Sunday, December 13, 2009

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


New interview with Lucy Saxon actress Alexandra Moen

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 11:20 AM PST

DigitalSpy have today published a new and exclusive interview with Alexandra Moen, who spills the beans on her upcoming return as the Master’s deranged wife, Lucy Saxon, in this year’s Doctor Who Christmas specials, The End of Time. During the chat, the actress debunks the long-standing myths that it was her character who picked up the Master’s ring at the end [...]

Q&A: The Master's wife, Lucy Saxon! - Digital Spy

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 10:31 AM PST


Q&A: The Master's wife, Lucy Saxon!
Digital Spy
But as we all know, The Master is to be reborn this Christmas in 'The End Of Time', David Tennant's highly anticipated final Doctor Who adventure. ...

Rising star: Award winner Ramona Marquez at the British Comedy Awards - Mail on Sunday

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 10:14 AM PST


Rising star: Award winner Ramona Marquez at the British Comedy Awards
Mail on Sunday
'Dawn French and David Tennant came to speak to us to tell us how much they liked our show and how good we were, which was a fantastic surprise.'

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The National Library of Scotland aims to bring back memories of Scottish ... - Scotsman

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 10:11 AM PST


The National Library of Scotland aims to bring back memories of Scottish ...
Scotsman
... a fresh-faced David Tennant and an equally radiant Ashley Jensen mugging for the camera with their heads positioned among a sea of cauliflowers. ...

Advent Calendar: Day Fourteen

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 10:01 AM PST

Today, we bring you the results of our recent Christmas Caption Competition, which was unveiled earlier this month. A big thank you to all of our visitors who entered, and we’re pleased to announce that because of its success, the Caption Competition will become a permanent fixture of WhovianNet in the New Year, as we make some changes to the site [...]

Comedy award coup for actress aged eight - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 09:57 AM PST


Daily Mail

Comedy award coup for actress aged eight
Daily Mail
'Dawn French and David Tennant came to speak to us to tell us how much they liked our show and how good we were, which was a fantastic surprise.'

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Beware of spoilers!

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 08:07 AM PST

With just under two weeks left to go until part one of The End of Time, it has come to our attention that various plot spoilers are cropping up online. Athough this has always been inevitable, it’s been an incredibly long wait for the Tenth Doctor’s last ever adventure, and it would be disastrous if you were to find out what [...]

Who Is The Best New Character Of The Decade? - io9

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 06:08 AM PST


Who Is The Best New Character Of The Decade?
io9
... but it's definitely true; her exit was heartbreaking, entirely fitting and proof that Russell T. Davies loved her too much to kill her off. ...

Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf Available on the BBC iPlayer

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:46 AM PST

Toby Hadoke's 'Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf' can be heard via the BBC iPlayer with Colin Baker and Louise Jameson from July 2007. Episode one, 30 minutes long will be available to listen to until Friday, the 18th of December 2009.

Listen here: BBC iPlayer - Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf


Also be sure to catch our interviews with Toby Hadoke on Doctor Who: Podshock:

Doctor Who items on sale at Bonhams

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 04:22 AM PST


Auctioneer Bonhams has a number of lots related to Doctor Who in its entertainment memorabilia sale on Wednesday 16th December at Knightsbridge in London.

Going under the hammer are the following (estimate in brackets):

Two vampire guard costumes from State of Decay (£150-£200 and £200-£300)

A Tetrap costume (pictured) from Time and the Rani (£4,000-£4,500)

Thawn's costume from The Power of Kroll labelled with actor Neil McCarthy's name (£650-£750)

Four rehearsal scripts from The Robots of Death (£250-£300) with a short, typewritten letter dated 14th October 1976 indicating that the part of SV7 was originally offered to the actor Hilary Minster.The role was eventually played by Miles Fothergill. Minster appeared in Planet of the Daleks and Genesis of the Daleks.

A Time Lord robe believed to have been used in The Deadly Assassin and Arc of Infinity (£500-£600)

A partial Cyberman costume worn by Ken Barker in Attack of the Cybermen (£2,500-£3,000)

A Shrivenzale foot from The Ribos Operation (£400-£450)

The auction begins at midday.

Advent Calendar: Day Thirteen

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 01:50 AM PST

We’ve now passed the halfway mark of our Christmas countdown, which means that part one of The End of Time is so close we can smell it! And it smells good, doesn’t it? For our thirteenth Advent update, we bring you a video collaboration featuring some of the pictures we took during our trip to the [...]

The 12 Blogs of Christmas: One. A Doctor Who Story for Christmas.

Posted: 13 Dec 2009 12:38 AM PST

Geek gifts: Fall into your inner fangirl - California Chronicle

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 10:01 PM PST


Geek gifts: Fall into your inner fangirl
California Chronicle
The show, about a team of alien investigators who battle a constant threat of invasion, "Torchwood" is a mature and dark series within the genre. ...

7 Things You Didn't Know About Dr Who David Tennant - Sunday Mercury

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 09:43 PM PST


7 Things You Didn't Know About Dr Who David Tennant
Sunday Mercury
1Born David John mcdonald on April 18, 1971 in Bathgate, West Lothian, he grew up in Ralston where his father, Rev Sandy mcdonald, was the local minister. ...

Filmmakers await Tom Jones' verdict - WalesOnline

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:39 PM PST


Filmmakers await Tom Jones' verdict
WalesOnline
... who plays Doris in the sitcom, and Torchwood actress Eve Myles, and while it bemused many critics it's still proving a huge draw at Wales' multiplexes. ...

Off the beaten path shoppers find off-beat, unique gifts - Gary Post Tribune

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 08:24 PM PST


Off the beaten path shoppers find off-beat, unique gifts
Gary Post Tribune
For "Dr. Who" fans, there is even a talking Dalek killer robot. Not everything is about science fiction, however. You can find a President Obama bobblehead ...

Knutsford is backdrop for new BBC drama - Knutsford Guardian

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 07:22 PM PST


Knutsford is backdrop for new BBC drama
Knutsford Guardian
... author Jeanette Winterson, who wrote Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, and directed by Brian Kelly, who worked on the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. ...

Video: Never Mind The Buzzcocks Preview - Catherine Tate Fails on Doctor Who

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:38 PM PST

Catherine Tate shows how much she really knows about Doctor Who in this preview BBC Two video of Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Also seen in this video clip is David Tennant and Bernard Cribbins.

Video: David Tennant as the Doctor Wishing a Merry Christmas with BBC One

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:27 PM PST

David Tennant as the Doctor wishing everyone a Merry Christmas from BBC One. Hey, what about Happy Festivus for the rest of us? Two versions are presented below:

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Ten 'Dr Who' characters we want back - Digital Spy

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:15 PM PST


Ten 'Dr Who' characters we want back
Digital Spy
Fandom is awash with speculation about who will be returning for the finale of Russell T Davies' stint at the helm of ...

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Time is running out for the current 'Doctor Who' actor - NewsOK.com

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:12 PM PST


Time is running out for the current 'Doctor Who' actor
NewsOK.com
The episode marks the first of David Tennant's last three performances as the 10th incarnation of the Doctor. And he finds himself facing off against a ...

Gardening to attract wildlife in your own backyard - MiamiHerald.com

Posted: 12 Dec 2009 04:05 PM PST


MiamiHerald.com

Gardening to attract wildlife in your own backyard
MiamiHerald.com
I planted two wild tamarind trees (Lysiloma latisiliquum) and white stoppers, Simpson's stoppers, wild cherry, torchwood, white ironwood, black ironwood, ...

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