Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

---

• Norton Exterminated
• Labour backed by Richard Wilson - Bournemouth Echo
• Last Night's TV - Coronation Street, ITV1; The World's Fattest Families and Me ... - Independent
• DVD Details: 'The Facts of Life: Complete Fourth Season' - NewsOK.com
• A note on commenting - Austin 360 (blog)
• Cecil: Working on Doctor Who is a great privilege - Play.tm
• Early Scares?
• Mad men executive Vlad Wolynetz poached by the BBC - The Guardian
• Norton Clip Online
• Doctor Who Director Speaks
• Marin Pot Club: Bring Your Kids! - SF Weekly (blog)
• A Candy-Colored Daleks To Victory Tour - TheWrap (blog)
• Flesh and Stone Reaction
• New 'Buried' teaser: Best examples of what you don't see being scarier than ... - Entertainment Weekly
• Doctor Who: Review supplemental on Flesh & Stone - Shadowlocked
• 'Flesh and Stone' applauded by critics - Digital Spy
• Is Dr. Who Gay Enough To Play Slutty Brit Author Christopher Isherwood? - Queerty (blog)
• Last Night Of The Proms Superstar's line up 2010 is exposed ! - I-Newswire.com (press release)
• BBC America Videos
• Elizabeth and Jodie will join National Youth Theatre - Malvern Gazette
• Post Game TV Recap: DOCTOR WHO S5E3 Victory of the Daleks - Newsarama
• DVDs to be released Tuesday - Kansas City Star
• Anglophile Reviews: Hamlet - Starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart - Anglotopia.net
• 'Doctor Who': A Dalek by any other name - Zap2it.com (blog)
• Doctor Who Marathon at Crown and Anchor Pub - WWL
• Vampires Trailer
• Episode stills from The Vampires of Venice
• Doctor Who is runner-up choice for next Prime Minister - Coventry Telegraph (blog)
• Is Doctor Who getting too scary for kids? Children back behind the sofa as ... - Daily Mail
• iPhone Controls Daleks; Dr Who Beware - Phones Review
• Talk of the Town When politicians find a cutting edge - Scotsman
• New on DVD: 'Leap Year,' 'Nine,' 'Tooth Fairy' and restored classics like ... - New York Daily News
• Who will be our icon? It's up to you to decide - The Herald
• Ask 411 Movies for 05.03.10: The Column that Reverses the Polarity of the ... - 411mania.com
• Dr Who meets Dr Chew - The Sun
• Doctor Who: Matt Smith - the best 'Doctor' since Tom Baker? - Shadowlocked
• Was This Week's Doctor Who Too Violent? - UGO
• Doctor Who 5.3: Victory of the Daleks - TV.com

Norton Exterminated Posted: 03 May 2010 10:48 AM PDT Graham Norton gets exterminated on last nights edition of The Graham Norton Show (kinda). Also featuring his interview with Karen Gillan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnpZS_54uoA

Labour backed by Richard Wilson - Bournemouth Echo Posted: 03 May 2010 10:21 AM PDT Labour backed by Richard Wilson Bournemouth Echo ... because "it is a party that cares for everybody". The campaign film also features actors Ross Kemp, David Tennant, Bill Bailey, Jo Brand and Tony Robinson. and more »

Last Night's TV - Coronation Street, ITV1; The World's Fattest Families and Me ... - Independent Posted: 03 May 2010 10:01 AM PDT Last Night's TV - Coronation Street, ITV1; The World's Fattest Families and Me ... Independent Besides, who wouldn't want to join a list that already features Jack Rosenthal, Jimmy McGovern, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Russell T Davies and Kay Mellor? ... and more »

DVD Details: 'The Facts of Life: Complete Fourth Season' - NewsOK.com Posted: 03 May 2010 09:59 AM PDT DVD Details: 'The Facts of Life: Complete Fourth Season' NewsOK.com Matthew Goode ("Match Point") plays a local fellow who accompanies her. DVD extras: deleted scenes. (PG: AS, P) • "Tooth Fairy": Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson ...

A note on commenting - Austin 360 (blog) Posted: 03 May 2010 08:44 AM PDT A note on commenting Austin 360 (blog) "Hamlet" (2009) (BBC): Patrick Stewart joins former Doctor Who David Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company's modern-day interpretation of the play. ...

Cecil: Working on Doctor Who is a great privilege - Play.tm Posted: 03 May 2010 08:31 AM PDT Cecil: Working on Doctor Who is a great privilege Play.tm The sentiment was echoed by Sumo's creative director on the games, Sean Millard when he spoke about their task of creating the Dalek's home world of Scaro: ...

Early Scares? Posted: 03 May 2010 07:30 AM PDT Well, this one was signposted as soon as the rescheduling of The Vampires of Venice was announced, placing Doctor Who at its earliest start time for 30+ years – the Daily Mail are already doing a bad impersonation of Mary Whitehouse. Declaring that: During the 1970s terrified children would hide behind the sofa in a bid to escape the Daleks. But these days Doctor Who fans have a lot more to be frightened of than a slow moving piece of tin. …the Daily Mail clearly haven't the faintest idea what they're talking about. Doctor Who was already scary for children, whether Daleks, Ice Warriors, Cybermen, the Master and his Tissue Compression Eliminator, half-man/half-Dalek Davros or even the Doctor being freeze-framed drowned at the end of The Deadly Assassin part 3. But no, noticing that there is little or no resistance to the length of Amy Pond's skirts, they're going for the Doctor Who jugular – scares. Given that Vampires of Venice has been rescheduled so that the following show – There's Something About Joseph Over The Rainbow or something – doesn't get shafted in the ratings by Britain's Got Talent. So – vampires in Doctor Who too early at 6pm? "…as the aliens get ever more inventive, parents are sure to question whether their children can handle the excitement." That's right – the revolutionary new menace of vampires! It's almost as if they could have shot to pulp literary success much earlier – perhaps the 19th century – such is the whole romantic and classical concept of the immortal plasmovore… As far as I was aware – and correct me if I'm wrong – but one of the main reasons children watch Doctor Who is to be, well, scared. There's a General Election this week – it's not like it could possibly be a slow news day – so what exactly are the Daily Mail on about? Vampires are pretty much de rigeur these days on TV (and read this to see why Doctor Who has a special relationship with such creatures…) so could this be the beginning of an anti-Who campaign by a newspaper sniffing a BBC-cutting Conservative victory?

Mad men executive Vlad Wolynetz poached by the BBC - The Guardian Posted: 03 May 2010 06:57 AM PDT The Guardian Mad men executive Vlad Wolynetz poached by the BBC The Guardian Fox has just shelved its plans for a US version of Dr Who spinoff Torchwood, and an ABC adaptation of sci-fi drama Life on Mars crashed after one series. ...

Norton Clip Online Posted: 03 May 2010 06:30 AM PDT The BBC have uploaded the Graham Norton reference to Nortongate to their YouTube site. The full programme, which features Karen Gillan as a guest, can be seen on BBC One Monday evening. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com

Doctor Who Director Speaks Posted: 03 May 2010 06:27 AM PDT New Doctor Who director Adam Smith – the man who helmed The Eleventh Hour and the recent two parter The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone - has recently been interviewed by Digital Spy. For a short interview, there is loads in it, from explanations on the type of camera and lens that could be used to acquire a "cinematic" quality and the length of time it takes to complete CGI to demonstrating Adam Smith's delegation skills: "I was asked to come in for a meeting with the BBC. It was a meetiing with Steven Moffat and Piers [Wenger], who is the head of drama at BBC Wales, and Beth [Willis], who is one of the executive producers. Beth asked questions like 'How are you going to make the dog-man and the dog bark at the same time?' and I said 'Speak to someone who's done this sort of thing before.' "In fact we actually got away with doing it in-camera because we cast someone who was so amazing – Marcello Magni – who did it without the use of computer effects." The fact is, Smith has proved something of a revelation for Doctor Who fans – there's likely to be a good case for him to make a return in future series, although he makes clear that he isn't behind the cameras for any more episodes in 2010.

Marin Pot Club: Bring Your Kids! - SF Weekly (blog) Posted: 03 May 2010 06:26 AM PDT Marin Pot Club: Bring Your Kids! SF Weekly (blog) ​Lynnette Shaw, the Fairfax pot saleswoman famed for leading a fight 10 years ago to recall Marin County's ... and more »

A Candy-Colored Daleks To Victory Tour - TheWrap (blog) Posted: 03 May 2010 06:08 AM PDT A Candy-Colored Daleks To Victory Tour TheWrap (blog) Not my favorite episode, but as I said before I don't really care for Dalek and Cybermen themed "Doctor Who" episodes. Otherwise, some fun moments, ... and more »

Flesh and Stone Reaction Posted: 03 May 2010 05:42 AM PDT An average audience of 6.9 million viewers tuned in for Flesh and Stone according to overnight figures, with Doctor Who securing 34.5% of the available audience, reports GallifreyNewsBase. Split across 6.53 million watching on BBC One, (the most watched programme of the evening on the network), and 0.34 million watching on BBC HD, final figures are likely to be higher once delayed viewing from iPlayer and Sky+ are factored in. Reviews of the episode – the conclusion of the storyline begun in The Time of Angels and a development of the series arc – have been overwhelmingly positive. SFX awarded the Steven Moffat script – his fourth so far – with 4 stars out of 5, although given some of the points in their review this seems a slightly high score. Time to start marking our of 10, perhaps? Still, they're not wrong about this: There are, however, plenty of touches of the Moffat genius. Amy's countdown is a brilliant tension-heightening gimmick, and the scenes with the cleric having no memory of his vanishing comrades is very spooky (almost like something from Sapphire And Steel). The Doctor's final dialogue with the doomed Bishop ("I wish I'd known you better." "I think, sir, you've known me at my best.") must rate as one of the best-written and most affecting self-sacrifices scenes in the show's history. If you're looking for a national mainstream press review, once again your only hope is The Guardian. however Dan Martin declared that Flesh and Stone is: "…better than Genesis Of The Daleks and better than City Of Death and better than Tomb Of The Cybermen and, yes, better than Blink," which leads us to wonder if he's quite alright. I mean, it was good, possibly even a classic, but better than Genesis…? Den of Geek's review of Flesh and Stone makes a particular point of the developed powers of the Weeping Angels no longer content with feeding off the time energy created by sending you back in time (as in Blink) – now they're really aggressive, desperate to feed on the energy from the Byzantium and the crack. How about suddenly taking a cleric in a headlock, for instance? A brilliant moment, terrifically executed. Then there's the angel in Amy's eye. The simple weaving in of a countdown into Amy's dialogue was great for starters (be honest: how far into it did get before you realised she was counting down?), but as it became clear the angel was inside her, it was played out to terrific effect. MaryAnn Johanson is focussed firmly on the Doctor and his various possible/potential relationships with the women in the episode – and she rightly underlines that the situation with River Song is less of a situation and more of a "what are you doing to us, Moffat?!" Okay: the Doctor and River. In the space of three short episodes featuring River Song (and the awesome Alex Kingston), we've gone from "The Doctor's what?" to "No, she can't really be the Doctor's wife — that's too obvious. Something else extrainsidious and strange must be going on here." And it almost doesn't matter what that something extrainsidious is, or even if River does in fact turn out to "merely" be a lover of the Doctor's (which would be extraordinary enough, for where this show came from), because it's the hashing over the possibilities she represents that's the real fun. Finally, ShadowLocked blogger Leo Porter has made the rather astonishing claim that Matt Smith is the best Doctor since Tom Baker. Based on 5 episodes, we really don't see how this decision can be determined so soon, however the rash declaration soon loses steam: I believe that David Tennant would have been the subject of this article if he had been The Doctor in the reign of Steven Moffat instead of Russell T. Davies, and that in this sense – for all that the role profited him and the new verson of the show garnered viewers – he was short-changed. So, in fact nothing to do with the actor then, Leo?

New 'Buried' teaser: Best examples of what you don't see being scarier than ... - Entertainment Weekly Posted: 03 May 2010 05:41 AM PDT New 'Buried' teaser: Best examples of what you don't see being scarier than ... Entertainment Weekly In my opinion it's the best thing Russell T. Davies wrote for Doctor Who. I'm not claustaphobic but damn if my heart didn't just skip a few beats here. ...

Doctor Who: Review supplemental on Flesh & Stone - Shadowlocked Posted: 03 May 2010 04:59 AM PDT Shadowlocked Doctor Who: Review supplemental on Flesh & Stone Shadowlocked This was the first story to be recorded, but judging from both Matt Smith's and Karen Gillan's performances, you'd never guess this. ... and more »

'Flesh and Stone' applauded by critics - Digital Spy Posted: 03 May 2010 04:56 AM PDT Digital Spy 'Flesh and Stone' applauded by critics Digital Spy The Daily Telegraph's Gavin Fuller wrote that Matt Smith's "quick-paced delivery" is "a major facet" of the success of the current series, and picked out ... and more »

Is Dr. Who Gay Enough To Play Slutty Brit Author Christopher Isherwood? - Queerty (blog) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:23 AM PDT Queerty (blog) Is Dr. Who Gay Enough To Play Slutty Brit Author Christopher Isherwood? Queerty (blog) When Queer As Folk creator Russell T. Davies took over as lead writer in the series' 2005 revival, the show became even gayer with openly LGBT characters ...

Last Night Of The Proms Superstar's line up 2010 is exposed ! - I-Newswire.com (press release) Posted: 03 May 2010 02:52 AM PDT Last Night Of The Proms Superstar's line up 2010 is exposed ! I-Newswire.com (press release) BBC3 will join the Proms for the first time to host the return of the Doctor Who Prom, which this year will feature the new Doctor, Matt Smith. ...

BBC America Videos Posted: 03 May 2010 02:27 AM PDT Fresh from BBC America, we've got some Doctor Who clips especially for our US-based readers to celebrate the approaching episode The Time of Angels, by Steven Moffat. Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and star Matt Smith explain the treachery of the Weeping Angels, the Doctor's returning foes. Marking the return of both a modern classic villain and an enigmatic character, The Time of Angels stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy and Alex Kingston as River Song, first seen in 2008's Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. The Time of Angels airs this Saturday at 9/8c on BBC America. Meanwhile, if you're reading this in the USA, you can catch the Doctor Who Confidential that accompanied Victory of the Daleks online at BBC America.

Elizabeth and Jodie will join National Youth Theatre - Malvern Gazette Posted: 03 May 2010 01:51 AM PDT Elizabeth and Jodie will join National Youth Theatre Malvern Gazette ... as well as more recent graduates such as Orlando Bloom, Catherine Tate and the Little Britain pairing of David Walliams and Matt Lucas. ...

Post Game TV Recap: DOCTOR WHO S5E3 Victory of the Daleks - Newsarama Posted: 03 May 2010 01:16 AM PDT Newsarama Post Game TV Recap: DOCTOR WHO S5E3 Victory of the Daleks Newsarama ... Dr. Gibbon in the original Singing Detective, and most recently is a regular on Law and Order UK, appearing with Martha Jones herself, Freema Agyeman. ... and more »

DVDs to be released Tuesday - Kansas City Star Posted: 03 May 2010 01:06 AM PDT DVDs to be released Tuesday Kansas City Star Also: David Tennant ("Doctor Who") stars as the prince of Denmark in the BBC's "Hamlet" (not rated, $19.98) and David Suchet ("Agatha Christie's Poirot") ... and more »

Anglophile Reviews: Hamlet - Starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart - Anglotopia.net Posted: 03 May 2010 01:02 AM PDT Anglophile Reviews: Hamlet - Starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart Anglotopia.net I was absolutely excited when I heard about David Tennant's Hamlet making it to American television, and I daresay I was blown away by how good it was. ... and more »

'Doctor Who': A Dalek by any other name - Zap2it.com (blog) Posted: 03 May 2010 12:55 AM PDT Zap2it.com (blog) 'Doctor Who': A Dalek by any other name Zap2it.com (blog) Throw away all your old Dalek crap and buy some of this new Dalek crap! Doctor Who is a vibrant and necessary participator in the European economy! ... and more »

Doctor Who Marathon at Crown and Anchor Pub - WWL Posted: 02 May 2010 11:49 PM PDT Doctor Who Marathon at Crown and Anchor Pub WWL Crown and Anchor Pub in Algiers Point is having a Dr. Who Marathon on Sunday, May 16. Show starts at 4pm. All night specials on Blue Tardis and Sonic ... and more »

Vampires Trailer Posted: 02 May 2010 11:26 PM PDT Doctor Who returns this week as the Time Lord takes Amy and her fiancée Rory to Venice for a romantic weekend before their wedding – only to encounter a vampire threat… Starring Matt Smith as the Doctor, Karen Gillan as Amy Pond and Arthur Darville as Rory, the episode also features Helen McCrory (notably Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films) as Rosanna Calvierri. The Vampires of Venice airs on BBC One at the earlier time of 6.00pm on Saturday, 8th May (this might explain why) and is written by Toby Whithouse (2006's School Reunion and of course the creator of Being Human).

Episode stills from The Vampires of Venice Posted: 02 May 2010 11:00 PM PDT The BBC have today released a few more stills from episode 6, The Vampires of Venice, kick starting another week of anticipation ahead of its transmission! The adventure, written by Toby Whithouse, sees the Doctor, Amy and Rory encountering a clan of blood-sucking beings in the city, which has been sealed off to protect it from the Plague. But Rosanna Calvierri may have other plans. [...]

Doctor Who is runner-up choice for next Prime Minister - Coventry Telegraph (blog) Posted: 02 May 2010 10:56 PM PDT Coventry Telegraph (blog) Doctor Who is runner-up choice for next Prime Minister Coventry Telegraph (blog) DOCTOR WHO Matt Smith recently encountered former British prime minister Winston Churchill but some TV viewers want ...

Is Doctor Who getting too scary for kids? Children back behind the sofa as ... - Daily Mail Posted: 02 May 2010 10:02 PM PDT Daily Mail Is Doctor Who getting too scary for kids? Children back behind the sofa as ... Daily Mail Last week's episode even saw her attempt to seduce The Doctor, played by Matt Smith, pushing him up against the side of the tardis in her bedroom. ... and more »

iPhone Controls Daleks; Dr Who Beware - Phones Review Posted: 02 May 2010 09:28 PM PDT Phones Review iPhone Controls Daleks; Dr Who Beware Phones Review Okay maybe the Doctor needn't beware, but this one is for all you iPhone toting Dr Who fans out there who might want to control your own Dalek by utilising ...

Talk of the Town When politicians find a cutting edge - Scotsman Posted: 02 May 2010 08:02 PM PDT Talk of the Town When politicians find a cutting edge Scotsman ... she has got Doctor Who fans arguing over whether she is the Doctor's most glamorous assistant to date. Back on planet Earth, Karen Gillan is turning ... and more »

New on DVD: 'Leap Year,' 'Nine,' 'Tooth Fairy' and restored classics like ... - New York Daily News Posted: 02 May 2010 07:25 PM PDT New York Daily News New on DVD: 'Leap Year,' 'Nine,' 'Tooth Fairy' and restored classics like ... New York Daily News And the BBC, along with Patrick Stewart and David Tennant, presents an acclaimed "Hamlet" (unrated, $19.98). Tennant is not, however, on this week's "Doctor ...

Who will be our icon? It's up to you to decide - The Herald Posted: 02 May 2010 05:55 PM PDT The Herald Who will be our icon? It's up to you to decide The Herald Doctor Who's new Scottish assistant Karen Gillan, actress Tilda Swinton and musician Paolo Nutini are on the shortlist to be Scotland's Fashion Icon of the ...

Ask 411 Movies for 05.03.10: The Column that Reverses the Polarity of the ... - 411mania.com Posted: 02 May 2010 02:06 PM PDT 411mania.com Ask 411 Movies for 05.03.10: The Column that Reverses the Polarity of the ... 411mania.com David Tennant then played the part until this new season, where Matt Smith has replaced him. Tennant was more traditional than Eccelston in manner and dress ... and more »

Dr Who meets Dr Chew - The Sun Posted: 02 May 2010 01:24 PM PDT The Sun Dr Who meets Dr Chew The Sun THE next episode of Doctor Who looks fang-tastic - as the Tardis visits a 17th century Venice plagued by vampires. The Doctor, played by Matt Smith, ... and more »

Doctor Who: Matt Smith - the best 'Doctor' since Tom Baker? - Shadowlocked Posted: 02 May 2010 11:31 AM PDT Doctor Who: Matt Smith - the best 'Doctor' since Tom Baker? Shadowlocked But in my opinion Tennant was constantly undermined by Russell T. Davies' determination to turn him into a chimera between Christ and Superman, ...

Was This Week's Doctor Who Too Violent? - UGO Posted: 02 May 2010 10:42 AM PDT UGO Was This Week's Doctor Who Too Violent? UGO Did the Doctor get too violent on this week's episode of Who? And by violent, we mean "lightly punching a robot." By Alex Zalben May 2, 2010 at 7:41 PM EDT ... and more »

Doctor Who 5.3: Victory of the Daleks - TV.com Posted: 02 May 2010 06:32 AM PDT Doctor Who 5.3: Victory of the Daleks TV.com For starters, once again the story splits up the Doctor and Amy (Karen Gillan), which is nothing less than frustrating. We're being denied once of the basic ...

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
Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610