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- Torchwood: Miracle Day preview: Episode 4.9 “The Gathering” - Examiner.com
- Doctor Who 6.08 'Let's Kill Hitler' - Monsters and Critics.com (blog)
- DWO's iWho App featured in Issue 10 of Apps Magazine
- 'Conan' is a pass - Minot Daily News (blog)
- Dr. Who Season 6 Episode 8 'Let's Kill Hitler' Review - TheHDRoom
- Is Doctor Who running out of Time as viewing figures for new series slump? - Mirror.co.uk
- DWO in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 438
- Torchwood: Miracle Day recap/review: Episode 4.8 “End of The Road” - Examiner.com
- Torchwood: Miracle Day Episode 8 'End of the Road' Review - TheHDRoom
- Immortality Would Not Be Pretty - First Things (blog)
- UK: 500 Views Complain About Gay Scene in Torchwood - Gayapolis
- Don't Be Afraid of the Box Office (Unless You're a Studio Exec) - Dread Central
- Torchwood: Miracle Day - Morphic Fields and So Many Other Questions - Blogcritics.org (blog)
- Doctor Who's plots are getting lost in space.. - Mirror.co.uk
- The Weekend's TV: Page Eight, Sun, BBC2Doctor Who, Sat, BBC1 - The Independent
- FANS FURY AT TORCHWOOD GAY SEX-FEST - Daily Star
- 'Fright Night' "sucks" - PUC Chronicle
- Devil in the Details - Vancouver Voice
- Movie Review: 'Fright Night' - Get The Big Picture (blog)
- End of the Road
- Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler!": this lonely traveler - TV Geek Army
- Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular for Melbourne
- "Doctor Who" Recap: Just Your Average Gay Gypsy Bar Mitzvah for the Disabled - AfterElton.com
- "Doctor Who" Recap: Just Your Average Gay Gypsy Bar Mitzvah for the Disabled - AfterElton.com
- Doctor Who Season 6 Episode 8 Review: Let's Kill Hitler - BuzzFocus.com
- The Doctor Recycles!
- IDW Doctor Who Annual 2011
- Let's Kill Hitler Reviewed
- Previously on Doctor Who 1963-2011
- 'Torchwood' Turned Into Gay Porn, Viewers Complain - On Top Magazine
- How to Make a Successful Hollywood Remake - Crushable
- Remember when Dr. Who fought King Kong? - io9
- Remember when Dr. Who fought King Kong? - io9
- Hundreds complain over 'pointless' Torchwood sex scenes - AOL Celebrity UK
- Doctor Who 6.08 "Let's Kill Hitler" Review - TVOvermind
- Smith: “River's not going anywhere” - Doctor Who TV (blog)
- Dr. Who Returns to BBC America With "Let's Kill Hitler" - Gather.com
- Billie Piper to play 'raucous' lead in new BBC3 sitcom Tom and Jenny - Metro
- Doctor Who Season 6: 5 Questions About “Let's Kill Hitler” - Comic Book Resources
- Media Talk and Tech Weekly from the Edinburgh International Television ... - The Guardian
- Smith: “River’s not going anywhere”
- Torchwood Miracle Day Episode 9 - The Gathering Preview Trailer - Anglotopia.net
- Ratings, reviews and reactions to Let's Kill Hitler
- JOHN OSTRANDER: Doctor Whose? - Comicmix.com
- Bring Back Vintage Dr Who - Sabotage Times
- Mays talks Night Terrors Plot
- DOCTOR WHO'S KAREN GILLAN IS BACK ON SONG - Express.co.uk
- 6.8: Let's Kill Hitler - Overnight Viewing Figures
- And our Fan of the Month for August 2011 is…
- Let's Kill Hitler: Press Reaction
| Torchwood: Miracle Day preview: Episode 4.9 “The Gathering” - Examiner.com Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:20 PM PDT
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| Doctor Who 6.08 'Let's Kill Hitler' - Monsters and Critics.com (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:32 PM PDT
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| DWO's iWho App featured in Issue 10 of Apps Magazine Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT DWO's popular iWho Doctor Who App is reviewed in the latest issue of Apps Magazine (Issue #438). Apps Magazine gave iWho a 3/5 rating, and had the following to say about the app: "it's simply rammed with regularly updated information; in fact, there's definitely a hint of Time Lord technology in the make-up of the app, perhaps explaining how so many Who-related topics can be contained in an iPhone app. The feeds are constantly buzzing through, and the contributors get some impressive access to cast and crew to bring exclusive interviews to the fore. If you are happy to swap visual panache for quality and bulk of content, then iWho definitely delivers. An insightful and info-packed app for Who fanatics"
Despite the app only being a couple of months old, it has already achieved over 5000 downloads in both the Apple App Store and the Android Market. Available for just &ound;1.49, iWho keeps fans up to date with all the latest Doctor Who News and Reviews in the Doctor Who and Torchwood worlds, as well as offering podcasts, DVD guides, Tweets and more!
Do you have iWho? Please Rate / Review the app for us in the App Stores. Your reviews help to get the app noticed by even more Doctor Who fans! + Download iWho on the Apple App Store. + Download iWho on the Android Market. + Check Out DWO's other Doctor Who and Torchwood Apps. [Source: Apps Magazine]  | ||
| 'Conan' is a pass - Minot Daily News (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT
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| Dr. Who Season 6 Episode 8 'Let's Kill Hitler' Review - TheHDRoom Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:33 PM PDT
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| Is Doctor Who running out of Time as viewing figures for new series slump? - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:20 PM PDT
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| DWO in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 438 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:19 PM PDT DWO is featured in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine (438) in their 'Another 40 people every Doctor Who fan should follow on Twitter' feature. Under the 'Top Fans' section you will find our logo and stats, as well as an example of a typical tweet you can expect from our @DrWhoOnline twitter account. The DWO twitter account has one of the largest Doctor Who followings on Twitter with over 27,000+ followers. We regularly run competitions for our followers and post the latest news updates and features. What else is inside Issue #438 of Doctor Who Magazine?
Doctor Who is back on TV for a brand new series! DWM catches up with its stars, Matt Smith (the Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and asks, what do they think about the controversial title of the first episode, Let’s Kill Hitler? Matt cracks up. “It’s Steven [Moffat, writer of Let’s Kill Hitler] being brilliant and mischievous. Also, it’s a direct reference to a line in the episode...” “Pretty intense laughter from me, too,” confirms Karen Gillan, who plays Amy Pond, “when Steven told us. It’s just the best title ever… We were, like, ‘Amazing.’ I just love it, because it sounds a little bit controversial. But the subject matter is tackled really well in the episode...” “Hitler was through and through, appallingly, disgustingly evil,” points out Steven Moffat. “Hitler would be deeply pissed off to know that we treated him as a minor comic character in an episode of Doctor Who. But actually the Hitler story is a bit of a red herring. It’s actually a blatant continuation of A Good Man Goes to War...” THINGS TO COME DWM previews the first four stories of the season – LET’S KILL HITLER, NIGHT TERRORS, THE GIRL WHO WAITED and THE GOD COMPLEX – and talks to stars MATT SMITH, KAREN GILLAN and ALEX KINGSTON (River Song) as well as all the writers: STEVEN MOFFAT, MARK GATISS, TOM MacRAE and TOBY WHITHOUSE. With never-before-seen photographs and candid insights into each episode, prepare to have your appetite well and truly whetted! TOUGH CROWD Doctor Who’s showrunner STEVEN MOFFAT faces his toughest crowd, in what his wife describes as ‘the best interview he’s ever given’, in PRODUCTION NOTES. HERR TODAY Actor ALBERT WELLING is interrogated by DWM about his role in Doctor Who as the (second) greatest war criminal in history – Adolf Hitler. LOOK, WHO’S TALKING? DWM tries to get a word in edgeways as MATT SMITH and the guest star in The God Complex, DAVID WALLIAMS, interview each other! MIRACLE WORKERS Writer JANE ESPENSON, TOM PRICE (Sgt Andy Davidson) and BILL PULLMAN (convicted killer Oswald Danes) talk exclusively to DWM about their role in the spectacular new spin-off from Doctor Who, TORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY. PERFECT DAY The classic 1972 story Day of the Daleks just got better! DWM finds out how a Special Edition of this classic 1972 Third Doctor story was created for its much-anticipated DVD release, and talks to the men responsible: producer STEVE BROSTER, audio expert MARK AYRES and the voice of the Daleks, NICHOLAS BRIGGS. MONSTER INVASION DWM takes a nostalgic look back at the 1972 season of Doctor Who – a series that saw the Third Doctor face the Sea Devils, the Ice Warriors and the dreaded Daleks – as our COUNTDOWN TO 50 continues. A NEW DIRECTION The Doctor is dead, the world is in turmoil and only Donna Noble can save the Earth! THE FACT OF FICTION looks back to the acclaimed 2008 adventure TURN LEFT and uncovers the many secrets hidden within the story. TWEET, TWEET! Want to know what the Sixth Doctor is doing right now? Or fancy reading what the writers of Doctor Who are thinking about today? Then you need Twitter! DWM proudly presents an invaluable guide to the Doctor Who people you should follow in 2011. KIDS THESE DAYS… It’s been the subject of much heated debate: have fans today never had it so good? Or were things more fun in the ‘good old days’, before Doctor Who became so easily accessible? JOHNNY CANDON and TOBY HADOKE argue the pros and cons of the case in A BATTLE OF WITS! MUM’S THE WORD It was Steven Moffat’s first script for Doctor Who, and introduced the character of Captain Jack Harkness. But what will THE TIME TEAM make of the 2005 Ninth Doctor and Rose adventure, THE EMPTY CHILD/THE DOCTOR DANCES…? THE IMPOSSIBLE CHRONONAUT The Doctor and Amy pursue the impossible girl, Chiyoko, through time and space – and get a nasty surprise when then catch up with her – in the first part of a brand new comic strip adventure, THE CHILD OF TIME, by JONATHAN MORRIS with art by MARTIN GERAGHTY. WHO’S ROUND? The mysterious Watcher discusses the Doctor’s drinking, challenges readers with the Six Faces of Delusion and celebrates another unsung hero from the supporting cast in WOTCHA! PLUS! All the latest official news, TV and merchandise reviews, previews, competitions, a prize-winning crossword and much, much more! It’s the essential companion to the new series of Doctor Who – Doctor Who Magazine 438, out Thursday 25th August, just &ound;4.50 from all good newsagents and supermarkets. + Follow Doctor Who Online on Twitter. + Subscribe to Doctor Who Magazine. [Source: Doctor Who Magazine]  | ||
| Torchwood: Miracle Day recap/review: Episode 4.8 “End of The Road” - Examiner.com Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:03 PM PDT
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day Episode 8 'End of the Road' Review - TheHDRoom Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:46 PM PDT
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| Immortality Would Not Be Pretty - First Things (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:58 PM PDT
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| UK: 500 Views Complain About Gay Scene in Torchwood - Gayapolis Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT
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| Don't Be Afraid of the Box Office (Unless You're a Studio Exec) - Dread Central Posted: 28 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT
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| Torchwood: Miracle Day - Morphic Fields and So Many Other Questions - Blogcritics.org (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who's plots are getting lost in space.. - Mirror.co.uk Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:06 AM PDT
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| The Weekend's TV: Page Eight, Sun, BBC2Doctor Who, Sat, BBC1 - The Independent Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:03 AM PDT
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| FANS FURY AT TORCHWOOD GAY SEX-FEST - Daily Star Posted: 28 Aug 2011 10:02 AM PDT
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| 'Fright Night' "sucks" - PUC Chronicle Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT
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| Devil in the Details - Vancouver Voice Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:15 AM PDT
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| Movie Review: 'Fright Night' - Get The Big Picture (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT
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| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:51 AM PDT Doctor Who may be back on our screens, but Torchwood: Miracle Day continues, with the ten-part series reaching episode 8 this week. End of the Road sees Captain Jack face a showdown with a man he thought long since dead. But while Rex takes extreme action, is it too late to prevent the collapse of society? Along with the usual cast of John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Mekhi Phifer as Rex Matheson, Bill Pullman as Oswald Danes, Alexa Havins as Esther Drummon and Lauren Ambrose as Jilly Kitzinger, episode eight of Russell T Davies' series features guest stars Marina Benedict (CSI Miami), John De Lancie (Star Trek: The Next Generation's "Q") and Wayne Knight (Jurassic Park), with Tom Price once again as Gwen's former police colleague Andy. Below we have the latest trailer from the episode; be warned, things are looking very grim, not just for Gwen, Jack and company but for everyone on Earth. And of course, we have our obligatory gallery, courtesy of BBC Pictures. Tune in to BBC One on Thursday, September 2nd at 9pm to catch the Torchwood: Miracle Day episode 8, End of the Road!  | ||
| Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler!": this lonely traveler - TV Geek Army Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:16 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular for Melbourne Posted: 28 Aug 2011 08:14 AM PDT  The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra is to present the Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular next February as part of the celebrations for the grand re-opening of the Hamer Hall venue at the Melbourne Arts Centre.The concert, similar to the format seen at the two Proms concerts in London, will feature music from the television series, combined with classic clips and live monsters. More details will be available nearer the event. (newslink: Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald)  | ||
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| Doctor Who Season 6 Episode 8 Review: Let's Kill Hitler - BuzzFocus.com Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:24 AM PDT
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| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 07:17 AM PDT Of all the websites that you would expect to read an article on Doctor Who, it must be said that the Mother Nature Network page is not one of them! However, the cast and crew have come to the sites attention as they try their best to do their bit for planet Earth. It's not enough that they're saving it from aliens week in and week out – now they recycle as well!. Whilst filming on set, mugs are used instead of plastic cups and when scripts are sent out to the actors, this is done electronically rather than on printed paper, in order to save all those trees. Matt Smith and Karen Gillan also go on record as being big contributors to recycling and good on them! But whilst you're reading through this thinking to yourselves "That's fine but it's not really Doctor Who news as such", hold hard, as the Master would say to some luddites, cause there is a brief moment in the article where Smith mentions this year's series of Doctor Who, remarking:
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| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 06:31 AM PDT While waiting for Doctor Who to continue this Saturday with Night Terrors, why not make with the busy and pick up the Eleventh Doctor's first Doctor Who Annual from those pen and ink ninjas at IDW. The oversized 48 page issue comes with contributions from artists Dan McDaid, Mitch Gerads, Blair D. Shedd and many more – as well as a prologue to the next arc – starting with issue #9, written by Tony Lee with illustration by Josh Adams. Newsarama caught up with Adams to chat about the annual and to find out what's in store for the illustrated Eleventh Doctor in the next arc:
Testament to that passion is the fabulous M.C. Esher-inspired cover for the annual which features a Doctor drawn by each of the artists involved; Adams' contribution is the Doctor standing at the bottom. Speaking of his and Lee's role in the annual and beyond Adams is can't wait for fans to see what directions they take the Doctor in:
Adams – a lifetime fan of the show – also praised the worlds created by writer Tony Lee:
The Doctor Who Annual 2011 is available now from IDW for $7.99  | ||
| Posted: 28 Aug 2011 06:12 AM PDT In the days of the classic series, you generally knew that when the Doctor had apparently been killed by that week's villain, he was more than likely going to turn up again in one piece by the time the adventure was over. Thanks to the events of The Impossible Astronaut and the various other twists that have occurred this series, however, that fact is no longer assured. We already know that the Doctor (Matt Smith) dies in Utah, just as we know that time can be rewritten. it was certainly on my mind while watching Let's Kill Hitler that our hero could be about to face a second "genuine" death, another sledgehammer from Steven Moffat to leave fans scurrying around for pieces of the puzzle. Indeed, it was a surprise that I actually found myself thinking anything at all, given the moments of laughter, sadness, action and revelation that are littered throughout what certainly ranks among Steven Moffat's best Doctor Who scripts. If it wasn't the high octane opening that thrilled then it was surely watching Rory (Arthur Darvill) deck the Fuhrer or even discovering Melody's (Nina Toussaint-White,) identity and linking things up with Day of the Moon. Throw in a cyborg shape-shifter controlled by dozens of miniaturized humans (featuring what must be the best transmat special effect in Doctor Who yet) and the surprising-but-logical news that River Song is a war criminal and you have a recipe marked "instant classic", just the thing to bring the show back on course after the anti-climax of the mid-season "cliffhanger" (or "miss-hanger", as I consider it) A Good Man Goes to War. For an episode called Let's Kill Hitler, however, it is a shame that the Fuhrer was left locked in a cupboard, almost like a scene from classic comedy 'Allo 'Allo. He really serves no purpose other than being the reason for the crew of the Teselecta judgement machine to be at the same location as the crash landing TARDIS, but it is somewhat amusing to see the time traveller's reaction to coming face to face with a man who literally changed the face of the world. Comedy is plentiful in this episode, mainly during the flashback sequences where we see young Amy (Karen Gillan), Rory and Mels interacting in a series of "Mels in trouble" scenarios, but at the heart of Let's Kill Hitler is the much-needed River Song (Alex Kingston) "origins" story, the tale of how she comes into being, who she intends to kill, why she has to commit that crime and how she comes to love the Doctor. Let's face it, we've been waiting for this since 2008, and Steven Moffat delivers an intriguing few scenes while drip feed into our existing knowledge of River Song/Melody Pond. But there is such a lot more to Let's Kill Hitler than a regeneration, some Hitler decking and the origins of River Song – Steven Moffat has littered the script with several boot-strap paradoxes. These are circular events that cannot exist without being self perpetuated, such as the Doctor giving River Song a blue box diary, Mels ensuring her own conception by letting Amy know that Rory is in love with her and of course the fact that Amy named her daughter after her daughter! Show me any other TV show that can deliver such richness while referring to a 35 year old episode at the same time (of course, when the Doctor tells Eldrad that the TARDIS interior is in a state of grace in The Hand of Fear, the implication now is that he was bluffing. Given what we've seen since in Earthshock and The Parting of the Ways, this seems to have always been the case). A quick note about the use of locations, costumes and direction - Richard Senior has done a stellar job in pulling everything together for this episode, utilizing familiar Doctor Who locations in new and fantastic ways. You wouldn't know that the episode wasn't shot in Berlin if you didn't know that the overseas shooting had already been completed in Utah. Ultimately, of course, Doctor Who is back. The waiting is over, Series 6 is back on course and we've got just five more weeks to learn the truth behind the Doctor's ultimate fate. I've got a few theories of my own…  | ||
| Previously on Doctor Who 1963-2011 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 06:03 AM PDT If you haven't seen this yet, it's a must watch. It's a recap of Doctor Who from 1963 up to A Good Man Goes To War.
Huge kudos to Vampiremonkeyonspeed for making this. And thanks to Anthony for sending it in. Read more ...
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| 'Torchwood' Turned Into Gay Porn, Viewers Complain - On Top Magazine Posted: 28 Aug 2011 06:00 AM PDT
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| How to Make a Successful Hollywood Remake - Crushable Posted: 28 Aug 2011 05:53 AM PDT
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| Remember when Dr. Who fought King Kong? - io9 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:41 AM PDT
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| Remember when Dr. Who fought King Kong? - io9 Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:32 AM PDT
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| Hundreds complain over 'pointless' Torchwood sex scenes - AOL Celebrity UK Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:15 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who 6.08 "Let's Kill Hitler" Review - TVOvermind Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:38 AM PDT
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| Smith: “River's not going anywhere” - Doctor Who TV (blog) Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:24 AM PDT
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| Dr. Who Returns to BBC America With "Let's Kill Hitler" - Gather.com Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:12 AM PDT
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| Billie Piper to play 'raucous' lead in new BBC3 sitcom Tom and Jenny - Metro Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:56 AM PDT
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| Doctor Who Season 6: 5 Questions About “Let's Kill Hitler” - Comic Book Resources Posted: 28 Aug 2011 01:36 AM PDT
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| Media Talk and Tech Weekly from the Edinburgh International Television ... - The Guardian Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:50 AM PDT
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| Smith: “River’s not going anywhere” Posted: 28 Aug 2011 12:45 AM PDT
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| Torchwood Miracle Day Episode 9 - The Gathering Preview Trailer - Anglotopia.net Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:56 PM PDT
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| Ratings, reviews and reactions to Let's Kill Hitler Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:49 PM PDT After a long summer of waiting, our beloved Doctor graced our screens at last last night in Let's Kill Hitler, so let's see how he got on, shall we? According to the overnight ratings, 6.2million people tuned in for his return on BBC One/BBC One HD, which is a 28.7% of the television share. Although it [...]  | ||
| JOHN OSTRANDER: Doctor Whose? - Comicmix.com Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:28 PM PDT
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| Bring Back Vintage Dr Who - Sabotage Times Posted: 27 Aug 2011 11:27 PM PDT
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| DOCTOR WHO'S KAREN GILLAN IS BACK ON SONG - Express.co.uk Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:53 PM PDT
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| 6.8: Let's Kill Hitler - Overnight Viewing Figures Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:30 PM PDT The overnight viewing figures are in for 6.8: Let's Kill Hitler. The episode achieved a figure of 6.2m viewers, with an audience share of 28.7%, and Doctor Who was the second most-watched programme for Saturday: Top Overnights - Saturday 4th June: 1 - 10.6 - (42.8%) - The X Factor - 20:00 - ITV 1 2 - 6.2 - (28.7%) - Doctor Who - 19:15 - BBC One Final BARB ratings will be available within the next 10 days. + What did you think of the episode? Rate / Discuss in the DWO Forums! [Source: Andy Parish]  | ||
| And our Fan of the Month for August 2011 is… Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:25 PM PDT As the Doctor's latest string of adventures begins, here's our latest Fan of the Month! Taking the title for August is Matt from Geneseo, NY. He has been a fan of the series since 2006, and you can check out his full profile here. Thanks for sharing your stories with us, Matt! A huge thank you also [...]  | ||
| Let's Kill Hitler: Press Reaction Posted: 27 Aug 2011 08:13 PM PDT A roundup of some of the comments in the press for the premiere of Let's Kill Hitler - the full articles can be read via the links. Please note that as these are reviews, spoilers may be present. United Kingdom Writing for the Telegraph, Michael Hogan commented: The show is fond of dropping in historical figures these days. Shakespeare, Dickens, Van Gogh, Queen Victoria, Louis XV, Nixon and Churchill have all popped up since the series was rebooted six years ago. It's a device which allows the writers to give viewers a playful history lesson, while offering extraterrestrial explanations for past events. Inform, educate and entertain… Lord Reith would approve, although he'd probably be baffled by this plot. ... The script contained nods to several films: Nazi motorbikes were stolen like The Great Escape, Kingston purred a Mrs Robinson-ish "Hello, Benjamin", some of the CGI sci-fi tricks recalled Men in Black and The Terminator. "Whopremo" Steven Moffat has compared his complex plotting to Inception, and he does tend towards the tricksy. This was jam-packed full of ideas, twists, turns and wibbly-wobbly time-bending stuff. Giddily thrilling entertainment, albeit rather exhausting. I don't know how the Doctor does it at his age (a sprightly 909 at last count) but I wouldn't mind being him when I grow up, either.Meanwhile, the Telegraph's Doctor Who expert Gavin Fuller wonders if it was a wasted opportunity: Packing plenty into an episode is all very well, but there is a fine line to be walked between over-egging the style and allowing plots to breathe, and this episode wasn't totally successful in that count. Although it was enjoyable enough, and we certainly learnt a lot of the back story of Amy, Rory and River, I was left feeling that much more could have been done with the setting. Indeed, much of the story could have been set anywhere and any time, which is a waste of using such a resonant historical period as the backdrop. Dan Martin of the Guardian said: For all that, to me Let's Kill Hitler was far more successful as a season opener than A Good Man Goes To War was as a finale. Here was an energetic, timey-wimey tour de force with with gags and flourishes like the car and the crop circles that still maintained a strong sense of what it was about. Most fabulously of all, it was all about Doctor Song. ... If you could keep up, we were given a lot more answers than we might have dared to expect. Yes she did have regenerative powers, but in saving the Doctor she also sealed her fate to that ultimate 'death' in the Library. We learn where she got the Tardis diary. But we still have to deal with the mystery of who she is to the Doctor. Perhaps most brilliantly of all, we solve the continuity niggle of Alex Kingston's reverse ageing: "I might take the age down a little, just gradually, just to freak people out." Shape-shifting robots and miniaturisation rays in Doctor Who are to be encouraged. But is there an argument, somewhere, that having River/Melody perceived by the people in the Tessalator as a worse war criminal than Hitler maybe, possibly, a little bit dodgy? Kevin O'Sullivan of the Mirror: Doctor Who... the usual ball of nerdy confusion as the Doctor and his time-travelling chums hurtled into 1939 Berlin and locked Hitler in the cupboard. Hee hee. A few amusing one-liners, superior special effects... and guest star Alex Kingston's spirited portrayal of Amy Pond's demonic daughter Melody. But what was it all about? Don't ask me. Roll on The Silence. Neela Debnath wrote in the Independent on Sunday: Given the dark and depressing tone of A Good Man Goes To War, this episode lifted the mood and made things feel a lot lighter, possibly to create a balance. There were some great slapstick moments when River and the Doctor are trying to second-guess one another. River ends up pointing a banana in the Doctor's face rather than a gun. Also, the Rory death count has begun and it is only a matter of time before it happens. Richard Edwards of the Sci-Fi magazine SFX said: Moffat's script takes pleasure in wrongfooting you from the start, packing the episode with never-saw-that-coming moments and ingenious reveals. When that red sports car skids up to the TARDIS before the credits, it seems logical that River Song should step out, but no, it's Mel… Who later turns out to be River Song anyway. Then there's the Nazi officer-impersonating robot that turns out to be a vessel packed with hundreds of tiny people – very Men In Black – who travel around time and space dishing out justice to war criminals. An ingenious idea, brilliantly delivered – the morphing effects are Hollywood good. ... Indeed, this has to rank among the cleverest Who episodes Moffat has ever written. After the intensity of "A Good Man Goes To War", we needed something lighter – which "Let's Kill Hitler" is – yet Moffat manages to mix the gags and silliness with genuine emotion, and some important additions to the season's arc plot. Like the "birth" of River Song.Simon Brew of Den of Geek: The omission of sorts from the episode was actually Adolf Hitler. He was basically the MacGuffin here, in much the same way that the cybermen were teased in A Good Man Goes To War, and then blown up inside five minutes. In the case of Hitler, he had a few (good) jokes made at his expense, and then got locked in the cupboard. And left there. Let's Kill Hitler, instead, was far more interested in complicating the relationship between its central characters, which it did terrifically well. Coupled with some of the snappiest dialogue of the show this series, it packed plenty into its near-fifty minute running time. It offered a stark reminder, too, that "the Doctor lies". As if we didn't know. United States Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly: Doctor Who got off to a marvelously energetic, funny, clever, noble mid-season start on Saturday night with the episode titled "Let's Kill Hitler." Resolving the cliffhanger of the seventh episode by, with devilish perversity, raising more questions and introducing more plot lines — shaggy-dog story-telling being part of the series' enduring charm — Doctor Who jumped across time and space in Steven Moffat's witty script. ... As usual, Smith, Gillan, and Darvill played their roles with dash, while the show grounds them in some authentic emotion. As much fun as it was to see the morphing of River Song, it does leave Amy and Rory childless, doesn't it? While the Teselecta got under the skin of various people, the series itself gets under the skin of its main characters, and its audience, in a unique manner that continues to play out.  |
Matt Smith has said that, although he doesn't think River (Alex Kingston) will ever become a full-time companion on Doctor Who, the char 
SFX has a great interview with Danny Mays, who plays Alex in Night Terrors. Mays reveals some i 
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