Friday, January 15, 2010

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare - Edmonton Journal

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare
Edmonton Journal
... on the English stage, where he recently performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, as Claudius, opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. ...

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Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare - Calgary Herald

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:13 PM PST


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare
Calgary Herald
... on the English stage, where he recently performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, as Claudius, opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. ...

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Friday RoundUp

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:04 PM PST

The Doctor Who Restoration Team have published details for the forthcoming DVD release of The Masque of Mandragora. The article has details about the clean up of the story and full details of the extras included on the disc. The DVD is due for release in the UK in February.

Toby Hadoke's solo comedy show, Moths Ate my Doctor Who Scarf, continues its tour around the UK. Dates have been added for Barnsley, StocktonWhitehaven, Newport, Pitlochry and Bath. More details here.

Many papers have covered the BBC press release reporting that the BBC iPlayer has reached over 100 million requests since its launch on Christmas Day 2007, and the headline fact that a total of 1.3 million requested The End of Time.

For a full press roundup see our sister site Doctor Who in the Media.

Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare - Windsor Star

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 11:49 AM PST


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare
Windsor Star
... on the English stage, where he recently performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, as Claudius, opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. ...

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James Cairncross 1915 - 2009

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST

The actor James Cairncross has died at the age of 93. He played the part of Lemaitre in the first Doctor story The Reign of Terror and Beta in the second Doctor story The Krotons.

Cairncross was born in Dunfermline in 1915. He was a well known actor and lyricist appearing in many early television programmes such as Play of the Week and Z-Cars and films such as The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones. He appeared with Ian McKellan in Hamlet and with Michael Redgrave in Twelfth Night. James Cairncross died 17 December, 2009, in Edinburgh.

Scotsman Obituary.

Behind the Masque

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 06:22 AM PST

It seems that the Restoration Team had to do quite a bit of tidying up on certain segments of The Masque of Mandragora, February’s Doctor Who DVD release from 2entertain… One of the most visually impressive classic series adventures, The Masque of Mandragora was filmed at Portmeirion, the picturesque Italian-styled resort on the North Wales coast [...]

Catch Catherine on Jonathan Ross tonight!

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:39 AM PST

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross returns to UK screens tonight, and one of his guests kicking off the new series is none other than Catherine Tate, who Doctor Who fans will know, of course, as the one, the only and the best (temp in Chiswick), Donna Noble! The actress will be chatting to the host about her life after the series, [...]

FA Confirms: “No World Cup Song” - TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:15 AM PST


TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)

FA Confirms: "No World Cup Song"
TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)
Amy Smith: Simon Amstell did this on Buzzcocks long before David Tennant did! He just repeatedly copied what Amstell... Bob: Aww… I love Jay. ...

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Doogie Does it: Neil Patrick Harris Gay Man of the Decade - PlanetOut

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 05:02 AM PST


Doogie Does it: Neil Patrick Harris Gay Man of the Decade
PlanetOut
It came down to a neck-and-neck race with Torchwood Brit babe John Barrowman, but Neil Patrick Harris, American TV's youngest MD turned suit-obsessed ...

Haiti disaster caused by failure of Copenhagen summit – says actor Danny Glover - Telegraph.co.uk (blog)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 04:02 AM PST


Haiti disaster caused by failure of Copenhagen summit – says actor Danny Glover
Telegraph.co.uk (blog)
Well, at least that give fabiantrollutions someone else to cut-and-paste apart from David Tennant. Wait for it… I've been waiting all this time for someone ...

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Doctor Who in good hands with Moffat - TV Squad (blog)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:48 AM PST


Doctor Who in good hands with Moffat
TV Squad (blog)
Moffat, who takes over for previous lead writer and producer Russell T. Davies, remembers his father calling him excitedly to the television, saying Doctor ...

Billie: “It’s time to move on”

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 03:22 AM PST

In a new interview with The Independent, actress Billie Piper has revealed that she’s doubtful she’ll ever be back in Doctor Who as Rose Tyler. “It’s a healthy time to leave. Our period on Doctor Who is over now really, isn’t it?” she told the website. ”It’s shifted. The writers are different, the production team are different, and the Doctor is different.” She added: “I can’t [...]

THE CHANGING FACE OF GAY CULTURE - WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR HOMOSEXUALITY ... - SanFranciscoSentinel.com

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:56 AM PST


THE CHANGING FACE OF GAY CULTURE - WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG FOR HOMOSEXUALITY ...
SanFranciscoSentinel.com
For once, television took the lead, with Russell T Davies's Queer as Folk for Channel 4 in 1999. Falsely remembered as a story exclusively about glamorous ...

BBC Trust to review performance of BBC's on-demand offerings - Total Telecom

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:35 AM PST


BBC Trust to review performance of BBC's on-demand offerings
Total Telecom
The British Broadcasting Corp.'s controlling trust Friday launched a performance review of the BBC's on-demand ...

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Sprouts In Their Eyes: Husband wins it - Manchester Evening News

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:28 AM PST


Sprouts In Their Eyes: Husband wins it
Manchester Evening News
Voting has closed for the final of the MEN's competition to find a snowman who has the Frosty Factor - with a last minute drama. More than 1700 votes were ...

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BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests - CIO UK

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:20 AM PST


BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests
CIO UK
The BBC has revealed that its catch-up TV service, BBC iPlayer, received more than ...

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School Packed Lunches lacking balance - TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:11 AM PST


School Packed Lunches lacking balance
TheDailyDust (satire) (blog)
Amy Smith: Simon Amstell did this on Buzzcocks long before David Tennant did! He just repeatedly copied what Amstell... Bob: Aww… I love Jay. ...

BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests - IDG

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:01 AM PST


BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests
IDG
The BBC has revealed its catch-up TV service, BBC iPlayer, saw more than 100 million programme download requests during December last year. ...

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BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests - The Industry Standard

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 02:00 AM PST


BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests
The Industry Standard
The BBC has revealed that its catch-up TV service, BBC iPlayer, received more than 100 million programme download requests during December last year. ...

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BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests - NetworkWorld.com

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:51 AM PST


BBC iPlayer exceeds 100 million download requests
NetworkWorld.com
The BBC has revealed that its catch-up TV service, BBC iPlayer, received more than 100 million programme download ...

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Sprouts In Their Eyes: Less than 15 mins to go - Manchester Evening News

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:50 AM PST


Sprouts In Their Eyes: Less than 15 mins to go
Manchester Evening News
Spongebob has 28 per cent of the vote just ahead of the Dalek sent by Nicola Chilton. The snowman in the lead at 4pm will win the competition. ...

Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare - Ottawa Citizen

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:44 AM PST


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare
Ottawa Citizen
... on the English stage, where he recently performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, as Claudius, opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. ...

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Play the Piper

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:27 AM PST

Billie Piper stars in A Passionate Woman later this year, while a third series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl starts on ITV2 on Thursday, 28th January at 10pm - which is why the former Doctor Who co-star is appearing in various newspapers and magazines this week! An interview with The Independent sees Piper chatting [...]

BBC iPlayer racks up 100 million monthly streams - T3

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:25 AM PST


BBC iPlayer racks up 100 million monthly streams
T3
Record numbers fell in the month of December with notable shows such as David Tennant's final farewell as Doctor Who (1.3 million streams) and Top Gear's ...

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Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare - Canada.com

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:13 AM PST


Sir Patrick Stewart relishes return to Shakespeare
Canada.com
... on the English stage, where he recently performed in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Hamlet, as Claudius, opposite David Tennant's Hamlet. ...

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Sprouts In Their Eyes: Less than 60 mins to go - Manchester Evening News

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 01:03 AM PST


Sprouts In Their Eyes: Less than 60 mins to go
Manchester Evening News
Spongebob has 28 per cent of the vote just ahead of the Dalek sent by Nicola Chilton. The snowman in the lead at 4pm will win the competition. ...

White Van Man For Three - 4RFV

Posted: 15 Jan 2010 12:13 AM PST


White Van Man For Three
4RFV
That is, if it wasn't for Emma (Georgia Moffett, Dr Who), a severe crush from catering college, holding him back and the 'least helpful helper'. ...

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Iplayer gets 100 million visitors - Inquirer

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 11:32 PM PST


Iplayer gets 100 million visitors
Inquirer
Shows with large viewing figures included the final appearance of David Tennant as Dr Who at 1.3 million and Terry Wogan's final day as a Radio 2 breakfast ...

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Tenth Doctor Scripts Online!

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:58 PM PST

As part of the promotion for the new revised edition of RusselL T Davies and Benjamin Cook’s The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter, several Doctor Who scripts have been made available online! This is a great freebie - there are 11 scripts in total starting with Voyage of the Damned and ending with The End of [...]

More Bacon, hold the Mayo - The Guardian (blog)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:50 PM PST


More Bacon, hold the Mayo
The Guardian (blog)
"Well, Doctor Who's not a fan of yours," piped Bacon, before repeating David Tennant's remarks that Cameron was "a terrifying prospect for Great Britain". ...

It's happened. Finally. After all these years. To be frank, we're a little ... - Football365.com

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST


It's happened. Finally. After all these years. To be frank, we're a little ...
Football365.com
... United financial sheet, rarer than Daryl Harper getting an umpiring decision right, rarer than turning on the TV and not seeing David Tennant. ...

iPlayer zooms past 100 million monthly streams - TechRadar UK

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST


iPlayer zooms past 100 million monthly streams
TechRadar UK
The popularity of the iPlayer was because of a number of factors, namely the finale of David Tennant as Doctor Who (1.3 million streams) and Top Gear's ...

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BBC iPlayer hits 100 million per month mark - Techwatch

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST


BBC iPlayer hits 100 million per month mark
Techwatch
The 100 million requests included 1.3 million watching David Tennant's last episode of Doctor Who. And the week beginning December 14th was a record for ...

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1 in 8 iPlayer views come from games console - Broadband TV News

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:41 PM PST


Broadband TV News

1 in 8 iPlayer views come from games console
Broadband TV News
The list of most requested programmes was topped by 1.3 million requests for David Tennant's final appearance as Doctor Who. Over Christmas the most popular ...

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iPlayer hits 100 million monthly requests - Pocket-lint.com

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 09:28 PM PST


Pocket-lint.com

iPlayer hits 100 million monthly requests
Pocket-lint.com
Other stats include 1.3 million requests for David Tennant's final Doctor Who appearance, record numbers of radio requests with Terry Wogan's last ...

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Federer says his friend Tiger Woods needs calm but will soon be back and at ... - Gaea Times (blog)

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 08:43 PM PST


Gaea Times (blog)

Federer says his friend Tiger Woods needs calm but will soon be back and at ...
Gaea Times (blog)
... to see that :) RT @agebergX: @MrSquid Hey Antonio, did you end up challenging Roger Federer to a game of ping pong? julia301 VOTE FOR DAVID TENNANT! ...

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Who Did What Next

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:25 PM PST

With David Tennant appearing in a couple of movies (Glorious 39 and St. Trinian’s II: The Legend of Fritton’s Gold) since leaving Doctor Who and his predecessor Christopher Eccleston appearing in GI Joe: The Rise of COBRA, with an upcoming role as John Lennon in a new BBC film, you might be wondering what other [...]

Dick and Dom are coming to the Forum - Times 24

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:03 PM PST


Times 24

Dick and Dom are coming to the Forum
Times 24
Also an actor, Arsenal supporter Reggie recently appeared in Doctor Who alongside David Tennant as Martha Jones' brother. He was previously in Grange Hill, ...

As Much as We Need The Doctor, Haiti Needs Doctors Even More Now

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 07:01 PM PST

Support Doctors Without Borders in Haiti

We know we have been asking for your support so we can continue doing what we do, and although we still need that support, we hope we can extend that support as a community to help victims of the tragic quake in Haiti this week. 

Resources are extremely limited in Haiti right now. While the death toll in the end will be staggering, there are many survivors that are in urgent need of medical attention.

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Box Office ; We rate the country's top 10 films on at the cinema this week - California Chronicle

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:56 PM PST


Box Office ; We rate the country's top 10 films on at the cinema this week
California Chronicle
12A *** 10 (7) St Trinians 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold EVEN the all- star cast Rupert Everett (in drag), Colin Firth, David Tennant and Girls Aloud's ...

How-Do weekly Wrap - 15 January 2010 - John Ryan - How Do

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 06:28 PM PST


How-Do weekly Wrap - 15 January 2010 - John Ryan
How Do
Evans stepped into David Tennant's shoes, appearing to guest everywhere in order to cross promote the new show. That wound up Revolution's owner Steve Penk. ...

Totally Tennant

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 05:24 PM PST

Doctor Who star David Tennant has beaten Star Trek star Chris Pine in the Best Actor category of Total Sci-Fi Online’s poll, reports Digital Spy. This is likely to be the first of many polls and awards that honour Tennant, Doctor Who and Russell T Davies over the coming months - let’s hope that none of [...]

How Jay Leno Can Fix This Whole Mess - Inside Blip

Posted: 14 Jan 2010 04:51 PM PST


How Jay Leno Can Fix This Whole Mess
Inside Blip
Imagine if part way through Matt Smith's run as the new star of "Doctor Who" if David Tennant changed his mind and decided he wanted to come back after all ...

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