Monday, 4 January 2010

The Ten Doctors Part 2 and Another Companion Chronicle Reunion plus a Pick of the Blogs



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BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...
TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has The Ten Doctors Part 2 - by Babelcolour, time is being altered. The hostile force responsible for kidnapping the Doctor's incarnations has opened a portal into the events of 'The Three Doctors' down which he has dispatched a death squad of Daleks, to change events and exterminate the Time Lord.

The Vervoid has been updated with Jason King is blackmailed into helping two gorgeous thieves... the start of a brand new serial featuring Rocket Man... the Tomorrow People must tackle the Medusa Strain... Butch and co are restored to full size but is it too late?... Doctor Who goes animated in The Invasion... and Stephen K Amos's feeble attempt at a comedy DVD..



Big Finish has posted Another Companion Chronicle Reunion!, "it's becoming something of a year of reunions for the Companion Chronicles, February sees the release of The Suffering, which brings together Maureen O'Brien as Vicki and Peter Purves as Steven, for the first time since 1965, March brings The Emperor of Eternity, starring Deborah Watling as Victoria and Frazer Hines as Jamie, and in May, Louise Jameson will return as Leela, accompanied by John Leeson as K9, for The Time Vampire."

Radio Free Skaro
has released 175 – The End of The End of Time, it’s the End of Time and the end of an era, and the Three Who Rule were all over the map in their praise and derision of David Tennant and RTD’s swan song (ed: added to the pods and audiobutton on the editors bit).

Doctor Who: The Commentaries - The End of Time, Part Two, episode commentary from Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner (ed: added to the pods and audiobutton on the editors bit).

Two-minute Time Lord
has 2MTL 92: "I Don't Want to Go" – The End of Time, Part Two, the end of an era, considered (ed: added to the pods and audiobutton on the editors bit).

Den Of Geek has Who's writing Doctor Who series 5?, as Steven Moffat remains hard at work on the fifth series of Doctor Who with Matt Smith in the Tardis, which writers has he recruited for the first 13 episodes under his watch? (ed: rumours possible spoilers).

WalesOnline
has BBC ‘hugely committed’ to Doctor Who, David Tennants popular tenure of the TARDIS may have ended but the BBC last night said it remains “hugely committed” to the Doctor Who brand.



musicfromthemovies
has An Interview with Murray Gold, ...he confirms he is to be writing the soundtrack for the new Doctor Who series, along with a new version of the theme tune.

The Ultimate Doctor Who Site
has Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 147, the cover and info on this week's edition.

The Economic Voice has Who is Matt Smith?, is he qualified to play the nation's favourite timelord?

Georgia Moffett Fan Website has Win a Life Size Jenny Cutout!, in conjunction with cardboardcutout.net, we're running a simple competition where you can win a life-size cardboard cutout of Georgia as Jenny from the Doctor Who story "The Doctor's Daughter".

Radio Free Skaro has Gallifrey One Final Guest Update, ....added to the guest list are Bob Baker (co-creator of K-9 and scriptwriter), writers Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum and some non-Who guests to go along with previously announced notables such as Sarah Sutton, Katy Manning, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford and so many others.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom
has DALEKTRON Game Free Download, not a new game, but I've never seen it before!

Behind the Sofa has Le Seigneur Perdu De Temps, 'this was the day the Time Lords returned'...er, well, not really. They sort of just nipped in, said hello, threatened everyone, and nipped back out again.

io9 has This Is How We'll Remember Tennant And Davies, the Russell T. Davies era of Doctor Who just ended, but his influence on the show will remain forever. And judging from "The End Of Time Part 2," that's not a bad thing at all and Better Off Ted Reveals The Origins Of Doctor Who's Tin-Plated Bad Guys?, as if it needed to do more to win our love, Better Off Ted revealed the graveyard of failed Veridian Dynamics robots last night... Including a very familiar killer in the back left. Who knew Davros worked in corporate America?

Doctor Who Is Dire
has How Do You Kill A Sontaran?, the answer is: with little difficulty.

planetzogblog has Doctor Who C14.5: The Robots of Death review, according to DW fan-lore, this glossy whodunnit is one of the great stories.

Dr Who Interview Archive has...
  • John Simm (2009), here are a few John Simm interviews stuck together. One’s from The Independent, another’s from the BBC website during the build-up to ‘The End of Time’, and there’s also a bit from a BBC Breakfast interview.
  • Maureen O’Brien (2009), ...during a rare convention appearance, discussing her time as Vicki in the 60’s.
  • Martin Jarvis (2009), ...appeared in ‘The Web Planet’, ‘Invasion of the Dinosaurs’ and ‘Vengeance on Varos’. Here, he talks about TV violence, Jon Pertwee getting his nose pulled by a child, and keeping his wings on for lunch.

Billie Doux has Doctor Who: The End of Time (2), "I'm not sure what I was expecting from this episode."

Crafty Tardis
has Lego TARDIS, "I have been obsessed with Lego since I was a small child. More recently I have gotten obsessed with Doctor Who."

The Daily Drew has "The Seeds of Death - Episode Four", Radnor has the lethal smoke from the seed expelled out of the building.

Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010
has "The Next Doctor", ...there is something about the Victorian Christmas that makes it seem more Christmassy than any other type of Christmas, maybe it's because of Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

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