Thursday, July 7, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Eve Myles interview: Torchwood, Miracle Day, a Torchwood movie and Hannah Montana - Den Of Geek

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:20 PM PDT


Den Of Geek

Eve Myles interview: Torchwood, Miracle Day, a Torchwood movie and Hannah Montana
Den Of Geek
With a bazooka, a jeep, two helicopters, Mekhi Phifer and John Barrowman. [Laughs] That would have been great! Mekhi Phifer actually gave the quote of the entire series. He started the big jeep run, and he was going, "Yeah, man. ...

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Torchwood Miracle Day Review: Series Premiere - Cinema Blend

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:03 PM PDT


Cinema Blend

Torchwood Miracle Day Review: Series Premiere
Cinema Blend
The only two surviving members are Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), now a mother living remotely with her family, and Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). Captain Jack is an immortal, thus giving him quite the advantage in altercations with pesky invading ...

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'Torchwood: Miracle Day': Mekhi Phifer gives spoilers about Rex - Gather.com

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:12 PM PDT


'Torchwood: Miracle Day': Mekhi Phifer gives spoilers about Rex
Gather.com
Of course, there's going to be some romance (John Barrowman has already talked about some sex scenes involving his character), and Rex will also be getting in on the action. He's seen in bed in one of the trailers, and Phifer did say that while Esther ...

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Snuffing out 'Torchwood' - Boston Herald

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 03:00 PM PDT


Snuffing out 'Torchwood'
Boston Herald
Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) — discovers he is painfully mortal. Not so coincidentally, someone is trying to eradicate everyone connected to the Torchwood Institute, the British agency established in the 19th century to investigate extraterrestrial ...

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Drama mama - New York Post

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:58 PM PDT


Drama mama
New York Post
Featuring a stellar Bill Pullman and Mekhi Phifer alongside series regulars John Barrowman and Eve Myles, the story begins with a day when nobody dies. This explosive, wickedly funny thriller is a real find among summer TV's typical discount-bin fare. ...

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'Doctor Who' Season 6 'Let's Kill Hitler' Plot Revealed - Screen Rant

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:16 PM PDT


Screen Rant

'Doctor Who' Season 6 'Let's Kill Hitler' Plot Revealed
Screen Rant
The September return of Doctor Who may be months away, but the episode description for the highly-anticipated conclusion to the season 6 spring finale has just been revealed. When we last left The Doctor (Matt Smith), Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory ...

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Vamps Set Photos Featuring Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell - MovieWeb

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT


Vamps Set Photos Featuring Sigourney Weaver and Malcolm McDowell
MovieWeb
Transformers Fright Night Photos Find David Tennant Ready for Battle! CONTEST: Win Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Prizes! Live Chat the 2011 Oscars as They Happen! Right Now! LIVE! Chat About Oscar Winners as They're Announced! ...

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Fifth The Cabin in the Woods Poster - MovieWeb

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:26 PM PDT


Fifth The Cabin in the Woods Poster
MovieWeb
The Incredible Hulk Fright Night Photos Find David Tennant Ready for Battle! CONTEST: Win Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 Prizes! Live Chat the 2011 Oscars as They Happen! Right Now! LIVE! Chat About Oscar Winners as They're Announced! ...

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Joliet family's home to be part of new cable drama 'Boss' - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:06 PM PDT


Joliet family's home to be part of new cable drama 'Boss'
Chicago Sun-Times
Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media Starz network's website is touting two original series: "Boss," which is filming in Joliet, and "Torchwood: Miracle Day," starring Joliet Township High School alumnus John Barrowman. "Torchwood" is a British TV spinoff ...

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'Torchwood' Creator Developing New Showtime Drama Series - Hollywood Reporter

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT


'Torchwood' Creator Developing New Showtime Drama Series
Hollywood Reporter
With Torchwood: Miracle Day premiering on Starz this week, Russell T. Davies has another American series in development. A spokesperson for Showtime confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Davies and BBC Worldwide Productions is developing a drama ...

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Joliet family's home to be part of new cable drama 'Boss' - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:02 PM PDT


Joliet family's home to be part of new cable drama 'Boss'
Chicago Sun-Times
Matthew Grotto~Sun-Times Media Starz network website is touting two original series: "Boss," which is filming in Joliet, and "Torchwood: Miracle Day," starring Joliet Township High School alumnus John Barrowman. "Torchwood" is a British TV spinoff from ...

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What the Creators of Torchwood: Miracle Day Promise You'll See - io9

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:40 AM PDT


What the Creators of Torchwood: Miracle Day Promise You'll See
io9
We were lucky enough to be on a call with producer Russell T. Davies, plus stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Alexa Havins. And they made some pretty big promises for what to expect from the fourth season of Torchwood. Spoilers ahead. ...

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Week in Sloth: The “Miracle” of “Torchwood,” celebs hunt ghosts, Roseanne Barr ... - Weekly Alibi (blog)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT


Week in Sloth: The "Miracle" of "Torchwood," celebs hunt ghosts, Roseanne Barr ...
Weekly Alibi (blog)
"Torchwood: Miracle Day" (Starz 8 pm) Like the mind-blowing Season 3 maxi-series "Children of Earth," Season 4 of this BBC sci-fi hit consists of a single story arc. Everyone on Earth has suddenly lost the ability to die. Is this a miracle or some sick ...

In 'Torchwood' there's no death, only endless suffering - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:26 AM PDT


In 'Torchwood' there's no death, only endless suffering
Chicago Sun-Times
Jack Harkness (Joliet West alum John Barrowman), former head of the so-called Torchwood Institute — an elite group supposedly set up long ago by the British royal family to investigate "the strange, the unusual and the alien" — and geographically ...

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'Torchwood' imagines no death, only endless suffering - Chicago Sun-Times

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:25 AM PDT


'Torchwood' imagines no death, only endless suffering
Chicago Sun-Times
Jack Harkness (Joliet West alum John Barrowman), former head of the so-called Torchwood Institute — an elite group supposedly set up long ago by the British royal family to investigate "the strange, the unusual and the alien" — and geographically ...

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Exclusive Interview: Bill Pullman antagonizes TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - Assignment X

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:08 AM PDT


Exclusive Interview: Bill Pullman antagonizes TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY
Assignment X
I watched the trailer for [Starz's action-laden series] CAMELOT and I said [to TORCHWOOD creator/show runner Russell T. Davies], "Russell, I think we need some swords [laughs] and some horses, too." But no, [the violence is] psychological. ...

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BBC Worldwide Prods. developing three new series - Variety

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:06 AM PDT


BBC Worldwide Prods. developing three new series
Variety
BBC Worldwide Prods. has three potentially high profile projects in development, from writers David Goyer ("Batman Begins"), Paul Scheuring ("Prison Break") and Russell T. Davies ("Torchwood: Miracle Day"). Goyer is writing "Da Vinci's ...

David Tennant Finally Gets Some Image Shots From Upcoming Fright Night Film! - Popzara (blog)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:51 AM PDT


David Tennant Finally Gets Some Image Shots From Upcoming Fright Night Film!
Popzara (blog)
At long last, we get to see David Tennant of Doctor Who fame as his character Peter Vincent in the upcoming remake of the 80's cult hit Fright Night. I like how he looks pretty bad ass, but I'm not feeling the slightly doofy looking stubble / six ...

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British TV Podcast Show #91: Torchwood - Anglotopia.net

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:45 AM PDT


British TV Podcast Show #91: Torchwood
Anglotopia.net
The British TV Podcast with Chrissy & Ryan Show 91 has a feature on "Torchwood" as we preview "Miracle Day" as well as a spoilerific history of the previous three seasons. Meanwhile, Chrissy is looking forward to "The Night Watch" on BBC2. ...

Sexy Daisy shows off Loweds of leg - The Sun

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT


The Sun

Sexy Daisy shows off Loweds of leg
The Sun
Doctor Who star Matt, sitting with Daisy in the front row, looked as though he wished the Tardis would whisk him away to somewhere less boring. Dr Who's that girl ... Daisy Lowe with boyfriend Matt Smith.

JOHN BARROWMAN WANTS A DOCTOR WHO COMEBACK - Express.co.uk

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT


JOHN BARROWMAN WANTS A DOCTOR WHO COMEBACK
Express.co.uk
The 44-year-old actor, who stars as Captain Jack Harkness in the successful Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, has been excluded from the main show since former Time Lord David Tennant left the series at the beginning of 2010. ...

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The Crash of the Elysium, Manchester International Festival: MediaCity, Salford - The Independent

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 10:03 AM PDT


The Crash of the Elysium, Manchester International Festival: MediaCity, Salford
The Independent
The audience gasped when they saw it was Doctor Who (Matt Smith on film). On we went, uncovering control rooms, deciphering clues, finding more messages and being chased by the scariest of Doctor Who's adversaries. Courtesy of Punchdrunk theatre ...

Starz Original Series "TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY" Premieres Friday, July 8 At ... - RealityTVWebsite.com

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:58 AM PDT


Starz Original Series "TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY" Premieres Friday, July 8 At ...
RealityTVWebsite.com
The show's original creator, writer/producer Russell T Davies, serves as executive producer along with BBC Worldwide Productions' SVP Julie Gardner, with Davies also serving as show-runner. "Torchwood: Miracle Day" is produced by BBC Worldwide ...

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New image from The Adventures of Tintin - Filmonic

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:31 AM PDT


New image from The Adventures of Tintin
Filmonic
In the film, co-written by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim), Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) and Steven Moffat (Doctor Who), Jamie Bell stars as journalist and adventurer Tintin with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost playing detective twins Thompson and Thomson and ...

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Alexa says Miracle Day is “something for everyone”

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT

The Chicago Tribune has interviewed Alexa Havins about Torchwood: Miracle Day, and, according to the actress, who stars as Esther Drummond, the new 10 part series has "a little something for everyone" to enjoy. She says: "It's an inner woven web of Russell fabulousness. It's so disturbing in the best possible way, and then we have [...]

Undead plan LoDo visit on Thursday - Denver Post

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:32 AM PDT


Undead plan LoDo visit on Thursday
Denver Post
It's a stunt — performed for 45 minutes at a time beginning at 11 am and 1 pm — to publicize the new Starz TV drama "Torchwood: Miracle Day," which premieres Friday. Performers will re-enact the scene "March of Soulless," in which mask-wearing ...
Torchwood zombies to attack Denver this SaturdayExaminer.com

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Matt Smith and Karen Gillan in Hollywood

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 08:04 AM PDT

Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be in Hollywood on 26 July to sign copies of Doctor Who: Series 6, Part 1. They will be appearing at the Los Angeles based Amoeba Music store.
Matt Smith (The Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) will be at Amoeba Music to celebrate the release of Doctor Who: Series Six, Part 1 (on DVD and Blu-Ray). Limited to 200 purchasers of Doctor Who: Series Six, Part 1 (available for purchase starting July 19th at Amoeba). Fans can get ONE item of their choice signed as long as they have purchased Series Six, Part 1 on DVD or Blu-Ray.

Doctor Who DVD Signing
Tuesday July 26th 7pm - Hollywood

6400 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028


Matt Smith and Karen Gillan make their triumphant return as the Doctor and his companion in an all-new series of Doctor Who! In Part 1, the Doctor, Amy and Rory find themselves in Sixties America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then journey on the high seas of 1696 aboard a pirate ship, to solve the mystery of the Siren. In a bubble universe at the very edge of reality, the Doctor meets an old friend with a new face, and in a monastery on a remote island in the near future, an industrial accident takes on a terrible human shape. And waiting for them, at the end of all this, is the battle of Demon's Run, and the Doctor's darkest hour. Can even the truth about River Song save the Time Lord's soul? Only two things are certain. Silence will fall. And a good man is going to die...

Part 1 of the new season delivered record ratings on BBC AMERICA, earned rave reviews including an "A" and a spot "The Must List" from Entertainment Weekly, and was featured on NBC's Today show and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Beth Willis, Piers Wenger and Toby Whithouse, will be in the US to attend San Diego Comic Con on Sunday 24 July where they'll be showing attendees new footage from the second half of Series 6.

Matt & Karen Sign DVDs!

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 07:46 AM PDT

Whovians in the USA can start to get excited – series stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be signing copies of the Doctor Who Series 6 Part 1 DVD boxset at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California on Tuesday July 26 at 7pm!

It has been known for some time now that the Series 6 DVD will be split into two boxsets, with the first released in a few weeks time and the second hopefully in time for Christmas 2011!

As such, the boxset will include the following episodes:

  • The Impossible Astronaut
  • Day of the Moon
  • Voyage of the Black Pearl
  • The Doctor's Wife
  • The Rebel Flesh
  • The Also People
  • A Good Man Goes to War

An exceptional guest cast has been assembled for the first half of Series 6, with Smith, Gillan, Arthur Darvill (Rory) and Alex Kingston (River Song) joined by Michael Sheen, Suranne Jones, Marshall Lancaster, Frances Barber, Hugh Bonneville, Mark Sheppard and many others. Find out more about the event at the Amoeba Music website.

(Thanks to Rory at BBC America)

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan Set for 'Doctor Who' Signing at Amoeba in Hollywood ... - Anglophenia (blog)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 07:30 AM PDT


Anglophenia (blog)

Matt Smith, Karen Gillan Set for 'Doctor Who' Signing at Amoeba in Hollywood ...
Anglophenia (blog)
Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan will be showing some major California love this month. Not only are they set for their first-ever appearance at San Diego Comic-Con on July 24, they are gearing up for a signing at Amoeba Music in Hollywood ...

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New interviews with Mekhi Phifer and Bill Pullman

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 06:57 AM PDT

With the US premiere of the new series now just days away, Torchwood fever continues with more cast interviews hitting the waves! Digital Spy has a Q&A with Mekhi Phifer, who plays Rex Matheson, "a CIA agent at the top of his game", in Miracle Day, who describes his character as "rambunctious". The website has [...]

'9 Lives of Chloe King': 4 Well-Done Aspects, 4 Interesting (But Imperfect ... - Crushable

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 06:11 AM PDT


'9 Lives of Chloe King': 4 Well-Done Aspects, 4 Interesting (But Imperfect ...
Crushable
Also, I want to say that I think the show needs to work on its suspense–the only people I've known to do suspense well in television are Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, Sherlock), Tim Kring (Heroes), and JJ Abrams (Fringe, Lost), as well as the writers and ...

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2011: The Year Television Owns Comic-Con - io9

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 06:04 AM PDT


2011: The Year Television Owns Comic-Con
io9
This year, the show's bringing Matt Smith and Karen Gillan — and it's getting a spot in Hall H, the giant 6000-seat auditorium where the big studios show off their movies. It's just part of a trend — 2011 is the year that television dominates Comic-Con ...

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Eve discusses Miracle Day and its “shock” ending

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Eve Myles has promised that the ending to the new series of Torchwood will "shock the hell out of" us. Speaking to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette about all things Miracle Day, the actress teases: "There's definitely a lead on for more, but it all depends on if people want more. I'm terrified of the thought of [...]

6.8: Let's Kill Hitler - Synopsis and Screening

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:43 AM PDT

Media Guardian's Edinburgh International Television Festival will be holding a special screening for the next episode of Doctor Who (6.8: Let's Kill Hitler) on Friday 26th August 2011 at The Film House.

The festival website has also included the synopsis for the episode, which doesn't contain any spoilers:

In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in 1930s Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. The Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities - and in so doing, learns a harsh lesson in the cruellest warfare of all.

+ Check Out Media Guardian's Edinburgh International Television Festival website.

[Source: Media Guardian]

Enter 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' giveaway - Chicago Tribune (blog)

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:05 AM PDT


Chicago Tribune (blog)

Enter 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' giveaway
Chicago Tribune (blog)
And that's good news for fans of "Torchwood." I'm hosting a giveaway of these fab swag items: A promotional poster for "Torchwood: Miracle Day" like the "End of Death" poster above. And finally, the most awesome of the prizes in my opinion, ...

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BBC America's August Highlights Include US Premieres of 'The Hour,' 'Top Gear ... - TVbytheNumbers

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:53 AM PDT


BBC America's August Highlights Include US Premieres of 'The Hour,' 'Top Gear ...
TVbytheNumbers
Also, take a rare look behind-the-scenes of the epic series and join celebrity fans as they discuss their favorite Doctor Who moments. Follow the current Doctor, Matt Smith, through an in-depth look at his very best moments. Join celebrity fans as they ...

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DOCTOR WHO and BEDLAM Heading To Comic-Con 2011 - Daemon's TV

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:45 AM PDT


Daemon&os;s TV

DOCTOR WHO and BEDLAM Heading To Comic-Con 2011
Daemon&os;s TV
Doctor Who, from award winning lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, stars BAFTA nominee Matt Smith as the Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond, along with Arthur Darvill as Rory and Alex Kingston who plays River Song. ...

BBC America - August Highlights - The Futon Critic

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT


BBC America - August Highlights
The Futon Critic
Also, take a rare look behind-the-scenes of the epic series and join celebrity fans as they discuss their favorite Doctor Who moments. Follow the current Doctor, Matt Smith, through an in-depth look at his very best moments. Join celebrity fans as they ...

20 Torchwood Miracle Day Teasers

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:45 AM PDT

Tuesday saw Starz screening the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day at several theaters across the US. Read more ...


Starz Miracle Day Premiere Screening

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:35 AM PDT

Doctor Who TV contributor, Clint Hassell, on the Torchwood Miracle Day Starz premiere event.

To promote its new series, Starz television network screened the first episode at several premiere events, days before the network television premiere. I live in Dallas, Texas – the U.S.'s fourth largest media market – and was lucky enough to be invited to attend a local event.

Read more ...


Torchwood: Miracle Day - UK DVD and Blu-ray releases

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:21 AM PDT

Torchwood: Miracle Day is now available to pre-order from online shops. Amazon UK has given a UK release date for Series 4 as 14 November 2011.
DVD Description
One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep ageing - they get hurt and sick - but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.

With all the extra people, resources are finite. It's said that in four month's time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can't be a natural event – someone's got to be behind it. It's a race against time as C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking "What is Torchwood?" he's drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human, forever.

Special Features
Magical FX on Miracle Day Special
Behind the Scenes
Motion Comic
Art Dept Tour
Audio Nav & Description

Torchwood: Miracle Day is available to pre-order now in both DVD (Region 2) and Blu-ray formats.

A Minute With: Bill Pullman about "Torchwood" - Reuters

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 12:02 AM PDT


A Minute With: Bill Pullman about "Torchwood"
Reuters
By Iain Blair LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Bill Pullman has played everything from an American president in "Independence Day" to a doctor in "Caspar, but in the new drama series "Torchwood: Miracle Day," he stars as Oswald Danes, a convicted child ...

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New episode synopsis for ‘Let's Kill Hitler' released

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:32 PM PDT

An intriguing synopsis for the next episode of Doctor Who – Let's Kill Hitler – has been released by the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival! The episode will kick off the highly anticipated second half of Series 6 on BBC One in the autumn, and is to be screened at the festival, to an audience [...]

Dr Barrowman on the One Show

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT

Fans of Captain Cheese need not worry, but if you are one of those people baffled by BBC One's habit of offering viewers a season of John Barrowman once or twice a year – when the talented singer, actor and presenter manages to appear on multiple shows at the same time – it's time to be careful when you tune in.

The star of Torchwood will be returning to BBC One this Saturday evening with a new series of his "dream-maker" show Tonight's the Night, followed the week later with the UK premier of the Hollywood-flavoured Torchwood: Miracle Day.

In the meantime, however, you can also avoid catch him on The One Show this evening at 7.30pm on BBC One, where he will be chatting with presenters Matt Baker and Alex Jones (she's Welsh, apparently).

As if all of that wasn't enough, and just to make sure we gave you an interesting headline, it seems that Mr Ubiquity Showbiz has just earned an honorary Doctor of Drama degree from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

"I'm really honoured, I'm really chuffed and I'm glad I'm back up in Scotland and able to celebrate in full highland dress, and celebrate my heritage and get my degree up here."

Incidentally, John will be appearing in Glasgow this Christmas alongside The Krankies in the panto Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates at the SECC.

From Hollywood to The Krankies… you couldn't make it up!

New Miracle Day Clips!

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:16 PM PDT

Boom! Crash! Arrgghhh! (plummets into worlds deepest fountain) "I'm Captain Jack Harkness" As introductions go there's not many that stand above ole Jack's (John Barrowman) meet and great with Torchwood: Miracle Day newbie Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins)

So it comes as no surprise that the Beeb have used this and two other exciting clips (hosted at Daily Motion due to pesky region blocking…grrr!) to introduce the modern day Captain Scarlet to American audiences on the eve of the shows return on July 8th.

The second clip see the now damp pair discussing the origins of the Torchwood institute – don't get excited, the Doctor isn't mentioned – where Esther learns that the former agency policed more than the just the strange terrestrial occurrences.

While the third and final clip sees Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman, who is probably going to steal the show this season) tying a government representative up in metaphorical ropes as he worms his way out of any wrong-doing for his 'successful' execution; also it confirms that Danes as a paedophile, something that went missing from his official character summary for awhile.

So there's action, intrigue and someone to love/hate. It's dead exciting, and you can view it below:
Torchwood Miracle Day – Episode 1 – The New… by doctorwho-tv

Torchwood: Miracle Day begins stateside 8th July at 10 pm ET/PT and 14th July at 9 pm on BBC 1 in the UK.

(Thanks to DoctorWhoTV for compiling the videoclip.)

Let's Kill Hitler - Press Details

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Press details for the first episode of Doctor Who following the summer break, Let's Kill Hitler, have been released courtesy of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Festival.

The episode will be screed at the annual gathering of senior figures from within the Television industry on Friday 26th August.

In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in 1930s Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. The Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities - and in so doing, learns a harsh lesson in the cruellest warfare of all.

Torchwood: Miracle Day BBC One Promo Video [VIDEO]

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:40 PM PDT

We are just days away from Torchwood: Miracle Day here in the States and another week for the UK. This is the BBC One promo trailer video for it in the UK.

Let’s Kill Hitler Details

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Episode 8 of Doctor Who's sixth Series, Let's Kill Hitler, will be screened at The 2011 Read more ...


Heroes of Sontar

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:54 PM PDT

There is a little known fact in the Who-verse. Sontarans are funny.

We have always known they looked funny but recently we have been seeing that they have a sense of humour about them as well. We saw this in A Good Man Goes to War and now with the first audio in the Fifth's Doctors newest trilogy Heroes of Sontar

Heroes of Sontar stars, spoiler alert, the Sontarans in a role that we have not seem them before – as the people the Doctor has to save.

The episode starts off almost immediately where the Cradle of the Snake left off. Tegan is still recovering from the influence of the Mara so the Doctor takes her, Nyssa and Turlough to a peaceful haven on planet Samur called the Citadel for some peace and quiet. When has that ever worked for the Doctor?

What happens is three plots begin to intertwine together. The Citadel is now uninhabitable and covered in a green everything-eating-moss that infects Nyssa, a platoon of Sontarans arrive on the planet with sealed orders from their Field Marshall, and to top it all off everybody get attacked by ghost who speak of a cursed Sontaran. The three storylines seem random and unconnected, at first, but as thing progress you begin to find out how things slowly click together.

Breaking that all-powerful rule in Dungeons and Dragons, Heroes of Sontar splits the party time travelling party, but with a good outcome. Seven Sontarans land on the planet and begin to split up, eventually pairing off with one each for the Doctor and his companions. This helps show us the individual personalities of each of the Sontaran platoon members. This brings us to the strength of the episode.

The Sontarans.

This episode does what other Sontarans stories do not. The first is this story is heavily built on the racial qualities of the Sontarans. Unlike stories like The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky where very little knowledge of the Sontarans is needed to enjoy the episode Heroes of Sontar needs a little more knowledge behind it.

The second original aspect is the above mentioned fact that the Sontarans are the people needing saving. We've all know how it plays out, the Doctor lands and we meet a series of new character that need the Doctors help before their die horribly. Things never turn out well for most of them. In this episode it is the members of the Sontaran platoon are being haunted, hunted and killed by a series of ghost called the Witch-Guards. The Sontarans are cursed and the Witch-Guards are here to collect. This makes the Sontarans, of all things, humans. We care for them; they feel emotions and fear, we want them to survive and much like Commander Strax, we feel sad when they die.

Heroes of Sontar is a great start for the 2011 Fifth Doctor trilogy. It is a great story that nobody, especially fans of the Sontaran race, should miss.

Head over to BigFinish.com to find out more about this and other Doctor Who audio titles!

June iPlayer figures

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Doctor Who: iPlayerIn June Doctor Who once more topped the list of the most requested programmes the BBC iPlayer.

The final story before the mid season break, A Good Man Goes to War, had total of 1.26 million requests in the 8 days it was available, 100,000 ahead of the second placed programme, The Apprentice which had 1.14 million accessing episode 7, in which the contestants designed a pet food. Other high ranking programmes were Top Gear and Waterloo Road.

The current series of Doctor Who came off the iPlayer on 11th June. The series totalled 9.63 million requests across the seven episodes in the two months they were available. The series opener, The Impossible Astronaut is the joint most accessed programme of the year so far, alongside the second in the comedy series Come Fly With Me, both programmes were accessed 1.86 million times.

The top twenty list for the year so far consists of just four programmes, Doctor Who, The Apprentice, Come Fly with Me and Top Gear. Episode Two of Doctor Who, Day of the Moon, is currently 5th for the year, being accessed 1.62 million times. The Doctor's Wife is 12th with 1.30 million, A Good Man Goes to War is 15th with 1.26 million, The Curse of the Black Spot is 16th with 1.26 million and The Rebel Flesh is 19th with 1.13 million. The Almost People just slips outside the top twenty with 1.13 million accessing.

Matt Smith début episode, The Eleventh Hour, is still the most requested programme on the iPlayer ever with over 2.5 million requests.

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