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- Why Doctor Who has been a dazzling, entertaining triumph - Mirror.co.uk (blog)
- Why Matt Smith is a better Doctor than David Tennant - TVOvermind
- Doctor Who actor onstage at Glastonbury - BBC News
- Next Series of Doctor Who: What You Want To See - ATV News (blog)
- Matt Smith performs the 'Doctor Who' theme tune with Orbital at the ... - Entertainment Weekly
- Doctor Who: The Adventure Games to be yours in July - games.on.net (blog)
- Big Finish Day
- TV preview Rev | Bloody Foreigners | Forever Young - How Rock N Roll Grew Up ... - Scotsman
- Fans ditch Doctor Who to enjoy the sunshine - The Sun
- 'Doctor Who' blogging: “The Big Bang” - Flick Filosopher (blog)
- Ben to Dave: 'I enjoy your company most'
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - London Free Press
- Fox 'wants to star in Lost Boys remake'
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Edmonton Sun
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Calgary Sun
- Steve plays birthday 'truth' game
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Winnipeg Sun
- Price to Reid: 'Wedding is for the cameras'
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Toronto Sun
- Top secret Dr. Who script missing - CANOE
- Emma Crosby 'axed from GMTV'
- Top Secret Dr. Who Script Missing - Contactmusic.com
- Snowdon: 'Cameron Diaz is wicked dresser'
- Control 6.8
- Eminem 'focused' on reviving record label
- T.I., Travis Barker to perform at BET Awards
- Shabby confused by Govan's exit
- Cheryl Cole to team up with Minnie the Minx in new comic - Metro
- Cheryl Cole not changing surname?
- Steve's party kicks off with curry
- Harding: 'Rihanna has a great body'
- David: 'I'm missing my wife and kids'
- Ben and co turn on the charm
- 'CSI: Miami' star LaRue marries
- Beyoncé gets driver's licence
- Hardy reveals 'Mad Max 4' details
- 'Toy Story 3' dominates US box office
- Housemates discuss exam system
- The Big Bang Roundup
- Great moments in alternate history: Shakespeare and friends - io9
- Rihanna caught smoking marijuana?
- Doctor Who 5.13 "The Big Bang" Review - TVOvermind
- Doctor Who 5.10 – Vincent and the Doctor - TV.com
- The Big Bang Reviewed
- Glastonbury 2010: Grace Dent's liveblog from the sofa – Sunday - The Guardian (blog)
- Your Favourite Series 5 Story
- 'Doctor Who' Review: Episode 5.10, 'Vincent And The Doctor' - MTV.com
- Cheryl Cole strips in The Beano comic - Deadline Press & Picture Agency
- TV Review: DOCTOR WHO - SERIES FIVE - 'Vincent and the Doctor' - iFMagazine
- Mint Cynical – Episode Two
| Why Doctor Who has been a dazzling, entertaining triumph - Mirror.co.uk (blog) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:46 PM PDT
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| Why Matt Smith is a better Doctor than David Tennant - TVOvermind Posted: 27 Jun 2010 03:00 PM PDT
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| Doctor Who actor onstage at Glastonbury - BBC News Posted: 27 Jun 2010 02:44 PM PDT
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| Next Series of Doctor Who: What You Want To See - ATV News (blog) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 02:15 PM PDT
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| Matt Smith performs the 'Doctor Who' theme tune with Orbital at the ... - Entertainment Weekly Posted: 27 Jun 2010 01:50 PM PDT
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| Doctor Who: The Adventure Games to be yours in July - games.on.net (blog) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:25 AM PDT
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 11:15 AM PDT  Big Finish Productions is to hosting a one-day internet-based event on Saturday 3 July 2010, giving fans an opportunity to download a free episode of Doctor Who.For one day only, episode one of Cobwebs will be available to download free of charge. The story is the start of the new trilogy that reunites the Fifth Doctor with Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa for the first time in 26 years. Executive producer Nicholas Briggs said We were thrilled that Janet has elected to join the Big Finish fold, and I can promise that this trilogy of Cobwebs, The Whispering Forest and The Cradle of the Snake will delight all fans of that era. On Big Finish Day, you'll get a chance to hear an early preview of that brilliant TARDIS crew in action. Also during the day the first 50 Doctor Who main range titles will be available to buy for just £5 each, on CD or download. Executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery said We're aware that some Doctor Who fans have never tried Big Finish, and we're also aware that some people have the more recent titles but have never dipped into the back catalogue. This is a chance for them to do so. As well as additional sale items, the Big Finish website will be offering a selection of wallpapers for download, featuring some of Alex Mallinson's most inspired artwork. Big Finish Day is only at www.bigfinish.com. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com   | ||
| TV preview Rev | Bloody Foreigners | Forever Young - How Rock N Roll Grew Up ... - Scotsman Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:32 AM PDT
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| Fans ditch Doctor Who to enjoy the sunshine - The Sun Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:31 AM PDT
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| 'Doctor Who' blogging: “The Big Bang” - Flick Filosopher (blog) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 10:18 AM PDT
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| Ben to Dave: 'I enjoy your company most' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:52 AM PDT Ben tells David that he is the only person whose company he enjoys in the Big Brother house. 
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - London Free Press Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:46 AM PDT
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| Fox 'wants to star in Lost Boys remake' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:46 AM PDT Megan Fox says that she thinks that the 1987 cult vampire movie The Lost Boys is "magical". 
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Edmonton Sun Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:45 AM PDT
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Calgary Sun Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:43 AM PDT
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| Steve plays birthday 'truth' game Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:41 AM PDT Steve answers a round of questions from other housemates on his birthday. 
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Winnipeg Sun Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:36 AM PDT
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| Price to Reid: 'Wedding is for the cameras' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:30 AM PDT Katie Price reportedly tells Alex Reid that she is only doing their blessing ceremony for TV. 
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - Toronto Sun Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:23 AM PDT
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| Top secret Dr. Who script missing - CANOE Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:21 AM PDT
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:16 AM PDT GMTV host Emma Crosby is to be axed from the show this week, leaving Kate Garraway's future in doubt. 
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| Top Secret Dr. Who Script Missing - Contactmusic.com Posted: 27 Jun 2010 09:08 AM PDT
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| Snowdon: 'Cameron Diaz is wicked dresser' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:50 AM PDT Lisa Snowdon praises Cameron Diaz for her great fashion sense. 
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:38 AM PDT (An experiment designed to test relationships between blog output and subsequent newsgroup traffic.) "Plethora".   | ||
| Eminem 'focused' on reviving record label Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:30 AM PDT Eminem is reportedly commited to finding new artists for his former label Shady Records. 
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| T.I., Travis Barker to perform at BET Awards Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:10 AM PDT T.I. will perform with Travis Barker at the BET Awards tonight. 
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| Shabby confused by Govan's exit Posted: 27 Jun 2010 08:01 AM PDT Shabby and David discuss their shock at Govan being evicted on Friday night. 
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| Cheryl Cole to team up with Minnie the Minx in new comic - Metro Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:47 AM PDT
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| Cheryl Cole not changing surname? Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:44 AM PDT Sources claim that Cheryl Cole will not be changing her surname back to Tweedy following her divorce. 
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| Steve's party kicks off with curry Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:42 AM PDT Big Brother serves up an Indian takeaway to kick off Steve's birthday celebrations. 
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| Harding: 'Rihanna has a great body' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:28 AM PDT Sarah Harding says that Rihanna has an amazing figure and is bold enough to "show it off". 
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| David: 'I'm missing my wife and kids' Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:22 AM PDT David tells Ben that being away from his wife and children is "gut-wrenching" 
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:19 AM PDT There are compliments galore for the female housemates as Ben and the boys turn on the charm. 
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| 'CSI: Miami' star LaRue marries Posted: 27 Jun 2010 07:13 AM PDT CSI: Miami actress Eva LaRue gets married at a seaside ceremony in Mexico. 
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:58 AM PDT Beyoncé reportedly gets her driver's licence for the very first time at the age of 28. 
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| Hardy reveals 'Mad Max 4' details Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:43 AM PDT Tom Hardy speaks of his role in the upcoming Mad Max reboot. 
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| 'Toy Story 3' dominates US box office Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:25 AM PDT Toy Story 3 remains at the top of the US box office for a second week in a row. 
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| Housemates discuss exam system Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:20 AM PDT Ife, Ben and Josie have an intellectual conversation in the garden this afternoon. 
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:15 AM PDT That's it folks; and as the Doctor, Amy and Rory disappear into the vortex ready to collect their tickets for the Orient Express, there's just the small matter of rounding up the uniformly excellent reviews of the finale The Big Bang.
(Don't forget – you can get regular Doctor Who news updates on Twitter by following @Kasterborousdw…) Den of Geek called it the best finale since the series returned and, like us all, are counting down the days until Christmas.
In contrast The Telegraph, again utilising the knowledge of 1993 Mastermind Champ – with the programme as his specialist subject – Gavin Fuller, called the two part finale a 'curate's egg' that failed to match up to the previous year's spectacular thrills. Fuller also had a few suggestions for Matt Smith for the next season.
The Guardian's series blog drew to a close with a self congratulatory pat on the back, calling itself the first to propose that there were two Doctors in Flesh and Stone. The paper heaped deserved praise on Moffat;
According to overnight figures The Big Bang had an audience of 5.1 million viewers. 4.6 million tuned into BBC 1 with an additional 0.5 million watching on BBC HD. Despite the gorgeous weather across the UK, the programme was the second highest rated of the day and the highest on BBC 1 beating Casualty by over a million viewers.  | ||
| Great moments in alternate history: Shakespeare and friends - io9 Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:13 AM PDT
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| Rihanna caught smoking marijuana? Posted: 27 Jun 2010 06:10 AM PDT Rihanna is allegedly busted for smoking marijuana with her friends in Barbados. 
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| Doctor Who 5.13 "The Big Bang" Review - TVOvermind Posted: 27 Jun 2010 05:15 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who 5.10 – Vincent and the Doctor - TV.com Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:40 AM PDT
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:34 AM PDT I love being right. Remember when Russell T Davies and David Tennant gave us the double whammy of bad news back in 2008 – that there would only be five episodes of Doctor Who in 2009 (a numerical claim that later changed, as we know) and that the Tenth Doctor would then be no more? Recall how we shook our heads in puzzlement, astonished that David Tennant didn't want to work on a show which surely only Steven Moffat could take over?
As a big fan of the Grand Moff since childhood (stretching back to Press Gang, Dexter Fletcher, Julia Sawalha, et al) I was convinced he was capable of delivering since The Empty Child (and I'm talking that first episode, not the full story) so it came as no surprise that the current series of Doctor Who should end with such a stylish, large-scale-but-narrow-focus finale the type of which was either a) beyond his predecessor's reach or b) only teased at by the other guy to keep certain fans happy. By playing with our expectations of how the cliffhanger from The Pandorica Opens might play out, Moffat mined the time travel concept of Doctor Who with absolute ease in The Big Bang. A Doctor who leaves messages for himself is a concept hinted at throughout the years, given a bit more attention in the latter years of the original run, but vaguely touched upon in the new series. It's a great premise – one that cannot be overused but is perfect for a finale such as this, one in which our heroes have been left in dire straits at the thrilling end of the previous episode. So to recap: the Doctor is in the Pandorica, Rory is an Auton and has shot Amy and River is trapped in an exploding TARDIS. As The Big Bang proceeds, we discover that it is in fact Amy who emerges from the PAndorica, Rory can live for 2000 years (due to him being plastic) and River has been time looped by the TARDIS for the Doctor to rescue later.
Before pressing on – a quick note. Earlier episodes of this series of Doctor Who have been guilty of not holding up visually to a number of benchmarks set by the 2008 series and The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, not to mention most of The Eleventh Hour. CGI has been ridiculed, the new Daleks caused a bit of a storm, and even the prosthetic work on the Silurians has been questioned. Cries of foul over perceived budget cuts were overshadowed by cries of foul over the length of Karen Gillan's legs skirt, and basically there has been a bit of a fuss. Watching The Big Bang, and the superbly polished direction of Toby Haynes, I couldn't help but feel that perhaps the Grand Moff was holding over some of the budget from earlier adventures in order to polish his own finale episodes. Not that there is anything wrong with that, and the truth is probably in truth down to a combination of more effective use of resources by the production team as the series progressed and cannier directors. Of course, it still looks that way… While it would be easy to sit and reel off the vents as they happened, I would rather not – if you're sat baffled at my enthusing for a Doctor Who season finale (the best, in my mind, since Bad Wolf) then I can only urge you to go away and watch The Big Bang again. Whether you can't make sense of it, or have no idea why you like it, remember that while the "remembering" of the Doctor brought him and the TARDIS back into being, this did nothing more than fulfill Steven Moffat's "fairytale" agenda, something that he has been pushing since before the series started.
Throughout this series of Doctor Who we've been left clues and hints by the writers, all playing to Steven Moffat's grand plan. Some of these have been dismissed as continuity errors, and one of them might be. However most of them come into play in The Big Bang, one way or another; yet there may be a division among fans who are dissatisfied by the apparent ignoring of the bigger threat, or even the lack of ducks in the pond in Leadworth. In between the running around a museum with young Amelia Pond, Stone Daleks and the discovery Earth's sun is not in fact a sun but the Doctor's own TARDIS (a nice idea similar to a major plot in the Eighth Doctor BBC books) which he can use to save the universe with the use of the Pandorica, there would have been little time to address the main question – that of who took control of the TARDIS and keeps saying "Silence will fall." As such I would argue that it was a sensible decision not to try and squeeze this in. We've seen in the past what happens when the showrunner squeezes too much into his finales, and it seems that Moffat has a grander plan anyway. Just as every episode has contributed one way or another to this series of Doctor Who, so it seems likely that Steven Moffat intends each of his series to amount to a larger satisfying whole. Mysterious TARDISes on top of houses, voices in the TARDIS and duck ponds will have to wait, it seems. Then again, if finding out what it all means is going to be as gripping and polished as not finding out, bring it on!  | ||
| Glastonbury 2010: Grace Dent's liveblog from the sofa – Sunday - The Guardian (blog) Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:01 AM PDT
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 04:00 AM PDT What was your favourite Series 5 story?  | ||
| 'Doctor Who' Review: Episode 5.10, 'Vincent And The Doctor' - MTV.com Posted: 27 Jun 2010 02:56 AM PDT
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| Cheryl Cole strips in The Beano comic - Deadline Press & Picture Agency Posted: 27 Jun 2010 02:30 AM PDT
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| TV Review: DOCTOR WHO - SERIES FIVE - 'Vincent and the Doctor' - iFMagazine Posted: 27 Jun 2010 01:47 AM PDT
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| Posted: 27 Jun 2010 12:30 AM PDT And here we all thought that the Doctor/Dalek/K-9 range of collectible "medals" from the Royal Mint was a one-off! The original end-of-Tennant's-Who-run set at least made a bit of sense; an entire nation was in mourning, and there was money to be made (pun intended)!
States the Royal Mint,
Each coin has a (slightly lower than the Tennant set) price of £5.99. With any luck, the Mint will introduce a competition similar to this one from the last Who coins, and you'll win it. Many people would willingly take these coins for free, but very few would probably actually pay for them. This begs some questions; if you're listening, Mint and Beeb, have a pop quiz, on the house! How much money do you think you're actually going to make from this? Will your presently-Who-exclusive coin-making skills extend into other programmes? Will the public buy more medals than RC Battle Daleks? And, most importantly: Why isn't there a Silurian one?  |
Disregarding where you stand on the ethics of reviewers ripping quotes from peoples Tweets the Metro 
(You might also recall how yours truly here had a bit of a rant on these very pages, disgusted at a lack of a full series in 2009. They were of course right; the British public needed a rest from Doctor Who.)
Doctor Who had a happy ending, one that was pre-empted by earlier elements seeded throughout the series rather than ripped from the jaws of a deus ex machina.
But now the Royal Mint (in cahoots with the BBC) is just pushing it. They've recently unveiled a new line of commemorative coins showcasing monsters and characters from Season 31, including a | 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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