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.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

The Final Chapter and The Missing Season plus a Pick of the Blogs



BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 3:8. Human Nature, a schoolteacher called John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space.

Professor What
informs us Doctor Who tribute series Professor What returns with episode #13 - Orbit of Destruction Part 1 - Starts this Friday November 20th.

Caption Who has "We're just in time for the Tenth Doctor's return in "The Waters Of Mars" with another update! We finish up with "42" (starting on page 872) and jump right on into the animated "The Infinite Quest!" This time around we get not one but two references to beatboxing, Alex goads me into a photoshop, Cartoon Tennant does his best Hepburn impression, and Martha's hair still gets no love."

The Vervoid has Doctor Who, What, Where, When, Why and How, Chapter 34 - Planet of Fire to The Twin Dilemma.

Dreamwatch has Tennant: “Russell T Davies is the best writer in television”, Tennant didn't offer advice to Davies over Who scripts.

Loose Cannon Productions
has a Review of Marco Polo.

Gareth David-Lloyd Site has Lighting Up Lytham, Gareth will be helping to switch on the Christmas lights in Lytham, Lancashire on Saturday 21st November 2009. The festive fun starts at noon in Lytham Square with The prestonguildhall.com Roadshow, to be followed by appearances from Gareth and other Cinderella cast-mates, and the official switch-on at 4-00 pm.

Unreality SF
reviews Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair, The Church and the Crown and The Eternal Summer.



BBC Doctor Who has Fantastic Finale!, 4.35pm Thursday 19th on BBC One and The Doctor Returns on Friday Night, BBC One!, the finale to the Tenth Doctor's era is one of the most eagerly
anticipated adventures in the history of Doctor Who and you can see a
dramatic scene from the story on Friday, BBC One during Children in
Need.

Gallifreyan Embassy has released Doctor Who: Podshock 170, interviews with writer Rob Shearman, actor Colin Spuall, and comedian Toby Hadoke while at Hurricane Who (special thanks to correspondents Ian Bissett and Tara Wheeler), News, Feedback, and more (ed: added to the pods and audio button) and Sonic Newsdriver 20091117, Waters of Mars Floats to 9.1 Million, Moorcock for Doctor Who, No Movie For You, Waters of Mars Accessories, Live Waters Review, Bigger Than Life, and more (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Doctor Who Online has WhoCast episode 144, in this episode we cover the latest news, also James and Marty review another Big Finish audio, Company of Friends (ed: added to the pods and audio button) and Tennant's Climate Challenge, David Tennant and a number of other celebrities have teamed up with Oxfam to raise awareness for climate change, with a brand new series of FREE online games called Climate Challenge.

The Doctor Who News Page has..
  • The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter, BBC Books has announced the forthcoming publication of Doctor Who: The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter by outgoing showrunner Russell T Davies and DWM and Radio Times journalist Benjamin Cook. It will be published in paperback on 14 January 2010.
  • Radio 4 documentary to focus on Shada, a forthcoming BBC Radio 4 documentary is to examine what led to the cancellation of Shada - the six-part Fourth Doctor story originally intended to end Doctor Who's 17th season.
  • Sarah Jane Ratings - Final figures, ...for the third story in Series Three of The Sarah Jane Adventures show that part one had an audience of 1.59 million, a 13% share of the audience, with part two being watched by 1.47 million - a 12% share.
  • Waters of Mars Ratings, 9.1 million watched last night's BBC One showing of The Waters of Mars, according to unofficial overnight figures.
SFX has Doctor Who: The Missing Season, given Doctor Who's awards-guzzling, headline-grabbing, Beeb cherishing cultural omnipresence in 2009, it's a strain to remember a time when the BBC put a "Kick Me" sign on its back in 1985, cancelling the show, only to give it a scaled down reprieve weeks later, and Water Cooler Of Mars, here in the SFX office, we loved the scene with the Dalek. A really pleasant surprise. But we’re not convinced by the Doctor’s excuse why it didn’t kill the young Adelaide.

The Cyber Testicle has One minute review of The Water of Mars, for the busy working person who only has time for an abbreviated review, here is a minute summary of the Waters of Mars (ed: added to the pods and audio button).



Tom Baker official website has Autograph opportunity, Tom will be signing autographs at The Stamp Centre, 79, Strand, London, WC2R 0DE on Thursday 26th, November 2009 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Several other popular Doctor Who stars will be attending, too.

Blogtor Who has Charity Auction - signed 'Time Crash' figures, on Ebay you can find 2 sets of pre-production UK release ‘Time Crash’ figures, featuring the Fifth and Tenth Doctors and REVIEW - The Waters Of Mars, there have been some remarkable endings in the RTD era but yet again he manages to concoct another hyper~emotional denouement.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site
has Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 23, the cover and info on this fornight's edition

Paul Magrs blog has Ringpullworld released!, Vizlor Turlough is in trouble again: piloting a stolen ship through a pocket universe on a mission that is strictly forbidden by the Doctor.

Behind the Sofa
has The Lord Of Misrule, The Waters Of Mars, no flying bus, no cat-suited jewel thief, no babbling on about chops and gravy.

Angry Who Fan
has The Doctor Dithers, ...we enjoyed the Waters of Mars. We don't think Doctor Who has ever looked as gob-smackingly beautiful as it did with Tennant stalking across Mars.

HeroPress has Top Of The Pile: Doctor Who #4, the second story arc - Fugitive - of the superb, Tony Lee-penned ongoing Doctor Who comic from IDW continues apace in issue four.

planetzogblog has Doctor Who 4.16: The Waters of Mars review, it begins cheerily enough, with a beaming Doctor walking out of the TARDIS sporting a spacesuit onto “The Red Planet!” Next, a “funny robot” (of the type found in films such as Silent Running or The Black Hole. Films which don’t end cheerily.) The robot brings the Doctor to Bowie Base One and the rest of the cast.

Cathode Ray Tube
has DOCTOR WHO - The Waters Of Mars / Review.

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, this was a real landmark episode. In terms of quality, it was head and shoulders above "Planet of the Dead". It was beautifully plotted, featured terrifying monsters and was thick with complex adult themes.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "The Shakespeare Code", after dropping his name left, right and centre, the Doctor finally meets Shakespeare face to face and "Gridlock", the city of New New York contains a subterranean 'undercity' that is dominated by a vast orbital motorway, where people seemingly spend their entire lives advancing a few miles in a colossal traffic jam and resort to all sorts of nefarious measures to join the carpool lane (which reminded me of a particularly fine episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm).

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Talons of Weng-Chiang 3, 4 5 6 and Horror of Fang Rock 1, 2, 3, 4 plus The Invisible Enemy 1.



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.

Den of Geek has What we know about Doctor Who: The End Of Time, Beware: there are spoilers here for the Doctor Who Christmas specials, as we look ahead to David Tennant's last two episodes...

Monday, November 16, 2009

After the Flood Special



Needless to say this post contains spoilers from the 'Waters of Mars', so if you haven't seen it yet be careful what you look at.



BBC Doctor Who
has...

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has....
BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...



SFX has REVIEW Doctor Who The Waters Of Mars, this review contains SPOILERS for The Waters Of Mars, which was just broadcast in the UK. Adequately warned? and SPOILERS! The 7 Doctor Who questions everyone is asking now, do NOT read on if you are trying to avoid SPOILERS about "The Waters Of Mars", which was just broadcast in the UK. The blog below is full of the blighters. Adequately warned?

Digital Spy has 'The Waters Of Mars' - The Verdict.

Den Of Geek has Doctor Who: The Waters Of Mars review.

io9
has Davies: No Doctor Who Movie From Me, in a new interview, outgoing Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies finally kills those movie rumors once and for all (Or does he?) and also talks about spoilers from the show getting released ahead of time. Should we be worried? and Doctor Who "Waters of Mars" Gallery.

Radio Free Skaro have released 168 – Squee House of Horror, after seven long months, Doctor Who returned to the airwaves in high style with “The Waters of Mars,” a toppoer of a story and one heck of a lead-in to the Doctor’s imminent demise and resurrection. The Three Who Rule were effusive in their praise of WoM, though somewhat less so when the conversation came to the latest episodes of the Sarah Jane Adventures, which Chris (also known as “Curmudge-or”) succinctly labeled as “poop” (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Bridging the Rift
have 13: Cursed Episode Thirteen, ...we make the best of it by looking at new trock, comics, art and fiction that caught our eye, hear your feedback to episode 11, and open the floor to answer some tricky listener questions (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Gallifreyan Embassy has This Week In Doctor Who - November 14, 2009, the weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Doctor Who Convention - Time War In Rotherham Report (14-11-09), one of my friends of Facebook, Nick Ryder, attended the Time War convention yesterday, here is his report...

Behind the Sofa
has F For Fake, Sarah Jane Adventures: Mona Lisa's Revenge, I love a good postmodern joke. Especially in Doctor Who. There are several crackers about the Mona Lisa and contemporary art in City Of Death. and Defying Gallifrey, The Waters of Mars, when The Twin Dilemma was inexplicably released earlier in the year, once play.com had posted it to me, I undid the shrink wrap, watched the Stripped For Action documentary then put it on the shelf, the main feature unwatched.

TV Overmind has Review - Doctor Who : The Waters of Mars.

Mirror.co.uk
has David Tennant's work saving the human race is done, at the start of Doctor Who the Doctor was captured by a robot so innocuous he made K-9 look like the Terminator

Tim's Take On has Who at The Fab Cafe 2: Part Four, the script editors panel with Andrew Cartmel from the 80s and Terrance Dicks from the 70s on what it was like to have that role on Doctor Who in their respective eras (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Journal Live
has Paul McGann star attraction at Newcastle Dr Who convention, if the waistcoats, flowing cloaks and motif-knitted jumpers failed to provide a big enough clue, the Dalek parked in the corner left no doubt

planetzogblog
has Doctor Who C10.3: Frontier in Space review, for the first three episodes of the six, this is very much a standard Doctor Who escape, captured, repeat runaround. However, Delgado’s appearance as the Master brightens things up.

Cathode Ray Tube
takes a look at SJA: Mona Lisa's Revenge Parts 1 & 2.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Doctor Who aliens the truth is out there plus a Pick of the Blogs



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube
has Orbital play Doctor Who live at the Tripod in Dublin 13/11/09.



Press Red Blog has What's On BBC Red Button: 14th - 27th November, Doctor Who: Dreamland Described as "Doctor Who meets a Fifties monster B-movie", Dreamland, a new six-part animated adventure, premières daily on BBC Red Button and the Doctor Who website from Saturday 21st November.

The Doctor Who News Page has Frazer Hines: Hines Sight, a revised autobiography of Frazer Hines's autobiography (originally published as "Films, Farms and Fillies" by Boxtree in 1996) entitled Hines Sight is being released; the hardback book is being published by Frazer Hines himself, with assistance from David Howe and Sam Stone, and also features 16 pages of photos from the actor's own collection covering his life and career, plus a foreword by variety entertainers Ian and Janette Krankie.

WalesOnline
has Doctor posters to collect, to mark the screening of the one-off special episode ‘The Waters of Mars’ the Western Mail and our sister paper Wales on Sunday are giving away the Official Doctor Who Poster Collection.

guardian.co.uk
has Doctor Who aliens - the truth is out there, the enduring sci-fi series might seem out of this world, but the Daleks, Cybermen, Slitheen et al represent threats from closer to home.

Tennantcast has released 25 – Rex Is Not Your Layer, at last the girls are reunited again to join fangirl forces and have a very news filled episode. Go figure, the two weeks that everyone’s either busy, or sick, or in New York, some of the most critical David news is released (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).



SFX has 21 Scariest Doctor Who Moments Ever.

Behind the Sofa has Mona Lisa Frowns, there aren’t that many aspects of Doctor Who that could be considered sacred ground.

Blogtor Who reviews The Sarah Jane Adventures, "Mona Lisa's Revenge" Part 2.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "Smith and Jones", we open on Martha Jones walking down the street towards the hospital where she is training to be a doctor. She is on the phone to every single member of her immediate family who seem to turn to her every time they have a problem. Then, a strange man comes up to her and does something random and inexplicable, and her day gets odder from that point onwards.

The Tardis Project has "Day of Reckoning", as the rebels board the Dalek saucer, the Doctor is prepared to be robotized! Back in the hideout, Dortmun sits, listening to the sounds of the attack, worrying.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Moorcock to write a new Dr Who novel and Davies planning 'Torchwood 4' plus tons more news and reviews



Moorcock's Miscellany
(Michael Moorcock) has Looks like it's official, I'll be doing a new Dr Who novel (not a tie-in) for appearance, I understand, by next Christmas. Still have to have talks etc. with producers and publishers but we should be signing shortly. Should be fun.

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

Gallifreyan Embassy has Join Us on SL and 'Wet' Your Appetite for Waters of Mars, what better way to whet or rather 'wet' your appetite for Waters of Mars coming to BBC One on Sunday, November 15th by joining us for our seasonal meet up on Second Life the day before, Saturday the 14th of November.
You thought things were frightening on Friday the 13th, wait until Saturday the 14th when we all come together once again for a Gallifreyan Embassy / Doctor Who: Podshock virtual meet up! The following day you may be busy watching and re-watching the long awaited next Doctor Who special, Waters of Mars starring David Tennant, but you got nothing going on the day before, right? Now you do! (ed: Look out for Doctor Bernard i.e. me, I'll be there enjoying the party).

BBC - Sarah Jane Adventures has Alien File, discover the truth behind the woman stuck in a painting.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has....



Digital Spy has Russell T. Davies planning 'Torchwood 4', ...he confirms that a fourth series is in the works.

Big Finish have released Winter Preview Podcast, it really, definitely is November... So it's time for the Winter Preview Podcast. Nicholas Briggs, David Richardson with guests actor/writer/director Barnaby Edwards and script editor Alan Barnes discuss and preview the new releases coming out over the next few months. And there's some exclusive news (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Press Association has David Tennant voted Sexiest Man, ...has been voted Britain's sexiest man in a poll of women over 30.

Doctor Who Online has WhoCast episode 143, James and Marty review a few recent Big Finish audios this week, a trilogy of releases featuring THE Colin Baker no less and review Patient Zero, Paper Cuts and Blue Forgotten Planet (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Gallifreyan Embassy
has Sonic Newsdriver (12 November 2009), what if there was no 8th Doctor?, The Who Factor, Tennant's TV Pilot, Dreamland Dates, Get Your Mickey Fix, Get a Life, and more plus Friday the 13th Edition of the Sonic Newsdriver, Number 9… Number 9… Number 9…, Number 6… Number 6… Number 6…, Tom Baker on the New Series, I am the Fleshcreep Whether You Like it or Not, Remember - Get a Life, and more. (ed: both added to the pods and audio button).

Two-minute Time Lord
has 2MTL 79: How Much TARDIS Is Too Much TARDIS?, we return to normal programming with a look at the TARDIS interior. Will we see more than just the control room in 2010, and do we really want to?(ed: added to the pods and audio button).

The Doctor Who News Page has Sarah Jane Ratings Thursday, Mona Lisa's Revenge, was watched by 1.0 million viewers, with an audience share of 7.4%.

BBC Doctor Who has Is There Life on Mars?, Doctor Who Confidential is back! and Take a Trip with the Doctor!, music and memories with David Tennant.



Doctor Who Time Vortex has Doctor Who Adventures Issue 141 - Cover & Info and Doctor Who Magazine Issue 415 - Cover & Info.

Tin Dog Podcast
has 105: SJS3.4 and Aliens of London/WWIII (ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Tim's Take On
has Who at The Fab Cafe 2: Part Three, Colin Spaull and Terry Molloy took to the stage and had a suprise interuption from a local radio presenter(ed: added to the pods and audio button).

Doctor Who: Dreamland Animation Blog has Gary Russell Q&A Part One, as previously mentioned we'll soon be moving across all the Dreamland videos and info to its new home in the 'Episodes section', because the adventure is now imminent! Don't forget it starts on Saturday, 21st November. But before we go, we're delighted to bring you part one of the Q&A we recently did with Dreamland's director, Gary Russell. You'll soon be able to find this in the new Dreamland section and that's also where the rest of the Q&A will appear.

Doctor Who Hideout
has The Sarah Jane Adventures Children in Need Auctions, composer Sam Watts has recently put up scripts and music sheets from The Sarah Jane Adventures for auction on eBay to raise money for Children in Need. Items up for auction include signed scripts of The Last Sontaran written by Phil Ford, The Mark of the Berserker written by Joseph Lidster and From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love written by Gareth Roberts with Clayton Hickman.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has...
  • David Tennant Interview At Heart FM (12-11-09), ...was at Heart FM to talk about saying farewell to the Tardis when he leaves Doctor Who, and what he's got planned after. He revealed he's taken some props from the set, and talks about the weirdest merchandise he features on!
  • More New Big Finish Doctor Who Lost Stories, Big Finish have announced further unproduced stories! Lost Stories Series 1 consists of episodes commissioned or planned for the original season 23 in the mid-1980s, but were scrapped in favour of the Trial of a Time-Lord season.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "The Runaway Bride", by the broadcast of this Christmas 2006 episode, Doctor Who had lost both of the leading actors that it had relaunched itself with. Yet, by this time, David Tennant had long since ceased to be the ‘new boy’ and was Doctor Who in the hearts and minds of millions, which meant that his first episode without Billie Piper had little to prove in terms of his ability to go it alone.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has The Talons of Weng-Chiang 1 and 2.

HeroPress has It's Not Just The Evenings That Are Getting Darker..., the Fourth Doctor continues his journeys back through time, battling the evil hornet creatures, to a pre-Victorian 19th Century travelling circus in the Dorset town of Blandford.



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Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Photographs From Filming Doctor Who At The Temple Of Peace (12-11-09) UPDATED.

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