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| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 10:29 AM CDT In advance of the return of The Sarah Jane Adventures this autumn, BBC One are screening a five-week run of repeats of the first series from next Sunday (August 31st) At 2pm, each of the two-part stories will be screened on BBC One as double bills, as well as being available to watch again on BBC iPlayer. Kicking off with Revenge of the Slitheen (by Gareth Roberts), the run will carry on with Phil Ford's Eye of the Gorgon, the excellent Warriors of Kudlak by Phil Gladwin, Whatever Happened...  | ||
| News: IDW Doctor Who Illustrator Interviewed Posted: 25 Aug 2008 10:18 AM CDT The immensely talented Pia Guerra has chatted recently to the vital Comic Book Resources site about her work on the new Doctor Who comic book series, Doctor Who: The Forgotten. There's very little I can say to you about this interview - it includes minor spoilers for the comic book series, but I recommend you click the link above and read it for yourself. What I will say is this: there's a bit of an idea of the plot in the interview... The Doctor and his companion, Martha Jones, find...  | ||
| News: Donna, Martha, Rose or...? Posted: 25 Aug 2008 10:03 AM CDT A nice bit of promotional fun from Doctor Who DVD publishers 2Entertain wants you to find out which Doctor Who character you are. Just answer 10 questions to find out Who (ahem) you are. Rather embarrassingly, I found myself to be Rose Tyler. I would have settled for Davros. It's all based on how you answer this very basic personality test, with aspects such as loyalty, creativity, determination and willingness to sacrifice your own life for the sake of mankind. You could be Rose Tyler,...  | ||
| School and the Gang return - The Sun Posted: 25 Aug 2008 05:14 AM CDT
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| Face Book for Fogies - RedOrbit Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:38 AM CDT
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| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:27 AM CDT Been watching quite a few films lately ... so here's a quick rundown:  HELLBOY - watched this again in preparation to seeing the new one. I like the way it mixes up the physical, prosthetic effects with CGI giving an overall impression of realism which can so often be lost with CGI-only effects. I remembered enjoying this the first time, and a second viewing doesn't disappoint.  HELLBOY 2 - went to the pics to see this one ... and it's well on a par with the first. What is interesting is that the first film is complete in and of itself, and so this second film, although it is a continuation of the story, doesn't really link to the first. There is a quick recap at the start of Hellboy's origins, and a fairly pointless scene of him as a kid - ramming home what the eventual denoument to the whole film will be - but otherwise it's another great romp. I thought Luke Goss eas magnificent as the Elven prince, and the princess was also very nicely played. The mix of physical vs CGI is used to good effect again, and the whole thing rattles along in very enjoyable style. There are touches of Del Toro's design preferences coming through in the Elven Chamberlain and the strange Eagle/witch/woman, and his imagination still soars through the visuals and mix of fantasy and science fiction. The main part that annoyed me was the attack by the tooth fairies at the start. There are millions of them, and they shoot at them! That's like trying to disable a swarm of bees or wasps by shooting at them ... it's simply never going to work. And yet they spend quite a bit of time plugging away at them before Mrs Hellboy does her 'flame on' act and saves the day (speaking of which, her flames are red in this film but blue in the first ...)  LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - This is a Swedish vampire film I saw at Frightfest. Before it started, the writer stood up on stage and said that anyone who didn't like it was evil ... well I must be a bit evil then. The film was OK ... but glacially slow. It really dragged which is a shame as there's a good plot there, good characters (though the two child leads struggled a little) and some nice set pieces. It's basically the coming of age story of an 11 year old boy who is bullied at school. He befriends a 12 year old girl next door who also happens to be a vampire, and she encourages him to fight back against the bullies. Meanwhile her helper, a man who could be her father, or brother, or just a friend, is killing the menfolk around the town to provide blood for Eli to drink until he is trapped and, in a strange moment, disfigures himself with acid before allowing Eli to kill him too. In this way, there is an undercurrent that Eli is just using the boy and he will grow, killing for her and hiding her just as her previous human did. Maybe I'm cynical, but it did throw another level onto the kids' relationship.Maybe with half an hour cut out (it's around 2 hours long) it might work, but even shorter the pace is so very very slow. There is a cracking final sequence in a swimming pool which had the audience applauding, but it was a long time to wait to get to it. Another friend said he loved the slow build-up and the pacing, so maybe it's me and the film is fine. I've been spoiled on a diet of fast-paced blockbuster movies!  DARK CITY - I picked up the new director's cut of this and watched it ... great film! It's a long time since I saw the original, and so I couldn't tell what was new/different this time. However the film really hangs together well, and it all belies when it was made, the effects are smooth and integrated and the visual design of the film is boggling. Richard O'Brien is awesome as the somewhat obsessed Mr Hand, and the strange aliens led by Ian Richardson are a cross between the Hellraiser Cenobites and the Gentlemen out of Buffy.It's a film that makes you think and appreciate the performances and the love and care that went into it. All the cast are superb, and overall this has to be one of the best films for re-watching as I'm sure you'll see more and get more from it every time. David  | ||
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 04:03 AM CDT Doctor Who Executive Producer Russell T Davies has been awarded an honorary fellowship by Cardiff University. Of course, it's all down to Doctor Who and Torchwood and the use of Cardiff, causing RTD to be awarded the accolade for "achieving international distinction in his field". I didn't even know he had a farm. This distinction follows an earlier honour from Swansea Institure. Three years ago his home town educational establishment awarded the writer with an honorary fellowship...  | ||
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:55 AM CDT Now don't read too much into this - but the last time a major character was written out of Doctor Who and they said they would love to return in the future, we heard nothing for months... and then saw Rose at the end of Partners in Crime. Like I say - don't read too much into the words of Catherine Tate in this months DWM... "I knew that there would definitely be an end to Donna, at the end of the series. "But had that not been the case, had it been open-ended, had there been...  | ||
| Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:13 AM CDT This Bank Holiday weekend hasn't exactly been boring for me... but if it had, I would have been kicking myself that I don't have the Sci Fi Channel. With hours of Doctor Who - including some real classics - padding out the regular programming, I would have been made up for the weekend, with pizza and beer and vodka all on the menu. As it turned out, a few minor disasters from the middle of last week overspilled onto this weekend, leaving me to bemoan minor disasters and a lack of the Sci Fi Channel in my wing of Kasterborous Towers. Now I don't want this to turn into one of those "isn't it wonderful" gushes, but how far have we come now that Doctor Who can make up a weekend of programming on Sci Fi, and a comic and actor can appear on a popular Friday night comedy panel show dressed as the Fifth Doctor without anyone batting an eyelid? The whole Russell T Davies era has been like a parole, a reintegration back into society for Doctor Who. I've recently been researching my family tree, and was astounded to discover that there was very few diagnoses for the myriad of now-identified mental disabilities and conditions in Victorian times. As a result pariahs were commonly identified and cast into workhouses or Bedlam. This is in many ways what happened to Doctor Who between 1989 and 2005, give or take a few weeks for compassionate leave in 1996. Dismissed as unsound of mind and character, the show was carted off to asylum, from where it was soundly mocked and derided. It's purpose was lost. Yet the show never really changed that much; several key themes from season 26 were continued 16 years later in season 27, notably the notion of the companion being such an important character. So next time when we see a weekend of Doctor Who, or young children wandering around conventions with their parents, we should avoid thinking along the lines of "remember when..."; instead celebrate a 16 year moment of national lunacy being swept under the carpet in much the same way as 1980s Doctor Who was. Oh and realise - as I now have - that having Sci Fi isn't that important.  | ||
| TV on DVD: New Titles to Feed Your Doctor Who Jones - Film.com Posted: 25 Aug 2008 03:11 AM CDT
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| Bits and Bobs (Vol. 9): Fill my iPod - Entertainment Weekly Posted: 25 Aug 2008 01:40 AM CDT
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| Move over Halle Barry, here comes…Cher? - CrunchGear Posted: 25 Aug 2008 12:05 AM CDT
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| Move over Halle Barre, here comes…Cher? - CrunchGear Posted: 24 Aug 2008 11:58 PM CDT
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| Doctor Who to be a movie? - TV Squad Posted: 24 Aug 2008 11:45 PM CDT
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| Awards keep coming for top Time Lord - South Wales Evening Post Posted: 24 Aug 2008 10:32 PM CDT
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| Who's next for Tardis? - Sunday Mirror Posted: 24 Aug 2008 09:50 PM CDT
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| Fans call for Doctor Who film - Metro Posted: 24 Aug 2008 09:26 PM CDT
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| LATAPY HOPES FOR FALKIRK RETURN - Sportinglife.com Posted: 24 Aug 2008 08:56 PM CDT
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| Nastia Liukin and Mario Cantone to Star in Worst Movie Ever - New York Magazine Posted: 24 Aug 2008 08:13 PM CDT
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| Week in DVR: Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, an 80s Classic, and ... - New York Observer Posted: 24 Aug 2008 07:33 PM CDT
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| Look Who We Want to See on Film - RedOrbit Posted: 24 Aug 2008 06:36 PM CDT
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| Time for Doctor Who to Lord It on the Big Screen - RedOrbit Posted: 24 Aug 2008 06:36 PM CDT
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| Cleveland wins its first USL-2 title - Soccer America Posted: 24 Aug 2008 06:10 PM CDT
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| Dr Who writer hints at big screen version - WalesOnline Posted: 24 Aug 2008 05:22 PM CDT
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| Viewers call for Dr Who film - TeleText Posted: 24 Aug 2008 05:19 PM CDT
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| The Tardis may materialise on big screen - WalesOnline Posted: 24 Aug 2008 05:01 PM CDT
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| Who's next for tardis? - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 24 Aug 2008 04:30 PM CDT
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| Day Three from the Edinburgh International Television Festival - Allmediascotland Posted: 24 Aug 2008 04:02 PM CDT
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| Torchwood star John Barrowman performs at Faenol Festival - Daily Post Posted: 24 Aug 2008 03:27 PM CDT
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| Dressing the It girls - The Canberra Times Posted: 24 Aug 2008 02:48 PM CDT
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| Fans want Doctor Who on the big screen - RTE.ie Posted: 24 Aug 2008 02:41 PM CDT
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| Torchwood star Barrowman performs at Faenol Festival - Daily Post Posted: 24 Aug 2008 02:26 PM CDT
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| Doctor Who and the Tardismay materialise on big screen - WalesOnline Posted: 24 Aug 2008 12:20 PM CDT
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| Faenol feels the credit crunch - WalesOnline Posted: 24 Aug 2008 12:20 PM CDT
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| Celebrities Don't Deserve This Hatred - RedOrbit Posted: 24 Aug 2008 12:12 PM CDT
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| Dr Who Off to Big Screen? - RedOrbit Posted: 24 Aug 2008 12:10 PM CDT
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| Look Who We Want To See On Film - Glasgow Daily Record Posted: 24 Aug 2008 12:01 PM CDT
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| ABOVE: Doctor Who is series most people want to see as a movie - Daily Star Posted: 24 Aug 2008 11:44 AM CDT
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