Sunday, January 16, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

"Stick With Me, Kid" - Louise Jameson Shout-Out

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST

Okay, you guys - SOMEBODY out there has VHSs of this series that Louise Jameson appeared in in 1995. It aired in the UK on Disney, and there were apparently 12 episodes.  

If you've got it and are able to share it, I'll send you a photo of Louise from our 1981 Softball Mini-Convention in North Hollywood.  I guarantee nobody else has it.  THANKS!

Doctor Who: filming roundup

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:14 PM PST

2011 has seen filming continue on Doctor Who, with work being completed on Matthew Graham two-parter during the first week of January. Filming took place at Atlantic College in Welsh St. Donats, picking up from filming that needed to be completed from an earlier visit during December. This was followed in the middle of the week by pick-ups back at Cardiff Castle, and then finally at the end of the week at the Senedd at Cardiff Bay.

Graham commented on the 4th about the impending completion of his episodes, via Twitter:
16:20 So wished I could've spent more time on set. Lovely team. Very friendly and very Up. 
      Oh and very, very cold.
20:34 My DW 2-parter finishes shooting end of this week. 
      They will be glad to come in out of the perishing cold. Poor dears.


Ryan Farrell, 3rd January: Followed the signs to St Donats, where they've resumed today. Went round the back of the castle to the beach, then walked back towards the castle and heard a familiar Highlands accent before seeing Karen being escorted into the castle. Nothing to add to that, other than trailer 3, which I think is Arthur (he says which number trailer he uses on his video diary).

Ryan Farrell, 5th January: Filming was back at Cardiff Castle today. Saw an actress with Cleo-style black hair with a straight fringe, 100% Sarah Smart. There was also a "Mark" and I googled Mark Bonnar who's down to be in this story and that's also 100% him. Finally, there was a "Leon" and that was Leon Vickers. The only new bit of info is that I think Leon or Mark (who we don't have names for yet) is called Timmy/Jimmy/something similar.

Alun Vega, 8th January: Seems it was a night shoot at the Senedd. Spotted Karen and several smart-suited supporting artists leaving. Base packing up.






Last week saw production begin on Block 4, concentrating on the spring series climax episode seven and the new episode three from Steve Thompson. Steven Moffat commented on the 13th:
13:59 Okay. Episode 7 of the new series, is the 777th episode of Doctor Who.
14:01 Oh, and we just started shooting it.

Filming took place at Lafarge Aberthaw Cement Works on the 11th January, during which an old adversary of the Doctor's was spotted! With Moffat's comments above, it isn't clear whether this filming is for the new Block 4, or the final batch of filming for Block 3. However, the 13th certainly did see episode seven filming taking place at a (currently unknown) power station.

There was a day's set-up on the 10th at the works, before filming itself took place on the 11th. The interior of one of the buildings was dressed to represent what looks like a makeshift military medical centre, in somewhat disarray. Alien writing could be seen on trolleys, and throughout the set were a stylised cross that looked a little like those of the Knights Templar!

Outside, the TARDIS was set up, which appeared to be menaced by a Sontaran trooper!




Power station filming on the 13th, reported by Paul Hebbard the following day on Twitter:
08:34 Doctor Who filmed at power station overnight. 
      Loads of trucks and weird looking monks
20:53 Re doctor Who, all I can say is monk aliens and teleporters.
      16 hours set up and 9 hours filming, all done and gone Thursday



 


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'The Doctor's Daughter' Expecting A Baby - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:23 AM PST


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'The Doctor's Daughter' Expecting A Baby
Geeks of Doom
Earlier this month former Doctor Who star David Tennant and actress girlfriend Georgia Moffett announced their engagement, [READ: David Tennant Gets Engaged ...

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Lauren Ambrose's Miracle Day

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 08:22 AM PST

More casting news has been released for the greatly anticipated new series of Torchwood with the announcement of yet another big name.

Six Feet Under star Lauren Ambrose has been added to the cast list playing a recurring character and will appear in seven out of the ten episodes.

Her character will be called Jilly Kitzinger, a PR guru who employs "the most important client of her career", according to Digital Spy.

Previously in her career, the actress played Claire Fisher in Six Feet Under from 2001 until 2005 and then went on to appear in a sitcom called The Return of Jezebel James. Her film work includes Cold Souls (2009) and some voice work for the animated feature Where The Wild Things Are.

Lauren joins an already impressive cast list for the new Torchwood series, where not only will she be joined by series regulars John Barrowman and Eve Myles but also massive Hollywood names such as Mekhi Phifer and Bill Pullman.

The new series of Torchwood, entitled Miracle Day has commenced filming and will air sometime this year on the BBC in the UK and on the Starz channel in the USA.

Royal Shakespeare Company holding costume sale - DigitalJournal.com

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 07:06 AM PST


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Royal Shakespeare Company holding costume sale
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... shirts worn by Sir Ian McKellen in The Seagull and his over-robe from King Lear and several items worn by David Tennant can all be purchased. ...

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Not The Only Immortal in the Village

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:41 AM PST

An interview with Russell T Davies on Collider.com has revealed a very interesting aspect of the storyline for Miracle Day, the title of Torchwood Series 4.

As you may already know, Miracle Day – previously known as "The New World" – takes place across a series of days in which no one on Earth dies. Fans are expecting the 10-part series to portray governments in a very poor light as a quasi-Logan's Run society develops (although this is purely conjecture it is the logical step) in which the only answer is to cull people.

There is an obvious continuation here of Davies' commentary on government's "playing God" which began (in its current form) with Children of Earth. However the really interesting thing is the effect this will have on Torchwood leader Jack Harkness…

"Captain Jack is an immortal, and what we are talking about is the world turns immortal. There's an awful lot of story packed into that."

Torchwood Series 4 is shaping up to be pretty good, we reckon – production has commenced, so look out for it in the summer!

New BBC Doctor Who Screensavers

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:16 AM PST

The BBC's official Doctor Who site has released a set of wallpapers from the "Scream Savers" screensaver app for Windows and Mac OS X, featuring stunning images inspired by Hammer Horror movie posters and Season 31 of Doctor Who.

With a choice of Victory of the Daleks, The Hungry Earth, The Lodger and the online Christmas adventure Snowfall, these are great images that can be downloaded at a nice high quality 1,920px × 1,080px.

This is, of course, just the tip of the iceberg for Doctor Who screensavers and desktop backgrounds available on the wibbly wobbly web. There are countless images these days provided at a variety of suitable resolutions, from the images made available on the BBC website to the efforts of Doctor Who's amazing fans that are scattered across the internet.

Here are some of our favourites:

The web has a fine collection of images that truly makes me yearn for the early days of Kasterborous, and the  marvellous Anthony Dry desktop backgrounds…

Meanwhile, Doctor Who fans using Firefox should remember that their browsers can be decorated with Whovian images!

Russell T. Davies Reveals More About Torchwood: Miracle Day! - Comic Book Movie

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:14 AM PST


Russell T. Davies Reveals More About Torchwood: Miracle Day!
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Hit the jump to hear what writer Russell T. Davies has to say about the premise and characters of the 10 episode series which will air on Starz this coming ...

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Doctor Who: Weird and Wonderful - Doctor Who TV (blog)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:10 AM PST


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Doctor Who: Weird and Wonderful
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David Tennant's wife to be, Georgia Moffet, is now having a baby according to various tabloid reports. If it's a girl, they have to call it Jenny. ...

Torchwood: Week One Filming - The Doctor Who News Page (blog)

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:57 AM PST


Torchwood: Week One Filming
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Meanwhile, Captain Jack himself John Barrowman arrived for his costume-fitting, something that BBC Torchwood described as "a sweet new wardrobe", ...

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Torchwood: Week One Filming

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:52 AM PST

Filming for Torchwood: Miracle Day commenced this week, filming in Los Angeles, California.

The week saw the main cast assembling together for filming, with "US lead" CIA agent Mekhi Phifer kicking off proceedings, joined on Wednesday by John Barrowman, and from Thursday Eve Myles (Gwen) and Kai Owen (Rhys). Alexa Havins (Esther Katusi) was also present.

Though fan access to shooting is very restrictive (certainly in comparison to UK filming!), tantalising filming details have slowly trickled through via various members of cast and crew on Twitter, including Director of Photography Nathaniel Goodman, Fashion Designer Alana Stone and Costume Designer Shawna Trpcic - plus a commentary of tidbits from the official production office feed, BBC Torchwood!

 
A more detailed breakdown of developments during the week follows below; times have been quoted for the local Californian timezone.


Monday

Filming kicks off without a hitch, though for some it is an early start to the shoot!
21:14 Alana Stone:   Day one of Torchwood filming starts at 4:42am Monday morning... 
                     Here we go.
21:57 Jane Espenson: I have to be up early for Torchwood shenanigans in the morning.
                     So g'night, Twitter!
07:34 Jane Espenson: we start shooting new episodes today!
09:57 BBC Torchwood: Day 1. First shot 8:01am. Coffee pots are bottomless today.
12:32 Alana Stone:   Wow day 1= crazy good team work but crazy none the less!
17:24 Nate Goodman:  Great first day of shooting Torchwood done! 
                     But the really fun stuff yet to come..
09:18 BBC Torchwood: Day 1, smooth sailing, we're so lucky to have such a great crew.

Meanwhile, Kai Owen (Rhys) confirmed he'd start shooting from Thursday, alongside on-screen wife Eve Myles (Gwen):
Well my bags are packed! I fly to LA tomorrow and am on set with Eve on Thursday!!
Torchwood - Miracle Day is coming. I'm buzzing.

Tuesday

Tuesday saw a report that Mekhi Phifer (CIA agent Rex Matheson) was filming scenes in a hospital.

Meanwhile, Captain Jack himself John Barrowman arrived for his costume-fitting, something that BBC Torchwood described as "a sweet new wardrobe", with the fitting being "revealing". As one might expect, the coat is back, "a beautiful new design that we all want to own. It's stylish and absolutely brilliant."

Alana Stone also provided us with the first of what might well be the US production team's version of "WhoSpy", showing one of the chairs that are in use for the cast/crew during the shoot.
 

Wednesday

John Barrowman returns as Captain Jack Harkness, kicking off in style for a Los Angeles night shoot. As BBC Torchwood put it:
17:07 Night shoots all action packed and it's John's first day of work.
      Really exciting night.
17:21 STUNTS! STUNTS! So many STUNTS!

Thursday

It's Eve Myles and Kai Owen's turn to be welcomed to the new production, another night shoot that this time takes place in CIA Headquarters.

07:10 Kai Owen:      Good morning from LA! 
                     I start work on Torchwood - Miracle Day. Tonight!!!
20:01 BBC Torchwood: She's here tonight everyone, the Eve Myles. 
                     Tonight we've got almost a full cast.
                     John, Alexa, Kai. Bill and Russell are meeting as well.
23:58 Alana Stone:   Day four... All night in CIA headquarters.

"TW-Spy" continues with a couple of shots of office boards and cast trailers from Shawna Trpcic and Alana Stone; the trailers seem to have an iconic image for each character:


(via Plixi)
(via Twitpic)
(via Twitpic)

Meanwhile, Tom Price, the erstwhile former police colleague of Gwen, Andy Davidson, reported that he too would be joining the Torchwood crew:
Off to LA next week! That's about it really!

Friday

Filming for another night shoot took place at No 650 South Spring Street, an old bank building that has seen use in a number of film productions over the years, including Spider Man 2, Ghost, and The Mask.

20:12 BBC Torchwood: John and Alexa have an exciting scene to shoot tonight.
                     We're all taking turns to visit location. 
                     We love our Torchwood Crew!
22:08 Alana Stone:   Day/night 5... No rest for the wicked. 
                     Poor Alexa is running in 5 inch heels. Girl is a trooper!
01:26 Shawna Trpcic: Crew will shoot til 6 or 7 am time for me to sign off. Blessings.

The production vehicles were spotted by fan Timothy Cerjan:
Capt. Jack Harkness is shooting new Torchwood by my office.
The 21st Century is when it all changes. [pic]: http://4sq.com/g1Eibs



Next week sees the shoot continue in Los Angeles for another four days or so, with filming on Thursday to take place at City Hall. Directory of Photography Nate Goodman then reported that they fly out to the United Kingdom, where filming will continue in Wales the following fortnight (as reported in an interview with Eve Myles last year).



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Doctor Who: Weird and Wonderful

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:51 AM PST

Weird and Wonderful is our round-up of the some of the other Doctor Who bits and bobs around the web that caught our attention over the last week or so.

Movie Mash-ups

Empire Online asked their readers to mash-up classic film p Read more ...


Russell T. Davies Interview TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - Collider.com

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:14 AM PST


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Russell T. Davies Interview TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY
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During the Starz portion of the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, creator/show runner/executive producer Russell T. Davies talked about this ...

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Limited Tenth, Eleventh Doctor medals now on sale

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:49 AM PST

Two limited edition Doctor Who 22 carat gold medals are now available to buy from the Royal Mint. The first depicts Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor, while the second is a special 'regeneration' set which features the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) on one side, and the Eleventh Doctor on the other. Just 500 Eleventh Doctor medals will be made, and 250 of [...]

Review: Doctor Who The Essential Companion - CD

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:39 AM PST

Doctor Who: The Essential Companion, could be considered as somewhat of an experiment, as New Series Audiobooks go, but it's most definitely an experiment that works, and one which will hopefully pave the way for future series of the show.

What we have here is a narrated retelling of the stories and events that occurred throughout Series 5 of Doctor Who combined with expositional sound clips from the show.

Alex Price, who portrayed the character of Francesco in the Series 5 story, The Vampires of Venice, provides the narration, and offers a warm and engaging link that knits the audiobook together quite seamlessly.

Spread out over two CD's and at a retail price of just &ound;13.99, the product definitely lives up to its name as the essential companion. Disc One looks at Series 5 through to the end of The Vampires of Venice, and Disc Two neatly covers right through to the end of The Big Bang.

Even if you own the complete series 5 on DVD, this acts as a great accompaniment - and one that enables the listener to experience those 13 episodes in a brand new, and exciting way.

Outcast - DVD Review - FilmShaft.com

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 10:31 PM PST


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Outcast - DVD Review
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Interestingly Karen Gillan of Doctor Who fame also makes a brief appearance before being despatched by a shoddy special effect. Now don't get me wrong. ...

Go for a Ride-In a Dalek

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 08:43 PM PST

Back in 2005, did you ever imagine that with a new Doctor Who series we would see such insane merchandise as this?

Claims that the New Paradigm Daleks (from Mark Gatiss' Victory of the Daleks) were merely redesigned to allow renewed merchandise licencing were quickly rebuffed by BBC Worldwide in 2010 – I wonder exactly how much heat their hands are generating as they're rubbed together with glee over this lot?

Dressing up as a Dalek is nothing new – children have been donning PVC playsuits since the 1960s and the recent "Time War Dalek" costumes for little ones have proved very popular indeed.

But is the design and manufacture of what is pretty much an actual Mark III travel machine a step too far? Or is it just the use of the "Teletubbie Daleks" (looking more Teletubbie than ever with those little port holes in the "skirt") that makes the attached images look so heinous?

Produced by Zappies – who are understandably opening a Swiss bank account proud to be exclusively distributing the world's first ride-in Dalek toy – they describe these Daleks as "collectable, fully functional". Certainly these machines are powered by a 6v battery and stand at 128cm tall (around 50 inches), and even feature 360 degree steering with lights and 10 Dalek sounds.

But collectable? While  fully licensed by BBC Worldwide Limited, these Rise-In Daleks – set to be launched this month (25-27 January) at the Olympia Toy Fair, are certainly different and also have the disadvantage of looking as if they're inflatable. However I would be very surprised indeed to find anyone recalling these devices with fondness in 30 years time and them reaching any more than a future equivalent of todays (so far unannounced) price.

Ultimately, however, I suppose that as a terrible pedant, I'm unwilling to trust a company whose press release writer can't handle basic grammar and spelling ("BBC Worlwide", "fuctional"? Really?)…

(Thanks to Bionic_Tangfastic in the Kasterborous Doctor Who Forum)

Royal Shakespeare Company to sell thousands of costumes - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 07:46 PM PST


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Royal Shakespeare Company to sell thousands of costumes
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The Royal Shakespeare Company is to sell thousands of its costumes worn by actors including David Tennant and Sir Ian McKellen. ...

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Being Human star Lenora Crichlow on the hit drama's supernatural appeal - Scottish Daily Record

Posted: 15 Jan 2011 07:15 PM PST


Being Human star Lenora Crichlow on the hit drama's supernatural appeal
Scottish Daily Record
The new series of Being Human - about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost who share a flat - was made at the same Welsh studio where Doctor Who and Torchwood ...

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