Sunday, February 21, 2010

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Australian news and ratings

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 11:39 AM PST


Part Two of The End of Time has debuted in Australia to good ratings. The special averaged 840,000 in the five major capital cities, again against stiff competition from the commercial networks, including a 20/20 international cricket match. It was up 40,000 viewers from Part One and was the ABC's top-rating program of the day, rating higher than the popular Sunday 7pm news.

The Sydney Morning Herald TV Guide has rated Part Two of 'The End of Time' its 'show of the week' with Michael Idato writing that it is 'is nearly but not quite the equal of the series's best episodes...it is, instead, a strange ballet of noise and movement, a super-charged run around the block set to the outstanding musical motifs of Murray Gold, which swirls around the simpler truth of the episode's purpose-to give Tennant's Doctor a final, glorious moment of universe-saving indecision and to serve up a helping of sentiment (with a side-order of tears) as he says a fitting goodbye to his life, as we know it, and the lives of those he holds dear.' Idato and Doug Anderson also rate the finale highly in their daily online video TV guide. Melinda Houston of the The Age is less kind, writing of the departure of Russell T. Davies that 'it's been a fun ride but [he] has an undeniable taste for high melodrama and while he's brought some welcome rough edges to the new-style time lord, and a wicked sense of humour, he's also brought a fair whack of sentimental emoting that's not always so much fun.'

Meanwhile, ABC Online's 'The Drum Unleashed' has an amusing blog comparing the different hosts of the long-running Media Watch program with various incarnations of the Doctor.
http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com

Gavin & Spacey - The Sun

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 10:39 AM PST


The Sun
Gavin & Spacey
The Sun
James follows in the footsteps of fellow comics Peter Kay, Catherine Tate and Lee Evans, who have all had parts on the show. Gavin And Stacey co-star ...

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Daleks Spotted Roaming Around The White House - The Spoof (satire)

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 08:37 AM PST


Daleks Spotted Roaming Around The White House
The Spoof (satire)
All White House appointments and directives come directly from the Dalek High Command. The Daleks want to take over the earth with as little damage as ...

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Media Watch vs Doctor Who - ABC Online

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 08:17 AM PST


ABC Online
Media Watch vs Doctor Who
ABC Online
Last night, David Tennant's last episode as the good Doctor aired on ABC1. (Seven weeks after it was broadcast in the UK and the US but, hey, ...

Official: Series 5 launch date confirmed!

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 06:55 AM PST

The brand new Series 5 promo featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond was updated to include the long-awaited launch date for the series earlier today! The trailer, which features the time travellers whirling through the time vortex, had its debut on BBC One last night, and originally ended with the tantalizing tagline ‘The journey begins, Easter 2010′. However, it now reads ’Saturday [...]

'Doctor Who' Series 5 to Premiere April 3 in UK - TVOvermind

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 05:15 AM PST


TVOvermind
'Doctor Who' Series 5 to Premiere April 3 in UK
TVOvermind
... at the end of "The End of Time," when David Tennant's Doctor regenerated into Smith), has been heavily anticipated by the fanbase of this show. ...

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As Labour hit rock bottom, Straw held secret talks to plot toppling the PM - U.TV

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:40 AM PST


As Labour hit rock bottom, Straw held secret talks to plot toppling the PM
U.TV
But after a summer's reflection he backed off 'Tis now the very witching time of night," declaimed David Tennant in the title role of the Royal Shakespeare ...

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As Labour hit rock bottom, Straw held secret talks to plot toppling the PM - The Guardian

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 04:00 AM PST


The Guardian
As Labour hit rock bottom, Straw held secret talks to plot toppling the PM
The Guardian
Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images 'Tis now the very witching time of night," declaimed David Tennant in the title role of the Royal Shakespeare ...

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***SPECIALS ONLY*** TENNANT TO STAR AS SINGLE DAD - Daily Star

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 03:49 AM PST


***SPECIALS ONLY*** TENNANT TO STAR AS SINGLE DAD
Daily Star
DAVID TENNANT is following his stint on DOCTOR WHO with a role as a single dad for a new BBC drama. In his first starring role in a TV series since leaving ...

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ITV To Adapt Erica Jong's 'Fear Of Flying' For TV - Rapid Talent

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 03:31 AM PST


ITV To Adapt Erica Jong's 'Fear Of Flying' For TV
Rapid Talent
Other credits include Victoria Wood's award winning Housewife 49 and Alan Bleasdale's Oliver Twist for ITV, Russell T. Davies' Casanova for BBC Three, ...

***Specials Only*** Tennant to star as single dad - Star Magazine UK

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 02:32 AM PST


***Specials Only*** Tennant to star as single dad
Star Magazine UK
DAVID TENNANT is following his stint on DOCTOR WHO with a role as a single dad for a new BBC drama. In his first starring role in a TV series since leaving ...

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***Specials Only*** Tennant to star as single dad - New Magazine

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 02:24 AM PST


***Specials Only*** Tennant to star as single dad
New Magazine
DAVID TENNANT is following his stint on DOCTOR WHO with a role as a single dad for a new BBC drama. In his first starring role in a TV series since leaving ...

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The 1st Annual TWIDW Podcast Awards

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:12 AM PST

February 21, 2010 This Week In Doctor Who is taking a brief step into whimsy today. With technical issues keeping me from covering the podcasts properly

Single Father David Tennant - FemaleFirst.co.uk

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 12:05 AM PST


Single Father David Tennant
FemaleFirst.co.uk
David Tennant is to portray a struggling single father in a new BBC comedy drama series. The former 'Doctor Who' actor will play a dad-of-four called Dave ...

The new 'Who' trailer in case you missed it - Digital Spy

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:39 PM PST


The new 'Who' trailer in case you missed it
Digital Spy
At approximately 6.28pm last night, the BBC broadcast a brand new trailer for Doctor Who series five. It's the first real chance to ...

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Torchwood 1-0 Hollywood: Eve Myles is the queen of sci-fi - WalesOnline

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:42 PM PST


Torchwood 1-0 Hollywood: Eve Myles is the queen of sci-fi
WalesOnline
Torchwood star Eve Myles has been named the world's best sci-fi actress – beating off competition from Hollywood megastars Megan Fox and Cate Blanchett. ...

Dame Maggie Smith To Star In Downton Abbey for ITV - Rapid Talent

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:22 PM PST


Dame Maggie Smith To Star In Downton Abbey for ITV
Rapid Talent
... Ben Bolt (Doc Martin, Ashes to Ashes) and Brian Kelly (Lilies, Torchwood) Director of Television, ITV, Peter Fincham and Director of Drama, Laura Mackie ...

Torchwood 1-0 Hollywood: Eve Myles is the queen of sci-fi - WalesOnline

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST


Torchwood 1-0 Hollywood: Eve Myles is the queen of sci-fi
WalesOnline
TORCHWOOD star Eve Myles has been named the world's best sci-fi actress – beating off competition from Hollywood megastars Megan Fox and Cate Blanchett. ...

Doctor Who - Easter 2010

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 07:33 PM PST

Sandwiched between Total Wipeout and So You Think You Can Dance? on BBC One on Saturday evening, the Doctor Who trailer - an unusual but fascinating extended teaser - concluded with the words “Doctor Who Easter 2010″. A quick check of the 2010 Kasterborous diary reveals a date of April 3rd for the Saturday of the [...]

Doctor Who Season 5 – 'The Eleventh Hour' Preview - BSCreview

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 07:30 PM PST


BSCreview
Doctor Who Season 5 – 'The Eleventh Hour' Preview
BSCreview
A Dalek and one of the Weeping Angels can be seen, offering a tantalising glimpse of what's to come in the new series… We also got the titles of the two ...

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Ten Things for the Weekend of the First Locomotive

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:49 PM PST

Obama's mother-in-law likes DC life - NewsOK.com

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 04:03 PM PST


Obama's mother-in-law likes DC life
NewsOK.com
By AP Comments 0 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's mother-in-law lived her entire life in Chicago, so it was only natural that her move to the White ...

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Doctor Who Start Date Announced! - Comic Book Movie

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 08:05 AM PST


Doctor Who Start Date Announced!
Comic Book Movie
After months of waking up every morning and looking for news about when Mat Smith's first adventure would air I have found success! ...

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