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- BBC America Clip from Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour (SPOILERS) (video)
- How do you rate Doctor Who: The Beast Below? (5=Fantastic)
- Amy Pap’d
- The Beast Below: First Reaction
- Victory of the Daleks Trailer
- Rate The Beast Below
- Rate & Discuss: The Beast Below
- Next Time: Victory of the Daleks
- Nebula One Magazine
- Terrence Hardiman discusses role in The Beast Below
- I’m Waiting to Hear…
- Vote IDW!
- Holmes Released
- GT Magazine's World Exclusive with New Doctor Who: Matt Smith
- Night of the Humans
- Matt Smith Answers More Fan Questions on Doctor Who (video)
- Time to Smile
- Hubert Rees and Max Faulkner
- Expect no love from The Beast Below…
- Decide Your Destiny details and other book updates
- The Doctor Who Specials Companion, cover and details
- Blog Reactions
- Challenging Regeneration
- BBC Blog
- Matt Smith on Doctor Who USA
- Days and Weeks
- Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger discuss Adventure Games
- Alex Kingston in SFX
- Original concept art for the Adventure Games
- Doctor Who and its spin offs up for Welsh BAFTAs
- BAFTA Cymru Nominations 2010
- Matt Smith Answers a Fan's Question about Past Doctors
- Doctor Who: The Adventure Games
- Doctor Who - The Adventure Games
- Departure
- Beast Below Clips
- BBC America Launch Day
- Lancaster Exhibition
| BBC America Clip from Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour (SPOILERS) (video) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:19 AM PDT There is only one more week until the new season of Doctor Who starts on BBC America , Saturday, April 17th at 9/8c. Check out a new clip from the premiere (contains possible SPOILERS): The Doctor Meets Amy
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| How do you rate Doctor Who: The Beast Below? (5=Fantastic) Posted: 10 Apr 2010 10:03 AM PDT 5 TARDIS Groans 33% (2 votes) 4 TARDIS Groans 33% (2 votes) 3 TARDIS Groans 33% (2 votes) 2 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) 1 TARDIS Groan 0% (0 votes) 0 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) Total votes: 6  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 08:00 AM PDT
Published in that popular red top The Sun, Gillan – dressed in blue jeans, a green jacket and a purple scarf – is photographed reaching for her unnamed male friend. It leaves a rather nasty taste, once you've seen it. This is a woman who is obviously a good actress, photographed on her parents doorstep in Inverness rather than at a press launch on the streets of Cardiff or a red carpet affair in London. She's enjoying some time off after 9 months of filming and a lot of promotion and up pops a paparazzi on a Saturday afternoon. A distinct lack of respect – and people ask us why we don't link to The Sun…  |
| The Beast Below: First Reaction Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:33 AM PDT
Certainly the opening sequence of a very different world on board the Starship UK with all of the police state overtones gave the episode a feel not dissimilar to The Long Game (2005) and with a floating-in-space Amy Pond and the usual sharp dialogue from Steven Moffat, there was certainly a lot to amuse and carry the story along at a good pace. The casting of Sophie Okonedo and Terrance Hardiman in key roles was inspired, although it might have been preferable to see more of Hardiman as he has a great presence. Meanwhile Matt Smith was again excellent as the Doctor, especially later in the episode as he prepared to carry out a desperate solution and a lack of glamour from Karen Gillan gave this story a much needed grounding in the hard desperation of life in space. All in all, a low-key follow up to The Eleventh Hour – given that we've got Daleks and Weeping Angels coming up in the next 2 weeks, that's probably for the best!  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:13 AM PDT Here's the 'next time' trailer for episode 3! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VAIuUNYrLc Victory of the Daleks airs Saturday 17th April at 6.30pm (yes they changed the time again!)  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT We're two episodes down and the Doctor and Amy have had their first real adventure in the TARDIS. But what did you think? Was it better than The Eleventh Hour, about the same, or perhaps you're still disappointed? Rate in our poll and feel free to discuss further in the comments. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. |
| Rate & Discuss: The Beast Below Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT 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. It’s been one week since the Eleventh Doctor [...]  |
| Next Time: Victory of the Daleks Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:54 AM PDT It’ll be a case of third time unlucky for the Doctor and Amy next week, as their next adventure will mark the untimely return of the Doctor’s greatest enemies – the Daleks! When he’s summoned to blitz-torn London by an old friend, the Doctor finds the metal monsters planning their deadliest scheme yet in the top-secret Cabinet War Rooms below the streets [...]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 04:00 AM PDT Available for free download from their website, Nebula One Magazine is a new Doctor Who fanzine. Featuring a roundup of some recent press coverage of the new series, a feature on Davros which covers his appearances on screen and audio with Big Finish and even a discussion on the Tenth Doctor, and even a puzzle or three, Nebula One has quite a refreshing approach. There is also an interview with Doctor Who novelist Daniel Blythe, and the whole thing is free to download. Only 13MB and with a clean, easy design, if you're stuck between issues of DWM and DWA, then this would be a great alternative for you! Further issues are planned, so get downloading, read Nebula One and let the producers know what you think! (Via GallifreyNewsBase)  |
| Terrence Hardiman discusses role in The Beast Below Posted: 10 Apr 2010 03:20 AM PDT Terrence Hardiman has spoken exclusively to DigitalSpy about his character in tonight’s episode, The Beast Below. “I’m the chief winder, who’s at a console and helping to run things and keep the whole of the machine, as it were, working,” he explained. ”There are other things about him too, that one shouldn’t give away. I’m not very helpful, am [...]  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:45 AM PDT
Speaking to Access Hollywood, Barrowman revealed that he really doesn't know that much about what's going on. He certainly isn't letting on if he knows anything different.
Of course, Barrowman is busy in the USA at the moment and has been recording scenes for Desperate Housewives in which he's playing a major role. Yet watching this video you do get the impression that he's really missing Torchwood.  |
| Posted: 10 Apr 2010 02:03 AM PDT
Named after the famous boys comic that launched in 1950 and gave the world Dan Dare and the Mekon, The Eagle Awards are a great opportunity for readers to let IDW and the comics industry know how much the Doctor Who comics are appreciated and loved. With voting options including Tony Lee or Rich Johnston for Favourite Writer, Paul Grist or Adrian Salmon for Favourite Artist or any of the other creators involved, you can also vote for Doctor Who as best comic book and IDW as best publisher. (Via Gallifreyan Embassy)  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:15 PM PDT Sherlock Holmes: Holmes and the Ripper is now available to download. CDs are also now being sent to subscribers and those who have ordered the play individually. Starring our very own Nick Briggs as Holmes, with guest star India Fisher, Holmes and the Ripper is an exciting, new Sherlock Holmes adventure adapted from the stage play written by Brian Clemens. Nick was inspired to adapt it for audio after playing the lead role in the stage production at the Theatre Royal Nottingham nearly two years ago. After the first night, he asked Brian if he'd be agreeable for Big Finish to produce it. 'Brilliantly, Brian instantly agreed!' says Nick. 'And he was 100% behind us all the way. He is a truly great and generous man.' Initially planned to precede the release of Holmes and the Ripper, a special, dramatic reading of Conan Doyle classic Holmes adventure The Speckled Band will soon be made available as a download, for free, to all Big Finish subscribers of all Big Finish ranges. 'This is something of a prelude to our next series of Holmes adventures, which are being commissioned now,' explains Nick. And yes, they will once again feature Nick in the role of Sherlock Holmes and Big Finish regular Richard Earl as Dr John H Watson. 'The new series later this year will feature brand new, totally authentic adventures for the Great Detective,' says Nick. Writers so far confirmed are novelist George Mann (Ghosts of Manhattan, Sexton Blake: Crime Fighter, The Immorality Engine) and Alan Barnes (Big Finish script editor and author of Sherlock Holmes on Screen).  |
| GT Magazine's World Exclusive with New Doctor Who: Matt Smith Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:33 PM PDT
The April issue of GT Magazine is also sporting unprecedented coverage of the new series, with exclusive content including the first ever interview with the latest addition to the cast, Arthur Darvill. They speak with the Doctor's assistant Karen Gillan, head writer Steven Moffat, executive producer Piers Wenger and a selection of other characters and creatives, both returning and new.
What's more, writer Gareth Roberts reveals that Matt Smith is set to appear pretty much naked in episode eleven, while costume designer Ray Holman tells us what kind of underwear the new Doctor prefers…  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:02 PM PDT
Set for release on April 22nd, Night of the Humans is released alongside Apollo 23 and The Forgotten Army – watch out for a new competition soon on Kasterborous to win a copy of all three!
David Llewellyn was born in Pontypool in 1978. He is the author of three previous novels, Eleven, Torchwood: Trace Memory, and Everything Is Sinister. He lives in Cardiff.  |
| Matt Smith Answers More Fan Questions on Doctor Who (video) Posted: 09 Apr 2010 07:02 PM PDT BBC AMERICA Facebook fan Jan Grokett asks Doctor Who's Matt Smith: "Would you like to see another episode of Doctor Who shot or set in the U.S.?" Matt responds here:
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| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:00 PM PDT
If you missed the trailer, check it out here. See pics from the episode here and watch three clips here. Last week we ran a poll to find out what you thought about Matt Smith's debut episode, The Eleventh Hour. Hundreds of you voted and the results are now in. 63% of you gave the episode full marks and thought Matt Smith's Doctor was great; 26% thought it was very good; 5% were unsure while another 5% weren't impressed and wanted David Tennant back. Just 1% of you thought it was poor. We'll be running another one tonight straight after the episode at 7pm, so don't forget to join in after and give us your thoughts.  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:48 AM PDT Two alumni of the classic series of Doctor Who have recently died.  Hubert Rees had three roles in the series working with two different Doctors.He first appeared in the 1968 story Fury from the Deep, working alongside Patrick Troughton. He played the Chief Engineer, the head of engineering at a Euro Sea Gas refinery who assisted the Doctor in his efforts to defeat the Weed Creature. Rees returned to the series the following year in Troughton's swan song, The War Games, in which he played Captain Ransom, an officer in the British Army. His final appearance was in the 1976 Tom Baker story The Seeds of Doom, playing John Stevenson, a botanist at a scientific expedition in Antarctic. Outside of Doctor Who he had roles in many well-known dramas, including Paul Temple, The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, By the Sword Divided and Howards' Way.  Max Faulkner, born in 1931, was a stunt man and actor who has small roles in six Doctor Who stories. He played a UNIT soldier in the 1970 Jon Pertwee story The Ambassadors of Death, and a miner in the 1974 story The Monster of Peladon. In Jon Pertwee's final story, Planet of the Spiders, he played the Guard Captain. Faulkner appeared with Tom Baker in three stories. In the 1975 story Genesis of the Daleks he played a Thal Guard before returning later in the year in The Android Invasion as Corporal Adams, a UNIT officer stationed at Devesham. His final appearance in 1978 was in The Invasion of Time where he played Nesbin, the leader of a group of Outsiders. He was the fight arranger in the 1976 story The Hand of Fear. Faulkner appeared in many British dramas such as Ivanhoe, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Richard the Lionheart, Colditz, Lorna Doone, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Secret Army, Blake's 7 and Robin of Sherwood. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Expect no love from The Beast Below… Posted: 09 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT Tonight welcomes the return of the Doctor and Amy to our screens in episode two of the new series, The Beast Below! The adventure, penned by Steven Moffat, sees Amy’s first visit to the future go terribly wrong when the Doctor takes her to Starship UK, where she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting [...]  |
| Decide Your Destiny details and other book updates Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:59 AM PDT As news of the latest Doctor Who merchandise comes in thick and fast, online retailers are now listing the releases of several new books featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy! Firstly, the Decide Your Destiny gamebook set which launched in July 2007 will be expanding under the helm of the new Doctor. The Coldest War, featuring the Sycorax, and Claws of the Macra [...]  |
| The Doctor Who Specials Companion, cover and details Posted: 09 Apr 2010 09:54 AM PDT The artwork for the Doctor Who Specials Companion has been released on the official DWM Facebook group ahead of its release next week! The cover depicts the Tenth Doctor standing between Wilfred Mott and the Master, and inside the special edition there’s over 100 pages of brand new and exclusive images and in-depth coverage of the acclaimed 2009/10 Specials that marked the [...]  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 08:00 AM PDT
SFX typically award 5 stars (they do seem to love nuWho) admiring both of the new leads, the TARDIS and the reference to an overall arc ("the Pandorica will open..") and describe The Eleventh Hour as:
MultiversityComics is a site we've never features before – nevertheless, its probably a blog to watch out for if its comprehensive review of The Eleventh Hour is anything to go by
Anglotopia is a blog for fans of British Stuff; their conclusion was that The Eleventh Hour was a job well done.
Another blog we've never linked to before is the wonderfully-named ShadowLocked. Not overly impressed with the new opening titles or theme tune, or the pacing of the Doctor eating out at Amelia's, they do concede that Matt Smith's debut performance blows any doubts out of the water.
…before going on to praise the rest of the new episode. The legend that is Neil Gaiman enjoyed The Eleventh Hour in the company of his 15 year old daughter and some of her gentleman callers. By all accounts, there was every opportunity for things to go wrong – but apparently the young men were interested in seeing more of this "new" show afterwards. You should read Gaiman's blog for the full story – in fact you should add it to your favourites. Finally, Digital Spy ran a poll last weekend to find the popular reaction of its regulars to The Eleventh Hour. Lest we forget, 7 days ago a lot of people were very nervous that the new era of Doctor Who might misfire. Of course we all know now that it didn't, but it is worth bearing in mind the success the episode has enjoyed could well increase as the series goes on – these results might be slightly inflated.
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| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 05:40 AM PDT This is another clip of Matt Smith talking about Doctor Who, responding to questions from BBC America viewers as part of the build up to The Eleventh Hour airing on BBC America next weekend on Saturday, 17th April at 8/9c. Here, the Eleventh Doctor actor discusses the regeneration scene, answering this question from the interestingly named drmargi: "After the regeneration, you had a couple lines of dialogue and about a minute to make an impression as the Doctor. Can you talk about what kind of challenge that was?" Don't forget, preceding Doctor Who on BBC America on April 17th is The Ultimate Guide, at 7/8c.  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:59 AM PDT  The BBC has published a blog on the recent relaunch of the official BBC Doctor Who website.Written by Andy Dudfield, the Delivery Manager, Future Media & Technology in BBC Wales, the blog explores the brief for the relaunch and the work done to try to make the official site the no.1 destination to experience the world of Doctor Who. As well as introducing brand new sections for viewers to explore and learn more about characters and monsters from the series, the site will be bring a higher level of production news and will be used to break important Doctor Who stories. The blog singles out the Fun and Games section of the site as a major priority. A brand new look and feel has been given to this section and it is hoped this will help keep it visually engaging and entertaining. There is also a significant piece of work underway to unlock the archive and move content from the old into the new site. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:51 AM PDT Doctor Who star Matt Smith features in a short interview clip here in which he gives his thoughts on filming in the USA in the future. The sole 1996 feature length episode of Doctor Who – starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor – was filmed in Vancouver, Canada but set in San Francisco. Meanwhile, establishing shots and some camera only location work were conducted for 2007's Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks… Pedants among us might like to point out that Doctor Who has already "done" San Francisco on screen, but his Sinatra plot sounds pretty cool. Alternatively, view the video at BBC America – and don't forget, The Eleventh Hour kicks off on BBC America next weekend on Saturday, 17th April at 8/9c, preceded by The Ultimate Guide at 7/8c. (Many thanks to Nicole)  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:43 AM PDT I've just been watching the DVDs for the two Zombie films 28 Days Later and the sequel 28 Weeks Later. I'd seen the first one years ago, probably when it came out, but the sequel I'd not seen before.  28 Days Later is one of those films which gets a good rep from the mainstream, probably in part because the director, Danny Boyle, is seen as being cool and hip after films like Trainspotting. It's actually not a bad little film, with some awesome cinematography of a deserted London at the start. I do have a problem with the chief scientist guy as he's played by David Schneider, who I know from the comedy The Day Today. So I find those scenes a little hard to take seriously.Our Hero, Jim, awakens in a deserted hospital and then goes walkabout wondering what has happened. You can see parallels here with the old BBC series Survivors, and indeed that the remake stole some of the ideas and imagery from this film in turn. Unfortunately, Jim meets up with some fellow survivors of the virus - called the Rage - and they set off across country, ending up captives of a group of soldiers led by Christopher Eccleston in a great little performance. The problem I tend to have with all these 'post apocalyptic' films - and indeed novels - is that few have anything really interesting to say, and it's all down to the basics: how do the survivors get food, power, water, medical supplies and so on ... fighting against both themselves, and whatever random threat is 'out there'. The film ends on a sort of hopeful note with an airplane being spotted - signalling that perhaps there are others out there who survived the virus. It has been argued that the film doesn't have zombies in ... as these are just humans infected with the Rage virus which makes them get angry, vomit blood, get bad teeth and complexion and run after normal humans to eat them ... sounds like zombies to me. And if it looks like a zombie and acts like a zombie ...  The sequel, 28 Weeks Later, follows a similar trajectory, although it focuses initially on the rebuilding of life in the UK once all the infected people have died of hunger. This time the 'hero' is a man called Don, who is reunited with his two kids after a horrific zombie attack at the start of the film. Predictably, the kids disobey the rules and go back to their old house to collect some things, and find that their mother is there in a crazed and animalistic (but not zombified) state. She is taken back to the labs (strangely housed in the same residential block where all the survivors have been placed as part of their return to the UK. A brilliant piece of tactical planning by the US army there). Of course she is still infected with the virus, though immune herself, and when hubby finds her and kisses her .... ten seconds later he has the Rage and escapes to infect the rest of the humans in the complex ... The film then descends into zombies versus soldiers ... and guess who wins? Unfortunately from a very well directed and exciting opening, and a good idea about how the infection takes hold again, the film gets boring quite quickly. It's the same as everything else out there unfortunately, but without a strong underlying plot or characters to drive it forward. One thing about it though - the music. During the opening sequences, as Don is running from the zombies, and again at the end of the film, I found that I recognised the music ... to the extent that I had to check. And yes, indeed it is, the music is all but identical to Murray Gold's music for the Doctor Who episode 'Doomsday' where Rose is on the beach at the end ... that haunting score which everyone loved so much. The scores are so similar, that I even played them together ... the Who one is a tad faster, but otherwise ... 28 Weeks Later was released in 2007, and the 'Doomsday' episode of Doctor Who was broadcast in 2006 ... so maybe the composer for 28 Weeks Later (John Murphy) is a Doctor Who fan? We shall never know.   |
| Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger discuss Adventure Games Posted: 09 Apr 2010 04:08 AM PDT Following yesterday’s announcement of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, PC Gaming have released an exclusive interview with showrunner Steven Moffat and executive producer Piers Wenger about their decision to take the Doctor and Amy into the gaming world. “Doctor Who is a television show which is almost structured like a computer game,” Moffat says. “I played stuff like Tomb [...]  |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2010 12:30 AM PDT The latest edition of SFX features interviews with new Doctor Who star Matt Smith – and guest star Alex Kingston who returns to the series this year as Prof River Song.
Kingston also related how she went for dinner with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan – not knowing who either was beforehand, she at first thought that the new Doctor was in fact the episodes director!  |
| Original concept art for the Adventure Games Posted: 08 Apr 2010 11:09 PM PDT The official Doctor Who website have posted 5 new concept art designs for the forthcoming series of Adventure Games that were announced yesterday. The images offer a hint to the weird and wonderful alien worlds we can expect to encounter in the four two-hour interactive episodes, the first of which will be released for download in June.  |
| Doctor Who and its spin offs up for Welsh BAFTAs Posted: 08 Apr 2010 09:15 PM PDT BAFTA Cymru have released the list of nominations for this year’s awards, and, naturally, Doctor Who and its spin offs are included. The shortlist is led by Torchwood, which is up for 7 gongs! The ceremony is set to be held at the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff on Sunday 23rd May. You can see the full list of [...]  |
| Posted: 08 Apr 2010 08:30 PM PDT  The nominations for this year's BAFTA Cymru Awards have been released, and once again Doctor Who and its spinoffs are up for several awards — in some cases against themselves!Best Drama Series/Serial for Television Doctor Who: The End Of Time (Part One) - Tracie Simpson Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Peter Bennett Best Children's Programme The Sarah Jane Adventures: Prisoner of the Judoon - Nikki Smith Best Interactive The Sarah Jane Adventures - Richard Jenkins, Anwen Aspden Best Sound Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Julian Howarth, Tim Ricketts, Doug Sinclair, Howard Eaves Best Editor Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Will Oswald Best Design Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars - Edward Thomas Best Costume Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Ray Holman Best Make-Up Doctor Who: The End Of Time (Part One) - Barbara Southcott Best Screenwriter Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Russell T Davies Best Original Music Soundtrack Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Ben Foster Best Actress Torchwood: Children Of Earth (Day One) - Eve Myles The BBC itself has some 31 nominations in total. You can find the full list of nominations in the categories at the BAFTA website. The winners will be anounced at the Bafta Cymru Awards ceremony on Sunday 23rd May at the Wales Millennium Centre. There are limited tickets available to the public, enquire at the Millennium Centre (029 2063 6464). http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Matt Smith Answers a Fan's Question about Past Doctors Posted: 08 Apr 2010 07:08 PM PDT BBC America Facebook fan Nancy Alegria asks Doctor Who's Matt Smith, "I understand that you really liked Patrick Troughton's Doctor. Which other past Doctors will be an influence on your portrayal of the Eleventh Doctor?" Smith gives his answer here.
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| Doctor Who: The Adventure Games Posted: 07 Apr 2010 08:15 PM PDT The Doctor, Amy and some of the show's most iconic monsters will be making the journey from TV to your home computers.  |
| Doctor Who - The Adventure Games Posted: 07 Apr 2010 07:36 PM PDT  The BBC has announced the production of four new 'interactive episodes' of Doctor Who which will be available from the official website, bbc.co.uk/doctorwho.These four new adventures will take the form of downloadable computer games available for PC and Mac, in which players assume control of The Doctor and Amy as they embark on new adventures which complement the new TV series. The games have been produced by a team drawing on the very best talent from TV and gaming. The interactive episodes are executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Anwen Aspden from BBC Wales Interactive, alongside Charles Cecil, one of videogaming's most revered creators. The games are being developed by Sumo Digital, one of the UK's best game designers. Stories and scripts are by Phil Ford, who co-wrote The Waters Of Mars and James Moran who has written for Torchwood. The project has been commissioned for BBC Online by the Vision Multiplatform team, headed up by Simon Nelson, and is being driven by BBC Wales Interactive. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have been digitally recreated in-game, and have provided full voice-overs. Music has been provided by TV series composer Murray Gold. An additional cast will portray original characters and classic enemies. Steven Moffat, executive producer, Doctor Who, says Children don't just watch Doctor Who, they join in. They make up games, invent their monsters, create their own stories. Now, there's something else – now, they can be The Doctor in brand-new episodes. By developing these games alongside the new TV series, we've been able to weave exciting narrative strands with the very finest game design to create a new kind of Doctor Who, which can be enjoyed by the whole family. Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, and executive producer, Doctor Who, added There aren't 13 episodes of Doctor Who this year, there are 17 – four of which are interactive. Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe. We'll be taking you to places you've only ever dreamed about seeing – including locations impossible to create on television. Simon Nelson, head of BBC multiplatform in Vision, saidd A few years ago, we couldn't have dreamt of commissioning such an innovative form of drama. By integrating the creation of these 'interactive episodes' with the development of the TV series, we've been able to create amazing two-hour dramas, in which you control the action. We've all imagined what it would be like to come face to face with some of the universe's most terrifying monsters – now, viewers can find out for themselves. Establishing new forms of drama is exactly what the BBC should be doing. By aiming these 'interactive episodes' at the broad audience of the TV show – unique in British television, in that it encompasses at least three generations – we're aiming to encourage the family to gather round the PC or Mac in the same way they do the television. Driving computer literacy is a keystone of the BBC's public service remit and we expect Doctor Who – The Adventure Games to be hugely popular in the homes of Britain this year. Only the BBC could produce such an innovative slice of new drama. We're offering two-hour original Doctor Who episodes to production standards on a par with the TV series, working with the very best creatives within the UK. We're hugely proud of Doctor Who – The Adventure Games, which will establish new standards in interactive drama and allow families the country over to enjoy Doctor Who stories in unique and innovative ways. Anwen Aspden, executive producer, BBC Wales Online, concludes: Doctor Who – The Adventure Games will offer the chance for Doctor Who fans to visit places they've only dreamed of, facing off against monsters they've previously had to imagine. Players will visit places which have never been shown on television – and these will go on to define the look and feel of future TV episodes. The exact titles of the four episodes are being kept secret for the time being, but the four original stories will take players on a journey throughout time and space, including one location from the Doctor Who series which has never been seen before on screen. Players will encounter new and original monsters, in stories which form part of the overall Doctor Who canon. The first episode of Doctor Who – The Adventure Games will be available to download for PC and Mac from bbc.co.uk/doctorwho in June 2010. Its title will be revealed at a special press event on 21 April in Sheffield. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2010 07:19 PM PDT We've had a bit of a dry spell for Sarah Jane news lately [April Fools jokes aside], but we've got plenty to keep you happy on the SJA front this week! Pictures and videos from series four filming done over the past few days are starting to emerge, and offer us a rare glimpse of what The Nightmare Man two-parter's going to be about well in advance of its airdate later this year. You can follow the Twitter stream of updates here, and can even check out some of the spoilery set report videos courtesy of SJA aficionado, Timeboy. But those vids are nowhere NEAR as spoilery as SFX Magazine's recent interview with SJA executive producer, Nikki Wilson, where she stated: [SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! HIGHLIGHT TO REVEAL!] "We have plans to introduce a new character into the gang for series five..." Not that that's a bad thing... It's just...VERY big news. Atom Bomb big =D It does, however, mean that one of the regular cast members will be leaving the show to make room for the newbie. :( I won't say who, but if you're following the set reports on Gallifrey Base, Twitter and Youtube - it isn't hard to guess. Nikki Wilson went on to state that in series four, the gang will be in the "first year of their A-levels" and that the show's opening with "a big story for Luke, which [will be] about him facing his fears for the future." *hint hint* Returning aliens will include Androvax from Prisoner of the Judoon [yaay!] and the Slitheen/Blathereen, who'll thankfully have a smaller role to play this series. Personally, I quite liked The Gift - so I wouldn't really mind seeing a little more of our beloved Raxacoricofallapatorians. :P There'll also be a 'classic' Who character coming onto the show. We'd like to see the Brig again, plz! Wilson also elaborates that the gang's journey to another world this series won't encompass the whole story, and that the trip back in time will be a 'quest' [to find something or someone? *shrug*]. I assume that as Androvax is back this series, so too are the Judoon. Perhaps Clyde and Rani will have their ban on off-world travel lifted in time for their jaunt to another planet? =D Wilson concludes on a teasey note, hinting to the possibility of Matt Smith meeting the SJA gang one day. After giving a rather epic performance during The Eleventh Doctor last Saturday, we'd wholeheartedly approve! In other news, the third series of SJA is up for download on iTunes UK, Tommy Knight's doing a signing at Collectormania next month, a cover for Elisabeth Sladen's new autobiography is up on Amazon and the new series of K9 finally kicked on Disney XD last Saturday! Despite seemingly airing episodes out of order, you can still catch your favourite robotic pooch every Saturday at 4pm!   |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2010 12:15 PM PDT The BBC have released three clips from The Beast Below! You can view them all in this single video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyoEtQCyLHc  |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2010 10:31 AM PDT  BBC America has cleared its schedules to bring its viewers nothing but Doctor Who in the run-up to the new series launch in the United States on Saturday April 17.Starting at 5am ET, the channel will show the final half of Series 4, starting with The Doctor's Daughter and going right through to Journey's End. From 1.30pm it moves onto the gap year specials with The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, taking viewers to the end of the Tenth Doctor's time on the show. At 8pm it will show Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide, described as a "BBC America original, all-access look inside the universe of the world's biggest, most successful sci-fi television program", before launching Matt Smith to the American public with The Eleventh Hour at 9pm ET. After an hour's 'Who' break, the channel will repeat The Ultimate Guide and The Eleventh Hour at 11pm, with a further repeat for West Coast viewers at 2am. The Eleventh Hour gets a further repeat on Sunday April 18 at 5pm, although this will be a cut down version to fit into an hour slot, complete with commercials. A further repeat will be shown on Saturday April 24 at 8pm ET before the US premiere of Episode Two, The Beast Below at 9pm. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 07 Apr 2010 08:34 AM PDT  An new exhibition dedicated to memorabilia from the classic series of Doctor Who, has opened in Lancaster in the north of England.The exhibition consists of items from the remarkable collection of Dr Peter Jewell, a life long fan of the series. Over the years he has has amassed a huge number of rare and vintage items based the show, a number of which are now on view at Judges Lodgings in the centre of Lancaster. The exhibition opened on Good Friday and runs until the end of October. A full list of Doctor Who events can be found on our Events tab. If you know of an event which should be added to the list, please email the news page. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
She hadn't even been seen by the public in a full episode of Doctor Who but last weekend as she went home to watch the premier of the episode with her family, Amy Pond actress Karen Gillan was photographed with her "boyfriend".
We'll have a review of The Beast Below on Kasterborous later this weekend – but in the meantime, what did you think of the latest episode of Doctor Who?
Poor John Barrowman – he sounds so desperate waiting for news that he can at last play Captain Jack Harkness once again.
Fans of the IDW series of Doctor Who comic books – largely by Tony Lee – have the opportunity to vote for the publications at 
As Doctor Who returns with a new team and a new look this spring, GT Magazine eagerly stepped on board the TARDIS for Matt Smith's first ever interview with the gay press. And in 47 years of the show, he is the first Doctor to ever hold the cover spot of a gay magazine. 
Available later this month from BBC Books, Night of the Humans is by David Llewelyn, and is the second of a trio of new adventures for the Doctor and Amy Pond.
It's Saturday which means a new episode of Doctor Who later today. Episode two, The Beast Below, airs at 6.15pm on BBC1, and we get to find out just how scary those Smilers are.
The Eleventh Hour was one of the most anticipated episodes of Doctor Who to date – and a quick eyeball around some of the more interesting blogs on the web reveals that it was generally well received.
Kingston appears on the show in a few weeks time in The Time of Angels, following her original enigmatic appearance opposite Tenth Doctor David Tennant in Steven Moffat's 2008 two parter Silence in the Library – so she has opinions on both Doctors…| You are subscribed to email updates from Kopic's Dr Who and Torchwood News To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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