Sunday, June 12, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Doctor Who: 'A Good Man Goes to War' Review & Discussion - Screen Rant

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 05:05 PM PDT


Doctor Who: 'A Good Man Goes to War' Review & Discussion
Screen Rant
The simple notion of the Doctor (Matt Smith) – the proverbial savior of the Universe – calling upon those he saved in his 900 years of existence to help in a single event may very well be the most prodigious plot line presented in the decades of Doctor ...

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Shed just like Tardis - but only on the outside - WalesOnline

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 04:03 PM PDT


Shed just like Tardis - but only on the outside
WalesOnline
It might not fool current Doctor Who Matt Smith though. "He'd probably wonder what had happened to the interior," said John, from Newport. Now his grand design has been shortlisted for the final of the National Shed of the Year 2011 contest – founded ...

What do Doctor Who and The Dark Knight have in common? - io9

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT


What do Doctor Who and The Dark Knight have in common?
io9
We're supposed to think the Doctor is being angrier and more ruthless than he's ever been before — even though, as the Guardian points out, David Tennant "got angrier most weeks." Actually, the Guardian puts it incredibly well: It's as if the prospect ...

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A Good Man Goes to War: Australian ratings

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:57 PM PDT

The mid-series finale A Good Man Goes to War has debuted in Australia to excellent ratings. TV Tonight reports that the episode averaged 815,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It won its timeslot and was the top rating drama and ABC programme for the day. 'A Good Man' was the third highest rating programme for the day overall (only beaten by two commercial evening news programmes). The corresponding Confidential Cutdown also rated a very strong 619,000 viewers in the five major capitals (8th highest rating programme for the day overall). These overnight figures, however, do not include regional, rural and time-shifted viewers and hence significantly understate the actual national ratings.

Meanwhile, ABC TV has launched its own official Doctor Who website.

"A Good Man Goes To War" - A.V. Club (satire) (blog)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:10 PM PDT


A.V. Club (satire) (blog)

"A Good Man Goes To War"
A.V. Club (satire) (blog)
It is, in other words, a classic piece of Steven Moffat Doctor Who storytelling. (And is it too soon to talk about this episode as a classic? I certainly think it's one of the episodes fans will be talking about for years even if, like all two-parters, ...

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'Doctor Who' - 'A Good Man Goes to War': Are you my mommy? - HitFix (blog)

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:02 PM PDT


'Doctor Who' - 'A Good Man Goes to War': Are you my mommy?
HitFix (blog)
The Steven Moffat era of "Who" is definitely going to have big highs and lows the way Russell Davies' seasons did, but the highs are very, very high. Obviously, the big thing to talk about with "A Good Man Goes to War" is the revelation that River Song ...

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Alex Kingston: 'I feel quite motherly towards Matt Smith' - The Guardian

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:06 AM PDT


The Guardian

Alex Kingston: 'I feel quite motherly towards Matt Smith'
The Guardian
As a recurring character in Doctor Who, Kingston steals scenes; she makes off with entire episodes. Matt Smith "gets very jealous," she says, "as I get all the best entry and exit lines." And she does, playing a time-travelling adventurer with a ...

The week in TV - The Yorker

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:03 AM PDT


The week in TV
The Yorker
- Doctor Who has been commissioned for a fourteen more episodes starring Matt Smith, but the air date of the episodes remains a mystery, leading to speculation that 2012 could be another specials year like 2009. A BBC spokesperson later said that a ...

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Heads Up: Manchester International Fest - The Independent

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT


Heads Up: Manchester International Fest
The Independent
Punchdrunk artistic director Felix Barrett has joined forces with Steven Moffat and Tom MacRae from Doctor Who to produce a children's show, The Crash of Elysium. Playwright Che Walker gives a narrative structure to The 8th, an eight-chapter pop song ...

Doctor Who items in Bonhams Auction

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 09:06 AM PDT

A variety of items from the classic series of Doctor Who have been listed by Bonhams for their forthcoming Entertainment Memorabilia auction, taking place in Knightsbridge on 29th June 2011 from 1:00pm.

Lot 111: Jon Pertwee's Inverness cape, in charcoal herringbone, frock with matching striped lining, black velvet collar, five buttons and three pockets, capelet with blue braid edging and purple lining, with background information including a copy of the Radio Times, 20-26 November 1993, the front cover featuring Pertwee wearing the cape.

This was worn on-screen for the 30th anniversary episode, Dimensions In Time, and can be seen on the cover of the Dr. Who Annual, 1996, in Jon Pertwee's autobiography, the Dr. Who Magazine and several BBC videos. It was originally purchased at the Longleat auction in August 1996, which included a number of items from Jon Pertwee's widow. The cape was Lot 64 in the auction.

Estimate: £4,000-5,000, €4,600-5,700
 
Lot 111A: A rehearsal script for Dr Who And The War Games, for rehearsals May 1969.

Episode Seven, with related memo, cast/set list and twenty-five numbered, mimeographed pages, some annotated.

Estimate: £200-300, €230-340
 
Lot 112: A TARDIS key, originally constructed in plastic board, moulded in silicon and finally cast in grey-coloured resin, with central symbol of the Pydonian seal, with chain, together with a statement of authenticity from The Model Unit, confirming this was one of several made for the 1988 season, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, key 6.5cm (2½in) long.

Estimate: £2,500-3,000, €2,900-3,400
 
Lot 113: a collection of thirty four re-release film posters, 1965 and 1966.

Re-release version British one-sheets for Dr Who and the Daleks (x6), Daleks Invasion Earth 2150 AD (x28), all rolled, 27 x 41 inches, (34).

Estimate: £200-300, €230-340
 
Lot 114: 'Mona Lisa' painting from City Of Death, oil on panel, 57 x 72.5cm (22¼ x 28½in)

Featured in the Tom Baker story broadcast in 1979, this is one of six such paintings produced. According to information received, this particular painting hung in the Dr. Who production office during the 1980s.

Estimate: £1,000-1,200, €1,100-1,400
 
Lot 115: A miniature TARDIS model, created for exhibition purposes, of painted board, with plastic paper-backed windows, and plastic casing to light, having internal electrical workings (plug removed), height 5ft, width 15 inches.

Estimate: £150-200, €170-230
 
Lot 116: costume from Resurrection Of The Daleks, 1984, prison guard/prison ship uniforms, comprising a black fabric/vinyl Dalek trooper's cap; a white medical boiler suit, neck inscribed in ballpoint Robert Goodman, badge to right sleeve, with belt; a helmet, fibreglass/plastic, interior foam padding, mesh front; a khaki boiler suit with maching belt and felt cap, neck inscribed in ballpoint Mike Vinden, Operational badge (and old Bonhams label) to right sleeve.

Estimate: £300-400, €340-460
 
Lot 117: costume from Resurrection Of The Daleks, 1984, prison guards/prison ship uniforms, comprising: a helmet, fibreglass/plastic with interior foam padding and mesh grill; an orange boiler suit, neck inscribed in ballpoint Kevin O'Brien, right sleeve with Maintenance badge to right sleeve, with belt and felt cap; two similar khaki boiler suits with Operational badge to sleeve, with belts, one inscribed John Adam Baker, the other Sneh Gupta; and a red, yellow, black and grey quilted vinyl jacket, shoulders with metal rings, with black belt.

Estimate: £300-400, €340-460
 

(with thanks to "Alyd")

A Darvillish Role…

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 08:34 AM PDT

The Devil always turns out to be the person you least suspect – like The Simpson's Ned Flanders – but in this case it is Arthur Darvill who is about to play Mephistopheles, the human servant of all evil, in Matthew Dunster's production of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus at Shakespeare's Globe.

It reall is one hell of a role! (Fnaarr! – Ed)

Arthur has taken time out of rehersals to chat to the BBC about finally being able to talk about just who River Song is (SPOILERS!)

"My mum sent me a text straight after the episode saying: 'Does this mean I'm Alex Kingston's grandmother?'"

Unlike Dr. Faustus, Darvill didn't have to sell his soul to find out before hand but had to remain tight lipped or face the wrath of Moffhistopheles and those ultimate agents of evil, the BBC Publicity department:

"I forget what I can and can't talk about, so I end up talking about nothing for hours – which has become quite a skill."

Perhaps not the best opening gambit to an interview but he's Rory the Roman so we'll let him off. Darvill was also quick to praise those members of the press who kept stum during the build up to River's big reveal:

"I suppose it's testament to the show that people care about it so much. I'm so excited the second half of the series that's coming up – what Steven [Moffat] has done is something quite brilliant – it's really going to surprise people."

To hear about Darvill's puppet based childhood and his thoughts on Marlowe's seminal work head over to the BBC.

Tickets for Darvill's demon run are available from The Globe website.

Matt Smith Returning In Series 7 Of 'Doctor Who'; Plus Captain Jack and River ... - Geeks of Doom

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 07:26 AM PDT


Matt Smith Returning In Series 7 Of 'Doctor Who'; Plus Captain Jack and River ...
Geeks of Doom
Following the official announcements from the BBC, John Barrowman (aka Captain Jack Harkness from Torchwood) revealed in an interview with Zap2It that the return of Captain Jack to Doctor Who has been discussed between Russell T Davies and Steven ...

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Bernard Cribbins, OBE!

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 07:08 AM PDT

Okay, so it's not a knighthood, but a round of applause, please, for Mr Bernard Cribbins, OBE, actor and singer who has entertained millions of us over the years!

Announced in the Queen's "other" birthday honours list, the former big screen companion Tom Campbell (Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.) and Wilfred Mott actor Cribbins has finally been bestowed a commendation that his fans have been crying out for over the past few years.

Who can forget Cribbins as the kindly station master in The Railway Children, or the reader of many popular tales in Jackanory? Bernard was also the narrator on The Wombles (a group of which will be taking to the stage at Glastonbury this month!) and featured in one of the popular Fawlty Towers episodes as a man mistaken for Basil Fawlty (John Cleese) as a hotel inspector…

In addition to all of this, the great Bernard Cribbins, OBE, was also the voice of a couple of hit songs, "Right Said Fred" and "Hole in the Ground" back in the early 1960s (something that kept George Martin in work until the Beatles came along), but we fans of Doctor Who know him best as Wilf Mott, grandfather to former companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate).

Cribbins was marvellous all through Series 4 in 2008, and then Turn Left happened, and we remembered just why we love the guy so much.

Because he can act, and really make you believe.

So it made perfect sense that Russell T Davies would cast him as the Tenth Doctor's de facto companion in The End of Time, and even be the indirect cause of the regeneration, the very source of the legendary "four knocks".

All of that only leaves us to say: from all of us at Kasterborous, massive congratulations to Bernard Cribbins, OBE!

The Shadow Line - episode 7 - series finale - Unreality TV

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:25 AM PDT


The Shadow Line - episode 7 - series finale
Unreality TV
Gatehouse is played by Stephen Rea, Gabriel by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Khokar by Ace Bhatti, Ratallack by Freddie Fox, Bede by Christopher Eccleston, Babur by Stanley Townsend, Penney by Nicholas Jones, Julie by Lesley Sharp and Jay Wratten by Rafe Spall.

Have a Melted Ganger!

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:20 AM PDT

Doctor Who Ganger toy - Goo Pot Flesh!Here's a toy that's designed to actually be used, rather than sit in a box on a shelf for all eternity.

Through what can be seen as either an especially creative addition to the Doctor Who merchandise library or a convenient way to discard defective Eleventh Doctor figures, Character Options has announced the imminent release of 'The Flesh' Goo Pod, which is nothing more or less than a slimy substance in the color of a melted Ganger from The Rebel Flesh/The Almost People, with bits of Matt Smith action figures mixed in.

Each pod comes with a few random body parts, with a total of 5 collectible severed appendages: two legs, two arms, and a head.  It's unclear whether bits of other figures, e.g. Flesh Amy, will be available, as the promotional text doesn't specify any characters, simply saying "random 'The Flesh' parts hidden inside."  However, all the images we've seen thus far only include disfigured bits of the Eleventh Doctor.

This TARDIS-shaped 'Goo Pod' is available on Forbidden Planet for the reduced pre-order price of £6.29 (RRP £6.99), and is scheduled to arrive in the store's warehouse on June 21st.

But we're sure money's tight, so if you're willing to get your hands a little dirty, you can easily make this yourself using a recipe for slime and cut-up pieces of your own favorite (or perhaps least-favorite) Doctor Who figures!  Why spend money?  And why limit yourself to one incarnation of the Doctor?  With this method, you can show off your very own Flesh Fourth Doctor, Roger Delgado Master, Peri Brown, or if you're feeling particularly ambitious, even Flesh Daleks and Cybermen!  And while you won't get the extra-special police box pod this way, we're sure that unused TARDIS cookie jar collecting dust on your shelf will do nicely.  The possibilities are limitless!

Justin Richards

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 06:11 AM PDT

Justin Richards is an important cog in the Doctor Who merchandise machine. Yes he's the Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range, but more importantly he's written some of the best Doctor Who fiction over the last few years.

You've been associated with Doctor Who in print for quite sometime now, how did you first get involved?

Depends on what you mean by 'involved' I guess. I was an avid viewer that became a fan – or maybe, actually, I was always a fan! My first professional involvement was writing some short pieces for Doctor Who Monthly, as it then was. Some character studies of villains, I think was my first stuff – which followed on from some fanzine work doing similar stuff. Then, a few years later, I got involved in the Virgin New Adventures novel series.

I was at University with Andy Lane, and he and Jim Mortimore wrote the brilliant Lucifer Rising which gave me the kick I needed to think maybe I could do one. I was a professional author at the time, writing user guides and help text and online tutorials for IBM. So I wasn't daunted by the prospect of producing a lot of good quality text to a deadline. I wrote a proposal and some sample chapters and Peter Darvill-Evans at Virgin liked what I'd done and commissioned Theatre of War.

You're Creative Consultant for the BBC Books range, what does that job entail?

Basically it means that I help the Editorial Director at BBC Books by giving him Doctor Who advice and doing the hands-on editing. So I work with Our Friends in Cardiff to decide what authors we want to approach and what sort of brief to give each of them. Then I do the standard editor's job on each book, but with the added responsibility for making sure they conform to the various BBC guidelines and fit in with what the Doctor Who plans are for TV.

So, glorified editor really, but with the advantage that because I've been there for a while everybody assumes I must know what's going on.

I guess you get quite a few writers pitching to you each week?

Yes. And because of the way the commissioning and approvals process has to work, we never – well, almost never – follow up on an unsolicited novel proposal. There's always going to be some reason why it clashes or won't fit or has the wrong tone for what we need in 12 months time or whenever. That said, I'm sure there must be an exception – where we have gone with a reworked version of something that arrived from an established author on spec, as it were. But I can't think of it right now! It's a good but frustrating position to be in. Good because there's so many interested and talented writers to pick from, and frustrating because there are so many more than we can give work.

As much as anything, my job is to ensure there's a balance between the books in any set of three – in terms of narrative style, content, plot, setting, and getting authors who complement each other. So the most frustrating thing is that there are half a dozen brilliant and enthusiastic writers I want to work with that I've not yet found a good 'slot' for. Bringing them in for a project that they're not absolutely suited to wouldn't be fair, so we have a few – equally frustrated! – authors waiting impatiently in the wings…

How do you deal with unsolicited manuscripts?

Politely. To be honest, as I said just now, an unsolicited proposal isn't going to be suitable for all sorts of reasons. The best the author can hope for is that their proposal bumps them up our list of possible writers and makes us aware of just how good they are!

What makes the perfect Doctor Who novel?

I think much of the appeal of Doctor Who in general is that there's no single answer to that! Every Who novel – or TV script, or audio, or comic strip – is different and unique. You have to 'get' the Doctor Who flavour into it. It has to be a Doctor Who story – not just some story that happens to have the Doctor in it. And that means he has to be instrumental to the way that story develops and concludes.

Doctor Who - System Shock by Justin RichardsWhich of your own books is your favourite and why?

Oh crikey. I get asked that on school visits a lot. Every time, in fact! And of course it's impossible to answer – for my Doctor Who books, or my other novels. I like them all, and I know that some are better than others. But there again, some of the less perfect books could be favourites because I remember the exhilarating challenge of having to write Millennium Shock, for example, in 18 days. My standard 'escape' is to say that I actually have three favourite books right now. The first is the one I've just finished – because all the hard work is over and one with! The second is the one I'm working on at the moment, because it's just such brilliant fun. And the third is the one I'm going to write next – because I'm looking forward to it so much and have so many ideas and it's going to be unbelievably fantastic.

Have you ever tired of the series?

Not really. I've had times when I was more enthusiastic about it, but no I've never tired of watching, reading or writing Doctor Who in any form!

Who's your favourite Doctor to write for?

I think they're all favourites for different reasons. The more challenging are the Doctor's where the actor's physical performance is to the fore as well as the way he speaks. So the current 11th Doctor is quite tricky to get right, and so is the Second Doctor. But there's a challenge too in – for example – getting the rhythm and flow of the 10th Doctor's speech, or the randomness of the Fourth…

How do you approach the reference books? Surely these must take months to put together?

Each is different – and each has a tight deadline! Things like the Monster Miscellany or Companion Compendium for CBBC Books are slightly easier as the design is all done in-house, and I'm not 'in-house' for those. So I deliver the text – including my thoughts for how to illustrate it – and I'm done. For the BBC Books stuff like the Ultimate Monster Guide and so on, I'm also responsible for working with the designer – usually the brilliant Lee Binding – so that's an added joy, of course, but also a lot more work!

Have you toyed with the idea of pitching a story for the TV series?

Oh all the time. But like I said about unsolicited submissions for novels, the TV people don't want bundles of scripts that don't fit with their direction and plans dropping through their letter boxes. They know who I am and what I can do and maybe one day they'll come and ask. But to be honest, while I have some experience of writing for TV, it's pretty thin. And the way you construct a narrative in prose form as a novel is very different from how you tell a story on television. Some writers can manage both – and I envy them. But the craft side of it is very different.

But hey – we can all dream!

What do you hope the new production team will bring to Doctor Who?

Sadly – or maybe fortunately – I've taken so long to get round to answering these questions that you all now know what they're doing! Brilliant, isn't it?!

Tell us about your other writing such as The Invisible Detective series.

I keep busy with so many things it's difficult to know where to start! But just recently I've been doing some work with Big Finish on the Jago & Litefoot series – as a writer and also as script editor. That's been – and continues to be – great fun, and I've got some other Big Finish work coming up that I think is probably super-secret for now. In prose, I have a couple of books out from Faber & Faber in a series called The School of Night, about teenage exorcists. Faber also publish my Department of Unclassified Artefacts books, which have been well received – "The Death Collector", "The Parliament of Blood", and "The Chamber of Shadows". And most recently I've been finding out about electronic publishing. I have a novel called "The Skeleton Clock" that's available for the Amazon Kindle and in formats for other eBook Readers from www.Smashwords.com – so get downloading!

Justin Richards, thank you very much!

Bernard Cribbins receives OBE for drama services

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 04:36 AM PDT

Bernard Cribbins has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. The actor, who has appeared in the revived series of Doctor Who as Donna Noble's grandfather, Wilfred Mott (Voyage of the Damned, Series 4 and The End of Time), has received it for his services to drama. He is also known for his roles [...]

Jeanne Jakle: NESA grad is making friends in Hollywood - San Antonio Express

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 03:57 AM PDT


Jeanne Jakle: NESA grad is making friends in Hollywood
San Antonio Express
You got it: Tennant. “Meeting him was amazing,†Phipps, whose car sports a TARDIS bumper sticker, said in a phone chat. “I love Matt Smith as the Doctor, but David Tennant was my favorite.†As I said, charmed. But wait, we're not finished. ...

Big Finish: The 6th Doctor gets a new companion.

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:54 AM PDT

Happy little campers - Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 01:47 AM PDT


Sydney Morning Herald

Happy little campers
Sydney Morning Herald
Then there was her decidedly OTT performance as the Green Fairy in Moulin Rouge, and most recently a role as a waitress from the planet Sto in the 2007 Christmas episode of revived sci-fi serial Doctor Who. "She definitely understands her own brand," ...

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Arthur Darvill is 'excited' about second half of Doctor Who series - Unreality TV

Posted: 11 Jun 2011 12:52 AM PDT


Arthur Darvill is 'excited' about second half of Doctor Who series
Unreality TV
The 28 year old English actor is best known as Rory Williams on the hit BBC sci-fi show and is 'excited' about the current hiatus ending and the introduction of showrunner Steven Moffat's new episodes. "I'm so excited [about] the second half of the ...

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Last Week's Doctor Who : “The Almost People” - Wired News

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 11:21 PM PDT


Last Week's Doctor Who : "The Almost People"
Wired News
He starts spouting out catch phrases from the past, and I'm pretty sure we even hear Tom Baker's voice at one point. DoctorG: Reverse the jelly-baby of the neutron flow. There's also an interesting bit where The Doctor quizzes The DoctorG on various ...

Big Finish: new companion for the Sixth Doctor

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:46 PM PDT

Big Finish have revealed that the new companion to accompany the Sixth Doctor in his audio adventures will be played by Lisa Greenwood. She will be reprising her character of Philippa (Flip), who was introduced in Jonathan Morris's story The Crimes of Thomas Brewster, released earlier this year.

The role was announced by Big Finish at their convention taking place in Barking today; recording for her adventures commenced last week, with three tales expected to be released from January 2012.

On television, Greenwood is to be a series regular in the forthcoming Kudos series for the BBC, The Hour, and has previously appeared in Doctors, The Bill, and Silent Witness.

(with thanks to Richard Brinck-Johnsen)

Actor Cribbins 'gobsmacked' by OBE - Bearsden Herald

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:38 PM PDT


Actor Cribbins 'gobsmacked' by OBE
Bearsden Herald
He has featured more recently as Wilfred Mott, companion to David Tennant in Doctor Who. His role came 40 years after he was cast in Doctor Who movie Daleks - Invasion Earth: 2150 AD. Alongside many guest roles in TV series, Cribbins joined the cast of ...

The Mid-Series Finale Verdict - Doctor Who TV (blog)

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:11 PM PDT


Doctor Who TV (blog)

The Mid-Series Finale Verdict
Doctor Who TV (blog)
Curse of the Black Spot is every bit as underrated as The Beast Below (one of Smith's best episodes of S5 – both in terms of the story itself, and his acting) even if it was a bit… mad, The Doctor's Wife speaks for itself, TRF/TAP were the benchmark ...

Don't Forget: Auction Deadlines!

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:06 PM PDT

As you may have read earlier this week, we're currently selling some Doctor Who audios on eBay, the first in a round of four weeks of auctions.

Each of the below titles is set to end today – so act fast!

We're currently listing four titles on eBay, the proceeds of which will contribute to our annual running costs. However, we're also donating 10% of the proceeds to the Royal British Legion, a charity that many of us contribute to in October/November every year by purchasing a poppy. The Royal British Legion provides help and welfare to the serving and ex-Service community and their families, and whatever your feelings about current conflicts, the welfare of ex-servicemen and women is something we should all be concerned about.

Here's the list of items we're currently auctioning:

Doctor Who: The BBC Radio Episodes – collection of nine discs spans twenty years of Doctor Who on radio, from the Tom Baker era to a time right before the 1996 Paul McGann TV Movie. Included in the collection are: Doctor Who and the Pescatons (1976), Exploration Earth (both Elisabeth Sladen and Tom Baker), Slipback (1985, Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant), The Paradise of Death and The Ghosts of N-Space (1993, and 1996, starring Jon Petwee, Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen) and Whatever Happened To… Susan (1994).

Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes #2 1965-1966 – contains four episodes that have long been missing from the TV archives: The Daleks' Master Plan, The Savages, The Celestial Toymaker and The Massacre. Also included is a special bonus disc that tells the story of what happened to these missing episodes, and the collection features linking narration by former companion actor Peter Purves (Steven Taylor). Purves also appears in some bonus interviews, and original BBC camera scripts also feature in PDF format.

Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles – by Michael Moorcock, read by Clive Mantle across 9 discs! The Doctor and Amy taking part in a competition to win the fabled Arrow of the Law. But before they can even get to the grand finals, they must deal with disappearing ships, Captain Cornelius and his pirate crew, and the collapse of reality itself…

Doctor Who: Inferno Audiobook – a two-disc version of the Terrance Dicks adaptation, read by Caroline John. Inferno is the name of a top-secret drilling project to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a major new energy source. A crisis develops when an obnoxious green liquid leaks out as a drilling progresses – the green poison has a grotesquely effect on human beings. As the Earth's plight worsens, the Doctor is trapped in a parallel world, unable to rescue the planet and its inhabitants from the destructive force unleashed by the Inferno project.

Note that as these auctions end, a new set of audio adventures will be listed, so check back this evening to see what those will be!

The Mid-Series Finale Verdict

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:01 PM PDT

We have the results of last week's poll with your thoughts on the mid-series finale, A Good Man Goes to War.

This was another well receiv Read more ...


A great chance to revisit the 'Man with No Name' - Montreal Gazette

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT


A great chance to revisit the 'Man with No Name'
Montreal Gazette
Just as the revisionist Doctor Who (Space, 8 pm) - now in its sixth and, one could argue, finest season is capitalizing on the early promise of its sophomore leads Matt Smith and Karen Gillan, it's going to take a summer-long break after tonight's ...

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Donations in Lis Sladen's Name

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT

As has been reported across most of the well-known Doctor Who news sites, the family of the late Sarah Jane Smith actress Elisabeth Sladen has put forward the name of the hospice that cared for her during her battle with cancer earlier this year.

The Meadow House Hospice in Southall has now been given a chance to publicly express its appreciation to Sladen's family, with the following comment from clinical services manager Jacqueline Grove:

"We are delighted that the family felt that people could make donations to us. I see that as a compliment to us and the service that we provide here."

If you're interested in pledging an amount of money of your choice to help the hospice continue to care for patients like Lis, you can send it to the following address:

Meadow House Hospice
c/o Henry Paul
71 Greenford Avenue
Hanwell
London W7 1LJ

Alternatively, you can donate online via JustGiving at the Meadow House Hospice website.

It's hard to believe that it's been a month and a half since we lost our Sarah Jane, but thankfully we still have yet to see her final television appearance, as the final six episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures aren't scheduled for broadcast on BBC One and CBBC until the autumn.

Doctor Who Series 6, Episode 7 - A Good Man Goes to War: A Review - Collective Review

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:20 PM PDT


Doctor Who Series 6, Episode 7 - A Good Man Goes to War: A Review
Collective Review
but Colonel Manton and the Headless Monks were getting into Russell T. Davies levels of anti-religious unsubtlety, in particular Manton denigrating the Doctor as 'The man who reasons'. On that note The Thin One and The Fat One were also very ...

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The Sixth Doctor's New Audio Companion

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 04:46 PM PDT

It was revealed today at the Big Finish Day convention that Lisa Greenwood is to play the Sixth Doctor's new audio companion in a mini-series of three stories starting in January 2012.

Lisa plays Flip (aka Philippa) Jackson, a young Essex girl who is whisked off into time and space by the Doctor (Colin Baker). If the name sounds familiar, then it's because Flip has already appeared in this year's The Crimes of Thomas Brewster, when she and mate Jarod took a tube ride to another planet.

"We worked with Lisa for one day on The Crimes of Thomas Brewster," says executive producer Nicholas Briggs, "and line producer David Richardson and I were of the same mind. She was great, and she'd make a perfect companion. Flip is young, brave, fun but she has a lot to learn - and the Doctor takes on something of a Professor Higgins role in her life."

"We knew Lisa was going to be a huge star," says David,"and, of course, not long after we'd recorded the Brewster story she was signed up for BBC2's new flagship drama series The Hour with Dominic West, which airs in a few weeks."

Titles for the three stories will be announced soon. The first will be scripted by Jonathan Morris, who created her for The Crimes of Thomas Brewster.

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