Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News |
- BBC's international TV industry event finds new home in Liverpool - Liverpool Daily Post
- Movie guide: How good is Liam Neeson's new one? Unknown - Explore Baltimore County
- I Can Haz Dalek? - Anglophenia (blog)
- Lebanon High School Times: What's So Great About Russian Literature? - my.hsj.org
- DVD Releases: Feb. 15, 2011 - NewsOK.com
- Regions become rising stars in film world - Financial Times
- Docteur Who: la prochaine fois sur France 4
- Match Gillan's Look!
- New Torchwood Audiobooks
- T.P. McKenna 1929–2011
- Preview the Doctor Who Experience - Doctor Who TV (blog)
- More previews of Experience's recreated TARDIS set!
- Free Doctor Who audios in the Guardian, Observer
- The Dandy and the ...
- Free Doctor Who Audiobooks
- ACC Liverpool announced as new home to BBC Showcase UK - Focus on Travel News
- The Four Doctors
- This Weekend and the Weekender
- Preview the Doctor Who Experience
- Frances Barber to appear in Series 6 of Doctor Who
- New Doctor Who posters, framed photos now on sale
- Sir Ian's shirt a snip at £60 in costume auction - The Bolton News
- Far From Ordinary: A Danny Boyle Profile (Part 2) - Flickering Myth (blog)
- The Lost Stories Season 3
- Is the BBC Slow to Recommission?
- New On DVD This Week: Top Gear, Rain Man, Murphy's Law, Hoodwinked, Unstoppable - Fancast (blog)
- February Podcast 003 - 16 February 2011
- Doctor Who Experience Photos!
| BBC's international TV industry event finds new home in Liverpool - Liverpool Daily Post Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:21 PM PST
| ||
| Movie guide: How good is Liam Neeson's new one? Unknown - Explore Baltimore County Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST
| ||
| I Can Haz Dalek? - Anglophenia (blog) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:28 PM PST
| ||
| Lebanon High School Times: What's So Great About Russian Literature? - my.hsj.org Posted: 16 Feb 2011 11:41 AM PST
| ||
| DVD Releases: Feb. 15, 2011 - NewsOK.com Posted: 16 Feb 2011 10:32 AM PST
| ||
| Regions become rising stars in film world - Financial Times Posted: 16 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST
| ||
| Docteur Who: la prochaine fois sur France 4 Posted: 16 Feb 2011 08:26 AM PST | ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:19 AM PST Fashionistas. Let it not be said that we at Kasterborous are not sartorially elegant. Why the Spring Edition of Kasterborous Lush, our brand new line of stylish and unsoiled clothing is set to hit the shelves soon – featuring Colin Baker underwear, Sontaran bobble hats and decadent Zygon Waistcoats – is nothing if not at the cutting edge of ideas the fashion world has yet to even conceive of. So Fashionistas: when we speak, you listen. You too can match the sultry look of one Miss Karen Gillan for as little as £484! Okay, that's not cheap but still you'll look like Karen Gillan did once! People will love your/Gillan's choices! You'll be the perfect unthinking copy! You'll add the effort to her effortless look! The look you'll capture will be a causal casual one – comprised of a pair of navy shorts, a Peach blouse complete with beige woven belt and black patent heels – that Gillan dazzled the red carpet at the Elle Style Awards and can be replicated by purchasing A|Wear Gold Button Shorts (£25), Oasis Nude Pink Pussybow Blouse (£35), Net-a-Porter Watercolour Silk Chiffon Blouse (£345), Fashion Union Scoop Neck Dipped Hem Blouse (£18), Grey Lace Up Brogue Shoe (£45), George at ASDA Lace Up Heels (£6), and a Debenhams Tan Woven Belt (£10) Remember, when your getting all the attention, Kasterborous Lush! (via Styleclone) | ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:06 AM PST
Both Ghost Train and Department X are written by James Goss, author of many Torchwood and Doctor Who novels including the award-winning Dead Air. Taking place in the Torchwood continuity before Children of Earth, Ghost Train and Department X stories feature Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series from BBC Television. Taking the microphone for narration on both titles is Kai Owen, better known as Gwen's long-suffering fiancé Rhys. Ghost Train sees Rhys investigating his very own mystery, for once. OK, it starts off being about missing fridges. But it leads to a midnight train pulling into an abandoned platform at Cardiff Station. What is the mysterious cargo that Rhys is unloading? Where's it going? And what can be behind it? Meanwhile, Department X finds the Torchwood team going undercover in Cardiff department store G. R. Owen, the last of Cardiff's old department stores. Times are hard and the ancient firm has gone into administration. But who are the Administrators? What goes on behind the shutters at night? And why are customers disappearing? Jack is determined to find out, before the store closes forever. Both stories are available as downloads or on CD and run for 2 hours, and are available from March 3rd 2011 for £6.79 for download and £13.27 for CD. | ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 07:00 AM PST  The actor T.P. McKenna has died, aged 81.He appeared in the Season 25, seventh Doctor story, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, playing the intergalactic explorer, Captain Cook. Born Thomas Patrick McKenna, he made his stage debut in Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin 1954. He continued to appear in therater productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre Company. Following several years on the stage with, he began appearing in popular television dramas from the 1960s including Dangerman, Adam Adamant, The Avengers, The Saint, Jason King, The Sweeney, Blakes 7 and Minder. He also featured prominently in other television dramas including The Duchess of Malfi, The Changeling, Napoleon and Love, Holocaust, The Manions of America, To The Lighthouse, Bleak House, Strong Medicine, Jack the Ripper, and the final episode of Inspector Morse. McKenna had fulfilled a long-held ambition to appear with John Thaw in Inspector Morse. He had film roles in Ulysses, Straw Dogs, and A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man. In 1985 he appeared in The Doctor and the Devils alongside Timothy Dalton (Rassilon, The End of Time). He died on 13th February in London following a long illness. He will be laid to rest in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland alongside his wife May, who died five years ago. He is survived by his sons Rafe, Killian, Breffní and Stephen and his daughter Sally. Thomas Patrick McKenna (7th September 1929 – 13th February 2011) Media coverage by: BBC News, The Irish Times, The Telegraph. | ||
| Preview the Doctor Who Experience - Doctor Who TV (blog) Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:42 AM PST
| ||
| More previews of Experience's recreated TARDIS set! Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:36 AM PST The BBC Doctor Who site has continued its countdown to the grand opening of the Doctor Who Experience today. Their latest exclusive is a bundle of new pictures of the replica of the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS, which takes pride of place at the Experience as visitors step aboard to embark on their very own thrilling adventure! In addition, the console rooms piloted by the [...] | ||
| Free Doctor Who audios in the Guardian, Observer Posted: 16 Feb 2011 06:22 AM PST Two free Doctor Who audiobooks will come free inside the Guardian and Observer newspapers this weekend! You'll be able to collect The Hounds of Artemis by James Goss and The Ring of Steel by Stephen Cole on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th February. The Hounds of Artemis is narrated by the Doctor himself, Matt Smith, while The Ring [...] | ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 05:32 AM PST  The new issue of the UK children's comic The Dandy sees its lead character, TV's Harry Hill, have a fleeting encounter with all eleven incarnations of the Doctor (plus some Daleks!) during a twelve page special of his usual madcap antics within the comic!The issue is out on 16th February 2011. (with thanks to Séan Baldwin. Image © The Dandy)  | ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 04:31 AM PST Readers of the Guardian and Observer newspapers will get a couple of nice free gifts this weekend (Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th February) in the shape of two Doctor Who audiobooks! The Hounds of Artemis (by James Goss) is narrated by Matt Smith while The Rings of Steel (Stephen Cole) is told by Rory Williams actor Arthur Darvill. Not too much is known about either of these titles at present – however regardless of this the Guardian are offering a great opportunity to bolster your Doctor Who audio collection for free (or at least the price of a couple of weekend newspapers). In addition to these titles, a free Doctor Who download from Tom Baker's Hornet's Nest series (by Paul Magrs) is also available by purchasing a copy of the Guardian every day next week! | ||
| ACC Liverpool announced as new home to BBC Showcase UK - Focus on Travel News Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:39 AM PST
| ||
| Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:28 AM PST For the past few years, Big Finish has rewarded loyal subscribers of their Doctor Who range by giving them a free play. We've had some real belters that have been sent out, free of charge, as a thank you from the audio kings. But it's fair to say that none have excited Doctor Who fans as much as the anticipation of Big Finish's latest offering, The Four Doctors. Available to subscribers only, this very special play sees not just one but (as the title gives away) four of the Doctor's incarnations taking on the Daleks and what an adventure it is. Let's get one thing out of the way first of all; this is not an adventure with Doctors five, six, seven and eight all meeting up and fighting together and squabbling along the way. This is something far more subtle and far more effective. As the story unfolds, the Fifth Doctor is on Stella Curios investigating time leakage when the Eighth Doctor turns up and covertly assists him from the next room. When the Daleks force their way in, the two Doctor's manage to set up a time loop trap spanning between their intermittent incarnations, ensuring that the Daleks will meet the Sixth and Seventh Doctors along the way. This leads to a very different approach in a Doctor Who story, the various Doctor's and their different personalities shine throughout and highlight the acting abilities of Davison, Baker, McCoy and McGann. The Fifth Doctor's curiosity, the Sixth Doctor's soulful reflection on life, the Seventh Doctor's interfering and the Eighth Doctor's spontaneity, all are showcased here to ensure events unfold in the right way. On initial listening, you may find that much of the dialogue if this piece flows over you as you plough through the adventure to get the meat of the piece. But joy of this story is not the bigger picture, it's not about the Daleks new plan or waiting for the moment the Doctor's are all gathered in the same room. It's essentially four very different but interlinked short stories for you to digest. Each one well paced and beautifully executed. One moment, the seventh Doctor is facing off Daleks with Michael Faraday in one of the faster paced scenes of the story. Suddenly, we have a wonderful monologue from Colin Baker as he looks out onto a Dalek battlefield. Juxtaposing these incarnations against each other is not robbing the listener of anything but adding more dramatic weight to an excellent story. Parts of The Four Doctors may pass you by on initial listening partly due to your excitement but that's okay because it's a story that deserves repeat listening to truly appreciate it. Gone are the days of grouping together different incarnations of the Doctor, it's a bit too tongue in cheek to provide a serious drama. It can work in 8 minute sketches such as Time Crash but if you want to have a multi Doctor story and give the most powerful dialogue that you can to the lead actors, then this is the way to do it. Thank you Big Finish, you always know the best presents to give out. | ||
| This Weekend and the Weekender Posted: 16 Feb 2011 02:04 AM PST This Saturday I'll first be popping my head round the door at Picocon at Imperial College, London, then, from 4pm, I'll be doing a signing, alongside indie comic creator Paul Rainey, at Orbital Comics, on Great Newport Street, followed by a panel discussion around 7pm. Should be fun. You may have noticed that I've utterly failed to do any sort of report on the SFX Weekender. The truth is, I'm working too hard. I had a great time, staying in the Tor Books cottage, with China Mieville, Mark Charan Newton, Peter F. Hamilton, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Gary Gibson, editor Julie Crisp and editorial assistant Chloe and Amy. I felt slightly out of my depth in such intellectual company, in front of folk I'm now proud to call my publishers, but to whom I haven't really proved myself yet. I drove out into the wastelands to see the nuclear power station and have tea on the edge of Romney Marsh. I appreciated a fantastic event which put a bigger, more diverse audience in front of SF and fantasy authors than any other UK convention can provide. I did a signing where a little girl looked up at Peter Hamilton's huge fort of huge novels and said 'I can read big letters and small letters'. I appreciated the power of Baby Davros. I had a pint with Moffat, and several more with several others. You know who you are. I partied so hard that it took me the best part of a week to get over it. I like the SFX organiser ethos, I like the dancing girls (but there should be an equal number of dancing boys), I like this new mainstream SF audience that's growing here, who don't think they're in a ghetto. With the complaints of last year listened to, I think something big's growing here. And the booksellers apparently did good business. The way of the future, I think, prose and media hand in hand, authors and publishing people having a great time networking and meeting the audience as actors take the stage. Hmm, that sounds a lot like San Diego. This photo by Danie Ware, who organised our signing at the Forbidden Planet table:  That's Adrian, Peter, Gary and me. If I see you on Saturday, do say hello. Cheerio! | ||
| Preview the Doctor Who Experience Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:25 AM PST
The Doctor Who Experience – the new interactive exhibition – officially opens its doors to the public in London this Sunday.< Read more ...
| ||
| Frances Barber to appear in Series 6 of Doctor Who Posted: 16 Feb 2011 01:07 AM PST Frances Barber's online CV has been updated to reveal that she will be appearing in the sixth series of Doctor Who. According to the listing, the actress will be portraying a character named Kovarian in the new series, in an episode directed by Peter Hoar. Barber has previously appeared in Midsomer Murders, The Fattest Man in Britain, and as Moira in A [...] | ||
| New Doctor Who posters, framed photos now on sale Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:31 AM PST Forbidden Planet are now listing a new selection of Doctor Who posters and framed photos which will go on sale from 6th March – perfect for covering up the cracks on your wall! Up for pre-order are Dalek and Character posters, both £3.99, a 3D poster for £12.99, and, for £7.99 each, framed photos of the Eleventh Doctor, Amy [...] | ||
| Sir Ian's shirt a snip at £60 in costume auction - The Bolton News Posted: 16 Feb 2011 12:10 AM PST
| ||
| Far From Ordinary: A Danny Boyle Profile (Part 2) - Flickering Myth (blog) Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:46 PM PST
| ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:33 PM PST The current pre-order discount offer for Series 3 of The Lost Stories – with all eight releases priced at just £70 on CD – will expire on March 1. The series launches in October with a trio of tales for the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa, including Christopher Bailey's Children of Seth (out in December). After a hiatus the series will resume in May 2012, with three stories for the Sixth Doctor and Peri. The final two releases in the season are enhanced readings of 1960s Lost Stories. | ||
| Is the BBC Slow to Recommission? Posted: 15 Feb 2011 10:08 PM PST A recent article published on The Guardian website has commented on the BBC's output in terms of drama and how there simply isn't enough of it due to budget. Maggie Brown commentates on how the BBC seems to be putting out quality shows but with shorter runs to their name. The newest imagining of Just William is the cause of her contention as the writer notices that even though it's a great show, the BBC will not be re commissioning it. Maggie feels that this is due to poor scheduling. Another show she cites is Steven Moffat's Sherlock, while seeing brilliant ratings and being well received by audiences will be back for just three more episodes this year as Moffat is stretched what with his production of the greatest show ever made (of course it's Doctor Who). One particularly interesting aspect of the article is the speed of re-commissioning and the reordering of new shows, in which Brown asks:
Whilst these issues raise a valid point that things have been slower in number and production at the BBC in recent years it's also interesting to look at Doctor Who within this context and see how lucky we really are. Doctor Who has been given a new series year in, year out since 2005. We're treated to additional Christmas specials and specially filmed inserts for charity events and even National Television Awards. This year, the series will come back three times, once in the spring, again in the autumn and once more at Christmas. During all this, we get books, audiobooks and magazines to pass the time with. The show is always given the green light well in advance and its spin offs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, are given fantastic budget and brilliant scheduling. The BBC may be restructuring its policy on output but throughout all that, they're keeping the Doctor Who universe alive and well and very much at the front line of their scheduling. Nothing lasts forever but let's hope nothing will change anytime soon! | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2011 09:28 PM PST
| ||
| February Podcast 003 - 16 February 2011 Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:56 PM PST Nobody's complained yet (but surely it can only be a matter of time), so Rob Shearman remains the special guest for the third February podcast this year. Here, he discusses the audiobook of his award-winning short story collection Love Songs For the Shy and Cynical. Nick Briggs and Paul Spragg are there too! And Paul has a surprise birthday party story. Can you bear to miss it? And why is Nick so evil? AND... there's a new competition! There's also another clip from 1963. And be warned, this clip ends abruptly (cue forum complaints). Download Podcast Here | ||
| Posted: 15 Feb 2011 06:08 PM PST Seven new pictures from the soon-to-be-opened Doctor Who Experience exhibition have found their way onto the CBBC Newsround site! Included in the gallery are two photos from the highly-anticipated Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS interior (right), and disappointingly, from what we can see, it doesn't appear to be a spot-on replica. Is it just our perception or has it been outfitted to accommodate large crowds? And where's all the staircases and platforms? Are they just hidden from the camera or have they been removed altogether? Still, the console looks spectacular and we can't wait to get our hands on it! Other images include two members of the Experience team (decked out in spiffy lab coats, we might add) putting some finishing touches on a Davies-era Dalek sitting next to a Moffat-era yellow Eternal Dalek for a display that appears to be showcasing the, erm… "evolution" of the Skaro natives. After that you'll see two pics of a row of Cyber-heads from various eras of the show, and you may note that the modern Cybus model is mysteriously absent. No doubt that'll crop up elsewhere. There's also a quick shot of K-9, and a rather imposing image of the K-1 Robot from Robot, so big that an Experience staff member has to stand on a ladder in order to adjust its neck! The Doctor Who Experience opens this Sunday in London. |
| 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 |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment