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- A Carnival of Monsters!
- Teacher Builds K-9 Replica
- Doctor Who complete reviews: The Monster Of Peladon - Shadowlocked
- 'Story #111: Meglos' Revealed as the First DVD of 2011 for North America - TVShowsOnDVD.com
- Barrowman in the Park
- Three Great British Shows - Big Shiny Robot!
- Doctor Who tour set to stop off in Liverpool - Crosby Herald
- Sherlock DVD review - Den Of Geek
- BBC to split transmission of 'Doctor Who' series - Indiantelevision.com
- Doctor Who & Gai Waterhouse - The Monthly (subscription)
- News Update
- Step Back in Time: Fire!
- James Moran on TARDIS
- Matt Smith: 'New Who is madly inventive' - Digital Spy
- Adapting Sherlock - Den Of Geek
- Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried -- Released!
- Your Dream TARDIS (part one)
- Live out your excessive, hotel rock star antics - e-Travel Blackboard (press release)
- Latest Weekly Podcast
- Jago and Litefoot Series Two - Episode Details
- TWIDW Special Report - 2011 Doctor Who Series Split Into Spring/Fall
- Torchwood This Week - August 28, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who - August 28, 2010 Section B
- This Week In Doctor Who - August 28, 2010 Section A
- Katy Manning Podcast
- Exclusive Adventure Games Video!
- TARDIS Cliff-hanger
- The TARDIS has Landed!
- Briggs in Doctor Who Live
- Andy's Doctor Who story nears release - Rutherglen Reformer
- Exclusive Mini-Adventure Available Now!
- Tom to sign autographs at The Stamp Centre, London: Thursday 23rd September 2010
- What's in Your TARDIS?
- Classic Releases for a Fiver!
- Karen Gillan on the New Adventure Game
- August Podcast 2
| Posted: 04 Sep 2010 05:07 AM PDT
SFX have spoken to three key members of the Doctor Who Live team – and a fair few interesting facts have emerged. First of all, there's the one that you might have either guessed already or heard about – that the storyline of the Doctor Who show has its roots in a classic Jon Pertwee era adventure… Director (and Tweenies creator) Will Brenton revealed:
The genius of Robert Holmes continues to be felt in Doctor Who! Carnival of Monsters originally aired in1973 and starred Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor with Katy Manning as Jo Grant, and guest starred Ian Marter as Lt Andrews (several months before he was cast as companion Harry Sullivan), Tenniel Evans as Major Daly, original Davros actor Michael Wisher as another space fascist, Kalik, as well as Leslie Dwyer as Vorg, the Miniscope-owning showman. It's a pretty exhasutive interview with Brenton – he covers the scale of the show (which takes place on a "thrust stage") as well as revealing that there is both an interval and a cliffhanger, the show runs for 80 minutes, there are "a lot of costume changes, characters, surprises…" and Matt Smith appears for much more than the five or six minutes Brenton had originally expected. Find out more about Doctor Who Live at www.doctorwholive.co.uk. Meanwhile, tickets for Doctor Who Live start at £38.50 (there are cheaper options at £34.50 or £25.00) – you can book for any of the nine venues here at Ticketmaster! | ||
| Posted: 04 Sep 2010 03:42 AM PDT Take recycled material, add a splash of technical know-how from Shepperton and a frisson of a charity cabal of Daleks and Bob's your fathers brother, you get Wiltshire-based school teacher and amateur robot builder Mark Enright's fantastic hobby. Mark's models are full-scale, operational copies of both the R-6 unit from Star Wars and Doctor Who's very own K-9 which he dazzles youngsters with at fan conventions across the country.
As well as Daleks the group has amongst its repertoire The Weeping Angels, the Scarecrow Army from Human Nature/The Family of Blood and the Clockwork Droids from Moffat's masterpiece The Girl in the Fireplace. At one recent event, the Corsham Sci-fi Family Fun day organised by Automattic Comics, the group helped raise over £3000 for charity. The event also featured appearances by Frazer Hines, the Second Doctor companion, Jamie, and Mike Collins, a comic book artist who has had his worked featued in DWM. Mark first began building models aged ten using Lego before moving on to bits of junk that he found and brought home:
From there he went on to earn a Fine Arts Degree before becoming a Special Effects Designer at Shepperton Studios. Now after a hard day teaching, when he feels the urge to create he heads to his workshop at home. Mark is a live-long nerd and has a particular fondness for the 'Astromech' droids from Star Wars:
His next project will be to complete a full size replica Dalek with the help of pupils from John Bentley:
To see more of Mark's builds check out his blog. (via BBC Wiltshire) | ||
| Doctor Who complete reviews: The Monster Of Peladon - Shadowlocked Posted: 04 Sep 2010 12:52 AM PDT
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| 'Story #111: Meglos' Revealed as the First DVD of 2011 for North America - TVShowsOnDVD.com Posted: 03 Sep 2010 10:25 PM PDT
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| Posted: 03 Sep 2010 07:31 PM PDT
The event takes place on Saturday 11 September at Buile Hill Park, where gates open at 4pm, and performances start at 6.30pm. Tickets for the whole evening – where Barrowman will be joined by world class mezzo soprano Juliette Pochin, Salford's own opera sensation Jon Christos and the award-winning BBC Philharmonic – are priced at just £20 so we recommend booking now to avoid disappointment. It seems that we can continue to expect appearances from Barrowman on stage and screen for the rest of 2010 – Torchwood Series 4 doesn't begin production until early 2011. | ||
| Three Great British Shows - Big Shiny Robot! Posted: 03 Sep 2010 03:18 PM PDT
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| Doctor Who tour set to stop off in Liverpool - Crosby Herald Posted: 01 Sep 2010 07:56 PM PDT
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| Sherlock DVD review - Den Of Geek Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:40 PM PDT
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| BBC to split transmission of 'Doctor Who' series - Indiantelevision.com Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT
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| Doctor Who & Gai Waterhouse - The Monthly (subscription) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT
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| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT More details emerge about Doctor Who in 2011... | ||
| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT This week's Step Back in Time acknowledges the anniversary of one of London's defining events - one that happened exactly 344 years ago... | ||
| Posted: 01 Sep 2010 11:00 AM PDT The latest Adventure Game, TARDIS, was released on Friday and is available to download and play right now. | ||
| Matt Smith: 'New Who is madly inventive' - Digital Spy Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:31 PM PDT
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| Adapting Sherlock - Den Of Geek Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:22 PM PDT
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| Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried -- Released! Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:07 AM PDT Finally it's here! Our very first fully animated adventure has been released and... It's completely free! Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried is a 10-minute animated adventure starring Lisa Bowerman as the 27th Century Archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, and Miles Richardson as Irving Braxiatel. While waiting to see what Braxiatel is is planning, Benny goes back to her roots and investigates a previously undiscovered civilisation. It's not long, however, before she's being pursued through the ruins by an implacable foe. "The Bernice Summerfield range has always been a testing ground for new writers, actors and ideas," says Director and Animator, Alex Mallinson. "Indeed, the range was Big Finish's first venture back in 1999. So, to celebrate Bernice's eleventh season, we've pushed the boundaries again and produced Big Finish's first animated feature. It's a ten-minute adventure which acts as an introduction not only to the first play of season 11, Resurrecting the Past, but also to the character herself and the range in general.". For me personally, this started as an exercise to see if it was possible to create a short film. Big Finish is always about doing a lot with limited resources. Everyone worked very hard to make this a success and I'm hugely grateful for their help and encouragement. The real test now though, is whether it's as much fun to watch as it has been to create." To go with the animation, there we are giving away five high resolution desktop images and a high-quality version of the the story that can be downloaded and burnt to DVD, all this at http://bernicesummerfield.co.uk. Dead and Buried leads directly into 11.01 Bernice Summerfield: Resurrecting the Past. Season 11 is available for pre-order now. | ||
| Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT We asked what you'd have in your dream TARDIS and whoa! We were inundated with brilliant ideas! | ||
| Live out your excessive, hotel rock star antics - e-Travel Blackboard (press release) Posted: 30 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT
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| Posted: 30 Aug 2010 02:57 AM PDT It's the latest weekly podcast. Presented by Nick Briggs, David Richardson and Paul (Good Lorrrrd!!!) Spragg, this is a special preview edition with clips and teases for a brace of our September releases: Cradle of the Snake, Project Destiny, The Book of Kells, Find and Replace. Download or stream, the choice is yours. The means to do either are down and to the left of this item. Either way, it's freeeeeeee. | ||
| Jago and Litefoot Series Two - Episode Details Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:52 PM PDT Episode information is now available for Series Two of Jago and Litefoot, which is released in January 2011. The five disc box set sees the return of Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as Professor Litefoot, and the ensemble cast also includes Lisa Bowerman as Ellie, Conrad Asquith as Sergeant Quick and David Collings as Gabriel Sanders The stories are as follows: 2.1 Litefoot and Sanders Written by Justin Richards Directed by Lisa Bowerman Featuring Chloe Howman Women are being killed on the streets of London, and the evidence points to it being the work of a vicious vampire. This should be a case for Jago and Litefoot but – to the astonishment of Jago – the esteemed investigators of infernal incidents have gone their separate ways. It's now a case for Litefoot and Sanders – but Jago isn't going to go away quietly… 2.2 The Necropolis Express Written by Mark Morris Directed by Lisa Bowerman Featuring Vernon Dobtcheff Strange things are happening in the pauper's graveyard at Charnel's End. There are hideous creatures in the undergrowth, a mysterious light emanating from the church, and something deadly beneath the ground itself. Someone from Litefoot's past has come back to haunt him, and things may never be the same again… 2.3 The Theatre of Dreams Written by Jonathan Morris Directed by Lisa Bowerman Featuring Duncan Wisbey, Jennie Stoller, Alex Mallinson "Roll up gentlemen and ladies, roll up! Welcome to Deuteronomy's Theatre De Fantasie, the show where your dreams come true!" Henry Gordon Jago believes he has made a killer booking for the New Regency Theatre. Unfortunately, he is absolutely correct… 1.4 The Ruthven Inheritance Written by Andy Lane Directed by Lisa Bowerman Featuring Duncan Wisbey and Simon Williams The pathology skills of Professor Litefoot and Dr Sacker are called upon by Lord Ruthven, who asks them to catalogue a cache of bones beneath his country estate. And so begins the endgame… as a plan long laid come to its glorious fruition. The series is available for pre-order now, at a special discount price. | ||
| TWIDW Special Report - 2011 Doctor Who Series Split Into Spring/Fall Posted: 28 Aug 2010 09:46 PM PDT Breaking news about the 2011 Doctor Who episodes is at http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/08_august/29/doctor.shtml . Doctor Who | ||
| Torchwood This Week - August 28, 2010 Posted: 28 Aug 2010 12:07 AM PDT Torchwood This Week August 28, 2010 - Volume 4, Number 27 by Benjamin F. Elliott In Summer 2011, Torchwood returns for Series 4, now titled "Torchwood: The New | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who - August 28, 2010 Section B Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:54 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who Section B PBS, Sarah Jane, K-9 August 28, 2010 by Benjamin F. Elliott Public TV Premiere Run: Idaho Public TV http://idahoptv.org The | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who - August 28, 2010 Section A Posted: 27 Aug 2010 11:46 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who - Section A August 28, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 30 by Benjamin F. Elliott http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho | ||
| 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. | ||
| Exclusive Adventure Games Video! Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT The latest Adventure Game, TARDIS, was released on Friday and is available to download and play right now. | ||
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT With the launch of TARDIS, the new Adventure Game, we felt this week's Step Back Time should be a moment featuring the famous blue box. | ||
| Posted: 26 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT TARDIS, the latest Adventure Game, is now available to download and play! | ||
| Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:12 PM PDT The BBC has issued a press release revealing that our very own executive producer, Nick Briggs, is to appear in Doctor Who Live, the gigantic arena show that will be touring the UK for five weeks during October and November this year. 'When the show was first advertised much earlier this year, I wondered if I might be asked to be involved, since there were Daleks and Cybermen all over the big ads in the newspapers,' explains Nick. 'Then, months later, I did some presenting at a media conference in Sheffield and met the director and producer of the Doctor Who Live show. They told me they would indeed want me to record some voices for them, but the very next day they got in touch to offer me the part of Churchill.' The tour will take Nick away from his full-time Big Finish duties for eight weeks. 'It's playing merry hell with my Fourth Doctor script-writing schedule, and poor David Richardson is having to do all sorts of re-organizing to accommodate my absence, but we both agreed this was an opportunity I couldn't miss. And naturally, I will be in constant touch with the BF production office by email and phone... and I'll be tap-tapping away on scripts the whole time I'm on tour.' The star of the show has been announced. Actor Nigel Planer (who many will remember as Neil from The Young Ones), who guest starred in the Big Finish Krynoid adventure Hothouse, will feature as the mysterious owner of the sinister 'minimizer'. You can find full details of the show at�www.doctorwholive.com. | ||
| Andy's Doctor Who story nears release - Rutherglen Reformer Posted: 25 Aug 2010 06:47 PM PDT
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| Exclusive Mini-Adventure Available Now! Posted: 25 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT Catch up with the Doctor and Amy in a brand new mini-adventure called Wish Were You Here. It's a short prologue to the latest Adventure Game, TARDIS, which is available on this site from tomorrow. | ||
| Tom to sign autographs at The Stamp Centre, London: Thursday 23rd September 2010 Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT Tom will join friends at The Stamp Centre, 79 Strand, London WC2R 0DE where he will meet people and sign autographs. | ||
| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT TARDIS, the new Adventure Game, is released on this site on Friday. But what would you have in your dream TARDIS? | ||
| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:18 AM PDT We've made some temporary additions to the Big Finish for a Fiver section in order to help newer listeners get up to speed in time for upcoming releases. With Hex about to learn about his past in Project: Destiny, you can now pick up the Doctor's�previous encounters with The Forge for only £5 each! Project: Twilight and Project: Lazarus will be reduced as a prelude to the conclusion of the trilogy, and the latter features two Doctors (the Sixth and Seventh) for the price of one! Those enjoying�the reunion of Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa with the Fifth Doctor in recent audios Cobwebs and The Whispering Forest, continuing in next month's The Cradle of the Snake, can acquire Tegan's last encounter with the Fifth Doctor in The Gathering, also now £5. Finally, if you've recently picked up unofficial Big Finish guide The Finished Product and it's whetted your appetite for the UNIT stories it discusses, these are also now available for only £5 each, and feature Nicholas Courtney, Siri O'Neal and one David Tennant amongst the cast. These are limited time offers, so get them while they're cheap! | ||
| Karen Gillan on the New Adventure Game Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:00 AM PDT In this scene the Doctor tries to convince the evil Count Federico that his planet is in peril, but his warnings do not provoke quite the response he was looking for... | ||
| Posted: 23 Aug 2010 12:38 AM PDT It's the second of our weekly podcasts. The Jury is out on whether or not listeners prefer the weekly format. Some of you have commented that the shorter podcasts don't leave enough time for the silliness. So, we'll try to put some more in! Anyway, it's Nicholas Briggs, David Richardson and Paul Spragg with special guest Lisa Bowerman (speaking about the latest series of the The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield). There's news of the new Benny animation too, and its big screen premiere. It's free and you can easily download it or stream it by using the controls slightly to the left of this item. And there'll be a new competition coming up in two weeks' time.� |
Mark, a teacher at the John Bentley school, Calne, is also a member of 
Don't worry John – we haven't forgotten you! It seems like ages since we featured news about John Barrowman (in fact the last time was August 23rd!) but his legion of fans out there might like to be reminded that 
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