Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Mike Rowbottom: Twenty twelve – tasked with making us laugh - Insidethegames.biz (blog)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 09:32 PM PST


Mike Rowbottom: Twenty twelve – tasked with making us laugh
Insidethegames.biz (blog)
If the snippets of dialogue in the clip released this week are anything to go by, this six-part BBC Four series, written by John Morton with narration from David Tennant, promises much mirth. On the subject of his press attaché, Fletcher enthuses: ...

RAI buys BBC opera series - Variety

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:53 PM PST


RAI buys BBC opera series
Variety
... recording of the Rolling Stones' "Exile on Main Street" album, and "U2 at the BBC," a behind-the-scenes look at U2 performing in London. Cielo Television, part of Sky Italia, acquired John Lennon biopic "Lennon: Naked" starring Christopher Eccleston.

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A slice of bad luck for cellist - The Sun

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:16 PM PST


A slice of bad luck for cellist
The Sun
STARS including David Tennant and Jack Dee will join David Walliams' marathon 24-Hour Panel People, a day of non-stop panel shows for Comic Relief. Iain Lee is the last confirmed for the final heat of Let's Dance For Comic Relief.

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'Mild Lesbian' Daisy Lowe - Contactmusic.com

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:02 PM PST


'Mild Lesbian' Daisy Lowe
Contactmusic.com
Daisy Lowe - who is currently dating 'Doctor Who' star Matt Smith - has revealed she thinks of herself as a ''mild lesbian''. Daisy Lowe has described herself as a "mild lesbian". The British model - the daughter of Pearl Lowe and Gavin Rossdale - has ...

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'I'm a mild lesbian', reveals Daisy Lowe as she admits she has a crush on ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:06 PM PST


Daily Mail

'I'm a mild lesbian', reveals Daisy Lowe as she admits she has a crush on ...
Daily Mail
But despite several high-profile romances with men - including current boyfriend, Doctor Who actor Matt Smith, the 22-year-old revealed she also fancies women. The brunette model admitted she is bisexual, describing herself as a 'mild lesbian' in a new ...

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David Walliams Takes On Marathon Challenge For Comic Relief! - AboutMyArea

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PST


AboutMyArea

David Walliams Takes On Marathon Challenge For Comic Relief!
AboutMyArea
David Tennant, Jack Dee, Stephen Fry, Miranda Hart, Claudia Winkleman, Jason Manford, David Mitchell, Dara O'Briain, Paul O'Grady, Sue Perkins, Jo Brand, Jimmy Carr, Lee Mack, Richard Bacon, Vernon Kay, Sir David Frost, Barbara Windsor, Russell Tovey, ...

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Doctor Who Comic Relief Special Pics

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:32 AM PST

A couple of promo pics for the 2011 Doctor Who Comic Relief mini-episode have been released.

The first image shows the Doctor, Amy and Rory in the TARDIS looking a bit startled…

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Doctor Who: Worlds in Time puts the MMO in TARDIS - CNET UK

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:48 AM PST


Doctor Who: Worlds in Time puts the MMO in TARDIS
CNET UK
Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith and feisty companion Karen Gillen appear in The Mazes of Time on the iPad and iPhone, Evacuation Earth for the Nintendo DS and Return To Earth for the Wii -- complete with Sonic Screwdriver Wiimote. There's also The Adventure ...

Daisy Lowe: I'ma 'mild lesbian' with the hots for Kelly Brook - This is London

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:44 AM PST


This is London

Daisy Lowe: I'ma 'mild lesbian' with the hots for Kelly Brook
This is London
Lowe, 22, has been dating Doctor Who star Matt Smith since they met at Coachella, a Californian music festival, last year. But she told GQ magazine that fellow model Brook was "such a hotty" and, asked if she liked women, said: "Yes, I think women are ...

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New Cardiff Locations Bus Tour!

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:43 AM PST

Brit Movie Tours have announced the launch of a new Doctor Who locations bus tour in Cardiff in time for the new series of the hugely popular TV show.

Running to four hours and taking place on a luxury mini coach, the tour of Doctor Who locations starts and finishes in central Cardiff giving fans the chance to visit many locations featured in Doctor Who since the showed return in 2005.

Fans will get to visit the church Donna disappears from on her wedding day, Farringham Village, sites in and around Cardiff Bay such as where the rift crack opened up, legendary Bad Wolf graffiti and even familiar locations from spin off shows Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

As Brit Movie Tours director, Lewis Swan explains:

"One of the aims of launching a Doctor Who Cardiff Tour in the Welsh capital is to give fans of Doctor Who the chance to see familiar locations from the TV series and also enjoy the many attractions Cardiff has to offer.

"With the closure of the exhibition in the bay area the locations bus tour will be able to give fans of the Doctor a fun experience when they visit Cardiff."

Doctor Who fans are expected to visit Cardiff regardless of the lack of an exhibition, and Brit Movie Tours' Doctor Who Tour of Cardiff looks like a great option!

Visit the Brit Movie Tours website at britmovietours.com for more information and to find out about other Doctor Who Tours!

(With thanks to Lewis)

Torchwood: Who you gonna call?

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:06 AM PST

Ernie HudsonThe actor Ernie Hudson has today been reported as having a role in Torchwood: Miracle Day:
Alana Stone: Who you gonna call?
Michael Colbert: The one and only Ernie Hudson is guest starring on this ep.

The actor has had a prolific career in films and television, having recently appeared in recent television series like Transformers Prime (voice of Agent Fowler), The Secret Life of an American Teenager (Dr Field), Law and Order (Frank Gibson), and Desperate Housewives (Detective Ridley). His sci-fi credentials include appearances in Heroes, Stargate SG-1, as Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Washington in the film Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

But he will always be best known as Winston Zeddemore, the fourth member of the team in the extremely successful Ghostbusters, and its followup Ghostbusters II. (A third film has been mooted for production shortly!)
 

Ernie HudsonThe casting follows on from the announcement at the weekend that Christopher Thomas Howell would also be appearing in the series. The actor reported that he would be filming during an interview with SouthLATVFans.

Another actor rising to fame in the 1980s, Howell is best known for his portrayal of Ponytail Curtis in The Outsiders; he also appeared Tyler in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, and other films like The Hitcher, Red Dawn and Soul Man. Notable television roles include Kindred: The Embraced (Det. Frank Kohanek), Amazon (Dr. Alex Kennedy), 24 (Barry Landes), and most recently as Officer Dewey Dudek in Southland. He also has a role in the currently filming The Amazing Spider-Man.

First look at Doctor Who Comic Relief mini-episode!

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:43 AM PST

Two stills from this month's Doctor Who Comic Relief special have been released! In the first image, the Doctor, Amy and Rory are looking surprised at something, while the second - a higher quality version of the image previously reported by News of the World - shows something else surprising… two Amys! The mini-episode will air during BBC One's Red Nose Day telethon [...]

Cosmic Relief - Doctor Who TV (blog)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:20 AM PST


Doctor Who TV (blog)

Cosmic Relief
Doctor Who TV (blog)
The cover for the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine has been released and as you can see it's all about the upcoming Comic Relief special (click to enlarge). It features Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill all wearing Red Noses. ...

RAI buys BBC opera series - Variety

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:05 AM PST


RAI buys BBC opera series
Variety
Meanwhile, Cielo Television, part of Sky Italia, acquired the John Lennon biopic "Lennon: Naked" starring Christopher Eccleston as the head Beatle. In drama, Worldwide sold "Misfits," "Doctor Who," "Primeval" and "Being Erica" to RAI, while Fox Italy ...

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Houston girl Ali DeFoy making a big name for herself on the small screen - The Paisley Daily Express

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:06 AM PST


Houston girl Ali DeFoy making a big name for herself on the small screen
The Paisley Daily Express
"It's the same as David Tennant – he had to change his name too. "I didn't want to make up a name, so I chose DeFoy, which is my mum's maiden name. "It's a French name originally and it's quite unusual." Ali, who also attended Houston Primary as a ...

'This Is England '86' leads RTS nominees - Digital Spy

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:01 AM PST


'This Is England '86' leads RTS nominees
Digital Spy
The acting categories were completed with Five Daughters' Natalie Press, Mo's Julie Walters, Single Father's David Tennant and Any Human Heart's Jim Broadbent. The Inbetweeners, Miranda and Rev will fight it out to be named 'Best Scripted Comedy', ...

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The Doctor Who Experience - Wired.co.uk

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:57 AM PST


Wired.co.uk

The Doctor Who Experience
Wired.co.uk
As far as my seven year old son is concerned, the more Who the better, and he was almost as excited as I was to attend the Doctor Who Experience at London's Olympia. His first question was of course whether Matt Smith would be there (ah, ...

Celebs join Walliams '24 Hour People Panel' - Digital Spy

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:43 AM PST


Celebs join Walliams '24 Hour People Panel'
Digital Spy
Highlights include Walliams and his mother taking on Miranda Hart and her on-screen mother Patricia Hodge in The Generation Game and Paul O'Grady hosting Blankety Blank as Walliams competes against Barbara Windsor, Stacey Solomon and David Tennant. ...

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Why You Shouldn't Fall in Love With TV Pilots Before They Hatch! - DVR Playground (press release) (blog)

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 05:20 AM PST


Why You Shouldn't Fall in Love With TV Pilots Before They Hatch!
DVR Playground (press release) (blog)
... recall last year's pilot season when I was excited about shows like EDGAR FLOATS which starred Tom Cavanagh and Alicia Witt, MATADORS with Jason Behr and David Stratham, NOMADS starring Scott Porter, and REX IS NOT YOUR LAWYER with David Tennant. ...

Doctor Who on iPhone Roundup

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:25 AM PST

Mobile phones have grown up over the last few years. Gone are the days of simply using a phone to make a call or send a text. Also gone are the days when internet could only be accessed from a fixed point at home. You can pretty much organise your whole life from the palm of your hand via a nifty smart phone or a mighty but tiny tablet word processor.

Top of the market right now is Apple, riding high on their sales of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. And with these remarkable products come downloadable applications, or apps. Some are free and other will set you back a small amount of your hard earned cash but al are worth looking at.

That's why we've decided to put a handy little guide for our readers of what's available on these gizmos in relation to the world of Doctor Who. So, sit back and discover just why you may want to join the Apple revolution…

The following are available on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch unless stated otherwise.

Doctor Who news on your iPhone with WhoNewsFirst up is the mighty WhoNews (59p) which contains a wealth of information culminating from various Doctor Who sites including Kasterborous itself! Created by Paul Gee, the application not only collects the latest in news and reviews in the world of Doctor Who for you to easily and guide yourself through but also has a nifty price match system so that you can find out where to shop online for the most affordable Who products.

Once you've purchased this, you can use it on multiple devices.

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide (£2.39) contains 150 facts on the Doctor Who Universe from its very beginnings right up until the Doctors current adventures.

Want the chance to carry the Doctor's ultimate gadget, the Sonic Screwdriver, then SonicTool (59p) will let you do just that! Offering eight different variations on the Doctor's "old friend", you can change the tip, the body and the handle to make the ultimate Sonic Screwdriver! With unique animations and 10 different sound effects, this is a quality application although would be better suited for the iPhone or iPod touch to give it that authentic handled feel.

The Dr Who Guide (£1.19) covers the show from its return in 2005 up until the most recent special, A Christmas Carol. Packed with synopsis for each story, story arcs, broadcast dates and locations of filming bought straight up on the map locater, this is a must for anyone new to the series or who craves detail in their Doctor Who (which is, let's face it, most of us!).

Doctor Who: Podshock (£1.79) brings you the latest podcasts related to what's happening in the world of Doctor Who. Featuring multitude of news, reviews and interviews, this app will have you laughing, crying and gasping all at the same time as you sit back and find out more about your favourite show.

Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time (£2.99) is an original action adventure games for the iPhone. IPad and iPod Touch. Featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy, this game will take you all over time and space as you face off against Daleks, Cybermen and Silurians as you visit ancient Incan temples, the tombs of Telos and even a Dalek ship or two! Featuring hundreds of puzzles, music from the show and the ability to play as the Doctor and Amy, this is a must for any Doctor Who fan!

For those who missed it when it was released, SFX have uploaded their latest special edition magazine for you to read through as well. Doctor Who: A Celebration-SFX Special Edition (£4.99) is a brilliant look at all things Who. Featuring hilarious episode breakdowns for Series Five and other articles on what's to come for Series Six. This is not to be missed purely for the article "100 things we love about Doctor Who".

Not only are all these apps available but you can also download BBC books straight to your device. Type "Doctor Who" into your iTunes search engine and you'll be greeted by a brilliant barrage of television episodes old and new, soundtracks all five of the latest series of Doctor Who and the BBC's audio range!

This is the time to explore the world of Doctor Who via an Apple device. Fire up yours right now and get downloading and if you haven't got one, then what are you still doing here?! Get to your nearest retailer now and join the revolution!

Accidental Death Becomes Suicide When Insurers Dodge Paying Life Benefits - Bloomberg

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST


Accidental Death Becomes Suicide When Insurers Dodge Paying Life Benefits
Bloomberg
"The most important federal insurance regulation of the past generation is ERISA," says Tom Baker, deputy dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. "If ever a law backfired for the public, ERISA is the perfect example. ...

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Listen to previews of A Christmas Carol soundtrack!

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:21 AM PST

The official soundtrack to last year's Christmas special, A Christmas Carol, will be released later this month, and, thanks to Amazon, you can now listen to short previews of each of the tracks to whet your appetite! The soundtrack will be available to buy from 21st March and contains 29 tracks as featured in Matt Smith's first festive [...]

Sarah Jane up for a Royal Television Society award

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 03:00 AM PST

The Sarah Jane Adventures has been nominated for the Children's Drama gong at the 2011 Royal Television Society programme awards! The Doctor Who spin off – which will return to CBBC for its fifth series in the autumn – is up against Tracy Beaker Returns in the category, and the results will be revealed at a ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London [...]

Fundraising in memory of Nicholas Courtney

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 02:39 AM PST

Doctor Who fans are collecting donations via the fundraising site JustGiving in memory of Nicholas Courtney, who passed away last week. Funds raised will go to Marie Curie Cancer Care, the hospice charity which cared for Courtney in his last days. Marie Curie Cancer Care describes itself thus:
Marie Curie Cancer Care provides high quality nursing, totally free, to give people with terminal cancer and other illnesses the choice of dying at home, supported by their families. It runs nine Marie Curie Hospices across the UK offering free specialist care for patients and support for families. The charity conducts palliative care research to find better ways of caring for terminally ill people and also funds scientists who investigate the causes and treatments of cancer. Charity Registration No 207994 (England & Wales) and SC0 38731 (Scotland)
The Doctor Who News Page encourages fans with fond memories of Nick to contribute to this worthy cause; even small donations will be appreciated. JustGiving accepts donations via credit card, debit card or PayPal. The page for donations is here.

Cosmic Relief

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:58 AM PST

The cover for the next issue of Doctor Who Magazine has been released and as you can see it's all abo Read more ...


RTS Programme Awards nominations

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:48 AM PST

The Royal Television Society has announced the shortlist for this year's RTS Programme Awards.

Although Doctor Who has missed out on a nomination, it is represented in five categories. The Sarah Jane Adventures is up against Tracy Beaker Returns for Children's Drama. David Tennant (the tenth Doctor) and Jim Broadbent, who played the eleventh Doctor in Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death, have been nominated in Actor (Male) for their work in Single Father and Any Human Heart, respectively. Reggie Yates (Leo Jones) is nominated in the Presenter category for his work on Autistic Superstars, which seeked out a cast of talented young people with autism to perform at a music event in London. Reggie has competition from Piers Morgan and Professor Brian Cox.

Also nominated is the Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss creation, Sherlock, which is up against ITV's Downton Abbey in Drama Series. Finally, A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss, which celebrates the greatest achievements of horror cinema, has been nominated in Arts.

A full list of nominees is available on the RTS website.

The awards will be presented at a ceremony on 15 March 2011 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. The evening will be hosted by comedian and television presenter Dara O'Briain.

The Royal Television Society is Britain's leading forum for television and related media, and has existed for over 80 years.

The Late Late Costume Show

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:18 AM PST

I was at the same convention as him, but I didn't get to see the Nerdist's Chris Hardwick when he taped a segment at the Gallifrey One convention in LA the weekend before last for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The closest I came was being in an autograph session that was put into lockdown while they filmed Chris and Bridger being chased by a Dalek in the hallway outside.

They aired the finished segment on last night's show…

I want to stress that it's a very funny, affectionate sketch. I really want to stress that as it wasn't mean-spirited in the slightest (I say this as a victim of the butchery that was CBC's segment on Doctor Who fans on The Hour in 2005—another rant for another time.) But…

Here's the thing. Every time I tell people I went to LA to a Doctor Who convention, this is precisely what people think it was: people dressed up in costume, pretending they're characters from the telly. And that certainly did happen and it was awesome, especially the people in the Movellan costumes and the true-to-TV Quark. (Also, as a heterosexual male, I wasn't particularly complaining about the proliferation of Amy Ponds around this year). And it's not that I don't appreciate costuming (and I would never disparage it—especially as I spent the better part of a decade directing my fannish energies to other avenues like producing a fanzine. Plus… Movellans, Quarks and a proliferation of Amy Ponds)

But my Gallifrey One wasn't that. It never is. Not in the slightest.

My experience of Gallifrey, as it is of any Doctor Who con I attend, is mostly spent hanging out with non-costumed fans and friends and talking, bantering, drinking, listening to guests and talking about Doctor Who. A lot. Usually starting around 9am and ending at 3am the following day. (OK, not always—jet lag got in the way this year). I have never worn a Doctor Who costume to such an event (OK, I brought my Doctor Who scarf once to use as a prop). But I go to cons, and I love Gallifrey particularly for this, because it is a place where I can speak to fellow geeks and be understood.

I'm far from alone. I would say the majority of con-goers are people like me. The only difference is we rarely, almost never, get filmed on the TV news, on Late Night shows, on anything. Because ordinary looking people being enthusiastic and just hanging out for a weekend to talk about their favourite TV show is, frankly, kind of boring to film. It's always about the people in costumes, who are spectacularly televisual (of course they are—it's why we watched the characters they're dressed up as on TV in the first place!) And so the distortion about what a convention actually is just gets fed and grows.

I honestly don't know why this bugs me. It's not like Chris Hardwick was coming to the LAX Marriott to film a documentary for PBS. It was a skit for a late night show (one of the best ones going, too—Craig's comments last night on Charlie Sheen were so true). And it was deeply affectionate for the subject matter, on a show that is hugely supportive to Doctor Who. Plus, I was really pleased to see Shaun Lyon—a superstar of a convention organizer—get some on-camera love.

I guess when it comes down to it I'm tired of having to explain to people I don't go to LA every February to dress up as Amy Pond. Well, except for that one time.

Doctor Who Tours

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:04 AM PST

Brit Movie ToursFollowing on from last year, Brit Movie Tours - an independent company that runs regular tours of television and film locations - has announced a further season of tours based on Doctor Who that will run through this coming summer.

This year will see a new regular bus tour running in Cardiff. Director Lewis Swan explains:
One of the aims of launching a Doctor Who Cardiff Tour in the Welsh capital is to give fans of Doctor Who the chance to see familiar locations from the TV series and also enjoy the many attractions Cardiff has to offer. With the closure of the exhibition in the bay area the locations bus tour will be able to give fans of the Doctor a fun experience when they visit Cardiff.

As well as Cardiff, the company also runs half-day tours of London locations, and a special three-day tour of locations around London, England and Wales; both include a visit to the new Doctor Who Experience.

You can find full details of tour dates and prices from the Brit Movies website.

DWM #432 cover – Red Nose Day mini-ep confirmed!

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 12:50 AM PST

The cover for this month's issue of Doctor Who Magazine has been revealed today, bringing with it confirmation of the previously reported Doctor Who Red Nose Day mini-ep! The Doctor, Amy and Rory are featured on the front of the issue, and they're getting into the spirit of things by sporting their very own red noses for Comic Cosmic [...]

New Doctor Who Cardiff tour to launch next month

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 11:11 PM PST

Brit Movie Tours have sent us the details of their new Doctor Who bus tour which they'll be launching next month. During the 4 hour bus tour, which starts and ends in central Cardiff, fans will journey to many of the locations featured in Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Along the way, attendees will be given [...]

Gallifrey One on the Craig Ferguson show.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:00 PM PST

Chris Hardwick presented his report on Gallifrey one last night on the Craig Ferguson Show. Tara Wheeler @TARDIS_Tara and her TARDIS make up the end of the report. Plus a special appearance from the Head of Pertwee.

 

Guerriers and BF Produce Short Film

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:59 PM PST

Big Finish is co-producing Cleaning Up, a short film by the Guerrier Brothers.

Mark Gatiss stars as hitman Mr Jackson, with Louise Jameson as Mrs Pellman and Anton Romain Thompson as James. The film also features Tom Allen, Michael Ansah, Nicholas Briggs, Anthony Keetch, Miranda Kelling, Harry Myers, Phoebe Newlan and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

"It's an exciting new venture for us at Big Finish," says CEO Jason Haigh-Ellery, "and we couldn't be more thrilled. Brothers Simon and Tom brought me a great script and they'd assembled a fantastic cast and crew, so I just couldn't say no."

Shot in London in December 2010, the film has been written by Simon Guerrier, directed by Thomas Guerrier and script edited by Joseph Lidster, with music by Matthew Cochrane.

Cleaning Up will initially be shown at film festivals and then distributed more widely. Look out for further details - and a trailer - soon.

Bears Release DT Tommie Harris - ChicagoNow (blog)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:02 PM PST


ChicagoNow (blog)

Bears Release DT Tommie Harris
ChicagoNow (blog)
In an email to the Chicago Tribune, Hillenmeyer said that he has yet to find a doctor who believes it's a good idea for him to continue playing professional football. Schaefer, a nine year veteran, started just two games for the Bears in 2010. ...

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Matt's Experience

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:39 PM PST

Oh look!  It's jolly old Matt Smith, and he seems to have gotten his facts wrong!  The actor of the eleventh canonical interpretation of a certain eccentric and intriguing time traveller has recently made the news for calling said role "the greatest television part" in the United Kingdom of Great Britain (again), when in reality, being the Doctor is the greatest part in the world.  No, scratch that – the galaxy.  The universe.  The multiverse.  You get the drift.

Speaking at the grand opening of the Doctor Who Experience exhibition in London two Sundays ago, Matt commented:

"In my mind it's the greatest television part in this country, and one that I really relish and enjoy doing. And I feel very lucky to have such a wonderful writer [Steven Moffat] behind me who makes it unpredictable and inventive, and really challenges what the show is about."

Matt also suggested that his future self will look back on his past self and remind himself that he used to play the Doctor.  Who'd have thought?  He also implied that his job lets him go to things and do things and have fun with things.  So here's the thing… does Matt overuse "thing"?

"Only this job affords you such rare opportunities, things like coming to the Doctor Who Experience. I'm aware it will only last while I'm doing Doctor Who and then I'll forever be saying, 'I used to be Doctor Who!' It's a wonderful thing and it's something that I'm here to enjoy, because it's a rare thing to get an acting job that allows you to come to a thing like this and walk around and have fun."

Series 6 spoiler alert: the Doctor does things.

A slightly-related side note – remember the Auton Doctor?  Apparently Matt had his face covered in plaster for hours to make the dummy version of himself, breathing through straws conveniently shoved up his nose.  Read all about it, as well as everything else we just talked about, at Contactmusic.com.

Christmas Soundtrack Preview

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:05 PM PST

It's March and in a few short weeks fans can finally get their hands on the soundtrack album to last year's Doctor Who Christmas special, A Christmas Carol.

But, if you fancy a taster right now, then you are in luck as Amazon have made all 29 tracks from the album available to sample. Click the play button Read more ...


Two Amys for Comic Relief

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:28 PM PST

Website bleedingcool.com has found a screenshot for the mini Doctor Who episode planned for this Red Nose Day and it does not disappoint!

Plans for the small screen adventure are not yet known at this point but the still taken from the episode sees two, that's two, Amy Ponds standing outside the TARDIS!

Followers of current show runner Steven Moffat's work will remember that he not only wrote the hilarious Curse of the Fatal Death which featured an alternative Ninth Doctor rolling through his remaining regenerations but also the incredibly exciting and touching Time Crash, which featured not only the tenth doctor but also the fifth.

This year looks set to be nothing less then what we're used to receiving from the "Moff"  and in true wibbly wobbly-timey wimey fashion, it looks like he's going to deliver something fun, frantic and also rather memorable,

What's particularly fun to note is that the TARDIS that the two Amy's are standing outside seems to be within a TARDIS itself. Are we set for another "Belgium" incident? Or are the stakes ranking even higher this year?

You'll have to wait for Comic relief to air this year before finding out but knowing Moffat, it's going to be worth the wait!

A Welcome Blast From the New Doctor Who - Huffington Post (blog)

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 12:08 PM PST


A Welcome Blast From the New Doctor Who
Huffington Post (blog)
Plus the new companion, a 20-year old seeming moppet named Karen Gillan, was constantly in shorts and micro-minis. Which I historically like in, say, a Bond film, but maybe not so much in Doctor Who. I missed the season, and so, evidently, ...

Timey-Wimey Tuesday: Have we been here before?

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 10:00 AM PST

Every Tuesday until the start of Series 6, we'll be posting a new series related image for you to get your teeth into! Today's picture is this shot of the time ship, which has added yet another cog to the Series 6 wheel of still-to-be-resolved mysteries! What with the recent news that James Corden will be back as Craig Owens, and the fact that it [...]

Limited Edition Crack T-Shirt!

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST

Limited Edition is a badge of honour for any card carrying geek and a point of general confusion for the rest of the populace. Show someone your fancy new Malibu Stacey doll (with a new hat!) and they'll be impressed – tell them that it's limited edition and they'll give you a buoyant "oh" before moving ever so slowly away from you.

But not with T-shirts- the more obscure the image/slogan the better. People can't get enough of staring at your now incredible rare get up- scanning their eyes across it for hidden clues that can spark a long dormant geek memory.

Though the image has fairly obvious origins (he says with a nerdtacular grunt of scorn) Qwertee's fabulous and rare 'crack' design will give any geek the bragging rights in their respective post code.

The shirt – available for only three days or until 11pm Wednesday 1st March – was designed by animator Billy Allison and features Amy and the Doctor peering through the crack in time.

Unsurprisingly Allison came up with the idea  while watching Doctor Who:

"An idea I thought of while watching Doctor Who … why don't they just have a look inside? I thought, maybe not a good idea but still :D "

Doctor Who News readers can also take advantage of special 50p/50c offer off the usual £8/€10/$13.50 price simply by entering the magic code below when ordering …and there's no reason why you shouldn't follow the link above to take a read of the popular news pages and pickup the code.

European T-Shirt fun factory Qwertee specialise in making 'daily' t-shirts where designs will only be available for one day before being cast into the fiery chasm from whence they came. Designs are submitted to community members who the vote for there favourites- with designers from across the globe looking to be king geek for the day.

To order head over to the Qwertee site.

(via Doctor Who News)

Doctor Whooligan: Doctor Who Series Six News, Casting News, Book News and More! - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 06:00 AM PST


Doctor Whooligan: Doctor Who Series Six News, Casting News, Book News and More!
Anglotopia.net
Stevan Moffat will write episodes 1,2, 7, 8 and the season finale, episode 13. Episode 3 is being penned by Steve Thompson. The much heralded story by Neil Gaiman will be episode 4. Matthew Graham sends in the clones with Episodes 5-6 (titled The Rebel ...

Doctor Who Ratings souffrent d'une baisse

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 04:11 AM PST

We spoke too soon. Perhaps it was something we said as we held hands and danced merrily down the Rue Leonardo Da Vinci? Was it that we wanted to go to Euro Disney?

Whatever we did during our little fling with the Doctor and his ratings Indian Summer in France appears to have ruined it for everyone. Were we too ostentatious?

Rating for "Le Seigneur des Rêves" (Amy's Choice) and  "La révolte des intra-terrestres 1/2″ (The Hungry Earth & Cold Blood) fell to just 295,000 viewers, which is only 1.3% of the total audience compared with last weeks 374,000 viewers or a 1.7% share.

Unfortunately no comparison can be made with figures for Season 4 as they were not made available at the time.

Here's hoping that we can sort our differences out, get back on the right track and get those French fans back to Doctor Who before the Jagaroth ruin it for everyone.

Thanks again to Aurélie (who is a real-life French person!)

A Christmas Carol special nominated for Saturn Award

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:59 AM PST

The 2010 Christmas special, A Christmas Carol, has been nominated for a Saturn Award! The festive episode, in which the Doctor had one hour to save a crashing spaceship and a lonely miser's soul, is up for the award for the Best Television Presentation. It's up against Sherlock, Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, The Pillars of the Earth, [...]

New limited edition Doctor Who Qwertee t-shirt on sale

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 03:42 AM PST

A great Doctor Who t-shirt is currently on sale at Qwertee.com for a limited time only! The t-shirt features the Doctor and Amy Pond peering through a crack and is priced at £8. If you want to get your hands on it, be quick, as it will only be available to purchase for the next 2 days. Qwertee [...]

Read our report of the new Doctor Who Experience

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 02:58 AM PST

We visited the Doctor Who Experience on Saturday, and we're pleased to reveal that we had a fantastic time! The new attraction definitely lived up to its expectations, and you can find out more about what we thought about it – and see our gallery of exclusive pictures – by reading our full event report. Have you visited the Doctor [...]

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