Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways - io9

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 08:06 AM PDT


Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways
io9
... an Art Form — The Shield, The Sopranos, The Wire, Battlestar Galactica and Torchwood: Children Of Earth come to mind — Lost has innovated since day one. ...

WhoNews v1.2 for iPhone

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:38 AM PDT

A new version of the popular iPhone app WhoNews has been released, with new features and more ways to read your favourite Doctor Who News!

WhoNews v1.2First featured back in November, WhoNews features news feeds from:

* Kasterborous
* The BBC Doctor Who News page
* Doctor Who Online
* Doctor Who News/Gallifrey News Base
* Big Finish
* Planet Gallifrey
* WhovianNet

…and many more.

On the left, you can see how Kasterborous look when view through the app - other views of news feeds can be viewed here, here and here.

New features include:

* Most recent news view - time ordered news from over 20+ websites.
* Off-line browsing - read the latest news at your leisure.
* News is downloaded in bulk from 20+ sites. A resilient server compiles the latest news from 20+ websites every 15 minutes ready to be downloaded by WhoNews.
* Bookmark your favourite news for rapid access.
* Email and post articles on Facebook
* The cheapest Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Adventures DVD/Blu ray prices in the UK (and soon the US) from all your favourite internet stores. Email or post on Facebook the cheapest deal.
* Use the in-built browser to visit a news site or buy a DVD direct.

Future updates are planned to include a Region 1 DVD price engine and Twitter support. WhoNews is a great app with loads of features - go check it out at www.moonboom.com, developer Paul Gee's website, and give the video a view:

WhoNews is available from the iPhone store for £1.19 or $1.99, depending on your locale.

The Periodic Table of Science Fiction - VizWorld.com

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 07:34 AM PDT


VizWorld.com

The Periodic Table of Science Fiction
VizWorld.com
Even some of the formulas are shown such as "2Ol + Dr = Torchwood" (2 parts Outer Limits, one part Doctor Who). What do you think, did they leave anything ...

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Johnny And Al`s Football On Telly - Football365.com

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 05:54 AM PDT


Johnny And Al`s Football On Telly
Football365.com
Comedy is maybe even more prey to this: before Corden it was Catherine Tate, before her, Gervais and Little Britain, before that The Fast Show etc. ...

Casa Grande Dispatch > Az National Sports - TriValley Central

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:29 AM PDT


Casa Grande Dispatch > Az National Sports
TriValley Central
TURKU, Finland (AP) — David Beckham's left Achilles' tendon was totally torn, and the doctor who performed the surgery said the England midfielder is ...

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The building blocks of science fiction - CNET

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 04:01 AM PDT


The building blocks of science fiction
CNET
... Dr (Dr. Who) -> Torchwood--there's boatloads here to laugh at and argue about with your fellow geeks. If you like science fiction at all, check it out. ...

Arts Theatre Presents WET WEATHER COVER 4/6 - Broadway World

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 02:03 AM PDT


Arts Theatre Presents WET WEATHER COVER 4/6
Broadway World
He has since gone on to appear in Rise And Fall Of The Lehmann Brothers, Doctor Who, Hawking, New Tricks, The Catherine Tate Show and Trial and Retribution ...

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Twilight Increases Its Oscar Chances - Gawker

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:19 AM PDT


Twilight Increases Its Oscar Chances
Gawker
(So Torchwood fans, basically.) The network Syfy, named after a strange outerspace STD, is developing a new show called Three Inches, about your genitals, ...

The New assistant

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:11 AM PDT

Karen Gillan has a Short interview, in the UK Newspaper The Observer and reveals that her Character Amy Pond Was Supossed to ware trousers.  She also reveals what her relationship with the Doctor is, and that in fact they do Kiss.  The entire article can be read following the link below.  Also on the article are links to and Interview with Matt Smith, An interactive guide to the Regenerations of the Doctor, A review of the Complete Specials Boxed set, and a piece about the Bonhams Auction a few weeks ago.  So it's well worth a look.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/mar/14/karen-gillan-doctor-who

Authors donate tales to modern version of Kipling's Just So Stories - The Guardian

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 01:08 AM PDT


Authors donate tales to modern version of Kipling's Just So Stories
The Guardian
The book will be published by Beautiful Books in August, along with an audiobook read by actors including David Tennant and Romola Garai. ...

First Set Pics Of Tron Legacy's Cyber-Nightclub! Plus Predators And Green ... - io9

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 12:08 AM PDT


First Set Pics Of Tron Legacy's Cyber-Nightclub! Plus Predators And Green ...
io9
[Slashfilm] Steven Moffat tells the Radio Times that Helen McCrory will play a "sexy scary vampire woman," and we glimpsed Sophie Okonedo's character in the ...

Cyberman 2

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 11:36 PM PDT

Cyberman 2Comprising the hour long episodes 'Outsiders', 'Terror', 'Machines' and 'Extinction', Cyberman 2 is the sequel to the 2005 serial from Big Finish, again starring Mark McDonnell as Liam Barnaby, Barnaby Edwards as Paul Hunt and also featuring Toby Hadoke as Louis Richter..

Carrying it all along with a confident determination, however, is Hannah Smith's Samantha Thorn who probably takes the lion's share of the best lines and most of the action as a rebel android desperately trying to fulfil her mission in the best way she sees fit.

Little knowledge of the original four part story is required here, however – Cyberman 2 follows on from the previous story but all you need to know is that things on Earth and in space are pretty grim. A war between Earth and the androids fighting to escape human oppression has lead both parties down a dark path, resorting to selling their souls to the Cybermen to achieve an advantage.

With merchant vessels commandeered as warships, propaganda decrying all opposition to the war and Earth President Paul Hunt as "terrorism" and a populace riddled with fear, the 26th century world of Cyberman 2 isn't exactly a million miles from our own.

Despite being a low-key release in comparison to the usual Doctor Who releases, this Time Lord-lite series is absolutely superb. Evocative, moody and dramatic in equal parts, my only real gripe is a couple of overlong monologues used to convey the thoughts of a couple of characters. These are well-placed after lengthy action sequences, however, so they're not completely distracting. Despite the nearly 4 hours running time, Cyberman 2 is well paced and engaging throughout.

Writer James Sparrow has once again brought us a world in which no one is what they seem, where the propaganda machines fools everybody and the truth is a rare and valuable commodity. The war between Earth and the androids is a useful backdrop that offers many opportunities to the "Tinnies" (the colloquial nickname for the Cyberman) to divide and conquer, and it is sad to see the evidently brilliant Paul Hunt being used by the Cybermen like a futuristic Tobias Vaughan – you just know he's going to come to a terrible end, and not necessarily one that will involve any form of redemption.

Evoking a future Earth not too far removed from Frontier in Space or Blake's 7, Cyberman 2 acts as a conclusion to the events in the first series – but don't take it as read that humankind can defeat the Cyber-race - a rag-tag bunch of humans helped by a sole renegade android hardly have any chance of overcoming the might of a planet full of Cybermen…

The Cybermen are here – the question is, how can they be defeated?

Cyberman 2 runs acrosss 4 CDs for 240 minutes, with a 5th disc included packed with extras - there is some repetition across these features, but plenty to learn, making the extras a welcome bonus.

Find out more about Cyberman 2 at www.bigfinish.com.

Steven Moffat interviewed in new Radio Times

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Radio Times are getting into the new series fever this week with a brand new interview with Steven Moffat! The spoiler-free feature appears in the latest issue of the listings magazine, which is out today across the United Kingdom at the usual price of £1.10. The new showrunner discusses what formidable foes the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond will be encountering [...]

New Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan gets to kiss her Time Lord - stv.tv

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 10:39 PM PDT


stv.tv

New Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan gets to kiss her Time Lord
stv.tv
Karen, from Inverness, follows in the footsteps of the likes of Billie Piper and Catherine Tate and will become a household name. ...

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Doctor Who fan built his own life-sized Dalek - Sunderland Echo

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:59 PM PDT


Doctor Who fan built his own life-sized Dalek
Sunderland Echo
Ray is a member of the Hyde Fund-raisers, a national group of Dr Who fans who have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for a variety of charities – and a ...

Gillan reveals 'Doctor Who' love plot - Digital Spy

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 09:36 PM PDT


Digital Spy

Gillan reveals 'Doctor Who' love plot
Digital Spy
Karen Gillan has insisted that her Doctor Who alter ego is not in love with Matt Smith's Doctor. The 22-year-old Scottish ...

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Big 'Desperate Housewives' Secret Revealed - BuddyTV

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:48 PM PDT


BuddyTV

Big 'Desperate Housewives' Secret Revealed
BuddyTV
Now we wait for John Barrowman to actually care about "crazy" Patrick Logan and what he can do to the Bolen clan. On the last episode of Desperate ...

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Back in the woods - SkySports (blog)

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 08:33 PM PDT


SkySports (blog)

Back in the woods
SkySports (blog)
Think I've lost my passion for anything football related - anyone got David Tennant's number? I need to regenerate! Will Grimsby stay in the Football League ...

Not a Love-sick Puppy

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:41 PM PDT

Karen Gillan looking slightly spaceyA new magazine apeparance by new Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan has seen the actress describe the relationship between Amy Pond and the Doctor in a manner which could be construed as a dig at an earlier relationship.

Gillan is appearing in a new photoshoot, this time in the fashion magazine Grazia,

'It is fair to say she is attracted to the Doctor. But I don't think that she's in love with him,' she explained.

'She's not this love sick puppy following him around. There is kissing.'

Now far be it from us to read too much into this, but there is a key phrase there - "love sick puppy" - that has been used countless times since 2006 to describe the relationship between the Tenth Doctor and Rose.

Whatever the case, it certainly seems as though the friendship between the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond is going to be something to watch - especially when he has another special lady wandering around in the background.

Karen Gillan: Doctor Who's new assistant makes her debut on Grazia cover - Daily Mail

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:19 PM PDT


Daily Mail

Karen Gillan: Doctor Who's new assistant makes her debut on Grazia cover
Daily Mail
The 22-year-old, who follows in the footsteps of stars such as Billie Piper and Catherine Tate as the Doctor's assistant, is fast becoming a ...

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Doctor Who star Karen Gillan: 'I couldn't tell anyone about audition' - Metro

Posted: 15 Mar 2010 07:03 PM PDT


Metro

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan: 'I couldn't tell anyone about audition'
Metro
Towering redhead Karen Gillan is fluffed up for superstardom after revealing the incognito mission she went through to land the job of Doctor Who's latest ...

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