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- Sidibe: 'I flirt with Hollywood actors'
- Swift offers Lovato support after break-up
- Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 204
- Filet O’Fish
- Time for a Casualty
- Final Results: Eurovision 2010
- Nicholson 'asked Jessica Simpson on date'
- Eurovision disrupted by stage invader
- Germany wins Eurovision 2010
- Leona Lewis: 'Taylor Lautner is so hot'
- Rihanna visits Jewish centre in Israel
- “Gripping”
- Kim Kardashian: 'I want four kids'
- How do you rate Doctor Who: Cold Blood? (5=Fantastic)
- Obituary: Dennis Hopper
- Chris Rock: 'I envy Ricky Gervais'
- Khloe Kardashian expecting baby?
- Cheryl Cole reunites with Hough on stage
- Drake raps about Rihanna on new album?
- Moffat’s Finalé Tease
- Vincent and the Doctor Trailer
- Rate Cold Blood
- Rate & Discuss: Cold Blood
- Next Time: Vincent and the Doctor
- Bridges 'sad' to be last 'Strokes' child star
- Michaels feels 'awesome' back on stage
- Cheryl Cole officially drops surname
- Dennis Hopper dies, aged 74
- Eastwood: 'I'm tired of myself on screen'
- Darvill: “I feel privileged”
- Lily Allen 'writing Bridget Jones score'
- Writing DW “an honour”
- The Doctor Who Policy
- Cold Blood Trailer
- Torchwood This Week - May 29, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010
- This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010 Section B
- This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010 Section A
- Radio Times Story Guide
- Pulse at the Expo, Podcast Interviews
- Who Aye, Man
- Operation: Platinum Age, Part 2
- The Adventure Games Update: One Week to Go!
- Cold Blood Extras
- Drama Village Update
- Moffat Pilot Snuffed
- DWO WhoCast Episode 5.9 - Cold Blood
| Sidibe: 'I flirt with Hollywood actors' Posted: 29 May 2010 02:58 PM PDT Gabourey Sidibe admits that she enjoys making advances at actors during Hollywood events.  |
| Swift offers Lovato support after break-up Posted: 29 May 2010 12:30 PM PDT Taylor Swift reportedly reaches out to Demi Lovato after she splits with Joe Jonas.  |
| Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 204 Posted: 29 May 2010 12:14 PM PDT "Oh look, a big mining thing." Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 204 Doctor Who: 'The Hungry Earth' reviewed live over the net with live and recorded feedback (2 of 2). (If you haven't seen The Hungry Earth yet, wait until you have before listening). Hosted by Louis Trapani and Dave Cooper.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 12:00 PM PDT Yes, a library card is that funny if you’re a nerd. Fortunately there was lots of other things to enjoy about The Vampires of Venice. What did you think? Was it a glorious mid-season renaissance, or did it stink of rotten fish? Feel free to leave comments in the comments section and visit this episode’s TARDIS file. Just remember: no spoilers for episodes not seen in Canada (and this week we have 3 weeks of episodes from British broadcast and we’re a week out from the US).  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 11:27 AM PDT Cold Blood Spoilers - Steven Moffat explains why it was time for a casualty on the TARDIS.  |
| Final Results: Eurovision 2010 Posted: 29 May 2010 10:58 AM PDT DS presents the full results from last night's Eurovision Song Contest 2010.  |
| Nicholson 'asked Jessica Simpson on date' Posted: 29 May 2010 10:14 AM PDT Jack Nicholson reportedly invites Jessica Simpson to his home in Beverly Hills for dinner.  |
| Eurovision disrupted by stage invader Posted: 29 May 2010 10:12 AM PDT The Eurovision Song Contest was disrupted when a stage invader joined a performance.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 09:45 AM PDT Germany reigns victorious in this year's Eurovision Song Contest.  |
| Leona Lewis: 'Taylor Lautner is so hot' Posted: 29 May 2010 09:40 AM PDT Leona Lewis reveals that she was starstruck upson meeting actor Taylor Lautner.  |
| Rihanna visits Jewish centre in Israel Posted: 29 May 2010 08:50 AM PDT Rihanna is photographed visiting a Jewish centre in Israel.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 08:28 AM PDT That's the word that Terry Pratchett, creator of the popular Discworld novels, has used to describe the new series of Doctor Who.
Pratchett recently revealed that he is a fan of Doctor Who but in his view, it isn't Science Fiction:
Proper scientific theory or not, it's always good for the show to have backing from a popular figure in literary circles! (Via Digital Spy)  |
| Kim Kardashian: 'I want four kids' Posted: 29 May 2010 08:20 AM PDT Kim Kardashian reveals that she eventually wants to have a big family.  |
| How do you rate Doctor Who: Cold Blood? (5=Fantastic) Posted: 29 May 2010 07:45 AM PDT 5 TARDIS Groans 25% (1 vote) 4 TARDIS Groans 25% (1 vote) 3 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) 2 TARDIS Groans 0% (0 votes) 1 TARDIS Groan 0% (0 votes) 0 TARDIS Groans 50% (2 votes) Total votes: 4  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 07:24 AM PDT DS celebrates Dennis Hopper's life and career in film and television, which spanned 55 years.  |
| Chris Rock: 'I envy Ricky Gervais' Posted: 29 May 2010 07:15 AM PDT Chris Rock admits that he sometimes becomes envious of Ricky Gervais's talent as a stand-up comedian.  |
| Khloe Kardashian expecting baby? Posted: 29 May 2010 06:45 AM PDT Khloe Kardashian sparks speculation that she is pregnant after photographs reveal her concealing her stomach.  |
| Cheryl Cole reunites with Hough on stage Posted: 29 May 2010 06:30 AM PDT Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough spark relationship rumours after reuniting at the O2 arena.  |
| Drake raps about Rihanna on new album? Posted: 29 May 2010 06:15 AM PDT Drake is rumoured to have dedicated a verse to Rihanna on the song 'Fireworks' from his upcoming debut.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 06:12 AM PDT The Grand Moff has been teasing Doctor Who Magazine with closely guarded details for the finale. Steven Moffat has explained that events come to a head in the cliff-hanger for The Pandorica Opens.
The Radio Times have printed a synopsis of the episode:
The synopsis also comes with this juicy and slightly spoilery piece by Moffat himself:
Excited much! The Pandorica Opens airs on June 19, while the final episode of the current fifth series The Big Bang airs on June 26. Meanwhile, Doctor Who Magazine 422 is out now.  |
| Vincent and the Doctor Trailer Posted: 29 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT "Can you breathe a little quieter please?"  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 05:48 AM PDT What did you think of Cold Blood?  |
| Rate & Discuss: Cold Blood Posted: 29 May 2010 05:44 AM PDT It’s the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony or the start of its final war. The Doctor must face his most difficult challenge yet, in a battle in which he cannot take sides, and on a day when nobody must die… Now that we’re over the [...]  |
| Next Time: Vincent and the Doctor Posted: 29 May 2010 05:43 AM PDT Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it… and that lonely painter just so happens to be none other than Vincent Van Gogh, who the Doctor and Amy are set to encounter when Series 5 continues next week! In an episode appropriately titled Vincent and the Doctor, [...]  |
| Bridges 'sad' to be last 'Strokes' child star Posted: 29 May 2010 05:34 AM PDT Todd Bridges reveals that he feels "sad" to be the last Diff'rent Strokes child star alive.  |
| Michaels feels 'awesome' back on stage Posted: 29 May 2010 05:17 AM PDT Bret Michaels reveals to a concert crowd that he feels "awesome" and "glad" to be back on stage.  |
| Cheryl Cole officially drops surname Posted: 29 May 2010 04:39 AM PDT Cheryl Cole drops her last name on her website's official merchandise.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 04:26 AM PDT Award-winning actor Dennis Hopper passes away at the age of 74.  |
| Eastwood: 'I'm tired of myself on screen' Posted: 29 May 2010 03:23 AM PDT Clint Eastwood admits that he has grown "tired" of seeing himself in movies.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 03:08 AM PDT How could anyone hate Arthur Darvill? Not only does he play the completely besotted Rory with brilliant panache but he also feels 'privileged' to do so.
Darvill also teased about just what happens to Rory, who was last seen amongst the gang of human captors holding Silurian Alaya, who chillingly foretold of her possible murder in The Hungry Earth.
Darvill also appeared on BBC Breakfast yesterday discussing taking on the role, Rory showing his metal and Matt Smith showing him around the TARDIS during his audition – see it on YouTube. (Cold Blood airs tonight at 7pm on BBC1 and BBC HD (Via Digital Spy)  |
| Lily Allen 'writing Bridget Jones score' Posted: 29 May 2010 02:59 AM PDT Lily Allen has reportedly come out of retirement to write the music for the Bridget Jones stage show.  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 02:36 AM PDT Meera Syal, star of comedy series Goodness Gracious me, has praised both the "classic" and "new" series of Doctor Who. It seems that Meera, currently playing Nasreen Chaudhry in The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood, has a fondness for how the show used to be made:
And while the current series may have large explosions, mouth watering effects and a bigger budget, the actress is still drawn in by what makes Doctor Who so special:
Revealing that she would like to write an episode one day, Meera realises that she'd be up against some strong talent:
Meera has written and starred in some great television shows and it would be fantastic to see what ideas she could come up with for an episode of Doctor Who – find out more about what she thinks of the show in the latest Doctor Who Magazine, on sale now!  |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 12:30 AM PDT The BBC has released its Statements of Programme Policy (SoPPs) for the next year, stating how it intends to maintain and improve the quality of its output for the public.
The report delves deeply into what the BBC's plans are in terms of entertainment and also gives a breakdown of what will be happening with their various channels and respective shows. BBC will "continue its commitment to outstanding children's content":
What's refreshing about the report is that Doctor Who, like EastEnders or Have I Got News For You, is barely mentioned which shows how much of an accepted standard it is as a flagship show, not needing to be tweaked or interfered with.  |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 11:50 PM PDT Things are looking set to hot up in Doctor Who tonight in the conversely-titled Cold Blood – we've got a clip for you below, so if you don't want to know in advance, look away now! Featured in this clip are Neve McIntosh as Restac, Arthur Darvill as Rory, Robert Pugh as Tony Mack, Nia Roberts as Ambrose, Meera Syal as Dr Nasreen Chaudhry, Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond. Cold Blood is written by Chris Chibnall, and is broadcast on BBC One and BBC HD on Saturday evening at 7pm  |
| Torchwood This Week - May 29, 2010 Posted: 28 May 2010 11:18 PM PDT Torchwood This Week May 29, 2010 - Volume 4, Number 16 by Benjamin F. Elliott Corrections and updates are welcome at torchwood-owner@yahoogroups.com , TWIDW on  |
| This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010 Posted: 28 May 2010 11:14 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who - Section A Welcome to the ORIGINAL This Week In Doctor Who. All the known broadcasts of Doctor Who covered weekly since 1998. With the spinoffs too.  |
| This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010 Section B Posted: 28 May 2010 11:08 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who Section B PBS, Sarah Jane, K-9 May 29, 2010 by Benjamin F. Elliott Public TV Premiere Run: KUHT 8.1 Houston, TX  |
| This Week In Doctor Who - May 29, 2010 Section A Posted: 28 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT This Week In Doctor Who - Section A May 29, 2010 - Vol 13, Number 19 by Benjamin F. Elliott http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho  |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 10:39 PM PDT  After a brief hiatus, Radio Times is resuming its online Doctor Who story guide. Radio Times journalists Mark Braxton and Patrick Mulkern with the assistance of Radio Times historian Ralph Montagu are compiling an in-depth analysis of every transmitted Doctor Who story, from a uniquely Radio Times perspective. There is a wealth of archive material available including links to vintage magazine covers, quirky articles, amusing and occasionally prescient readers' letters, superb Frank Bellamy illustrations and, from 1970 onwards, every individual programme billing. You can also find some of Radio Times's own rare photographs. So far the project covers every story from An Unearthly Child to The Ark in Space, and the aim is to present a new entry on a roughly weekly basis. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Pulse at the Expo, Podcast Interviews Posted: 28 May 2010 09:02 PM PDT Whether or not you've seen the Pulse pilot online here or not, you may want to pop along to the London MCM Expo tomorrow (Sunday), when at Noon there'll be a panel featuring myself, Executive Producer Simon Heath and several of our lovely cast. If you have seen the show, please post a comment on the website: the numbers are already exciting, but it all helps towards getting us a series. At 2pm that day, I'll also be taking part in an onstage game show battle between comic artists and writers. Obviously, we'll win. Meanwhile, I've popped up on the Wordpunk Radio and Creeping With Armstrong podcasts, talking about the show, Doctor Who, and all sorts of other stuff. And Iz McAuliffe is running the Cardiff Half Marathon dressed as Tank Girl in aid of The Stroke Association. A very personal cause for this maven of UK comic podcasters. If you're coming along to the Expo, do say hello. Until next time, Cheerio!   |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 08:45 PM PDT South Tyneside has become the latest in a long line of cities to host a Doctor Who exhibition. The event looks absolutely fantastic, full of heroes and villains from the shows start in 2005 up to the present. Cybermen, Weeping Angels, Smilers and Sontaran props all put in an appearance. As well as a planetarium, there is also an interactive element called "Dalek Attack" which will make you dribble with excitement. Interaction, with Daleks! Before it officially opened on 22nd May 2010, children from St Oswald's C of E School, in Hebburn, were given exclusive access to the Doctor Who exhibition. The response was extremely positive. Class 6 teacher Robert Grudgings said: "The children have had a wonderful time. It's been brilliant, they're all fans of the TV show, and to see real items from the series has been a huge treat." The children themselves had a great day out, pupil Lauren Richards commented: "It's like we're in a real episode of Doctor Who," while fellow pupil Ethan Clarke described the exhibition as "awesome"!" This would be an excellent day out for adults and children alike and a great time to attend during the half term period. Or even if you have to take a day off work! Click here to see a preview and for details of prices and times.  |
| Operation: Platinum Age, Part 2 Posted: 28 May 2010 08:41 PM PDT Continuing Elton Townend Jones' appraisal of Series 5/Season 31…
I'd put Ashley in third place for this year's directors. Second place goes to Andrew Gunn (The Beast Below and Victory of the Daleks) who proved his ability with tasty pictures and delicious atmospheres, but first place – and surely we all agree on this – must presently go to Adam Smith. His work on the debut and Angel episodes was outstanding. Look at that golden blue light when the Doctor convinces Amy that he's the man who visited her as a child. We've never seen anything quite so cinematic on Doctor Who, and he's certainly up there with Harper, Camfield, Maloney, Sax and Lyn. Having a whole new crop of directors has been good for the programme and great for the audience. We have been given some great moments: 'fish custard', 'basically… run', the Doctor's 'nobody human' outburst, Ambrose being warned by the Doctor to leave her accumulated weapons alone, and the most perfect Doctor facing down the most perfect Daleks in perhaps the most perfectly Who-esque scene since Eccleston faced the Dalek Emperor. Possibly the best moment so far was the final scene between the Doctor and Octavian (in the grip of an Angel), closely followed by Rory's stag (Doctor: 'I thought I'd burst out of the wrong cake. Again.').
But what has this series been about and what is it telling us? Where will it take us over the five remaining weeks? From the get-go, we've been presented with abundant mysteries: what's causing the cracks in the universe? What happened to Amy's mum and dad? Where was her aunt? Who was that in the kitchen? Did the Doctor return to Amelia, or didn't he? These mysteries gained serious momentum with the 'is it a continuity error' jacket scene amongst the treeborgs in Flesh & Stone (which itself became wonderfully entangled with the ever perplexing mystery of River Song). Oh, and just what is it about that duck pond? The sense I get from the first eight episodes is that they seek to question our perception of 'reality', our observation of it (how we alter it and how it alters us) and examine our interactions with it. We have been invited to doubt the boundary between what is real and what is not, because travelling through time 'changes the way you view the universe forever…' There are 'eyes' everywhere, in alien spaceships, in cracks in the wall; retracing their observations across Leadworth green, noticing impossible truths on Starship UK; sitting in the mouths of fabricated pensioners, twitching in polycarbide casings; and on the receiving end of quantum Angels, behind frightened eyelids (fine time for the Silurians to lose that third one!). Reality comes under fire when the mysterious orphan who lives with her aunt in a big dark house claims the Doctor as her imaginary friend.
What any of this means remains unclear, but we know it will end as it began with the crack from Amy's wall and the opening of the mysterious Pandorica on 26.10.2010. But will that be AD, as we've all assumed, or BC? And what of this 'silence' that seems already to have touched 16th century Venice? Have we encountered this 'silence' before? Having watched the first eight episodes a number of times, I'm beginning to feel that the finale might not involve Daleks (perhaps we'll be getting them for Christmas?), and that the cracks might be a paradox caused by the Doctor's attempts to prevent their ever occurring. But I'm also being niggled by the uncooked Doctor's attempt to prove his credentials in the first episode. Here, he gave the scientific community Fermat's Theorem, an explanation as to why electrons have mass and, perhaps most importantly, Faster Than Light travel – one of the latest scientific developments Rory claimed to have been reading up on when he entered the TARDIS in episode six. Coincidence? Maybe. And what about the couple waving at Rory and Amy from the future? Time can be written, re-written and unwritten, it seems, so how real is that future? Perhaps only as real as the past it came from… What is certain is that we are now at the endgame for Smith & Moffat's first series, with the thrilling conclusion to the Silurian story to be followed by two richly drawn character comedies and an explosive finale (with yet another new director). Since 2005, the best part of any season has been its last third. Smith has suggested that his Doctor is very different in the later episodes; he says his performance has improved. Like it's all been sub-standard so far? This can only mean that this is, regardless of any faults (Daleks? Dream Lords?), going to be quite possibly the best season of Doctor Who we've ever had. Welcome to the Platinum Age of Doctor Who.  |
| The Adventure Games Update: One Week to Go! Posted: 28 May 2010 08:00 PM PDT We're indebted to one of The Adventure Games' Executive Producers - the games industry legend Charles Cecil - for his latest update on City of the Daleks, released free of charge on this site on Saturday, 5 June...  |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 08:00 PM PDT Find out more about extras for Cold Blood including a dramatic new Monster File and a fun Big Questions where Matt and Karen reveal the things they'd rather forget...  |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 07:58 PM PDT  Construction company Vinci has been reported as winning the £25m contract to build the new BBC studios. The Construction Enquirer has revealed that the company, chosen by project developers Igloo Regeneration, has beaten other major players in the construction industry to build the the new Media Village at the Roath Basin on Cardiff Docks.The project is being developed in association with Welsh Government, as reported back in January. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   |
| Posted: 28 May 2010 07:09 PM PDT Digital Spy reported this week that the pilot episode of Steven Moffat's planned BBC drama Sherlock is not set to air. The programme itself, which will star Martin Freeman as fiction's most famous mystery-solver and co-created by another Who veteran, Mark Gatiss, intends to entertain its viewers over a three-part run this summer, but the £800,000 test installment of the series will not come with that package.
This is not the first time the BBC has created a pilot that wasn't broadcast. The pilot for Doctor Who itself, developed in 1963, didn't air until 1991. It fell under a similar category as Sherlock; the show runners had a concept that they loved, but the pilot failed to completely grasp the original ideals of that concept. Essentially, if a pilot doesn't work, the BBC chucks it in the rubbish bin and starts again. And there's nothing wrong with that; it's a sign that the corporation highly prioritizes quality. You'll find Sherlock on your small screen this July. First the Doctor, now the detective… Steven Moffat truly enjoys his icons of British storytelling, doesn't he? Who might he write next? Perhaps James Bond?  |
| DWO WhoCast Episode 5.9 - Cold Blood Posted: 28 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT In this week's episode of the DWO WhoCast... Paul and Seb discuss the latest episode: 5.9: Cold Blood. Also in the show, the dynamic duo take a look at your Feedback from last week, as well as this week's announcements. Bringing the world of Doctor Who to you - 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? Interact with us! Send your Feedback to: feedback@thewhocast.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/dwowhocast Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5185658494  |
The author has praised the show but also pointed out when he find it difficult to lose himself in the plotting:
Moffat also reckoned that his seven year-old self would be "crying my eyes out by the end of 12. And then again at the end of 13 – but a different kind of crying".
Speaking to TV Choice, Darvill explained that he is pleased with the storyline he's been given.
Among the content priorities, the Beeb will strive to create ambitious UK drama which obviously includes Doctor Who.
Fortunately, The Hungry Earth has put things back on track. It's been clear throughout the season that Moffat has been the strongest writer for the new regulars, but he also seemed to lack the equivalent of himself that Russell T Davies had. Perhaps Chris Chibnall will come to fulfill this role. The latest episode was strong and visually striking, and Chibnall's handle on the regulars was certainly tight. While it's a shame the production team didn't recreate the Silurians of old – or incorporate the original face into their masks – the new versions are well designed, if a little Star Trek: Voyager (although, I suspect the scariest reptile we'll see this year is the '70s lounge lizard' Dream Lord we saw the week before…). Following a slight dip, Ashley Way's lovely direction suggests that the season is now moving towards something very substantial indeed.
Alongside the new stuff, there have been some tasty Easter Eggs for long-time fans. I'm not just talking about Silurians, Daleks, River Song and the Angels. The new Doctor was fully revealed amid a montage of old Doctors and old enemies (how everyone cheered at the sight of the Sea Devil, but few pondered the significance – if any – of a Colin Baker era Sontaran). We've also had the Cloister Bell, a William Hartnell library card (I cheer every time I see the guy) and the ongoing TARDIS swimming pool gag.
Fairy tales are invoked both lyrically and visually by a terrifying walk through the dark forest, or the suggestion that the dangerous myth that awaits us at the end our journey – the thing that could change the world and kill us all – is only as unreal as we are. Dreams have run amok in word and deed. After a long wait, little Amelia seems to see/hear TARDIS return (or at least a TARDIS); this is sold to us as Amy's dream, but it might be much cleverer than that. Memory is important in Amy's story – why can't she remember the Daleks? Can she remember what the Doctor told her when she was seven, or not? Did any of these things happen? Did any of them not? On Starship UK, Amy acts like Little Nemo in Dreamland; dressed in her bedclothes, the perfect lucid dreamer. There are dark rumblings of dreams that no longer need their dreamers, while Rosanna (who, don't forget, saw 'silence') speaks of dreams faded and bad. Even the Doctor's own nightmare of self-loathing has become manifest…
Not surprisingly, a high budget spent on a project that will not even make it onto television is not without controversy, especially now that the NAO is | 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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