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- Diary: Florence faces the flak - Independent
- Egg-sterminate?
- Celebrity-packed scarecrow festival puts Flamstead 'on the map' - This is Local London
- Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan, David Cameron and Nick Clegg visit Flamstead for ... - St Albans & Harpenden Review
- Torchwood star John Barrowman holds garage sale - BBC News
- Doctor Who Episode 3: TARDIS Details Revealed - GamersDailyNews
- “Marmite on socks”
- John Barrowman's garage sale - WalesOnline
- John Barrowman sells off his own figures at garage sale - Scottish Daily Record
- Kiss and Tell
- Barrowman insists he's staying in Wales - WalesOnline
- RTD: Old Torchwood “Cute”
- Ianto Stays Dead
- Courtesy of the Daleks!
- Short Trips - Volume 1 Stories revealed
- SFX Poll Success for Doctor Who
- Finished Product Out Now
- Explore the TARDIS!
- Jago and Litefoot - Series 2 Titles Revealed
- Colin Baker in Kangazang
- Carole Barrowman Teams with Captain Jack on "Torchwood" Comic - Comic Book Resources
| Diary: Florence faces the flak - Independent Posted: 22 Aug 2010 10:01 AM PDT
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| Posted: 22 Aug 2010 05:48 AM PDT I'm afraid there was no avoiding this particular pun – as you can see, this egg-shaped Dalek is pretty cool!
Back in the 1980s, around the same time that Doctor Who was entering its "low period", there was a massive salmonella scare. Egg puns were coming out ten to the dozen – but let's not forget that people were dying from the virus; children, pregnant women and the elderly. So wherever in the world you are, if you're not as fit as you might be, make sure you cook your eggs properly! (Via Wired) | ||
| Celebrity-packed scarecrow festival puts Flamstead 'on the map' - This is Local London Posted: 22 Aug 2010 03:15 AM PDT
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| Torchwood star John Barrowman holds garage sale - BBC News Posted: 22 Aug 2010 02:59 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who Episode 3: TARDIS Details Revealed - GamersDailyNews Posted: 22 Aug 2010 01:06 AM PDT
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:32 PM PDT Doctor Who writer Neil Gaiman has given readers of his blog a sneak peak at a few lines of cut dialogue from the episode he is writing for Series 6 – set for a read-through in the next few days! He estimates that he's currently up to draft ten, and the amusing passage below has been cut since draft six. AMY While this wouldn't be out of place if it had a bearing on the episode, the reason that it has been cut is that is has no bearing. Which is a shame, because it is a lovely passage which captures both characters perfectly. Gaiman reports that the script is getting better, tighter and "turned up to eleven" – which is pretty apt. If the rest of the dialogue is as good as what you've just read, we're in for a definite treat. | ||
| John Barrowman's garage sale - WalesOnline Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:47 PM PDT
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| John Barrowman sells off his own figures at garage sale - Scottish Daily Record Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:41 PM PDT
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 08:51 PM PDT Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan appeared on BBC One's The One Show on Friday evening, giving new once-a-week presenter Chris Evans something to smile about by stepping in at the last minute. You can view the clip above – or you can get a general overview below. With each of the stars looking stylish, converation soon turned to the closing moments of Flesh and Stone – and that kiss. In typical "non-actor" manner, presenter Alex Jones asked how they prepared for the business of kissing.
Amusingly, when asked if she enjoyed it, Gillan replied:
Another topic of conversation was Chris Evans and Matt Smith's previous encounter, when Evans was married to Billie Piper. Smith revealed that they were introduced by "Bills" at a village fete. Much hiliarity ensured when the Doctor Who star explained "Bills" was actress Billie Piper, to which Evans added "ex-wife of mine by the way. I went there." This classy comment on national TV prompted Matt Smith to shout "high five!" Pretty embarrassing stuff which marred an otherwise entertaining appearance. (Via DigitalSpy, PA) | ||
| Barrowman insists he's staying in Wales - WalesOnline Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:58 PM PDT
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| Posted: 21 Aug 2010 04:45 AM PDT Speaking to SFX Magazine recently, Russell T Davies declared that Torchwood Series 1 and 2 were "cute", and that the changes made in Children of Earth were here to stay.
So many of Torchwood's initial fans were seduced by the charm of the Hub, the SUV, Tosh's shyness and Owen's "sleeping about" as much as they were by the growing Jack and Ianto relationship. However it has long been the contention of Kasterborous that Torchwood Series 1 and 2 were aimed not at adults as claimed, but at teenagers. In Children of Earth, this changed – and the third series of Torchwood worked. Torchwood Series 4 should work too. | ||
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 06:45 AM PDT Russell T Davies' recent chat with SFX has seen him reveal a few things about Torchwood Series 4 – not least the amount of behind the scenes work that has gone into forging a co-production between BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and Starz.
Basically, yes he is. Dead. So Russell says:
So, the loyal Torchwood servant, tragically gassed in Children of Earth, will remain dead. Which is just as well. As we've seen with another loyal companion, repeated comebacks just serve to decrease the impact of the first departure (see Turn Left/The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, The End of Time, Part 2). Perhaps this is for the best. | ||
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:40 AM PDT
Reward: £1,000,000 Recognition and an e-pat on the back. If you've been surfing the Anglophenia section of the BBC America website this week, you may have caught a glimpse of this Dalek-style "While You Were Out" tag that would be even more superb if found on a front door! To celebrate and help spread the message, Kasterborous is pleased to announce the start of a national campaign to hang these notes on every door in Great Britain! And YOU can help! Got a printer? Go ahead and churn out a couple hundred of these, cut out those little holes for the doorknobs with a pair of scissors, and hit every door in your neighbourhood! If every reader participates, we can have tens of thousands of Dalek door messages on the streets within a matter of days! So what are you waiting for? Hit Print, shut off your computer, and get to work! Seriously though, the folks at Anglophenia seem unaware of the image's creator, so if you or someone you know helped the Daleks attempt this extermination, please let us know immediately in the comments or via patrick@kasterborous.com so you can be publicly thanked! (You'll be asked to prove it, mind.) Because, quite frankly, we don't think a Dalek could have written "The Doctor" in perfect cursive with a sink plunger; a human must have been on hand to help out. | ||
| Short Trips - Volume 1 Stories revealed Posted: 20 Aug 2010 04:03 AM PDT The line up for the first volume of audio Short Trips , which is released in November, has now been revealed. There are eight stories - one for each of the first eight Doctors, which are read by prominent actors from Doctor Who history. Rise and Fall by George Mann Read by William Russell A Stain of Red in the Sand by David A McEwan Read by David Troughton A True Gentleman by Jamie Hailstone Read by Katy Manning Death-Dealer by Damian Sawyer Read by Louise Jameson The Deep by Ally Kennen Read by Peter Davison The Wings of a Butterfly by Colin Baker Read by Colin Baker Police and Shreeves by Adam Smith Read by Sophie Aldred Running Out of Time by Dorothy Koomson Read by India Fisher Audio Short Trips can be pre-ordered here. Three additional volumes of eight stories each are scheduled for release in 2011. | ||
| SFX Poll Success for Doctor Who Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:32 AM PDT SFX have published the results from round 2 of their top 200 characters poll with some excellent results for Doctor Who. As you may have already read, the Daleks topped the bill in the Favourite Monsters, Supernatural Beings & Fantasy Creatures category beating Predators, Aliens and Cybermen. But special (and well deserved) praise must go to the Master who came first in the Favourite Villains category. Pictured as his Roger Delgado incarnation, the insane Time Lord beat such favourites as Darth Vader (Star Wars), The Joker (Batman), Lex Luthor (Superman) and Magneto (X Men). The not-surprising news is that in the Favourite Hero category, our favourite Time Lord the Doctor came in at first place! Hardly surprising as he's brilliant but it's worth knowing that he beat other favourites such as Han Solo (Star Wars), Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood), James T Kirk (Star Trek), Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) and even Indiana Jones himself! Although they didn't top their categories, Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith came in at fourth, eighth and tenth places respectively in the Favourite Heroine category. So it's almost confirmed that characters from the Doctor Who universe are clearly the coolest ever (as if we didn't already know that). The final round is still to come and so there's everything to play for, the winners of each category will now go head to head to win the title of The Ultimate Best SF or Fantasy Character Ever. The results will be published in accordance with the release of SFX's 200th issue and wouldn't it be fantastic if the Doctor was voted the all time best character. Go to the link now and vote for our favourite Gallifreyan, he deserves to be honoured! The SFX poll can be entered by visiting www.sfx.co.uk! | ||
| Posted: 20 Aug 2010 03:16 AM PDT Issue four of The Finished Product, the unofficial companion to the Doctor Who audio series from Big Finish Productions, is now available. This issue concentrates on the UNIT spin-off series, looking at the genesis of the UNIT series, featuring the original character outlines given to the writers, through to the free Doctor Who Magazine UNIT story The Coup, and the making of all four of the stories. There's also a look at what could have been if a second series had gone ahead. The issue features contributions from John Ainsworth, Ian Brooker, Jonathan Clements, Robert Curbishley, David Darlington, Ian Farrington, Joseph Lidster, Ian McLaughlin, Gary Russell, and Edward Salt, plus many never-before-seen pictures from the recording sessions. There's also an interview with popular Big Finish composer Russell Stone. For more information, email thefinishedproduct@hotmail.co.uk. | ||
| Posted: 19 Aug 2010 11:16 PM PDT
The BBC has today unveiled official details of the third episode from its pioneering series of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – released on August 27th, 2010, it gives you the chance to explore the world behind the inner doors of the TARDIS! Executive produced by Steven Moffat, and written by James Moran (Torchwood, The Fires of Pompeii), this third installment of the four-part series is called TARDIS - and will, for the first time, offer fans the opportunity to fly the blue box which is bigger on the inside. Says Steven Moffat:
Doctor Who fans will soon find out, where the steps into the interior of the TARDIS lead, as the game allows players to explore the Doctor's wondrous drawing room, featuring treasures and artifacts from his many adventures – a location specially created for the game, which will go on to form part of the Doctor Who canon.
With the TARDIS stuck in a riptide, and the Doctor sucked into space, Amy Pond must explore the secrets of the time machine in order to restore normality. The adventure will uncover the secrets of the TARDIS, unveil two brand new monsters – and allow players to pilot the TARDIS themselves. James Moran's madcap script takes players on a frantic, funny and altogether surprising adventure which could only be told by a Doctor Who story. With full virtual likenesses of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, and music from Murray Gold, this adventure is as much a part of the Doctor Who legend as the TV series. The interactive episodes are executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and with Anwen Aspden (BBC Wales Interactive), alongside Charles Cecil, one of videogaming's most revered creators. The games are being developed by Sumo Digital, and the project was commissioned for BBC Online by the Vision Multiplatform team, headed up by Simon Nelson and is being driven by BBC Wales Interactive. TARDIS will be soon available simultaneously on PC and Mac from the Doctor Who website (www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho). The game will be available for no extra cost to UK households. Users outside the UK will be able to purchase and download it on the same date – August 27th, 2010! Users outside the UK will be able to purchase and download it on its UK release date, 27 August.Au | ||
| Jago and Litefoot - Series 2 Titles Revealed Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:33 PM PDT The second series of Jago and Litefoot will be released in January 2011 and features four brand new adventures, in which the duo investigates more infernal incidents in foggy Victorian London. The ensemble also includes Christopher Benjamin and Jago, Trevor Baxter as Professor Litefoot, Conrad Asquith as Sergeant Quick and Lisa Bowerman as Ellie, while David Collings (Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen, The Robots of Death, Mawydryn Undead) joins the cast as Gabriel Sanders. The series begins with Litefoot and Sanders written by Justin Richards, in which Professor Litefoot teams with new sleuthing partner Gabriel Sanders, as they pursue the perpetrator of a number of sinister murders. "Yes, Jago and Litefoot have gone their separate ways!" announces producer David Richardson. "And Jago isn't happy about this at all… "When we came to cast the third part of this friendship triangle, we considered a number of great character actors. We set our heart on David Collings - and we were thrilled when he said yes." The second story is The Necropolis Express by Mark Morris, which centres on strange events in a remote graveyard. Renowned actor Vernon Dobtcheff, whose credits include Doctor Who: The War Games, Blake's 7: Shadow and the James Bond movie The Spy Who Loved Me, guest stars as Reuben Mord. Next up is The Theatre of Dreams by Jonathan Morris, a surreal tale in which Jago secures a new act for the Palace Theatre – but it's one that could prove fatal to the audience... The series concludes with The Ruthven Inheritance by Andy Lane, in which the excavated bones of the aristocratic Ruthven family reveal a terrible secret. Simon Williams (Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks) plays Lord Ruthven. "And it doesn't end there," continues the producer. "A third season has already been commissioned – and it will be a rather interesting change of style…" Series two is available for pre-order now. | ||
| Posted: 19 Aug 2010 09:22 PM PDT Former Sixth Doctor actor Colin Baker has lent his vocal talents to a new audio book release of a sci-fi romp entitled Kangazang.
If you buy the audio book, you also get exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, within which Colin discusses his time on Doctor Who, his love of Sci-Fi and also talks about Kangazang itself: "Kangazang! coincides with my type of humour. It's a bit undergrad in parts – but it made me laugh and its got heart. I like all that." The audio version of Kangazang is based on a book written by Terry Cooper, who has nothing but praise for Baker:
So if you're a fan of Colin Baker or even if you're not, Kangazang will have something to offer everyone. You can find out how to order Kangazang by visiting www.kangazang.co.uk today. For those of you who would like to see Colin Baker tread the boards, he's currently appearing in an Inspector Morse adventure called House of Ghosts at Richmond theatre. | ||
| Carole Barrowman Teams with Captain Jack on "Torchwood" Comic - Comic Book Resources Posted: 19 Aug 2010 03:59 AM PDT
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However it seems that over in the USA, a massive recall is in place on millions of eggs that originate from just a couple of farms – eggs infected with the salmonella bacteria which might jog a few memories for us Brits.
The following words from RTD about Torchwood Series 4 and why Children of Earth was a success might raise a few unhappy memories from long term Torchwood fans:
Of most interest to a good portion of Torchwood fans, however, will be news of Ianto Jones' mortality.
Wanted: The person who created the picture found in this article.
The first two episodes of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – City of the Daleks and Blood of the Cybermen – have been downloaded over 1.3 million times in the UK – and with episode three offering the opportunity to explore and pilot the world's most famous police box, it's sure to prove an equally massive draw.
The triple CD set, released by Candy Jar Books, features not only Baker providing a multitude of voices but also up and coming Welsh actress Claire Cage who has appeared in the Torchwood episode Sleeper, deputised for Zoe Wanamaker during The End of the World studio recordings and has also been in Sherlock! The plot for Kangazang is very Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy-esque:| You are subscribed to email updates from Kopic's Dr Who and Torchwood News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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