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| Report From Series Four Press Launch Posted: 01 Apr 2008 06:25 PM CDT Ian Wylie of the Manchester Evening News posted a report from the press launch for Series Four. The evening began with an introduction from Controller of BBC Fiction, Jane Tranter, who enthused that "this fourth series of Doctor Who is our best yet." The first two episodes ("Partners in Crime" and "The Fires of Pompeii") were screened, followed by a question and answer session with Executive Producer Russell T Davies and series stars David Tennant...  | ||
| Ex-Corrie star in Doctor Who debut - Mid Sussex Today Posted: 01 Apr 2008 11:16 AM CDT
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| Sarah Lancashire will play a villain in the new series of Doctor Who. - Powys County Times Posted: 01 Apr 2008 11:14 AM CDT
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| Ex-Corrie star in Doctor Who debut - Wrexham Leader Posted: 01 Apr 2008 11:11 AM CDT
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 09:58 AM CDT This week's Hack of the Week comes from The Telegraph, the so-called intelligent broadsheet which can't be bothered to do its research. It's one of those profile pieces that collate as much info about an individual and throw some quotes in - this one is even accompanied by an "big head" caricature of RTD. Basically, an uncredit hack has spliced together a series of statements about Russell T Davies, as seen below: His first big break came with his first television drama: a six-part...  | ||
| Here's where I'd be - San Diego CityBEAT Posted: 01 Apr 2008 09:55 AM CDT
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| Lost & Found - San Diego CityBEAT Posted: 01 Apr 2008 09:50 AM CDT
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| Doctor Who Adventures Issue 58 Posted: 01 Apr 2008 08:46 AM CDT This week's Doctor Who Adventures celebrates the return of Doctor Who to UK Television. The magazine is out across the United Kingdom on Thursday 3 April.  | ||
| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 08:39 AM CDT With theories of returning foes and companions hitting us left, right and centre, it's reassuring to have the feeling that something else is going on. What is it? Well, I have my suspicions, but then I've been wrong since Doctor Who returned. The thing is, if you look around and see exactly how, much promotion is taking place this year, and compare it with the previous two, well it's not up to par, is it? Doctor Who now generates its own interest, plus with a season of Torchwood ending the night before, the adventures of the Doctor and his friend Donna get a helping hand by their fictional universe just being there for anyone to dip into before the ride begins. I don't think we'll be quite ready for what happens in the new series, but I'm confident it's going to be fun all the way. One More ThingMassive thanks to Simon R. Mills of Kopics Doctor Who News Service who is running a semi-regular news round up for us during the opening weeks of this 30th season of Doctor Who. He's doing such a good job, I might even ask him to stay on...  | ||
| Who actors launch fourth series - BBC News Posted: 01 Apr 2008 08:10 AM CDT
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| News: Doctor Who Adventures 58 Posted: 01 Apr 2008 08:04 AM CDT Who is back! Doctor Who returns to BBC One on this Saturday at 6.20pm, so make sure you don't miss this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures for a sneaky look at the first episode! Inside you'll find new pictures of the Doctor and Donna in action in the exciting first story of series four, Partners in Crime. You'll also find a special Time Agent tracker for you to rate the episode's scares and shocks. The issue comes with a free TARDIS trainer bag - which is perfect for carrying...  | ||
| DWA Issue #58 - cover & details Posted: 01 Apr 2008 07:16 AM CDT DWA Issue #58 - cover & details DWO have been sent the cover & details for Doctor Who Adventures Magazine - Issue #58: Doctor Who Adventures Magazine - Issue #58 Who is back! Doctor Who returns to BBC One on this Saturday at 6.20pm, so make sure you don’t miss this week’s issue of Doctor Who Adventures for a sneaky look at the first episode! Inside you’ll find new pictures of the Doctor and Donna in action in the exciting first story of series four, Partners in Crime. You’ll also find a special Time Agent tracker for you to rate the episode’s scares and shocks. The issue comes with a free TARDIS trainer bag – which is perfect for carrying space boots or copies of your favourite magazine… PLUS: Posters: Dalek Sec Hybrid, Partners in Crime, Voyage of the Damned, Mr and Mrs Master. ORDER these Magazine in the DWO WHOSTORE: [Thanks to: DWA Editor; Moray Laing & DWA Press Assistant; Amanda Browne] [Source: DWA] [To view cover - Check out the DWO News page]  | ||
| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 06:06 AM CDT DigitalSpy has posted a very interesting interview with actor James Marsters, who plays the role of Captain John Hart in Torchwood. Marsters/Hart is back in the show this Friday night, for the second series finale - so just what have we got to look forward to? Over to James... "Well I can't give too much away, but John has come into league with Grey. When we see him in the holographic image, that is a man who doesn't understand what is truly going on. That's the look of a man who's in way over his head and doesn't even know it yet. Things do change!" Aside from Torchwood, James is a very busy man! "I just got back from filming Dragonball, so I'm healing from that. I'm going back to do Smallville next week and think I'll be doing Torchwood again before too long." Confirmation perhaps that this week's finale won't be the last we see of John Hart? Roll on year three! James also spills the beans on the proposed Joss Whedon penned "Spike" movie - "Spike tries for the girl, he loses the girl, a monster attacks, he tries to defeat the monster and can't. But he wins a new pair of shoes for himself, because he can't fight any more and his old boots have given up on him. It sounds kind of stupid, but actually when you play the story out it's kind of funny. Joss said 'That's a great idea, I love it, it's cheap' - and it seemed like everything was set to go, but then it evaporated." The reason? "I never really felt that Spike was a character that held Joss's imagination, frankly. He was not designed to be part of that show. In the original concept of the show, vampires were to be killed, they were not to be felt for or liked. When I came around suddenly he had two vampires everyone liked - first he had Angel to contend with, which was not his idea, and then he had Spike. In a way I was in peril with the theme of the show in his eyes. In the back of my mind when the shows [ended], I kind of wondered if he would ever come back to the character. I thought it would be better for him if he didn't deal with that character any more. I never thought he'd get [the movie] off the ground actually, even when he was telling me he was going to get it off the ground." Would he want a role on Whedon's new FOX series, 'Dollhouse'? "He hasn't mentioned it to me, but if he wants me to come and read, I would love to. He's a great boss." James will be appearing at the Rift convention later this month. Meanwhile Chris Chibnall previews this Friday's finale, "Exit Wounds": "I would say John wants to get back at Jack. It kind of stems from the moment in episode one, 'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang', when John discovers that Jack can live forever. The way James Marsters played that scene was really interesting and it was slightly different from what was on the page. Instead of being furious and bemused, he was hurt and affronted. I love that: he plays that scene as if Jack's immortality was a kind of personal insult to him, which it sort of is. So at the end of episode twelve, it's clear that he's come back to get his own back. There's a line he has at the beginning of episode 13 - 'you were very rude to me' - which is the impetus to start the story rolling there." And what about series three? "Not a question to ask me, to be honest, because I'm moving on to another show. We had conversations about the future of the show, in terms of where the show is going and everything like that. There are considerations, but not really, I just wanted to tell the best finale and the most emotional story in terms of the episode. I don't think there's much groundwork laid for series three in the finale of series two. I think you could pick it up the minute after series two finishes or you could pick it up three months later." Chibnall has now landed the lead writer's job on ITV's Law & Order: UK - which should be appearing on a telly near you some time next year.  | ||
| Ex-Corrie star in Doctor Who debut - The Press Association Posted: 01 Apr 2008 06:05 AM CDT
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| James Bond Should Be Bisexual, Daniel Craig Says - Bgay.com Posted: 01 Apr 2008 05:51 AM CDT
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| Who's the best - Telegraph.co.uk Posted: 01 Apr 2008 05:07 AM CDT
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| HDNet Rolls the 'Little 500' for a Sixth Consecutive Year - SunHerald.com Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:51 AM CDT
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| 'Skins' star to appear in 'Doctor Who' Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:44 AM CDT Skins star Joe Dempsie is to appear in an episode of Doctor Who.  | ||
| HDNet Rolls the 'Little 500' for a Sixth Consecutive Year - PR Newswire (press release) Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:38 AM CDT
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| HDNet Rolls the 'Little 500' for a Sixth Consecutive Year - NewsBlaze Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:28 AM CDT
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| HDNet Rolls the 'Little 500' for a Sixth Consecutive Year - StreetInsider.com (subscription) Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:22 AM CDT
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| HDNet Rolls the 'Little 500' for a Sixth Consecutive Year - Earthtimes Posted: 01 Apr 2008 04:19 AM CDT
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| Visiting Mr Green at Trafalgar Studios - £17.50 tix! - WhatsOnStage.com Posted: 01 Apr 2008 01:08 AM CDT
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 12:48 AM CDT This weeks TV Times features an article on the return of Doctor Who. The magazine is running a competition to win a bronze Dalek, to tie in with the start of Series Four. The Dalek is worth �2500 and is currently being custom made by This Planet Earth. The competition is open from 1st April and is runs until 2nd May. You can either enter by post through TV Times magazine or online at the magazines website, Whatsontv.co.uk.  | ||
| Marsters outlines 'Spike' movie plans - Digital Spy Posted: 01 Apr 2008 12:39 AM CDT
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| LEONARD COHEN ON AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, AMY WINEHOUSE ON DR WHO. IT ... - Uncut.co.uk Posted: 01 Apr 2008 12:27 AM CDT
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 12:19 AM CDT Series 4 news is still thin on the ground, but some lucky son-of-a-gun from TV Scoop has seen the first two episodes at a press screening recently and reckons that Catherine Tate as Donna "did a good job (or certainly a better job than I was expecting)". I'm not sure what to make of that, personally. Is "better than I was expecting" a glowing recommendation? Apart from the first episode, Partners in Crime, which seems to be another one of those lame-ass comedy efforts like New Earth (read...  | ||
| Posted: 01 Apr 2008 12:04 AM CDT I am now writing a regular feature for Kasterborous.com entitled "Kopic's Newsround" just in case you hadn't already realised... :-) Here's the start of today's bulletin: Series 4 news is still thin on the ground, but some lucky son-of-a-gun from TV Scoop has seen the first two episodes at a press screening recently and reckons that Catherine Tate as Donna "did a good job (or certainly a better job than I was expecting)". I'm not sure what to make of that, personally. Is "better than I was expecting" a glowing recommendation? Apart from the first episode, Partners in Crime, which seems to be another one of those lame-ass comedy efforts like New Earth (read the article if you dare), the second episode, Fires of Pompeii, seems to have impressed the author who says that it "was just dynamite" and goes on to say... READ MORE That's it. Shameless self-publicity over now!  | ||
| Chris Chibnall talks 'Torchwood', 'L&O: London' Posted: 31 Mar 2008 11:02 PM CDT Torchwood&os;s lead writer hints at the much-anticipated series finale and the UK version of Law & Order.  | ||
| Who Galactica Crossover TV Movie Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:20 PM CDT One of next year's Doctor Who TV movies will be a crossover with Battlestar Galactica, climaxing with a massive battle between the Cylons and the Cybermen. "It was only logical that out two biggest ratings hits should come together," announced spokesman...  | ||
| Kumquats ‘the little gems’ of North Florida - EmeraldCoast.com Posted: 31 Mar 2008 09:44 PM CDT
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| Guess Who's Back On Heroes Next Year! - io9 Posted: 31 Mar 2008 08:03 PM CDT
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| Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:50 PM CDT Aye anyroads seems there were a bit o' a to-do down Bratford at' weekend, wi' Doctor 'Oo fans n' Dialek' all ovver 't shop. So all these folk come daan to Oastler shopping centre on Saturday all to queue and see the Dialek n' ave their photos tekken wi' it. A young man by t' name o' Adam Garrett were 't one looking after 't Dialek: A member of the Q20 Theatre group, based in Wellington Crescent, Shipley, was keeping an eye on the metal monster. Adam, from Hebden Bridge, said: "We...  | ||
| Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:40 PM CDT I'm honoured to announce that I'm going to the Guest of Honour at one of my favourite conventions, the Phoenix Convention in Dublin, in 2009: http://www.pcon.ie It's the first time I've been GoH anywhere, and it's doubly splendid that it's this lot, even if it does mean that I'll have the mickey taken out of me the whole weekend. They tell me that the GoH buys the drinks. At any rate, it's  | ||
| Posted: 31 Mar 2008 07:21 PM CDT New trailer online now.  | ||
| Amy Winehouse to star in Dr. Who - NME.com Posted: 31 Mar 2008 06:42 PM CDT
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| Sarah on Doctor Who role - Metro Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:59 PM CDT
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| Square Eyes 31 March - 3 April - Stage Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:58 PM CDT
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| Amy Winehouse becomes Dr Who villain - Soundgenerator.com Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:57 PM CDT
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| Torchwood season 2 episode 11 review - Den Of Geek Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:32 PM CDT
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| Sound Alchemy: the BBC radiophonic workshop - Den Of Geek Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:10 PM CDT
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| BBC launches iPlayer campaign with flying penguin footage - Brand Republic (subscription) Posted: 31 Mar 2008 04:54 PM CDT
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| James Marsters ('Torchwood') - Digital Spy Posted: 31 Mar 2008 04:40 PM CDT
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| Review: Doctor Who, "The Fabulousness of the Daleks" - Firefox News Posted: 31 Mar 2008 04:04 PM CDT
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| 'Sexy Money' wilts in 'Benidorm' sun - Digital Spy Posted: 31 Mar 2008 03:28 PM CDT
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| Amy Winehouse to star in new Doctor Who series - NME.com Posted: 31 Mar 2008 02:03 PM CDT
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| United Are Hoping History Repeats Against Italians - Glasgow Daily Record Posted: 31 Mar 2008 11:35 AM CDT
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| 30 Years Of Dallas - Glasgow Daily Record Posted: 31 Mar 2008 11:35 AM CDT
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| Posted: 31 Mar 2008 10:36 AM CDT
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| The Complete X-Files on The X-Files - io9 Posted: 31 Mar 2008 05:48 AM CDT
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| First Look: Doctor Who - TV Scoop Posted: 30 Mar 2008 07:24 PM CDT
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| The weekend's media stories from the papers - Guardian Posted: 30 Mar 2008 02:13 PM CDT
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