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• "A Tear, Sarah Jane?"
• Baftas just get dafta and dafta - The Sun
• TV CHIEFS TURN TO REMAKES OF OLD FAVOURITES TO NET VIEWERS - UK Express
• We need more reality in TV's gay storylines - Independent
• Clockwork Storybook
• Andrew Marr on privacy and that Gordon Brown interview - Times Online
• Degrees of truth as stars collide - The Age
• BBC iPlayer to go Global? - geeks
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gail Pennington Column: 'Masterpiece' Thrives As Three - California Chronicle
• PBS masterfully tells small apartheid tale in 'Endgame' - ChicagoNow (blog)
• This Week In Doctor Who - October 24, 2009
• 'Endgame' on 'Masterpiece' - Hartford Courant
• In 'Endgame,' the secret is out - Buffalo News
• Kara Tointon strips off for underwear shoot as she prepares to star in The Bill - Daily Mail
• The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 review - Den Of Geek
• BBC are planning to launch a global iPlayer - HDTV Org
• Exclusive: I've fallen twin love with John and Edward, says X Factor's Yvie ... - Glasgow Sunday Mail
• I'VE FALLEN TWIN LOVE ; Show's Voice Coach Insists Ridiculed Brothers Have the ... - California Chronicle
• 'Doctor Who's hammiest ever villains - Digital Spy
• Sunday's TV Highlights: Cloud is back on 'Nature' - Los Angeles Times
• 'Masterpiece' sets 'Endgame' with its PBS season premiere - NewsOK.com
• David Tennant tops 'Most Popular Doctor Who Stars' poll - DailyIndia.com

"A Tear, Sarah Jane?" Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:36 AM PDT Thanks to Marcus over at the Doctor Who News Page we now know that 0.8 million viewers tuned in to watch The Mad Woman in the Attic - Part Two, up some 200,000 people from the day before. It not only beats the third season's previous high of 0.7 million for Prisoner of the Judoon last week but means that 7% of the available television audience were watching the show as it went out on BBC One. The Audience Appreciation Index should appear online any day now. THE NEW TV SPOT FOR THE WEDDING OF SARAH JANE SMITH... As if you didn't already know... David Tennant is coming to The Sarah Jane Adventures! The brilliant Den of Geek! fansite preview the episodes, which comprise of this coming week's The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith adventure. Here's a few snippets from the site's review - which you can read in full here (part one) and here (part two) - seems like we're in for an emotional rollercoaster: - Peter Dalton, the bloke in question, is as suave as his Bond surname would suggest and is played pitch-perfect by the adorable Nigel "Nice Sermon Vicar" Havers. Not to mention he's a thoroughly good egg to boot. So thoroughly good, it would appear, that Sarah Jane agrees to be his wife pretty sharpish. (Well, at her age, why not?) - Writer Gareth Roberts has packed so much warmth, character and, as always with the Gaz-man, humour. I won't list every gag for you but K9 steals many of the laughs; notably the line "Activating stair negotiation - hover mode." One scene in particular, the 'box' scene, has so much hilarity going on that it even manages to cover up a FDCGA (that's a "Fairly Dodgy Computer Generated Alien) with chuckles and LOLs. - The goodbye scene between Sarah Jane and The Doctor is a poetic reply, if you like, to SJ's farewell scene in The Hand Of Fear where she asked "Don't forget me." (As a side-note, look out for the cuddly Owl she held when she first left the TARDIS now sitting in the Bannerman Road attic during part one of this story.) Sarah's answer is kitten-strokingly beautiful but also filled with pathos at the knowledge of what's to come - Lizzy S and Davey T perform remarkably and if there's a dry eye in your house then you must be a flippin' robot. - The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith is a joyous experience where the story itself takes a back seat to the wonderful performances, hilarity and the inevitable sadness. It's packed with scenes that will make your heart fill up with wonder and cheer - witness as SJ and the gang enter the TARDIS (made me wish they popped off for another adventure). But more than that, it'll reaffirm (if it were needed) that Doctor Who and its spin-off worlds are in safe hands and as groin-grabbingly good as ever. Meanwhile more footage from the SJA event at Liverpool One's Odeon cinema over the weekend has found its way onto Youtube. Here's an impressive video from Neil MacDonald of Scyfilove.com, which includes an interview with Tommy Knight and Anjli Mohindra who act as fabulous ambassadors of the show. They talk about the fun of having David Tennant on set, how to escape a Dalek, how the team wants the Cybermen on the show next year and just how much they really know about Doctor Who series 5, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. There's also footage of the cast meeting fans... and Judoon! Includes sneaky cameo appearences from a pair of SARAH-JANE.tv writers! Finally, here's mine and Nabu San's green screen efforts. Basically we were invited to 'star' in a 30 second SJA video, and were then given the recordings on DVD. Not knowing what to do with our 30 seconds exactly, we basically just pratted around and yes, that's me that then goes on to rugby tackle Nabu... Remember!! You can still catch The Mad Woman in the Attic on BBC iPlayer (UK only, sorry) and The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith hits television screens from this coming Thursday, at 4:35pm on BBC One and BBC HD.

Baftas just get dafta and dafta - The Sun Posted: 25 Oct 2009 07:11 AM PDT Baftas just get dafta and dafta The Sun In the Acting In TV Male category the nominations are David Tennant in Doctor Who and Stephen Jardine for his portrayal of one man's struggle to convince ...

TV CHIEFS TURN TO REMAKES OF OLD FAVOURITES TO NET VIEWERS - UK Express Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:28 AM PDT TV CHIEFS TURN TO REMAKES OF OLD FAVOURITES TO NET VIEWERS UK Express Other notable remakes include Sky's ambitious revival of Blake's 7, which was the brainchild of Terry Nation, creator of the Dalek. ...

We need more reality in TV's gay storylines - Independent Posted: 25 Oct 2009 05:00 AM PDT We need more reality in TV's gay storylines Independent She makes exceptions for programmes such as Channel 4's drama Skins, the BBC's Torchwood, and EastEnders, which recently included the storyline of a gay ...

Clockwork Storybook Posted: 25 Oct 2009 03:34 AM PDT It's with great pride and some surprise that I find I've been asked to join the Clockwork Storybook group of writers. These guys: Mark Finn; Daryl Gregory; Marjorie Liu; Chris Roberson; Matt Sturges; Bill Williams and Bill Willingham aspire to be a kind of modern-day version of the Inklings, the group of drunkards who bothered the landlord of the Eagle and Child in Oxford by never buying more

Andrew Marr on privacy and that Gordon Brown interview - Times Online Posted: 25 Oct 2009 02:59 AM PDT Times Online Andrew Marr on privacy and that Gordon Brown interview Times Online To this day, he says, the most terrible moment of his life was when he knocked for his best friend Giles — and the door was opened by a Dalek. ...

Degrees of truth as stars collide - The Age Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:58 AM PDT Degrees of truth as stars collide The Age Pommy poppet Billie Piper managed it. In fact she's probably the international star of good-friends divorce. Young Piper split with ageing radio DJ Chris ... and more »

BBC iPlayer to go Global? - geeks Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:40 AM PDT BBC iPlayer to go Global? geeks Top Gear, Doctor Who and Torchwood have all been mentioned as likely candidates for the new global version of the iPlayer. "Millions of people love ... and more »

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gail Pennington Column: 'Masterpiece' Thrives As Three - California Chronicle Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:05 PM PDT St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gail Pennington Column: 'Masterpiece' Thrives As Three California Chronicle ... Scottish actor Alan Cumming took over "Mystery," and recent "Dr. Who" star David Tennant makes his debut Sunday as host of "Masterpiece Contemporary. ... and more »

PBS masterfully tells small apartheid tale in 'Endgame' - ChicagoNow (blog) Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:16 PM PDT PBS masterfully tells small apartheid tale in 'Endgame' ChicagoNow (blog) PBS' Masterpiece Contemporary returns with a new host, David Tennant of "Doctor Who" fame, and a tense political thriller about the beginning of the end of ... and more »

This Week In Doctor Who - October 24, 2009 Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:20 PM PDT RIP Rev Edwin Elliott, Jr. 1947-2009 Beloved Uncle, Pastor, Friend Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures fan Regular reader of This Week In Doctor Who --------- This Week In Doctor Who October 24, 2009 - Vol 12, No 40 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho/rss http://www.gallifreyanembassy.org/vortex?q=twidw http://thisweekindoctorwho.blogspot.com read more

'Endgame' on 'Masterpiece' - Hartford Courant Posted: 24 Oct 2009 07:21 PM PDT 'Endgame' on 'Masterpiece' Hartford Courant "Endgame" ushers in the season of "Masterpiece Contemporary" and its new host David Tennant, the most recent "Doctor Who." and more »

In 'Endgame,' the secret is out - Buffalo News Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:30 PM PDT In 'Endgame,' the secret is out Buffalo News The meeting is dramatized with intensity in "Endgame," the season premiere of "Masterpiece Contemporary" that marks David Tennant's ("Doctor Who") debut as ... and more »

Kara Tointon strips off for underwear shoot as she prepares to star in The Bill - Daily Mail Posted: 24 Oct 2009 04:06 PM PDT Daily Mail Kara Tointon strips off for underwear shoot as she prepares to star in The Bill Daily Mail Also starring in the episode, which began filming last week, is former Torchwood star Gareth David-Lloyd. The plot has yet to be revealed - but it is ... and more »

The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 review - Den Of Geek Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:54 PM PDT The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith Part 2 review Den Of Geek David Tennant is back as The Doctor for part two and finds an enemy who has been waiting some time for him... PLEASE NOTE: This review contains slight ... and more »

BBC are planning to launch a global iPlayer - HDTV Org Posted: 24 Oct 2009 02:05 PM PDT BBC are planning to launch a global iPlayer HDTV Org The BBC are planning to extend their hugely successful iPlayer video on demand service to a worldwide audience by offering selected paid for content. ... and more »

Exclusive: I've fallen twin love with John and Edward, says X Factor's Yvie ... - Glasgow Sunday Mail Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:53 PM PDT Exclusive: I've fallen twin love with John and Edward, says X Factor's Yvie ... Glasgow Sunday Mail Yvie has also fallen in love with Stacey Solomon, who talks like a Catherine Tate character but sings with the voice of an angel. ... and more »

I'VE FALLEN TWIN LOVE ; Show's Voice Coach Insists Ridiculed Brothers Have the ... - California Chronicle Posted: 24 Oct 2009 12:51 PM PDT I'VE FALLEN TWIN LOVE ; Show's Voice Coach Insists Ridiculed Brothers Have the ... California Chronicle Yvie has also fallen in love with Stacey Solomon, who talks like a Catherine Tate character but sings with the voice of an angel. ... and more »

'Doctor Who's hammiest ever villains - Digital Spy Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:07 AM PDT 'Doctor Who's hammiest ever villains Digital Spy In the wake of Elisabeth Sladen's hamtastic turn as the Androvax-possessed Sarah Jane, we look at some other 'interesting' depictions of villainy in the ... and more »

Sunday's TV Highlights: Cloud is back on 'Nature' - Los Angeles Times Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:00 AM PDT Sunday's TV Highlights: Cloud is back on 'Nature' Los Angeles Times Masterpiece Contemporary: The Emmy-winning series returns for a new season with a new host -- Scottish actor David Tennant -- and a powerful new drama, ...

'Masterpiece' sets 'Endgame' with its PBS season premiere - NewsOK.com Posted: 24 Oct 2009 10:06 AM PDT 'Masterpiece' sets 'Endgame' with its PBS season premiere NewsOK.com The meeting is dramatized with intensity in "Endgame," the season premiere of "Masterpiece Contemporary" that marks David Tennant's ("Doctor Who") debut as ... and more »

David Tennant tops 'Most Popular Doctor Who Stars' poll - DailyIndia.com Posted: 22 Oct 2009 03:45 PM PDT David Tennant tops 'Most Popular Doctor Who Stars' poll DailyIndia.com Tennant took over the role from acclaimed star Christopher Ecclestone and his five-year run, which ends in 2010 when newcomer Matt Smith takes over, ... and more »

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