Friday, October 24, 2008

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Davies and Cook Interview

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 11:17 AM CDT

Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook have given a wide ranging interview to Simon Mayo of BBC Radio Five, as part of their promotion of the book, The Writers Tale. The interview is available as a podcast for the next few days. Thanks to Daniel Smith

Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook Podcast Interview

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:53 AM CDT

On Wednesday 22nd October Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook were interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live by Simon Mayo talking about their book Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale. A Podcast of the interview is available for download here:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/mayo/ You can also subscribe to the Daily Mayo podcast in iTunes BBC Radio Podcasts are normally only available for one week from the day they are released so get it quick...

Story Publication

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 08:52 AM CDT

I wrote a few posts back that one of my short horror stories had been accepted for publication in a magazine called Murky Depths ... well the cover for the issue (number 6) has just been released, and it's a doozy :)

The magazine is fairly new ... been running for just over a year now, but the editor, Terry Martin, is very proficient at seeking out the best content. It's a mixture of graphic novel stories and prose fiction, all designed to the highest calibre and illustrated by artwork from some impressively talented artists. Basically it's a horror fiction magazine with an agenda to present disturbing fiction of all sorts, along with some top-notch artwork.

I hope folks reading this might be moved to give an issue a try (maybe the one with my story in *grin*) and so please head over to www.murkydepths.com to find out how to get hold of a copy.

As I know myself all too well, small presses in the UK need support to survive, and when someone is putting a lot of time and exceptional talent into a project, then news of that needs to be spread so that more people can discover it, and hopefully ensure longevity in a difficult marketplace.

THE match of the day in the Skilltrainingltd Northern league First ... - Journal Live

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 07:56 AM CDT


THE match of the day in the Skilltrainingltd Northern league First ...
Journal Live, UK - 1 hour ago
Manager Kenny Lindoe, who is hoping to have Carl Baston back in contention, will also supervise fitness tests on strikers Adam Emson and Mattie Moffat who ...

Doctor Who fans to see the future? - seenit.co.uk

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 06:18 AM CDT


Doctor Who fans to see the future?
seenit.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
Starring David Tennant and David Morrissey, the two-minute piece will broadcast as part of the BBC Children in Need show on Friday 14 November, BBC One, ...

News: The Darksmith Legacy is coming...

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 05:26 AM CDT

Earlier in the month we reported the upcoming monthly series of Doctor Who books from BBC Childrens Books/Penguin Books entitled The Darksmith Legacy... Time marches on, and with the first installments set for release in January 2009, this interactive cross-media adventure is set to kick off in November.  (Pictured is the final version of Justin Richards' first instalment, The Dust of Ages) To honour this, there's a chance for Doctor Who fans to get involved NOW! On November 6th, The...

News: Sarah Jane Adventures Signing

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:56 AM CDT

  Out of This World Sarah Jane Signing Borders Oxford Street, London, is the place to be on November 15th 2008 between 12 noon and 4pm as the location of a very special Sarah Jane Adventures signing event! Airing every Monday on CBBC, The Sarah Jane Adventures is action-packed, must-watch kids TV, and this event will collect the stars of the show Elisabeth Sladen, Daniel Anthony and Thomas Knight (Clyde and Luke). Tied in with all of this is the launch of the BBC...

Children in Need - Next Doctor preview

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:47 AM CDT

The BBC Press Office has announced that the first two minutes of the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, "The Next Doctor", will be broadcast as an exclusive preview for the episode as part of this year's Children in Need charity telethon. Children in Need, the telethon in aid of which is shown on BBC One every November, is this year to be broadcast on Friday the 14th of November, from 7pm. Doctor Who has featured in the programme in various capacities before, including special mini-episo

This Week In Doctor Who - October 24/25, 2008

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:07 AM CDT

THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO October 24/25, 2008 - Vol 11, No 42 The weekly guide to Doctor Who and Sarah Jane broadcasts worldwide by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Note - due to technical issues, This Week In Doctor Who and Torchwood This Week are going out a day early before final editing. If your station says "update before October 25", assume everything is one week further along and it'll probably be right. Normal se

Torchwood This Week - October 24/25, 2008

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:02 AM CDT

TORCHWOOD THIS WEEK October 24/25, 2008 - Vol 2, No 42 The weekly guide to Torchwood transmissions. by Benjamin F. Elliott

Business big shot: John Birt - Times Online

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 04:01 AM CDT


Business big shot: John Birt
Times Online, UK - 3 hours ago
... is typical of a man who was unpopular with creatives when he ran the BBC and was denounced by Dennis Potter, the playwright, as a "croak-voiced Dalek". ...

New Doctor Who series to preview on Children in Need - Crows Nest

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT


New Doctor Who series to preview on Children in Need
Crows Nest - 3 hours ago
The clip, from the Xmas special entitled The Next Doctor, will show the first two minutes of a brand new episode for the Time Lord, played by David Tennant.

This Week In Doctor Who B - October 24/25, 2008

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:58 AM CDT

THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO October 24/25, 2008 - Vol 11, No 42 The weekly guide to Doctor Who boadcasts worldwide. by Benjamin F. Elliott

Walliams books a Tate role - The Sun

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:55 AM CDT


Walliams books a Tate role
The Sun, UK - 3 hours ago
LITTLE Britain funnyman David Walliams plans to turn his book about a cross-dressing kid into a Christmas TV drama and wants Catherine Tate to star in it. ...

‘Doctor Who’ Preview For Children In Need - Pop Culture Zoo

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 03:39 AM CDT


'Doctor Who' Preview For Children In Need
Pop Culture Zoo, OR - 3 hours ago
Also appearing will be the Doctor's longtime foes, the Cybermen. Check out a couple of stills from the episode below and get ready to tune in to BBC ONE on ...

Palpatine's Palpitations: Star Wars Star's Alleged Onstage Heart ... - Anglophenia

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:44 AM CDT


Palpatine's Palpitations: Star Wars Star's Alleged Onstage Heart ...
Anglophenia, NY - 4 hours ago
(The Times) The Times' Caitlin Moran gets insider dish about Doctor Who from Russell T. Davies and a very fit-looking John Barrowman. ...

Sculptors get teeth into new studio - BBC News

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 02:35 AM CDT


Sculptors get teeth into new studio
BBC News, UK - 6 hours ago
The first Research Residency has been awarded to the artist collective AHM, better known as (Sam) Ainsley, (David) Harding and (Sandy) Moffat - former heads ...

Battle for final MLS Cup Playoff spot comes down to final match - FC Dallas

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 01:31 AM CDT


Battle for final MLS Cup Playoff spot comes down to final match
FC Dallas,  USA - 1 hour ago
Adam Moffat looped a cross from the right corner over goalkeeper Zach Wells and into the goalmouth, where it bounced off the head of United defender Gonzalo ...

Doctor Who preview to be shown on Children In Need - TV Squad

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 01:12 AM CDT


Doctor Who preview to be shown on Children In Need
TV Squad, CA - 6 hours ago
It takes place in Victorian England and the Cybermen are the villains. Russell T. Davies has said in interviews that the Doctor meets a future incarnation ...

Campus Watch game of the week: Penn State at Ohio State picks - SportingNews.com

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:59 AM CDT


Campus Watch game of the week: Penn State at Ohio State picks
SportingNews.com - 6 hours ago
Penn State 24, Ohio State 17 Brian Dalek, Marshall: There is one big difference between the quarterbacks in this contest: Daryll Clark can actually throw ...

Licence Renewed

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:42 AM CDT

The ink is still drying on a freshly signed contract between Big Finish and BBC Audio. The new deal allows Big Finish to continue to produce and distribute new Doctor Who audio dramas and dramatic readings until the end of 2010. 'We couldn't be happier that our licence with the BBC has been renewed,' said Company Director, Jason Haigh-Ellery. 'This is such an exciting time for Doctor Who and we are delighted to be a part of it by making new and exciting adventures for the classic Doctors and their companions'.

New Companion Chronicles

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:35 AM CDT

The twelfth and final release of the third season of Big Finish's Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles range can now be announced. Strictly speaking, this special release doesn't actually feature any of the Doctor's companions. The Mahogany Murderers by Andy Lane, reunites Trevor Baxter as Professor Litefoot and Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago (both pictured here) - two very popular characters last seen in the 1977 TV story The Talons of Weng-Chiang. 'This is a reunion that fans of the series have been demanding for literally years,' says series producer, David Richardson. 'We're delighted to finally make this a reality.'

Recording took place in September, and both actors were thrilled by Lane's script, which stays true to the wit and imagination of Robert Holmes and finds the amateur sleuths on the trail of another mystery in Victorian London. 'It was very good script indeed,' said Christopher Benjamin after the recording. 'Andy Lane obviously knew the characters.'

'It's as though one has never been away,' added Trevor Baxter. 'From the moment we started reading it, I just felt that we were back.'

Also just added to the line-up of Season 3 of The Companion Chronicles is The Transit of Venus by Jacqueline Rayner. Scheduled for release in the first week of January 2009, the story features William Russell who returns as Ian Chesterton, a role he last played on screen in 1965. The story features the original TARDIS crew as they meet legendary explorer Captain James Cook...

The Companion Chronicles will also be crossing over in to the monthly Doctor Who releases: Scheduled to begin in Spring 2009 is The Three Companions, a special story told in ten-minute episodes. The script has been written by Marc Platt, and the twelve parts will be available as an extra feature on consecutive full-cast plays in the Doctor Who range (ultimately amounting to a two-hour tale). Platt's script will bring together three different eras of the show, and it's confirmed that one of the companions will be Anneke Wills, reprising her role as Polly.

Jared Padalecki Fannish Inquisition

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:31 AM CDT

Back in issue 170 of SFX we printed a selection of questions that you wanted to ask Jared Padalecki, aka Sam Winchester in Supernatural. Did you miss out on the feature? Or did you ask a question and want to know if we asked it on your behalf? Here's the full...

Dr.Who goes to Cheltenham - Times Online

Posted: 24 Oct 2008 12:24 AM CDT


Dr.Who goes to Cheltenham
Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago
As the demographic spread of the audience demonstrated, Doctor Who is a genuine, cross-cultural, pan-generational phenomeneon – the Christmas Special the ...

Joe Ahearne to pen new Superhero series for BBC1

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 11:25 PM CDT

The Stage has revealed that a superhero-based series created Joe (Ultraviolet/Apparitions) Ahearne has been given the greenlight for development by the Beeb. Ahearne, who'll be on the SFX forum tonight, revealed he was writing the series when we him...

Season 2 finale for sci-fi series 'Torchwood' - Truro Daily News

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:39 PM CDT


Season 2 finale for sci-fi series 'Torchwood'
Truro Daily News, Canada - 8 hours ago
After months of clever and bizarre storylines, the celebrated sci-fi series "Torchwood" has its Season 2 finale. The episode, entitled "Exit Wounds," finds ...

Exclusive Doctor Who preview on Children in Need

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 10:20 PM CDT

This years BBC Children in Need show on BBC One is to feature an exclusive preview of the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas special.

Cartman Goes Buck Rogers

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:48 PM CDT

New Watchmen Poster

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:45 PM CDT

Moffat confident despite injury crisis - Gazette & Herald

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:20 PM CDT


Moffat confident despite injury crisis
Gazette & Herald, UK - 2 hours ago
Captain Steve Campbell (bruised ribs), Charlie Lamb (shin), Aaron Billett (calf), Marcus Wallen (broken leg) and Matt Ray (hamstring) are defintely out of ...

Torchwood, Friday Night Project, Numb3ers, Crusoe - Peterborough Examiner

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:13 PM CDT


Torchwood, Friday Night Project, Numb3ers, Crusoe
Peterborough Examiner, Canada - 14 hours ago
-After months of clever and bizarre story-lines, the celebrated sci-fiseries "Torchwood" has its Season 2 finale. The episode, entitled "Exit Wounds,"finds ...

Timeless Tardis is a big hit - ChesterChronicle.co.uk

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:30 PM CDT


Timeless Tardis is a big hit
ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 8 minutes ago
Mr Kelleher has made a Sylvester McCoy umbrella, a Tom Baker scarf, K9 and a Cyberman to go with the Tardis and hinted that Santa Claus may drop in during ...

'Torchwood' wraps up - Telegraph-Journal

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:04 PM CDT


'Torchwood' wraps up
Telegraph-Journal, Canada - 34 minutes ago
John Barrowman stars as Captain Jack Harkness, who needs rescuing in the season finale of 'Torchwood.' * After months of clever and bizarre storylines, ...

Things fall apart on Torchwood as the series' current run burns out - Ottawa Citizen

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:19 PM CDT


Things fall apart on Torchwood as the series' current run burns out
Ottawa Citizen,  Canada - 9 minutes ago
Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as time-travelling crime-fighter and space crusader Capt. Jack Harkness, ends its second season tonight with the return ...

Time shuffles the mortal coil on Torchwood - The Gazette (Montreal)

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:12 PM CDT


Time shuffles the mortal coil on Torchwood
The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 16 minutes ago
Jack Harkness, Torchwood ends its second season tonight with the return of one of its most outré villains, the dastardly Capt. John Hart (Buffy the Vampire ...

'Torchwood' season finale a tear-jerker - Leader Post

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:11 PM CDT


'Torchwood' season finale a tear-jerker
Leader Post, Canada - 16 minutes ago
Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as time-travelling crime-fighter and space crusader, Capt. Jack Harkness, ends its second season tonight with the return ...

Southport toy shops are looking forward to a retro Christmas - Southport Visiter

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:11 PM CDT


Southport toy shops are looking forward to a retro Christmas
Southport Visiter, UK - 17 minutes ago
The craze for all things retro has seen D&J Toys in Southport stock up on Doctor Who goodies and Rubik's Cubes as '70s and '80s toys look set to top the ...

Torchwood wraps as a major villain returns - Times Colonist

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:46 PM CDT


Torchwood wraps as a major villain returns
Times Colonist, Canada - 42 minutes ago
Torchwood, starring John Barrowman as time-travelling crime-fighter and space crusader Capt. Jack Harkness, ends its second season tonight with the return ...

Ghost Whisperer: The spirit moves - Windsor Star

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:44 PM CDT


Ghost Whisperer: The spirit moves
Windsor Star,  Canada - 44 minutes ago
- It never ends, especially if you're a psychic. Melinda the Medium (Jennifer Love Hewitt) goes on a romantic cruise with her squeeze Jim (David Conrad) in ...

Drink-driver killed friend - The Oxford Times

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:31 PM CDT


Drink-driver killed friend
The Oxford Times, UK - 7 hours ago
Based on tyre marks at the scene, collision investigator Steve Moffatt estimated the speed at 88mph, which he said was too fast to safely negotiate the bend ...

Two great offers on panto tickets...oh yes there are! - Derby Evening Telegraph

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:37 PM CDT


Two great offers on panto tickets...oh yes there are!
Derby Evening Telegraph, UK - 50 minutes ago
He confirmed that there would be a Dalek encounter in the show. Performances will take place between December 10 and January 9. ...

Beeb turned on by our TV talent - South Wales Evening Post

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:00 PM CDT


Beeb turned on by our TV talent
South Wales Evening Post, UK - 23 minutes ago
"Alongside programmes like Doctor Who, Torchwood and Pobol y Cwm, the potential move of Casualty to Wales could play a central role in our drive to build a ...

Exclusive Doctor Who preview on Children in Need

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Teaser For The Next Doctor to be shown on charity night.

The Time Traveller's Almanac

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Review: The Ultimate Intergalactic Fact-Finder?

Torchwood Guys Make Out for Their Fans - Bgay.com

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 12:11 PM CDT


Torchwood Guys Make Out for Their Fans
Bgay.com, FL - 1 hour ago
Torchwood Guys Make Out for Their Fans Torchwood stars John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd gave their gay fans their money worth at a Torchwood fan ...

RUGBY UNION By John Walsh - News & Star

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 11:24 AM CDT


RUGBY UNION By John Walsh
News & Star, UK - 22 hours ago
Hanabury (2), Richard Moffat (2), Chris Pattinson and Tom Gardner scored the tries with Manihera landing a conversion. Wigton have also added to their squad ...

RUGBY UNION By John Walsh - Times & Star

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 11:20 AM CDT


RUGBY UNION By John Walsh
Times & Star, UK - 2 hours ago
Hanabury (2), Richard Moffat (2), Chris Pattinson and Tom Gardner scored the tries with Manihera landing a conversion. Wigton have also added to their squad ...

News: Doctor Who Adventures 87

Posted: 23 Oct 2008 08:59 AM CDT

  Dress up as Davros for Halloween! With Halloween just round the corner, you’ll find the perfect dress-up set in this week’sbumper Doctor Who Adventures! The magazine comes with a fantastic Davros mask and set of creepy claws so you can pretend to be the creator of the Daleks! Inside the mag, we show you how to make a Davros control panel. And you can also find out how to enter a competition to win a life-size Dalek Sec! This issue is essential for all Dalek...

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