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- Cyberman Conversion Chamber Mini Set - Toy Details and Image
- Dalek Factory Mini Set - Toy Details and Image
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits Trailer - koimoi (blog)
- Torchwood: Miracle Day – episode two - The Guardian (blog)
- Torchwood: Miracle Day: Agents on a Plane - TV.com (blog)
- 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' - 'Rendition': Aches on a plane - HitFix (blog)
- Rate & Discuss: Rendition
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Wellington Daily News
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Newton Press Mentor
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Midway Driller
- Video: Smith on Alan Carr: Chatty Man
- Torchwood cast baffled - The Sun
- 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' 2011 Comic-Con exclusive: “Population Boom” - Examiner.com
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Du Quoin Evening Call
- 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' trailer: Hugh Grant's first animated movie ... - Entertainment Weekly
- Doctor Who complete reviews: Utopia - Shadowlocked (blog)
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Hannibal.net
- 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' Previews: Does Evil Need a Publicist? - Hollywood Reporter
- 'Doctor Who' Devotee Serves Up Some Trock and Roll - Anglophenia (blog)
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Brandywine East Community News
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Pittsburg Morning Sun
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Newton Kansan
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Macon Chronicle-Herald
- The First TV Spot for Fright Night - ShockTillYouDrop.com
- Who's Safe?
- 'Torchwood' looker cast in 'Nikita' - Entertainment Weekly (blog)
- The BBC Reveals How Long Before We'll See 'Miracle Day' on DVD - TVShowsOnDVD.com
- Matt Smith said Doctor Who wouldn't like sex and would rather play chess - MSN Celebrity UK
- Great Reaction to The New World
- Ricky Gervais is the next Doctor?
- Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Rockford Register Star
- EXCLUSIVE: Torchwood: Miracle Day writer Jane Espenson interview - Monsters and Critics.com
- Dear Uncle, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, UK - Financial Times
- Surprisingly Awesome First Trailer for 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' (VIDEO) - Moviefone (blog)
- 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' star Lauren Ambrose: 'Every detail is accounted for' - Zap2it.com (blog)
- Teasers for Torchwood: Miracle Day Ep 2
- The Torchwood TARDISblend 30: The New World - Geeks of Doom
- UK Teaser For Aardman's THE PIRATES! Now With Added Singing! - Twitch
- John Barrowman would love a Torchwood film - ATV Today
- TV Review: 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' Builds Up Steam With Second, Third Episodes - HollywoodChicago.com
- Matt to appear on Alan Carr: Chatty Man tonight!
- My Television Week: Torchwood And Top Model - Huffington Post (blog)
- Torchwood: Miracle Day Ep 2 Pics
- Torchwood: Miracle Day 'The New World' Episode Guide - UGO
- Doctor Who: Behind-the Scenes Inside Looks at Series 6, Part 1 - TVOvermind
- Comic-Con 2011 preview - CBS News
- Miracle Day premiere – reactions, reviews, ratings!
- Matt Smith is a Chatty Man - Doctor Who TV (blog)
- Matt Smith is a Chatty Man
- Doctor Who star Matt Smith prefers playing chess to having sex - Metro
| Cyberman Conversion Chamber Mini Set - Toy Details and Image Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT Character Options have released details and an image for the Cyberman Conversion Chamber Mini Set by Character Building. Cold, emotionless figures, encased in steel suits, their original insanity stripped away and replaced by machinery and computers. No sense of hot or cold, fear or pride, love or hate. The Cybermen just exist to convert everyone to their way. Highly detailed Cyberman construction playset featuring swivelling cyber-conversion machine arm and moveable conversion bed with restraining arms. Set includes one Space Captain and one Cyberman micro-figure. For ages 5 years and over. + The Cyberman Conversion Chamber Mini Set is released on 12th August 2011, priced &ound;19.99. + Preorder this product from Forbidden Planet! [Source: Character Options]  | ||
| Dalek Factory Mini Set - Toy Details and Image Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:16 PM PDT Character Options have released details and an image for the Dalek Factory Mini Set by Character Building.
The Daleks are building their armies ready to return to Earth to battle the Doctor and reign supreme! Highly detailed Dalek construction playset featuring swivelling Dalek factory machine arm, moveable conveyor belt, control panels and rejected parts bin! Set includes one Dalek Drone and one Dalek Scientist micro-figure. For ages 6 years and over. + The Dalek Factory Mini Set is released on 12th August 2011, priced &ound;29.99. + Preorder this product from Forbidden Planet! [Source: Character Options]  | ||
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits Trailer - koimoi (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 04:42 PM PDT
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day – episode two - The Guardian (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 04:00 PM PDT
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day: Agents on a Plane - TV.com (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:27 PM PDT
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| 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' - 'Rendition': Aches on a plane - HitFix (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:05 PM PDT
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:00 PM PDT As the Torchwood team is reunited, Jack realises he's the most vulnerable man on Earth, as a flight to the US becomes a desperate fight for survival. Now we're back together, together, I wanna show you, that Miracle Day is oh so true… Jack and Gwen have been reunited, and for the old friends it was [...]  | ||
| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Wellington Daily News Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:46 PM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Newton Press Mentor Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:17 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Midway Driller Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:04 AM PDT
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| Video: Smith on Alan Carr: Chatty Man Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:01 AM PDT Last night, Matt Smith appeared as one of Alan Carr's guests on his Channel 4 show Alan Carr: Chatty Man. He talked about the "resting" of the Daleks; Doctor Who's 50th anniversary and the potential return of previous Doctors; plus Dais Read more ...
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| Torchwood cast baffled - The Sun Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT
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| 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' 2011 Comic-Con exclusive: “Population Boom” - Examiner.com Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:32 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Du Quoin Evening Call Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:22 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who complete reviews: Utopia - Shadowlocked (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:54 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Hannibal.net Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:53 AM PDT
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| 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' Previews: Does Evil Need a Publicist? - Hollywood Reporter Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT
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| 'Doctor Who' Devotee Serves Up Some Trock and Roll - Anglophenia (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:15 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Brandywine East Community News Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:11 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Pittsburg Morning Sun Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Newton Kansan Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:40 AM PDT
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| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Macon Chronicle-Herald Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:35 AM PDT
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| The First TV Spot for Fright Night - ShockTillYouDrop.com Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:33 AM PDT
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:32 AM PDT Take a deep breath, sit back and relax. Doctor Who is safe. For the past few weeks there's been speculation over the show's future and whether the end of Doctor Who was beginning to appear in the distance. This is largely due to the BBC's recent announcement that the next series would have some but not all episodes shown in 2012, the rest to be aired in 2013. But that means nothing these days. Sure, it would be nice to have lots of episodes of our favourite show week in week out just like back in the 1960's. But times have changed, audiences have a shorter attention span and budgets aint what they used to be. However, whereas most shows get a nod and a wink to let them know that they're coming back, the people at the Beeb have gone out of their way to reassure the public that Doctor Who is going nowhere. Julian Payne, the BBC communications numero uno, finally confirmed what plenty of Doctor Who fans have known for a while:
So there you have it, full confirmation that nothing is wrong and that we will get to see the rest of the eleventh Doctor's two hundred years of adventuring before someone in a spacesuit kills him in America!  | ||
| 'Torchwood' looker cast in 'Nikita' - Entertainment Weekly (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:05 AM PDT
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| The BBC Reveals How Long Before We'll See 'Miracle Day' on DVD - TVShowsOnDVD.com Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:56 AM PDT
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| Matt Smith said Doctor Who wouldn't like sex and would rather play chess - MSN Celebrity UK Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:50 AM PDT
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| Great Reaction to The New World Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:31 AM PDT The launch of The New World as the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day last Friday on Starz in the USA and in the UK on Thursday evening is possibly one of the most interesting television experiments of recent times. A show, which is a British property, co-produced with an American network and airing over 10 weeks in the Internet age is almost unheard of, and while there have been rumours that many fans would head to the web to download the show, this is unlikely to occur with the same fervour as the worldwide lust for Doctor Who during the time of the staggered broadcast dates of 2007 and 2008. Of course, that depends entirely upon how Miracle Day builds its arc over the next few weeks, and whether or not it will be a slow burner to capture the imagination of viewers around the world. Over in the USA, the Starz network drew a total of 1.51 million viewers to The New World, according to the overnights, with 819,000 watching the initial broadcast at 10 pm and a further 687,000 catching the repeat an hour later (weird scheduling or what?) Meanwhile in the UK, the initial Torchwood Series 4 audience figures were lower than for the third series back in 2009, although given the delay in bringing it to screens and the lost buzz over the past 12 months, that is hardly a surprise. John Barrowman, Eve Myles and their new co-stars drew 4.83 million views, a 21.1% share of the available audience. Note that neither figure features delayed viewings; there is every chance that in the UK, The New World could have an extra million viewers via iPlayer. As with our Doctor Who reviews this year, Mez Burdett and Andrew Reynolds are to be thanked at this stage for their assistance in putting together this roundup. We begin with Andy, who notes that reaction to the episode in the press is good, and that The Independent's Neela Debnath is wholly onboard, praising brand new paymasters Starz for injecting a heavy dose of Hollywood into Torchwood's homespun thrills:
The tonal shift was also noted by Den of Geek's Simon Brew who, while optimistic about the show's potential, also took the time to address the constantly evolving world of Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman):
However not all the reviewers were willing to follow on that step up. Flick Filosopher's Maryann Johanson failed to be wowed by the new 'Americanised' Torchwood – laying most of the blame at the pettiness of CIA uber-agent Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer):
Johanson has a point. The game has changed so much it's difficult to reconcile the shows over-arching theme- the validity of all life and the lengths Torchwood will have to go to prevent other agencies from corralling the booming population of world into those worthy of life- and its attitude towards those black-clad storm troopers staking them at every turn. Although it was in self defence it felt disingenuous not to at least acknowledge that the helicopter assassins Gwen (Eve Myles) had just blown up were still alive as they burned on the Welsh coastline, rather than gloating in the moment Jack and Gwen are reunited. Let's not get started on the readiness of the expert to hack off the head of the suicide bomber in the archive. It felt like a writer imposing a choice on a character rather than something that would naturally happen. Hopefully all this having cake and eating it won't overshadow what was a confident and intriguing re-introduction to the Torchwood world. Over to Mez Burdett now, with his thoughts on the reviews from The Guardian, and first, The Shropshire Star, who found that the changes to Torchwood were very noticeable from the start:
But ultimately, the reviewer enjoyed the first episode:
The Guardian, meanwhile, introduces the world to a new description of what Torchwood has done by moving to the USA:
Before summing up how a lot of people are feeling about the show right now:
Personally I thought the best bit was the smile on Gwen's baby's face when she tried to shoot the helicopter down with a handgun, she's born to be in Torchwood! Our own review of the episode was provided this week by Kasterborous veteran Thomas Spychalski!  | ||
| Ricky Gervais is the next Doctor? Posted: 15 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT  Ricky Gervais has filmed a scene for his new comedy, Life's Too Short, that will feature a TARDIS and Daleks.On the news page of his website, it is revealed that he has filmed a "little something for sci-fi nerds everywhere". The blog post also contains photos of Gervais posing with a TARDIS and two Daleks. No other information has been revealed as yet. Guest stars in Life's Too Short include Sting, Johnny Depp and Steve Carell. It is not known if Matt Smith will guest star as himself or the Doctor in the scene Ricky Gervais is no stranger to the world of Doctor Who. In the 2007 Christmas Special and series finale of his sitcom, Extras, he filmed a short Doctor Who parody with David Tennant as the Doctor, and himself as the slug monster called Schlong.  | ||
| Movie Man: Sci-fi hero Dr. Who combines cosmic, comic - Rockford Register Star Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:44 AM PDT
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| EXCLUSIVE: Torchwood: Miracle Day writer Jane Espenson interview - Monsters and Critics.com Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:37 AM PDT
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| Dear Uncle, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, UK - Financial Times Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:25 AM PDT
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| Teasers for Torchwood: Miracle Day Ep 2 Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:38 AM PDT Digital Spy has posted 10 spoiler-lite teasers for the second episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Rendition.
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| The Torchwood TARDISblend 30: The New World - Geeks of Doom Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:37 AM PDT
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| UK Teaser For Aardman's THE PIRATES! Now With Added Singing! - Twitch Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT
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| John Barrowman would love a Torchwood film - ATV Today Posted: 15 Jul 2011 04:56 AM PDT
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| Matt to appear on Alan Carr: Chatty Man tonight! Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:33 AM PDT Matt Smith will be a guest on Alan Carr: Chatty Man tonight! The host is joined by Doctor Who star Matt Smith, and pop group JLS, who discuss their new single She Makes Me Wanna. He also introduces music by Miles Kane, and welcomes actor David Hasselhoff and his daughters Taylor-Ann and Hayley [...]  | ||
| My Television Week: Torchwood And Top Model - Huffington Post (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:32 AM PDT
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day Ep 2 Pics Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:29 AM PDT Here's a batch of promotional images for Torchwood: Miracle Day from the second episode, Rendition. Captain Jack is not looking so great and he's not just air sick.
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day 'The New World' Episode Guide - UGO Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:55 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who: Behind-the Scenes Inside Looks at Series 6, Part 1 - TVOvermind Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:52 AM PDT
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| Comic-Con 2011 preview - CBS News Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:47 AM PDT
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| Miracle Day premiere – reactions, reviews, ratings! Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:27 AM PDT The first episode of Miracle Day, The New World, aired in the UK last night to an overall positive response! According to the Independent, the "jam-packed" opening episode was "addictive to watch", serving as reassurance that "Torchwood is here to stay". The Telegraph has also spoken highly of the "enjoyable" first episode, summarising: "Compared with much [...]  | ||
| Matt Smith is a Chatty Man - Doctor Who TV (blog) Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:51 AM PDT
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| Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:39 AM PDT Tonight, Matt Smith will be appearing as one of Alan Carr's guests on his Channel 4 show Alan Carr: Chatty ManRead more ... | ||
| Doctor Who star Matt Smith prefers playing chess to having sex - Metro Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:37 AM PDT
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