Thursday, August 27, 2009

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


People Roundup

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 11:23 AM PDT

Mary Tamm's new autobiography First Generation is released on 14th September. Tamm played the first incarnation of Romana alongside fourth Doctor Tom Baker. Colin Baker has written the foreword to the book which is available in two versions: a standard paperback and a special hardback edition. The hardback edition will only be available direct from Fantom Films and is limited to 200 copies, individually numbered, with extra photographs and signed by Tamm.

John Barrowman will be a guest on the Jonathan Ross Radio show, on BBC Radio 2, on Saturday 5 September. Barrowman is preparing to step into high heels when he takes on the role of Albin in La Cage Aux Folles at the Playhouse Theatre, London, for a limited run from 14 September to 28 November 2009.

Astrid Peth, better know as Kylie Minogue has been confirmed as one of the guests in Radio 2's Thank You For The Music concert in London's Hyde Park on Sunday 13 September 2009, celebrating the Music of Abba. Minogue will perform two Abba hits, Super Trouper and When All Is Said And Done, alongside Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Tickets are available from See tickets and the concert will be broadcast live on Radio 2.

Finally the outgoing Tardis Team of David Tennant and Russell T. Davies have given a 20-minute "exit interview" to Boing Boing Video.

News: Torchwood: The Dead Line

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:10 AM PDT

Starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, the CD release of Torchwood: The Dead Line runs to 1 hour on 1 CD and is available now. Written specially for BBC Radio by Phil Ford, The Dead Line is another terrifying adventure surrounded by mystery. Along with Asylum and Golden Age, The Dead Line was first broadcast in early July on BBC Radio 4. When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with patients that have fallen into...

News: RTD and DT Interviewed

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 09:41 AM PDT

Super cool site DangerousMinds.net features a 20 minute video interview with David Tennant and Russell T Davies in which the outgoing star and showrunner of Doctor Who chat about what's in the future for both of them as well as various elements of the series as a whole. There's lots to see and hear in this interview which took place after the Sand Diego Comic Con, and we've got the interview below for your perusal - here's a snippet of the introduction by interviewer Richard Metzger... How...

News: Award Winning Tate

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 06:13 AM PDT

AirlockAlpha.com's sci fi Portal Awards has awarded Catherine Tate as the Best Actress on Television for the role of Donna Noble in the 2008 run of Doctor Who. This is the first time Doctor Who has won any of the sites major acting awards - and while Billie Piper missed out on the Best Guest Star Category, Turn Left finished second in the Best Episode category and David Tennant found himself as runner up to the Best Actor award (beaten by Jensen Ackles of Supernatural), it's good to see an...

Torchwood - The Complete Second Season - IGN

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:49 AM PDT


Torchwood - The Complete Second Season
IGN
August 26, 2009 - Torchwood began with a lot of promise. The first scene in the pilot episode where Gwen first encounters a Weevil is an ...

The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Docto... - TVShowsOnDVD.com

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 02:43 AM PDT


TVShowsOnDVD.com

The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Doctor's Companion is Back At It ...
TVShowsOnDVD.com
... as incomparable Sarah Jane Smith returns for a second series of the spectacular, thrilling children's drama from the makers of Doctor Who and Torchwood. ...

Fifth Doctor and Companions Reunited!

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 01:02 AM PDT

July 2010 brings another season of three stories for the Fifth Doctor, this time reuniting members of the TV cast for the first time in 26 years. "Janet Fielding will be back as Tegan Jovanka," says Nick Briggs, "for three stories that include Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and Mark Strickson as Vislor Turlough. Getting these actors together in one studio is a first for us - Janet has only done one play with us before, while Mark now lives in New Zealand. But they've all committed to the project and we couldn't be more excited!"
"The idea first came about when we were recording a Companion Chronicle with Mark earlier in the year," adds producer David Richardson. "He and I were chatting in the green room, and he mentioned the fact that he'd be willing to fly back again from New Zealand to record a season of stories. And wouldn't it be nice, if Janet was willing too, to get the whole team back together?
"I rang Nick and script editor Alan Barnes, and both thought it was a great idea. So I got hold of Janet's number, and rang her up at home one Sunday. Imagine our delight when she agreed!"
Meanwhile, the title for the February 2010 release has been revealed, comprising the three-parter Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Clements, alongside the one-parter Klein's Story by John Ainsworth and Lee Mansfield.

Your say on satnav - TeleText

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 12:20 AM PDT


Your say on satnav
TeleText
Rick, Pevensey I have the Supreme Dalek barking instructions on my voicemail. For satnav, I recommend Sylvester the cat as he has the funniest voice. ...

Sixth Doctor Gets New/Old Companion!

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 10:36 PM PDT

Following on from last month's announcement that Nazi scientist Elizabeth Klein (Tracey Childs) will be joining the Seventh Doctor for a season of three audio stories, Big Finish has released more news concerning its output in 2010.
"We're trying something a little different next year," announces executive producer Nicholas Briggs, "with some surprising combinations of Doctors and companions. So it's with great pleasure that I can announce that Frazer Hines will be reprising the role of Jamie McCrimmon, joining the Sixth Doctor for four brand new adventures."
Three of these stories will comprise a season of full-cast plays, to be released between April and June. The fourth will be a tie-in Companion Chronicle story, which will be released in May, and will be performed by Hines alongside an as yet unnamed guest star. Hines, of course, accompanied the Second Doctor in his travels on TV between 1966-1969, and returned alongside the Second and Sixth Doctors in The Two Doctors (1984).

IRA sympathiser Ted Kennedy was no fr... - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 10:05 PM PDT


IRA sympathiser Ted Kennedy was no friend of Britain
Telegraph.co.uk
The book by Robert Dalek on Kennedy gives a real insight into the man's guts and character. I must admit, I have become a great fan. Not so with Ted, ...

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Thank you, America!

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 09:37 PM PDT

Thanks to the ever vigilant Phoenix123 over @ Gallifrey Base and the oh-so wonderful UGO TV Blog, we have three very VERY squee-worthy things to tell you today! Firstly...we have the cover of the second series boxset:


Secondly, we have a few details regarding what's going to be on the boxset!:

The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Season
STREET DATE: November 10, 2009
SRP: $39.98
NUMBER OF DISCS: 3
SYNOPSIS: Life on Earth can be an adventure too! Get ready for more danger, mystery and wonder as incomparable Sarah Jane Smith returns for a second series of the spectacular, thrilling children's drama from the makers of Doctor Who and Torchwood! When Sarah's adopted son, Luke, first became part of Sarah Jane's life, he encountered a world of adventure - not just of dangerous aliens bent on invasion and destruction, but also an amazing world of wonder and excitement which showed him that the universe really is an amazing place. This is something that Sarah Jane is keen to keep from Bannerman Road, and Series Two's newest addition, fourteen-year-old Rani Chandra and her parents Gita and Haresh. But sparky Rani is a wannabe journalist and, like Sarah Jane, is not the type to let a mystery go unsolved!

BONUS FEATURES:
  • Interview with cast and crew
  • Season synopses for all stories
  • Investigating Tools – a gadget glossary
  • Quiz with special footage prize
  • Character and alien profiles
  • Photo gallery
  • Audio clips
  • UK TV spots
  • Trailers

And thirdly, and the eagle-eyed amongst you may have spotted this already, that's a REGION 1 second series set! Meaning that despite Season 2 not airing in the US [yet], American SJA fans will be getting the boxset anyway, on November 10th, 2009 - a day after the UK! :D A big 'huzzah!' for fans across the Atlantic! I'm so happy I'm willing to look past how garish the cover looks.

UPDATE 26/08/09: TVShowsOnDVD have posted up an article about the second season set, too - with a picture of it from another angle. They've also stated that a boxset of the third series is currently in the planning stages!

News: Torchwood: Golden Age

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 05:52 PM PDT

Torchwood radio drama Golden Age is now available on CD following its original broadcast in early July. Running to 1 hour on 1 CD is has an RRP of &ound;9.78 and is available now. Starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, Golden Age is written by specially for BBC Radio by James Goss, and sees the Torchwood team in Delhi on the trail of a dangerous energy field... In Delhi they witness the simultaneous disappearance...

Twins set to take identical career paths - South Wales Evening Post

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:29 PM PDT


Twins set to take identical career paths
South Wales Evening Post
... past students have gone on to work on a host of famous stage and TV productions from Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables to Coronation Street and Torchwood. ...

Wildest Dreams: why these young hopef... - guardian.co.uk

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 04:21 PM PDT


guardian.co.uk

Wildest Dreams: why these young hopefuls beat Alan Sugar's apprentices
guardian.co.uk
This summer BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has tried hard to entertain us, with fresh series of The Street, Torchwood and New Tricks, instead of padding out the ...

Dalek & Delta exhibition, London - wallpaper.com

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 02:55 PM PDT


wallpaper.com

Dalek & Delta exhibition, London
wallpaper.com
American artist James Marshall and Amsterdam-based former graffiti maestro Boris Tellegen have this month come together in London for Dalek & Delta - a show ...

Mari Ann Bull, 10, stars in BBC drama... - WalesOnline

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 01:38 PM PDT


Mari Ann Bull, 10, stars in BBC drama alongside Trevor Eve and Eve ...
WalesOnline
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has landed a top TV role alongside Torchwood actress Eve Myles. Mari Ann Bull plays one of the lead child parts in Framed, ...

Santa Fe author ready to release new ... - Alamogordo Daily News

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 11:06 AM PDT


Santa Fe author ready to release new book
Alamogordo Daily News
Perhaps the best known is her six-book Outlander series about Claire Randall, a 20th-century doctor who becomes a time-traveler going through standing ...

Mapping Australia one road at a time - Brisbane Times

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 08:03 AM PDT


Brisbane Times

Mapping Australia one road at a time
Brisbane Times
It looks like a cross between a Dalek and a Google Street View Car as it cruises the suburbs with its 270-degree roof-mounted camera, but the Navteq maps ...

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Mapping Australia one road at a time - WA today

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:59 AM PDT


WA today

Mapping Australia one road at a time
WA today
It looks like a cross between a Dalek and a Google Street View Car as it cruises the suburbs with its 270-degree roof-mounted camera, but the Navteq maps ...

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Mapping Australia one road at a time - The Age

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:58 AM PDT


The Age

Mapping Australia one road at a time
The Age
It looks like a cross between a Dalek and a Google Street View Car as it cruises the suburbs with its 270-degree roof-mounted camera, but the Navteq maps ...

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Loyal fans - Malaysia Star

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 07:20 AM PDT


Loyal fans
Malaysia Star
DOCTOR Who is often seen as a quintessentially English character – an eccentric fearlessly fighting Daleks and Cybermen with the help ...

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Mapping Australia one road at a time - Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 06:59 AM PDT


Sydney Morning Herald

Mapping Australia one road at a time
Sydney Morning Herald
It looks like a cross between a Dalek and a Google Street View Car as it cruises the suburbs with its 270-degree roof-mounted camera, but the Navteq maps ...

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Doctor Who team's farewell Comicon vi... - Examiner.com

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 03:12 AM PDT


Doctor Who team's farewell Comicon visit drops year-end spoilers
Examiner.com
... for any fans willing to wait in the four thousand person line for a chance to see David Tennant, writer Russell T Davies and producer Julie Gardner. ...

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Doctor Who's Greatest Moments - The Companions

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 11:00 AM PDT

A celebratory new series from the makers of Doctor Who Confidential.

Thursday, 27th August at 8:00pm on BBC3.

Exclusive clip of Doctor Who's Greatest Moments!

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 11:00 AM PDT

Sneak peek of the new Companions episode

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