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News: Wall-Who? Posted: 02 Mar 2009 07:37 AM PST Cynical cash-in or just a case of following the crowd? Whichever it is, this little chap looks set to be on the Christmas lists of thousands of kids across the UK - assuming their parents are still working come December - as the real star of the second of the 2009 Doctor Who specials. (Supposedly) Starring David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan, the as-yet-untitled adventure has snow, Ood and flames, as well as this fella who we've christened Wall-Who. For obvious reasons. He was snapped over the...

News round-up Posted: 02 Mar 2009 06:29 AM PST The Daily Mirror is reporting that the TARDIS interior will be redesigned for Matt Smith's arrival in the TARDIS and the move to HD filming. The Mirror also says that the designers will "improve the quality of the police box exterior", and credits the change to incoming showrunner Steven Moffat, who scripted a line in the 2007 episode "Blink" noting that the TARDIS's police box windows were the wrong size, an in-joke aimed at the Outpost Gallifrey Forum (now the Doctor Who Forum). The TARDIS re

News: Companion Speculation Posted: 02 Mar 2009 05:18 AM PST The Guardian has come out guns blazing today with a stark declaration on who should be the Eleventh Doctor's companion - and the suggestion is surprising. Forget Lily Allen, Michelle Ryan or the lovely Carey Mulligan - Dan Martin of The Guardian's choice is Emma Rigby, soon to be ex- of Hollyoaks. Yes, I said Hollyoaks. Emma Rigby is an attractive blonde who surprisingly for that particular show has something approaching range, having played a young girl experiencing the heart-wrenching...

News: TARDIS Redesign Posted: 02 Mar 2009 04:56 AM PST A long rumoured change to the TARDIS set and exterior looks as to be taking shape with the first appearance of Doctor Who # 11, Matt Smith. Following the show's transition to High Definition, more attention needs to be paid to standing sets such as the TARDIS interior and indeed the Police Box exterior - and a BBC source has told UK tabloid the Mirror that this is taking place, noting that: "It will be the most hi-tech, intricate Tardis ever." The Mirror themselves meanwhile...

Major Site Upgrade Underway Posted: 02 Mar 2009 03:05 AM PST Vote Saxon is currently undergoing a major site upgrade. Until the upgrade is completed, it will not be possible to access...

Would you like to come up and see my Tardis? New Dr Who woos ... - Daily Mail Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:32 AM PST Would you like to come up and see my Tardis? New Dr Who woos ... Daily Mail, UK Smith, who will start filming the new series of Dr Who in the autumn, was surprised at being chosen to replace David Tennant. 'Doctor Who has the iconic status of Robin Hood or Sherlock Holmes, and I'm taking that on. That's my responsibility and it's ...

BBC buys Showcase shows - Variety Posted: 02 Mar 2009 02:11 AM PST BBC buys Showcase shows Variety, CA "Torchwood: Children of Earth" will air on BBC Entertainment in South Africa, UKTV in Australia and BBC America in the US where "Torchwood" has already made an impact. Also set to air on BBC America and BBC Entertainment in Asia, Africa, India, ...

BLOG Dollhouse and sexual exploitation Posted: 02 Mar 2009 01:00 AM PST WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS! And strong opinions on Dollhouse. New blogger Narin Bahar has this to say about the issues raised by the new Fox drama: Dollhouse or whorehouse? My fellow volunteer blogger Jamie Starbuck has already given... Read More

Get Your David Tennant Shakespeare Fix: Hamlet on DVD, Sonnets on Tape - Anglophenia Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:51 AM PST Get Your David Tennant Shakespeare Fix: Hamlet on DVD, Sonnets on Tape Anglophenia, NY The Guardian's Dan Martin puts Emma Rigby (Hannah Ashworth from Hollyoaks) forward as a potential Doctor Who companion. Harry Potter's Emma Watson has been accepted into Yale and Cambridge. (Digital Spy) On her flight from St. Lucia to Britain, ...

Martha Jones in Law And Order Posted: 02 Mar 2009 12:45 AM PST It may be all about cops and lawyers, but ITV1's new Law And Order: UK has plenty of sci-fi credentials. Last week we spoke to BSG's Jamie Bamber, who's come down to Earth to play a policeman. Today it's the turn of Doctor Who's very own Martha Jones, Freema... Read More

BLOG The current season of SF radio Posted: 01 Mar 2009 11:30 PM PST We recently drew your attention to the BBC's season of SF radio drama. Now editor, publisher and writer Lee Harris writes his first blog for SFX on the subject: Genre Radio I've always loved genre fiction in all its formats – novels, short... Read More

Being Human Season two Posted: 01 Mar 2009 11:20 PM PST Being Human creator Toby Whithouse reveals some tantalising titbits about season two on his blog . "So, do you want to know something about series 2? Well, I' not going to tell you too much. Partly because I don't want to ruin it for you, but mainly... Read More

TENNANT'S HAMLET TO BE MADE INTO FILM - UK Express Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:54 PM PST TENNANT'S HAMLET TO BE MADE INTO FILM UK Express, UK DAVID TENNANT is planning to give fans another chance to see his short-lived stage performance of Shakespeare's HAMLET - a film version of the acclaimed play is in the making. Tennant was forced to axe his West End run in the Bard's classic in December ...

Oliver Ford Davies Hints of Tennant HAMLET Film - Broadway World Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:48 PM PST Oliver Ford Davies Hints of Tennant HAMLET Film Broadway World, NY WhatsOnStage.com revealed that Oliver Ford Davies spoke to the Sunday Telegraph in regards to a much requested film of the David Tennant led HAMLET, according to the actor it would appear that the project is indeed going ahead. ...

Doctor Who Special Set Pics Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:13 PM PST Filming for the second of the 2009 Doctor Who specials took place in Newport on Friday night. Lindsay Duncan (recently seen as Thatcher in BBC 2's Margaret), who'll be the one-off companion this time round, joined David Tennant and a robot that looks not... Read More

Seven Days Later Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:00 PM PST 2 MARCH - 8 MARCH 2009 The hottest SF and fantasy of the week MONDAY 2 MARCH The latest Heroes volume, "Fugitives", continues on BBC2 at 9pm. More from Eli Stone 's second series on SCI FI at 9pm. And for anyone who missed Medium 's fourth... Read More

Tardis 'to get a full redesign' Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:52 PM PST The Tardis will reportedly undergo a redesign when Matt Smith becomes the eleventh Doctor.

Faith No More – bring it on! - Scenta.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:08 PM PST Faith No More – bring it on! Scenta.co.uk, UK And then there's the small matter of running his label Ipecac and acting as a mogul to the awesome likes of Isis, Dalek, Mouse On Mars and, bizarrely enough, a pre-Little JackieImani Coppola. It seemed like the man had about as much interest in FNM's ...

more pictures from London - Flick Filosopher Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:57 PM PST more pictures from London Flick Filosopher, NY Not actually on anybody's body, just in all the stalls of souvenir hawkers: The former headquarters of Torchwood at Canary Wharf. You'd never know the area was recently destroyed in a battle between Daleks and Cybermen -- everything's been rebuilt. ...

News: Newport Shoot Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:46 PM PST Newport has become a "winter wonderland" during the shooting of the latest Doctor Who special. With fake snow plastered across the area, fans milled around trying to get a glimpse of the Doctor and his new companion, played by character actress Lindsay Duncan Somewhere in the region of 60 fans were spotted in dark cold night-time hours on Saturday and Sunday, with one onlooker outlining events: “They closed the streets off and brought in a huge snow machine to cover the road with...

Tennant to read Shakespeare audiobook - The Bookseller Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:17 PM PST Tennant to read Shakespeare audiobook The Bookseller, UK "Doctor Who" star and the RSC's most recent Hamlet David Tennant has lent his voice to Naxos Audiobooks' new collection of Shakespearean sonnets. From Shakespeare—with Love: The Best of the Sonnets is being published on 1st April as an £8.99 audiobook ...

Ciara Janson Traced Posted: 01 Mar 2009 08:04 PM PST Fans of Ciara Janson, who plays the Fifth Doctor's Tracer companion Amy in the Doctor Who: Key 2 Time stories, can see her live on stage in New Boy at Trafalgar Studio 2, Central London from 19 March to 11 April 2009 (previews from 17 March). The play, which also stars Nicolas Hoult (Skins) and Mel Giedroyc, tells the story of a schoolboy crush and its terrible consequences. Mark starts sixth form knowing this is his last chance to impress - to be more popular, more obnoxious, the best informed about gynaecology. The mesmerizingly good looking Barry seems to be having trouble making friends. Everyone is afraid of him. He could be the perfect ally in Mark's mission to enhance his social status and finally lose his virginity. New Boy is produced by Big Finish's own Jason Haigh-Ellery, and Stuart Piper. You can book tickets from the box office on 0870 060 6632.

BBC Stocks International Channels - World Screen News Posted: 01 Mar 2009 07:13 PM PST BBC Stocks International Channels World Screen News, NY Other new dramas coming to BBC Entertainment include Torchwood: Children of Earth. The series rejoins Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Ianto Jones (Gareth David Lloyd), who are faced with a threat that throws the future of ...

DHL Staff Give Up Their Time For Red Nose Day - Hell Mail Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:51 PM PST DHL Staff Give Up Their Time For Red Nose Day Hell Mail, UK ... team of DHL call centre staff volunteers, supported by DHL pilots and couriers, will be taking calls throughout the live TV extravaganza on BBC One which will be hosted by some of the biggest names in TV, including Davina McCall and David Tennant. ...

Teenage cancer charity Laura Crane Trust sets up ‘White Rose ... - Huddersfield Examiner Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:09 PM PST Teenage cancer charity Laura Crane Trust sets up 'White Rose ... Huddersfield Examiner, UK The trust was founded by Laura's mother Jacquie Roeder who is expected to attend today's event. The charity's patrons include actress and comedienne Catherine Tate. Keep up to date with the news. Sign up for News Alerts E-Newsletters.

Who will be Doctor Who's new sidekick? - guardian.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:07 PM PST Who will be Doctor Who's new sidekick? guardian.co.uk, UK Here are the contenders The new face of Dr Who? ... Emma Rigby. Photograph: Rex Features A wild outside punt, but my personal favourite. Rigby plays Hannah in the rebooted Hollyoaks and is one of the best things about it. Her brutal performance in the ...

David Morrissey rejoins the force - ChesterChronicle.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:46 PM PST David Morrissey rejoins the force ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK After making such a dark piece, David must have been thankful for the light relief of Doctor Who, and the mooting of him as a possible successor to David Tennant. He has joked before about how his involvement in the Christmas special was a good decoy ...

David Tennant's Hamlet To Hit DVD - Den Of Geek Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:30 PM PST David Tennant's Hamlet To Hit DVD Den Of Geek, UK Despite many fans of the Time Lord missing out on his performance of the Dane, it seems that the RSC are to film a production of Hamlet featuring David Tennant and the accompanying cast. According to an article in the Telegraph.co.uk, ...

Ford Davies Lets Slip Hamlet Film Plans??? - WhatsOnStage.com Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:07 PM PST Ford Davies Lets Slip Hamlet Film Plans??? WhatsOnStage.com, UK Good news for those of you who signed the petition to get a filmed version of David Tennant's Hamlet (See The Goss::E8831232382233}, 19 Jan 2009) – according to yesterday's Sunday Telegraph, it looks like the project is going ahead. ...

BLOG Women in science fiction Posted: 01 Mar 2009 05:00 PM PST SFX's own Leah Holmes wrote a back page "We Love SF" piece recently about female role models in science fiction, in which she highlighted particularly Princess Leia. New blogger Kelly Harker (welcome!) continues the theme: The Necessity Of... Read More

BBCWW inks factual pacts at Showcase - C21Media Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:24 PM PST BBCWW inks factual pacts at Showcase C21Media, UK Other new dramas coming to BBC Entertainment will include Torchwood: Children of Earth, which has been picked up by BBC Entertainment in South Africa, as well as UKTV in Australia and BBC America in the US. Also set to air on BBC America this year is ...

The Kindle Swindle? It’s the book publishers who are conning ... - PC Pro Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:22 PM PST The Kindle Swindle? It's the book publishers who are conning ... PC Pro, UK It sounds like a Dalek that's been sent on media training. And note that Amazon only lets the speech synthesiser ramble for a sentence or so - probably just before it horribly mispronounced Mr Darcey as "Mister Darkie" and sparked an international ...

TENNANT'S HAMLET TO BE MADE INTO FILM - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:19 PM PST TENNANT'S HAMLET TO BE MADE INTO FILM PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria DAVID TENNANT is planning to give fans another chance to see his short-lived stage performance of Shakespeare's HAMLET - a film version of the acclaimed play is in the making. Tennant was forced to axe his West End run in the Bard's classic in December ...

Tardis 'to get a full redesign' - Digital Spy Posted: 01 Mar 2009 04:09 PM PST Tardis 'to get a full redesign' Digital Spy, UK He is also said to be attempting to distance himself from outgoing executive producer Russell T. Davies, and to herald a new era of the show. Davies has previously admitted that a move to high definition would require the reconstruction of the Tardis ...

Faith No More – bring it on! - guardian.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 03:07 PM PST Faith No More – bring it on! guardian.co.uk, UK And then there's the small matter of running his label Ipacec and acting as a mogul to the awesome likes of Isis, Dalek, Mouse On Mars and, bizarrely enough, a pre-Little Jackie Imani Coppola. It seemed like the man had about as much interest in FNM's ...

David Tennant's stage Hamlet to be made into film - hellomagazine.com Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:41 PM PST David Tennant's stage Hamlet to be made into film hellomagazine.com, UK With the Dr Who star's performance as the Danish prince being cut short by back injury, a version of the play is to be filmed in June. "It won't be a full feature film as there isn't time but it will certainly be more than just the filming of the ...

Sugar Bits — Skins Nominated For A GLAAD Award - PopSugar.com Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:17 PM PST Sugar Bits — Skins Nominated For A GLAAD Award PopSugar.com, CA Torchwood is also up for an award. — Press Association Robbie Williams is back in the UK, he was pictured in Swindon yesterday trying to go unnoticed in a balaclava(!) and sunglasses. — Telegraph Amy Winehouse has had approximately £15000 worth of her ...

Dr Who Tardis to get interior makeover - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:06 PM PST Dr Who Tardis to get interior makeover Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom ... Bingham The intergalactic vehicle will continue to look like a 1960s police box from the outside but the interior is being given a complete overhaul before its newest occupant, the actor Matt Smith, takes over as the Time Lord from David Tennant. ...

Fans gather to see Doctor Who’s new assistant - WalesOnline Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:55 AM PST Fans gather to see Doctor Who's new assistant WalesOnline, United Kingdom "Lindsay Duncan was very involved in the scene and had about four or five minutes of dialogue with a couple of children before they ran off and she went back into the Tardis. "David Tennant was looking very cold as they waited around and was drinking ...

Daleks heading for Chippenham - Gazette & Herald Posted: 01 Mar 2009 10:18 AM PST Daleks heading for Chippenham Gazette & Herald, UK Cybermen and Dr Who's arch enemy Davros will be joining the daleks and other characters from the hit television series at Chippenham library on 7 March. The sci-fi theme will be continued in a whole day of free activities designed to encourage children ...

We will be doctoring the Tardis - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 09:22 AM PST We will be doctoring the Tardis Mirror.co.uk, UK Production sources say the decision is being taken by new Doctor Who writer and executive producer Stephen Moffat, who wants to distance himself from previous show chief Russell T Davies. He wants the arrival of Matt Smith to signify a new era, ...

WonderCon '09 - IDW Movie/Comics Panel - Newsarama Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:41 AM PST WonderCon '09 - IDW Movie/Comics Panel Newsarama, NJ The panelists were IDW editor Denton J Tipton (Transformers, GI Joe, Dr. Who), writer and staffer Chris Mowry (Transformers: The Reign of Starscream), artist Andrew Griffin, and Star Trek prequel comic writers Tim Jones and Mike Johnson. ...

Moly Mines hits more iron mineralization - SteelGuru Posted: 01 Mar 2009 06:24 AM PST Moly Mines hits more iron mineralization SteelGuru, India Three areas of mineralization have been identified and named Dalek, Auton and Gallifrey. Moly Mines now reports the results from 36 holes drilled at Auton and Dalek. Intersections include: The company said that the Auton prospect, extending over an ...

David Tennant's curtailed Hamlet will rise from the grave - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 01 Mar 2009 02:03 AM PST David Tennant's curtailed Hamlet will rise from the grave Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom He failed to win a nomination for a Laurence Olivier award because a bad back prevented him from completing enough performances, but Mandrake can disclose that fans of David Tennant will have another chance to see him in the role of Hamlet. ...

Doctor takes on Wall-E - The Sun Posted: 01 Mar 2009 01:24 AM PST Doctor takes on Wall-E The Sun, UK DOCTOR Who star David Tennant films a special for the sci-fi show — with a robot resembling Disney waste-collector Wall-E and Lindsay Duncan, who plays ex Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher in a new drama. We're not sure of the plot they shot in Newport, ...

Malaysia to restore 'Allah' ban for Christians - Jakarta Post Posted: 28 Feb 2009 07:49 AM PST Malaysia to restore 'Allah' ban for Christians Jakarta Post, Indonesia By contrast, Allah is distant, hostile, a dalek, definitely not a god who loves and seeks a personal relationship with his children. Why don't Malaysian Christians use instead, "Tuhan" (the Lord?) That would make it clearer that, in fact, ...

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