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- Sylvester McCoy Will Be Back in New York in May
- David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet Hits PBS Tonight
- David Myerscough-Jones 1934-2010
- Week 6 Schedule Update
- Broadcast time confirmed for The Vampires of Venice
- Matt Smith to play Christopher Isherwood
- Amy SuperPond?
- Doctor Who Adventures Magazine website launched
- Dalek Spoilers
- Dark Shadows Podcast
- Doctor Who DVD Release Dates Region 2
- Benny Live on Stage
- Lucie Jones confirms Sarah Jane cameo
- Hamlet on PBS
- DVD schedule
- Flesh and Stone - 360 Picture
- Doctor Who Adventures Online
- Making the Doctor Who Game
- Pulse Advance Reviews
- St John, Be Cool
- New Karen Gillan interview from io9
- Matt Smith cast as lead in new BBC Two drama
- Alex Kingston interviewed in latest Radio Times
| Sylvester McCoy Will Be Back in New York in May Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:25 PM PDT
To our understanding the event is already sold out. Tickets were only $20 each. There may be some available the door, but contact Who York (http://whoyork.com) ahead of time to be sure. In addition, Sylvester will be signing items (yours or one picked up at the event) for $20.  |
| David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in Hamlet Hits PBS Tonight Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:30 AM PDT
David Tennant plays Hamlet and Patrick Stewart is Claudius star in this production of Hamlet which is airing tonight (Wednesday, 28 April 2010) across PBS stations in the US on the Great Performances series at 8pm (check your local listing for dates and times). In the New York area, that means WNET, channel 13 tonight and on WLIW, channel 21 on Sunday, 2 May 2010.  |
| David Myerscough-Jones 1934-2010 Posted: 28 Apr 2010 09:23 AM PDT  Set designer David Myerscough-Jones has died at the age of 75.David Myerscough-Jones was Designer for three stories in the classic series. He first worked on the 1968 second Doctor story The Web of Fear. Set in a London tube station, the BBC refused to pay the high fee demanded to film in the actual location so Myerscough-Jones was tasked with replicating the London Underground system in a television studio. He achieved this so admirably, with a replica so lifelike, that the BBC recieved a letter of complaint from London Underground alleging that filming had taken place on their property without permission. In 1970 he returned to the series working on the third Doctor story The Ambassadors of Death and two years later he worked on Day of the Daleks. Outside of Doctor Who Myerscough-Jones has a long successful career. His most notable achievement was designing the sets for a television version of Britten's opera Peter Grimes. He died of cancer on April 21, 2010, and is survived by his wife, Pelo, to whom he was married in 1963, and their four children. Times Obituary http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:44 AM PDT  Doctor Who moves to its earliest slot since the series returned, for The Vampires Of Venice with the programme, on 8th May, now confirmed for a start time of 6pm. The earlier spot appears to be to accommodate a longer edition of Over The Rainbow. It is understood that the production team of the talent show were reluctant to be scheduled against Britain's Got Talent and wanted Doctor Who to be moved to an earlier slot. Doctor Who will be up against You've Been Framed on ITV1, Dad's Army on BBC Two and Come Dine with Me on Channel 4. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Broadcast time confirmed for The Vampires of Venice Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:23 AM PDT The BBC Press Office’s finalized schedule has revealed that Episode 6, The Vampires of Venice, will be airing in Series 5’s earliest timeslot yet. The episode, written by Toby Whithouse, sees the Doctor taking Amy and Rory for a romantic mini-break in Venice, but when the TARDIS lands in the city, they discover dessicated corpses and terror in the canal. [...]  |
| Matt Smith to play Christopher Isherwood Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:18 AM PDT Matt Smith is to play the novelist Christopher Isherwood in a new drama for BBC Two. Titled Christopher and his Kind, the drama is based on the memoir of the same name, written by Isherwood in 1976. It covers the ten years in the writer's life-from 1929 to 1939, when he left England for Berlin, the capital of the young Weimar Republic, drawn by its reputation for sexual freedom. It talks about the gay Berlin of the 1930s and Isherwood's struggles to save his companion, a German man named Heinz, from the Nazis. Isherwood's experiences in the city later inspired him to write his 1939 novella Goodbye to Berlin on which the Broadway musical Cabaret was based. The drama will also star Lindsay Duncan, who played Adelaide Brooke in The Waters of Mars, as Isherwood's mother. It will be directed by Geoffrey Sax who directed the 1996 TV Movie of Doctor Who. The drama is written by acclaimed playwright Kevin Elyot (My Night With Reg) and produced by Celia Duval for Mammoth Screen. Filming on Christopher and his Kind starts in May. The 90-minute drama is likely to screen on BBC Two in the autumn. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT There is a good interview on io9.com with Amy Pond actress Karen Gillan, in which the Doctor Who star chats about skirt length, Amy's relationship with the Doctor (Matt Smith) and a bit more. Of particular interest is the line of question concerning the development of previous primary companions since 2005.
When asked if there was any chance of this happening to her character, Gillan replied:
Read the full interview on io9.com – but watch out for spoilers!  |
| Doctor Who Adventures Magazine website launched Posted: 28 Apr 2010 05:14 AM PDT  The BBC have issued a press release reporting the launch of a new website for the weekly magazine Doctor Who Adventures.The website has been designed by Monoroot and built by BBC Worldwide's web team, and is aimed at the magazines target readership (6-12 year olds). It is expected to be updated every day whilst the series is still broadcasting, covering features like wallpapers, competitions, updated on the current magazine, and also a blog from the magazine team. Moray Laing, editor of the magazine: The launch of dwamag.com is fantastic for the magazine. Readers can now have constant interaction with us and keep up to date with all the latest monster news! http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:49 AM PDT A recent interview with Doctor Who voice actor Nick Briggs by Digital Spy has revealed something interesting about the new Daleks… This is a bit of a spoiler that relates to episodes later in the current run of Doctor Who. As such we don't want to upset anyone, so the following is for spoilerphiles only!
Elsewhere in the interview, Briggs answers questions about the upcoming Doctor Who: The Adventure Games (in which he voices Daleks opposite Matt Smith as the Doctor), Cybermen and how the new Daleks voices are different to the "originals". Incidentally, we interviewed Nick not so long ago – it's a fascinating read!  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 04:48 AM PDT Dark Shadows, the spooky US horror soap opera, is adored by its legions of loyal fans... But did you know that Big Finish has been keeping the dream alive with full-cast audio adventures and dramatic readings? Join David Richardson as he talks to producer Stuart Manning and writer Joseph Lidster about the Dark Shadows audio series... past, present and future. Download now for freeeeeee!  |
| Doctor Who DVD Release Dates Region 2 Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:53 AM PDT
As I previously Mensioned the DVD Trailers for Revenge of the Cybermen/ Silver Nemesis and the Extra's for The Dominators had gone before the British Film Board of Classificasion. The Release dates have now been given and the delayed release date for Time and the Rani, which had previously been Scheduled for 1st March this year.
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| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:26 AM PDT This coming Sunday (2 May) finds the Sci-Fi London Lab running a day-long event entitled The Birth of the Modern Doctor Who. Starting at 1pm, it begins by exploring the evolution of the series with directors from three different eras and Andrew Cartmel, former script editor and now writer on the second series of Big Finish's Lost Stories. The second half of the afternoon is made up of a look at those shaping Doctor Who's future. The panel includes our very own Simon Guerrier, the writer behind many Big Finish audio adventures, most notably the return of Sara Kingdom in Home Truths. The event concludes with a live reading of the Professor Bernice Summerfield story Closure from the Buried Treasures collection, written by Paul Cornell, which will be performed on stage by stars Lisa Bowerman and Sarah Mowat! To find out more or to buy tickets for the event, simply follow this link.  |
| Lucie Jones confirms Sarah Jane cameo Posted: 28 Apr 2010 03:16 AM PDT Lucie Jones has announced that she’ll be making a brief appearance in the forthcoming series of The Sarah Jane Adventures. Speaking to Metro recently, the former X Factor contestant revealed: “It’s a tiny cameo but apparently it's quite funny.” Filming for the new series of the CBBC spin off is underway in Cardiff and will also feature appearances from [...]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 02:57 AM PDT David Tennant's acclaimed performance as Hamlet Prince of Denmark comes to PBS Wednesday evening as part of the Great Performances series. Immediately following the broadcast, the film will be available online in its entirety on the Great Performances Web site. Hamlet aired in the UK on Boxing Day 2009 to an audience of more than 900,000. In an article in The Observer, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown wrote: "Like many people, I had my love of Shakespeare reawakened by David Tennant's TV portrayal of Hamlet over Christmas." Tennant made his debut in October as the host of MASTERPIECE CONTEMPORARY on PBS. His many other credits include his recent portrayal of Barty Crouch Junior in the big-screen blockbuster Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Tennant has also received numerous awards from the theatre community for his lead roles in several Shakespearean productions and other classic plays. Veteran stage and screen actor Sir Patrick Stewart reprises his 2009 Laurence Olivier Award-winning role of Claudius in the screen version, which is directed by Gregory Doran, who also returns to reprise his stage direction of the production. Co-produced by Illuminations Television and the RSC for the BBC, in association with Thirteen for WNET.ORG and NHK, the adaptation recreates the tone and atmosphere of the stage production in a film-style interpretation shot in HD on location at St. Joseph's College in Mill Hill, London. The production is produced for television by John Wyver and Sebastian Gran. Check local listings here. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2010 12:17 AM PDT 2 entertain have confirmed the release date for the next three UK DVD releases
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| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:28 PM PDT A new 360 degree picture trailing Flesh and Stone has been released by the BBC. The second part of the Weeping Angels story can be seen in the UK on Saturday. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 11:04 PM PDT Featuring a similar visual style to the main BBC site, Doctor Who Adventures magazine launched its new website www.dwamag.com this week, giving young Doctor Who fans another opportunity to keep up to date with the very latest news from the Time Lord.
Moray Laing, Editor of Doctor Who Adventures says:
The launch of the website follows the re-launch of the magazine on 1 April 2010.  |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 07:17 PM PDT Doctor Who: The Adventure Games was unveiled to the press last week, and gaming show Playr has featured interviews with writer Phil Ford and some of the development team behind the rather excellent PC and Mac game… Doctor Who: The Adventure Games features Matt Smith and Karen Gillan as the Doctor and Amy, with voices provided by Nick Briggs and Barnaby Edwards, and is set for release via the BBC Official Doctor Who website on June 5th, 2010  |
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| Posted: 27 Apr 2010 05:52 PM PDT It has been several months since the new look TARDIS exterior was first seen on location as Matt Smith recorded his first Doctor Who scenes for The Time of Angels.
When pictures were first released of location work from The Time of Angels and Flesh and Stone, many Doctor Who fans were delighted. However, nine months on, it seems St John's Ambulance have just noticed.
The TARDIS redesign was written into the script for the first time in The Eleventh Hour, following a destructive regeneration at the conclusion to The End of Time. Of course, we won't mention the difference between the physical TARDIS prop and the one that materialised in time for River Song to get "sucked" on board in The Time of Angels, as that would be churlish.  |
| New Karen Gillan interview from io9 Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:59 AM PDT io9 have released a new interview with Karen Gillan, in which she comments on all things Series 5, specifically the comedy moments shared between the Doctor and Amy, which she feels is essential to their relationship. “I think they’re funny as a team, and them just trying to deal with these situations that they’re in, and I [...]  |
| Matt Smith cast as lead in new BBC Two drama Posted: 27 Apr 2010 09:08 AM PDT It has been confirmed that Matt Smith will be playing the protagonist in a new BBC Two drama called Christopher And His Kind. The Eleventh Doctor actor will be portraying a young Christopher Isherwood, and the 90 minute film will follow the celebrated author as he leaves his mother to move to Berlin in the 1930s. It’s thought that he’ll be filming it over [...]  |
| Alex Kingston interviewed in latest Radio Times Posted: 27 Apr 2010 04:02 AM PDT This week’s issue of Radio Times, which is out now at its usual price of £1.10, features an exclusive interview with actress Alex Kingston, who discusses just who River Song is to the Doctor, and what the future holds for their relationship. Don’t forget to check it out! Flesh and Stone airs this Saturday at 6:25PM on BBC1/HD.  |
If you missed seeing it on stage, now you can catch it on PBS in the US tonight. David Tennant and Patrick Stewart in the Shakespeare classic, Hamlet. 
For those of you who might have forgotten, since meeting the Doctor, Rose Tyler swallowed the power of the time vortex to defeat Daleks, Martha Jones spent a year wandering the Earth, Donna's wiped memory could cause shockwaves as a way of protecting her from remembering her meta-crisis and of course Captain Jack Harkness became immortal.
The website will be aimed at the magazine's 6 – 12 year old fans and will include: a blog from Doctor Who Adventures magazine team; Doctor Who wallpapers and 'buddy' icons to download; a competition page; an online poll asking for readers' opinions; details of current issue of Doctor Who Adventures magazine; and reader letters.
The redesign of the police box exterior harked back to the time machine seen in the Dalek movies of the 1960s, which featured the human Dr Who (Peter Cushing) who had built a time machine which he called "Tardis". A slight rewrite of the original text, but with a much bigger budget, the police box prob used in those films included the white windows and the St John's Ambulance badge.According to someone at the BBC, the change was instigated by new showrunner Steven Moffat.| 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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