Monday, March 7, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


BBC Cymru Wales Appoints New Head of Drama - VAdvert Press Center (press release)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:08 PM PST


BBC Cymru Wales Appoints New Head of Drama
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
Piers Wenger, who joined BBC Wales in 2007 and, with Stephen Moffat and Beth Willis masterminded the latest regeneration of Doctor Who with Matt Smith, will continue in his role as creative leader of a range of key shows including the Doctor. ...

Australia's Top 40 Female Entrepreneurs - StartupSmart

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:16 PM PST


Australia's Top 40 Female Entrepreneurs
StartupSmart
Other high profile females featured include Therese Rein, Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, The Heat Group co-founder and StartupSmart mentor Gillian Franklin, and Sass & Bide founders Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton. Many of the women featured ...

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The slow burn that made a northern lass a leading lady - Herald Scotland

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:06 PM PST


The slow burn that made a northern lass a leading lady
Herald Scotland
The same could almost certainly be said for her co-stars, Christopher Eccleston, Mark Strong and future James Bond Daniel Craig. McKee's rise to prominence has been more gradual. She says: "It was always a bit of a slow-burner with me. ...

Christopher Isherwood: A singular talent laid bare - Independent

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:02 PM PST


Christopher Isherwood: A singular talent laid bare
Independent
Doctor Who star Matt Smith is going back in time to Thirties Berlin to play the novelist Christopher Isherwood. Gerard Gilbert hears about his journey Christopher Isherwood is back in vogue. Not that he's ever entirely been out of fashion, of course, ...

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol [Blu-Ray] - Cinema Blend

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:25 PM PST


Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol [Blu-Ray]
Cinema Blend
For 2010's iteration on Doctor Who's semi-annual Christmas special, current series head honcho Steven Moffat gives us a Who-vian spin on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It seems inevitable in retrospect, since the good Doctor teamed up with ...

A Baby On the Way for Guy Ritchie and Girlfriend - Anglophenia (blog)

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:44 PM PST


Anglophenia (blog)

A Baby On the Way for Guy Ritchie and Girlfriend
Anglophenia (blog)
David and Victoria Beckham will expand their all-boy brood sometime this summer. David Tennant and Georgia Moffett are prepping for their mini Whovian, while a little rocker is also on the way for Muse frontman Matt Bellamy and Kate Hudson.

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David Tennant travels to Uganda for Comic Relief - Monsters and Critics.com

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:16 AM PST


Monsters and Critics.com

David Tennant travels to Uganda for Comic Relief
Monsters and Critics.com
Former Doctor Who star David Tennant has revealed that he joked around with the children he met during a trip to Africa for Comic Relief. Doctor Who actor David Tennant follows in Hugh Laurie, Anna Friel and ...

Timey-Wimey Tuesday: Just what's in that box?

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PST

Every Tuesday until the start of the new series, we'll be bringing you a Series 6 related image for you to scrutinize to your heart's content! This week's hot topic is the mysterious box that the Doctor is seen picking up in the trailer. Doctor Who fans are renowned for analysing things down to minute detail, but we get the impression that there's definitely [...]

Michael Bruce's UNWRITTEN SONGS Album to Feature Atherton, Casey, et al. - Broadway World

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 09:57 AM PST


Michael Bruce's UNWRITTEN SONGS Album to Feature Atherton, Casey, et al.
Broadway World
Michael Bruce is currently composing the music for the Sonia Friedman produced David Tennant and Catherine Tate star vehicle Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham's Theatre, having recently written the score for Josie Rourke's acclaimed production of ...

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Matt Smith: “Forget the Doctor”

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 08:01 AM PST

Coming soon on BBC TV is Christopher and His Kind, a biopic of famed homosexual author Christopher Isherwood, starring Doctor Who's Matt Smith.

Focussing on the author's formative years in 1930s Berlin in the run-up to the Second World War, the film sees Isherwood uncovering his sexuality and identity, something Matt was apparently attracted to in order to play someone quite unlike himself.

"The story is such a fascinating one. I loved the idea of playing someone so extreme to me, that different kind of vocalisation and physical shape.

"Christopher Isherwood is such an interesting man. There's something very romantic about Christopher and Auden going off as young men to Berlin.

It certainly looks like an interesting film, one that will hopefully put an end to the idea that Smith might be typecast by playing the Doctor.

"Just thinking in a different way physically to The Doctor was also a very interesting challenge for me because one is based on movement and madness and the other on stillness and stiffness really. I hope that you look at this and quickly forget that you're watching The Doctor."

Matt also met with Isherwood's partner, Don Bachardy, to find out more about the writer; based on this information and the details of Matt's gung-ho attitude to playing a gay man and experiencing stubble rash for the first time, Christopher and His Kind really looks like a film not to be missed.

Airing the week of 19-25 March, Christopher and His Kind's airtime has yet to be confirmed.

Who's Open All Hours for Lynda - The Sun

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PST


Who's Open All Hours for Lynda
The Sun
The episode saw The Doctor, played by Matt Smith, being forced to stay with landlord Chris while he investigated an alien time machine. Lynda has featured in the sci-fi serial before, in the 1983 storyline Enlightenment as Captain Wrack and she sung ...

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Julie Atherton, Daniel Boys, Michael Xavier, et al. Featured on Michael Bruce ... - TheaterMania.com

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 07:10 AM PST


TheaterMania.com

Julie Atherton, Daniel Boys, Michael Xavier, et al. Featured on Michael Bruce ...
TheaterMania.com
Bruce is currently composing the music for Josie Rourke's staging of Much Ado About Nothing, which will star David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Among his other stage credits are Rourke's Men Should Weep. In addition, he is resident composer at London's ...

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David Tennat: Videos of David's Appearance on Blankety Blank - Red Nose Day ... - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 06:27 AM PST


David Tennat: Videos of David's Appearance on Blankety Blank - Red Nose Day ...
Anglotopia.net
Here are some videos of former Doctor Who David Tennant's entire appearance on the special Blankety Blank Red Nose Day Special. The person who uploaded them to YouTube split them into three parts. Here they are. Jonathan is a consummate Anglophile with ...

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Piers Wenger steps down as Head of Drama, BBC Wales

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:35 AM PST

A BBC Press release today has revealed that Piers Wenger, one of the excutive producers and creative influences of the Eleventh Doctor's era of Doctor Who, is stepping down as Head of Drama at BBC Wales. His successor in the role will be Faith Penhale, creative manager and executive producer at Kudus Film and Television (Spooks).

The release goes on to explain:
Doctor Who: Piers WengerPiers Wenger, who joined BBC Wales in 2007 and, with Stephen Moffat and Beth Willis masterminded the latest regeneration of Doctor Who with Matt Smith, will continue in his role as creative leader of a range of key shows including the Doctor.

Wenger was responsible for the highly successful relaunch of Upstairs Downstairs as well as the extraordinary Eric And Ernie, which was the most successful drama on BBC Two for more than a decade. Having previously held the post as Head of Drama, he now wishes to focus more exclusively on the running of his existing slate of in-house shows as well as the creative development of individual projects, including Sir Tom Stoppard's forthcoming five-part adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel Parade's End for BBC Two.
Wenger went on to say:
I am absolutely thrilled for Wales that it has someone as brilliant and experienced as Faith to bring in the next generation of shows. The department has blazed a trail across a wide portfolio of in-house and indie shows in the last few years and it's exciting for us all to have someone with Faith's huge talent to build on their success.

Stiff-upper-lip actor played sidekick to a who's who of Doctor Whos - Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 04:13 AM PST


Sydney Morning Herald

Stiff-upper-lip actor played sidekick to a who's who of Doctor Whos
Sydney Morning Herald
The relationship ultimately softened and although he appeared less frequently towards the end of Pertwee's tenure, Courtney stayed long enough to ease Tom Baker into the title role. He maintained ties with the show, appearing with Peter Davison (1983) ...

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Neil Gaiman's episode “a real love letter to the fans”

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:42 AM PST

Doctor Who producer Marcus Wilson has described Neil Gaiman's Series 6 episode as "a real love letter" to fans of the series. In an interview with SFX Magazine, to be published in Issue #207, out this Wednesday, Wilson teased: "It's an episode that involves quite a big sprawl, huge alien world locations and a new take on a familiar [...]

UK's TV habits revealed: we're watching more than we think - TechRadar UK

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:10 AM PST


UK's TV habits revealed: we're watching more than we think
TechRadar UK
Last year, the most time-shifted programme was Matt Smith's debut as Doctor Who with 2.2 million saving it for later, of which the good time-travelling doctor would no doubt approve. iPlayer, meanwhile, averages around 2.9 million online requests per ...

Dark Shadows Award Nomination

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:38 AM PST

We're proud to report that recent Dark Shadows audiobook The Night Whispers has been nominated for a Rondo award, handed out yearly for excellence in horror.

The Night Whispers is nominated in the Best Soundtrack or Horror CD category, and to vote for it, just visit the Rondo Awards website.

Producer Stuart Manning is delighted with the nomination, and says, "The Night Whispers was one of the most ambitious Dark Shadows productions we've ever attempted, so it's lovely to see it receive this nod. Getting Jonathan Frid to reprise Barnabas after nearly 40 years was a genuine coup, and we really wanted to pull out the stops. We were also lucky to have a fantastic supporting cast in Emmy winner John Karlen and horror legend Barbara Steele, with Darren Gross and Jim Pierson directing sessions in Canada and Los Angeles to bring the story together. With wonderful, haunting sound design from David Darlington and atmospheric music from The Sarah Jane Adventures composer Sam Watts, I think everyone came together to make Barnabas's return a very special event."

Your vote can make a difference! And why not place one for The Rocky Horror Glee Show while you're there...?

More Cybermen Series 6 Rumours

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:29 AM PST

The Cybermen are in Series 6 of Doctor Who, we know that much from Read more ...


Curtain up on RSC costumes drama - Coventry Telegraph

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 02:14 AM PST


Curtain up on RSC costumes drama
Coventry Telegraph
COSTUMES worn by David Tennant, Antony Sher and Peggy Ashcroft are taking a starring role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 50th birthday celebrations. The costumes will be going on show alongside hats, posters, costume designs and ...

Martha Free(ma) to Return?

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:56 AM PST

Dr. Martha Smith nee Jones herself Freema Agyeman has been discussing a possible return to the world of Torchwood on Radio 2′s Graham Norton Show.

The actress – currently appearing in the 493rd incarnation of Law & Order - has unsurprisingly said she's open to the idea of rejoining the Scooby gang:

"In the 5-part series, Children of Earth, it was mentioned that I was on my honeymoon somewhere, so it's not a closed door."

More hopeful than anything Freema also waxed lyrical about the nature of the shows she's now most known for:

"It never is in a series like that, for any of the characters. Once you're part of that world it could be twenty, forty years before you pop your head back in!"

While she hasn't been linked with an appearance in the forthcoming Torchwood: Miracle Day it wouldn't be unusual for Russell T. Davies to throw in the odd mention of any of the characters currently floating about the Daviesverse waiting for either the right story or American backing to bring them back to life.

(via Whoviannet)

NI Dominates UK Viewing Figures - 4ni.co.uk

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:52 AM PST


NI Dominates UK Viewing Figures
4ni.co.uk
Other key statistics from the report include the most 'time-shifted' programme watched on the BBC iPlayer in 2010 was, ironically, Matt Smith's debut as Doctor Who, with over 2.2m requests (on top of the 12.3m who watched it live). ...

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Meet Jack's One Night Stand

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:02 AM PST

There's nothing more like a twenty-something bartender to ease the burden of saving the known universe. Captain Jack's back in the saddle everyone and he's got himself a toy boy (eat it Midshipman Frame!)(steady on! – Ed).

Intergalactic man-whore Captain Jack  will be hooking up with Brad, a Washington based bartender for a "mutually satisfying one night stand", played by delicious Canadian actor Dillon Casey (Being Erica, The Vampire Diaries.)

Pictures of Jack himself John Barrowman and Casey cavorting on set have emerged on costume designer Shawna Trpcic's twitter page as filming took place for Torchwood: Miracle Day's first meet-cute on the 12th February.

But don't get too attached to this hunk of man-flesh as Brad won't be the only person Captain Jack does the horizontal mamba with in the new series.

Torchwood: Miracle Dayis a co-production between BBC Worldwide in the UK and the Starz network in the USA and will air this summer.

(via AfterElton)

Ready, steady, quiz! David Walliams takes part in 24-hour panel show marathon ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:01 AM PST


Daily Mail

Ready, steady, quiz! David Walliams takes part in 24-hour panel show marathon ...
Daily Mail
David Tennant joined him on Blankety Blank and Through The Keyhole which Hodge also appeared on fresh from The Generation Game. Walliams said his favourite was Blankety Blank, a childhood favourite of his, and that he felt like he had 'climbed into the ...

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Doctor Who: Mara Tales DVD review - Den Of Geek

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 10:43 PM PST


Doctor Who: Mara Tales DVD review
Den Of Geek
Clearly influential on new series writers such as Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell and even Steven Moffat, these two adventures can be seen as an essential bridge between the pulpier 70s fare of Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes and the more character/concept ...

New Sonic Newsdriver of Doctor Who Related News is Out, Doctor Who: Podshock Episodes on the Way

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 09:15 PM PST

We have a bunch of new Doctor Who: Podshock episodes on the way which will be coming to you soon, including our live show recorded at Gallifrey One 2011. In the meanwhile, catch up on Doctor Who related news delivered sonically with the latest episode of The Sonic Newsdriver!

Sonic Newsdriver (07 March 2011) - Doctor Who News -

The Sonic Newsdriver 20110307
Selected Doctor Who related news delivered sonically.
For Earth-date: Monday, the 7th of Mar. 2011

In this episode: Five Rounds Rapid in Memory of Nicholas Courtney, James Corden is Back, Who are you gonna call?, Massive Man - Massive, iPlayer for less than $10 a month, and more!

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Charlie Sheen Vs Galactus - Bleeding Cool News

Posted: 06 Mar 2011 01:10 AM PST


Charlie Sheen Vs Galactus
Bleeding Cool News
... work in media) is an PR company, promoting the work of what are colloquially known [...] 2010: A Single Girl's Guide To Dating The Doctor — We're weeks away from the debut of Matt Smith in the lead role of Doctor Who. And already the fangirlies [. ...

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