Saturday, May 14, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Charles Dance lines up Fanny Ardant for Starfield's Now And Then - Screen International

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:09 PM PDT


Charles Dance lines up Fanny Ardant for Starfield's Now And Then
Screen International
David Tennant, who starred in popular BBC sci-fi drama Dr Who, is to star as despairing London school teacher Izzy who sets off to Turkey on an unlikely money making scheme. His job is to bring back a 'package', which turns out to be a coffin. ...

First Trailer and Poster for 'Fright Night' Hit Web - AceShowbiz

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:22 PM PDT


AceShowbiz

First Trailer and Poster for 'Fright Night' Hit Web
AceShowbiz
In the upcoming film, Colin Farrell takes the role of the blood-sucking creature while Christopher Mintz-Plasse potrays Evil Ed. Also joining the cast ensemble in the Craig Gillespie-directed film are the likes of Imogen Poots, David Tennant, ...

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REMINDER: Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' Episode To Air This Saturday! - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:37 PM PDT


Geeks of Doom

REMINDER: Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' Episode To Air This Saturday!
Geeks of Doom
Regular companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) are also in the show, as is a cameo of a set that has not been seen for quite some time: the TARDIS console room used by previous Doctor, David Tennant. ...

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Other Tidbits From The Week - LOOPER, TRUE BLOOD, IRON SKY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ... - Movies.ie

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:23 PM PDT


Other Tidbits From The Week - LOOPER, TRUE BLOOD, IRON SKY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ...
Movies.ie
The latest images from the 'Fright Night' remake have turned up online, and give us our first official look at David Tennant as Las Vegas stage magician Peter Vincent (in the original movie, the character was a late night horror movie host and ...

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'Fright Night' poster: Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin and an axe... This is ... - Zap2it.com (blog)

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:53 PM PDT


Zap2it.com (blog)

'Fright Night' poster: Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin and an axe... This is ...
Zap2it.com (blog)
Fresh off his role in "The Beaver," Yelchin joins Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, David Tennant and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin!) as a teen vampire hunter on the prowl for Jerry (Farrell), the blood sucker next door. If you're anything like us, ...

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The Silence join the Doctor Who Experience

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:01 PM PDT

Friday 13th saw a new addition join the menagerie of monsters on show at the Doctor Who Experience currently running at London's Olympia Two.

The Silence are now on show in the walk-through part of the exhibition following their appearance in the opening two episodes of the current series. Fans will be able to encounter these monsters for the first time, although whether anyone will remember their encounter is a moot point, as their powers of telepathy and eerie ability to erase themselves from your memory make them one of the Doctor's most frightening foes.

To mark their entry into the exhibition The Silence have been making surprise appearances across London.

In the exhibition you can step through the crack in time and become the Doctor's companion in the walk through experience that recreates the TV series.

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'Fright Night' Trailer Has Bite - Hollywood Reporter

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:54 AM PDT


'Fright Night' Trailer Has Bite
Hollywood Reporter
But while the 1985 original was centered around the partnership between the teen and the host of a local horror TV show, David Tennant, the British actor who plays the equivalent role in the remake, is nowhere to be found in the trailer. ...

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Knotted Up: Where, Why & How To Get Your Crafter Groove On - LAist

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:43 AM PDT


LAist

Knotted Up: Where, Why & How To Get Your Crafter Groove On
LAist
And Megan recently completed a life-sized replica of Tom Baker's iconic Doctor Who scarf. You just never know what you'll get out of an unexpected hobby. To see other folks who are turning their skill with yarn and fabric (not to mention paper, metal, ...

Fright Night Remake Trailer Brings Chills From Next Door! - Popzara (blog)

Posted: 13 May 2011 11:38 AM PDT


Fright Night Remake Trailer Brings Chills From Next Door!
Popzara (blog)
Of course when they try to tell folks, no one believes them, which leads them to seek the help of the opportunistic host of Charlie's favorite horror TV show, Peter Vincent (Doctor Who's David Tennant). While the trailer for the film looks pretty good, ...

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Trailer And Poster For Fright Night Remake (And Seeing As He's Not In The ... - Bleeding Cool News

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:47 AM PDT


Trailer And Poster For Fright Night Remake (And Seeing As He's Not In The ...
Bleeding Cool News
Do we now suppose that David Tennant won't be in the film much at all? Or is this trailer lying to us? Anyway, seeing as Vincent is absent from the trailer below, I've used Shock Till You Drop's recent image of him up above. ...

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Cast, crew wrap filming on Torchwood Series 4

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:43 AM PDT

Filming for the new series of Torchwood, Miracle Day, has now wrapped in LA! The production office has tweeted: "That's a WRAP on John, Eve, Mekhi, Alexa, Bill, and Lauren!", and Kai Owen has also let his followers know that he filmed his last scene on Wednesday. Filming began back in January, and the 10-part series [...]

Doctor Who complete reviews: Bad Wolf - Shadowlocked (blog)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:18 AM PDT


Shadowlocked (blog)

Doctor Who complete reviews: Bad Wolf
Shadowlocked (blog)
Yes, already after just one season, Christopher Eccleston was hanging up his leather jacket to move on to pastures new. The news of his departure was leaked just a few days after Rose had transmitted to rave reviews and excellent viewing figures. ...

David Tennant for Cannes screening of romantic comedy - Scotsman

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:14 AM PDT


David Tennant for Cannes screening of romantic comedy
Scotsman
A SCOTTISH movie starring former Dr Who actor David Tennant will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend. The romantic comedy Decoy Bride is set on the fictional Scottish island of Hegg, but was filmed in Nithsdale in Dumfries and other ...

'Doctor Who' thing of the day: Kenneth Branagh is a Whovian - Flick Filosopher (blog)

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:09 AM PDT


'Doctor Who' thing of the day: Kenneth Branagh is a Whovian
Flick Filosopher (blog)
Craig Ferguson is making a habit of booking Doctor Who fans as guests on his Late Late Show. This week, it's Kenneth Branagh: Listen for Ferguson pimping out Karen Gillan to Branagh. Also, there's a quite bad double entendre about the TARDIS. Fun! ...

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The Doctor's Wife, you say? How very intriguing…

Posted: 13 May 2011 10:00 AM PDT

One of the most eagerly anticipated stories of the new series will finally be revealed tonight as we get to learn the secrets of The Doctor's Wife! It was back in February 2010 that Neil Gaiman confirmed he had written a Doctor Who episode, and now we're just hours away from seeing it. Well, time flies [...]

Torchwood Episode Titles Revealed!

Posted: 13 May 2011 09:10 AM PDT

Torchwood: Miracle Day has been posing and preening itself for the awaiting world.

Firstly we had the nano-second clip featured in the BBC's jigonistic trailer for new drama, then the cast scrubbed themselves up and layered on the moody for a series of synopsis for their alter egos and now the titles for all ten episodes have been released via Starz website.

The titles run as follows with a handy (and completely useless) guide to just what the episodes might be about that you can cut out and keep if you don't particularly like your monitor:

1. The New World - The original subtitle for the series which was dropped in favour of Miracle Day. Rumours that the title alludes to an episode where Captain Jack (John Barrowman) materialises in 17th Century as Captain John Smith, who has to broker a peace between the Native Americans and the English settlers – while falling in love with Pocahontas (Eve Myles) remain as ephemeral as The Colours of the Wind.

2. Rendition - The title alludes to the legalise for the process after extradition has taken place where a criminal/suspect is handed over to the requesting party- this would seem to refer to Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) the child molester who survives his own execution and is released from prison on the technicality of 'not being dead'.

3. Dead of Night - Strange things happen in the dead of night perhaps this is where we get to see the people on the rally march wearing the sad face masks as glimpsed in the BBC trailer? Could it be the moment where the now immortal human race run riot? Or it could be a remake of the Ealing Horror classic of the same name featuring John Barrowman as the possessed ventriloquist dummy?

4. Escape to LA - In this episode Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is again forced to work for the President – this time to retrieve a weapon…no, wait…In this episode someone escapes to LA. Though that seems strange when LA is usually a den of iniquity at the best of times. I doubt the ability to live forever would have improved matters. Unless its a metaphorical escape and we're treated to scenes of Jack and the gang getting it on down the Sunset Strip. That i would watch.

5. The Categories of Life - If everyone could live forever and new people were being born all the time: how would you decide to manage the growing population of the world? Baiting civil liberties and the general quality of life it looks like it'll be time for a lot of hand wringing from the Torchwood team.

6.The Middle Men- Anything give such a mundane bureaucratic title such as The Middle Men is either hiding a sinister cabal of agents, taking out the common or garden members of society (the office casualties, the spinsters, Argos employees) in our now pressed for space world or is the even more horrifying prospect of a title to an ITV 1 sitcom…shudder.

7. Immortal Sins – Being able to live forever means living with whatever grievous sins you may have committed. It also means coming to terms with a world where there is no punishment in the afterlife either. It feels as though we may be heading down an avenue previously explored in Russell T. Davies' The Second Coming only now in a country that parts of which would happily claim to be the most fervently religious country in the world. Good Luck Russell!

8. End Of The Road – As poets Boys II Men once said in their similarly titled song:

Girl I can't sleep at night without holding you tight
Girl, each time I try I just break down and cry
Pain in my head oh I'd rather be dead
Spinnin' around and around.

Is this the end of the beautiful friendship between Jack and Gwen? Gwen and Rhys? Jack and that bloke he picked up last night? Odds are that even though the doors to the afterlife are out of order someone will have to make a choice between reversing the effects of Miracle Day and losing someone they love.

It just wouldn't be Torchwood if someone wasn't exploiting strange events and harbouring secrets involving other world matters for there own personal gain? When will they improve their screen process?

9. The Gathering – Perhaps the condition affecting the whole human race has extraterrestrial origins? The Gathering has distinctly B-Movie overtones. Unless its just an ominous name for the 1st annual Torchwood Workers Picnic.

10. The Blood Line – Maybe the Miracle Day incident is in fact a blood virus? Perhaps the same regeneration virus that affects Captain Jack? The only person who can cure the human race. Will Jack sacrifice himself for the greater good and will he get a cookie after giving his blood? Only time will tell!

Torchwood: Miracle Day airs this July, (probably) simultaneously on BBC 1 in the UK and the Starz Network in the US.

The Action Games & Comics Review Show – The Missing Cycle Path! - Bleeding Cool News

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:34 AM PDT


Bleeding Cool News

The Action Games & Comics Review Show – The Missing Cycle Path!
Bleeding Cool News
... battling I tell you, battling with the hordes of Fantastic Four fans... Wednesday Comics Review – Action Comics #899 Paul Cornell writes for Doctor Who and is a friend of Steven Moffatt. As a result he is very acquainted with the Comic Relief...

How philosophy explains why Steven Moffat's monsters are seriously fucking scary - io9

Posted: 13 May 2011 08:09 AM PDT


How philosophy explains why Steven Moffat's monsters are seriously fucking scary
io9
Annalee Newitz — Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has created some of the series' most frightening monsters, including the Weeping Angel aliens in "Blink" who creep up when you glance away. This season, the Edvard Munch-inspired aliens called The ...

Kenneth Branagh Reveals His 'Doctor Who' Love To Craig Ferguson - MTV.com

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:40 AM PDT


MTV.com

Kenneth Branagh Reveals His 'Doctor Who' Love To Craig Ferguson
MTV.com
Apparently, the Shakespeare-friendly actor and filmmaker is a big fan of the British science-fiction series and its new star, Matt Smith, which makes us like the guy even more around Splash Page HQ. (I wonder what he thought of the 2007's "The ...

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Michael Sheen lends his voice to Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' episode Saturday - USA Weekend

Posted: 13 May 2011 07:25 AM PDT


Michael Sheen lends his voice to Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' episode Saturday
USA Weekend
Sheen has been a big fan of Doctor Who ever since watching the British series during his formative years growing up in Wales. "Jon Pertwee was my first Doctor, and then Tom Baker," Sheen recalls. "Doctor Who was a fixture in a lot of people's lives as ...

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Just in case you needed a little bit more teasing…

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:43 AM PDT

The Doctor's Wife finally airs tomorrow (hurrah!), and if the various trailers, interviews and previews haven't been enough to put your temptation levels at bay, these teasers might just prove helpful too! Firstly, Digital Spy has shared 10 hints and quotes, while SFX have 20 of their own tantalizing tidbits, as well as 22 more! Spoilers [...]

Worlds in Time update, “big” game news for 2012!

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:15 AM PDT

The EVP for Digital Entertainment at BBC Worldwide, Robert Nashak, has written a blog in which he reveals an update on the progress of the forthcoming online multiplayer Doctor Who game, Worlds in Time, launching in the autumn. "Fans and newcomers alike will get to experience the vast universe of Doctor Who as they travel through space and [...]

What the Doctor Misses…

Posted: 13 May 2011 06:05 AM PDT

Just-released: an exclusive, never-before-seen bonus DOCTOR WHO: Insider from Episode 3, The Curse of the Black Spot featuring an interview with Executive Producer/Lead Writer Steven Moffat!

Even though you might be looking forward to The Doctor's Wife, take a few minutes to appreciate just what Steven Moffat and Stephen Thompson were attempting to do in The Curse of the Black Spot

With thanks to TOR (The Other Rory)

The Eye Patch Lady Took My Baby Away

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:59 AM PDT

The universe and the TARDIS. The TARDIS and the universe. Two vast, complicated and utterly bewildering entities that defy explanation until a bow tied gentleman takes you aside and shows you a neat little trick that seems to both make sense and somehow hover above explanation.

In a lab, you might see a bow tied gentleman scratch on a blackboard a cat in a box that is both alive and dead that he insists with a wide-eyed smile, pretty much sums up one way of looking at things, until all you can do is smile, agree and doodle pictures of cats in your notebook.

While in a less tedious lab another bow tied gentleman might show you the once believed to be mythical creature murdering pirates aboard their galleon is in fact using reflections to get her glowy green hands on their scurvy bones – a theory he then puts into practice by smashing every reflective surface that glints in his eyes.

The one constant in both universes is thus: 'bow tied gentlemen will explain everything' and as a suffix the universe is a little colder than the TARDIS.

Amy's predicament means that only one of those multi-tasking soothsayers in spurious neckwear can help her – and it's not the Doctor.

Stepping back into the fluorescent fug of the metaphorical lab our bow tied gentleman might be able to shed some light on Amy's non-pregnancy and why the TARDIS is less effective than Clear Blue at predicting it.

The Double Slit experiment (or Young's Experiment) is one of those neat little tricks that boggles and impresses but also one of the handiest ways of summarising the awe inspiring madness that is Quantum Mechanics/parallel universes.

The experiment involves particle beams fired from a single light source that passing through two closely spaced slits, often interfere with each other in different ways.

Logically speaking you'd expect them to form along the back wall in the gaps between the slits in two recognisable splodges but results have shown that particles have also appeared behind one of the slits blocking their path.

The only explanation is that the single particle has separated, passing simultaneously through both gaps before reforming in an otherwise impossible to reach space on the back wall.

Amy is the equivalent of that single particle passing through two spaces simultaneously- she exists in two places at the same time.

When the 'Eye Patch Lady' or Madame Kovarian to give her the name listed on actress Frances Barber's CV first peers in on Amy in Day of the Moon where she appears to be speaking to an unseen person behind that door: "No, I think she's just dreaming."

It's as if she's pre-empting the audiences response to her presence. Its seems far too neat to be a dream – a definite trait that Steven Moffat doesn't have is a willingness to take the Pam Ewing route out of anything.

Doctor Who Series 6, Madame KovorianA short hop along the explanation stepping stones from 'dreams' would be 'memories'. Is Amy remembering events that occurred during the days when she was kidnapped by The Silence? This would imply that the Eye Patch Lady was experimenting on Amy but this doesn't explain why they would need Madame Kovarian if they could already easily control the human race (also how would Amy remember without reminding herself to remember her? Is sleep the suggestive technique she uses to prompt her memory like the auto-suggestion of the human race shooting on site?)

Perhaps Amy was part or is part of a force pregnancy. The advice given to her by the Eye Patch Lady in The Curse of the Black Spot: "It's fine. You're doing fine… Just stay calm" has the ring of a midwife's and it would explain why she was present at the birth – she's a broker for whoever wants the child that Amy is carrying.

So why isn't Amy showing?

The logistics of being pregnant onboard a time machine are a pedants heaven. Hopping from one time zone to another, from one period to the previous, you'd have a hard time telling when one day ended and other began let alone being able to keep a record of when nine months had passed.

The growth of the baby means you would have a general idea but not an exact due date.

When travelling in time you still keep your relative age despite travelling back or forward in time. You don't shrink down to DNA when you enter the middle ages or crumble to dust on the surface of New Earth so why is the TARDIS having such a hard time telling whether or not she is pregnant.

Like that particle (and that cat scribbled on the black board in the metaphorical lab) Amy seems to exist in two states at once.

One where she's pregnant and watched over by the Eye Patch Lady and another where she isn't and is travelling around with the Doctor and the TARDIS can't differentiate between the two because they're the same person.

What's still to decide is the moment when she 'split' the moment when something decisive happened, creating the confusion in the TARDIS' readings.

TV Review: 'Doctor Who: Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot' - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:44 AM PDT


Geeks of Doom

TV Review: 'Doctor Who: Day of the Moon, The Curse of the Black Spot'
Geeks of Doom
Even though the narrative of the episode isn't as engaging as previous episodes, it does boast some fantastic acting, particularly from Karen Gillan and Matt Smith. - Smith and Gillan nailed that scene towards the end of Curse. ...

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'Doctor Who: Curse of the Black Spot' - your verdict - Digital Spy (blog)

Posted: 13 May 2011 05:07 AM PDT


'Doctor Who: Curse of the Black Spot' - your verdict
Digital Spy (blog)
Light relief from a cracking Moffat two-parter, 'The Curse of the Black Spot' saw Doctor Who return to familiar territory - adventures, space crafts and Rory dying. But did the change of pace in Steven Thompson's standalone ...

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Complete Torchwood Series 1-3 US boxset details

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:40 AM PDT

It has been confirmed that a boxset featuring the first three series of Torchwood will be released in the US to mark the premiere of Series 4, Miracle Day, on Starz! The DVD ($119.98, 14 discs) and Blu-ray ($129.95, 12 discs) collection will feature all 31 episodes of the series so far, from Everything Changes to [...]

Doctor Whooligan: More Season Six News, A Thank you Note to Neil Gaiman ... - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:36 AM PDT


Doctor Whooligan: More Season Six News, A Thank you Note to Neil Gaiman ...
Anglotopia.net
It has been busy week on the Torchwood front. Starz is finally revving up their PR machne to hype the show and it looks like what RTD has in store could be sweeping and epic. Starz has created a nice page of Torchwood promo pictures and features on the ...

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'Today' Host Meredith Vieira Films 'Doctor Who' Cameo – and Reveals Some Big ... - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT


Geeks of Doom

'Today' Host Meredith Vieira Films 'Doctor Who' Cameo – and Reveals Some Big ...
Geeks of Doom
Vieira's segment not only features some cool "in-character" interviews with The Doctor (Matt Smith) and River Song (Alex Kingston), but some spoilery revelations as well. While I love the fact that showrunner Steven Moffat and the Doctor Who crew give ...

A preview of tomorrow's episode of Confidential

Posted: 13 May 2011 04:08 AM PDT

The BBC's YouTube channel has a preview of tomorrow night's episode of Doctor Who Confidential! The episode is called Bigger on the Inside and it'll air on BBC Three and BBC HD straight after The Doctor's Wife on BBC One. It features a tour of the TARDIS conducted by Neil Gaiman, as well as new interviews [...]

The Curse of the PodKast

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:54 AM PDT

A little later than planned, it's time for the Kasterborous podKast with a K to cast its eye on last week's Curse of the Black Spot, as well as look forward to Neil Gaiman's The Doctor's Wife and even chat about the BBC Four tribute to the late Elisabeth Sladen this week in the shape of The Hand of Fear.

Joining me this time are Brian A Terranova and news contributor Patrick Riley. Things went a little crazy this week; the slightly reduced sound quality can be explained away by the fact that we were in fact podcasting from 1976, for reasons that will become clear…

We also chat about the recent controversy (or should that be storm in a teacup) concerning Doctor Who audience figures and the machinations of various printed organs to bash the series.

That convenient player above isn't the only way to listen to the Kasterborous podKast – you might alternatively listen via direct download, from iTunes or by subscribing to the RSS feed!

NBC's Pass On Wonder Woman And Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' Episode In Today's ... - MTV.com

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:45 AM PDT


MTV.com

NBC's Pass On Wonder Woman And Neil Gaiman's 'Doctor Who' Episode In Today's ...
MTV.com
1: @neilhimself @davegibbons90 If the bar gets BBC 3, the Dr Who Confidential that follows is a cracker. Really one for the fans. "Doctor Who" pt. 2: @Paul_Cornell @neilhimself @davegibbons90 I suspect I'll pop back to my room to see the episode in the ...

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The Silence arrive at the Doctor Who Experience

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:43 AM PDT

The Doctor Who Experience have marked Friday the 13th by adding a new attraction to their collection! The terrifying Silence seen in Series 6's opening two-parter are now on show at the Experience at London's Olympia 2, but before they joined the menagerie of monsters, they went for a casual walk around London to let the [...]

The Spoiler Police

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:38 AM PDT

Steven Moffat went mad this week and in a moment of blind rage destroyed every remaining episode of Doctor Who Series 6 as retribution for the inconsiderate leaking of The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon spoilers on the web…

…or so you would think judging by the over-reaction of some fans and websites.

Only today one extremely prominent fansite was defending its use of clips and trailers provided by the BBC and BBC America by marking them as "spoiler free". However, this is clearly balderdash.

First things first: Steven Moffat was well within his rights as the public figurehead of Doctor Who production to criticise any individuals that were fortunate enough to attend the preview screening of the first episodes of the 2011 series who went on to leak the key spoilers across the web, especially given that he had quite reasonably requested that people keep it under their hats.

Sadly the disregarding of this request from the man who makes Doctor Who has overshadowed this week's build up to what promises to be a very memorable episode. Not only that, but the persons concerned are under the misapprehension that they are somehow "better" fans than anyone who hadn't seen those episodes, taking the chance to spoil the surprises online in the most cynical and pathetic way.

I've been a part of online fandom since the 1990s and I've seen a hell of a lot of nonsense; this counts among the classics.

However, when websites are having to defend their use of clips for fear of material that can be described as a "spoiler" – even if it is released and approved by the BBC – then we start getting into nonsensical territory.

First of all, if the BBC or whoever have released images and video content for use to promote a broadcast, it is not a spoiler as far as they are concerned. There are websites out there who take pleasure in breaking embargos on photos and press releases from prominent magazines, which goes to demonstrate that some people are more interested in getting in with a scoop rather than delivering anything substantial.

However no website should have to defend its use of approved material. Ultimately it is down to the individual fan to recognise what they want to know and what they don't want to know before an episode airs and either make the decision to stay online and risk finding out stuff they would rather have avoided or take a few days away from the web and tune in at 6pm or whatever time and enjoy the surprises.

Sites like Kasterborous, as noisier voices in fandom, can guide the fans and let them know what might be a spoiler, what might give them too much information when combined with other material they might have seen; ultimately it is up to the reader.

While we might have poked fun at Steven Moffat earlier this week, he was right to take the leakers to task on Radio 5 Live, but whoever is marching the web prodding websites with sticks and accusing them of revealing spoilers is going too far in the wrong direction. The only logical next step for the Spoiler Police is to prevent the BBC from broadcasting the episode!

Let's put this load of old nonsense behind us and enjoy The Doctor's Wife on Saturday.

The Week in Gay TV: Goodbye to "Smallville" and Plenty of Season Finales - AfterElton.com

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:27 AM PDT


The Week in Gay TV: Goodbye to "Smallville" and Plenty of Season Finales
AfterElton.com
Neil Gaiman with Doctor Who's Matt Smith and Suranne Jones. Fandoms collide Saturday when Doctor Who debuts a long-awaited episode written by Neil Gaiman. The story finds The Doctor following a signal that sounds like it could come from a fellow Time ...

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Episode Titles for Torchwood: Miracle Day revealed - ATV Today

Posted: 13 May 2011 03:06 AM PDT


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Episode Titles for Torchwood: Miracle Day revealed
ATV Today
As we edge ever closer to the premier of Torchwood: Miracle Day more details about the fourth season of the Doctor Who spin-off emerge. The latest details are the episode titles for the ten-part series. Have no fear though because the titles themselves ...
Torchwood: Miracle Day episodes revealedDen Of Geek
Torchwood: Miracle Day Promo ImagesThe Doctor Who News Page
Happy Day, Torchwood: Miracle Day Releases New Photos & Synopsis!UGO
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Dr. Who's The Silence hit the London streets - but what frightens them? These ... - Holy Moly!

Posted: 13 May 2011 02:42 AM PDT


Holy Moly!

Dr. Who's The Silence hit the London streets - but what frightens them? These ...
Holy Moly!
Now we're now cowardly custard chicken when it comes to TV villains, but Doctor Who's The Silence have shit us right up - mainly for looking like a yawning, shaved cat (i said CAT). But what frightens The Silence? We have found out. ...

Dare You Fight the Future?

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:26 AM PDT

It's an old question but always good for a topic of conversation: if you could go back in time and change something, would you do it? Would you murder young Hitler? Would you tell JFK to take a different route? Would you quietly whisper in John Nathan-Turner's ear "you should really rethink the design for that Myrka…"?

The Doctor has been in one of those situations many times, the very walls of time ready to change by the touch of two wires or by moderating negotiations between Homo Reptilia and humans. But the Doctor always knows how to handle these big situations, he's a Time Lord, he knows which points are fixed and which can change.

What if, however, one of his companions had the opportunity to change the past of the future? Rose certainly did in Father's Day and look what happened there. There are always repercussions if a time traveller interferes with certain moments in time. Things can go so wrong.

And that's the dilemma that Amy and Rory face in the latest series of Doctor Who. Early on in The Impossible Astronaut, they saw the Eleventh Doctor, 200 years into his future, get gunned down during his regeneration and effectively killed. But the Doctor was clever and sent a message to his younger self, the version that is currently travelling with Rory and Amy, to try and clean up the mess that was left.

So, now the TARDIS team face a troubling future. The Doctor knows something is wrong but hasn't quite worked it out yet and Amy and Rory have to keep quiet about his death as it could affect his future, having dire consequences to the time lines.

And yet somehow we know that the Doctor won't end up dead (properly dead, you know what we mean) in this incarnation or any other. The Universe just needs him.

But that leaves the monstrous question, should Amy tell her Doctor about his fatal future?

The first answer would be no. Let what is going to happen just happen. Do not interfere and let history and the future do their work.

But on the flip side of that, what if Amy is meant to tell the Doctor about his final demise? What if events can be changed by the fact that the 909 year old Doctor finds out about his death two hundred years in the future and is able to avert it so that it never happened? All because his future self set motions in event to avoid his terrible fate?

It's certainly a wibbly wobbly explanation worthy of Steven Moffat's familiar tropes; akin to the Doctor escaping the Pandorica with help from his future self even though he couldn't have got out in the first place unless his counterpart was there to help…ow, my head just burst.

Should Amy tell the Doctor about his death? It seemed like he was well prepared for it when he turned up, even recognising the person in the space suit who killed him. The likelihood is that the Doctor will overhear Amy and Rory having a conversation about it, probably the same way that Rory found out that Amy though she had been pregnant. Will telling the Doctor have consequences? You bet…

The Sun Makers - Region 1 - DVD Cover and Details

Posted: 13 May 2011 01:15 AM PDT

BBC America have sent DWO the cover and details for the August 2011, Region 1 Doctor Who DVD release of The Sun Makers.

The TARDIS, along with the Doctor, Leela and K-9, arrives on Pluto in the distant future. The time travelers discover the planet has a breathable atmosphere and enjoys heat from six small suns, but the humans who live there are taxed and exploited heavily for the privilege.

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary

• Running from the Tax Man

• Outtakes

• Original BBC1 Trailer

• The Doctor's Composer - Part Two

• Photo Gallery

• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings

• Production Note Subtitles

• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

+ The Sun Makers is released on 9th August 2011, priced $19.98 (USA) / $21.58 (Canada).

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[Source: BBC America]

The Silence join Doctor Who Experience - TV Scoop

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:58 AM PDT


TV Scoop

The Silence join Doctor Who Experience
TV Scoop
Matt Smith, who plays the 11th Doctor, recently revealed The Silence are to become his alter-ego's defining enemy over the course of the current series, as writer Steven Moffat has made them such an integral part of the story. ...

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Micro Figure Frenzy!

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

Rare Doctor Who Character Building Those with eagle eyes may have spotted an advert at the back of this month's Doctor Who Magazine for a Doctor Who-themed series of "Micro Figures".

They are a bit like Lego and you can get some funky little play sets to go with the characters. However, there are already some very rare collectibles that are scarcely available for the public to buy, so it's worth keeping your eyes peeled for them.

Several "very limited" versions of some characters have been put n circulation including:

-A projected Weeping Angel

-A "raggedy" version of the Eleventh Doctor still in his predecessor's clothes

-Amy Pond in a green coat

-The Silurian Alaya

-The Eleventh Doctor in his football gear from The Lodger

It seems that for every thousand micro figures, only one of these rarities appeared in the batch so as soon as you find one, do not let it go! Character Options, the makers of the range, commented:

"Where they will turn up is a complete lottery but it has certainly created a frenzy amongst the fans."

Remember, if you come across one on eBay or a similar website, grab it and keep hold of it for dear life!

You should be able to pickup these cool items from around £1.99 for the figures; Forbidden Planet should be your first stop, but bear in mind you will need to purchase a lot of figures to find the rare ones!

SFX Spurious Awards - SFX

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:28 AM PDT


SFX

SFX Spurious Awards
SFX
Steven Moffat caused a bit of a media storm this week, slamming internet spoilermongers using such heated phrases as "vandalism", "I hate them" and, erm, "twit". But you probably heard about all that anyway. What you might have missed was his later ...

Find out which SHIELD agents might be in The Avengers. Plus JJ Abrams talks ... - io9

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:10 AM PDT


Find out which SHIELD agents might be in The Avengers. Plus JJ Abrams talks ...
io9
And photos and details for Torchwood: Miracle Day. Plus find out what shows NBC won't be airing. Plus new photos from Torchwood, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and the Supernatural season finale. Spoilers ahead! Some new rumors about this film — grain ...

10 Things I did Since the PlayStation Network Went Down - Mania

Posted: 13 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT


Mania

10 Things I did Since the PlayStation Network Went Down
Mania
As fate would have it the shirt would combine the Beatles and Doctor Who. I actually hadn't finished the adventures of Matt Smith's Doctor from last season. My plans for game night with Everra then changed. We watched the final 3 episodes of last ...

It only does everything: Ars reviews the sonic screwdriver - Ars Technica

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:34 PM PDT


It only does everything: Ars reviews the sonic screwdriver
Ars Technica
My son is just insane for anything that lets him send and reveal secret messages, so the Doctor Who connection is icing on the cake, or perhaps the cake underneath all that icing. While the toy is plastic, it's worth noting that the original prop used ...

Dr. Who Gave MJ Propofol Forced to Testify for Murray - Peace FM Online

Posted: 12 May 2011 11:14 PM PDT


Peace FM Online

Dr. Who Gave MJ Propofol Forced to Testify for Murray
Peace FM Online
Tmz : A doctor who repeatedly administered Propofol to Michael Jackson has been ordered against his will to testify on behalf of Dr. Conrad Murray ... TMZ has learned. Dr. David Adams -- a Las Vegas anesthesiologist -- put Michael under with Propofol ...

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A Closer Look at the Series 6 Arc

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Doctor Who TV guest writer, Michael Clark, takes a look at the Series 6 mysteries.

Is Amy pregnant?

During the course of The Impossible Astronaut Amy exhibits common signs of pregnancy; the Doctor points out that she has gained weight and she begins to have the occasion stomach ache. At the climax of the first she even whispers it to the Doctor before shooting the Astronaut. However, it becomes apparent that she was showing signs of a false pregnancy as she said at the beginning of Day of the Moon with the explanation that the Silence were causing the stomach aches, and the fact that she had no baby bump after three months of running. However, there is more at play here than what meets the eye.

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Audio Review: Doctor Who – The Stones of Blood - Saffron Walden Reporter

Posted: 12 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT


Saffron Walden Reporter

Audio Review: Doctor Who – The Stones of Blood
Saffron Walden Reporter
WHEN it came to publishing the novelisation of this 1978 Tom Baker adventure, Target Books opted for stalwart Terrance Dicks as opposed to story writer David Fisher, and to be honest Dicks produced a thoroughly reasonable adaptation. ...

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Take our big Doctor Who survey - WalesOnline

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:54 PM PDT


Take our big Doctor Who survey
WalesOnline
It's one of the biggest and best-loved shows on television - and now it's your turn to tell us what you really think about Doctor Who. The long-running sci-fi drama - currently starring Matt Smith in its famous lead role - has been running since 1963. ...

Idris Intrigues the Doctor…

Posted: 12 May 2011 09:42 PM PDT

This Saturday sees the next episode in the current run of Doctor Who, The Doctor's Wife, air on BBC One. With such a blatant title (or as Steven Moffat likes to call it, a slutty title) can we be expecting anything but the Doctor coming face to face with his missus?

We're already trying to figure out who the hell River Song is so do we really need another mystery woman in the Doctor's life? The answer is obviously yes and anyway, when have things in the world of Doctor Who ever been that simple?

In the upcoming episode you'll see Suranne Jones playing the titular Idris; you may remember her from playing Mona Lisa in The Sarah Jane Adventures or even as Steve McDonald's wife in Coronation Street. Suranne gave away a few interesting bits of information about The Doctor's Wife in a recent interview with What's on TV, in which she discussed the Doctor's intriguing reaction to Idris.

"She is intriguing to him [the Doctor] for lots of reasons because of things she says and the way that she is acting. When you meet her she is about to die and then she doesn't, she just goes really bonkers instead. She says lots of things that she doesn't understand and she doesn't really know why she is saying them, so she is not quite making sense to herself let alone anyone else."

Could it be that she has a regeneration failure? Is she even playing the role of a surviving Time Lord at all? Jones' cryptic clues keep on coming when asked if she would like to return to Doctor Who:

"I said to Matt [Smith], 'Can you just keep mentioning that I would like to come back at some point?' I don't think I can, but who knows? You can do anything in Doctor Who and if there was a chance to come back in the future I would love to.

So, the character of Idris is about to die and then doesn't. Suranne don't think that she can come back and yet it may be a possibility.

Does this remind anyone of a 2007 story called Utopia and another rogue Time Lord's story? Trapped in the back of beyond before the Doctor turns up? Roll on an exciting Saturday!

The Doctor's Wife is on Saturday 14th May on BBC One and BBC One HD.

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