Saturday, August 28, 2010

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


People Roundup

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:56 PM PDT

Karen Gillan will join Steven Moffat at the Edinburgh International Television Festival for a question and answer session about Doctor Who. The Masterclass is being held at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Sunday morning. Moffat will also appear on the panel for special Question Time on Saturday night alongside Diane Abbott MP and Mariella Frostrup.

David Tennnat has been listed as one of the top ten Hamlet's by The Guardian newspaper. Tennant, who played the role in Stratford and London in 2008, was described as sardonic and volatile, a Hamlet so graceful that at times he seemed almost to dance across the stage.

BBC4 is to dramatise Douglas Adams's 1987 novel about anti-hero Dirk Gently. Adams was Script Editor for Season 17 of Doctor Who and wrote The Pirate Planet and co-wrote City of Death. He was writing a third Dirk Gently book, The Salmon of Doubt, at the time of his death in 2001. The books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for Television.

Andrew Smith has been talking to the Rutherglen Reformer about his return to Doctor Who and his new script for Big Finish Productions. Smith wrote the 1980 Fourth Doctor story Full Circle. The new story is called The Invasion of E-Space and once more features Lalla Ward as Romana. Smith told the Reformer: "I wrote the first draft, sent it off, and I didn't hear back for a little while. I was getting really paranoid as I had no idea how it had gone down, but I was quite relieved when they got back to me and said they loved it."

International iPlayer on the way

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 02:39 PM PDT

Mark ThompsonBBC Director General Mark Thompson has told the Edinburgh International Television Festival the corporation is aiming to launch an international commercial version of the BBC iPlayer within a year.

The plans, which are subject to approval by the BBC Trust, will hopefully allow viewers around the world to watch BBC programmes, including Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, soon after their UK transmission. There are also plans to develop a way for UK licence fee payers and British servicemen and women around the world to gain access to a version of the UK public service iPlayer.

The BBC Chief used the MacTaggart Lecture to defend the BBC following criticism from many of its competitors, such as James Murdoch who gave last years key note speech to the festival. The speech has already been attacked by The Telegraph who singled out the free downloads of Doctor Who computer games, such as today's release of The Doctor Who Adventures, as something the BBC has no business doing.

Doctor Who Prom Extra Material

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:31 PM PDT

Doctor Who: PromThe BBC has announced that extra content showing behind the scenes material from the Doctor Who Prom will be available to UK viewers via the Red Button service.

Described as a VIP access-all-areas view of the Prom which took place last month, the material will include interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and follow their preparations as they get ready to take the stage.

The service will begin on Monday 6th September, the same day the Prom is broadcast on BBC Three. Red Button viewers will also be able to see music cut from the main BBC Three transmission as well as a look at the audience through the eyes of some of the Doctor Who aliens.

BBC red button to host exclusive Prom footage

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:43 AM PDT

The BBC Press Office has announced that ’VIP access-all-areas’ footage from the Doctor Who Proms will be aired on the red button service next month! From Monday 6th September, viewers will be able to access the exclusive material, offering backstage interviews with hosts Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill, as well as music not featured in the concert. There will also be a look [...]

64 Percent of British Kids Rarely Play Outside - Care2.com (blog)

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 09:05 AM PDT


Care2.com (blog)

64 Percent of British Kids Rarely Play Outside
Care2.com (blog)
... odd ideas about the Great Outdoors: they believe, for example, that cows hibernate in winter, and they can more readily identify a Dalek than an owl. ...

Syfy's Three Inches Completes Casting – With Tons of Genre Cred! - TV.com

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:24 AM PDT


Syfy's Three Inches Completes Casting – With Tons of Genre Cred!
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... Quark's mom from Deep Space Nine [Andrea Ma rtin], Jesse from Sarah Connor Chronicles [Stephanie Jacobsen], Torchwood's Tosh [Naoko Mori], vampire Henry ...

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Buffy's James Marsters Turns Superhero - IGN

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 08:07 AM PDT


Buffy's James Marsters Turns Superhero
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... Naoko Mori (Torchwood), Kyle Schmid (Blood Ties) and Brandon Jay McLaren (TRON: Legacy, Harper's Island) as series regulars. Alona Tal (Veronica Mars), ...

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Talking Telly: BBC head says global iPlayer coming 'within a year' - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:58 AM PDT


Talking Telly: BBC head says global iPlayer coming 'within a year'
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That may be true to an extent, especially with the division's coproduction deals with Starz for "Torchwood" and "Spartacus." However, surely Thompson and ...

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TARDIS Prologue Online

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 07:33 AM PDT

As a nice bit of cross media, the official BBC Doctor Who website has released a prologue to their newest Adventure Game, TARDIS.

Wish You Were Here is a short story written by James Moran (who wrote The Fires of Pompeii and various Torchwood episodes) and is set before the events of TARDIS.

For those of you not in the know, TARDIS is the third in the series of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games and will let you the player take control of the ship itself whilst battling a new monster known only as The Entity…

It promises to be a non stop action adventure romp for the Doctor and Amy (and you!) but if you would like to find out what the tie travellers were up to before this adventure started, then Wish You Were Here is the perfect place to start.

It follows on from the widely popular City of the Daleks and Blood of the Cybermen.

If you visit www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho you'll be able to navigate yourself to the Adventure Games homepage where you will be able not only download Wish You Were Here but also wallpapers, jigsaws, screensavers and information on TARDIS.

Doctor Who: The Adventure GamesTARDIS, is available for download in the UK now! Don't forget to check out our other coverage of the game, including a trailer!

Cancer survivor Gillian will take to the stage with singer Paloma Faith - The Paisley Daily Express

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:51 AM PDT


Cancer survivor Gillian will take to the stage with singer Paloma Faith
The Paisley Daily Express
... show Tonight's The Night after her best friend Katrina Low secretly nominated her for the programme, which is hosted by Torchwood actor John Barrowman. ...

Revenge of the Cybermen Figures!

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:39 AM PDT

Doctor Who classic Cybermen figrues

Cybermen! Or to be more precise, a Cyberleader, two Cybermen and a Cybermat! These are latest additions to the Doctor Who range of action figures, and come together in a great collectors pack from Forbidden Planet, available from November 17th.

Join the inimitable Tom Baker and encounter Revenge of the Cybermen with this outstanding gift set from Forbidden Planet. Bring back fond Doctor Who memories onboard Space Station Nerva as bodies abound, Sarah Jane gets terrorized by Cybermats and the Fourth Doctor ends up turned into a Cyberbomb!

The Tom Baker era of Doctor Who is certainly shaping up to provide a wealth of classic figures, from these Cybermen to a Destiny of the Daleks collection the Mummie servicer robots from Pyramid of Mars and Magnus Greel from Talons of Weng Chiang to name but a few.

Of course this isn't really a surpise given that these are considered some of the show's greatest ever stories.

This latest collection of figures is pretty cool though, and will look great lined up alongside the more recent Lumic-design Cybermen, not to mention the frightening variants from The Tenth Planet.

Personally, I like the added touch of the Cybermat, recently seen in the Blood of the Cybermen videogame from the BBC.

Available for the price of £29.99, get Christmas sorted by pre-ordering these smashing classic Cybermen figures from Forbidden Planet today!

TARDIS Promo Image

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Doctor Who: The Adventures Games episode 3, TARDIS

The latest installment of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is live on the BBC website right now – TARDIS is written by James Moran (The Fires of Pompeii, Torchwood: Children of Earth) and features the voices of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan as the Doctor and Amy Pond.

TARDIS follows the successful City of the Daleks and Blood of the Cybermen and puts you in control of the Doctor and Amy, as well as the TARDIS itself!

Says Steven Moffat:

"TARDIS is a brilliant, brilliant adventure. It's funny, touching, terrifying, amazing – everything a Doctor Who episode should be. Since 1963, kids have wondered what it would be like to control the TARDIS. Now we're handing complete control of the most powerful ship in all of space and time to a generation of children. Everybody duck!"

With a "madcap" script from James Moran that takes players on a frantic, funny and surprising adventure and music from Murray Gold, this adventure is as much a part of the Doctor Who legend as the TV series.

Available right now for PC and (Intel only) Mac from the Official Doctor Who website (www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho), TARDIS is available for no extra cost to UK households and users outside the UK will be able to purchase and download it from today as well!

To get you in the mood, here's a nice blow up version of the image above:

And to top it all off, a nice trailer thanks to Blogtor Who:

Top Gear on the way. - TheSixthAxis

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT


Top Gear on the way.
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Lets hope they have a decent Top Gear racer planned and an epic Torchwood action adventure title. Oh and a Kinect based Strictly game, you had all better ...

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BBC Games Go into Overdrive - TheSixthAxis

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT


BBC Games Go into Overdrive
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Lets hope they have a decent Top Gear racer planned and an epic Torchwood action adventure title. Oh and a Kinect based Strictly game, you had all better ...

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A former James Bond will be a major player on Chuck, plus our first look at ... - io9

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:03 AM PDT


A former James Bond will be a major player on Chuck, plus our first look at ...
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... and there are a bunch of other newly announced cast members, with the most interesting name probably that of his former Torchwood costar Naoko Mori. ...

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Live blog: Sky1's Stuart Murphy - Digital Spy

Posted: 27 Aug 2010 12:01 AM PDT


Live blog: Sky1's Stuart Murphy
Digital Spy
Little Britain, Torchwood, The Real Hustle, which the channel still relies on." 2.05pm: Voxpops. How do the public perceive Sky1? ...

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Download and play the third Adventure Game now!

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:59 PM PDT

The highly-anticipated Adventure Game, TARDIS, has at last been unveiled, so head over to the official site now for your chance to explore the iconic police box today! With the TARDIS caught in a time riptide, will the Doctor be trapped in the void forever? It’s up to Amy Pond to save the day, as a dangerous [...]

Chuck the Time Lords

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:40 PM PDT

Eric Roberts as the MasterFormer Doctor Who guest stars Timothy Dalton and Eric Roberts are set to appear in the next series of Chuck, reports SFX.

Timothy Dalton is best known to Doctor Who fans as the reincarnated Time Lord founder, god and President Rassilon in David Tennant's swansong The End of Time, but known to movie fans as a former James Bond (The Living Daylights, 1987 and Licence to Kill, 1989) not to mention playing Prince Barin in the amazingly iconic comic book movie Flash Gordon back in 1980. He's also appeared in The Rocketeer and Looney Tunes Back in Action, not to mention the Simon Pegg movie Hot Fuzz.

Dalton will appear in several episodes of  Chuck as a "mysterious stranger" who it seems has a history with Chuck's mother (played by Linda Hamilton of Terminator/Terminator 2).

Eric Roberts as the MasterMeanwhile another former Time Lord is also appearing in the new series – former Master Eric Roberts (TV Movie) is set to appear as part of a team of Casey's former mercenary crew, looking for revenge…

As well as playing the Master opposite Paul McGann's superb Eighth Doctor, Roberts has appeared in a string of successful TV series and movies, such as Heroes, Batman movie The Dark Knight, new heroflick The Expendables, and a lot of not so successful "B" features, running back to and beyond martial arts classic Best of the Best.

It's certainly an interesting lineup of guest actors – I wonder who else will be cast?

Nick Briggs to star in Doctor Who Live - FemaleFirst.co.uk

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:09 PM PDT


Nick Briggs to star in Doctor Who Live
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Briggs will also voice the parts of several 'Doctor Who' monsters, including the Daleks and the Cybermen. The actor's alter-ego will be brought to the stage ...

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Daleks Invade to Fundraise

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT

Daleks at the National Space Centre

The Daleks are on the move – and set to invade the National Space Centre on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September!

A selection of Skaro's finest from the Dalek Builders Guild and Project Dalek will descend upon the centre, romaing freely around the visitors while they enjoy the static displays, demonstrations, craft sessions and fundraising fun.

Malika Andress, Communications Manager at the National Space Centre, said;

"Daleks have become part of modern culture and we have all grown up with them. I think this event will be the perfect time for everybody to come out from behind the sofa and enjoy a family day out that will dispel all those memories of fear."

The event is larger than just the Daleks, however – on Saturday the event will be visited by Ruaru Mears who has played a whole host of villains, Slitheen, Cyberman, Ood, Judoon, Pigman, Scarecrow, Hath and Cyber Shade to name just a few.

Meanwhile on Sunday, Nina De Cosimo (Blanche from Victory Of The Daleks) and Sonila Vjeshta (Vampires of Venice) will be in attendance, and you can heep track of who is expected on the event's Facebook page or from www.spacecentre.co.uk.

Regular Doctor Who charity chaps Hyde Fundraisers will be joining the Invasion on Saturday to celebrate an amazing 25 years of raising money for charity through costuming. Since the group was formed back in 1985 they have raised an estimated £50,000 for BBC Children In Need and helped other charities with over £35,000 of donations – and fundraising on the day will be for  BBC Children In Need.

(Via PRWeb | thanks to David Blackett)

TARDIS Intro

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:07 PM PDT

Watch the intro to Doctor Who the third Adventure Game, TARDIS.

Katy Manning Podcast

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:02 PM PDT

And just before the next of the Weekly BF Podcast next week (Monday to be precise)... A special, extra bit of podcasting from the Big Finish team. Nick Briggs and David Richardson chat to Katy Manning about her upcoming Short Trips and about her Companion Chronicles�(as Third Doctor companion Jo Grant) and, of course, her exciting adventures as the irrepressible Iris Wildthyme!

Katy is on fine form and there are far too many laughs along the way.

Download or stream this free podcast by using the box slightly to the left of this item. Press the play button to stream, or the 'Podcast' button to go to our Podcast Page, where you can download the mp3.

Explore the TARDIS in new episode of Doctor Who - The Adventure Games - Pocket-lint.com

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:51 PM PDT


Pocket-lint.com

Explore the TARDIS in new episode of Doctor Who - The Adventure Games
Pocket-lint.com
... and Amy Pond in a 3D action adventure game, crafted by Sumo Digital and executive produced by the TV programme's show runner himself, Steven Moffat. ...

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Matt describes Neil Gaiman’s Series 6 script

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:28 PM PDT

SFX caught up with Matt Smith last week, who summed up his reaction to Neil Gaiman’s highly-anticipated Series 6 episode: He teased: “I’ll give you two words. Oh, lord!” The acclaimed writer has penned what is thought to be Episode 3 of Matt’s second series, and recently unveiled a cut script extract from it. The sixth series of Doctor Who [...]

TARDIS Out Now!

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:05 PM PDT

Play the third Doctor Who Adventure game, TARDIS, now!

TARDIS 'Hack' at MIT

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:32 PM PDT

If you haven't seen this yet, it is a real hoot (did I just say, "hoot"?), what better way to start the the school year off with TARDIS appearing on the roof of your university?

The TARDIS at MIT

The TARDIS at MIT | Flickr - Photo Sharing!:

"The TARDIS at MIT

Hack on the Little Dome, 25 August 2010 A visit from The Doctor: 'It's bigger on the inside.'

For viewers not intimately familiar with MIT Culture, this is a 'hack' (prank) for the start of the academic year at MIT. New student orientation begins this week. The MIT website has a gallery of hacks from over the years: hacks.mit.edu/ 'The word hack at MIT usually refers to a clever, benign, and 'ethical' prank or practical joke, which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT community (and sometimes even the rest of the world!).'"

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Fly the TARDIS today in third Doctor Who PC adventure - Here There Be Gamers

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:29 PM PDT


Here There Be Gamers

Fly the TARDIS today in third Doctor Who PC adventure
Here There Be Gamers
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 ...

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Daleks set to invade the National Space Centre

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:59 PM PDT

It has been revealed that next month the Daleks will be invading the National Space Centre in Leicester. The event is taking place on 11th-12th September to raise money for Children in Need, and across the weekend there will also be guest appearances from Ruari Mears, who has played various monsters in the new series, as well as [...]

Exterminate! at the National Space Centre

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:55 PM PDT

The National Space Centre in the Midlands will be playing host to an invasion of Daleks on the 11th-12th September, to help raise money for Children in Need.

Malika Andress, Communications Manager at the National Space Centre:
Daleks have become part of modern culture and we have all grown up with them. I think this event will be the perfect time for everybody to come out from behind the sofa and enjoy a family day out that will dispel all those memories of fear.

The event will also see appearances by guests from Doctor Who; Ruaru Mears (various monsters) will be there on the Saturday, Nina De Cosimo (Blanche in Victory Of The Daleks) and Sonila Vjeshta (Vampire girl in The Vampires of Venice) on the Sunday. More guests are expected and will be announced nearer the date. The Hyde Fundraisers will also be in attendance, who will be hosting a sculpting demonstration as well as bringing a range of adversaries to the proceedings!

For more information see the National Space Museum's event page.

Jerry Robinson & Abrams ComicArts Come to Baltimore! - Comic Book Bin

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:45 PM PDT


Jerry Robinson & Abrams ComicArts Come to Baltimore!
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Recent titles include The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis by Matt Groening, the Eisner Award-winning The Art of Harvey Kurtzman by Dennis Kitchen, ...

Forbidden Planet unveil classic Cybermen gift set

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:39 PM PDT

Forbidden Planet have unveiled a brand new Cyberman gift set based on the 1975 Fourth Doctor serial Revenge of the Cybermen. Released on 17th November 2010, the set will include the Cyber Leader and two Cybermen and can be pre-ordered from their website now for the RRP of £29.99. Another great set to add to our collections – big thanks to [...]

Home is Where The Smugglers Was Shot

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:00 PM PDT

'Slowing down…easing up…in freefall'  While the property market maybe shrugging its shoulders at the economy like a thick kid looking at a GCSE paper its reassuring to know that Doctor Who induced impulse purchases are still out there contributing to the all round confusion that is our future.

Doctor Who - The SmugglersSo if you happen to dig behind the sofa and find £269,950 you could be the proud owner of this delightful home which over looks the fields where parts of the long since deleted serial The Smugglers was filmed.

This First Doctor tale saw our favourite time traveller (not including Michael French from Crime Traveller) materialising in 17th century Cornwall where pirates led by Captain Samuel Pike (Michael Godfrey)and his henchman Cherub (George A Cooper) are searching for hidden treasure, while a smuggling ring masterminded by the local Squire (Paul Whitsun-Jones) is trying to off-load contraband.

Despite falling into the catagory of the early historical ones rather than more heavily science ficition tales of the later serials, the episode is a great little romp through romantic fictions biggest cliches.

Doctor Who - The SmugglersThe serial led straight into William Hartnell's final tale The Tenth Planet and was the first for new companions Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills)

The three bedroom property is situated in St Levan, eight miles from Penzance, Porthcurno, and is close to Nanjizal, Church Cove, Newlyn and Trethewey, the locations used for filming. Even the barns across the road from the house were used at one stage, while more can be seen on the 8mm footage of the location on the Lost in Time DVD.

Click here for the BBC's photo novel of The Smugglers.

For a virtual Through the Keyhole tour of the property and for more details click here

Not that were suggesting you buy a new home for its tenuous link to Doctor Who but if you did you would have a special place in geeky nerddom and lets face it, its worth more than money, love, respect from your peers and a satisfying career…right…isn't it…I'm so alone…

the barns across the road from us were one of the locations. There is 8mm footage of the location on the Lost in Time DVD and of course the telesnaps.

(With thanks to Simon)

Finished Product 4

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:33 PM PDT

Doctor Who star David Tennant on cover of Finished Product #4Issue four of the Finished Product, the unofficial companion to the Big Finish audio series, is out now.

This issue concentrates on the UNIT series, looking at it from inception through to final execution, as well as revealing some ideas for the never-made second series. And there's lots of memories shared of David Tennant, in one of his final roles before playing the Tenth Doctor.

Interviewees include producer Ian Farrington, writers Simon Guerrier, Iain McLaughlin, Jonathan Clements and Joseph Lidster, directors Edward Salt and John Ainsworth, actors Ian Brooker and Robert Curbishley, as well as sound designer and composer David Darlington.

In addition, there's also an interview with DWM award-winning Big Finish composer Russell Stone.

The 44 page long Finished Product 4 is available for £2.50 per issue if you're in the UK, or  £4 overseas.

For more details and ordering information, email thefinishedproduct@hotmail.co.uk.

Cyberman Utd for the Bid

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:00 AM PDT

A Cyberman (CyberMackem, shurely? – Ed) was spotted getting onside for England's 2018 World Cup bid in Sunderland this week – the metallic foe of the Doctor was dressed in a Sunderland shirt by staff at the Doctor Who Exhibition at the Centre for Life in Newcastle.

Doctor Who - Cybercontroller John Lumic support SunderlandThe Fifa delegation, who ultimately decide which nation England will lose in, arrived in the region yesterday to visit Sunderland's ground, the Stadium of Light and St James Park, home of rivals Newcastle Utd.

The gesture was part of Wear Your Shirt To Work Day (a football shirt that is, otherwise it's as empty a jesture as Use Your Pens Correctly Day was) giving fans a chance to show off their support (as if they needed to be asked) for England's bid.

As the bid drew to a close today Fifa team leader Harold Mayne-Nicholls said:

"A World Cup in England in 2018 or 2022 would be a great experience with a long-lasting legacy."

Though broadly complimentary about the transport, stadiums, security and the passion for football question marks were raised about accommodation as the bidding team are yet to organise the 60,000 hotel rooms necessary for the entourage of teams, fans, WAG's and Garth Crooks before the end of September deadline.

Before visiting our merry shores, the delegation travelled to rival bidders Russia, where doubts were raised about whether or not they would be ready as 14 of the 16 stadiums potentially playing host to the tournament are yet to be built.

The final verdict of who will host the World Cup in either 2018 or 2022 will be decided on 2nd December.

(via Sunderland Echo)

Matt promises a “belter” of a Christmas special

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:54 AM PDT

Matt Smith has told DigitalSpy that fans won’t be left disappointed by this year’s Christmas special, which recently finished filming in Cardiff. He told the website: “I think it’s going to be brilliant. The Doctor meets this old Christmas miser, played by Michael Gambon. He was just brilliant. Perfect for Doctor Who. What a Doctor he’d have made [...]

Nigel Planer cast in forthcoming Doctor Who Live tour

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:39 AM PDT

It has been confirmed that actor Nigel Planer will be appearing in the Doctor Who Live tour as Vorgenson! Showrunner Steven Moffat has created the role exclusively for the concert, and the character has been described as an ”intergalactic showman”, who just so happens to be the Doctor’s number one fan. Planer is best known as Neil Pye in [...]

Art For Hearts: Anthony Dry!

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:17 AM PDT

Doctor Who Journey's End art by Anthony Dry

Here we go – the big one!

This week's Art For Hearts auction piece is particularly important to us here in the constellation of Kasterborous because it was created by our very own designer, Anthony Dry!

This A4 print on photographic paper of the Doctor, Donna, Davros, and the Daleks (from The Stolen Earth/Journey's End), which first appeared in the Doctor Who Series Four DVD Box Set, can be YOURS if you're the highest bidder on this eBay page!  Plus, the fact that it originated from and is autographed by a founding member of your favourite Doctor Who website should up its level of awesomeness by a few billion points!  At the time of writing this, the highest bid is £31.00, making it both priceless AND affordable!  But don't wait!  After Monday, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a creation of simply the best Whovian artist in the business will be forever lost!

Sorry I sound like a bit of a television advert this week, but it really is impossible for me to not get excited about this one!  And I'm sure I can say the same for everyone else behind the scenes here at the ol' K.

If you haven't been following us week after week, I should tell you that Art For Hearts is for a good cause: auction organiser Ian Stacey is donating all proceeds from this entire Doctor Who art auction to the research of organ transplants!  Read all about it in our earlier article or at the official blog!

Curious about this Anthony Dry bloke we're raving about?  Read our exclusive interview with him from earlier this month, follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDry, or just observe the artsy design of our logo and be aware that it exists because of that man!

(Speaking of Twitter, you can always follow us as well!  @KasterborousDW)

New TARDIS prologue and screenshots revealed

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:39 AM PDT

It’s nearly time for the release of TARDIS, and the official site has continued their countdown today with the release of its prologue, in the form of a short sequence by James Moran entitled Wish You Were Here. To whet our appetites even more, there’s also a new gallery featuring some intriguing screenshots of the interactive episode, as well as some desktop wallpapers. [...]

TARDIS Prologue / Screens

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:22 AM PDT

Doctor Who Adventure Games: TARDIS prologue and screenshots released.

BBC to Air Doctor Who Prom

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:23 AM PDT

An hour-long edit of the Doctor Who Proms event that took place on July 24th at the Albert Hall is set to air on BBC Three in September.

Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen GillanThat's right – if you missed out on the event, broadcast on BBC Radio 3, you can catch up with the live appearance of Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill as hosts both in and out of character as the Doctor, Amy and Rory.

Leading up to the broadcast at 8.30pm on September 6th will be a repeat of Series 5/Season 31 finale The Big Bang, as well as a repeat of Doctor Who's Greatest Moments (which on its original broadcast could have been titled "David Tennant's Greatest Moments").

Whether or not the event will have a DVD release as an extra is as yet unknown – however a TV broadcast is a step in the right direction!

(Via Digital Spy)

First Series 6 cast update, two directors revealed

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:40 AM PDT

The CV of actress Sophie Cosson has confirmed that she’ll be filming for the new series of Doctor Who next month. Meanwhile, two Series 6 directors have seemingly been revealed via the CV of new production designer Michael Pickwoad. According to the listing, Richard Clark - the director of Series 3’s Gridlock and The Lazarus Experiment - will be back, as will [...]

Matt Smith on Xmas Special & Film

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:07 AM PDT

Matt Smith on the Christmas Special, the Doctor Who film and Johnny Depp.

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