Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

One last spoiler!

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:52 PM CST

With The Next Doctor just a matter of hours away, here's one last image from the episode that will definitely get your pulses racing! Beware of spoilers!

Merry Christmas!

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:05 PM CST

From everybody here at WhovianNet.co.uk, we'd just like to wish you all a very merry and safe Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:05 PM CST

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy Doctor Who Day!

Connection Church in Medina adds natural touches to Nativity story - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 11:27 AM CST


Connection Church in Medina adds natural touches to Nativity story
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH - 31 minutes ago
Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer Rebecca August, 2, wears her new Christmas dress as she joins her mother, Joanne, center, and sister Emily, 6, at Christmas Eve ...

David Tennant: "Some of the scripts are truly beautiful"

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 10:46 AM CST

David Tennant has praised the quality of the Doctor Who scripts, comparing them to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Media round-up

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 09:21 AM CST

With transmission of the latest new episode of Doctor Who, the Christmas special "The Next Doctor", due tomorrow evening on BBC One, the past few days have, as usual, seen a flurry of coverage of both the episode and the series as a whole across the UK media. As ever, these articles may contain spoilers, so do be warned before clicking on any of the links below. The Telegraph, always keen to run Doctor Who stories in recent years, claim that David Tennant has backed the idea of Next Doctor co-s

News: Velile Determination

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:31 AM CST

Now this is what I call a lady on a mission - Velile Tschabala, who we will meet on Christmas Day as Rosita (the companion to The Next Doctor) has revealed how her career took a nosedive in the months before her casting in Doctor Who.  In fact things got so bad that the only paid work she could get was cleaning toilets, a detail that tha Daily Mail seems to totally love. There is of course nothing wrong with cleaning toilets.  Most toilet cleaners however don't moonlight as actors...

News: Russell T Davies Christmas Picks

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:20 AM CST

Grand Overlord of Doctor Who Russell T Davies has given his thoughts on what Christmas 2008's Christmas highlights will be in The Times. However with words and words about Harry Hill's TV Burp, EastEnders, Wallace and Gromit and Strictly Come Dancing he manages to have a rant about the smoking ban... “Well, you can’t smoke anywhere civilised these days, can you?” Davies says, lighting up the first of approximately 15 cigarettes, “it’s always funny when you go...

News: Scriptwriter's Yuletide Favourite Hits

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 08:04 AM CST

Tall bloke and Doctor Who scriptwriter extraordinaire Paul Cornell usefully asked fellow Doctor Who writers their favourite Christmas tunes this year for his superb blog - and it has proved an interesting insight into the fevered minds of those who seek to thrill us... Contributions to this thrilling idea come from script editor Gary Russell, James Moran (The Fires of Pompeii), Mark Gatiss (The Unquiet Dead, The Idiot's Lantern), Matthew Graham (Fear Her, Life on Mars), Tom MacRae (Rise of...

Christmas TV - Herald.ie

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:07 AM CST


Christmas TV
Herald.ie, Ireland - 1 hour ago
If these aren't communal experiences then I'm a Dalek on a tractor. The unseasoned seasonal truth is that no matter how much we might deny it, ...

IT'S DERVLA WHO! - Daily Star

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 06:03 AM CST


IT'S DERVLA WHO!
Daily Star, UK - 1 hour ago
Dervla, who is married to heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, joins forces with the evil Cybermen to 'hunt down the snow' on Christmas Eve 1851.

Jingle Bells

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:14 AM CST

Having arrived home from Bath at 10pm on Christmas Eve before wrapping my presents I just wanted to say a very Happy Christmas to anyone who is mad enough to want to log on to my blog over the Christmas period! When I say "mad" - it is a flattering 'madness' that you should even think about me at Christmas! I have been panto driven for the last two weeks having gone straight from Noises Off, via Chicago, into rehearsals for Jack and the Beanstalk - but I wanted to be sure to thank you all for your support and interest over the last few years and a special thank you to the wonderful, uncomplaining and diligent Rob Cope for keeping this website so informative and interesting even though I am not always that good at keeping him informed. To Rob and to all of you - thanks and have a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Come and see me in Bath until the 25th January if you have the chance - it is a fun panto and everyone in it is both good and lovely!

More after Christmas - I promise!!!

Colin

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Sheffield Telegraph

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 04:58 AM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Sheffield Telegraph, UK - 59 minutes ago
Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk the snow in London on Christmas Eve 1851. The full article contains 104 words and appears in Press Association ...

News: The Next Doctor Inspires Shop Display

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:17 AM CST

With the broadcast of The Next Doctor quite literally hours away, let's pop to the city of Gloucester were some of the exterior footage was recorded back in July. Gloucester's annual best dressed window competition is now in its 4th year, and attracts 100 local businesses keen to enhance the Christmas spirit in the city's shopping centre.   Naturally, the winners of one prize was traditional sweet shop Aunt Sally’s, in Westgate Street whose Doctor Who themed display featured...

What's On Tonight: Ab Fab, Man Vs. Food, Christmas Eve Mass - TV Squad

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:15 AM CST


What's On Tonight: Ab Fab, Man Vs. Food, Christmas Eve Mass
TV Squad, CA - 2 hours ago
At 8:40, BBC America has a new Catherine Tate Christmas episode, followed by an Absolutely Fabulous Christmas special. At 9, Lifetime has the movie The ...

Woman dies in Gorge Road fire - BCLocalNews

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:01 AM CST


Woman dies in Gorge Road fire
BCLocalNews, Canada - 1 hour ago
An unextinguished cigarette and a disabled smoke detector may have combined to claim the life of a Victoria woman early on Christmas Eve. ...

Merry Christmas from SFX

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:02 AM CST

Overwhelmed by festive spirit, I just thought I'd say a big "thank you" to everyone who read SFX this year. You make the magazine what it is - whether you subscribe or just buy the odd copy, write into our Post Apocalypse pages or post on our forum, browse the...

Laughing in front of the telly - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST


Laughing in front of the telly
guardian.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
We have brazen, impossible-to-embarrass women characters created by Karen Taylor, Catherine Tate, Little Miss Jocelyn (the persona/show created by Jocelyn ...

Doctor Who fans wait for special - CBBC Newsround

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:46 AM CST


Doctor Who fans wait for special
CBBC Newsround, UK - 4 hours ago
This year's Christmas special, called The Next Doctor, sees the Time Lord do battle with old enemies the Cybermen. He also meets another Doctor, ...

Chasing Dreams with Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Cast ... - Deadbolt

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:44 AM CST


Chasing Dreams with Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and the Cast ...
Deadbolt - 5 hours ago
America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, Gavin and Stacey, Pokemon for my son, Catherine Tate Show, and the Premier League Review Show on Sky Sports ...

Idiot Box Update: December 24 - Crave Online

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 12:20 AM CST


Idiot Box Update: December 24
Crave Online, CA - 5 hours ago
Russell T. Davies, writer and executive producer of the present day Doctor Who series, will not be involved in the next incarnation of the new Doctor, ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Ilkley Gazette

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:59 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Ilkley Gazette, UK - 37 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Basildon News

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:52 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Basildon News, UK - 44 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - St. Helens Star

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:52 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
St. Helens Star, UK - 44 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Halstead Gazette

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Halstead Gazette, UK - 45 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Stourbridge News

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Stourbridge News,  UK - 45 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - St Albans & Harpenden, Welwyn & Hatfield Review

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:51 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
St Albans & Harpenden, Welwyn & Hatfield Review, UK - 46 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Wharfedale and Airedale Observer

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:50 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Wharfedale and Airedale Observer, UK - 46 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - BrainTree and Witham Times

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:50 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
BrainTree and Witham Times, UK - 47 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Tennant compares 'Who' to 'Hamlet' - Digital Spy

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:48 PM CST


Tennant compares 'Who' to 'Hamlet'
Digital Spy, UK - 48 minutes ago
By Ben Rawson-Jones, Cult Editor David Tennant has compared the calibre of writing on Doctor Who to William Shakepeare's Hamlet. "The quality of writing on ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Bradford Telegraph Argus

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:47 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - 49 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Hillingdon Times

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:47 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Hillingdon Times, UK - 49 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - This Is The Westcountry

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:33 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
This Is The Westcountry, UK - 1 minute ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - Essex Echo

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:25 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
Essex Echo, UK - 9 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla - The Press Association

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:05 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for baddie Dervla
The Press Association - 30 minutes ago
Kirwan, whose husband is heart-throb actor Rupert Penry-Jones, plays the Doctor's foe Miss Hartigan in the show. Her character helps the Cybermen, who stalk ...

Inside Scoop On GI Joe, Doctor Who, Heroes And Smallville - io9

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 08:06 PM CST


Inside Scoop On GI Joe, Doctor Who, Heroes And Smallville
io9, CA - 1 hour ago
[BBC] Meanwhile, the BBC site posted a snippet from the podcast commentary for the Christmas commentary, featuring Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner, ...

West End box offices enjoy successful year despite credit crunch - This is London

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:46 PM CST


West End box offices enjoy successful year despite credit crunch
This is London, UK - 30 minutes ago
The fastest selling production was Hamlet, starring Doctor Who star David Tennant, although he has since been hit by a back injury. Dirty Dancing, Hairspray ...

Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 136

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 06:39 PM CST

Episode 136 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available.

"'They've all got someone else. Still, that's fine. I'm fine."

Outpost Gallifrey Presents:
Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 136
Running Time: 1:27:57

2008 Series Live Review Show: Join panelists from other podcasts assembled here for a live over-...

Next Doctor Who Could Be... Catherine Zeta Jones? - ShortNews.com

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:58 PM CST


Next Doctor Who Could Be... Catherine Zeta Jones?
ShortNews.com, Germany - 1 hour ago
Amid much speculation as to who will become Doctor Who when David Tennant leaves the show at the end of 2009 writer Russell T Davies has left open to the ...

No turkeys – just fab festive fare... - Wokingham Times

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST


No turkeys – just fab festive fare...
Wokingham Times, UK - 1 hour ago
As usual, there's plenty of mystery and intrigue – and a hoard of Cybermen. It's sure to be a huge success, scheduled at 6pm. ...

No turkeys – just fab festive fare... - Reading Evening Post

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:55 PM CST


No turkeys – just fab festive fare...
Reading Evening Post, UK - 1 hour ago
As usual, there's plenty of mystery and intrigue – and a hoard of Cybermen. It's sure to be a huge success, scheduled at 6pm. ...

What To Watch This Christmas - TV Scoop

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:44 PM CST


What To Watch This Christmas
TV Scoop, UK - 5 minutes ago
Yup, it's Christmas Eve, 1851 and Cybermen are going around being all evil! Thankfully, our Doctor meets another Doctor and the two combine forces to stop ...

No turkeys – just fab festive fare... - Get Bracknell

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:43 PM CST


No turkeys – just fab festive fare...
Get Bracknell, UK - 7 minutes ago
As usual, there's plenty of mystery and intrigue – and a hoard of Cybermen. It's sure to be a huge success, scheduled at 6pm. ...

Bring on the Boris chutney empire: that's the way ahead - This is London

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:28 PM CST


Bring on the Boris chutney empire: that's the way ahead
This is London, UK - 1 hour ago
The spat between comely thespian David Tennant and operatic curmudgeon Jonathan Miller has piqued my interest. Miller deplores the celebrity casting in ...

Doctor Who Christmas Special – The Next Doctor in pictures - MyParkMag

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:19 PM CST


Doctor Who Christmas Special – The Next Doctor in pictures
MyParkMag, UK - 31 minutes ago
It's Christmas Eve in 1851 and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London, in this special Christmas edition of Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning ...

Doctor Who hopes postmen can help to save Christmas - Edinburgh Evening News

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:18 PM CST


Doctor Who hopes postmen can help to save Christmas
Edinburgh Evening News, UK - 31 minutes ago
Tennant – who is quitting the sci-fi show – plans to spend Christmas with his family in Bathgate and might just find time to watch the Dr Who Christmas Day ...

We Love Sci-fi: Doctor Who: The Next Doctor - Sunday Mirror

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:10 PM CST


We Love Sci-fi: Doctor Who: The Next Doctor
Sunday Mirror, UK - 40 minutes ago
But not before taking part in a spot of bottom-skiing after a mutant Cyberman (it will make sense when you see it). Although set during a snowy Christmas ...

Award for the girl who overcame cancer, then nearly died in car crash - This is London

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:00 PM CST


Award for the girl who overcame cancer, then nearly died in car crash
This is London, UK - 2 hours ago
It's been signed by celebrities including David Tennant, and as a huge Dr Who fan she was ecstatic. "She has been a bit embarrassed about receiving the ...

Toys with the wow factor - Batley News

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:47 PM CST


Toys with the wow factor
Batley News, UK - 1 minute ago
... Hill specialises in everything comic and sci-fi related, whether it's action figures or trading cards – there's even a life-sized Dalek in the window. ...

Our Christmas television special - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 04:07 PM CST


Our Christmas television special
guardian.co.uk, UK - 41 minutes ago
... The Next Doctor sees Davids Tennant and Morrissey take to the snowdusted streets of Victorian London to fight a legion of Cybermen and one steely woman, ...

Dervla turned into Dr Who baddie - Yorkshire Post

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:23 PM CST


Dervla turned into Dr Who baddie
Yorkshire Post, UK - 16 minutes ago
This is not just any Christmas special – here is Dervla Kirwan appearing as a baddie in Doctor Who: The Next Doctor. The actress, who has been known for her ...

The best of TV 2008 - Vineland Daily Journal

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 03:09 PM CST


The best of TV 2008
Vineland Daily Journal, NJ - 31 minutes ago
"Torchwood" (BBC America) -- The "Doctor Who" spinoff had found its groove by the end of its first series and ran with it for its second. ...

Dr Who baddie and her blacked out eyes - Metro

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 02:45 PM CST


Dr Who baddie and her blacked out eyes
Metro, UK - 55 minutes ago
This is not just any Christmas special - here is Dervla Kirwan appearing as a baddie in Doctor Who: The Next Doctor. The actress, who has been known for her ...

Blacked-out eyes for Dr Who baddie - Aberdeen Press and Journal

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:44 PM CST


Blacked-out eyes for Dr Who baddie
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 53 minutes ago
THIS is not just any Christmas special – this is Dervla Kirwan appearing as a baddie in Doctor Who: The Next Doctor. The actress, who has been known for her ...

A voice among many - Aberdeen Press and Journal

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:44 PM CST


A voice among many
Aberdeen Press and Journal, UK - 53 minutes ago
She sides with the Cybermen, who very much dominate the story. But I can't say anything else." A big Doctor Who fan herself, Dervla thinks she knows why the ...

Little Horton boy Ewan Barker wins Cancer Research Star award - Bradford Telegraph Argus

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:32 PM CST


Little Horton boy Ewan Barker wins Cancer Research Star award
Bradford Telegraph Argus, UK - 1 hour ago
She noticed a lump on his neck and called the emergency doctor who advised her to go straight to Bradford Royal Infirmary. Luckily one of the doctors ...

New picture of villainous Dervla Kirwan in Doctor Who Christmas ... - Glasgow Daily Record

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 01:02 PM CST


New picture of villainous Dervla Kirwan in Doctor Who Christmas ...
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour ago
In tomorrow's Christmas special, she stars as the villainous Miss Hartigan, who teams with the Doctor's long-time foes the Cybermen in Victorian England to ...

Morrissey Makes It A Real Who's Who Of Time Lords - Glasgow Daily Record

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 11:56 AM CST


Morrissey Makes It A Real Who's Who Of Time Lords
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 28 minutes ago
Our Doc (David Tennant) ends up in Victorian England at Christmas, battling a bizarre race of Cybermen and trying to solve the mystery of the other Doctor. ...

Who's this futuristic BallyK baddie? - Irish Independent

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 10:55 AM CST


Who's this futuristic BallyK baddie?
Irish Independent, Ireland - 1 hour ago
By Vicky Shaw This is not just any Christmas special -- here is Irish actress Dervla Kirwan appearing as a baddie in 'Doctor Who: The Next Doctor'. ...

News: RTD: New Companions

Posted: 23 Dec 2008 05:42 AM CST

Russell T Davies has reminded the world that the four specials in 2009 (and later...?) will see the Doctor travelling alone - which means new companions! There's plenty of talent to choose from of course, and it also gives Davies - who contributes to each of the specials scripts - the chance to play around with the companion role, and the types of character the Doctor takes with him.  "We’ve got a young female companion at Easter, and then a much older woman next...

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