Thursday, July 14, 2011

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News

Kopic's Doctor Who & Torchwood News


Bill Pullman: Torchwood's surprising new villain - Telegraph.co.uk

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT


Telegraph.co.uk

Bill Pullman: Torchwood's surprising new villain
Telegraph.co.uk
Hollywood star Bill Pullman and Torchwood hero John Barrowman tell Catherine Gee about the new series of the Doctor Who spin-off. Mekhi Phifer (left) joins Eve Myles and John Barrowman as a CIA agent who survives a nasty car accident in the new series ...

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'Torchwood' star fired up for Con return - SignOnSanDiego.com

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:40 PM PDT


'Torchwood' star fired up for Con return
SignOnSanDiego.com
Before he became the time-traveling, death-defying hero of the BBC sci-fi drama "Torchwood," John Barrowman was a student at San Diego's United States International University, now Alliant International University. ...

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Miracle Day! Watch Torchwood Season 4 & Review at Free Online Streaming - Granite Bay View

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:26 PM PDT


Granite Bay View

Miracle Day! Watch Torchwood Season 4 & Review at Free Online Streaming
Granite Bay View
Torchwood: Children of Earth were, quite simply, but the best five hours of television I've ever witnessed before, and finally thought that Russell T. Davies can switch to his various crimes against the Doctor Who series. Riding the wave of renewed ...

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Torchwood: Miracle Day - BBC1, 9pm - Mirror.co.uk

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:41 AM PDT


Mirror.co.uk

Torchwood: Miracle Day - BBC1, 9pm
Mirror.co.uk
So this new 10-week series finds the remnants of the disbanded Torchwood team facing a very unexpected challenge: What would happen if people just stopped dying? That would be a good thing, you would think. But no, apparently not. As John Barrowman and ...

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Blistering barnacles! Tintin's Captain Haddock turns Scottish - Scotsman

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:08 AM PDT


Blistering barnacles! Tintin's Captain Haddock turns Scottish
Scotsman
Spielberg's script was co-written by Scottish screenwriter and producer, Steven Moffat, famous for his work on Doctor Who. His agent yesterday could offer no immediate reply as to why Haddock has gone Scots. But adding insult to injury, perhaps, ...

TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY - Daily Star

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:04 AM PDT


TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY
Daily Star
By 9pm, BBC 1 TOP sci-fi drama TORCHWOOD, still the only show featuring John Barrowman in which he doesn't burst into some appallingly cheesy musical number at every opportunity, is back tonight for a new 10-part series (BBC1, 9pm). ...

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Tonight! Miracle Day is when everything changes…

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

…and the UK is ready! The brand new series of Torchwood, Miracle Day, will at last have its official premiere in the UK tonight at 9pm on BBC One! In the opening episode, The New World, Rex Matheson is impaled in a car crash and miraculously survives it, and his analyst, Esther Drummond, sets out [...]

Doctor Who rental service launches on Facebook

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:45 AM PDT

BBC Worldwide has signed a deal with Facebook enabling users of the social networking site to rent full Doctor Who episodes using its credit system. Digitally remastered classic series stories, such as the 1967 serial Tomb of the Cybermen, and episodes from the new series, including Silence in the Library, can be rented for 48 hours [...]

Winner of DWA's monster competition revealed!

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Back in February we told you about the 'Design a Monster' competition launched by Doctor Who Adventures, and its winner has now been revealed! Jessica Rickarby, aged 12 from Suffolk, created the winning design of the Screamer, which will feature in the magazine in a brand new comic strip. As well as that, a 10-inch model [...]

The Daleks Invade Earth Again!

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:14 AM PDT

The latest promotional escapade for the Doctor Who Experience is their most audacious yet – a recreation of the classic Westminster Bridge scene from the 1964 classic The Dalek Invasion of Earth!

It should come as no surprise that this iconic image has already been replicated several times before, most notably by the Radio Times for their award winning "Vote Dalek!" cover of 2005, but the Doctor Who Experience have gone one better and used the actual location rather than a backdrop.

You can see the results below, along with a black and white reference shot from the 1964 serial which starred William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Carole Ann Ford.

The Daleks on Westminster Bridge!

The Daleks on Westminster Bridge!

The Daleks on Westminster Bridge!

The Daleks on Westminster Bridge!

The Daleks on Westminster Bridge from The Dalek Invasion of Earth

If you haven't visited the Doctor Who Experience, or were unaware, the event is based at Earl's Court in London, and offers you the opportunity to step inside the TARDIS to take a starring role in your very own Doctor Who adventure!

Within the experience you will also find special scenes filmed with current Doctor Matt Smith which combine amazing special effects and the chance to enter a recreation of the modern TARDIS interior topped off by a breathtaking 3-D finale.

For more details, head to www.doctorwhoexperience.com – also, don't forget our review of the event from earlier this year.

Blink - Qwertee T-Shirt Offer

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 09:03 AM PDT


"You'll Miss Me If You Blink Twice ..."


Qwertee have launched their latest Doctor Who inspired design, created by artist zerobriant.

This is a limited edition print which will only be available to purchase for two days (i.e. until 11:00pm Friday 15th July).


Readers of Doctor Who News will be able to take advantage of a special 40p/50¢ discount off the usual £8/€10/$13.50 price of this t-shirt - simply enter this promotional code when ordering:
ilovedoctorwhonews
The t-shirt can be ordered from the Qwertee website.

 

We'll be launching a new competition in association with Qwertee on Saturday - keep an eye on our Competitions page for full details.

TV highlights 14/07/2011 - The Guardian

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 08:03 AM PDT


The Guardian

TV highlights 14/07/2011
The Guardian
Watch out, America ... Mekhi Phifer as Rex Matheson , Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood: MIracle Day. Photograph: BBC/Steve Brown/BBC Worldwide Productions.

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Official site reports on filming, Adventure Games

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 08:00 AM PDT

Over the last few days, the official BBC website has shared two reports keeping us up to date on the latest Doctor Who developments! The first, released yesterday, covers a recording session in London last week, during which Matt Smith recorded some of his dialogue for the fifth Adventure Game, which is said to be the [...]

Liza Minnelli, 'Modern Family' and George Michael - Windy City Times

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 07:40 AM PDT


Windy City Times

Liza Minnelli, 'Modern Family' and George Michael
Windy City Times
Openly gay Torchwood star John Barrowman said that he loved filming a screen kiss with James Marsters for a 2008 episode, according to a Digital Spy item. Torchwood's series-two opener, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," featured ex-lovers Captain Jack Harkness ...

Doctor Who complete reviews: Blink - Shadowlocked (blog)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:52 AM PDT


Shadowlocked (blog)

Doctor Who complete reviews: Blink
Shadowlocked (blog)
Looking back at Blink and comparing it with Matt Smith's tales, you can see how both this story and Moffat's other RTD-produced stories effectively act as dummy runs for the future. There's two notable aspects of Blink that Moffat would slavishly ...

Daisy Lowe in Playboy - Gavin Rossdale's Daughter the Latest to Strip - National Ledger

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:41 AM PDT


National Ledger

Daisy Lowe in Playboy - Gavin Rossdale's Daughter the Latest to Strip
National Ledger
The star is dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith and has previously dated the music producer Mark Ronson. Daisy only found out seven years ago that Rossdale was her father after a DNA test found the truth.

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'Doctor Who' Takes Print By Storm With 12 Titles - Starpulse.com

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:07 AM PDT


Starpulse.com

'Doctor Who' Takes Print By Storm With 12 Titles
Starpulse.com
Missing Doctor Who as we wait for the second part of series six? BBC Books has given you some solace as Who novels are arriving on bookstore shelves...twelve of them, in fact. Six new print adventures featuring Matt Smith's Eleventh Doctor are headed ...

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Gets a Poster - HeyUGuys.co.uk

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 06:02 AM PDT


HeyUGuys.co.uk

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Gets a Poster
HeyUGuys.co.uk
The movie stars Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman, Jeremy Piven and is based on the book 'Pirates: in an Adventure with Scientists' by Gideon Defoe who has also written the screenplay for the movie. In The Pirates! ...

Moffat: Doctor Who Will Always Be British

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 05:41 AM PDT

First Russell T. Davies shot down the idea of BBC Worldwide ever going halfsies with the USA and co-producing Doctor Who in a similar vein to spin-off Torchwood: Miracle Day but now – thanks again to our French correspondent Aurélie Demonchaux – Steven Moffat has weighed in with a characteristic response.

Speaking to French television show "J'irai Loler sur vos tombes" (which translates into the frankly awesome "I Will Lol on your Graves": How exactly do you laugh out loud on someone's grave?) during his recent trip to France for the Paris Comic Con Moffat said he could never imagine anything other than the quintessentially British version of Who ever existing.

The interview with Moffat begins at the 16 minute mark- followed by a French version of Doctor Who (in French) which is completely baffling but does feature the Doctor slapping the man who invented the Rubic's Cube.

Video: John Barrowman on Torchwood sex scenes and his hopes for a big-screen ... - Coventry Telegraph (blog)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 04:01 AM PDT


Coventry Telegraph (blog)

Video: John Barrowman on Torchwood sex scenes and his hopes for a big-screen ...
Coventry Telegraph (blog)
IN THIS video interview for Torchwood: Miracle Day, stars John Barrowman and Bill Pullman and creator and executive producer Russell T Davies spill the beans on what fans can expect in the new series. ...

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Doctor Who Series 6 Filming Wraps: "It's Quite Sad to Be Saying Goodbye" - TVOvermind

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 03:51 AM PDT


TVOvermind

Doctor Who Series 6 Filming Wraps: "It's Quite Sad to Be Saying Goodbye"
TVOvermind
Matt Smith was strangely the first of the three main cast members to finish filming, leaving Karen Gillan (Amy) and Arthur Darvill (Rory) to finish the shoot by themselves. Strangely enough, though, Gillan and Darvill didn't finish at the same time; ...

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'Torchwood' Lauren Ambrose: 'Jilly has vicious ambition' - Digital Spy

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:46 AM PDT


'Torchwood' Lauren Ambrose: 'Jilly has vicious ambition'
Digital Spy
Lauren Ambrose has claimed that her character on Torchwood: Miracle Day has a "vicious and unbridled ambition". The Six Feet Under star will make her debut as PR guru Jilly Kitzinger in the sci-fi drama's second episode. ...

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In pictures: Daleks invade London as Doctor Who scene is re-staged - WalesOnline

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:44 AM PDT


In pictures: Daleks invade London as Doctor Who scene is re-staged
WalesOnline
Show boss Steven Moffatt said recently that the Daleks were being rested from the BBC1 sci-fi drama, but the various models are currently on display at The Doctor Who Experience exhibition which is being staged at London's Olympia until November. ...

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Dr Who Daleks return to London to stage famous 1964 scene - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:37 AM PDT


Daily Mail

Dr Who Daleks return to London to stage famous 1964 scene
Daily Mail
The evil beings were wheeled out to re-stage a famous scene from the 1964 Doctor Who adventure on London's Westminster Bridge this morning. Four generations of Daleks - showing how the creatures had evolved over the years - were wielding their power on ...

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Filming Wraps on Doctor Who Series 6 - Doctor Who TV (blog)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:32 AM PDT


Doctor Who TV (blog)

Filming Wraps on Doctor Who Series 6
Doctor Who TV (blog)
It's a brilliant way to spend the day," said Karen Gillan Matt checks out one of the specially created props and laughs. "I love this!" he declares. The scenes form one of the most memorable sequences of the current series – a mixture of drama, ...

Replicate! Replicate! Daleks return to London to stage famous scene from 1964 ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:31 AM PDT


Daily Mail

Replicate! Replicate! Daleks return to London to stage famous scene from 1964 ...
Daily Mail
The evil beings were wheeled out to re-stage a famous scene from the 1964 Doctor Who adventure on London's Westminster Bridge this morning. Four generations of Daleks - showing how the creatures had evolved over the years - were wielding their power on ...

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Four Generations Of Doctor Who Daleks Invade Westminster Bridge - Huffington Post

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:31 AM PDT


Four Generations Of Doctor Who Daleks Invade Westminster Bridge
Huffington Post
Despite their power to send children running behind the sofa, we may just have to come to terms with the fact Daleks have been finally put out to screen-villain pasture by the show's writer Steven Moffat, in favour of a new kind of 21st century baddie, ...

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Filming Wraps on Doctor Who Series 6

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:26 AM PDT

Filming on Doctor Who Series 6 was completed on Monday and the official website has written a spoiler-free report o Read more ...


Daisy Lowe to strip off for Playboy? - Monsters and Critics.com

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:25 AM PDT


Monsters and Critics.com

Daisy Lowe to strip off for Playboy?
Monsters and Critics.com
The star is dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith and has previously dated the music producer Mark Ronson. Daisy only found out seven years ago that Rossdale was her father after a DNA test found the truth.

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5.05: "Flesh and Stone" - PopStar.com Celebrity News

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:15 AM PDT


5.05: "Flesh and Stone"
PopStar.com Celebrity News
They all jumped on the Doctor's (Matt Smith) say so and end up on the other side of the catacombs. Only they're in the same place they were before cos of the anti-gravity function of the ship. The statues resemble angels and they're feeding off the ...

Daisy Lowe to strip off for Playboy? - Musicrooms.net

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 02:10 AM PDT


Daisy Lowe to strip off for Playboy?
Musicrooms.net
The star is dating Doctor Who actor Matt Smith and has previously dated the music producer Mark Ronson. Daisy only found out seven years ago that Rossdale was her father after a DNA test found the truth.

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Dr Who Daleks return to London to stage famous 1964 scene - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:50 AM PDT


Daily Mail

Dr Who Daleks return to London to stage famous 1964 scene
Daily Mail
The evil beings were wheeled out to re-stage a famous scene from the 1964 Doctor Who adventure on London's Westminster Bridge this morning. Four generations of Daleks - showing how the creatures had evolved over the years - were wielding their power on ...

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Doctor Who Facebook Video on Demand Service Launched

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:47 AM PDT

The BBC have launched a brand new Doctor Who video on demand service via Facebook.

The service, which currently offers 9 stories from both the Classic Series and the New Series, uses the Facebook credits system as currency, and charges 15 Facebook credits (&ound;0.94) per story.

Titles currently available:

An Unearthly Child

The Tomb of the Cybermen

The Time Warrior

City of Death

Earthshock

Attack of the Cybermen

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

The End of the World

Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead

+ Click Here to check out Doctor Who VOD service on Facebook.

+ Like Doctor Who Online on Facebook.

[Source: BBC]

Game of Thrones Casting Pick: Stannis Baratheon - TVOvermind

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:44 AM PDT


TVOvermind

Game of Thrones Casting Pick: Stannis Baratheon
TVOvermind
There's a rumor (but just a rumor) that Christopher Eccleston is being considered for the role, which I think would be fantastic. But with Eccleston notable for his refusal to commit to television (he only served as the lead for one series of Doctor ...

Daisy Lowe to swap the catwalk for the centrefold as she prepares to strip off ... - Daily Mail

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:16 AM PDT


Daily Mail

Daisy Lowe to swap the catwalk for the centrefold as she prepares to strip off ...
Daily Mail
Daisy, who is dating Doctor Who star Matt Smith, will fly to California and do the shoot at founder Hugh Hefner's famous Playboy mansion. Young love: But what will boyfriend Matt Smith make of her Playboy shoot? This will not be the first time that ...

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Noni's adult bedtime story - Sydney Morning Herald

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:10 AM PDT


Noni's adult bedtime story
Sydney Morning Herald
The most recent series, featuring Matt Smith as the Time Lord, will not be available at launch. BBC Worldwide also plans to exploit other popular shows on Facebook, including Top Gear, which already has 12 million fans on the site. ...

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Doctor Who Boosts BBC profits in the 2011 Annual Review

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:03 AM PDT

BBC Worldwide have published their Annual Review for 2011 which highlights Doctor Who as one of the 'most valuable' brands, largely responsible for the corporations commercial success.

The report showed pre-tax profits rose 59pc to &ound;201.2m, or &ound;188m following disposals, on revenues up 7.8pc to &ound;1.16bn.

The Doctor Who franchise saw revenues climb 49pc, following significant growth in the US. It is now sold to more than 50 territories. Doctor Who was also the number-three TV series purchased globally on iTunes in 2010/11.

BBC's Worldwide's top five power brands include Top Gear, Doctor Who, Lonely Planet, Dancing with the Stars and BBC Earth. Headline sales from these brands were &ound;308.1m, a rise of 12.6pc year-on-year.

The corporation also notes in the report how it has embraced the online social avenues. John Smith, the chief executive of BBC Worldwide, said Worldwide will increasingly use Facebook to both market and sell its content and events.

Doctor Who episodes will be available for Facebook users in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and episodes will be available to view for 48 hours.

[Source: BBC Worldwide]

The Highs And Lows Of The Harry Potter Films - WhatCulture!

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT


The Highs And Lows Of The Harry Potter Films
WhatCulture!
The highlight of the film for me was David Tennant as the antagonist, the rather creepy Barty Crouch Jr. Ralph Fiennes as the dreaded Lor- err, He Who Must Not Be Named was genuinely scary and Brendon Gleeson as Mad-Eye Moody was… fitting. ...

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Playboy Photoshoot For Doctor Who's Girlfriend - Coventry Telegraph (blog)

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT


Playboy Photoshoot For Doctor Who's Girlfriend
Coventry Telegraph (blog)
The model, who is going out with Doctor Who star Matt Smith, is making her way to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion to do a sexy shoot for the magazine's September issue. Daisy, who is the daughter of Gavin ...

Next Adventure Game “Biggest Yet”

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:45 PM PDT

The official website has provided an update on the next Doctor Who Adventure Game.

They report from a voice Read more ...


Beeb flogs Doctor Who episodes via Facebook - Reg Hardware

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:21 PM PDT


Beeb flogs Doctor Who episodes via Facebook
Reg Hardware
BBC Worldwide has begun offering episodes of the Corporation's hugely popular Doctor Who as rental options via Facebook. "As we have grown internationally, we've seen through our Facebook channel that fans ...

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Hollywood notebook - MiamiHerald.com

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:16 PM PDT


Hollywood notebook
MiamiHerald.com
We chat about her new Starz series, "Torchwood: Miracle Day" and the possibilities of her and her family visiting Yosemite National Park while she's living in Los Angeles. The Welsh actress, who has temporarily moved to the United States to film the ...

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Everything Changes!

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:09 PM PDT

Whilst chatting away to promote the latest series of Torchwood, actor John Barrowman has revealed his thoughts about the identity of his show.

Barrowman thinks that:

"It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just deal with spaceships and aliens all the time… Our sister show, Doctor Who, is the one that does that…we're something completely different now… Our science fiction is more psychological."

We're paraphrasing here but the point stands that the actor is incredibly accurate.

When Russell T Davies and his mob created Torchwood back in 2006, the show was much more of a direct spin off. You can see that Davies had the whole Buffy/Angel idea in his head and wanted to play that out as he has gone on record as being a big fan.

Torchwood started life very similarly to Angel. The handsome warrior relocating to another part of the world to fight the good fight, with a tortured soul and a mysterious past, trying to do good even though he has committed a multitude of sins. The first series even contains the same style of "sweeping over the city" shots that the Angel camera crew liked to do!

But that all changed from the second series, as Torchwood found its footing it couldn't help but evolve. The show we now look forward to is in the format that it always should have been. Yes, it's a spin off from Doctor Who but it's a very loose connection – it's a big universe out there and everyone's story is different. This is where the first series fell down slightly; it was trying too hard to be something that it really wasn't.

So here's to Torchwood being a different show to Doctor Who. Something that grew from it but is emphatically not the same at all. You might say that it developed a new life in The New World.

Long may it continue.

Doctor Who Invades Facebook

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT

From today, you can watch several Doctor Who stories through the official BBC Facebook page.

Using Facebook credits, site users wi Read more ...


Beeb flogs Doctor Who episodes via Facebook - Register

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT


Beeb flogs Doctor Who episodes via Facebook
Register
BBC Worldwide has begun offering episodes of the Corporation's hugely popular Doctor Who as rental options via Facebook. "As we have grown internationally, we've seen through our Facebook channel that fans ...

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Torchwood star Bill Pullman: Dancing on stage put me in a coma - Metro

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:38 PM PDT


Metro

Torchwood star Bill Pullman: Dancing on stage put me in a coma
Metro
That simple twist provides writer Russell T Davies with a chance to explore a typically rumbustious mix of action and philosophy that Pullman was delighted to hitch on to. 'There was a slight wince when I read Oswald's character,' admits Pullman. ...

Russell T Davies: Torchwood works as a short series - Musicrooms.net

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:37 PM PDT


Russell T Davies: Torchwood works as a short series
Musicrooms.net
And with an impressive opening episode – not as impressive as Children of Earth it has to be said – and a cast including Bill Pullman alongside regulars John Barrowman and Eve Myles, it's going to be a great ten week run to take us through to the ...

Pictures of the day. Dr Who's Daleks on Westminster Bridge - TV Scoop

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:23 PM PDT


TV Scoop

Pictures of the day. Dr Who's Daleks on Westminster Bridge
TV Scoop
Actually it's the Doctor Who Experience which has recreated a classic Doctor Who story: The Dalek Invasion of Earth from 1964. Taking place on Westminster Bridge in central London, the photoshoot used four generations of Daleks from the series. ...

Covers for Stormwatch #2 and Demon Knights #2

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:27 PM PDT



Aren't they beautiful? The first is by Miguel Sepulveda, our series artist, the second by Tony Daniel. There's one person missing from the Stormwatch cover, and that's our whole team on the Demon Knights one. I'm so pleased to be writing these two titles! Cheerio!


Doctor Who one of BBC Worldwide's biggest selling shows - ATV Today

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 06:08 PM PDT


Doctor Who one of BBC Worldwide's biggest selling shows
ATV Today
Steven Moffat's Sherlock was also a big seller for the BBC while Human Planet and Lonely Planet also boosted BBC Worldwide's revenue. In America Doctor Who has seen revenue for Worldwide leap by 49% due to DVD sales and downloads on platforms such as ...

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