Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


DAISY LOWE HAS ONE KEL OF A CRUSH - Daily Star

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:50 PM PST


DAISY LOWE HAS ONE KEL OF A CRUSH
Daily Star
Controversially, the daughter of Pearl Lowe, 40, and Gavin Rossdale, 45, has come out as bi, even though she's been dating Doctor Who stud star Matt Smith since last year. Daisy, 22, proudly declared: "I think women are really hot. ...

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'Torchwood' Recruits Former 'Ghostbuster' Ernie Hudson signs on for 'Miracle ... - Comic Book Movie

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:45 PM PST


'Torchwood' Recruits Former 'Ghostbuster' Ernie Hudson signs on for 'Miracle ...
Comic Book Movie
The team at Torchwood have already gone up against ghosts, but that isn't stopping them recruiting their own Ghostbuster. According to The Doctor Who News page, "Ghostbusters" actor Ernie Hudson has signed on for a role in "Torchwood: Miracle Day. ...

Doctor Who complete reviews: Terror Of The Vervoids - Shadowlocked (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:06 PM PST


Shadowlocked (blog)

Doctor Who complete reviews: Terror Of The Vervoids
Shadowlocked (blog)
OK, it's a bit OTT and stagy, but at least Mel takes more of a proactive approach to her adventures, unlike Peri. Like Sarah Jane in her earlier adventures, Mel has this knack for biting off more than she can chew - she nearly gets fried by an electric ...

Lauren Ambrose In For Weekends At Bellevue - Cinema Blend

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:06 PM PST


Cinema Blend

Lauren Ambrose In For Weekends At Bellevue
Cinema Blend
According to Deadline, Ambrose, who's currently playing a role in Torchwood, has been cast to play the role of Ellie in Weekends at Bellevue, a pilot about a psychiatrist who works the weekend shift at Bellevue's psych unit. The pilot is being written ...

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(Dr) Who loves ya? - The Sun

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:05 PM PST


The Sun

(Dr) Who loves ya?
The Sun
DOCTOR Who sidekick Amy Pond gives the Timelord a tender kiss in moving scenes filmed for the new BBC1 series. How was it for Who? ... the pair embrace Amy, played by Karen Gillan, 23, also gave the Doctor a hug - and clearly had something serious to ...

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Is there trouble ahead for Amy and Rory? Doctor Who gets close to his companion - Daily Mail

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST


Daily Mail

Is there trouble ahead for Amy and Rory? Doctor Who gets close to his companion
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter The last time Doctor Who fans saw Amy Pond, she was happily sailing off on honeymoon with husband Rory Williams. But as actress Karen Gillan films scenes for the upcoming new series in Cardiff yesterday, it looks like there may ...

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David Tennant and Jim Broadbent nominated for RTS awards - Monsters and Critics.com

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:53 PM PST


Monsters and Critics.com

David Tennant and Jim Broadbent nominated for RTS awards
Monsters and Critics.com
Actors David Tennant and Jim Broadbent are set to battle it out for the Best Actor prize at the UK's Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Ex-Doctor Who David Tennant leaving BBC Radio Two with his ...

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What's Better Than One Comic Relief Doctor Who Minisode? - Bleeding Cool News

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:24 PM PST


What's Better Than One Comic Relief Doctor Who Minisode?
Bleeding Cool News
You're waiting for the Doctor Who minisode to play, and then suddenly it's on. Then… four short minutes later… it's over. Tears. If only you had a TARDIS, eh?* Well, cry not, because you've still got something to look forward to. Steven Moffat has ...

Tennant and Broadbent up for Royal Television Society Programme Awards - UK Net Guide

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PST


UK Net Guide

Tennant and Broadbent up for Royal Television Society Programme Awards
UK Net Guide
David Tennant will compete against Johnny Harris and Jim Broadbent for the actor (male) prize at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards, it has been announced. The former Doctor Who star has been nominated in the category for his ...

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James Corden says he's “over the moon” to be back

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:05 AM PST

James Corden has revealed that he is "over the moon" about his return in Series 6 of Doctor Who. His reapparance as Craig Owens was confirmed last week, and he has since told AOL that he "can't wait" to go back to Cardiff to film. He said: "I'm amazed and over the moon Steven asked me back. There was a [...]

Eleanor Tomlinson to play princess in Bryan Singer's Jack The Giant Killer - Coventry Telegraph (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:53 AM PST


Hollywood.com

Eleanor Tomlinson to play princess in Bryan Singer's Jack The Giant Killer
Coventry Telegraph (blog)
She also appeared as an alien in a two-part episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Nicholas Hoult is playing the title role of the farm boy who leads an expedition to the land of the giants when Eleanor's character is kidnapped. ...
Eleanor Tomlinson Joins Giant KillerEmpire Online
'Jack The Giant Killer' Finds A Princess Worth Saving in Eleanor TomlinsonHollywood.com

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Docteur Who: la prochaine fois sur France 4

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:46 AM PST

France 4 have released a new trailer for this Saturday's episodes, Vincent et le Docteur and Le colocataire; they will be broadcast from 8:35pm (local time).


Doctor who saison 5 tous les samedis à 20h35, via YouTube.

A repeat of Le Prisonnier Zéro will follow the two new episodes at 10:05pm.


You can follow France 4 via their Facebook page and Twitter feed.


Daisy Lowe talks curves with GQ magazine - iSubscribe

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:12 AM PST


iSubscribe

Daisy Lowe talks curves with GQ magazine
iSubscribe
The brunette beauty, who is currently dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith, discussed her figure and how she is proud to be a curvy catwalk star. She said to GQ magazine: "Women are so much more beautiful when they have shape. And I'm proud to be part of ...

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France 4 trailer for Vincent et le Docteur, Le colocataire

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST

Vincent et le Docteur and Le colocataire will be airing on France 4 this weekend! Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence in Vincent and the Doctor, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it, while, in The Lodger, the Doctor attempts to pass himself off as a perfectly normal human being to solve the mystery [...]

“Vincent et le Docteur”

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:44 AM PST

This week's Doctor Who fun on France 4 kicks off at 8.35 pm with "Vincent et le Docteur" – better known to the rest of us as the Nebula Award-nominated Vincent and the Doctor.

Followed by "Le colocataire" (The Lodger) these episodes make up the two new episodes that are scheduled this weekend, with "Le Prisonnier Zéro" (The Eleventh Hour) returning for a repeat viewing at 10.05 pm.

It isn't clear why the episode is being repeated rather than moving on past The Lodger into The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang; previous weeks have featured 3 episodes per night. However the smart Monet is on the very simple fact that with two episodes left, and a two-parter at that, France 4 are saving them for a season-concluding weekend of Doctor Who wonder next week.

Enjoy the trailer !

(With thanks, as ever, to Aurélie Demonchaux!)

David Tennant Nominated for Major Award - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:29 AM PST


David Tennant Nominated for Major Award
Anglotopia.net
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant has been nominated for Best Actor in the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. He was nominated for his role in Single Father – which is well deserved. He was excellent in that role. The awards, which will also ...

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Two mini-eps, ‘Space' & ‘Time', to air for Comic Relief!

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:24 AM PST

Steven Moffat has revealed more details about Doctor Who's contribution to this year's Comic Relief festivities! Speaking to SFX, the showrunner confirmed that not one but two 4-minute mini-episodes will be airing during BBC One's telethon on Friday 18th March – one called 'Space' and the other called 'Time'! "Two episodes. Two mini-episodes. Very, very small episodes - maybe eight minutes in total, so [...]

MEET THE BRAINS BEHIND DOCTOR WHO - Express.co.uk (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:04 AM PST


MEET THE BRAINS BEHIND DOCTOR WHO
Express.co.uk (blog)
... a sneak peek of the new Doctor Who Experience, which charts the success of the show from the first series in 1963 to the most recent episodes. Displays include never seen before items as well as original costumes, the Tom Baker TARDIS and much more.

DVDs: Birdemic -- The Worst Movie Of The Year? - Huffington Post (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:44 AM PST


Huffington Post (blog)

DVDs: Birdemic -- The Worst Movie Of The Year?
Huffington Post (blog)
The most recent Doctor Who Christmas special is almost indecently fun. It should have seemed like cheating to do a spin on A Christmas Carol but it works and Matt Smith is settling in nicely, isn't he? Doctor Who: The Movie was a 1995 TV movie that was ...

Doctor Who: Space and Time

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 04:20 AM PST

Steven Moffat has revealed more details on the Doctor Who Comic Relief special.

First up, Moffat confirms that there are two mini-episodes, not one as or Read more ...


Leggy Karen's looking glum - The Sun

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:58 AM PST


The Sun

Leggy Karen's looking glum
The Sun
SHE might be looking down in the dumps but that hasn't stopped Karen Gillan flashing her pins. The Doctor's assistant was sporting one of her character, Amy Pond's, trademark super short skirts on the latest round of filming for the ...

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Ernie Hudson to appear in Torchwood: Miracle Day?

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:56 AM PST

A crew member working on the new series of Torchwood has revealed via Twitter that Ernie Hudson will be guest-starring in an episode. Set electrician Michael Colbert tweeted the news yesterday, and later added that the actor, who is best known for playing Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters movies, has recently filmed "a great scene" with John Barrowman, who is returning in [...]

John Fay discusses new Torchwood in live webchat

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:37 AM PST

John Fay briefly discussed his involvement in the new series of Torchwood during a live webchat on the Liverpool Daily Post website today. The writer has penned Episode 9 of Miracle Day, and revealed that the majority of his episode "is set in Wales, and has already been shot". He also promised that the new 10-part story will [...]

Doctor Who: James Corden 'can't wait' to go back! - Unreality TV

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PST


Doctor Who: James Corden 'can't wait' to go back!
Unreality TV
I can't wait, I love it. "I'm amazed and over the moon that Steven [Moffat] wrote it back. They ran a poll and it did really well last series, so yeah!" Asked if his character would get to see the inside of the Tardis he added: "I can't possibly tell you."

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Six to watch: TV teachers - The Guardian (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:29 AM PST


The Guardian (blog)

Six to watch: TV teachers
The Guardian (blog)
You can get a closer contender for Anthony Head as the cannibal head-teacher from Doctor Who's "School Reunion". And Michael Sheard got back to playing a nasty teacher in "Doctor Who" later ("Remembrance of the Daleks" in 1988). ...

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David Tennant And Jim Broadbent Nominated For UK Tv Awards - Contactmusic.com

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:18 AM PST


Contactmusic.com

David Tennant And Jim Broadbent Nominated For UK Tv Awards
Contactmusic.com
Caption: David Tennant (Picture) and pregnant fiancee Georgia Moffett leaving J Sheekey restaurant London, England .... British actors David Tennant and Jim Broadbent are set to go head-to-head for the Best Actor prize at the UK's Royal Television ...

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Teesside students work on set of United film - Gazette Live

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:13 AM PST


Teesside students work on set of United film
Gazette Live
David Cruickshank and Nick Hope worked on the set of United, starring Dr Who actor David Tennant, recounting the 1958 Munich air disaster which killed 23 people. On board the flight were the Manchester United football team, known as the Busby Babes, ...

Doctor Who: new pictures - WalesOnline

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:06 AM PST


Doctor Who: new pictures
WalesOnline
Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, and Karen Gillan aka Amy Pond, were spotted in the city as filming for the new series of Doctor Who continues. WalesOnline, the best source for Welsh news, sport, business and entertainment. Powered by the Western Mail ...

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Series 6 filming – Matt, Karen and Arthur in Cardiff

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PST

Filming for Series 6 continues, and both The Sun and Wales Online have posted great coverage of Matt, Karen and Arthur out on location in Cardiff yesterday! Click on both of the links to see some pictures from the shoot (as intriguing as ever!), however we recommend avoiding the reports if you're staying away from spoilers. The [...]

New Buyers for the Mill?

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:45 AM PST

Keep bandaging your factory injuries, ladies and gentleman, but hold on tight to your worker's compensation; the Mill is up for sale!

Though if you've been seriously hurt on the job by the machinery in this Mill, you must be using a particularly brutal computer.  If you're new to Doctor Who or just have a difficult time remembering, the Mill has been responsible for all the computer-generated effects that have dazzled our eyes while watching the modern series since its premiere in 2005.  They've also been behind Nike's World Cup ads in places where there's a need for massive amounts of real football, and twenty Super Bowl commercials in places where there's a need for massive amounts of porridge fake football.

In 2000, the Mill even scored an Oscar for the visual effects in the Best-Picture-winning Gladiator.  Of course, if you've been working for the Mill long enough to require workman's compensation, you probably already knew all that.

American-based Carlyle Equity Partners has owned 60% of the Mill since 2007 and has been called the company responsible for hammering the For Sale sign onto the Mill's front lawn.  A shortlist of at most seven bidders may include similar organizations such as Providence Equity Partners and Ascent.  All parties are currently in the midst of management presentations (yawn), and the winning company may have to dig around in its pockets for £100 million.

Carlyle initially purchased its share for £50 million, so it doesn't seem to be a bad deal, but what do we know?  We're Doctor Who fans, not bankers (though if you're reading this and you are a banker, speak up in the comments and tell us if we're wronger than a Dalek in pantyhose)!  Apparently Carlyle is trying to make this a quick process, so don't be surprised if the Mill has a new owner in six weeks' time.

Now that we've bored you to death, how will this affect Doctor Who?  We reckon it won't; considering Carlyle bought the Mill in 2007 after the new series already boasted a couple of seasons with top marks in ratings, and noting that they're still doing so now, we'll predict that the Mill will be visually affecting the best show ever for many years to come!  In short, know what's going on but don't worry about it.

To learn more, read this article at the Independent, written in fluent Business-ese.

Exclusive: James Corden on reprising Doctor Who role - AOL Television UK

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:27 AM PST


Exclusive: James Corden on reprising Doctor Who role
AOL Television UK
"I'm amazed and over the moon Steven (Moffat, Doctor Who boss) asked me back. There was a fans' poll of the last series, and the episode, The Lodger, did really well. I'm just going back for the one episode." After featuring in the series last time ...

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'Doctor Who' thing of the day: Matt Smith talks to Digital Spy about the ... - Flick Filosopher (blog)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PST


'Doctor Who' thing of the day: Matt Smith talks to Digital Spy about the ...
Flick Filosopher (blog)
He's the brains behind Being Human, which I'm totally enthralled with (Proper Being Human, that is, not the pointless Syfy travesty remake), so I'm curious to see what he's come up with for Doctor Who. Or come up with again, I should say: He also wrote ...

Downton Abbey & Sherlock fight it out at Royal Television Society programme awards - Unreality TV

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 02:01 AM PST


Downton Abbey & Sherlock fight it out at Royal Television Society programme awards
Unreality TV
Meanwhile, Johnny Harris ('This Is England '86′) David Tennant ('Single Father') and Jim Broadbent ('Any Human Heart') are in the running for Best Actor. 'The Inbetweeners', 'Miranda' and 'Rev' are all up for Best Scripted Comedy, while 'The Million ...

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Daisy Lowe Claims 'I'm A Mild Lesbian' - The Spoof (satire)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:35 AM PST


Daisy Lowe Claims 'I'm A Mild Lesbian'
The Spoof (satire)
Daisy Lowe, model and partner of Doctor Who star Matt Smith, sensationally revealed today that she is a 'mild lesbian' during an interview. The cat walk star told reporters that she had 'a crush' on star Kelly Brooke, and that she was 'a hotty'. ...

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UK drama making waves at BBC Showcase - Digital Spy

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:33 AM PST


UK drama making waves at BBC Showcase
Digital Spy
Mutimer gave the example of when the new series of Doctor Who aired in France on the France 4 network. To promote the show, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan appeared in a special promotional trailer and posed for a photoshoot for a 1000 poster site run. ...

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Royal Television Awards snub for Strictly Come Dancing - Scottish Daily Record

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:37 AM PST


Royal Television Awards snub for Strictly Come Dancing
Scottish Daily Record
And former Doctor Who David Tennant, 39, is up for best actor for his role in BBC1 drama Single Father. Downton Abbey (ITV1), Sherlock (BBC1) and Misfits (E4) are contenders for best drama series. The awards show will take place on March 15 in London, ...

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Corden "over the moon" about 'Who' return - Digital Spy

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:36 AM PST


Corden "over the moon" about 'Who' return
Digital Spy
"I'm amazed and over the moon that Steven [Moffat] wrote it back. They ran a poll and it did really well last series, so yeah!" Asked if his character would enter the Tardis, which he did not do on his previous appearance, he added: "I can't possibly ...

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Daisy Lowe has 'lesbian crush' on Kelly Brook - Metro

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:24 AM PST


Metro

Daisy Lowe has 'lesbian crush' on Kelly Brook
Metro
The model, who has had a high-profile love life in recent years and is currently dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith, said she thinks that the actress-turned-swimwear designer is a 'hotty'. In an interview with GQ magazine, Daisy, who is famed for ...

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Doctor Who meets Comic Relief in “Space” and “Time” (UPDATED)

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:19 AM PST

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Before Season 6 kicks off around Eastertime, Doctor Who fans in the UK will be getting a bonus on March 18. Organizers have confirmed that there will be a special mini-episode aired during the annual Comic Relief "Red Nose Day" fund-raiser on the BBC (the image above is one of two official screen grabs released this week by Comic Relief; the second one is a bit of a spoiler).

The charity, co-founded in 1985 by "Vincent and the Doctor" scribe Richard Curtis, originally raised money for Ethiopian famine relief, but has since expanded to be a fund-raiser for many charitable causes in the UK, and Red Nose Day in particular has become a highlight of the British TV calendar as many popular actors and TV casts have provided special performances for the event. J.K. Rowling even wrote two spin-off books from her Harry Potter series in support 10 years ago.

While Doctor Who has had a long history with the other big UK charity event, Children in Need, its relationship with Comic Relief has been less frequent. In 1999, Steven Moffat - at Curtis' invitation - wrote The Curse of Fatal Death, an all-star spoof of the show starring Rowan Atkinson as the Ninth Doctor. It was his first TV work for the franchise. In 2007, before she'd agreed to return as Donna Noble, Catherine Tate recorded a skit in which David Tennant spoofed the Doctor. In 2009, the cast of The Sarah Jane Adventures appeared with UK comic legend Ronnie Corbett in a mini-episode called "From Raxacoricofallapatorius With Love."

And now, as confirmed by the BBC on Tuesday—and by Doctor Who Magazine in its latest issue coming out in the UK later this week (and in Canada in about a month)—Matt Smith, Arthur Darvill, and Karen Gillan will be appearing in a newly shot mini-episode airing in the UK on March 18.

UPDATE: Steven Moffat tells SFX Magazine that there will in fact be two mini-episodes, running about 4 minutes each, entitled "Space" and "Time", and that the two will be canonical stories, rather than spoofs or send-ups (in other words, like the previous Children in Need mini stories. (PS. The link reveals a spoiler picture that's bound to have Karen Gillan fans cheering.)

That's the good news. The bad news, of course, is that we won't be seeing this mini-episode on TV in Canada, since Red Nose Day is a strictly UK event. However, BBC Video has been great about releasing past mini-episodes—the Sarah Jane skit was released on the SJA Season 2 DVD as an Easter Egg, and Curse of Fatal Death even got its own North American VHS release (though a DVD release has yet to occur). Odds are the newest skit will find its way onto the Season 6 DVD set. (Update: with Moffat quoted as saying the two skits are "taken seriously as a proper bit of Doctor Who", future DVD/BD release is probably a given.)

Read more: Doctor Who For Comic Relief – Exclusive http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/03/02/doctor-who-for-comic-relief-exclusive/#ixzz1FTkcfcKH


Comic Relief itself is good about posting its skits to YouTube, too, so I imagine we'll be able to see it (officially and unofficially) pretty soon after broadcast. Here, from the official Red Nose Day YouTube channel, is the complete Curse of Fatal Death starring Rowan Atkinson, Richard E. Grant (several years before Scream of the Shalka), Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Joanna Lumley (I won't spoil who she plays for those who haven't seen it yet - and no she doesn't play the Rani!), and Jonathan Pryce as the Master:

For more information about Comic Relief, and to donate (especially if you're reading this in the UK), visit its website here.

Daisy Lowe admits to crush on Kelly Brook - Monsters and Critics.com

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:13 AM PST


Monsters and Critics.com

Daisy Lowe admits to crush on Kelly Brook
Monsters and Critics.com
Johns PkI / Splash News The 22-year-old star is currently dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith but said she does have a sneaky crush on women as well. In a new interview with GQ magazine, Lowe said she is bisexual and fancies women including the British ...

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Secrets and Lies

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 12:04 AM PST

Well, the Cardiff Expo was a pretty cool try for a first event, with over 750 people paying their £5 to come along. With only a few guests and being a one day convention, though, the bar life in the evening was a bit sparse. Still, I got to catch up with old friends and meet new ones. I spent a panel trying to tell Jimmy Broxton that he's quite good, actually, him being the most self-effacing artist in the world, and I was also on the Secrets and Lies quiz show:



Hosted by the Sidekickcast. You can see the rest of the quiz on their website. The highlight is that, me having been accidentally asked questions about myself, the same happened to Charlie Adlard, only... he didn't get his correct!

Also, the lovely David Finch cover for Action Comics #899 has been released. You can see a large version of it here.

I've just had delivered (way before its release date of March 30th) a consignment of the first hardcover collection of my Action Comics run (covering #890-895). If you're intending to order one, please note that the title is Superman: The Black Ring. Lex would be annoyed.

Until next time, Cheerio!

Tennant up for RTS acting award - BBC News

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:49 PM PST


Tennant up for RTS acting award
BBC News
Actors David Tennant and Jim Broadbent have been nominated for best actor at this year's Royal Television Society Programme Awards. Tennant, up for his role in Single Father, and Broadbent, recognised for Any Human Heart, will go against Johnny Harris, ...

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The boat being built from memories - Portsmouth News

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:47 PM PST


Portsmouth News

The boat being built from memories
Portsmouth News
'The mouse is number 13 and that was given to us by Sarah-Jane Blake, the daughter of Sir Peter Blake. When she was a little girl she found it and kept it in her pocket. 'Number 19 is a bag of pencils and they come from an artist. ...

Revelation of the Toy Range

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:41 PM PST

Doctor Who - Revelation of the Dalek figure setHow good is Revelation of the Daleks? During Colin Baker's original tenure as the Sixth Doctor, he did not have that many amazing stories to go by but this was one of the few that struck a chord with people everywhere.

Which is why it's very nice that the lovely people at Forbidden Planet have decided to sell some exquisite models of the Doctor, Davros and the Daleks from that particular story.

Available for pre order now is a wonderful figurine set to make your collection glow. It features not only the Sixth Doctor is his blue over garment  (perfect for mourning on Necros) but also a handily challenged Davros and a Renegade and Imperial Dalek.

This is surely another brilliant addition that no collector would want to be without and would sit comfortably amongst other Dalek sets.

Available for delivery from 5th April 2011, this set is available for purchase at only £34.99. Now, however you look at it, that's a really good deal.

There are many reasons to pick this particular collection up-nostalgia, respect or even admiration but the main reason has got to be that it looks just too good to say no to!

You can visit www.forbiddenplanet.com now to be one of the first to pre order your set, don't delay!

Downton Abbey secures only one Royal Television Society Award nomination - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:31 PM PST


Telegraph.co.uk

Downton Abbey secures only one Royal Television Society Award nomination
Telegraph.co.uk
David Tennant is up for best actor for his role in BBC1 drama Single Father, against Jim Broadbent (Any Human Heart) and Johnny Harris (This Is England '86). Mad Men is nominated in the international category of the Royal Television Society Programme ...

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Today's LiveRead events featuring a live webchat with Torchwood, Coronation ... - Liverpool Daily Post

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:22 PM PST


Today's LiveRead events featuring a live webchat with Torchwood, Coronation ...
Liverpool Daily Post
LIVE webchat with Torchwood, Coronation Street and Brookside screenwriter John Fay, from 12pm today - log on and ask him your questions. Download our second LiveRead ebook, featuring short stories by Daily Post ...

Torchwood: Miracle Day casting news - Den Of Geek

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:17 PM PST


Torchwood: Miracle Day casting news
Den Of Geek
Production continues over in Los Angeles on the fourth series of Torchwood, Miracle Day. The ten-part season sees the return of John Barrowman and Eve Myles as Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen, respectively, and also on board is Mekhi Phifer. ...

Stranded TARDIS Materialises at Castle

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 07:20 PM PST

That's  the problem with owning an unreliable Type 40 TARDIS – one moment you're on your merry way to the Pau Grand Prix in 1901 and then the next, you've landed outside some castle with the head of the attraction telling what an honour its been to have you their for the half term week…shesh!

One such TARDIS was spotted in the Fountain Courtyard at Raglan Castle, South Wales. Obviously the directors in charge had to quickly bungle together a story about both BBC Cymru Wales and Cadw-the Welsh Assembly's celebrating the use of historic and unusual locations during filming by putting it on show for visitors.

Pah, pull the other one, next they'll be telling everyone it'll be a big hit with fans. Jayne Rowlands, Cadw's head of presentation, said:

"We expect it will prove a big hit with fans from both the UK and overseas."

Those poor fans flocking to see what is ostensibly a faulty Nissan Micra really couldn't get enough of its presence. Custodian Jill Cale said:

"The children have been so surprised and excited to see the actual TARDIS."

So the next time you see a TARDIS at a well known landmark don't flock to gaup at it; get a Haynes manual,  offer the driver a warm mug of Horlicks and wish him a fond farewell when the intergalactic AA turn up.

The TARDIS may have gone but Raglan Castle is open daily between 10am and 4pm. Entry costs £3.10 adults and children/senior citizens £2.70 or £8.90 for a family.

(via South Wales Argus)

March Podcast 001 - 02 March 2011

Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:45 PM PST

Just when you thought it was safe... it's the first of four March podcasts from Big Finish. Nick Briggs, David Richardson and Paul Spragg are joined by designers Anthony Lamb and Alex Mallinson to chat about competitions, conventions, studio recordings and so much more.

Listen out for the latest news on the next series of Bernice Summerfield, a hint at what's going to happen in June 2011, the February Competition results PLUS a brand new, breathtakingly generous March Competition (with a closing date?!?). Also, Ant and Alex discuss CD cover designs.

And finally, we hope you enjoy the terrifyingly serious picture of David Richardson in this news item. Proof positive of his dedication and frightening tenacity.

Download Podcast Here

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