Whoniverse Update, 41 Stupid Things about "The Moonbase" and Two New Podcasts.....

The Whoniverse has added The Medusa Effect to their Discontinuity Guide and Design History added to the TARDIS Technical Index.

Kaldor City has  41 Stupid Things about "The Moonbase" (and 9 Cool Ones), see if you can figure out which is which.

TARDIS Television has TARDIS sighting? on BBC News.



The Gallifreyan Embassy have released Doctor Who: Podshock - 152, All news edition: Karen Gillan Recap, Outpost Gallifrey Closing, Gallifreyan Embassy New Website, Who Party 14 Toronto, Doctor Who/Torchwood Comes to Space in Canada, BBC America Launches HD, Planet of the Dead and Torchwood Children of Earth come to DVD/Blu-ray, 24th Anniversary Celebration, and more (Ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Staggering Stories has released Podcast #47: When Assassins Go Deadly, not the assassin (but still deadly)Show summary: Andy Simpkins, Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jean Riddler and the ‘Real’ Keith Dunn talk about the Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin, Ashes to Ashes, find Doctor Who in Unusual Places, Choose their own Staggering Story, find lots of general news, and a variety of other stuff (Ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).



Cathode Ray Tube has a review of The Horns Of Nimon.



Sageogfruit "This is the creepiest IDW Doctor Who comic cover EVER. God, it's...eurgh...D:"

globalcouch "I watched an amazing DOCTOR WHO episode yesterday: BLINK.  Wow.  Genius."

Missjademusic "Bill and Teds phone box is a total ripoff of the Tardis!"

DebyP "rewatching Dr Who for the millionth time....love David Tennant and Donna Noble is brilliant companion"

Lazarus Discontinuity, Hand of Peace 2, Doc Said Scots Are Like Time Lords Plus a Pick of the Blogs...

The Whoniverse has updated their Discontinuity Guide with The Lazarus Experiment.

Planet Skaro has released The Hand of Peace (episode two).

TARDIS Message Boards has updated the 2009 Release Guide.

Unreality SF has a review of Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams, "This dystopian thriller mixes ambiguous philosophical messages with action. What seems to be a docile populace under unknown, seemingly malevolent control changes as realisation grows of the real danger in confusing fiction with reality, and the moral greyness of the insistence of truth at all costs. The alien world is by turns grimy, futuristic, archaic, mundane and nightmarish..."



California Chronicle has Doc Said Scots Are Like Time Lords..Out for World Domination ..., Rik, who is already popular with women on Torchwood fan forums, says he was inspired to audition for the part by his hero David Tennant. The former Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama student said: "Up until David Tennant got the role I had never ...



Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 3.

Movement Point has a review of The Keys of Marinus.

Andrew Hickey has posted a review of Max Warp, Jonathan Morris’ Max Warp is one of the range of ‘Eighth Doctor And Lucie’ hour-long audios that Big Finish have been doing, initially for Radio 7 but more recently just for their own CD/download range.

Quiz School has a Doctor Who Quiz.

planetzogblog has Torchwood 1.8: They Keep Killing Suzie review.

SARAH-JANE.tv has posted The Great Outdoors, "Stansted C of E Primary School celebrated its annual summer fete today, with one special difference! This year, the school was lucky enough to play host to a Tommy Knight signing, and I and a friend were lucky enough to go along!"

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has Y2 - The Hall of Dolls, almost the entire episode is devoted to one long scene - Steven, Dodo, and a game of chairs, dolls, and two playing cards who have been brought to life.

Siren Princess has posted Torchsong Cabaret, "tonight was fun, but very short. John joined via the sky chat. It was 4 AM for him. Scott went to bed on him and wouldn't stay up with him..."



tdickinson "Watching season one of Doctor Who. By which I mean the 1963 season, not 2005. This will be my first encounter with telesnap reconstructions!"

valentineskid "i want bill bailey to do the doctor who thing again! :("

fifipoodlebum "Don't think I should be allowed to watch Doctor Who finales seeing as I always cry uncontrollably...somebody take my boxsets away please!"

horcrionebay "David Morrissey and David Tennant work really well together onscreen :)"

aayjay "watching Doctor Who: tom baker is constantly losing his hat and then having it magically reappear."

David_Tennant "Times review of JL's Hamlet also compares David Tennant's more favourably"

Three New Sarah Jane Titles for September

Sarah Jane Adventure titles all due for release in September....

• The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Shadow People (Audio CD)
  A school camping trip to Snowdonia spells trouble for Sarah Jane and her friends, as they find themselves stranded in a harsh environment. What shadowy figure is watching them? How can Rani be in two places at once? And what secret does a nearby cave hold? Elisabeth Sladen narrates the story as Sarah Jane Smith. This title presents an exclusive audio story featuring Sarah Jane Smith, her son Luke and their friends, and read by a member of the TV cast. It is written by Scott Handcock. - Order from the TARDIS Shop
  
  
• The Sarah Jane Adventures: The White Wolf (Audio CD)
  This title presents an exclusive audio story featuring Sarah Jane Smith, her son Luke and their friends, and read by a member of the TV cast. It is written by Gary Russell. A letter from an old friend she can't remember sparks off another adventure for Sarah Jane, as she and her friends explore the village of Wolfenden. What is the secret of the white wolf carved on the hillside - and what does it have to do with alien abduction? Elisabeth Sladen narrates the story as Sarah Jane Smith - Order from the TARDIS Shop.
  
  
• Sarah Jane Adventures: Quiz Book
  To join Sarah Jane and her friends in investigating alien goings-on, you'll need first-rate observation and investigation skills! Test what you've learnt from all three series of The Sarah Jane Adventures with these fantastic quizzes! - Order from the TARDIS Shop.

Colin's Kingdom, Dalek for Sale, Vervoid Update.....Plus a Pick of the Blogs...

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures; The Day of the Clown - Part 1 and Part 2, is there a connection between a sinister clown and missing children.

Colin Baker Online has Colin's Kingdom, Colin Bakers guest appearance in the television drama Kingdom is scheduled for Sunday 14th June at 9pm on ITV 1 (UK), he plays Mr.Dodds, a man apparently "living in near squalor and surrounded by flea ridden dogs".

TARDIS Television has Dalek for Sale, fancy buying a full size Dalek? Scott Mill's team on BBC Radio One found one for sale online in this clip from "Becky's Classifieds", and has also been updated with 013: The Web Planet, when the Doctor and his friends stray from their astral plane and the TARDIS materialises in eerie alien surroundings, a mysterious force prevents them from leaving. Is it a natural phenomenon or some malevolent intelligence.

TARDIS Scanner has updated the UK TV and Radio Guide for all thats 'Whovian" next week.

The Vervoid has The 3 Doctor Whos: The Sensorites vs The Genocide Machine vs Father's Day.

BBC Doctor Who are running a Karen Gillan - True or False.



Gallifreyan Embassy has This Week In Doctor Who (Omnibus Version) - June 6, 2009.



Inky Adventures in Time and Space has published Planet of the Daleks - Episode 8, it's Daleks vs Dinosuars in a fight to the death on the surface of Skaro.

the pen is mightier than the spork (James Moran) has Utopia convention, I'll be at the Utopia convention today, Saturday, 6th June - link goes to the schedule. There aren't any more tickets left, but this is just to remind those of you already going that I'll be there. Come and say hello, don't be shy, I don't bite too hard, and usually have already murdered someone first thing in the morning, so my kill-urge will be sated for a few hours.

The Doctor Who Blog has Dueling Directors at Who Party!, Who Party has added a fifth and final guest, director James Strong.

The Tardis Project has "The Warriors of Death", the Historian here, along with Ketina, Ronelyn and Schmallturm. This week we delve into the second episode of our Aztec historical.

The Torchwood Institute has And Torchsong continues to take down Torchwood, first Kai, then John. Now Tom Price, who was hit by a car in Chicago today and is in the hospital with a broken arm.

The Key To Time has Which Classic Villain or Monster Should Return?



Legopolis "Listened to their best/worst music moments in Who. Did no one like Dudley Simpson at all? Ambassadors of Death was brilliant!"

David_Tennant "David Tennant was mentioned numerous times on Newsnight Review tonight on BBC2 about Hamlet. It'll be available to download on iPlayer too."

Big Finish News, Cybermen and the Daleks are coming! plus more Pick of the Blogs...

Big Finish News has Subscribers' Special Features Launched!, subscribers to the main range of Doctor Who plays can now download exclusive extra content as part of our new features package...

• Extended extras: There are longer, more in-depth interviews with the writers, directors, producers and cast, as compiled by our new special features editor Jamie Griffiths.
• This month: Enemy of the Daleks! Discover how sound designer created the special noises and why the music is all heavy metal, and go inside the studio with the stars
• PDF scripts: These will be available approximately one month after CD release, for those whose subscription covers the story. The PDFs are personalised.
• Available now: The Magic Mousetrap!

Yeovil Express has Cybermen and the Daleks are coming!, a planned invasion by a TARDIS with K9 followed in hot pursuit by Daleks, Cybermen and other villainous creatures including Davros and Oode is due to land at the Montacute TV, Radio and Toy Museum later this month.



The Key To Time has Daleks Or The Master?, the Daleks have always been the Doctors most prominent enemy, appearing in all of the new Doctor Who series; The Master has also been a big enemy of the Doctor's but does the Dalek's featureless bodies mull out the evil of the Master?

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has New Torchwood Radio Episodes Dates - Confirmed!

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has Cybermen and the Daleks are coming!, a planned invasion by a TARDIS with K9 followed in hot pursuit by Daleks, Cybermen and other villainous creatures including Davros and Oode is due to land at the Montacute TV, Radio and Toy Museum later this month, and continues with Y1 - The Celestial Toyroom, Doctor Who takes its first full on leap into the world of surrealism with The Celestial Toymaker, and it's unfortunate that the programme never strayed back into that realm more often afterwards.

Torchwood.TV has the Official Torchsong Statement.



liyster "Good news: My TARDIS moneybank had $57.40 in it!" (Ed: that's about £57 lol)

Podshock "New post: Correspondent Joshua Lou at the Playboy Mansion"

HomersWisdom "What Could Make A Dalek Fall In Love"



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Life, Doctor Who & Combom has Doctor Who, A Split Series 5?

Classic Fourth Doctor Statue

The Who Shop

Tom Baker Fourth Doctor Limited Edition Statue.

Beautifully sculpted by Andrew Teal this statue of the fabulous Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor is bound to be a very popular choice.Limited to 800 it will be individually numbered and comes in a presentation box.

It is a 1:6 scale so is approximately 12" tall.We will update should anything change. Hurrah Tom to go ahead watch this space. Estimated price £120-150

Pre orders taken.

Doctor Who - The Scapegoat (Eight Doctor and Lucie Audio) Cover

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar

Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 31st July

Doctor Who: The Company of Friends (Audio CD) Cover

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar

Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 31st July

Doctor Who lookalike has TARDIS-style coffin, Premiere Info From BBC America, Gallifreyan Embassy Celebrate's 24 Years plus a Pick of the Blogs...

South Wales Evening Post has Doctor Who lookalike has TARDIS-style coffin, a David Tennant lookalike who died in a tragic accident had a time-travelling funeral.

Pop Culture Zoo has 'Doctor Who' Premiere Info From BBC America, included is a nice surprise, short interviews with David Tennant and Michelle Ryan. Check out the info about the episodes and then the interviews.

Gallifreyan Embassy asks you to Celebrate 24 Years With Us, June marks our 24th anniversary! Join us as we celebrate it at a special joint meet up with DWNY on Monday, 15th of June 2009 at 7pm at the Peculier Pub in New York City (Ed: Damn a bit too far up the road for me, congrats to you all and here's to the next 24 years).



The Torchwood Institute has John Barrowman is not able to attend Torchsong Chicago, John sustained a very nasty injury to his left ankle Wednesday. An MRI scan has confirmed that he has completely ruptured all the ligaments around his ankle. He cannot bear any weight on his foot and the doctor has said he is not medically fit to undertake long distance flights or his planned work. He must rest at home with his foot elevated for much of the time....

Rich's ComixBlog has Forever Janette - 2.

Torchwood.TV has Torchsong Nearly Silenced, and Torchsong Continued.

Looking for a TARDIS to take us to Easter has Doctor Who in random things!, last week I discovered X-Factor, an X-Men spin-off (which is also really good), and this morning as I reached issue 28, I saw something very peculiar in one of the panels...

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has a video of Noel Clarke Talks About His Doctor Who Future & His New Movie On GMTV.



kevincully "Good morning everyone.  Today is the day of my son's Dr. Who party. Dog already barked at life sized cutout of David Tennant."

behindthesofa "Dr Who Charity Auction Results: Thanks to everyone who bid in my charity auction in support of UNICEF."

DWDVDFiles "After a few technical hitches issue 11 is all present & correct for you online subscribers, hope you like it".

dtli "Walked past a porta-loo by 'Tardis Toilets' this morning. It's not often I am intrigued to see the inside of a porta-loo..."

DebsMadCat "Get Well Soon John Barrowman!!!! "

NoelClarke "On GMTV later and Also in Independent and Guardian today. lol Must be a slow news day."



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SFX has Being Human Star In Tennant Who Finale.

Ood on BBCi, A Shadowed Past and a killing at auction plus more blogs including Bob Baker and K-9

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 4:3. Planet of the Ood, the Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world.



BrokenSea has released A Shadowed Past (B2E6), the Doctor (Mark Kalita) and Olivia (Adriana Melendez), separated by by both centuries and lightyears, dig deep into their own histories for answers. What will Olivia learn about the origins of the Family Le Pluie? And, what secrets about the Doctor did Krau Timmin (M. Sierio Garcia) bring with her from the Caves of Androzani? (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Northern Echo has Life-size Dalek makes a killing at auction, a life-size model Dalek that was up for auction this week beat all expectations by selling for £1500. Several Doctor Who enthusiasts attended the auction, at Lithgows, in Stokesley, with one even dressed as Tom Baker's Doctor, complete with hat...



Dreamwatch have reviews of Doctor Who: The Magic Mousetrap; The Three Companions; The Magician’s Oath.

The Freema Agyeman Community has a video of The Sound Of Drums In Vision Commentary.

Planet Skaro has released The Hand of Peace (episode one), it’s 2012 and UNIT are tackling yet more global disasters.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has X2 - The Plague, once you get over the impressive visuals of this episode, and, indeed the serial as a whole, the general mediocrity of the story starts to take centre stage. There's a couple dodgy performances - Zentos and the Controller, namely - that serve to drag the first two episodes down. Plus, it's also a bizarrely paced story in that the first two episodes are separated by the last two by 700 years., and X3 - The Return, so the Doctor returns to the ark 700 years later, and finds out that his first visit has left some remarkable footprints.

The Key To Time is counting the days with 16609 Days Gone By....., time goes by so quickly. Its now 334 days since the last episode of series 4, Journey's End, was broad casted in the UK.

Torchwood Newsroom has SFX Magazine with Torchwood: They're Back and they're Armed.

Children of TARDIS has Bob Baker and K-9 ..., on the Bob Baker TV website there is an insight into the ideas behind the creation of the new K-9 television series.



tdrury "There was a mysterious Dr Who writer on the Weakest Link, he was a Kiwi with a goaty beard named David, don't know his surname, photo soon."

David_Tennant "According to Illuminations, David Tennant will be filming the closet scene (Hamlet and his mother) tomorrow."

New Who Cast, Dr Who week for junior school, tribute to 'gent who loved Dr Who' plus a Pick of the Blogs..

Doctor Who Online have released WhoCast episode 122, in this wondrous News and Feedback filled episode, Trev and Marty are once more joined by Chip from Two-Minute Time Lord who popped in to help follow up on our global scheduling specials of recent weeks and catch up on what's happening in the world of Who and what you think of it too (ed: added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Burton Mail has It's Dr Who week for junior school, pupils at a school in Swadlincote have been polishing up their Tardis in time for a science week with a difference. Science co-ordinator Kas Lee-Douglas has organised a Dr Who Week for pupils at Springfield Junior School.

South Wales Argus has Crumlin family pay tribute to 'gent who loved Dr Who', the family of a 26-year-old man who died tragically at his Crumlin home said he will be remembered as an impeccably dressed gentleman and for his love of Star Wars and Doctor Who.



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has X1 - The Steel Sky, right from the very first shot of this episode, one can't help but be impressed by the high production values this serial enjoyed at the time.

Gallifreyan Embassy has news of Second Life Meet Ups Now Seasonal, thanks to the enormous success of our Second Second Life Meet Up in May, we had an overwhelming amount of requests at the event for us to do it on a more regular basis.

The Toms Tardis Blog has a review of The Cannibalists, "due to the strong stories that there have been during this series of adventures for the Eighth Doctor and Lucie it was only a matter of time before their was a weak story".

Big Finish Audio Lovers has posted A few audio reviews (spoilers if you haven't heard these yet).

A Journal of Impossible Things has RIP the Doctor Who Forum.



TachyonTV "Last chance to help a Dr Who Fan get his lazy arse up Kilimanjaro"

auntieflo "Yay torchwood radio plays are on the 3rd, 4th & 5th :)"

David_Tennant "Today the 1st court scene is being filmed. David Tennant's 1st words are "A little more than kin & less than kind""

craigelder "Where politics meets Doctor Who: "Labour's cybermen prepare to delete PM" - what would we do without The Sun, eh?"

saradod "in the dr. who episode "rise of the cybermen" you can see the camera and boom ops in mickey's gma's sunglasses... classic!"

defboyardee "All a Dalek needs is a long hug and someone to tell it that its not it's fault"



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Den Of Geek has Doctor Who specials: latest news round up, A few new titbits have been popping up about the currently-in-production three remaining Doctor Who specials.

Torchwood - Children of Earth [DVD] Cover and Details

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar - Yuku

Torchwood: Children of Earth re-joins Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) who are still coming to terms with the death of two of their closest friends. Despite their pain, they have a job to do.

This time they are faced with their fiercest threat to date - one which throws the future of Torchwood and the entire human race spiralling into danger. They battle against the odds but do they stand a chance of saving mankind?

Order from the TARDIS Shop (DVD) or TARDIS Shop (Blu-ray) due for release on the 27th July

Triumph of a Time Lord: Regenerating Doctor Who in the Twenty-first Century (Paperback) Cover and Details

TARDIS Message Boards - Calendar

Before Saturday March 26th 2005, 'Doctor Who' had been off the air as a regular, new TV series for more than fifteen years; until a production team led by Russell T. Davies re-imagined the programme so successfully, so triumphantly, that it's become an instant Christmas tradition, a BAFTA winner, an international 'superbrand' and a number one rated show.

It's even been credited with reinventing family TV. This is the first full-length book to explore the 'new Who' phenomenon through to the casting of Matt Smith as the new Doctor. It explores 'Doctor Who' through contemporary debates in TV Studies about quality TV and how can we define TV series as both 'cult' and 'mainstream'.
Further, the book challenges assumptions in focusing on the importance of breath-taking, dramatic moments along with narrative structures, and in analysing the significance of Murray Gold's music as well as the series' visual representations.

Matt Hills is a lifelong 'Who' fan and he also considers the role of fandom in the show's return. He investigates too the multi-generic identity, the monster-led format, and the time-travelling brand of BBC Wales' 'Doctor Who'. In the twenty-first century, TV is changing, but the last of the Time Lords has been more than ready: he's been fantastic.

Order from the TARDIS Shop due for release on the 30th November

Fires of Pompeii on BBCi, Ozymandias News, Dalek Dialogue and a new Doctor Who comic...

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 4: 2. The Fires of Pompeii, can Donna dare the Doctor to change history?

Kaldor City has the news of  Ozymandias: The True History of Faction Paradox, officially released this Monday, June 8th. If you haven't taken advantage of our pre-order offers yet, don't worry-- the prize draw for a copy of the script signed by various cast members will continue until July 8, and, while our stock of autographed CDs lasts, all CDs ordered from this website will be signed by Edward de Souza.

British Board of Film Censors has given the English language video...

• DOCTOR WHO - THE SNOWS OF TERROR [Episodes 4-6, Audio commentary] a rating of PG. The video is directed by Verity Lambert. The cast includes William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Carole Ann Ford.
  00:24:57:01 DOCTOR WHO - THE SNOWS OF TERROR
  00:25:00:14 DOCTOR WHO - SENTENCE OF DEATH
  00:25:08:16 DOCTOR WHO - THE KEYS OF MARINUS

Big Finish has Dalek Dialogue, "a few little snippets of Dalek-related information for you. Firstly, those who've picked up Enemy of the Daleks will have heard some nifty little extra interviews, but due to time constraints and the inclusion of the second episode of The Three Companions, we had to leave quite a bit of material on the cutting room floor. So, for CD subscribers only, if you check your Subscription Downloads box in your account, you'll find a file of extended interviews about the story."



Rich's ComixBlog is back with Forever Janette - 1, the New Doctor Who comic! (The Vampire Janette seduces a mortal and feeds while a mysterious figure hires a prostitute and feeds off of her).

Radio Free Skaro has Who Party 14 in Toronto – June 13, 2009.

vortex of mirth has posted Deleted Scene: The War Games.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who DVD Files - Issue 11, the cover and info for this fortnight's edition.

Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis has W2 - The Sea Beggar, if Steven felt like a fish out of water after being essentially abandoned by The Doctor in 16th century, then he must have felt even more alone after he falls out with his new found Huguenot friends after they suspect him to be in league with the Catholics, W3 - Priest of Death, the grimness in this episode, and the story, really, is unrelenting, to its credit. There is no humour in this story at all, and it would seem out of place if it was there. No one seems happy, yet no one seems evil, either. There are no real villains or heroes in this story, as in real life. The story is populated entirely by "real" people, which makes their inevitable fate all the more interesting, and W4 - Bell of Doom, for the second straight story, The Doctor appears out of nowhere in the final episode without an explanation as to where he has been for the past episode and a bit. As in The Daleks' Master Plan, it's a bit jarring, but it's welcome news for Steven, who thought that The Doctor had died in the street the night before.



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The Key To Time has Humans VS Timelords- War On Earth!, the Daleks have always been Earth's biggest threat of takeover; Stolen Earth saw the Daleks fly down to Earth and begin a massive war, but were stopped in the end.....

Planet of the Dead and Fab Whostrology, Outpost Gallifrey's Final Departure, New Doctor Who Titles Will Look Old School....

Tin Dog Podcast has released TDP 091: Planet of the Dead and Fab Whostrology (added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL #27: Outpost Gallifrey's Final Departure, Shaun Lyon announced that he would be shutting down the largest Doctor Who online forum and massive news site on July 31 (added to the pods and audio button on the editor's bit).

io9 has news that New Doctor Who Titles Will Look Old School, Big-Headed, a new era of Doctor Who will bring with it an old convention, as eleventh Doctor Matt Smith's face will reportedly be featured in the opening titles. Is it possible to be nostalgic for something that hasn't happened yet?



TARDIS Key has Big Finish Reviews - The Judgement of Isskar.

SF Universe has Enter the World of Doctor Who with Eclectic Gypsy, The Galactic Inquirer calls it, “a comprehensive look at the man and the mystery.” Neptunian News says, “Eclectic Gypsy should be required reading” while the Skaro Telegraph says it’s utter nonsense and author Dave Thompson should be exterminated.

TARDIS Television has The Dalek Invasion of Skaro, in the heart of the Time War... Battered by flame... The Daleks return to their ancestral seat...
SKARO!



dirty_boy "Sad to hear that Outpost Gallifrey and Doctor Who Forum are closing. What a job they did. What a community. Long live the OG!"

Paul_Cornell "is sad to hear of the closure of Outpost Gallifrey.  Shaun did a brilliant job over the years.  It'll be very hard to replace."

David_Tennant "The sad news today is OG or DWF is closing on 31/7 which means all the posts about David Tennant's era as the Doctor will be lost forever."

dabblerkb "I'm very sad that the Doctor Who Forum will soon be closing down.  I now realize exactly how much a part of my life it has been."

Outpost Gallifrey the Doctor Who Forum To Close

Outpost Gallifrey

Outpost Gallifrey and the Doctor Who Forum, the most popular Doctor Who fan website on the Internet, will be closing for good as of July 31, 2009. The announcement was made in the Forum and the Doctor Who News Page on June 2 by owner/operator Shaun Lyon, whose statement about the closure is below. The closure of the site has been planned for a couple of months. It should be noted that this will NOT affect the Gallifrey One conventions, preparations for the next installment of which (Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21) is on course for February 2010 in Los Angeles.
For many, this will come as an enormous surprise. For some, probably not so much. Two years ago, I shut down the day-to-day operations of the Outpost Gallifrey website, retaining its News Page as a continuing entity administered by news editors, as well as the Forum run by a moderator team. But all good things must come to an end, and several months ago, I began planning the eventual shutdown of the website and forum by taking a first step: the cessation of taking paid patron memberships, in order to run down the cash coffers (which I projected could last around five to six months without any additional input from new or renewing members -- current patrons were simply extended indefinitely as we announced). At the end of July, any remaining funding (expected to be very little, if any) will be donated to a noted charity, save for costs for the one item that *will* (and actually must) continue to function at gallifreyone.com -- the web space for our long-running Doctor Who convention, Gallifrey One, which enters its twenty-first iteration next February.

Since 1996, Outpost Gallifrey has served as a valuable source of news and information in the online world. Since 2001, the Doctor Who Forum has created an enormous sense of community amongst Doctor Who fans, far longer than I (or perhaps anyone) ever anticipated. When the BBC shut its own DW forums down, we underwent massive growth that created the largest focus for online Doctor Who discussion and debate in cyberspace, and I'm very proud of that fact. Of course, the announcement of the new series in 2003 certainly helped that, and its debut has seen our profile rise exponentially. But as they say, it's better to go out on a high, which is exactly what we're doing. Some may wonder if there is a catalyst for this decision, when in fact it's nothing but a simple and straightforward desire to move onto other things... a decision I made several months ago, counselled by many friends and supporters for a long time.

People will wonder out loud: why don't we spin it off, or why don't I pass it along to others? Simply put, Outpost Gallifrey is nothing but a concept, a concept I created, but which now rests in the hands of the fans who utilize it every day. It's a title, and you don't need a title to continue... you already have the community. Like our site and forum, the Internet has grown exponentially. There are other communities to visit on the Internet, obviously, and we encourage you to visit them. But of course, if these communities do not serve your needs (and we expect many won't), we encourage you to take the course that I did 13 years ago: create your own space. This is, in fact, why we're giving notice to the Forum community two months early -- sufficient time for our members to find their own direction, to create new communities, new forums, and perhaps utilize new methods of communication. Through the friendships and community you've created here.

Outpost Gallifrey (and its Forum) have always remained near and dear to my heart. We've been a powerful voice in the online Doctor Who world, collectively, and the powers that be have listened (and continue to be active, if invisible, readers of what has been said). We've helped influence the course of the Doctor Who universe, through fan interaction with Big Finish Productions, BBC Books, independent publishers and even the Doctor Who Production Team. And we've made terrific friends throughout the world, from inside the BBC to inside the homes of tens of thousands of fans in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and elsewhere.

I am eternally grateful to everyone who made this site and forum a reality, from a spectacular team of administrators and moderators (led by the phenomenal efforts of Steve Hill) in our Forum, to our brilliant news editors who have kept the News Page updated as often as possible with the latest from the world of Doctor Who, to everyone else who has supported us and made us the biggest and most popular fan-run site on the Internet for the past thirteen years, through good times and bad. Thank you, everyone.

Partners in Crime on BBCi, Gareth's Boogie Nights.... Plus More Pick of the Blogs

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who - Series 4:1. Partners in Crime, Donna is determined to find the Doctor again, and Doctor Who Confidential - Series 4:1. A Noble Return, Features interviews with Catherine Tate, David Tennant and Sarah Lancashire.

Gareth David-Lloyd Site has Boogie Nights!, Gareth has been busy working with students at his former college Coleg Gwent for a production of the musical Boogie Nights, and We Are Coming..., The British Film Institute Southbank is host to a preview screening of the first episode of Torchwood: Children of Earth at 6-15pm on Friday June 12th 2009, followed by a Q&A with guests from the cast and creative crew. Gareth will be attending the event.



Inverness Courier has Doctor Who's assistant was Eden Court student, Karen Gillan began her journey to the stars and stardom not in the Time Lord's Tardis, but at Eden Court Theatre.



Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis continues with the marathon (ed: keep up the good work) with V12 - Destruction of Time, after a somewhat meandering latter half of this story, this epic story ends with a pretty shocking finale, and goes onto W1 - War of God, there seems to an imminent sense of doom even from the seemingly innocent start of The Massacre.

Whomix Radio has Doctor Who 1990 by Beta Link, "Seems you guys can't get rid of me. Here's my third re release in a row. I've always felt that "The 90s" was my worst remix of the Doctor Who theme ever, so I fixed and tidied it up a bit, and am now re releasing it." (ed: added to the TARDIS Radio button).

The Key To Time asks If you had a TARDIS where would you go?

Doctor Who Information Network has Space: PotD to air July 25; Who and Torchwood in 2009-10, Space has formally announced that it will be airing Planet of the Dead on July 25 and Torchwood: Children of Earth in July. The other specials will follow in late 2009 and early 2010, along with Space getting the rights to show the first four seasons of the new series of Doctor Who in Canada.



angelikitten "Oh! In the Doctor Who episode Partners In Crime, there's a taxi with an Atmos sticker in the front XD"



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Fanatical For Who has Will the real three..... (ed: thanks for the mention)

Chortle has *** lands Dr Who role.

Time & Again DWAS Event, 10 Companions Younger Than Karen Gillan Plus a Pick of the Blogs..

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TARDIS Message Boards has news of the Time & Again - DWAS Event.



Den Of Geek informs us of 10 Companions Younger Than Karen Gillan, you would think that Doctor Who is watched solely by OAPs who can't stand the sight of purty young things traveling in time and space the way that some 'people' go on.



Fanatical For Who has The Height Dilemma, I became obsessed after the last post to find Matt Smiths height. It ended up being a journey as his height is not listed anywhere that I could find.

Jolly Good Show has a review of Doctor Who - The Next Doctor.

Fazzinchi has posted Oyez! Oyez!, Who’s That Girl? I love a good Doctor Who announcement.

The Gallifreyan Embassy has Gallifreyan Embassy Website 3.0 Unveiled, Preview the new website 3.0 today! June marks our 24th anniversary. As we head into our 25th year, we will do it with a new website, and New Guests for Who Party Toronto.

Tallguywrites has Scottish Dalek, a redrawn version of my Scottish Dalek gag. Much better than the original.



ghettoanger "Doctor Who's new companion is ginger. What is the world coming to?"

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• "Ironically on one of the hotest days of the year, David Tennant's first lines of filming today are "The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold""
• "On Monday 2 June 8 rehearsals started for David Tennant / RSC Hamlet and now exactly a year later they start filming! Work started yesterday"
• "Illuminations have updated: Filming the scene today where Hamlet & Laeretes are on the battlements. Filming 7 to 7"
  

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The Sun has the rather silly idea entitled Dr Who's three I dos.

Digital Spy carries on with Tennant films three 'Doctor Who' *****.