Saturday, August 14, 2010

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Meet Dr Luke, the producer behind smash hits for Katy Perry and Kesha - The Guardian

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT


The Guardian

Meet Dr Luke, the producer behind smash hits for Katy Perry and Kesha
The Guardian
The default sound of modern US pop – female-fronted, sexually frank, dalek-voiced, fizzing with 80s synths – is broadly Gottwald's creation. ...

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World's Michael Cera and Edgar Wright go into battle at ... - The Guardian

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 10:07 AM PDT


The Guardian

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World's Michael Cera and Edgar Wright go into battle at ...
The Guardian
He remembers meeting Tom Baker at a Doctor Who convention aged eight, and he's still quite excited about the fact that his hotel room is just down the ...

and more��

The io9 guide to selling your collectibles online in a bad economy - io9

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 09:38 AM PDT


The io9 guide to selling your collectibles online in a bad economy
io9
Even if you think you might be able to sell two whole cases of talking Dalek mugs (an item that MacLeod did well with lately) you should probably be more ...

Français Demande Fans de Doctor Who Sortie en DVD!

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 09:20 AM PDT

Hell n'ont pas dédaigné fureur comme Doctor Who fans!

French Doctor Who fans have launched an online petition for the release of Season Four of the show on DVD, which stars David Tennant as the Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.

Doctor Who Series 4 starred David Tennant and Catherine TateFansite Beans on Toast sent a petition addressed to Publishing Director Denis Rostein at France Télévision Distribution demanding that they show respect to the growing Who community in France by releasing the series  uncensored.

The petition chides the company's previous releases of Season Three, where the original English version was missing and Season One where only three quarters of the series was included in the release.

Pleading with Rostein the petition says (via the 'magic' of Google Translate):

We do not ask for a DVD as comprehensive as the British edition, but to simply watch and discover this series as a whole.

There have been no plans to release Season Four for the past year.

The website has promised to take further action if they get enough signatories.

In France Doctor Who is broadcast on France 4 which lists the Doctors age as 750 and calls the show 'Fantastique' while Torchwood is shown on the NRJ-12 network.

In July an exclusive screening of La Onzième Heure took place at Paris' second annual Comic Con along with the first episode of Doctor Who Confidential.

The petition so far has only 157 signatories so click here, battle against Google Translate and sign it, so your fellow Whovians can finally watch the Tenth Doctor's last full season again and again.

(With thanks to Aurélie)

Reel 'em In! - Men's Fitness

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 09:06 AM PDT


Men's Fitness

Reel 'em In!
Men's Fitness
Salmon and tuna are already a diet staple (we hope). Cast a wider net and enjoy these other fish with healthy benefits. ...

'Doctor Who' thing of the day: rapping about not watching 'Doctor Who' - Flick Filosopher (blog)

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:32 AM PDT


'Doctor Who' thing of the day: rapping about not watching 'Doctor Who'
Flick Filosopher (blog)
... that "I Have Never Watched An Episode of Dr. Who In My Life." I'm teasing. I mean, he really does publicly admit that he has never seen Doctor Who, ...

Paul Magrs on Demon Quest

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 08:20 AM PDT

Demons, a treasure hunt through time and space and a supposedly light fingered housekeeper- Such barmy, brilliant events can only mean that Fourth Doctor Tom Baker is back, lending his delectable vocals once again to a new Who audiobook- Demon Quest.

Doctor Who - Demon Quest stars Tom BakerWhen the Doctor returns to Nest Cottage, a year after the events of previous Fourth Doctor audio adventure Hornets' Nest, he discovers his housekeeper, Mrs Wibbsey (Susan Jameson), may have taken a component from the TARDIS leaving in its place a bag strange artifacts containing several clues that lead him and Mike Yates (Richard Franklin) across time in a hunt for his housekeeper and the missing part.

Writer Matthew Badham recently sat down to chat with writer Paul Magrs (The Blue Angel, The Scarlett Empress)  posting a full transcript of an interview that had previously appeared in the Big Issue in the north.

Magrs reveals that his love for Tom Baker's Doctor still shows no signs of winding down (when he first met him Magrs gave him some Jelly Babies) much to the joy of his inner 10 year-old:

His first year as Doctor Who was the first year I have any memories of anything at all. He is the perfect Doctor and, like everyone else, I never thought we'd hear from him again.

It's very much Tom's Doctor and no one else's. Only Tom's Doctor talks in this particular way… He's the wittiest, the cleverest and the strangest – and that's what I write for him.

Magrs got the gig writing Hornets' Nest after pitching several 'crazy ideas' which resulted in him being commissioned to write all five parts of 'Nest. A workload he replicated for Demon Quest.

Like Moffat's dark fairytale motif Magrs sees the Doctors world in wintery shadows;

I like to tap into the Gothic spirit of the 70s Who. It's perhaps even more macabre and surreal, the way we do it… For me, Doctor Who was all about dark autumn and winter nights and strange fireside tales… and that's what we do.

He also let slip his designs for Who if he ever took the reigns of the TV series:

I'd bring in some more non-TV writers. I'd set more stories in outer space. I'd bring back the Zygons…

Part one The Relics of Time is set to be released on 2nd September and can be pre-ordered from Amazon for £6.99 – meanwhile the following four parts£7.49 each.

The complete Hornets' Nest saga is available to buy on the 2nd September and can pre-ordered from Amazon for £35.00.

For a full synopsis of all the tales and the latest Tom Baker news check out the actor's own website.

For the rest of the interview visit Matthew Badham's blog.

Doctor Who complete reviews: The Three Doctors - Shadowlocked

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 07:55 AM PDT


Shadowlocked

Doctor Who complete reviews: The Three Doctors
Shadowlocked
The Cybermen. At any point, the Doctor could have gulped in terror, scuttled to the TARDIS and activated the Time Lord hotline. Fair enough, the TOTP blob ...

TV critic leaves Tribune for AOL Television - Chicago Breaking Business - Tribune

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 06:24 AM PDT


TV critic leaves Tribune for AOL Television
Chicago Breaking Business - Tribune
... Doctor Who, Torchwood and the like in her column, long before they were picked up as noteworthy by other mainstream television commentators. ...

and more��

Edinburgh Festival 2010: Kevin Eldon, Stand One - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:49 AM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

Edinburgh Festival 2010: Kevin Eldon, Stand One
Telegraph.co.uk
before treating us to Roadside Genocide, Hell Date, and the undimmed, borderline genius of I Am a Dalek. Having reappeared as at least some sort of version ...

and more��

Doctor Who Series 5 Original TV Soundtrack

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 05:46 AM PDT

Murray Gold's music from the fifth series of Doctor Who has been reported as being released on CD by Silva Screen on the 8th November 2010, the same day as the series is released on DVD/Blu-ray by BBC Worldwide/2Entertain.

This CD quickly follows the release of the Specials set a couple of months before on 20th September.

No other details about the CD are available at present.

Excellent Movie to Watch Doctor Who Online Free Streaming - Warwick Beacon

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 04:40 AM PDT


Excellent Movie to Watch Doctor Who Online Free Streaming
Warwick Beacon
Doctor Who has also created several products such as the television series Torchwood and The Adventures of Sarah Jane Smith, novels and comics. ...

and more��

Series 5 Soundtrack Dated

Posted: 13 Aug 2010 03:13 AM PDT

Doctor Who Series 5 soundtrack dated for November release.

Just a Perfect Who…

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 11:25 PM PDT

Remeber the BBC's old "celebration" cover version of the Lou Reed classic "Perfect Day", in which a series of legendary music artists and Ronan Keating lent their vocals in series, accompanied by a slick promo video?

Well one bonkers genius Doctor Who fan has decided to replicate the video – using Doctor Who figures!

We particularly love the use of the Ood, the pig alien from Aliens of London, the Sontaran and even the Face of Boe!, but probably topping it all off is the ace bit with Martha Jones and a Weeping Angel!

View the video along with the original BBC version that inspired it at viciousimagery.blogspot.com.

(Via @Paul_Cornell)

Dalek Birthday Cake - Walyou (blog)

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 10:33 PM PDT


Walyou (blog)

Dalek Birthday Cake
Walyou (blog)
If yes, then I am sure you will love this perfect tribute to the wonderful TV series – a Dalek birthday cake. Weighing almost 20 kilos, equivalent to more ...

It's Friday the 13th...and the Being Human set is being haunted! - Beehive City

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 09:03 PM PDT


Beehive City

It's Friday the 13th...and the Being Human set is being haunted!
Beehive City
... is that filming has moved from Bristol to South Wales…Perhaps Being Human is being haunted by the ghost of Torchwood which is relocating from Cardiff to LA?

The Doctor, Romana, And Prime!

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 06:55 PM PDT

Why don't they make adverts like these anymore?  Let's take the TARDIS back to the 1980s Tom Baker episodes, watch them, slice them all up, and insert in between them (like they'd do in America) these Prime computer commercials starring Tom Baker as the Doctor and Lalla Ward as Romana!

Need I say more?  Forget Macs and PCs; buy your Prime today!  It can talk to other computers!

P.S. They said Kasterborous (I'm looking at you, Christian)!

HBO wants rating rebound - The Daily Advertiser

Posted: 12 Aug 2010 06:53 PM PDT


HBO wants rating rebound
The Daily Advertiser
n Torchwood has a new home. Captain Jack (John Barrowman) is back in the 10-part Torchwood: The New World on Starz. The team has left Wales for the USA; ...

and more��

Katherine Jenkins wraps 'Doctor Who' role - Digital Spy

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 04:08 AM PDT


Katherine Jenkins wraps 'Doctor Who' role
Digital Spy
... for Dr Who now... Feel really sad as I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would! Lovely people! (sic)'' The Doctor Who Christmas Special will premiere ...

and more��

Specials CD Tracklisting

Posted: 10 Aug 2010 04:08 AM PDT

Full tracklisting for the upcoming Specials soundtrack released.

No comments: