Saturday, November 28, 2009

BBC confirms 'Doctor Who' scheduling and Doctor Amy Who? plus a Pick of the Blogs



Hands of Omega
, has posted "Streaky has created an awesome new accessory for us this week.  A collection of weather based particle effects scripts.  Just drop one into a rezzer, and special effects will fire off on landing."



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Doctor Amy Who? - The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...
Alden Bates' Doctor Who Page has DiscCon Guide - Added entries for The Kingmaker, The Veiled Leopard, and The Mind's Eye.

Benjamin Elliott has posted...



Digital Spy has BBC confirms 'Doctor Who' scheduling, David Tennant's final two episodes of Doctor Who will air on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the BBC has confirmed.

Coventry Telegraph has Doctor Who props from The Waters of Mars at Coventry exhibition, props featured in TV special The Waters of Mars have now been added to the Doctor Who Exhibition at Coventry.



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Doctor Who Special Project Three Is Revealed, for a while I have said this years special project 3 will be the BBC Christmas Idents, based on the idea that Russell T Davies wanted them last year!

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 15, having arrived in London, the Doctor and Beverly set about trying to find Robert Dudley. The Doctor tells Beverly about the last time he met Dudley, in his first incarnation, when he attended the festivities surrounding Queen Elizabeth 1’s coronation.

Hello, I'm the Doctor has Scottish schoolgirl lands dream role in TV's Doctor Who, a nine-year-old Highland schoolgirl has beaten off competition from hundreds of other hopefuls to land a dream role in the Dr Who series.

Wired.co.uk
has Wired's top ten Doctor Who villains, Part 2, the Valeyard is the Kavanagh QC of Time Lords, only really spiteful and with a wackier cloak.

io9
has 5 Lessons We Hope RTD's Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics, if history is anything to go by, Russell T. Davies will try to top all his previous gonzo conclusions with his final Doctor Who, "The End Of Time." Is it too much to hope he's learned from his past mistakes?

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site
has Doctor Who Radio Times Cover, next week's edition of the Radio Times will feature an interview with Russell T Davies regarding David Tennant's last Doctor Who story, here's a sneak peek of the interview.

Tennantcast has released 27 – My Precious, a short episode this time! For this recording, Kelsey and Kari are there (kind of like old times) since Flossie can’t be with them because of a recording mix-up (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: Partners In Crime, after "The Runaway Bride," I was unsure whether having Catherine Tate as a permanent companion would be good for the show.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis
has The Invasion of Time 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Blink", it’s time for the Doctor-lite episode and we see the highly anticipated return of Steven Moffat to Doctor Who.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Matt Smith turned down for 'Inbetweeners' and Richard Curtis confirms casting plus a Pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Doctor who - Dreamland Episode 6.

Galaxy Four has K9 and Company at Galaxy Four Tomorrow!, just a reminder that on Saturday 28th November from 12-2.30pm the new K9 will be visiting Galaxy Four, together with his creators BOB BAKER and PAUL TAMS.  This is the FIRST TIME that the new K9 has appeared in public and so we have a worldwide exclusive.  Bob and Paul will be signing EXCLUSIVE merchandise which will ONLY be available at this event, this will include posters and a badge.

BBC Press Office has Take 'Geek Chic' out of this world with Doctor Who tees, fashion lovers and fans of Doctor Who will want to get their hands on a new range of on trend retro Doctor Who t-shirts, launching in-store from 1st December.

British Board of Film Censors
has...
BBC News has Doctor Who star to portray Lennon, former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a one-off BBC drama that marks 30 years since the singer's death.

Digital Spy
has Matt Smith turned down for 'Inbetweeners', ...he unsuccessfully auditioned for the part prior to landing his iconic Doctor Who role.



The Doctor Who News Page has Richard Curtis confirms casting, in an interview with the website Bullz-Eye.com, Doctor Who writer Richard Curtis has confirmed the casting of actor Tony Curran in his episode of the forthcoming new series starring Matt Smith as the Doctor.



Blogtor Who has Peladon Tales DVD Artwork, ...available from 4th January 2010.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 143, the cover and info on this week's edition

Howeswho has Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars, so that's what it takes ... a new Doctor Who episode to drag me kicking and screaming back to the keyboard to pen some thoughts ...

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis
has The Invasion of Time 1 and 2.

wulfae has posted TARDIS Day gift 2009!, "last year, I made a pop-up book for my half of the TARDIS Day gift swap. This year, I wanted to do something different... But I really couldn't think of anything. So I decided to make another pop up book! Hooray!"

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Restoring Peladon and 'Waters of Mars' Props go to Coventry plus a Pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has.....

British Board of Film Censors has DOCTOR WHO - THE WATERS OF MARS passed 12, directed by Graeme Harper, the cast includes David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan.

BBC iPlayer
(UK only) has...
Doctor Who Restoration Team has Peladon - DVD Boxset, the UK's first release of 2010 is a three-disc boxset of two Jon Pertwee stories from seasons nine and eleven - 'The Curse of Peladon' and 'The Monster of Peladon'.

Coventry Transport Museum Press Office
has DOCTOR WHO EXHIBITION TO GET NEW PROPS FROM THE 'WATERS OF MARS' SPECIAL
  • Photo Opportunity: Come along and see the brand new props in place and much more on Friday 27th November 10:30am onwards - please confirm your attendance by calling Bilwa on 024 7623 4270
  • The Doctor Who Exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum, which has been open since March 2009 and was originally scheduled to close early November, has now been extended till January 2010 owing to its whopping success. And that's not all... the exhibition will be getting new props, costumes and monsters from the latest Doctor Who special, 'The Waters of Mars', screened last weekend on BBC One. These items will be on display from Friday 27th November 2009 until 10th January 2010.
  • Visitors will be able to get up close with monster 'The Flood', the costume of Captain Adelaide Brooke (played by acclaimed actress Lindsay Duncan), the costume of Andy, and the robot GADGET!
  • Also already on display in the Museum is 'Bessie',the Third Doctor's yellow roadster car, which will be accompanied by Jon Pertwee's costume.
  • Gary Hall, Chief Executive of Coventry Transport Museum, said: "The Doctor Who exhibition has been a big hit, with visitors coming again and again to see the exhibition. Getting new props for Christmas provides our visitors with a fantastic opportunity to visit the exhibition during Christmas holidays. We would urge people not to miss out on seeing the fantastic new props and costumes and posing next to 'Bessie' for a photograph."
  • The Museum expects a lot of demand to see these unique exhibits so book your tickets early to guarantee your visit. Booking information is available on www.transport-museum.com/doctorwho or call our Doctor Who Information line 0871 976 9461. Admission to the Museum itself is free, so there will be no charge to see Bessie and John Pertwee's costume.



The Doctor Who News Page has...
  • Tennant and Davies on Radio 2, the BBC Press Office has released details of the forthcoming radio programme "Who on Who?", to be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday the 29th of December at 5pm. The one-hour programme will feature David Tennant interviewing Russell T Davies about his career and the success of the Doctor Who revival, just days before the broadcast of the pair's final regular work on the programme.
  • Over Ten Million Watched Waters of Mars, final figures issued by BARB show the UK premiere of The Waters of Mars was watched by 10.32 million people.
  • Bernard Cribbins awarded special BAFTA, ...which will take place next Sunday at the London Hilton.
Doctor Who Online has released WhoCast episode 146, we get the American perspective on Waters of Mars as Chip throws his 2c in with regards to this latest special (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Gallifreyan Embassy
has Sonic Newsdriver 20091126, happy birthday to Who, Dreamland, Karen Gillan's 9 Year Old Cousin to Follow Footsteps, The Sarah Jane Adventures Strong Numbers, The End of Time is Coming, Jeffrey Tambor Joins David Tennant, David Tennant Has Nothing to Say, David Tennant Does Have Something to Say for Christmas, and more (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Den Of Geek
has Rob Shearman interview: his brand new book, writing Doctor Who and resurrecting the Daleks, the man who brought the Daleks back to Doctor Who talks to us about his new book, Loves Songs For The Shy & Cynical, and the joys of writing for the Doctor.



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has David Tennant Has Nothing To Say To Matt Smith!, this months Readers Digest magazine, out November 26th, has an interview with David Tenant and Doctor Who Radio Times Cover (5th-11th December 2009), the cover of Radio Times 5th-11th December 2009, now before you get excited, there is no new Doctor Who, or Whoniverse, before Christmas day!

David Tennant News has BBC America Competition, to celebrate David's return as the Doctor BBC America have a great competition, you could win some great Doctor Who and Torchwood DVDs and a cool festive ornament!

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 13, meanwhile in London, Robert Dudley, the future Earl of Leicester, Queen’s Master of Horse, meets with his brother-in-law, Henry Sidney, President of the Council of the Marches in Wales and The Stalker of Norfolk – 14, Sidney and Dudley discuss Dudley’s relationship to the Queen.

Shouting into a well has Inevitably, it's Daleks In Need.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who: The Last Voyage - Cover & Info, the TARDIS materialises on board the maiden voyage of a pioneering space cruiser, travelling from Earth to the planet Eternity.

Blogtor Who has Doctor Who: A Legend Reborn - Audio CD cover & synopsis, coming up early next year is another EXCLUSIVE release from BBC Audio. Doctor Who: A Legend Reborn is read by ELISABETH SLADEN and will be available from January 21st,

Dr Who Interview Archive has Bernard Cribbins (2008), ...transcripts from two BBC interviews with Bernard Cribbins back in 2008, around the time of the transmission of ‘The Stolen Earth’ and ‘Journey’s End’. One’s from ‘The One Show’, the other’s from ‘Breakfast News’, but I’ve merged them for the sake of convenience.

Billie Doux
takes a look at Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (Christmas Special 2007), ...this year's Christmas Special was definitely more festive than "The Runaway Bride" (not terribly difficult, I know).

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Sun Makers 3, 4 and Underworld 1, 2, 3, 4.

Tim's Take On
has The Fourth Doctor Who Filming Locations Pub Crawl, an adhoc audio diary recorded during the Fourth Doctor Who Filming Locations Pub Crawl (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Two-minute Time Lord
has 2MTL 80: Spoilers and Trailers and Tweets, Oh My, maybe it's because there were so many months between specials, but the run-up to "The Waters of Mars" seemed to include a fair bit of angst over spoilers in the set reports and promotional material. How much do we care about having a story "spoiled," and what constitutes it anyway? and 2MTL 81: Great News from BBC America, never have expectations, only hopes. Here's a very fervent hope, though, that the good news about Part One of "The End of Time" airing on BBC America just one day after its U.K. premiere begins a new trend in Doctor Who's international presence (ed: both added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010
has "Human Nature"/"The Family of Blood", the scene is set with the Doctor and Martha running into the TARDIS, on the run from an unseen foe and it looks like it’s business as usual. Then, the Doctor’s eyes open- only it isn’t the Doctor, but a schoolmaster. Martha enters wearing a maid’s uniform and we find out that it is 1913 and the Doctor is apparently a dream of this man. Roll titles.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Restoration of the Daleks and The full Dreamland Experience plus a Pick of the Blogs



BBC iPlayer (UK only) has....

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Restoration of the Daleks and Doctor Who: Dreamland: Episode 4.

Caption Who has "Just in time for Doctor Who's 46th anniversary -- and coincidentally Caption Who's 7th anniversary -- here's a special birthday update to enjoy! Seven pages (starting on page 877) , one for every year we've been riffing away. We finish up The Infinite Quest and get started on Human Nature."

Doctor Who Toys has Signed UK 100 Time Crash,  the BBC Doctor Who Art Dept have made available for auction two UK 100 Time Crash sets both signed by David Tennant and Peter Davison. The first signed Time Crash became the most expensive figure set ever, raising an astounding £540 for the Lynn North Memorial Fund; the second set is available now.

Radio Times
has Photo gallery: Doctor Who: The End of Time.

The Doctor Who News Page
has Karen Gillan's Cousin wins role, ...has won a role in the next series of Doctor Who.



Gallifreyan Embassy have released Doctor Who: Podshock 171, the Waters of Mars Reviewed, live feedback, Dave AC's Birthday, Doctor Who's 46th Anniversary, and more (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Big Finish Podcast
has Cyberman 2 - latest trailer!, ....will be available from Big Finish in December. A brand newteaser trailer has just been made available to download for free.

BBC Doctor Who
has The full Dreamland Experience on CBBC, watch the full-length feature Saturday 5 December.



The Happiness Patrol
has Episode One, ....explores the issues of gay men in the world of Doctor Who and Sci-Fi in general and Episode Two: Interview with Ken Deep, ...joins us to talk about the world of Podcasting and the world of Doctor Who.

David Tennant News
has David To Guest On Catherine Tate Christmas Special, on ITV1’s This Morning on 23 November, Ben Miller of Armstrong (Sarah Jane Adventures) & Miller let slip that David Tennant plays one of the ghosts in Catherine Tate’s upcoming Christmas Special. He added that David plays the role in the style of Russell Brand.

Radio Times has Doctor Who heads Christmas schedule, TV editor Alison Graham has picked out 12 crackers to whet your appetite for the festive season - and it's no surprise who's topping the list.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis
has Image of the Fendahl 3, 4 and The Sun Makers 1, 2.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010
has "42", when I heard that Chris Chibnall would be writing for Doctor Who, I had mixed feelings. I am only really familiar with Chibnall’s writing from Torchwood and Life on Mars. On Life on Mars, he wrote some excellent and moving stories.



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.

io9 has Doctor Who: Back To Leadworth!

Monday, November 23, 2009

Happy Birthday Doctor and End of Time Press release plus a Pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has....
BBC Press Office has Doctor Who – The End Of Time Part One and Part Two, David Tennant embarks on his final journey as the Tenth Doctor in this two-part special written by Russell T Davies and guest starring John Simm as The Master, Bernard Cribbins, Catherine Tate, Timothy Dalton, David Harewood and June Whitfield.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has....
Alden Bates' Doctor Who Page has DiscCon Guide - Added entries for The Roof of the World, Three's a Crowd, and Council of Nicaea.

The Vervoid has Adventures into Space Chapter Nine.



The Doctor Who News Page has Children in Need Ratings, over 12 million tuned into BBC One to see the 3 minute preview of The End of Time on Children in Need.

A Podcast of Impossible Things has "Waters of Mars" commentary, the Doctor dices with destiny in Waters of Mars, but are the Impossible Podcasters impressed with the latest Doctor Who special? With reactions ranging from love to hate, it might be our most heated disagreement yet. Join us as we discuss water zombies, absent Ice Warriors and comedy robots in our latest commentary! (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Gallifreyan Embassy
has Review of "The Waters of Mars", ....which was transmitted on the BBC last week and is coming to BBC America next month (beware - this podcast will contain spoilers). Plus we take your feedback on the special, all live over the net (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Staggering Stories
has Podcast 59: When Water Goes Wet, ...talk about the Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, Defying Gravity, give a 30 second recommendation, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 81: Great News from BBC America, never have expectations, only hopes. Here's a very fervent hope, though, that the good news about Part One of "The End of Time" airing on BBC America just one day after its U.K. premiere begins a new trend in Doctor Who's international presence (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Radio Free Skaro
have released 169 – Peking Homunculus, to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the debut of Doctor Who, The Three Who Rule felt it only fitting to invite fellow podcasting super-giant Ken Deep of Doctor Who: Podshock onto the show to not only discuss the news and events of the past week in the world of Who, but to wax on about how they became fans of the show, why they are all still fans, and how they all manage to spend a fair amount of time each week talking about what we, and no doubt you, think is the greatest TV programme ever invented – Doctor Who. We hope you enjoy this unique celebration (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).



Doctor Who Time Vortex
has 46 Years of Doctor Who!, today, Monday 23rd November 2009, is the 46th anniversary of the greatest show in the world, Doctor Who!

Wired News
has Nov. 23, 1963: Doctor Who Materializes on BBC, at 6:15 on a cold, wet night, the BBC premieres its new family science fiction show, Doctor Who, with its first episode, “An Unearthly Child.” The series will become a legendary part of modern British folklore and the longest-running sci-fi series on TV.

The Who-Philes has Dreamland Part One Review…, this past Saturday saw the second new Doctor adventure this week, Dreamland It’s the first part of a six part series being shown on the BBC’s Red Button channel. Much like 2007’s The Infinite Quest, Dreamland is divided into much smaller segments that when viewed as a whole will equal about forty-five minutes in length.

Rich's ComixBlog has The Stalker of Norfolk – 12, on borrowed horses, the Doctor and Beverly head to London to meet Robert Dudley. On the way, Beverly asks the Doctor what was wrong with Amye. He tells her she is dying of breast cancer and gave her a pill (from the distant future) to make her more comfortable. Beverly struggles with verb tenses, realizing that Professor Aird, who postulated that she’d had cancer, was/will be/will have been… correct.

The Minute Doctor Who Podcast has 027 - Pull to Open, in which I take a look at the famous TARDIS sign.

Velvet Jacket has Enlightenment, here at last is my cover for Enlightenment, finishing off the Black Guardian trilogy boxset. Read about its creation here and do please leave a comment with your thoughts – they’re always useful to hear.

Behind the Sofa
has Green Fingers, Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift, for a finale The Gift doesn't exactly end the current series with a satisfying bang unless you appreciate the entire cast getting drowned in bits of exploding orange Blathereen.

The Rift has Beware Blathereen Bearing Gifts, we have reached the end of another series of The Sarah Jane Adventures and it only seems like five minutes since this series started! The basic gist of this episode is to never look a gift horse in the mouth as it may very well bite you on the arse.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "The Lazarus Experiment", ...starts off looking like the origin story for a comic-book supervillain, with the unlikely performance of a pioneering scientific experiment in front of an audience in black tie and the less than subtle naming of the villain in question.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has 4X2 - Image of the Fendahl 2, there is some simply gorgeous direction in this episode by George Spenton-Foster, which makes for a nice change from the hack job done by Derrick Goodwin in The Invisible Enemy.

The Tardis Project has "The End of Tomorrow", the Doctor, Susan and David realize the Robomen have left something that is ticking--an incendiary bomb! The Doctor, still weak, faints as Susan and David try to disarm it.



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 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode Titles, Scooty, an interpid set reporter, has compiled a list of forthcoming episode titles for season 5. All are subject to change, so don't take them as final please, and Photographs Of Yesterdays Doctor Who Filming At Cathedral Green.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Doctor Who -The End of Time preview

Doctor Who hits Children in Need and Dreamland interview plusd a Pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Professor What #13 - Part 1 Orbit of Destruction and 2001: A Who Odyssey.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...



BBC Doctor Who has David Tennant Looks Forward to Children in Need, preview on tonight's Children in Need.

CBBC Newsround has Doctor Who hits Children in Need, ...fans will get a taster of the Time Lord's latest adventure on this year's Children in Need show.

The Doctor Who News Page has Sarah Jane Ratings - Thursday, episode one of The Gift was watched by 0.8 million viewers according to unofficial overnight figures, again far exceeding the average rating for the timeslot. The audience share was 6.2%.

SFX has Doctor Who Dreamland interview, the Doctor’s off to Roswell for new animated adventure Dreamland, and since The Infinite Quest he's ventured into the third dimension.

Tim's Take On has Who at the Fab Cafe: Part Five, the fifth and final part of our coverage of Who at The Fab Cafe 2 features Silvester Mc Coy's Panel (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Big Finish
has New Podcast!, "this time it's not one of ours! Renowned magazine The Stage came along to the recording of brand new Lost Story The Nightmare Fair and spoke to the cast and crew, including stars Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and director John Ainsworth. To tie in with the release, they've put together a podcast which you can stream or download to iTunes."



The Red Lines Page (Peter Anghelides) has It’s a CiN 2009, "back in 2001, Justin Richards and I wrote a sketch for the  GallifreyOne Doctor Who convention in Los Angeles. As it’s Children in Need this week, I thought I’d share it via the blog."

Behind the Sofa
gives you the chance to Win Davros!, thanks to our friends at VoucherCodes.co.uk we are offering you the chance to win a remote controlled Davros! and Strife on Mars, a look at The Waters of Mars, in a parallel universe The Waters of Mars is a run-of-the-mill base-under-siege romp.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who on Holiday, the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) looks like he is ready for a holiday in a photograph included in an article by The Press Association (Christmas Doctor Who sneak peak) published today.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has The Sarah Jane Adventures 3:12 The Gift Part 2 Report, and that is the the end in The Sarah Jane Adventures season 3 - Episode 12 The Gift Part 2, is there more next year? We will have to wait and see! Here is a synopsis of today!

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site
has Children in Need Night - Tonight!, ....an exclusive preview of this year's Christmas special, The End of Time: Part 1 is to be shown at around 8 to 9 o'clock! and The Gift, Sarah Jane, Luke, Clyde and Rani face an old enemy, the green Slitheen, in the penultimate episode of this series of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis
has The Invisible Enemy 2, 3, 4 and Image of the Fendahl 1.

SFX has New Doctor Who "End Of Time" Pic, is it just us, or has the Doctor gone all Arnold Rimmer? We know he's now Time Lord Victorious or whatever, but he can't have turned that arrogant, surely?

HeroPress has Sontaran Shenanigans!, following on from last week's teaser, Alasdair Stuart, in the first of his "Doctoring The TARDIS" columns, gives us some insight into his thinking behind the initial pdf adventure he has penned for Cubicle 7's Doctor Who: Adventures In Time & Space roleplaying game.

SJA News has New SJA Monster Maker, the Official Sarah Jane Adventures Website has been uploaded with a brand new SJA Monster Maker.

The Neutron Flow
has released Episode 11: We are the Doctors (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Dr Who Interview Archive
has...
  • Charles Curran, was the BBC Director General during most of the 1970’s, and this is his response to Mary Whitehouse’s criticism of ‘Doctor Who’ over its violent content during the Hinchcliffe-Holmes era.
  • David Whitaker (1970’s), talking about the creation of Vicki’s character, his Troughton-era Dalek scripts and his work on the first Doctor Who novelisations.
  • Elisabeth Sladen (1980’s), talking about almost  drowning in Wookey Hole, almost being crushed by a collapsing TARDIS, and how she originally planned to play Sarah Jane for just one year.
  • Brian Hayles (Various), ...created the Ice Warriors and The Celestial Toymaker, and also had a prolific non-Doctor Who career, script-editing The Archers for a while and writing episodes of Doomwatch, Out of the Unknown and Z Cars.
Den of Geek has Doctor Who: new The End Of Time Part I pictures, a couple of new Doctor Who snaps have been released of David Tennant in The End Of Time Part I.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks", ...brings the deranged dustbins into play rather earlier in the season than is expected. However, we get a sumptuous looking story set in 1930s New York; an odd idea on paper but a look at this story confirms that, stylistically, the Daleks actually fit in quite well, especially with that grandest example of Art Deco, the Empire State Building.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Blathereening Around and The End of Time has Two Parts plus a pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube
has SJA - The Gift part 2 (Next Time Trailer).

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 3 - The Gift - Part 1, when the Slitheen's latest scheme is halted, the Blathereen arrive - can they be trusted? and Doctor Who - Series 3: 9. The Family of Blood, it's 1913 and war comes to England early, as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor.

BBC - Sarah Jane Adventures site has Blathereen, check out the brand new Sarah Jane monster with exclusive fact file.

Dreamwatch
reviews The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Gift Part One (series 3, episode 11).



BBC Doctor Who has Title Revealed!, it has been officially revealed that the title for this year's momentous Christmas Special is: The End of Time, Part One and Children in Need and the Christmas Special!, listen to an exclusive clip of the Children in Need preview - now!

BBC Press Office
has Doctor Who Animation – Dreamland,Saturday 5 December,
10.00-10.45am BBC TWO.

BrokenSea have Doctor Who: Newsflash, a newsflash from New Earth News describing the ongoing invasion of the Cybermen (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Tin Dog Podcast has released TDP 106: Waters of Mars & SJSA 3.5, ...the second of the 2009 Specials leading up to the end of the David Tennant era. It aired on 15th November 2009 on BBC One (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Doctor Who Online have WhoCast episode 145, review of the latest Tennant epic Waters of Mars (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 80: Spoilers and Trailers and Tweets, Oh My, "Maybe it's because there were so many months between specials, but the run-up to "The Waters of Mars" seemed to include a fair bit of angst over spoilers in the set reports and promotional material. How much do we care about having a story "spoiled," and what constitutes it anyway?" (ed: added to the pods and audio button).



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has The Sarah Jane Adventures 3:11 The Gift Part 1 Report, and that is the beginning of the end in The Sarah Jane Adventures season 3 - Episode 11 The Gift Part 1, it all ends tomorrow, but first here is a synopsis of today! If you haven't see this yet, you need to stop reading now!

The Rift
has Eternity Weeps, after the Timelord shenanigans of last time when the Doctor came to the rescue this time we are back to business as usual in this story with the attic dwelling Earth protectors.

Tardis Base
has Doctor Who Adventures Issue 142, cover and details.

TARDIS WEBRING