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| Tate To Spoof DW On Sunday Night Project Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST Catherine Tate can be seen spoofing Doctor Who this weekend on entertainment show The Sunday Night Project. She is the guest host on the Channel 4 programme on January 18, and as well as delivering a monologue she puts on a wig, sideburns, suit and overcoat to assume the guise of the Tenth Doctor. The show's format also sees guest hosts facing questions from the studio audience. In addition, regular co-host Justin Lee Collins portrays a bride, echoing Tate's first appearance as Donna Noble in | ||
| The Guardian attacks Dubai filming Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST The website of The Guardian newspaper has published an article by Gareth McLean, attacking the alleged decision of the BBC to carry out location shooting for one of the forthcoming Doctor Who specials in the state of Dubai. Although the shooting in the United Arab Emirates has not yet been officially confirmed by the BBC, McLean quotes the Corporation as having told him that "There are no restrictions governing the filming of BBC drama in Dubai." McLean attacks the possibility of the programme | ||
| Clarke earns BAFTA nomination - UPDATED Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:40 PM CST Noel Clarke, the actor, writer and director who played the character of Mickey Smith in Doctor Who off and on from 2005 until last year, has been nominated for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Rising Star Award. Clarke, who also wrote an episode for the first series of spin-off programme Torchwood in 2006, has been recognised in the category for his work on the films Kidulthood and Adulthood, both of which he wrote and the latter of which he also directed. BBC News repo | ||
| Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:44 PM CST A brief interlude as we reel from Smith-shock. Here's a letter from this week's Radio Times. At first glance, you might think you agree with it, but let's dissect it before we commit ourselves. …to cast David Tennant in Doctor Who was dubious in my mind, as he was the first Doctor to be younger than me… Whereas he's a year older than me, so I could safely think of him as my Peer Doctor. Surely that's not the issue, though? After all, the most enthusiastic viewers of the modern series are tiny, and Tennant must strike them as the world's only Nice Grown-Up. Yet our correspondent moves on… …but to cast someone born in 1982… Ah, 1982! All my family switching over from the TV premiere of Picnic at Hanging Rock to episode two of "Castrovalva", and not immediately noticing the difference. …seems to disregard the show's loyal followers. Good, they're scum. Oh, wait a minute… I'm playing my hand too early. Carry on, Ms Helen Grieve of West Yorkshire. Hmm. I seem to have Woganed myself. How is the 40-something fan who cowered behind the sofa during the Tom Baker period supposed to take Smith seriously? Erm… you're not. You're in your 40s. Grow up. The truth, however, is that I agree with Ms Grieve's complaint for a subtly different reason. As you may have gathered, I'm not at all bothered by the fact that the next Doctor will be absurdly young (after all, the Doctor is a malleable quantity, and he could be a foetus in a clockwork walking-machine for all I care): I'm bothered by what it means that the next Doctor will be absurdly young. Post-Tennant, it establishes that this is a series in which semi-sexy Juvenile Leads battle monsters with prosthetic makeup. It tells us that this programme is now categorically in the same bracket as Merlin or Smallville or Demons, with the added gimmick that the background can change from far-future to pretend-historical every week. If Moffat had stuck by his guns and given us the grandfatherly Doctor he (supposedly) regarded as ideal, then the whole 2010 shebang might have seemed workable, but… …no, it was never going to happen, was it? Moffat is pathologically incapable of taking risks, which is a shame, because bizarre experimentation is what's made Doctor Who great over the years. Matt Smith could be the most wonderful actor in the history of actordom, and it wouldn't matter: in itself, the casting of someone who looks like a teen-goth pin-up ensures that the programme's damned to a demographic Twilight-era Hell. (By the way, was I the only one who read Paul Cornell's "well, if he's good enough for Moffat, then he's good enough for me" piece and immediately imagined him adding "yuk yuk yuk" while sucking on a piece of straw? People who want to get on Steven's good side are the new hillbillies.) Even so, our Radio Times reader can't help but get one more thing wrong. She adds… How old will his assistants have to be… twelve? And thus speaketh the fanboy, or in this case, fanwomaninher40s. May I ask what's wrong with the idea of an assistant being twelve…? Doctor Who is intrinsically designed to take twelve-year-olds along for the ride, which is why a piece of fan-driven cackpole like The Sarah-Jane Adventures (let's be honest, it's made for people who buy Big Finish audios, certainly not for pre-teens) seems so surplus to requirements. And as anyone who's read His Dark Materials will be aware, twelve-year-old girls kick arse. But, ohhhhh, no. Can't have a twelve-year-old in the mother-series, can we? It might make us feel less serious about this whole endeavour. A child?!? In Doctor Who?!?!? Outrageous. This is a programme for nerds and BAFTA judges, and nobody else. Then again, I thought Dakota Blue Richards would make a fine companion. At least until I saw who the next Doctor was going to be, at which point I realised that they might as well hire Lily Allen after all. | ||
| Gareth McLean slams Dubai filming Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:41 AM CST The Guardian's Gareth McLean has slammed the BBC's proposed decision to film part of the next Doctor Who episode in Dubai. | ||
| Catherine Tate on The Sunday Night Project Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:32 AM CST Catherine Tate will be the celebrity guest host on this Sunday's episode of Channel 4's The Sunday Night Project. | ||
| Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:25 AM CST Prepare to be deleted in the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures, which was released this week. | ||
| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:06 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Leitrim Observer Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:34 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - maltonmercury.co.uk Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:30 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Petersfield Today Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:30 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Louth Today Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:28 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Sussex Express Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:28 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Spalding Today Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:28 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Evening Leader Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:27 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Stourbridge News Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:27 AM CST
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| Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Luton Today Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:27 AM CST
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| Show poise as you grab the goodie bag - The Herald Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:02 AM CST
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| Queerview television guide for the Weekend of January 16 - AfterElton.com Posted: 16 Jan 2009 05:52 AM CST
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| Posted: 16 Jan 2009 05:22 AM CST Tomorrow, the Daily Mirror will be giving away a free double-sided Doctor Who Year Planner/Poster with every copy. | ||
| TV Review: 'Wuthering Heights' - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 16 Jan 2009 05:08 AM CST
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| Last updated at 10:30 PM on 16th January 2009 - Daily Mail Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:33 AM CST
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| Switch Heating to Save Money - istockAnalyst.com (press release) Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:55 AM CST
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| Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:23 AM CST Not much is happening in the worlds of Doctor Who at the moment, so here's a random and somewhat amusing picture of Matt Smith wearing a hat. | ||
| News: Piper Pleased With Departure Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:11 AM CST As you probably saw back in June 2008 - or on DVD or pay per view TV since then - Rose Tyler briefly returned to Doctor Who in 4 episodes of the 2008 series, and is now safely locked away in the parallel universe (known as Pete's World). With what will probably be her last appearance, Ms Piper seems to have been glad to be asked back, (not least because it was all successfully recorded araound her busy schedule AND her wedding and honeymoon!) not to mention happy with the outcome and the... | ||
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:24 PM CST Enterprise and Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula has been signed to play Chuck's dad in Chuck, reveals Mike Ausiello on the Entertainment Weekly site: "Chuck boss Josh Schwartz confirms to me exclusively that Bakula has inked a deal to play the estranged father... | ||
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:13 PM CST Plans To Resurrect Jericho Again Jericho truly is a zombie show. It refuses to die! The post-nuclear apocalypse series was saved from cancellation once by fans and came back for a second season... only to be swiftly axed once more. Now, producer Jon... | ||
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 08:59 PM CST Justin Louis, David Blue, Brian J Smith and Jamil Walker Smith have been signed up to co-star opposite Robert Carlyle on the latest Stargate spin-off, Universe. In this latest incarnation - Stargate on a ship - a group of soldiers, scientists and... | ||
| TV LOOKOUT: Highlights for the week ahead - The Daily News Posted: 15 Jan 2009 08:18 PM CST
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| News: Doctor Who Effect Saves Robin Hood Posted: 15 Jan 2009 06:52 PM CST The BBC One series Robin Hood has faced uncertainty over the last 12 months since its stars announcement that he intends to quit after the third run. With Jonas Armstong leaving, what else could the BBC do but end the series? Well, production company Tiger Aspect were having none of it. Instead they brought in writer Sally Wainwright to begin work on an overhaul of the series, installing her as "showrunner". “The BBC has asked me to take over Robin Hood in a... | ||
| Couple hold a torch for capital city - WalesOnline Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:42 PM CST
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| Mamma Mia! Enough already... - Bognor Today Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:55 PM CST
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| Mamma Mia! Enough already... - Chichester Today Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:53 PM CST
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| Mamma Mia! Enough already... - Midhurst and Petworth Today Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:51 PM CST
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| John Scott Martin, 'Man Inside the Dalek' Dies at 82 - Wired News Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:25 PM CST
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| News: Has Kelly Brook Auditioned? Posted: 15 Jan 2009 09:47 AM CST Regular readers will know that we're not afraid to shout TYPE PHWOARTY! in a tabloid-esque manner the moment vaguely attractive ladies become linked in any way with Doctor Who - so imagine the response at K Towers when the name of Kelly Brook became associated with the companion role! Of course it can be nothing more than her agent getting her name in the papers and letting people know that she is available for work - she's a lovely lass and deserves a good break, but I'm not sure a former... | ||
| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 137 Posted: 14 Jan 2009 10:05 PM CST  Episode 137 of Doctor Who: Podshock is now available. "'I'm the Doctor! The one. The only... And the best!" Outpost Gallifrey Presents: |
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