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- Doctor Who: Steven Moffat and Matt Smith on the New Series (video)
- This Week In Doctor Who - April 5, 2010
- Torchwood This Week - April 5, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who Unlicensed - April 5, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who PBS and Sarah Jane - April 5, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who - April 5, 2010
- Matt Smith 'best Dr Who ever' - The Press West Coast
- New 'Doctor Who' up to the job - BigPond News
- Jerry O'Connell and his berry cute twins! - Accidental Sexiness (blog)
- 8m viewers tune in to new Doctor Who - Belfast Telegraph
- New Doctor Who Matt Smith replaces David Tennant to rave reviews - Herald Sun
- New Dr Who off to a flying start - Net4now
- Nebula One Fanzine
- 'best Dr Who ever' - Stuff.co.nz
- Liz Hoggard: What will Matt Smith do next? - Independent
- Sunday 4th April 2010, 6:00PM BST - Shropshire Star
- TV Preview Doctor Who | Jonathan Creek - The Judas Tree | Outnumbered | Comedy ... - Scotsman
- Doctor Who: Matt Smith is just what the doctor ordered - Mirror.co.uk (blog)
- TV review Dr Who - Scotsman
- Tales of love adventure and Doctor Who-addiction - Scotsman
- Loved-up Gillan and her guy - The Sun
- 8m switch on - The Sun
- DOCTOR WHO: MATT SMITH IS BIG HIT - Daily Star
- The Weekend's Television: Doctor Who, Sat, BBC1Ashes To Ashes, Fri, BBC1 - Independent
- New Doctor cracks it in Easter treat for fans of Time Lord - Scotsman
- TV review: Dr Who - Scotsman
- Hugo Nominations!
- 'best Dr Who ever' - The Press West Coast
- Doc assistant's spoof talent - The Sun
- Dr Ooooh! How the Time Lord's saucy, short-skirted new companion sent viewers ... - Daily Mail
- Silence will Fall Speculation
- Eleventh Hour Viewers
- Eleventh Hour Audience News
- The Beast Below Preview
- David Who? Matt Smith Is The Doctor! - io9
- CBR Live! Archive - Comic Book Resources
- Smith's 'Dr Who' debut attracts 8m - Digital Spy
- The Eleventh Hour is the talk of the town
- Guest of Honour Olympus 2012
- End of Ten and Starter for Eleven
- The Eleventh Hour
- New Doctor Who Strip: Hellstar
- Overnight ratings for The Eleventh Hour
- The 11th Hour for the 11th Doctor.
- Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 189
- Eight million watch The Eleventh Hour
- What the Papers Say…
- How do you rate Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour? (5=Fantastic)
- The DWO WhoCast Episode 5.1
- TV Review No better time to be a Doctor Who fan if this is your first regeneration - Scotsman
| Doctor Who: Steven Moffat and Matt Smith on the New Series (video) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:20 PM PDT Fresh from BBC America. Be sure to catch "The Eleventh Hour" broadcast premiere on Saturday, April 17 on BBC America. Doctor Who: Steven Moffat on the New Series - Clip #3 Lead Writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat describes why he sees the show as a modern fairytale and the role of fairytales in our culture.  | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who - April 5, 2010 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:16 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who April 5, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 13 by Benjamin F. Elliott
The Doctor Who premiere episode "The Eleventh Hour" was great! We all have quibbles. I have some issues. But it looks like the new era is in good hands.
Note - TWIDW is out on Monday starting immediately. I am moving publication to Mondays to make it easier for me to complete the column and be satisfied with the concept. Computers permitting, as usual.
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| Torchwood This Week - April 5, 2010 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:14 PM PDT Torchwood This Week April 5, 2010 - Volume 4, Number 10 by Benjamin F. Elliott Corrections and updates are welcome at torchwood-owner@yahoogroups.com , TWIDW  | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who Unlicensed - April 5, 2010 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who Unlicensed April 5, 2010 by Benjamin F. Elliott Not all of the Doctor Who universe is produced by the BBC. The K-9 TV series is created  | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who PBS and Sarah Jane - April 5, 2010 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:13 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who PBS and Sarah Jane April 5, 2010 by Benjamin F. Elliott Public TV Premiere Run: KUHT 8.1 Houston, TX http://www.houstonpbs.org Series  | ||
| This Week In Doctor Who - April 5, 2010 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:11 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who April 5, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 13 by Benjamin F. Elliott The Doctor Who premiere episode "The Eleventh Hour" was great! We all have  | ||
| Matt Smith 'best Dr Who ever' - The Press West Coast Posted: 04 Apr 2010 01:30 PM PDT
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| New 'Doctor Who' up to the job - BigPond News Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:19 PM PDT
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| Jerry O'Connell and his berry cute twins! - Accidental Sexiness (blog) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:10 PM PDT
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| 8m viewers tune in to new Doctor Who - Belfast Telegraph Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:04 PM PDT
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| New Doctor Who Matt Smith replaces David Tennant to rave reviews - Herald Sun Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:01 PM PDT
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| New Dr Who off to a flying start - Net4now Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:56 AM PDT
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| Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:52 AM PDT  The website Nebula One has launched a new fanzine, available as a free download from the site. Issue One features a comprehensive history of Davros, asks where the Tenth Doctor is going and has an exclusive interview with author Daniel Blythe. It features competitions and quizzes and looks ahead to Doctor number Eleven. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   | ||
| 'best Dr Who ever' - Stuff.co.nz Posted: 04 Apr 2010 11:43 AM PDT
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| Liz Hoggard: What will Matt Smith do next? - Independent Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:53 AM PDT
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| Sunday 4th April 2010, 6:00PM BST - Shropshire Star Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:50 AM PDT
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| TV Preview Doctor Who | Jonathan Creek - The Judas Tree | Outnumbered | Comedy ... - Scotsman Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:33 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who: Matt Smith is just what the doctor ordered - Mirror.co.uk (blog) Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:21 AM PDT
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| Tales of love adventure and Doctor Who-addiction - Scotsman Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:13 AM PDT
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| Loved-up Gillan and her guy - The Sun Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT
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| DOCTOR WHO: MATT SMITH IS BIG HIT - Daily Star Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:05 AM PDT
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| The Weekend's Television: Doctor Who, Sat, BBC1Ashes To Ashes, Fri, BBC1 - Independent Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:05 AM PDT
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| New Doctor cracks it in Easter treat for fans of Time Lord - Scotsman Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:04 AM PDT
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| 'best Dr Who ever' - The Press West Coast Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:58 AM PDT
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| Doc assistant's spoof talent - The Sun Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:57 AM PDT
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| Dr Ooooh! How the Time Lord's saucy, short-skirted new companion sent viewers ... - Daily Mail Posted: 04 Apr 2010 08:54 AM PDT
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| Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:29 AM PDT Eleventh Hour spoilers! Russell T. Davies seeded some interesting series story arcs during his time on the show. Who could forget 'Bad Wolf', or Harold Saxon and the eventual reveal of the Master (YANA). These arcs are a little treat for eagle-eyed fans who follow the show every week and want to look at the bigger picture. Now with Steven Moffat's era underway, it looks like the new head writer is following suit. The Doctor was told twice in The Eleventh Hour, 'silence will fall' by Prisoner Zero. A phrase which really had nothing to do with the rest of the plot. Naturally a lot of fans are thinking this will be the recurring story arc throughout the fifth series. Below is the exact quote…
 "Silence Doctor. Silence will fall!" So what other clues are there? The crack in Amy's room may have much more significance. When the Doctor is in the TARDIS at the end we see what looks like the wall crack on the console screen.  The crack on Amy's wall  The Doctors console screen Now the cracks don't line up, but the similarities are there and the camera lingers on the console screen for a suspiciously long time. Could something else be coming through the cracks? We also had the Jeff's laptop with a rather prominent 'MYTH' logo on display for a while. The 'Y' using the Greek symbol for PSI (Ψ). This could feed into a greek mythology theme and Pandorica – Pandora's box. And what happens if you open Pandora's box…  The 'Myth' Logo on Jeffs laptop Of course there's a chance we could be looking to much into this, but it will be interesting to see what crops up in the coming episodes. Let the speculation continue…  | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT The fifth series got off to a strong start with 7.7 million tuning in for Matt Smith's debut episode as the Doctor. 0.3 million watched on BBC HD, giving a combined audience of 8.0 million viewers. By comparison, the Series One opener 'Rose' was watched by 9.90 million people back in 2005, while the Series Two premiere, 'New Earth' was seen by 8.0 million in 2006. Both of those series premiered with a new Doctor (although Tennant had already appeared in The Christmas Invasion). The episode had a 35.5% audience share and was the most watched programme of the day. Thanks to Marcus.  | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2010 06:30 AM PDT
The Steven Moffat era kicked off in style, with overnight figures indicating that those viewing the episode represented a suitably large 36.9% of the available audience, with a peak of 8.4 million! Not bad going for a story of rebirth on Easter weekend, eh? Elsewhere, ITV 1's popular show Harry Hill's TV Burp was watched by a lowly average of 3.5 million viewers, although it should be added that it was a Harry Potter movie that directly challenged Doctor Who with a mere 2.9 million viewers. Doctor Who pretty much dominated the Saturday night TV schedules for the full 65 minutes as the series entered a new era with Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Few turned off when confronted with the striking features of Matt Smith, the CGI or the new theme tune. Incidentally, you can listen to a full 1 minute version of the new Doctor Who theme tune on the BBC's Official site!  | ||
| Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:51 AM PDT
The Beast Below sees The Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where she finds Britain in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people, as they search the stars for a new home. But as Amy explores, she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting Booth. Starring Matt Smith as The Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, The Beast Below also features Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Scream of the Shalka) and The Demon Headmaster himself, Terrance Hardiman! Scheduled for broadcast on BBC One on Saturday, 10th April, at 6.15pm, The Beast Below is simulcast on the BBC HD channel – the BBC's High Definition channel, available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.  | ||
| David Who? Matt Smith Is The Doctor! - io9 Posted: 04 Apr 2010 05:10 AM PDT
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| CBR Live! Archive - Comic Book Resources Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:04 AM PDT
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| Smith's 'Dr Who' debut attracts 8m - Digital Spy Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:44 AM PDT
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| The Eleventh Hour is the talk of the town Posted: 04 Apr 2010 12:39 AM PDT After last night’s debut of The Eleventh Hour, watched by 8million, the Sunday newspapers are, naturally, bursting to the brim with their own reactions and responses to the opening episode! The Mirror reassure fans that the series is in good hands by pointing out that “it’s crystal clear that Mr Smith is certain to be a sensation”, [...]  | ||
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| End of Ten and Starter for Eleven Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:55 PM PDT Hiya my little chickens (well, it is Easter after all) This is the annual 'David determines to write on his blog each week -athon' ... let's see how far we get. Honestly, I do often think that I should pen something each week, but every week there's way too many other things to do. But today, Easter Sunday, with the sun shining, Sam in bed with the baddest flu/cold I've ever seen, I have an hour or so to spare, so here I am putting some thoughts down.  This year has been hectic already, and it looks like continuing in the same vein. We were out in LA for the annual Gallifrey Convention at the end of Feb, and it was a great event as always. Lovely to make some new friends there, and to catch up with all our old mates. Highlight was seeing Ben and Kim get married at the event, but there were so many wonderful moments. The costumes were again awesome, with everything from multiple Zoes to Sally Sparrow to White Robots and even the Ergon strutting the corridors. And best not to mention the soriority girl party one evening - about 1000 cloned 5 foot tall, skinny, blonde all-American teenagers in little black dresses and red shoes invaded the convention halls! Now there's a story to write about! After the convention we stayed on in LA to relax with Frazer, staying with mates Josh and Em. We got to visit Redondo Beach where Sam got a genuine rare black pearl from an oyster bought at a store selling them. We got to see the incredibly brilliant film Batch Slap for the first time - and this film is superb. Trust me. Get some mates together with some beers and wine and slap it in the DVD. A rollicking grindhouse release about three gorgeous girls with big boobs and big guns looking for diamonds in the desert. It's smart and sassy, violent and cheesy ... everything you need from a fun film. Check it out. Another film we saw at Josh's for the first time was Trick r Treat, a smashing little Halloween film about a town and what happens there one year. It's clever and thought provoking as well as creepy and scary ... what if Samhain really does come and visit ... another recommended DVD.Back from LA, and last weekend we were off to World Horror Convention in Brighton (which is probably where Sam picked up the sickness). The event was great, but the hotel was too cramped and way too airless and hot. Apparently loads of people got sick there ... not good. It was lovely to meet up with old friends Jim Herbert, Neil Gaiman and Graham Masterton again, as well as to make lots of new friends. Tanith Lee was beyond awesome and it was an honour to sit and chat with Chelsea Quinn Yarboro. Telos launched some brilliant books by Simon Clark and Vincent Chong, and all in all everyone seemed to have a great time. We managed to find a really nice gluten-free Indian restaurant on Saturday lunchtime and spent a quiet and relaxed time in the company of Farah Mendlesohn and Edward James which was an appreciated respite from the mania of the convention. And so to Who, the usual reason why I put finger to keyboard and muse on what's been going on.  I realise that I never blogged on the last David Tennant special, and the reason is that despite watching it a couple of times, I really couldn't find the energy to write about it. It was big and bombastic, full of giant, crazy ideas ... and totally lacking in any depth or plot whatsoever. Every turn of the wheel brought more unexplained nonsense: the Master is dead but can be resurrected with some DNA from his human wife, who has a plan to stop him, but he comes back anyway as some sort of flying superhero who can burn people to death with electric bolts fired through his hands ... then there's a machine which can make everyone the same ... and aliens ... and a spaceship ... and then Time Lords who can somehow send a crystal back in time through a hologram, and who made the Master mad all along so that they could return ... only for them to be banished again ... while the Doctor goofs and gurns and ends up saving Wilf only to die himself - but not after he has time to re-visit everyone he has ever met ... I *still* have no idea what it was all meant to be about. And then the Doctor regenerates and the TARDIS explodes ... well that makes about as much sense as anything else we'd seen in the story, so why not. Which brings us sort of up to date and the debut of young Matt Smith as the Doctor. I had very few ideas as to what to expect - I tend to avoid spoilers and reading news pages - and so it was all pretty fresh and new to me.The one thing I *really* disliked was the incidental music. From the choral harmonies through the 'jokey music' as the Doctor tried to decide what to eat, through the bombastic symphonies and back to choral again ... Murray Gold seems to have no idea that drama should not need the music to tell you what to feel at every moment along the way. It was all too much. I wish that someone else had been brought in to look after this critical aspect of the show as Gold seems to layer everything with sledgehammer precision, and leaves no room for appreciating the acting and performances as his choir sings in the background. Other than the music, the other aspect which I find it hard to like, at least initially, is the title music, and the title sequence. Now Doctor Who has a long history in this area. Successive producers have tweaked both to try and keep it all up to date, and, more importantly, timeless. This worked just fine for the first 17 years or so, but then John Nathan-Turner decided that rather than creepy electronics and timeless graphics, he wanted the theme to be played on a kazoo, and the titles to be composed of starfields and a logo created from an old Letraset pack. This then got worse and worse until we ended up with the McCoy 'tumbling kid's blocks' logo, and music which was dated at the time. I don't know about you lot, but when I look back today at those stories, I *still* feel the same today as I did then, that the titles and music did the stories no favours whatsoever. And I feel the same about this new set. The theme seems to have lost all it's oomph, it's weak and spangly where it should be pumping and driving, and it's not otherworldly at all. And the sequence - well the last little bit is OK, when the 'DW' splits away from the logo, becomes a TARDIS and vanishes down the tunnel of fire ... but the first bit, with the TARDIS spinning along a cloud tunnel, being hit by bolts of lightning, is desperate. I am actually reminded of the C Baker sequence, where they added in lots of little wooshes and stuff to try and hide the fact that the music was so poor. I've seen this a couple of times now on YouTube and it's not improved for me. It seems very 'young' as well - maybe I'm just getting old - but Doctor Who should have a timeless appeal and not be rooted in today's CGI world.  It is especially unfortunate that this is the case, as otherwise the episode was really good. Matt Smith seemed to grasp the mettle and made the Doctor his own, but Karen Gillan as Amy was just awesome. I guessed she was a strippergram straight off - no Policewoman would have a skirt that short - but she was sparky and endearing, and had the best backstory yet. The girl playing her as a young girl was also excellent, although she really needs a talking to about letting strange men into her house at night. All the stuff with the food was padding ... unnecessary, and strangely worrying to see the Doctor spitting out good food like that. There wasn't even a clever way that this was worked into the plans of the Atraxi (the 'Eyeballs in the Sky' from the old Perishers cartoon made large) later on.I liked the direction and the idea of the monster ('Prisoner Zero') being one or more objects ... the whole thing rattled along nicely, and I can't think of any annoying lapses in logic which threw you out of the narrative and rendered it all meaningless - something which tended to blight the last five years of the show. So for the moment it's a thumbs up from me for the new series. Steven Moffat knows what he is doing, and I hope and trust that the next few weeks will get better and better. There is a tradition of the opening episode being a little lighter in tone and content (New Earth, Smith and Jones etc) and so this bodes well for the rest of the season. I can only assume that Steven was on holiday when the title sequence and music was approved ...   | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:00 PM PDT
With Steven Moffat at the reins, and also scripting this episode, there was the strong likelihood that some of the excesses of the Russell T Davies era would be reined in by traditional Scottish frugality (and given the Doctor's attitude to Scotland's perceived affinity with fried foods, there's no reason for me to feel guilty about that!). The thing is, I could have been expecting too much. The Eleventh Hour could have been utter sub-Time and the Rani crap. It wasn't. Now, with a new series, a new Doctor and a new companion – not to mention a new lead writer – there is by definition a lot to get through in a review such as this. While the plot of an escaped convict hiding on Earth has been played out before on Doctor Who (as recently as Smith and Jones in 2007) let's remember that the idea originated in Doctor Who Magazine's legendary comic strip. While Russell T Davies wasn't afraid to borrow freely from other sources, Steven Moffat meanwhile seems happier to apply his own ideas. "The Grand Moff" (as we call him on Kasterborous) has become renowned for his use of that traditional Doctor Who staple, making the mundane frightening, since The Empty Child uttered "are you my mummy?" in 2005. By giving young Amelia Pond a crack in her bedroom wall with voices behind it – that turns out to be a crack in the fabric of the universe – he cleverly gives nightmares to children with cracks in their rooms while also (potentially) giving us some form of cataclysmic foreshadowing that might become relevant later in the series. While the clues are for loyal viewers, the question is, will the Doctor see them? The chances are, he won't. Frankly, he's probably not up to it. Why? Because he's bloody bonkers. Now I know I've left it late to talk about Matt Smith's new Doctor, but there's a reason for that. You should be seeing him in context, within the context of a new series, a new location (Leadworth) and a new companion (more on her later) rather than standing him side by side with his emo predecessor. While there is some continuation of speech patters ("Amelia Ponnnnd") there is also something much, much more. The Eleventh Doctor is truly a brand new man – he's even got a new mouth. A craving for apples (recalling The Christmas Invasion) and various other foods that got spat out (in a manner that might cause a few problems with the Easter Sunday roasts today) lead to the bizarre sight of an apparently grown man dipping fish fingers into custard. Yep, he's bonkers alright, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout The Eleventh Hour, the new Doctor (wonderfully known to the Leadworth locals as "The Raggedy Doctor") stumbles and collides with scenery, furniture and structures, and looks as though he hasn't the faintest idea if what he's doing is going to work. While this might be down to the lack of a working sonic screwdriver and TARDIS, the regeneration seems to have stripped him of the omnipotent "know-it-all" power that his previous incarnation regularly wielded. All of this brings a whole new dynamic to the show. While the humour remains ("Get a girlfriend, Jeff!") and the Doctor remains the central character, there is something tangibly different from what has gone before. It's almost as if the show is continuing not from the revamped 2005-2010 series but from the "finally good again" Season 26, back in 1989. It should come as no surprise that The Eleventh Hour features plenty of time travel and a riff on one of Moffat's successes, The Girl in the Fireplace. By throwing the Doctor and Amy together not once, not twice but three times, we not only get a companion who will quite possibly surpass Billie Piper's Rose Tyler in levels of popularity (not to mention a return of a Time Lord who can't control his TARDIS) we also meet a girl who has had therapy following her first encounter with the Doctor. The shot of the young Amelia Pond sat on her suitcase, waiting for the bonkers alien to return was a bit of a tear-jerker; finding out that she bit three psychiatrists was laugh-out-loud funny. Of course, if you put it all together: psychiatrists, stories of "The Raggedy Doctor", a girl who talks on a fake radio to a "Sarge" while dressed as a policewoman (when she is in fact a Kissogram) and a collection of paintings and figurines of the TARDIS, the Doctor and Amy herself, it becomes apparent that Ms Pond isn't quite the type of young woman the Doctor should be taking with him through time and space. So, The Eleventh Hour – complete with references to a "pandorum/pandorica" opening as well as silence falling – has set us up for a subsequent twelve episodes will take Doctor Who into a fresh new era. With underplayed guest appearances from character actors like Olivia Colman, Arthur Cox, Nina Wadia and the wonderful Annette Crosbie, flying eyeballs, a recap of previous Doctors, acquiring a new set of clothes in hospital (echoing both Jon Pertwee and Paul McGann's Doctors) and a resolution requiring the Doctor's ingenuity and not a Big Red Reset Button/deus ex machina… well, I'm getting excited. I think you get the point – The Eleventh Hour was great, fresh and fun. Admittedly, there were some elements of this new episode that perhaps weren't as polished as expected. The CGI snake of Prisoner Zero for instance was comparable with the CGI snake seen in the 1996 TV Movie, and internet fandom seems to be split on the matter of the opening titles. For my part, I think the new vortex effect is superb, and I'm pretty happy with the arrangement of the theme tune (although I daresay from the longer recording there may well be better choices for the closing section). Curiously (and back to the Paul McGann episode again) the previous 2005-2010 opening titles and various theme tune arrangements were never that far removed from the 1996 Doctor Who one-off. With The Eleventh Hour, we find ourselves introduced to the Doctor's adventures in a way that has never been done before. With little to criticize and so much to praise, The Eleventh Hour does everything it should – that is, introduce a new Doctor and dispel the memory of his predecessor within the allotted time, introduce a superb new companion and kick off a new series in a way that hasn't been done since the series returned in 2005. A triumph.  | ||
| New Doctor Who Strip: Hellstar Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:49 PM PDT Our Doctor Who comic strip adventure Time Leech continues this week with Part 2: Hellstar. Written by Christian Cawley from a plot by Brian Terranova and Christian, Hellstar is the follow up to our popular Time Leech strip from 2009. With artwork once again by competition winner Justin Abbot (whose style as you can see has developed considerably from that seen in Time Leech #1) and letters by the immensely generous Colin Brockhurst, this second installment of a three part series sees the Tenth Doctor and his new companion Ruth venturing to the edge of the known universe, as the TARDIS lands on a prison ship – but they are not alone… You can view Time Leech: Hellstar in a variety of ways, from PDF to the most common comic reader formats: View the PDF (20 MB) Download the ZIP (5 MB) Download the CBZ format file (5 MB) Download the CBR format file (5 MB) Meanwhile, find our more about Time Leech and the competition that spawned a monster on our dedicated page.  | ||
| Overnight ratings for The Eleventh Hour Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:18 PM PDT It has been revealed that last night’s broadcast of The Eleventh Hour was watched by an unofficial audience of 7.7million on BBC One, with an additional 0.3million tuning in on the HD channel! When the two figures are combined, the opening episode has a total overnight audience figure of 8.0million, making it the most watched programme of [...]  | ||
| The 11th Hour for the 11th Doctor. Posted: 03 Apr 2010 09:40 PM PDT
So now that the 11th Hour has Aired on British TV, the first points are in. 8.3 million: is the initial number of People who watched Who on the overnights. That's the Overnight figures from the BBC for BBC1 and BBC HD, this does not include DVR recordings for those not able to watch live, or the Number of views on the iPlayer. Though quite interestingly enough, the quality of Video for the Confidential on the BBC iPlayer was Higher than for the actual 11th Hour programme its self.  | ||
| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 189 Posted: 03 Apr 2010 09:03 PM PDT "Have you got any apples? All what I can think about is apples." Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 189 Our Live Show from I-CON 29 (SUNY at Stony Brook, NY) with Sarah Douglas. Hosted by Ken Deep and Louis Trapani.  | ||
| Eight million watch The Eleventh Hour Posted: 03 Apr 2010 08:03 PM PDT  Unofficial overnight figures show The Eleventh Hour was watched by 7.7 million viewers on BBC One with another 0.3 million watching on BBC HD, giving a total audience of 8.0 million viewers.The programme has a share of 36.8% of the total viewing audience. The programme was by far the most watched on British television on Saturday night, beating second placed Casualty by nearly 2.5 million viewers. The BBC comprehensively ruled the night with the top six programmes and eight out of the top ten. Ant & Dec's Push the Button scored highest for ITV 1 with just 3.9 million watching while Harry Potter had an average of 2.9 million viewers. With one day to go, Doctor Who is the 8th highest programme of the week in a top ten which, apart from Doctor Who, consists entirely of the soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street. On BBC Three, Doctor Who Confidential was watched by 0.88 million viewers. The programme had a 4.3% share of the audience and was the second most watched multi-channel programme of the day. Final figures will be released in about 10 days time. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2010 07:55 PM PDT
GallifreyNewsBase reports that initial audience figures recorded 8.3 million viewers – with an adjustment to come for time-delayed viewings. While long-term fans are more used to the Doctor's regenerations and change in personality every few years, younger fans might have been disconcerted at first. Thankfully for the popular view of Doctor Who, the people behind the newspapers enjoyed the The Eleventh Hour enough to give their mark of approval to Matt Smith, Steven Moffat and (particularly) Karen Gillan. Suitably, The Daily Record – after a bit of Karen Gillan harassment ("Is it your boyfriend's first visit to Inverness?") published the thoughts of some younger readers, such as "Natalie":
Over in the Telegraph, the "end of the world" plot was described as "small beer" in comparison to the "establishment of Matt Smith".
As for Ms Karen Gillan:
Sadly, the Telegraph weren't enthused by the CGI used for Prisoner Zero.
Meanwhile, The Guardian focussed on some of the dialogue triumphs ("You're Scottish, fry something!") as well as the visual design:
Elsewhere in The Mirror, they seem pleasantly surprised, as if Steven Moffat's previous history of scripting great episodes of Doctor Who and running shows such as Jekyll weren't quite convincing enough for them. The chaps at The Mirror had to see it for their own eyes.
Finally over on on Digital Spy, you can vote to rate The Eleventh Hour - or your could do that here on the Kasterborous Forum.  | ||
| How do you rate Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour? (5=Fantastic) Posted: 03 Apr 2010 04:00 PM PDT 5 TARDIS Groans 83% (5 votes) 4 TARDIS Groans 17% (1 vote) 3 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) 2 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) 1 TARDIS Groan 0% (0 votes) 0 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) Total votes: 6  | ||
| Posted: 03 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT The DWO WhoCast returns in time for the new series - and with its own regeneration! Paul and Seb make a surprise return as permanent hosts for the DWO WhoCast in this brand new format. And what better way to return than by kicking off with a discussion about 5.1: The Eleventh Hour. Together with Feedback and Announcements - the DWO WhoCast is just what The Doctor ordered! If you are an iTunes user, make sure you rate and discuss the podcast; the more people that vote and leave their comments the higher up the rankings we go and the more successful we are. Also if you have any feedback let us know, and of course suggestions are always welcome. Why not email us an mp3 comment and we can play it on the show? Feedback to: feedback@thewhocast.com Links: The Doctor Who Podcast The Doctor Who Podcast Alliance  | ||
| TV Review No better time to be a Doctor Who fan if this is your first regeneration - Scotsman Posted: 03 Apr 2010 10:03 AM PDT
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As we reported earlier today, the new era of Doctor Who got off to a superb start last night, with 8 million viewers tuning in for The Eleventh Hour!
Doctor Who returns on Saturday with part two of the new series from Steven Moffat.
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