Friday, May 2, 2008

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

John Levene Added to JumpCon

Posted: 02 May 2008 10:23 AM CDT

John Levene (Sgt. Benton) has been added to the already impressive line up at the JumpCon series of conventions. As Ken already reported in the forums (Jo...

BBC America captures Saturdays - Variety

Posted: 02 May 2008 09:50 AM CDT


BBC America captures Saturdays
Variety, CA - 13 minutes ago
"Knock on steel, it'll do as well as 'Torchwood,' 'Doctor Who' or 'Robin Hood.' "We look for shows that we think we can build our audience on in the US ...

Doctor Who, "The Fires of Pompeii": Everyone dies? - NJ.com

Posted: 02 May 2008 09:04 AM CDT


Doctor Who, "The Fires of Pompeii": Everyone dies?
NJ.com, New Jersey - 59 minutes ago
... in the Fireplace") would be something of a violation of those rules -- but David Tennant sold The Doctor's frustration with all of Donna's questions. ...

Reviews: The Sontaran Stratagem

Posted: 02 May 2008 08:52 AM CDT

Utilising the cutting edge in review technology, this week Simon Mills brings us a 100% real-time review of The Sontaran Stratagem in: Kopic's Radical Analysis Process With Indiosyncratic Textualising (KRAPWIT) - The Sontaran Stratagem Review We open the episode at the Rattigan Academy and we see Ratboy himself, stood there looking as camp as a row of tents as a lady woman is forcefully ejected whilst she rants about how dangerous ATMOS is. She then shows supreme intelligence and cunning...

Sarah Jane in May...

Posted: 02 May 2008 06:36 AM CDT

SciFi's current schedule for SJA in May:
(all times Eastern)

Friday, May 2nd: 8:00pm: Eye of the Gorgon, part 2
Friday, May 2nd: 8:30pm: Warriors of Kudlak, part 1
Friday, May 9th: 8:00pm: Warriors of Kudlak, part 2
Friday, May 9th: 8:30pm: What Ever Happened to Sarah Jane?, part 1
Friday, May 16th: 8:00pm: What Ever Happened to Sarah Jane?, part 2
Friday, May 16th: 8:30pm: The Lost Boy, part 1
Friday, May 30th: 8:00pm: The Lost Boy, part 1
Friday, May 30th: 8:30pm: The Lost Boy, part 2

Note: There will be no Sarah Jane on May 23rd, due to Memorial Day weekend here in the States. SciFi always airs crazy movie marathons during holiday weekends.
Also, the first part of the Lost Boy will air again on May 30th in the 8pm timeslot. It is the only episode (other than Invasion of the Bane), that SciFi is showing twice during it's current run.

This weekend looks to be a crazy weekend for me, but I will try to have the edits up for tonight's episodes sometime before Monday!

Can't get enough Sarah Jane? Be sure to check out your local newsstands! The current issues of SciFi Magazine (June 2008, Volume 14, Issue 3) and Doctor Who Magazine (DWM #395) both have articles about our favorite heroine! (thanks, Gracielizzie, for the DWM tip!)
(Edit: I almost forgot!! Elisabeth Sladen will be on this week's Doctor Who Confidential for the Poison Sky!!!)

How The Doctor Changed My Life

Posted: 01 May 2008 11:27 PM CDT

We're delighted to announce details of Short Trips: How The Doctor Changed My Life, a collection of the 25 best stories from our new writing contest last year, including Michael Coen's winning story "Homework".

"The schoolboy whose twin brother vanished in the night. A woman whose house teems with alien refugees. The dad who dies every evening…"

The competition sought out bold new writing talent and was open to anyone who'd never had a story professionally published before.

"People who've lost jobs and loved ones, or seen their homes destroyed, or found themselves on whole other planets…"

The 25 winning authors are all different ages and from all round the world. But each spins their own thrilling story – some funny, some moving, some downright terrifying. And though these are their first professionally published stories, they certainly won't be their last.

"They've nothing in common with one another except that their lives can never be the same. Because they're people who've met the Doctor…"

Short Trips: How The Doctor Changed My Life, edited by Simon Guerrier and with a foreword by Paul Cornell, is published in September 2008.

Dr Who fanatic builds dalek - Wiltshire Times

Posted: 01 May 2008 10:43 PM CDT


Dr Who fanatic builds dalek
Wiltshire Times, UK - 3 hours ago
By James Williams A DOCTOR Who fanatic is building his very own Dalek to keep in his living room. Ian Brownlie, 36, from Sandalwood Road, Westbury, ...

Rose's Return Rumors Unknown To Who Producer - io9

Posted: 01 May 2008 09:34 PM CDT


Rose's Return Rumors Unknown To Who Producer
io9, CA - 5 hours ago
Now that the episode has been (legally) viewed by both British and American audiences, Doctor Who producer Russell T. Davies has taken the time to explain ...

News: Bernards Cribbins - I Was Nearly the Doctor!

Posted: 01 May 2008 08:38 PM CDT

Donna's grandad Wilf Mott is in reality veteran actor Bernard Cribbins, a man who has appeared in some of the favourite British shows and movies over the last 40-odd years. And he's just revealed that he auditioned for Doctor Who back in 1974, for the role of the Fourth Doctor! Of course the role went to Tom Baker at the time, and Cribbins was a well-known face at that time - his presence in the lead role could have sent the series in a startlingly different direction. "When Jon...

News: Brigadier!

Posted: 01 May 2008 08:32 PM CDT

Speaking to the Radio Times, veteran Nick Courtney has declared that he would love to return to Doctor Who! What better time to ask the Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart actor the question that so many of us want to know than during the broadcast of The Sontaran Stratagem and its second part The Poison Sky, an adventure the features both the Brig's successors at UNIT and Sontarans, aliens first witnessed during the "UNIT era" 78-year-old Courtney told Radio Times: "If the script were right,...

Friday Link-a-Mania

Posted: 01 May 2008 08:22 PM CDT

Lex Leaves Smallville The CW had confirmed that Michael Rosenbaum, who plays slaphead supervillain Lex, will be leaving Smallville at the end of season seven, reports Sci Fi Wire . Doomsday will be replacing Lex as the show's main villain, and the producers...

News: Tristram Cary

Posted: 01 May 2008 08:19 PM CDT

Influential composer and founder of electronic music Tristram Cary sadly died last Thursday, in Adelaide, Australia at the age of 82. His work appeared on early episodes of Doctor Who, and while he was known as the composer of classical music he also embraced the revolution brought about by electronics and synthesizers. Cary is also particularly well known for his film and television music. As well as writing music for Doctor Who, he wrote the score for the Ealing comedy The Ladykillers...

ALAN CUMMING - GAY ACTORS KEPT IN CLOSET BY MEDIA, SAYS ALAN CUMMING - Contactmusic.com

Posted: 01 May 2008 06:50 PM CDT


ALAN CUMMING - GAY ACTORS KEPT IN CLOSET BY MEDIA, SAYS ALAN CUMMING
Contactmusic.com, UK - 12 hours ago
And Torchwood star John Barrowman has said it is "just sad" that some actors lie about their sexuality so as to protect their chances of securing work. ...

Alan Cumming: media's views of homosexuality harm many gay actors - InTheNews.co.uk

Posted: 01 May 2008 06:47 PM CDT


Alan Cumming: media's views of homosexuality harm many gay actors
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - 7 hours ago
And Torchwood star John Barrowman has said it is "just sad" that some actors lie about their sexuality so as to protect their chances of securing work. ...

We hold a Torch for Barrowman - Liverpool Echo

Posted: 01 May 2008 06:24 PM CDT


We hold a Torch for Barrowman
Liverpool Echo, UK - 7 hours ago
It was John Barrowman, the star of Torchwood and my mum's current favourite singer. He was drinking in my local and I didn't have my camera with me! ...

Doctor Who - The Poison Sky - MyParkMag

Posted: 01 May 2008 05:26 PM CDT


Doctor Who - The Poison Sky
MyParkMag, UK - 9 hours ago
David Tennant plays the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays his companion. Donna Noble. Freema Agyeman and Christopher Ryan guest star. ...

Bid exterminates Dalek reserve - ChesterChronicle.co.uk

Posted: 01 May 2008 04:27 PM CDT


Bid exterminates Dalek reserve
ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 37 minutes ago
A CHESTER man who put a vintage Dalek costume online is celebrating after it sold for more than £3000. John Jackson, 45, of Tattenhall, put the Doctor Who ...

I’m no celebrity, says Welsh star Owen Teale - ic Wales

Posted: 01 May 2008 04:23 PM CDT


I'm no celebrity, says Welsh star Owen Teale
ic Wales, United Kingdom - 41 minutes ago
And in an episode of Torchwood I played a cannibal. "And I've just played a cop, who's not exactly a good cop, in a thriller called It's Alive. ...

New hall at North Pickenham school - Lynn News

Posted: 01 May 2008 02:19 PM CDT


New hall at North Pickenham school
Lynn News, UK - 1 hour ago
... how big it is inside because it doesn't look like that from outside – it's like walking into Dr Who's Tardis," she said, but without a Dalek in sight. ...

BBC's Torchwood Arrives on iTunes, Radio 4 - Wired News

Posted: 01 May 2008 01:54 PM CDT


BBC's Torchwood Arrives on iTunes, Radio 4
Wired News - 57 minutes ago
The 45-minute show, airing as Radio 4's Afternoon Play, will star the voices of regular cast members John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and ...

BBC Radio 2

Posted: 01 May 2008 01:00 PM CDT

Catherine to co-host the Lee Mack show.

I’m not a celebrity - ic Wales

Posted: 01 May 2008 12:21 PM CDT


I'm not a celebrity
ic Wales, United Kingdom - 12 minutes ago
And in an episode of Torchwood I played a cannibal. "And I've just played a cop, who's not exactly a good cop, in a thriller called It's Alive. ...

Your Friends Are Not Watching the Same Show You Are (And That's Okay) - Firefox News

Posted: 01 May 2008 11:28 AM CDT


Your Friends Are Not Watching the Same Show You Are (And That's Okay)
Firefox News, AZ - 1 hour ago
Others tuned in late to enjoy the "Martha Jones Show," and were surprised but pleased when their show took over Torchwood for a while. ...

Owen Teale returns to Macbeth at Clwyd Theatr Cymru - ChesterChronicle.co.uk

Posted: 01 May 2008 06:49 AM CDT


Owen Teale returns to Macbeth at Clwyd Theatr Cymru
ChesterChronicle.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago
The last time I saw Owen Teale on TV, he was playing a Welsh cannibal terrorising the heroes of Torchwood. Since then, he has also played an abusive husband ...

'Dr Who' boss explains shock Rose cameo - Digital Spy

Posted: 30 Apr 2008 09:57 PM CDT


'Dr Who' boss explains shock Rose cameo
Digital Spy, UK - 1 May 2008
The showrunner wrote in his monthly column in Doctor Who Magazine: "When I wrote the very first draft of 'Partners In Crime' in September, I just got the ...

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