Sunday, July 5, 2009

Gareth David-Lloyd Podcast Interview and Torchwood producer talks.....



A Podcast of Impossible Things has released Torchwood Special: Gareth David-Lloyd Interview, With Torchwood: Children of Earth, about to hit our TV screens, we interview Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones! Stay tuned next week for commentary and discussion about series 3 (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

SFX has Torchwood producer talks Children Of Earth, "does switching from BBC Two to BBC One change the nature of the series?"

io9 has Euros Lyn To Direct Doctor Who Movie For 2011?, will Torchwood: Children of Earth director Euros Lyn be the man in charge of the much-rumored Doctor Who movie? Rumors say yes, and also suggest that the movie is only two years away.

Coventry Telegraph has Exclusive: Torchwood actor on epic new story and possible Season 4, "As husband of lead girl Gwen Cooper (played by Eve Myles, pictured here with Kai) I'm right in the thick of it all."



whoviavortex
has Exclusive Doctor Who Adventures Issue 4, Part 4 of the free Doctor Who Adventures, "Sontaran Scares", exclusive to the Daily Mirror, is released today, in the We Love Telly Magazine.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Doctor Who The Nightmare Man, A Fan-Made Film.

The Rift have reviews of Torchwood: Combat  and Torchwood: Out of Time.

DAM Productions has released The Doll's House, "Yes, after more than a year being ever so quiet in the depths of DAM HQ and Youtube, Matthew Chambers has come out of hiding to bare upon us another audio adventure, 'The Doll's House' starring Matthew Chambers as the Doctor along with Hannah Wollaston as companion Sam (not be confused with the previous Doctor's companion, Sammy)."

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Newsroom Mentioned on the Doctor Who Podshock another Russell T Davies interview plus Captain Jack speaks...



BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures - Enemy of the Bane - Part 1 and Part 2, Sarah Jane turns to an old friend for assistance when a former enemy appears seeking help.

The Whoniverse had added 42 to their Discontinuity Guide.



Gallifreyan Embassy has released Doctor Who: Podshock - 155, review of the first Patrick Troughton story, Power of the Daleks, news, Mike Doran joins us for a Who Party 14 Toronto Report, and feedback including a review of Prisoner of the Daleks (ed: thanks Guy's for the plug I'm 'dead chuffed' and by the way the Rememberance of the Daleks DVD special is the same one included in the Davros box set *cheat*, added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

The Scotsman has a Russell T Davies interview: Feeling regenerated, Davies says he has no regrets about vacating the Tardis. "Not one bit of me thinks, 'Ooh, I've made a mistake, I wish I was doing Doctor Who next year.

Doctor Who Online has released WhoCast episode 127, No one would have believed that in the first years of the 21st century that Doctor Who would ever come back from the timeless worlds of cancellation (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Two-minute Time Lord has released 2MTL 36: "Torchwood: The Dead Line" Reviewed, "Now we get to the character-driven episode of the three audio plays. Phil Ford knows these characters and it shows, especially with the meatiest audio role yet for Gareth David-Lloyd — and that helps lift this episode above its standard plot" (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Digital Spy has an Exclusive - Captain Jack speaks!, John Barrowman gives us his take on Torchwood: Children Of Earth.



Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 16, Nick and Nat discuss the possibility of the culprit being alien and she gives him another of her mystery vampire cures. She walks Nick to the door as he leaves to try to get more information and the Doctor returns to the lab. He discover’s Nat’s strange concoction and wonders what she’s up to.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Torchwood The Dead Line As YouTube Videos.



david_conner "saturday nights are going to be boring without any "doctor who" to watch this summer"

cartoonmoney "I can see why folks would want a Jago and Lightfoot spinoff. (Which, obviously, they eventually got in the form of a Doctor-less BF CC.)"

catmachine "Didn't expect to find weapons for fighting cybermen in a shop in Brighton"

jamiemallan "Got caught in the downpour! Had to buy a £20 doctor Who brolly - you should have saw the looks I got!"

War Games Review, Behind the Scene's at Torchwood plus a Pick of the Blogs



The TARDIS Scanner has updated the UK TV and Radio Guide for all that 'Whovian' on the box for next week.

TARDIS TV
is now showing 017: The Time Meddler, the TARDIS lands on a beach in England. The Doctor, Vicki and new companion Steven discover a Viking helmet, and deduce they have arrived in the past. Whilst Steven and Vicki scale the cliff, the Doctor opts for a far more gentle path...

Dreamwatch - Total Sci Fi has a review of Doctor Who: The War Games, the final serial for Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor.



Radio Free Skaro has released #147 - Dancing Doctors and Empty Children, with only Torchwood news to bandy about, the second part of Steven Moffat's epic two-parter from Season 1 took center stage for this episode for a shorthanded RFS staff as they discussed the intricacies of one of the first series' masterpieces while simultaneously avoiding any actual discussion of the episode at hand, as per usual (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

The Telegraph
has Torchwood: Behind the Scene, James Moran writes scripts for Torchwood (back this week) and Doctor Who. Here he gives an insight into 'the best job in the world'.



Behind the Sofa has Cathode Worded Hotline, "Later on You And Yours we talk to the residents of South Wales, who’ve been unable to use their telephone service for quite some days with vital services being effected.  BT say that they’re doing all they can, but people who’ve contacted us via the internet are furious about the lack of communication they’ve been receiving.  “Not even a phone call” says Roxy from Newport …"

Doctor Who Fansite has Billie and Elizabeth Shook Sci-Fi, two of Doctor Who's best-loved and popular companions have been listed in the Total Sci-Fi website's Top 25 Women Who Shook Sci-Fi.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has ....
Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has LL5 - The Evil of the Daleks 5, there's a lovely moment in this episode where The Doctor expresses his pride and admiration of how Jamie performed in the Daleks' tests. I mentioned how The Faceless Ones was really Jamie's coming out party, and this story, even though The Doctor and Jamie are apart for most of it, is the first sign of how strong a pairing the duo makes.

in the Darkling Grove, listening with the trees has a Tardis still growing, "Now you can be shocked with me, at how much more… space… the tree of my Tardis has grown. Stretching herself, pushing herself further out into the infinity of the void… I suppose she must be feeding now on the light, the energy out ..."

The Rift has Suzie of the Dead, a review of Torchwood: They Keep Killing Suzie.

the pen is mightier than the spork (James Moran) has Telegraph article by me, "Just a reminder that tomorrow's Telegraph TV Magazine (it comes with the newspaper) features an article by me, all about the Torchwood Children of Earth writing process, with a few other random digressions. I believe it'll be mentioned on the front cover, which is very exciting."

The Radio 4 Blog has "How about one-and-a-half?" Torchwood on Radio 4.



David_Tennant
"Photos in video of David Tennant at Wimbledon yesterday: here and here  by LuctD from GB."

The Week Ahead (Saturday 04 July 2009)

Friday, July 3, 2009

*Torchwood: The Dead Line (Available until: 3:02pm Friday 10th July 2009)



When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with patients who have fallen into coma -like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. The trances appear to have been triggered by phone calls, all received on retro phones and made from a number that hadn't been active for over 30 years. Determined to find out who has been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number, but the line is dead. But then it calls Jack back.

Download the Play here.

Poll: What did you think of Torchwood: The Dead Line?

Is Andrew Cartmel Working On Torchwood?, Five Things we'd like to see from Torchwood plus This Week In Doctor Who...



BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 4:10. Midnight, the Doctor is trapped on the planet Midnight, as the knocking on the wall begins...

Poll: What did you think of Torchwood: The Dead Line?

British Board of Film Censors has DOCTOR WHO - THE TWIN DILEMMA [Additional material, Audio commentary, PARTS 1 - 4] passed U.



SFX has Is Classic Who Scriptwriter Working On Torchwood?, Andrew Cartmel, the script editor for Doctor Who during the Sylvester McCoy years, is writing a script for the fourth season of Torchwood, according to a CV posted on his agent’s website.

Two-minute Time Lord has released 2MTL 35: "Torchwood: Golden Age" Reviewed, when is a return to form also a return to well-traveled territory? When it's the second of this week's Torchwood audio plays. "Torchwood: Golden Age" is energetic and entertaining, but follows the TV show's formula a little too closely after the previous audio play's experiment (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Irvine Herald has Office gets a Dr Who makeover, pupils at Irvine Royal Academy are busy working on a project to transform a boring office into a TARDIS.

Mirror.co.uk
has news of a Brilliant Free Mag Inside Tomorrow, this 8-page collector's edition features fun, puzzles, a poster and facts about the Time Lord, his adventures and his foes. Plus for the next two weeks we have a further two mini mags - all about the time-travelling Tardis and Children of TIme.

Den Of Geek has Five Things we'd like to see from Torchwood: Children Of Earth, "this new character seemed to owe more to Joss Whedon's vampire with a soul than to anything from Doctor Who, with a bit of Captain Scarlet thrown in for good measure."

Penarth Times has Torchwood star to open summer fete, actor John Barrowman will officially open Sully School's Summer Fete this Saturday (July 4).

The Sonic Newsdriver has Episode 20090703, in this episode: Barrowman Punished?, Torchwood for Sherwood, Behind the BBC Iron Curtain, Believe in Yourself, the Havers and Havers Not, Where's the Doctor Who News, Tabloid Wheeze, Mum is the Word, 26th Most Eligible Smith, and Get Your Sonic Gear, plus more! (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Bristol Evening Post has Kai: There has to be more Torchwood, Kai Owen says the final episode of the new Torchwood mini-series is so "phenomenal" there has to be another round of the programme.

SciFi Pulse has Stakes Higher Than Ever For Torchwood Team, as fans are aware Torchwood returns to our television screens on Monday 6 July at 9pm UK and it would seem that the various UK Television listings are as excited as us fans, and have all ran some pretty good copy about the forthcoming Children Of Earth mini series.

The Stage
has Torchwood Week: John Barrowman, after yesterday's talk with Eve Myles, Wednesday's conversation with Gareth David-Lloyd and our two-part interview with Russell T Davies on Monday and Tuesday, we've saved the biggest, brashest player till last: John Barrowman.

Gallifreyan Embassy has This Week In Doctor Who - July 3/4, 2009.



Behind the Sofa has Latched Wooed Gorgon.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has LL4 - The Evil of the Daleks 4, it's the Jamie and Kemel show in this episode, after the two adversaries (at the beginning of the episode, anyway) team up towards their common goal - rescuing Victoria. Along the way, as in the previous episode, Jamie narrowly avoids death by booby trap on several occasions, and often only due to Kemel's help.



CleanMind "Just watched a great extra on Doctor Who - Survival about Ace, not my fav companion, but not a forgettable screamer either!!!"

leo9i "I just voted online for David Tennant for the Portal Awards. He's amazing. Sci-fi fans, go here"

Podshock "Karen Gillan will be 'brilliant' in Dr Who says Kevin Bishop, The Press Association"

thumbprints
"In the Mission wearing my dalek shirt and ran into a guy with a Doctor Who shirt and we were both happy."

davidjcherry "I've just been through the Doctor Who exhibition - it was excellent! The Weeping Angels!"

David_Tennant
"Enough people have Tweeted me to confirm it - David Tennant is at Wimbledon today (watching tennis)."

quantick
"Actually, DELETE is a rotten catchphrase. It's like the Cybermen went to a Daleks gig and thought, "EXTERMINATE! Why haven't we got that?"."



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has a link to 500+ Photographs From The Filming Of Torchwood Children Of Earth.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

The Oncoming Storm and More Golden Age for Torchwood



More TARDIS Newsroom Banners needed please, if your a budding graphic artist then please send in your banners to either the message boards or email me a link to it and see it periodically on your favourite 'Who' site for all to see.

Poll - What did you think of Torchwood: Golden Age?



Broken Sea has released Doctor Who: The Oncoming Storm (B2E7), All his life, he has wandered, wandered across the known Universe, in search of answers. He has learned many things… dark, forgotten arts of myth and power. In a Nexus linking 18th Century Old Earth to the Distant future on New Earth, The Doctor (Mark Kalita), Olivia (Adriana Melendez), and Francois Rakoczi (Stephen Kilcullen) encounter tainted Spectrox, Mind Control, and the true secrets of Immortality (ed: added to the pods and audion button on the editor's bit).



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has.....

TV Lover has My Review of Doctor Who's 2x13: "Doomsday".

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has ....
  • LL1 - The Evil of the Daleks 1, this episode is full of tantalizing mysteries. Why is the TARDIS being hauled away on a flatbed truck? Who is Bob Hall, and why is he so shifty in his dealings with The Doctor and Jamie? Who is Kennedy, and why is Bob Hall working for him? Who is Kennedy working for?,
  • LL2 - The Evil of the Daleks 2, the Doctor and Jamie are still in full on sleuthing mode as Episode Two begins.
  • LL3 - The Evil of the Daleks 3, there's a fantastic scene in this episode where an angry Jamie confronts The Doctor about what the latter has in store for him, and that The Doctor is conspiring with Waterfield, Maxtible,

The Torchwood Institute has a Discussion of Torchwood: Golden Age- An exercise in fabulous.



ajstratford "listening to radio 4 now, feel very mature even if it is just to listen to the Torchwood radio play"

SnarkandFury "So if we ring Torchwood India now, will anyone answer the phone or will we put on hold for 45 minutes?"

drwholocations "SJA filming today on Paget Place, Penarth"

*Torchwood: Golden Age (Available until: 3:02pm Thursday 9th July 2009)



The Torchwood team are led to Delhi on the trail of a dangerous energy field. As the field grows, they witness the simultaneous disappearance of hundreds of people. Jack discovers that the field centres on an old colonial mansion, Torchwood India.

Shocked to find that Torchwood India is still going strong after he shut it down himself over 80 years ago, he is even more surprised to find that its members, including his old flame the Duchess, haven't aged a day.

Download the play here.

Poll - What did you think of Torchwood: Golden Age?

Movie to be announced at Comic Con?, Eve on Torchwood Gwen's fast life plus a Pick of the Blogs



The Whoniverse has added Dead Romance to their Discontinuity Guide.



Coventry Telegraph has Doctor Who movie to be announced at Comic Con?, speculation is continuing to materialise, in true TARDIS style, that a new Doctor Who movie starring David Tennant is soon to be announced, many fans are expecting the news to come at this month's San Diego Comic Con.

Two-minute Time Lord has released 2MTL 34: "Torchwood: Asylum" Reviewed, "Here's my spoiler-free review of the first of the prequel audio plays to "Children of Earth." "Torchwood: Asylum" is a departure from the show's format in more ways than one, and for the most part it works especially for supporting actor Tom Price and guest star Erin Richards" (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Yorkshire Post has Eve on Torchwood Gwen's fast life, Eve Myles has said her character Gwen has no time to stop and think in the new action-packed five-part series.

The Stage has Torchwood Week: Eve Myles, "and so, as we enter into the home straight of our Torchwood Week here on TV Today, we follow up yesterday’s interview with Gareth David-Lloyd with a sit-down with Eve Myles, who plays Gwen Cooper."



Life, Doctor Who & Combom
has the YouTube version to Listen & Download To Torchwood Asylum Here.

daleks in manhattan
has IDW Doctor Who Classic Series Released Today, IDW has released preview images for its Doctor Who: Classic Series 2 #8, continuing the adventures of the 5th Doctor. The Doctor, vacationing in Stockbridge, uncovers a mystery involving a quarry and his TARDIS. This issue covers the first three chapters of “The Stockbridge Horror” written and illustrated by Steve Parkhouse, with inks by Paul Neary and new colors by Charlie Kirchoff.

Behind the Sofa
has Clamorous Dot Why, four stories beginning with some specially recorded radio prequels/useful merchandising opportunities because last year’s Large Hadron Collider episode was so well received (well I didn’t think it was that bad).

planetzogblog has Torchwood 2RP.1: Asylum review, "the water that “Frieda” arrives into with a splash is actually one of the more interesting elements of the play, a motif that runs through the story in a subtle way, much more subtle than some of the clunky elements."

Monster Scifi Show Blog has Talkshoe Instructions for Live Torchwood Podcast, on July10 at 8:00pm Eastern, join me and others to discuss our thoughts and passsions about Torchwood. Follow some instructions and rules of conduct and you join in on the fun.

Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 15, the Doctor slips out to do an analysis at the lab. Nick and Schanke show up to see what Nat’s got. They deduce that there are probably other miniaturized victims and Schanke heads out to start searching for them. Nick stays behind to see if Nat knows of any possible supernatural causes for the death.

The Rift has Toshiko Take A Bow, a review of Greeks Bearing Gifts .

Hello, I'm the Doctor
has Kangawhos (ed: made me smile).

Angry Who Fan has How do you save Torchwood?, "ahead of next week's gun-toting, child-screaming, Capaldi-hamming version of Torchwood, we ask that with Chibnall now gone and the creative freedom once more available, how would YOU save Torchwood?".



Shawnay_Nay
"I actually brought up Dr Who in my ethics class. The TARDIS can translate other languages. We're talking about communicating with a Samurai."

myjealousheart
"seriously just saw a big truck hauling dalek heads."

xanister
"Torchwood - Asylum audioplay was pretty good, not very action packed but good."

CatCranston "Listening to Torchwood Asylum radio play  -  good to have the gang back"

skytones
"It's been so long since I've watched Torchwood that I forgot how sexy Gareth David Lloyd's voice is."

Zardoz67
"Doctor who restoration team website vandalised by #virgilioanderson"

ghost_buster "I only just found out that "Torchwood" is an anagram of "Doctor Who"...how rubbish am I?"

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

New TARDIS Digest Out Now



TARDIS Scanner
July's edition of the TARDIS Digest is now online.

Altered Vistas twentieth animated release, More from the Stage and a whole lot of Torchwood Asylum...



Poll - What did you think of Torchwood: Asylum?, (ed: also the play is available on our pods and audio button).

Altered Vistas has reached its twentieth animated release and to mark the occasion, they have revisited their very first production, Genesis of Evil, and created a brand new, fully animated version.

The Whoniverse has updated their Discontinuity Guide with The Mary-Sue Extrusion.

TARDIS Television has The Time Awards- Its Time To Vote (ed: oh god this is getting embarrassing....but in a way I love it lol).



The Stage
has Torchwood Week: Gareth David-Lloyd, As part of our ongoing week of interviews and features about BBC1 science fiction drama Torchwood, today we interview Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto Jones (ed: spoilerific), and Torchwood on radio: What did you think of Asylum?, regular radio reviewer, Moira Petty, freely admits that she's a fan of neither science fiction in general, nor Torchwood in particular.

The Press Association
has Barrowman on Torchwood success, John Barrowman has said he would love to play Captain Jack in sci-fi drama Torchwood for the rest of his career.



The Medium is Not Enough has Review: Doctor Who - 120 - The Magic Mousetrap, "apologies for the delay in reviewing this one: I simply couldn't face listening to the first of two Sylvester McCoy stories after having to sit through the Key 2 Time season", and Review: Torchwood - Asylum.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom
has Torchwood Asylum BBC Radio 4 Drama Full Report/Synopsis, at 2.15 today, BBC Radio 4 transmitted Torchwood Asylum Audio Drama by Anita Sullivan. It is a play, starring the cast, NOT just a reading of a story!

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 13.



robbuckley
"Desperate to hear Torchwood Asylum - download it as an MP3 from the BBC"

esoteric_vae "I have a DAB radio! I'm listening to Torchwood! This makes me happy at work."

hope2259
"Listening to Torchwood Radio Play in Front of Mermaid Theatre"

LadyRazzle
"Torchwood radio dramas are so much lol. Oh, Janto, you are such dorky love."

Tmckinnin
"is listening to the torchwood radio play on BBC R4 Asylum good story so far very fast paced and got humorous parts radio plays are more  ..."

brianclegg "Wisdom from Radio 4 [Torchwood] play. 'If you didn't feel alien some times, you wouldn't be human.' Deep, man, deep."

Milesstephen
"Enjoyed Torchwood now off for a swim"

Retroactiveness
"Radio 4 is fast becoming my favourite radio channel. Asylum was amazing. Now listening to a show with Russell T Davies on it. It's great."

AdamJPurcell
"Torchwood: Asylum: not the most gripping of stories, low key really. Good nonetheless & radio is perfect medium for such thoughtful stories."

Tarcey_Unger
"Been a Doctor Who fan since the 70s(I know, I'm a geek). Seen episodes of all 7 of the classic Doctors although mostly saw the Tom Baker era"

*Torchwood - Asylum (Available until: 3:02pm Wednesday 8th July 2009)




When PC Andy arrests a teenager for shoplifting, he thinks it is going to be a routine case. Then he sees the weapon she is carrying and decides to call in the Torchwood team. Under questioning from Gwen, the girl remembers her name but little else, and when she speaks it is in a strange mix of English and Scandinavian, but with a Cardiff accent. Then the girl's blood tests come through and the team is faced with a dilemma.
Poll - What did you think of Torchwood: Asylum?

Issue 5 of Vortex and Torchwood Stars At The SFX Weekender...



Torchwood Newsroom has In the latest issue of TV & Satellite Week.

Dreamwatch - Total Sci Fi have reviews for Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks; The Slitheen Excursion; Judgment of the Judoon.

Big Finish have released Issue 5 of Vortex (also available in pdf).

Unreality SF
have reviews of Doctor Who: Worldwide Web, Doctor Who: Zodiac, Doctor Who: The Angel of Scutari, and Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos.



Doctor Who Online
has released WhoCast episode 126, in this episode Marty and Trevor look at the stories that made up the beginning of Series 1 of New Who, the companions, the villains and the monsters (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Torchwood Newsroom has John Barrowman - Wales Online - Talking about TW: CoE.

Tennant Cast has released #7 - I’ll Show You Mine, "we at Tennantcast are going to discuss and review in depth every one of David’s characters, starting with Barty Crouch (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Digital Spy has When Owen Shot Captain Jack, relive a classic moment from Torchwood's first season finale.

SF Universe asks Do You Have a Question for Gareth David-Lloyd?, he's Torchwood's primo concierge, providing everything from delicious hot coffee, to Weevil retrieval, to a rousing game of strip hide and seek.

SFX has Torchwood Stars At The SFX Weekender, Captain Jack and Captain John reunite at the SFX Weekender! Yes, the live SFX experience returns and this time it'll be the evolution of the convention.



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has KK5 - The Faceless Ones 5, in which the tables take a dramatic turn in favour of our heroes, and all thanks to the Chameleon version of Air Traffic Controller Meadows, and KK6 - The Faceless Ones 6, that "Meadows" actually seizes his chance to escape the clutches (and that term is used very loosely) of The Doctor in this episode is a bit of a disappointment.

planetzogblog has Torchwood 2RP.X: Lost Souls review, after the “pre-credits” (e.g. before the “and Torchwood is ready” speech from Jack) the first three minutes are effective introduction to Torchwood for a Radio 4 audience who might not know of Torchwood – the team chasing a weevil round a Cardiff nightclub (the very essence of Torchwood), then Martha Jones phones up Jack.



joelidster "My Nan just phoned me for Torchwood spoilers."

shamrox
"& I just learned that the TARDIS "vworp" is made by swiping a key along a piano string & reversing the sound. FASCINATING."

ImpossiblePod "Have had a tipoff that BBC will be filming in Cardiff Uni's Psychology building next week. Sarah Jane? Or the start of Doctor Who filming?"

_llamaface "Woo! Torchwood Audio Play today!"

cartmantul "The First Doctor is amazingly pleasant in The Space Museum."

AdamJPurcell "Looking forward to the new Torchwood play on Radio 4 this afternoon, at 14:15. Not sure I'll be back from lunch in time... MP3 download!"



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

Whats On TV has John Barrowman reveals Torchwood's new secrets.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Blog of the Month, Win a set of Torchwood novels and a Pick of the Blogs..



My greatest thanks to everyone who voted for me at The Key to Time awards site, who has once again awarded the TARDIS Newsroom Blog of the Month for the second time in a row, "Voting is over and the results are in; the TARDIS Newsroom has done it again.Votes have been flying in from all angles with Life, The Universe & Combom taking an early lead, which was stolen by Doctor Who fansite- Emma and then finnally taken by TARDIS Newsroom yet again to clinch the win. A very well deseved win for the TARDIS Newsroom."



Torchwood Newsroom
has Torchwood: Children of Earth UKTV Australia Trailer 3.



The Stage has Torchwood Week: Win a set of Torchwood novels, "three new novels have just been published to coincide with the
broadcast of Children of Earth and we have two sets to give away to lucky TV Today readers!"

SFX has Russell T Davies talks Torchwood, in this exclusive Q&A, writer/creator Russell T Davies discusses how the shift to BBC One has changed the series, how the loss of two members has affected the Torchwood team.

The Stage
has Torchwood Week: Russell T Davies, part 2, as before, do beware: more so than yesterday’s interview, this interview does contain spoilers about the events in Children of Earth.




Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has KK4 - The Faceless Ones 4, the Faceless Ones evolves so gradually, yet it never seems slow. At the end of Episode One, we see the aliens. Only at the end of episode three, halfway through the story, are we finally let in on the secret that something sinister is happening on Chameleon Tours flights when all the passengers disappear while a shocked Inspector Crossland is watching.

Behind the Sofa has We Don't Want To Lose You, But We Think You Ought To Go, a review of 'The War Games'.



knett "Wish that I was going to San Diego Comic Con to meet David Tennant and John Barrowman!!!! :("

cartmantul
"Terror of the Vervoids view #9 notes - Tardis looks green, creature head very naughty, Mel evil."

moryan
  • "Just talked to Russell T Davies, EP of Doctor Who and Torchwood. May be most fun phone interview I've ever done""BBCAmerica airs 3 final David Tennant specials in US around UK dates (Nov, Christmas, New Years). Last Tennant-early 2010"
  • "Re final D Tennant #DoctorWho eps: there's "enormous amounts of fun" & "comedy" with aliens but "everyone knows death is coming"-RT Davies""David Tennant's final episodes are "his finest hour by a million miles." Eps will "make you ache." - Russell T Davies"
  • "Russell T Davies expects new Doctor Who season with Matt Smith to air at "usual time of year," i.e. spring 2010, in UK."
  • "Last bit: RT Davies still working on #Torchwood & SarahJaneAdv but his next project will not be genre, "dying to write a 9 pm" BBC drama."

scrapyard_ "is watching one of the original Doctor Who. wow its not only in black and white but has a guy in a kilt."

prisoner06 "The HR website for my hospital has a Doctor Who quote on its front page. Mind is seriously blown here!"

angrywhofan "We're back and it's about Torchwood"



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

Fanatical For Who has Children of Boe: A spoiler & silly speculation post.

Doctor Who Adventures 122 Cover and Details



TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar
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  • Top Ten Spaceships
  • TARDIS Tales - Planet of the Dead
  • Comic Strip - Flight of the Giurgeax
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Children of Earth Audio Clip 2, Rhys speaks and Barrowman blasts BBC...



Torchwood Newsroom has Torchwood: Children of Earth (Audio Clip 2), and the New Australian Torchwood Trailer.

The British Board of Film Censors
has the following....



Digital Spy has an Exclusive - Torchwood's Rhys speaks!, it's day two of Torchwood Week here on Tube Talk - and about time to start hearing from the cast themselves.

Radio Free Skaro has released Radio Free Skaro #147 – Dancing Doctors and Empty Children, with only Torchwood news to bandy about, the second part of Steven Moffat’s epic two-parter from Season 1 took center stage for this episode for a shorthanded RFS staff as they discussed the intricacies of one of the first series’ masterpieces while simultaneously avoiding any actual discussion of the episode at hand, as per usual (ed: added to the podsa nd audio button on the editor's bit).

Tin Dog Podcast has released TDP 094: The War Games (ed: added to the podsa nd audio button on the editor's bit).

The Stage has Torchwood Week: Russell T Davies, part 1, the first of a two-part interview with series creator Russell T Davies, who returns to writing duties on the show for the first time since 2006’s premiere episode, Everything Changes.

Coventry Telegraph has John Barrowman blasts BBC for Torchwood cut, John Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, said a decision to make just five episodes for the new series felt like a punishment.

BBC Doctor Who News
has a review of The Darksmith Legacy: The Vampire of Paris, a"Triumph" or a monumental mess?



Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 14, the 8th Doctor and Nat look at the body and evidence at the Coroner’s Lab. Nat can’t get over how everything’s been compressed, body, clothes, objects… and the Doctor notices a tiny matchbook with the Raven club logo in the victim’s purse. It is suggested that an alien being may have done this.

Charlie Kirchoff has posted Doctor Who: Black Death/White Life, "If you’ve seen IDW’s solicitations for September , you may have seen a one-shot entitled “Doctor Who: Black Death/White Life”. If you did see that you may have noticed that I wrote it."

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has....
  • JJ4 - The Macra Terror 4, "As I mentioned in the last post, it is significant when Medok, the Colony's only dissenter at the beginning of the story, dies in Episode Three."
  • KK1 - The Faceless Ones 1, this episode marks a change in direction for the Troughton era, a change that will be seen over the course of the next three episodes.
  • KK2 - The Faceless Ones 2, the next step in the normalizing of the Patrick Troughton era - updating the theme music.
  • KK3 - The Faceless Ones 3, with Ben and Polly, for all intents and purposes, out of the picture, Jamie is now the main companion in Doctor Who.
Doc Oho's Reviews has Unnatural History by Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum, embarrassing bits: The scene where Sam gives the Doctor a back rub and tries to get him into bed is probably the most up chuckingly horrible pieces of writing in the Doctor Who prose universe.

Looking To The Stars has got Two Doctor Who Comic Reviews.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom
has Torchwood Children Of Earth Radio Times Scans.

Doctor Who 63 has Dr Who Q&A on Twitter, "last Tuesday (23rd June) we had a Question and Answer session on our twitter page."

planetzogblog has Torchwood 1.13: End of Days review.



rogueanomaly "OMG, the RadioTimes Torchwood photoshoot is incredible. I so want that as a poster!"

David_Tennant "Portal Awards voting, you can vote once per day per email address. David Tennant, CT, BP & Turn Left all nominated"

peachcakes "My David Tennant Poster Fell on My head. That's a sign that he's thinking of me. Of course."

Remembrance of the Daleks (Special Edition DVD) Cover and Details



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London, 1963, and the Doctor returns to Coal Hill School with his new companion Ace, where he has unfinished business. His oldest foes, the Daleks, are on the trail of Time Lord technology - an artefact the Doctor himself left behind on Earth. Enlisting the assistance of the local military, the Doctor must protect the Gallifrey an secret of time travel as two opposing Dalek factions meet in an explosive confrontation, with the fate of the entire Universe at stake!

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
• Commentary by Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor)and Sophie Aldred (Ace)
• Back to School - Cast and crew talk about the making of the story, accompanied by rare behind-the-scenes material. Featuring Simon Williams (Gilmore), Karen Gledhill (Alison),writer Ben Aaronovitch, script editor Andrew Cartmel and director Andrew Morgan
• Remembrances - Cast and crew discuss the influences and references to other Doctor Who adventures that are spread throughout the story
• Extended and Deleted Scenes - Unused scenes, introduced by Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred
• Outtakes - Bloopers and gaffes from the recording of the story
• Multi-Angle Sequences
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
• 5.1 Mix A new Dolby 5.1 surround mix, specially produced for this DVD
• Photo Gallery • Radio Times Billings(DVD-ROM PDFs - PC/Mac)
• Production Information Subtitles
• Trailers & Continuity & Isolated Music Track

Synopsis
In this 1988 installment of DOCTOR WHO, the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) faces off against the ever-troublesome Daleks. However, things get even more complicated when opposing Dalek factions meet in an explosive battle.

Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 20th July

Monday, June 29, 2009

Wales Comic Con, Where Angels Fear Discontinuity, Radio Times Torchwood Cover plus War Games review...



Gareth David-Lloyd Site has Wales Comic Con, Gareth will be appearing at Wales Comic Con in Wrexham, North Wales, at Glyndwr University, Wrexham on Sunday September 27th, 2009 alongside Katy Wix (Rhiannon, Ianto's sister) from Torchwood: Children of Earth.

The Whoniverse has added Where Angels Fear to their Discontinuity Guide

TARDIS Television has Dr.Who - Barking Mad (spoof), warning adult content.

Torchwood Newsroom has the Radio Times Torchwood Cover for next week



Den Of Geek has Doctor Who: The War Games DVD review, Patrick Troughton's final story as Doctor Who arrives on DVD. Can this 10-episode epic stand the test of time?

SFX has Cybermen - Del-eat! Del-eat!, Def-eat-ing the Cybermen is a piece of cake if you live in Linlithgow in West Lothian. This brilliant Cybercake, created by a shop called Truly Scrumptious were spotted by SFX reader David Todd who sent us the snaps., and Michelle Ryan Is The Doctor (sort of), … and a whole load of other characters on the latest Original BBC Doctor Who Audiobook, “The Rising Night”.

Big Finish has Bernice Summerfield: The Inside Story, even before Big Finish began making Doctor Who adventures, one woman was already making her mark: Bernice Summerfield. Created by Paul Cornell, the space archaeologist first appeared in the Virgin New Adventures novels alongside the Seventh Doctor, and it was from these novels that her first few audio adventures were culled, helping to fill the gap when there was no Doctor Who on TV.



Nothing Tra La La? (Simon Guerrier) has Inside out!, "Big Finish have announced that my book, Bernice Summerfield - The Inside Story, will be out in August. Pre-order it NOW and get your copy signed by me and Lisa Bowerman."

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has JJ3 - The Macra Terror 3, In which poor Medok, the rebel of the society who The Doctor was so fond in helping at the beginning of the story, meets his end at the end of a Macra claw. This turns out to be a noteworthy development, as we will see by the end of the story. Medok is the only person, at the beginning, who speaks out about what is going on in the Colony. Once he dies, it's now only left to the strangers (The Doctor and co.) to rise up against all that is wrong.



alun_vega
  • "A car that looks like Sarah Jane's is parked outside the museum, dressed as the Intl Gallery again"
  • "Extras dressed as schoolkids and police have just come out. No sign of principal SJA cast."
  • "Looks like lunchtime. Actors playing Luke, Clyde, Rani & Rani's dad just left."
  • "Entrance hall of the museum (where MR did her catburgling in POTD) is
    lit for filming. But SJ car and IG sign suggest exteriors too."

*Front Row (Available until: 12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099)




Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an interview with
Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies, as the spin-off series Torchwood
returns to TV and radio.

Watch the second BBC One trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Watch the second BBC One trailer for Torchwood: Children of Earth. Torchwood returns to BBC One 6th-10th July. Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones return for a brand-new adventure in Torchwood: Children Of Earth, a new five-part series for BBC One.

Restoration Team on The Black Guardian, Who at the Fab Cafe 2 plus a Pick of the Blogs



The Doctor Who Restoration Team has details of The Black Guardian Trilogy - DVD, comprising three linked stories - 'Mawdryn Undead', 'Terminus' and 'Enlightenment' - 'The Black Guardian Trilogy' arrives on DVD as a feature-packed four-disc boxset, including an all-new edit of 'Enlightement' overseen by the story's director, Fiona Cumming...

TARDIS Message Boards has news of Who at the Fab Cafe 2, November event in Manchester.

TARDIS Television has...
  • The Doctor Who Dance, Quite possibly, the craziest piece of footage that you will ever see. All 10 Doctors in a music video to Tight Fit's 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight'.
  • The Doctor's Diary 28 June 09, Torchwood series 2 in a nutshell, Robin Hood: the rant, and a few hellos!
TSV has an Interview with Dick Mills, he was an original staff member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, whose special sound design included uncredited effects on the classic 1958 SF thriller Quatermass and the Pit, Major Bloodnok's stomach for The Goon Show, and of course Doctor Who, for which he provided sound effects, credited and uncredited, from the original pilot episode in 1963 through to the final classic series story, Survival, in 1989, interviewed at the National Media Museum in Bradford, UK, to discuss his Radiophonic career.



Cadmium2 has released 052 Doctor Who (The Gunfighters) (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Digital Spy has news that Aussie 'Torchwood' screenings to follow UK, the new series of Torchwood will air in Australia within hours of its UK broadcast.



Fanatical For Who has More quotes from RTD.. Doctor & companions and Face of Boe.

Cathode Ray Tube has CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO - The Edge Of Destruction Part 1 and Part 2, An article recently published in the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's magazine, Celestial Toyroom, issue 371, as part of a tribute to Verity Lambert and here reproduced for your delight and edification.

planetzogblog has Torchwood 1.12: Captain Jack Harkness review, with this episode Jack and Toshiko are trapped in the past, where they meet someone strangely familiar. Can they get back from a 1940s dancehall to the present?

Crafty Tardis has believe it or not a TARDIS-Shaped Dog Bed.



David_Tennant "Today is the official release date for the DVDs of both Secret Smile and Doctor Who Planet Of The Dead, both starring David Tennant."

mklopez "Just finished Doctor Who's "The Next Doctor". Cheesy, weird and all sorts of fun... I'll miss Tennant as the Doctor!"

geekmum
"Finally watching Doctor Who: The Next Doctor. Love the steampunk feel of this episode."

cartoonmoney  "Doctor Who budget drastically slashed!!"

zombiescout "Good Doctor Who episode last night on BBCA - "The Next Doctor".  Though I'm happy that David Tennant didn't regenerate yet into Matt Smith."

Doctor_No1 "Cyberman Rocks OK"

JohnSimmSociety "John Simm in "The Lakes" tonight 29 June on ITV3 (UK) 11:10 pm."

drwholocations "SJA Filming at the Museum in Cardiff again today."

Sarahbear9789 "I also want a sonic screwdriver and a Tardis... My sister wants a Tardis key."

darlt774 "The Doctor Who theme song: analog electronica « Ethan Hein's metablog: She was buddies with Paul McCartney"



Please note that links in this section of the Newsroom can seriously damage your enjoyment of forthcoming episodes and unless you really are a spoiler chaser I do not recommend clicking these links.

Digital Spy Forums
has some Torchwood Teasers.

Digital Spy has Ten 'Torchwood' teasers, the third series of Torchwood finally airs on BBC One next week as an explosive, five-consecutive-days event broadcast. To celebrate, we're going Torchwood-crazy this week on Tube Talk - as well as hints on what to expect.

Black Guardian Trilogy DVD Box Set Cover and Details



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Mawdryn Undead
Earth 1983. The mysterious Black Guardian hovers over the shoulder of English public shcoolboy, Turlough, determined to enlist his aid in his deadly scheme - the assassination of the Doctor.

Meanwhile the TARDIS is trapped inside a huge space ship in perpetual orbit, a permanent resting place for the miserable Mawdryn and his eight fellow scientists, all condemned to a state of perpetual regeneration. Only the Doctor's life force can free them, but ast a deadly cost - the price of his powers of regeneration.

With Nyssa and Tegan stranded in the time zone of 1977, and the Black Guardian closing in, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma…..

Extras on Mawdryn Undead:
* Commentary - with actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Nicholas Courtney, script editor Eric Saward.
* Who Wants to Live Forever? - cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Peter Davison, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, David Collings and Lucy Benjamin, director Peter Moffatt, script editor Eric Saward and plastic surgeon Dr. Simon Withey. Narrated by Floella Benjamin.
* Liberty Hall - a new drama. Journalist Phillip Clarke (Simon Ockenden) travels to Brendan School to interview Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart.
* Deleted and Extended Scenes
* Film Trims - film trims from the location filming, including clapperboards and cast and crew setting up and performing various takes.
* Out-takes - the producer's blooper reel.
* CGI Effects
* Continuity
* Photo Gallery
* Set Photo Gallery - set design photos from the story.
* Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
* Coming Soon
* Programme Subtitles
* Subtitle Production Notes


Terminus
Thanks to the combined efforts of the treacherous Turlough and the Black Guardian, the Doctor and his companions are in terrible danger. The TARDIS is breaking up and the outside world has begun to break through.

Can the TARDIS' fail safe mechanism save them all by docking with another ship? It seems unlikely when the nearest vessel is a carrier of plague victims destined for the infamous Terminus, the time-bomb planet ticking at the centre of the universe….

Extras Terminus:
* Commentary - with actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Sarah Sutton, writer Stephen Gallagher.
* Breaking Point - cash and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton and Martin Potter, director Fiona Cumming, wrtier Stephen Gallagher, designer Dick Coles, camera supervisor Alec Wheal and sound supervisor Scott Talbott. Narrated by Floella Benjamin.
* Origins of the Universe - Sir Patrick Moore and, Dr. John Mason take a llok at the science behind the Big Bang and the origins of the universe.
* Original Storyboards - production storyboards for the spaceship sequences, plus how the shots were realised on screen.
* Unused Model Shots - a selection of unused takes from the model effects shoot, taken from a timecoded production tape.
* CGI Effects
* Photo Gallery
* Isolated Score
* Coming Soon
* Programme Subtitles
* Subtitle Production Notes


Enlightenment
The White Guardian warns of impending danger and directs the TARDIS to what appears to be an Edwardian sailing yacht, the SS Shadow, but is actually one of a number of spaceships taking part in a race through the solar system. The first prize is Enlightenment - ultimate wisdom to gain one's heart's desire - and some of the more devious crews will stop at nothing in order to claim it. But as the Black Guardian's evil mesh draws tight, it looks as though the Doctor might not live to cross the finishing line.

Extras on Enlightenment:
* Commentary - with actors Peter Davison and Mark Strickson, writer Barbara Clegg and director Fiona Cumming.
* Winner Takes All - cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Keith Barron, Christopher Brown and Leee John, director Fiona Cumming, writer Barbara Clegg, costume designer Dinah Collin and camera supervisor Alec Wheal. Narrated by Floella Benjamin.
* Casting Off! - an actor's view of working on Doctor Who. With Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Keith Barron, Christopher Brown and Leee John, with director Fiona Cumming.
* Single Write Female - writer Barbara Clegg looks back on her career and the writing of 'Enlightenment'.
* The Story of the Guardians - the Guardians have appeared in Doctor Who as far back as Tom Baker's era… but who - or what - are they? With Robert Luckham (son of the late White Guardian, Cyril Luckham), Sarah Leppard (daughter of the late Black Guardian, Valentine Dyall), Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury and Doctor Who Adventures editor Moray Laing.
* Storyboards - a dual-angle feature, in which visual effects supervisor Mike Kelt uses the original Storyboards to explain how he went about planning and shooting the model effects sequences for the show.
* Photo Gallery
* Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
* Coming soon
* Programme Subtitles
* Subtitle Production Notes.
* Enlightenment special edition
* dvd-soontwin
* Other places of interest…
* BBC Black Guardian Trilogy guide.
* BBFC classification information
* Wikipedia entry.
* Doctor Who locations guide
* Doctor Who Restoration Team
* Brendan Sheppard Trailers/showreals


Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 10th of August

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