound;17.99, the player's aim was to "repel an alien invasion as you attempt to be the first player to collect four extraterrestrial artefacts" - the board also came with a battery-powered Mr Smith decoder, and was similar in layout to the popular Doctor Who boardgame. However the saddest...

death notices - Aug. 13 - San Angelo Standard Times

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 08:35 PM CDT


death notices - Aug. 13
San Angelo Standard Times, tx - 1 hour ago
... brothers Ray Torres, Robert Torres and Steve Torres, all of San Saba, and Tommy Torres of Brady; and sister Diana Palacio of San Angelo. ...

Doctor Who: Steven Moffat replaces Russell T Davies at Edinburgh ... - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 08:01 PM CDT


Doctor Who: Steven Moffat replaces Russell T Davies at Edinburgh ...
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
New Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat has stepped in to replace Russell T Davies in a session at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International ...

Time Lord Rock: Music from the Ashes of Gallifrey - Wired News

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 07:37 PM CDT


Time Lord Rock: Music from the Ashes of Gallifrey
Wired News - 2 hours ago
By Z. August 13, 2008 | 7:30:00 AMCategories: Music With David Tennant actively involved in other projects, Doctor Who fans on both sides of the pond are ...

Neale is crowned junior champion - Leamington Observer

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 07:33 PM CDT


Neale is crowned junior champion
Leamington Observer, UK - 2 hours ago
James Moffatt took the Division A honours due to a better back nine than Dan Edgington after they both scored 41 points. Rene Jorgensen 40 finished third ...

A barmmmy family! - The Sun

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 06:41 PM CDT


A barmmmy family!
The Sun, UK - 1 hour ago
Stand-out turns by the marvellously morose Eddie Marsan (from Vera Drake) and Helena Bonham Carter combine beautifully with TV's red-hot Catherine Tate ...

Tennant’s Hamlet is rather like his Doctor – sardonic, clever ... - Times Online

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 06:32 PM CDT


Tennant's Hamlet is rather like his Doctor – sardonic, clever ...
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
Not a soliloquy, although David Tennant makes a remarkable job of his first one, foetal in private agony. Not the ghost, who, despite an edgy opening scene ...

Torchwood Audio Play Calling to 'Lost Souls' - Wired News

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 06:01 PM CDT


Torchwood Audio Play Calling to 'Lost Souls'
Wired News - 33 minutes ago
By John Scott Lewinski August 13, 2008 | 5:54:33 AMCategories: Sci-Fi, Television With production moving ahead on the third season of Torchwood (or the ...

David Tennant named greenest celeb - Digital Spy

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 05:15 PM CDT


David Tennant named greenest celeb
Digital Spy, UK - 17 hours ago
By Simon Reynolds, Entertainment Reporter David Tennant has been named the greenest star on the planet at Playhouse Disney's Playing For The Planet Awards. ...

Minogue sisters duet for TV theme tune - Digital Spy

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:58 PM CDT


Minogue sisters duet for TV theme tune
Digital Spy, UK - 18 minutes ago
Harvey's writing credits include Coronation Street, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and The Catherine Tate Show. Meera Syal will star in the show, which is based on the ...

UNDER THE BLUE SKY - Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:22 PM CDT


UNDER THE BLUE SKY
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal, UK - 17 hours ago
Maths teacher Michelle (Catherine Tate) picks apart eight years hanging out with geeky Graham (Dominic Rowan) with disturbing results. ...

UNDER THE BLUE SKY - Hornsey and Crouch End Journal

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:22 PM CDT


UNDER THE BLUE SKY
Hornsey and Crouch End Journal, UK - 55 minutes ago
Maths teacher Michelle (Catherine Tate) picks apart eight years hanging out with geeky Graham (Dominic Rowan) with disturbing results. ...

Greenest star David Tennant - MyParkMag

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 04:08 PM CDT


Greenest star David Tennant
MyParkMag, UK - 18 hours ago
David Tennant has been crowned Greenest Star at Playhouse Disney's Playing for the Planet Awards. The 'Doctor Who' star - who drives an environmentally ...

Who Are You?

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Review: Online test reveals if you are the Doctor or Donna...

Tennant voted planet's greenest star - Evening Post

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 11:44 AM CDT


Tennant voted planet's greenest star
Evening Post, UK - 22 hours ago
Peter Duncan, awards judge and ambassador said: "I am delighted that David Tennant has won the Greenest Star award - he's a great role model for kids ...

David Tennant has been named the Greenest Star on the Planet. - Metro

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 11:18 AM CDT


David Tennant has been named the Greenest Star on the Planet.
Metro, UK - 5 hours ago
Peter Duncan, awards judge and ambassador said: "I am delighted that David Tennant has won the Greenest Star award - he's a great role model for kids ...

Polyamory: Family First's 'Phantom Menace' - Gay NZ

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:45 AM CDT


Polyamory: Family First's 'Phantom Menace'
Gay NZ, New Zealand - 7 hours ago
Ianto Jones (Torchwood) is one example of such bisexual serial monogamy. As for gay men, multiple sexual partners used to be par for the course for ...

Doctor Who's Moffatt wins writers prize - Broadcastnow

Posted: 12 Aug 2008 09:07 AM CDT


Doctor Who's Moffatt wins writers prize
Broadcastnow, UK - 8 hours ago
His script beat fellow Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell's two-part story Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Catherine Treganna's Torchwood episode Captain Jack ...

News: Sarah Jane Series 1 DVD

Posted: 11 Aug 2008 11:41 AM CDT

SARAH JANE SERIES 1 ROCKETS ON TO DVD Top children’s sci-fi drama, The Sarah Jane Adventures, rockets on to DVD on November 10th 2008. This complete first series boxset from BBC Worldwide captures the hugely successful CBBC series with the same talented writing team as Doctor Who, including multi-award winning creator, executive producer and writer Russell T Davies. The perfect gift for Doctor Who fans this Christmas, this out-of-this-world DVD is priced at &ound;24.99. Sarah Jane...

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