Friday, December 26, 2008

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Christmas TV highlights: the next chapter

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:10 PM CST

Your SF New Year SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER 6.50pm (TCM) Logan's Run Michael York gets the ultimate anxiety about turning 30 in the '70s classic. 8.00pm (Sky Movies Premiere) Transformers The Autobots and Decepticons face off on the big...

Doctor Who Magazine 404

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 11:03 AM CST

The cover for next month's issue of Doctor Who Magazine has been released, and features the Doctor with Miss Hartigan and a Cyberman.

Heroes big, small, cartoony, complicated - Inquirer.net

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 06:28 AM CST


Heroes big, small, cartoony, complicated
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 1 hour ago
The intrepid gay adventurer and immortal leader of the Torchwood team, apart from his willingness to jump into the fray, is protective of time travel trauma ...

CRACKING GROMIT! BBC TRIUMPH IN RATINGS WAR - UK Express

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 06:09 AM CST


CRACKING GROMIT! BBC TRIUMPH IN RATINGS WAR
UK Express, UK - 18 minutes ago
Nearly 12million also tuned in to see Doctor Who star David Tennant solve the mystery of the "other" Doctor, played by David Morrissey, slightly down on ...

BBC's 9 out of 10 triumph in Christmas ratings battle - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 06:09 AM CST


BBC's 9 out of 10 triumph in Christmas ratings battle
guardian.co.uk, UK - 18 minutes ago
... battling cybermen on the snow-covered streets of Victorian London helped the BBC record an emphatic victory in the traditional Christmas ratings battle. ...

A narrow escape for the Doctor Who Christmas special - Den Of Geek

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 05:31 AM CST


A narrow escape for the Doctor Who Christmas special
Den Of Geek, UK - 56 minutes ago
I leave it to my esteemed colleague Simon (historically far kinder to the writing of Russell T. Davies than myself) to review the Doctor Who Christmas ...

Survivor of cancer and car crash wins award - Gulf Times

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 04:42 AM CST


Survivor of cancer and car crash wins award
Gulf Times, Qatar - 1 hour ago
It's been signed by celebrities including David Tennant, and as a huge Dr Who fan she was ecstatic." Cancer Research UK spokeswoman Lynn Daly said: "Morgan ...

The Next Doctor - reaction

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 04:37 AM CST

Following the broadcast of last night's Christmas special episode of Doctor Who, "The Next Doctor", on BBC One, various newspapers and websites have been publishing their reactions both to the episode itself and its high position in the Christmas viewing charts. The Telegraph's Christmas television review praises the episode, claiming that "As Morrissey�s Doctor said, it was complete and utter nonsense � but wonderful nonsense, nevertheless." In The Mirror, critic Jim Shelley wrote that BBC One

Out goes traditional British reserve as in swings karaoke - Times Online

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 03:59 AM CST


Out goes traditional British reserve as in swings karaoke
Times Online, UK - 21 minutes ago
... reading after lunch; modern temptations mean it is all too easy to digest turkey and potatoes in front of Doctor Who's struggle with the Cybermen. ...

Doctor Who - ‘The Next Doctor’ Has Adventure And Answers - Pop Culture Zoo

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:46 AM CST


Doctor Who - 'The Next Doctor' Has Adventure And Answers
Pop Culture Zoo, OR - 32 minutes ago
Along the way we see another TARDIS, get a glimpse of all nine previous Doctors, discover what a steampunk Cyberman would look like all while witnessing ...

11 million tune into The Next Doctor!

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 01:54 AM CST

Overnight ratings for The Next Doctor are in, confirming that 11.7 million people tuned into the episode!

Game Review: SingStar: ABBA - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:07 AM CST


Game Review: SingStar: ABBA
Geeks of Doom, NY - 4 hours ago
In an effort by both XBox 360 and Playstation 3 to make their system more than just a game console, various new types of games have tried to capture the ...

DVD review: Doctor Who the Complete Fourth Series - NewsOK.com

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST


DVD review: Doctor Who the Complete Fourth Series
NewsOK.com, OK - 25 minutes ago
As the season proper begins, Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), who first aided the Doctor in the "Runaway Bride" Christmas special in season three, ...

A New Look Inside The Doctor's Broken Hearts - io9

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:01 PM CST


A New Look Inside The Doctor's Broken Hearts
io9, CA - 11 minutes ago
I'm also a bit tired of the too-close links between each Dalek/Cyberman story, so that we're constantly meeting refugees from the previous battle. ...

Bringing a new audience to Hamlet - Times Online

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:53 PM CST


Bringing a new audience to Hamlet
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
... attending the theatre for the first time, went to see David Tennant as Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon earlier this year. ...

TV ratings - December 25 TV ratings: Wallace and Gromit lead BBC ... - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:53 PM CST


TV ratings - December 25 TV ratings: Wallace and Gromit lead BBC ...
guardian.co.uk, UK - 19 minutes ago
... the actor many predict will replace Tennant when he leaves the show next year – battle with the Cybermen, one of the Time Lord's most memorable enemies. ...

BBC in Xmas ratings victory - TeleText

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:52 PM CST


BBC in Xmas ratings victory
TeleText, UK - 1 hour ago
David Tennant's Doctor Who, The Royle Family and the first part of EastEnders made up the rest of the top five. The Queen's Christmas Message, ...

Next Doctor - Overnight Ratings

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:17 PM CST

Unofficial overnight figures show The Next Doctor was watched by 11.7 million viewers, a share of 50.5% of the audience. The rating is the highest achieved by the programme in 2008 and the second highest since the programme returned in 2005, only being beaten by last years Christmas Special. The programme was the second highest rated of Christmas day, and of Christmas week so far, beating EastEnders, even though the soap was shown in a much later slot. The highest rated programme of the day wa

Meera Syal : Meera Syal may be the next ‘Doctor Who’ - Entertainment and Showbiz!

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:15 PM CST


Meera Syal : Meera Syal may be the next 'Doctor Who'
Entertainment and Showbiz!, India - 2 hours ago
According to reports, BBC chiefs may pick an ethnic doctor to take over from David Tennant in the New Year. Comic Catherine Tate is also in the frame to be ...

TV Review: Doctor Who - The Next Doctor, BBC One, Christmas Day, 6pm - TV Scoop

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 10:11 PM CST


TV Review: Doctor Who - The Next Doctor, BBC One, Christmas Day, 6pm
TV Scoop, UK - 1 hour ago
The second storyline concerns this year's villain Miss Hartigan, and how she is in cahoots with the Cyberman who fell through space and time during Davros' ...

Wallace and Gromit defeat Dr Who - CBBC Newsround

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:46 PM CST


Wallace and Gromit defeat Dr Who
CBBC Newsround, UK - 44 minutes ago
Doctor Who may have defeated the Cybermen on Christmas Day, but he couldn't beat Wallace and Gromit. Their brand new programme - A Matter of Loaf and Death ...

Former Corrie actor in Torchwood - The Press Association

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:51 PM CST


Former Corrie actor in Torchwood
The Press Association - 3 minutes ago
Former Coronation Street actor Paul Copley is in the cast of the new series of Torchwood. Paul, who played Ivor Priestley and has also featured in episodes ...

Box Clever Or Down Tv Tubes - Glasgow Daily Record

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:32 PM CST


Box Clever Or Down Tv Tubes
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 22 minutes ago
7. Joan Rivers. 8. 50th. 9. India. 10. Smithy and Nessa. BRITISH DRAMA 1. Agatha Christie. 2. Adam filming. 9. Freema Agyeman. 10. Zombies.

News: Merry Christmas from Kasterborous!

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 10:41 AM CST

It's nearly midnight on Christmas Eve - so what better time to wish each and every one of you out there a very Merry Christmas! We've had a great year (more on that next week) and have seen the team grow, not to mention more and more news, more and more toys and more and more Doctor Who books and comics. With days like tomorrow and the now semi-traditional Easter premiers, it all becomes worth it (and I can't tell you how difficult it can be to manage at times!) and I would really like to...

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