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- Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 185
- Three Bond girls to attend 'Stars of Time' event in Weston-super-Mare - MI6
- New interview: Matt comments on filming, pet cats and co-star Kaz!
- James Marsters bites into 'Caprica' role - ChicagoNow (blog)
- Doctor phew! - The Sun
- Meet Matt Smith: Star of the new Doctor Who - The Guardian
- Karen Gillan reveals all in InStyle magazine!
- Filming Roundup 5th March
- the secret life of London - Times Online
- Helena Bonham Carter: "I'm Not an Uncombed, Dirty Person" - Anglophenia
- David Tennant And The Ebay Auction That Coined It In For Troon Charity Shop! - AboutMyArea
- Courthouse Records - Worcester Telegram
- Found Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer - tuaw.com (blog)
- Caprica: James Marsters Sinks His Teeth into Another Sci-Fi Series - Television Without Pity
- CBBC Renews Sarah Jane Adventures - World Screen News
- 2|entertain's future secured
- The PCZ Interview: Owain Yeoman - Pop Culture Zoo
- Gatiss’ Passions
- Short Trips Reminder
- Doctor Who's new assistant Karen Gillan in sexy new photoshoot - see pics - Mirror.co.uk
- David and Billie to star in new murder thriller!
- Spoilers Anonymous: Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy and much more! - TV Squad (blog)
- Reluctant Anglophile: Top 10 British Actors I'd Seriously Consider Leaving My ... - Anglotopia.net
- Billie Piper and David Tennant reunite in new film - Online Bingo Friends (blog)
- David Warner Joins Dark Shadows!
- Got Room For One More, Glee? - Fashion.ie
- Wadia praises 'charming' Matt Smith - The Press Association
- New Details On The Aliens Who Sink Your Battleship! A Lost Star Returns! Plus ... - io9
- Got Room For One More, Glee? - PerezHilton.com (blog)
- James Corden Filming on set.
- Matt Smith Needed Medical Attention On Womb Set - FemaleFirst.co.uk
- Delia Derbyshire - Enduring Legend
- Companion Chronicles Season Five
- Has the Sonic Screwed New Who?
- John Barrowman set for Philharmonic date - Click Liverpool
- Football Capsules: Cowboys give WR Miles Austin first and third-round tender - Brownsville Herald
- iPhone Controlled Dalek
- Doctor Who star Karen Gillan: 'I was terrified of new role' - Metro
- Meet Dr Who's new sidekick: Karen Gillan - instyle.co.uk
- John Barrowman back in Bournemouth - Bournemouth Echo
- 'Who' exec: 'Ep 10 heartfelt, emotional' - Digital Spy
- Will Angie Bolen Be Missed on 'Desperate Housewives'? - BuddyTV
- De Matteo leaving Desperate Housewives - RTE.ie
- Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 184
- Moving Day
- James Marsters adds 'pop' to Syfy's 'Caprica' starting Friday - USA Weekend
- Doctor Who's new sidekick Karen Gillan stars in a glamorous photoshoot ahead ... - Daily Mail
- Sex and the sci-fi - The Sun
- New Doctor Who: "A Pinch of Twilight, A Pinch of Harry Potter" - Anglophenia
| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 185 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:59 PM PST "Give a monkey control of its environment, and it will fill the world with bananas!" Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 185 Our Half-Time Gallifrey 21 show reporting from Gallifrey Blackjack 21 in Los Angeles, CA. We bring you up to date on what the convention is like half way through it. Ken had interviewed Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling on stage, all the podcasters came together for a summit and more. Joining us on this show is also 'That Chip Guy' @2MinuteTimeLord from the Two Minute Time Lord and DWO The Whocast, and Dan Roth of DWNY.  | ||
| Three Bond girls to attend 'Stars of Time' event in Weston-super-Mare - MI6 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:22 PM PST
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| New interview: Matt comments on filming, pet cats and co-star Kaz! Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:49 AM PST The Guardian has today published a great new interview with Matt Smith which they recently conducted from inside his very own trailer on the Doctor Who set! The Eleventh Doctor actor talks about his past, present and future and you can read the full article by clicking here. It’ll undoubtedly be the first of many features focused on the forthcoming series [...]  | ||
| James Marsters bites into 'Caprica' role - ChicagoNow (blog) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 11:36 AM PST
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| Meet Matt Smith: Star of the new Doctor Who - The Guardian Posted: 05 Mar 2010 10:11 AM PST
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| Karen Gillan reveals all in InStyle magazine! Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:50 AM PST Matt Smith isn’t the only one swapping the Series 5 shoot for a photoshoot in the lead up to the forthcoming series - his co-star Karen Gillan, who will be portraying the Eleventh Doctor’s fiesty new companion Amy, also glammed up for a recent session with InStyle magazine! You can check out a preview of the [...]  | ||
| Posted: 05 Mar 2010 09:08 AM PST This week saw filming taking place for the seventh and last block of the new series, for episodes 7 and 11. The beginning of the week saw the crew out in a village near St. Athan, whilst the latter half has been spent back on the streets and parks of Cardiff. Filming on the 1st saw the TARDIS parked up outside a house; scenes witnessed included a number of elderly people seen to carry items into the house, and the Doctor attempting to access it through a window. Amy was said to be held inside. Filming over the course of these two days have involved the Doctor staying at a house as a lodger with characters played by guest stars James Corden and Daisy Haggard. Thursday concentrated on scenes at their house (filmed on Westville Road, Cardiff), with scenes of running from the house, some football antics between Matt Smith and James Corden during the day, and in the evening with the Doctor examining 'junk' (believed to be components for the 'alternative' TARDIS console as designed from the Blue Peter competition). Friday, on the other hand, involved the Doctor engaged in a game of football at Victoria Park in Cardiff; Paul Mount and Ryan Farrell report: Paul: Matt Smith and James Corden, in football rig, are, with a full team, playing football. The Doctor's clearly very good at this and he scores a spectacular goal. The rest of the team go nuts. The 'crowd' (ie about six onlookers!) chant "Doc-tor! Doc-tor!" as he scores. the triumphant Doctor runs around, shouting, alternately "I love this game!" or "What a game!" Ryan: The Doctor's team won! They all pick him up and he says "please, you're too kind. I feel like the emperor!". They've moved and now Matt has his tweed coat over his kit. Greenscreen being set up. Confidential are here too. Matt was having a right laugh! He went right up to the camera and said something like "Matt Smith. The Doctor. Defender". He seems to be getting on with James Corden off camera. By the way, Matt knows what he's doing because he originally aspired to be a professional footballer before he had an accident. He played for Leicester under 21s I think. I'd say this scene was written with Matt in mind. Later, a scene was filmed of the Doctor exiting the TARDIS (believed to take place at the start of the adventure). http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   | ||
| the secret life of London - Times Online Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:58 AM PST
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| Helena Bonham Carter: "I'm Not an Uncombed, Dirty Person" - Anglophenia Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:47 AM PST
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| David Tennant And The Ebay Auction That Coined It In For Troon Charity Shop! - AboutMyArea Posted: 05 Mar 2010 08:10 AM PST
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| Courthouse Records - Worcester Telegram Posted: 05 Mar 2010 07:01 AM PST
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| Found Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer - tuaw.com (blog) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 06:06 AM PST
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| Caprica: James Marsters Sinks His Teeth into Another Sci-Fi Series - Television Without Pity Posted: 05 Mar 2010 05:19 AM PST
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| CBBC Renews Sarah Jane Adventures - World Screen News Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:42 AM PST
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:33 AM PST  BBC Worldwide have announced that they now fully own DVD distributor 2|entertain, the company closely associated with the release of Doctor Who DVDs over the last six years. The fate of the company has been uncertain since BBC Worldwide's partner Woolworth went into administration back in 2008.John Smith, CEO, BBC Worldwide, said: I am pleased that we have finally concluded these negotiations, and have secured the future of 2|entertain. This comes as good news for a variety of stakeholders. 2|entertain's retail partners know it is now backed by a stable owner. Consumers can continue to enjoy BBC content on DVD in their own homes. The independent production sector already works closely with 2|entertain. And licence fee payers will continue to benefit from 2|entertain's contribution to BBC Worldwide, which helped us return a total of £153m to the BBC in the last financial year. Paul Dempsey, CEO of 2|entertain and Managing Director, BBC Worldwide Home Entertainment, added: The 2|entertain business has not been distracted by the events of the past 18 months, continuing to deliver impressive results. Under full BBC Worldwide ownership, it now looks forward to a more settled period and playing an important role in BBC Worldwide's future plans. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   | ||
| The PCZ Interview: Owain Yeoman - Pop Culture Zoo Posted: 05 Mar 2010 04:05 AM PST
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| Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:36 AM PST This Sunday, Doctor Who scriptwriter and guest star Mark Gatiss chats with Michael Berkeley as part of the Private Passions series on BBC Radio 3.
Including a work by German composer Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Gatiss - who has contributed a script to the 2010 series of Doctor Who as well as developing Sherlock with Steven Moffat - will follow in the footsteps of many other distinguished guests, many of whom have a Doctor Who connection, such as:
You can hear Mark Gatiss on Private Passions on Sunday, 8th March on BBC Radio 3 at midday. (With thanks to Robert.)  | ||
| Posted: 05 Mar 2010 03:00 AM PST Just a quick reminder that the Short Trips writing opportunity is still running until 29th March for all you budding authors. Details below... Big Finish is proud to announce a new series ofshort-story collections starring the Doctor and his companions. Each CDwill feature eight brand-new adventures, read by well-known actors andwritten by... ... you? Submissions please! Itdoesn't matter whether or not you've been published before, butsubmissions will only be accepted from people who have never writtenanything for Big Finish. If your story is chosen, you will work with aneditor to get the story ready for publication. You will receive thestandard author's contract and rates of pay. Remember, this is a short story, not a play. It should be no more than 2,500 words in length. Classic Doctors... brand new adventures Youcan make use of any of the first eight Doctors. You can also use any ofthe classic television companions (up to and including Ace) and any ofthe Big Finish companions. You cannot use either the Ninth, Tenth orEleventh Doctors, nor their companions, nor any other of the Doctor'spast friends and enemies. No Daleks, no Cybermen, no Time Lords, noDrashigs or Slitheen etc. Your story should be wholly original. Send your story in the body of an email (no attachments please), with the title in the subject line, to shorttrips@bigfinish.comby 29th March 2010. Entries must be by email only. If you do not haveinternet access at home (how are you reading this anyway?), you willhave to use a friend's access or visit an internet cafe. Please includea short paragraph telling us a little bit about yourself and yourwriting history. The first CD is scheduled for release in late 2010.  | ||
| Doctor Who's new assistant Karen Gillan in sexy new photoshoot - see pics - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:32 AM PST
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| David and Billie to star in new murder thriller! Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:20 AM PST Fans of David Tennant (The Tenth Doctor) and Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) will be thrilled to hear that, if the latest tabloid speculation is to be believed, they will be reunited once more - this time on the big screen in a brand new murder thriller! The news was brought to light by The Daily Mail earlier today, and the [...]  | ||
| Spoilers Anonymous: Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy and much more! - TV Squad (blog) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:11 AM PST
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| Reluctant Anglophile: Top 10 British Actors I'd Seriously Consider Leaving My ... - Anglotopia.net Posted: 05 Mar 2010 02:00 AM PST
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| Billie Piper and David Tennant reunite in new film - Online Bingo Friends (blog) Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:44 AM PST
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| David Warner Joins Dark Shadows! Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:26 AM PST We are pleased to announce more of the cast for July's Dark Shadows full cast season, Kingdom of the Dead, as recording continues. Emmy Award-winning actor David Warner joins our regular cast as an intriguing new character, whose arrival is set to alter the lives of everyone in Collinsport. David's numerous screen credits include The Omen, Twin Peaks, Titanic and Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, along with voice roles for Batman: The Animated Series, plus multiple characters for Big Finish. Original Dark Shadows star Jerry Lacy (Reverend Trask) joins the regular cast for the new stories, along with Ursula Burton as Susan Griffin, first heard in series one. Look out for more cast announcements soon. Click the links to pre-order Kingdom of the Dead as a limited edition box set or individual releases.  | ||
| Got Room For One More, Glee? - Fashion.ie Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:17 AM PST
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| Wadia praises 'charming' Matt Smith - The Press Association Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:08 AM PST
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| New Details On The Aliens Who Sink Your Battleship! A Lost Star Returns! Plus ... - io9 Posted: 05 Mar 2010 12:07 AM PST
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| Got Room For One More, Glee? - PerezHilton.com (blog) Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:57 PM PST
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:55 PM PST Filming has Started on James Cordens part in Doctor Who. Pictures provided by the Daily Mail show the Doctor and James in several Scene's including one wher the Doctor is Having a Kick around playing Football or Soccer as it's known in North America. There's also a Small Interview with Corden on the Daily Mail website. Click on "Daily Mail" to get to the Piece.  | ||
| Matt Smith Needed Medical Attention On Womb Set - FemaleFirst.co.uk Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:55 PM PST
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| Delia Derbyshire - Enduring Legend Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:30 PM PST
Although composed by Ron Grainer - a man who had a string of theme tune credits to his name such as Danger Man (used on the old Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe show), The Prisoner, Steptoe and Son, Tales of the Unexpected and Man in a Suitcase (used by Chris Evans on the 1990s Channel 4 series TFI Friday) - the Doctor Who theme tune owes its popularity and all round effect to the arrangement Derbyshire applied to the piece.
Before her death in 2001, Derbyshire went on to work with David Vorhaus, Sir Paul McCartney and Sonic Boom and her admirers include Portishead and Orbital. There is much more on this at the Daily Record blog, including how even now, Derbyshire's name remains out of the Doctor Who credits list.  | ||
| Companion Chronicles Season Five Posted: 04 Mar 2010 10:22 PM PST Big Finish has revealed that Andrew Smith, the writer of the 1980 TV story Full Circle, is to pen a forthcoming release in the Companion Chronicles series. The fifth season of the Chronicles begins in July, kicking off with The Guardian of the Solar System by Simon Guerrier, which stars Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom. "The clue is in the title," says producer David Richardson. "Yes, the story brings back Mavic Chen, the spectacular villain from The Daleks' Masterplan, who once again is out to fulfil a grand scheme and will be putting the Doctor, Sara and Steven in dire peril. "This story actually brings our first Sara Kingdom trilogy to an end," he divulges. "And it's a very emotional finale – be warned!" Echoes of Grey follows in August, with Wendy Padbury reprising the role of Zoe Heriot. The script is written by John Dorney, and features the 1969 team of the Second Doctor, Zoe and Jamie. September sees the release of Find and Replace by Paul Magrs, in which Katy Manning returns as Jo Grant. "And Katy's not just playing Jo," Richardson reveals. "She's also playing the outrageous time traveller Iris Wildthyme too! And, just to top it all, we've got Alex Lowe back as Huxley, the mysterious narrator from Verbatim Six – a character who made a huge impression in last season's Ringpullworld." October's release, The Invasion of E-Space, is penned by the aforementioned Andrew Smith and performed by Lalla Ward. "I was at a convention in Glasgow last year, and Andrew and I got chatting," says Richardson. "He was very keen to write a Companion Chronicle, and I thought it would be fun to set it during the E-Space Trilogy, and feature the Fourth Doctor, Romana and Adric." Popular senior citizen companion Evelyn Smythe returns for A Town Called Fortune in November, which is written by Paul Sutton. "We've had a huge number of requests for the return of Evelyn," says the producer, "and I can promise you'll hear much more of her in 2011. This story is an historical adventure, which takes Evelyn and the Sixth Doctor into the Wild West during the Gold Rush era."  | ||
| Has the Sonic Screwed New Who? Posted: 04 Mar 2010 10:02 PM PST It seems funny that five years after the show's sweet return in 2005 that the sonic screwdriver, a once proud iconic bastion of Doctor Who's nostalgic gadgets, would have become such an unpopular and contentious article among the older fan groups.
"Classic" Doctor Who ran one story weekly at around 25 minutes per episode. With such large gaps between episodes – and few ways to repeat a viewing between parts - the show couldn't be too complex. Budget also meant it had to be careful how many scenes and events too place. So how do you reconcile these issues? You pad the story. Funnily, "padding" has a stigma of "lazy" about it, yet padding out stories with scenes or dialogue that aren't necessarily plot vital can be bot cost-effective and useful for exposition and recaps. So old Who wasn't about getting the Doctor out of the trap quickly, it's about keeping him in the trap for a while, saving money and filling time. His sonic screwdriver made it too hard to keep him in one trap for long. It had to go. Now look at "New Who". Stories are condensed into one episode, reruns available the same week. So padding becomes less of an issue, in fact, these days TV demands the contrary - shows must brim with pace and drama. If a show doesn't meet those demands, a costly show like Who won't last long. So in comes the sonic screwdriver again, a multi-purpose tool that opens the "magic doors" (those points in a narrative that are really no more than a gateway between two scenes, an obstacle of some sort, say, a door) and allows the story to progress quickly - meaning more time for plot and dramatic content. Many fans sneer at the new audiences – and the casual watchers, but its their investment that keeps Doctor Who profit worthy and viable. Just as Doctor Who of 1963 wouldn't have worked in 1979, Doctor Who of 1979 doesn't work in 2010. And to balance the demands of today's audience, the sonic screwdriver is the Doctor's best tool in keeping the BBC's axe, firmly locked away.  | ||
| John Barrowman set for Philharmonic date - Click Liverpool Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:43 PM PST
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| Football Capsules: Cowboys give WR Miles Austin first and third-round tender - Brownsville Herald Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:42 PM PST
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| Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PST Those crazy hardcore iPhone fans have done it again - not content with playing around with an out of date phone, they've employed the accelerometer (motion sensitive controller) to remotely manoeuvre a remote control Dalek toy. It looks a bit unwieldy to say the least, but with some refining and the use of the small gizmo demonstrated within the clip, it's likely that moving any RC device with an iPhone (or a similarly equipped device from HTC, perhaps running Windows Mobile or Android) should be possible… (Via CultOfMac)  | ||
| Doctor Who star Karen Gillan: 'I was terrified of new role' - Metro Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:03 PM PST
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| Meet Dr Who's new sidekick: Karen Gillan - instyle.co.uk Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST
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| John Barrowman back in Bournemouth - Bournemouth Echo Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:55 PM PST
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| 'Who' exec: 'Ep 10 heartfelt, emotional' - Digital Spy Posted: 04 Mar 2010 08:35 PM PST
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| Will Angie Bolen Be Missed on 'Desperate Housewives'? - BuddyTV Posted: 04 Mar 2010 07:49 PM PST
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| De Matteo leaving Desperate Housewives - RTE.ie Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:39 PM PST
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| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 184 Posted: 04 Mar 2010 05:07 PM PST "You can't rule the world in hiding. You've got to come out on the balcony sometimes and wave a tentacle." Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 184 A special episode recorded at our Doctor Who: Podshock Meet and Greet at Gallifrey 21 on Thursday, 25 February 2010 in Los Angeles, CA with Meet and Greet attendees including: Eric Escamilla, Joshua Lou Friedman, Lewis Bailey, Tara Wheeler, Kevin Roche, David Wheeler, Keefe and Cathy O'Neill, Pam Richardson, Lanaia DuBose, Ed Comstock, Samantha Rosz, James Naughton, and others.  | ||
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| James Marsters adds 'pop' to Syfy's 'Caprica' starting Friday - USA Weekend Posted: 04 Mar 2010 11:54 AM PST
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| Doctor Who's new sidekick Karen Gillan stars in a glamorous photoshoot ahead ... - Daily Mail Posted: 04 Mar 2010 10:21 AM PST
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| New Doctor Who: "A Pinch of Twilight, A Pinch of Harry Potter" - Anglophenia Posted: 04 Mar 2010 09:37 AM PST
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Mark Gatiss of course played Professor Lazarus in 2007's The Lazarus Experiment, as well as contibuting the scripts The Unquiet Dead (2005) and The Idiot's Lantern (2006)
A great piece on the Daily Record website this week 
After 25 years of semi-retirement, the sonic's return has been criticised by older fans for the sheer weight of its use in the New Series. They object to the Doctor just being able to flick a sonic switch to resolve a technical issue rather than have him resolve a problem through ingenuity (resorting to the kettle, fishing rod and the ever popular ball of string in most cases). It's seen as a "lazy" device operated by "lazy writers"; a cheap trick used to avoid difficult science issues that clearly the writer has no understanding of – its even been suggested in some fan circles as an indicator of how far Doctor Who has lost its way by avoiding technical resolutions in favour of a sonic "magic wand".
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