Saturday, January 17, 2009

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

News: Bad Wolf 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:53 AM CST

The Bad Wolf convention takes place Saturday 11th July and Sunday 12th July 2009 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel (at Birmingham NEC) - and heading the massive list of guests from the Doctor Who universe is the one and only Elisabeth Sladen! Also on the bill are: Sylvester McCoy, The Seventh Doctor Janet Fielding who played companion Tegan from 1981 to 1984 Recent series Dalek operator David Hankinson Eliza Roberts, wife of Eric who also portrayed the ill-fated...

Get happy - a farewell to pessimism - Guardian Unlimited

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:18 AM CST


Get happy - a farewell to pessimism
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 minutes ago
It's the same nerdishness as a Doctor Who blogger whining when a costume designer gets the Cybermen's antennae wrong. Well, I'm sorry, but it's got to stop. ...

Pop Review: Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:12 AM CST


Pop Review: Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light
guardian.co.uk, UK - 19 minutes ago
... let alone end up in an episode of Torchwood The Björks and the Reeds flocked to Hegarty as they undoubtedly recognised a fellow outsider, a rare example ...

Still we get the same old gruel - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:10 AM CST


Still we get the same old gruel
guardian.co.uk, UK - 21 minutes ago
Burn Gorman is a glowering Bill Sikes. The vividly grotesque Julian Bleach bends his body into a question mark as Sowerberry the undertaker; as Dr Grimwig, ...

Oliver! Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London Roaring Trade, Soho ... - Independent

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 06:07 AM CST


Oliver! Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London Roaring Trade, Soho ...
Independent, UK - 24 minutes ago
Burn Gorman's Bill Sikes fails to chill and the narrative momentum becomes jerky in the second half. Still, Goold, Mackintosh and choreographer Matthew ...

Top Tv with Barry Ronge - The Times

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 05:11 AM CST


Top Tv with Barry Ronge
The Times, South Africa - 11 minutes ago
Torchwood is his new adventure. There are some resemblances to popular shows like The X-Files, Heroes and even the X-Men movies, but he's given it a wry and ...

Strictly Come Dancing: "We're all excited about returning to ... - Liverpool Echo

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 04:59 AM CST


Strictly Come Dancing: "We're all excited about returning to ...
Liverpool Echo, UK - 1 hour ago
I'd love to see David Tennant on Strictly,' she says. 'He'd be great, I think. And he appeals to all ages.'Failing that, I'd like to see Peter Andre and ...

This Week In Doctor Who - January 17, 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

This Week In Doctor Who January 17, 2009 - Vol 12, No 3 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts: Saturday 17 January: KBS 2 South Korea Late 12:35AM The Poison Sky, pt 2 Sunday 18 January: KBS 2 South Korea Late 12:35AM The Doctor's Daughter BBC Entertainment South Africa 6:59PM and 11:59PM CAT - The Runaway Bride Tuesday 20 Januar

Short But Sweet

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

New trailer online now.

Date And Time

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

Series Four premiere details confirmed.

Time For A Change

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

A new look is coming to the Doctor Who website.

Hugo Nominations

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

Doctor Who up for two awards.

Triple teaser trailers!

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:35 AM CST

Watch the Ood, Sontaran and Dalek clips.

Torchwood This Week - January 17, 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:26 AM CST

Torchwood This Week January 17, 2009 - Vol 3, No 3 The weekly guide to Torchwood transmissions. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood

This Week In Doctor Who Spinoffs - January 17, 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:21 AM CST

This Week In Doctor Who Spinoffs January 17, 2009 - Vol 1, No 3 The weekly guide to Sarah Jane Smith broadcasts, podcasts, and other matters. by Benjamin F.

This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere - January 17, 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:17 AM CST

This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere January 17, 2009 - Vol 1, No 3 The Guide to North and South American Doctor Who TV Listings by Benjamin F. Elliott

This Week In Doctor Who - January 17, 2009

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:13 AM CST

This Week In Doctor Who January 17, 2009 - Vol 12, No 3 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott

Oliver! at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane WC2 - Times Online

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 03:07 AM CST


Oliver! at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane WC2
Times Online, UK - 58 minutes ago
Wicked Bill Sikes (Burn Gorman), for example, was all present and correct. Battered hat? Check. Big cudgel to clonk on nearby objects? Check. Growly voice? ...

David Tennant: I made tatty trainers Doctor Who’s trademark - Now Magazine Online

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:01 AM CST


David Tennant: I made tatty trainers Doctor Who's trademark
Now Magazine Online, UK - 3 hours ago
David Tennant's trainers were sold off at a Children In Need charity auction and he fears their tatty state may have affected the bidding. ...

I hold a Torchwood for star John Barrowman! - Get Bracknell

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 10:01 PM CST


I hold a Torchwood for star John Barrowman!
Get Bracknell, UK - 46 minutes ago
I hold a Torchwood for star John Barrowman! A TV heartthrob cuddled up to a woman who has helped people lose more than 300 stone in a year. ...

News: Catherine Tate on the Sunday Night Project

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 09:36 PM CST

This week's Sunday Night Project (Channel 4, Sunday 18th January at 10pm) features Doctor Who star Catherine Tate as special guest. It's no surprise to see that her time on Doctor Who comes in for the treatment from overrated stars Justin Lee Collins and laughter vacuum Alan Carr. Catherine gives Doctor Who the spoof treatment, dressing up as David Tennant (seen here pictureed in The Sun) while Justin Lee Collins dons a bridal gown to play Donna and Alan Carr gets into a girls school uniform...

Battlestar Galactica is back

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:52 PM CST

If you're one of our US-based readers, you will have seen the first episode of the new Battlestar Galactica run last night. Titled "Sometimes a Great Nation", it will hit UK screens on Tuesday 20 January at 9pm on Sky1 . So: have you seen it yet? ...

Things you never knew about Khan

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:40 PM CST

"Is that really Ricardo Montalban's chest?" our art editor asked last week, looking at a picture of the late Wrath of Khan actor. Yes it is, we discover from SCI FI Wire's blog about Khan trivia. The Mexican-born actor died last week in LA, and...

The Hole Truth

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:00 PM CST

Good news everyone! A 16-year study by German astronomers has confirmed the most powerful vortex in creation lies at the heart of our galaxy! Quickly! To the evacuation ships! Or not. The study, tracking 28 stars circling the centre of the Milky Way and...

First episode of Being Human

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:00 PM CST

It's human nature to assume the worst, the theory being if something is too good to be true it probably is. Plus the higher expectations are for something the more likely it is that they're not going to be reached. Pity then the cast and crew behind Being...

Dr Blonde is in the house - Edinburgh Evening News

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:02 PM CST


Dr Blonde is in the house
Edinburgh Evening News, UK - 9 minutes ago
Rod picks out an early demo of Modus songs entitled The Genesis Project, with a cover featuring a naked blonde in heels hugging a Dalek, and points out the ...

Festival to adopt students - WalesOnline

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 04:32 PM CST


Festival to adopt students
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 37 minutes ago
Previous guests have included Oscar- nominated director Stephen Frears, acclaimed Welsh screenwriter Andrew Davies and the makers of Torchwood. ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Hull Daily Mail

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:14 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
Hull Daily Mail, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:13 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - This is Scunthorpe

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:12 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
This is Scunthorpe, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Evening Post

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:08 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
Evening Post, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - South Wales Evening Post

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:08 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
South Wales Evening Post, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:07 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
thisisgloucestershire.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Lincolnshire Echo

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:07 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
Lincolnshire Echo, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Croydon Advertiser

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 01:07 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
Croydon Advertiser, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof - Metro

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 12:59 PM CST


Tate takes off Doctor for TV spoof
Metro, UK - 1 hour ago
Catherine Tate is to regenerate as the Doctor when she takes part in a spoof for the Sunday Night Project. Tate played mouthy assistant Donna Noble in BBC ...

'Wuthering Heights' on PBS on Sunday - The Ledger

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:52 AM CST


'Wuthering Heights' on PBS on Sunday
The Ledger, FL - 2 hours ago
Also on board are Burn Gorman as Cathy's sadistic brother, Hindley; Andrew Lincoln as the Earnshaws' strait-laced neighbor, Edgar Linton, ...

Revenge makes for a heavy 'Heights' - Boston Globe

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:16 AM CST


Revenge makes for a heavy 'Heights'
Boston Globe, United States - 3 hours ago
The miniseries also gets into Heathcliff's early abuse at the hands of Cathy's brother, Hindley (Burn Gorman), and, later, Heathcliff's repayment to Hindley ...

News: The Day God Went Mad?

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:59 AM CST

(Before proceeding, note that shooting of Planet of the Dead at the reported location has not yet been confirmed, however the block begins production within the next few days.) The Guardian's Gareth McLean has issued a comprehensive argument outlining the reasons why recording location footage for Planet of the Dead in the Middle Eastern state of Dubai is a bad idea. If the next Doctor Who special is indeed to be filmed in Dubai - a nation that has a less than impressive attitude towards...

News: Whoniverse Stars Reviewed in Oliver!

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:21 AM CST

Walking the boards alongside talent show winner Jodie Prenger as Nancy and Rowan Atkinson as the arch pickpocket Fagin is Torchwood's own Burn Gorman (right) as Bill Sykes and Davros himself Julian Bleach (playing two roles!) in the new production of Oliver in London's West End. While you might already known this, did you know that Cameron Mackintosh's latest production of the musical (last seen in the West End in the mid 1990s) has broken box office records? &ound;15 million was taken in...

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