International Partnership secures New Series of Torchwood

BBC - Torchwood

BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and US premium entertainment network, Starz Entertainment, have today announced a three way co-production partnership that will develop a new series of the hit BBC sci-fi drama Torchwood. BBC Worldwide will also distribute the series to broadcasters globally.

The 10-episode instalment will be written by a team led by Torchwood creator, Russell T Davies, and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Davies and BBC Worldwide Productions’ SVP Scripted, Julie Gardner, return as executive producers with BBC Worldwide Productions EVP Jane Tranter. The series has been commissioned by Controller BBC ONE, Jay Hunt, Controller BBC Drama, Ben Stephenson, and Starz President and CEO, Chris Albrecht.

While previous series were based on location in Cardiff, Wales, this new instalment will see storylines widen to include locations in the U.S. and around the world. John Barrowman and Eve Myles will return in their roles as Captain Jack and Gwen respectively, along with new faces.

Announcing the commission, Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning said: "We have a long history of working with many U.S. networks but it is incredibly exciting to be working with Starz for the first time, as well as to be reunited with the best of British in Russell, Jane and Julie. Torchwood will burst back onto the screen with a shocking and moving story with global stakes and locations that will make it feel bigger and bolder than ever"

Jane Tranter, EVP, BBC Worldwide Productions, added: "Torchwood has attracted remarkable attention and loyalty in both the UK and U.S., and in this new partnership with Starz, the next chapter will not only reward our current fans, but also introduce new viewers to the most impressive instalment yet."

"We're committed to programming exceptional television that is entertaining, imaginative and provides a premium TV experience, and by any measure the new concept for Torchwood fits that mandate," Starz, LLC, President and CEO Chris Albrecht said. "I've been part of successful partnerships with Jane Tranter and the BBC previously, and I'm very much looking forward to working with them again."

Torchwood is a drama that puts extraterrestrial threats into a very real world, and asks how humanity deals with the danger - while fighting human's darkest instincts. The series was originally commissioned and produced in 2006 by BBC Cymru Wales, with the latest high octane series capturing UK audiences of more than 6 million.

BBC Worldwide has distributed previous Torchwood series around the world to territories such as Korea, Japan, Italy, Spain, Israel, Russia and across Latin America.

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The Doctor Who News Page has Vincent and the Doctor - Overnight Ratings, ...got an audience of 5.0 million viewers for episode ten, Vincent and the Doctor, according to unofficial overnight figures.

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Radio Times has Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor, "In Vincent and the Doctor, Richard Curtis has given us one of the most magical moments ever in Doctor Who…"

The Telegraph has Doctor Who review: Vincent and the Doctor, Who expert Gavin Fuller - who in 1993 was Mastermind's youngest ever champion with the programme as his specialist subject - reviews the latest episode.

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Suite101 has Review: Vincent and the Doctor, the Doctor and Amy step back in time to visit the legendary impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh.

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Cultural Learnings has Doctor Who - "Vincent and the Doctor", while you could consider the episode’s visit with Vincent Van Gogh and his encounter with an invisible creature to be a solid little piece of storytelling separate from its place within the season’s narrative, its subtle moments of serialization and its broader thematic position within the series make it more accomplished than it may have been otherwise.

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TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• Doctor Who Adventure games (the first 12 minutes of City of the Daleks)
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• Doctor Who Adventure Games (SPOILER Clip)
  
• The Sontaran Military Academy 

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Big Finish has Licence Renewed....

• Big Finish is delighted to announce that its licence with BBC Audiobooks to make Doctor Who on audio has been extended for another year, up to December 2012.
• “This is wonderful news,” says executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery. “All of us at Big Finish love making the Audio Adventures of Doctor Who, and after a decade it remains both a thrill and an honour to continue doing so.”
  
• “We have a great and fruitful relationship with both BBC Wales and BBC Audiobooks,” adds executive producer Nick Briggs. “And long may it continue. Big Finish and BBC Audiobooks work alongside each other to provide the best possible range of audio productions for fans of the series. I never forget what a great privilege it is for us to be in this position.”
  
• “We have many plans for the future,” adds line producer David Richarson.
  
• “The main range starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann continues on a monthly basis, as do The Companion Chronicles. You’ll be hearing more from The Lost Stories and Jago and Litefoot. Plus… we’ve been in talks with Tom Baker, who is eager to join the audio range for a series of full cast plays.”
  
• “Everything was planned up until the end of 2011, so now we can forge ahead with our plans for 2012,” says Nick. “These are exciting times indeed!”
• They have also released Issue 16 of Vortex Magazine.
  

BBC Doctor Who has The End is Just the Beginning, the foyer stands silent and empty. The people who came to see the Doctor, Amy and Vincent fight monsters have enjoyed the adventure, cheered and filed out of the BFI into the bright London sunlight. The Doctor Who day is over!

BBC News has Richard Curtis on writing an episode of Dr Who, the BBC's Lizo Mzimba has been speaking to him about why he has now decided to write an episode of Doctor Who.

The Press Association has Karen Gillan's Doctor Who warning, hinting a at a weepy end to the current BBC One series, she said fans will need "tissues" before saying cryptically: "I'm going to say the word 'horses' and that's it."

Radio 1 Newsbeat has Richard Curtis pens Doctor Who Van Gogh special, he's written movies such as Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill and Love Actually.

PRWeek UK has BBC Worldwide recruits Taylor Herring for Dr Who publicity drive, the entertainment specialist has been hired to promote a series of new brand extensions scheduled to be launched during the next 18 months.

Digital Spy has...

• Second 'Doctor Who' game episode named?, the page listing for the downloadable series has a 'Coming Soon' section for the next chapter, showing a picture of a Cyberman, the name of the image itself is Winter Of Terror, which could be the title and theme for the upcoming episode.
  
• Curtis: 'I redrafted Doctor Who episode', ...he was forced to rewrite some scenes from his Doctor Who episode.

Teentoday.co.uk has We've seen this Saturday's Dr Who… can you decipher our teasers?, are you still recovering from the shock death of Rory on Saturday night? Well we’ve got something that might cheer you up. Spoilers!

Female First has Richard Curtis Family Who, "if I ever have an idea that I think would be suitable and best done in 'Doctor Who' again, of course, it would be an honour and delight to do another."



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has...

• Doctor Who Adventure Games Update, the international download link.
• Problems & Solutions with the Doctor Who Adventure Game, some people are reporting issues with the Doctor Who game, now I have ran it on a powerful laptop, and spoken to a friend outside the UK, here is some information that may help...
  

MCV has....

• Doctor Who game goes live, but the Mac version of free adventure outing is delayed until June 15th, it is three days ahead of its planned release date.
• BBC explains early Doctor Who release, the BBC has issued a statement to MCV saying the reason this version has not been publicised is because it’s not quite the final release, “We’re testing the system with an almost-final version of ‘City of the Daleks’ ahead of the official release date,” Anwen Aspden, executive producer at BBC Wales, told MCV.
  

Den Of Geek has Doctor Who: The Adventure Games preview, you get to play the Doctor in the game, wielding your sonic screwdriver to open locks, wire circuits and cause mayhem in Dalek Central.

Adventure Gamers has Doctor Who materializes today in the City of the Daleks, first of four interactive episodes now available as free download to UK residents.

Blink has Review: City of the Daleks, after spending a tedious 20 minutes downloading the new interactive game, ‘City of the Daleks’, the moment had finally arrived to take on the challenge of playing as the Doctor.

Digital Spy has First 'Doctor Who' episode released early, he first episode in the Doctor Who: The Adventure Games is released several days ahead of schedule.



The Happiness Patrol has Give Away Contest!, you could win the first 3 issues of Doctor Who Weekly COMPLETE with the stickers!

Unreality Shout has TARDIS explosion clues?, "remember we were talking the other day about the possibility of the TARDIS blowing up?..."



SFX has Vincent & The Doctor Spoiler Free Preview, 12 tantalising snippets about the next episode of Doctor Who that won’t spoil your appetite.

Last Broadcast has Vincent And The Doctor, ret-conning a series - wiping the storyline slate clean - is always a big risk.

Doctor Who Online has 5.10: Vincent And The Doctor (Spoiler-Free) Preview, what do you get when you cross the fantastic world of Doctor Who, the utterly brilliant mind of Richard Curtis, and the world famous artist, Vincent Van Gogh? The answer...Vincent And The Doctor - a 45 minute televisual masterpiece worthy of the famed painter himself.

Blogtor Who has Vincent & The Doctor [SPOILER FREE], regardless of whether or not you agree that Van Gogh, the titular Vincent of this tale, is the "greatest artist of all time" by the end of this episode you'll have fallen in lurve with the man, if not his paintings.

The Krynoid Podcast has minipod 5.9: Cold Blood, this time we test the temperature.

Shadowlocked has Reviews: Fury From The Deep, Everybody Lives. Bet you’re used to that with 21st century Doctor Who, eh? Recent tales like The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances, the Library classic and The Beast Below ensure that its supporting characters still manage to live in some shape or form – although an existence in a computer hard drive isn’t what I’d call a happy ending.

Life from Mars reviews Cold Blood, I didn’t like to say last week but when they had Rory taking the ring back to the TARDIS and then standing in a grave, he may as well have had `Dead Man Walking` on his lapel.

Staggering Stories has Commentary: Doctor Who - Amy's Choice, Amy’s swallowed a planet, Rory’s having an early mid-life hair crisis and the Doctor’s considering self harm. But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy Amy’s Choice…

BBC Doctor Who - The Adventure Games - City of the Daleks

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Play Now!

Have you ever wanted to take on the Cybermen or Daleks? This is your chance to play as the Doctor for the very first time, but don't worry, Amy's coming too.

Travel across time and space in these brand new online adventures - available free in the UK, only on this site. Can you do battle with the Daleks, survive Skaro and save the Earth?

The first adventure, City of the Daleks, is ready to download and play now.

Who at the British Film Institute, Vincent Clips and Pictures plus more News and Reviews

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• Vincent & The Doctor Clip
• Vincent & The Doctor Clip 2 
• Vincent and the Doctor Clip 3
  
• John Cleese and the TARDIS!
  

BBC Doctor Who has...

• Doctor Who at the British Film Institute, The British Film Institute (BFI) is previewing Vincent and the Doctor twice this afternoon, with both screenings followed by a Q&A with the writer of the episode Richard Curtis, Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and director Jonny Campbell.
  
• Vampire Frocks, Props and Posters, it's not yet 9am but already Ray Holman is smoothing down the collar of a vampire's frock and someone asks him, 'Where do you want the Doctor's suitcase?' It can only mean one thing: the Doctor Who team is in town!
• High Noon!, as we approached noon, BFI Southbank began to fill with young fans, all eager to see costumes, explore this site, grab posters and ask us about the new episodes.
• Invasions and Updates!, Karen Gillan and writer Richard Curtis take a few moments out to chat to us.
  
• The Real Vincent Van Gogh, the Doctor has met some of the world's most memorable figures ever, from
  Winston Churchill to Charles Dickens. But a poor painter from Holland
  emerges as one of the most amazing people to have shared one of the Time
  Lord's adventures...
• John Cleese and the TARDIS!, Vincent and the Doctor isn't the first time the Time Lord has mooched
  around the Parisian art world. In City of Death, the TARDIS landed in a
  gallery in the French capital and was mistaken for a piece of art by two
  very familiar figures...
• Hello Vincent, in Vincent and the Doctor we meet one of history's most famous artists, Vincent Van Gogh. 
• Big Question: Art is for Everyone!, the world of art can sometimes seem too big, too scary, and too difficult to get into. It doesn't help that a lot of people talk about famous paintings in ways that can be totally confusing... discussing what a picture means when you might just want to decide whether you like it or not!

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1 - Invasion of the Bane, when Maria meets Sarah Jane Smith, she's thrown into a world of intrigue and danger.
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1: Revenge of the Slitheen - Part 1, Sarah Jane, Maria, Luke and Clyde discover the monstrous Slitheen are hiding in a school.
  
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1: Revenge of the Slitheen - Part 2, Sarah Jane must save the Earth before the Slitheen switch off the sun. 
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2: The Last Sontaran - Part 1, Sarah Jane investigates alien lights and encounters an enemy from the past.
  
• The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2: The Last Sontaran - Part 2, Sarah Jane has 40 minutes to stop Sontaran Commander Kaagh from destroying the Earth.
  

Den Of Geek has Vincent And The Doctor gallery, the BBC are painting quite the picture of this week's installment of the world's greatest television show, Doctor Who.

The Doctor Who News Page has ...

• K-9 returns to Disney XD in new timeslot, after a short break for school half-term, the Australian series of K-9 will return to Disney XD in the United Kingdom from Saturday 12th June, broadcasting at the new morning prime-time slot of 6:00am.
  
• Doctor Who Magazine - 422, in the latest issue of DWM the remaining episodes of Matt Smith's premier series are previewed. Readers can meet Van Gogh in Vincent and the Doctor; go house hunting as we speak to writer Gareth Roberts about The Lodger, which guest stars James Corden; then visit Stonehenge in Roman times as head writer Steven Moffat reveals what’s coming up in the season’s finale – The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang…

Digital Spy has...

• Richard Curtis preferred Master to Doctor, the award-winning writer, who has penned the show's latest adventure 'Vincent And The Doctor', also admitted that he was never a "dedicated"supporter of the series.
• Curtis avoids van Gogh jokes in 'Who', he reveals that he aimed to treat van Gogh seriously in his Doctor Who episode.
• Curtis wrote 'Who' with children, Richard Curtis reveals he wrote his Doctor Who episode with help from his children.
  

TVOvermind has Doctor Who Spoilers - The Pandorica Opens, every season of Doctor Who has an overall arc, whether it's "Bad Wolf" for season one, "Vote Saxon" for season three, or, most recently, the cracks in time for season five. Nobody knows where the cracks came from, but they have the ability to erase people straight from history– as if they never existed!

Big Finish has...

• The Return of Brigadier Bambera, , the no-nonsense UNIT leader from the 1989 TV story Battlefield, is returning to Doctor Who!, We can exclusively reveal that Bambera returns in the upcoming second season of The Lost Stories, in Animal, written by Andrew Cartmel. Once again she is played by Angela Bruce, who was delighted to be reunited with Sylvester McCoy at the recording in April.
  
• Catch Up on Gallifrey, Gallifrey will return - as previously announced, a fourth series is in pre-production, with scripts currently being written. Expect the new series in the first half of 2011...

downthetubes.net has Doctor Who graphic novels range cancelled?, speculation is rife on the future of Panini's Doctor Who comics collections today, after news broke that the planned release of The Crimson Hand - featuring Tenth Doctor David Tennant's last comics adventures - had been cancelled.

Scarborough Today has Time travelling treat for bookworms, libraries across the county are challenging children and teenagers to read or listen to four Doctor Who books or audio books from June 5 to July 3. Everyone who completes the challenge will receive a prize. Those who take part but don't quite manage the full challenge will receive a diary to help keep track of their reading.

Inside Mac Games has Doctor Who: City Of The Daleks Status Update, Steven Moffat will be given a copy of the final game in the next day or two. Steven is quite a gamer - he liked what he saw when he played the alpha version....



Doctorwho TV has Death of the TARDIS?, after a few weeks of silence (excuse the pun) on the Series Five story arc, they gave us plenty to chew on in Cold Blood. Not only did we lose a regular character, but the crack was back and we got an even more intriguing tease of things to come.

The Unearthly Podcast has released Podcast 5, in this podcast, I cover the revelations around "Flesh and Stone", the (not quite) latest episode of Doctor Who. Podcast #5 includes the mystery of the crack being revealed, more on the awesomeness of Matt Smith and just how good the Weeping Angels are!

The Ood Cast has released S02E13 – Earthshocked, we take a sneak peak into the TARDIS to see exactly what the Doctor said to Ambrose on the way home from her brave attempt to provoke an inter-species war; we find out what the machinery of the podcast would be like with an essential cog wiped from existence; discover that we can still be touched by an episode ending; present a fitting and lovely lament to the passing of a certain character; and more importantly, realise that it is still possible for one man to disappoint us and make our review section less excitable than usual …

Blogtor Who has Kamelion Tales - individual DVD artwork.

Life, Doctor Who & Combom has TARDIS Spotted at Big Pit Mining Village.

The Flashing Blade Podcast has Interview Special 5 - Nick Briggs, this time around we have a chat with a Nick Briggs. Hear about the old Audio Visuals, the 90's fan explosion and just why a Judoon voice REALLY hurts the throat... Listen in conjunction with the DWPA interview with Nick as they compliment each other.

Blog Squirrel has Dalek Attack, "A Doctor Who video game (that isn't associated with Top Trumps). I haven't seen that before!" say the current video game press in regards to the recently announced "Doctor Who: The Adventure Games" for Windows PCs and Macs. How soon they forget that there's been Doctor Who games released every few years since 1983!



The TARDIS Tavern has Episode 20: Scraping the Bottom of the Big Finish Barrel a/k/a Red Dawn, ...marks the halfway point of our "Ten Doctors" series, so of course we're turning our sights to a Fifth Doctor story as we steer away from our traditional tavern for a change and enjoy drinks in the on-board lounge of the Red Dwarf mining ship.

Billie Doux has Cold Blood (2), virtually every TV paper this week gave tonight's episode a lukewarm reception.

Coming of the Terraphiles and more News and a Pick of the Blogs...

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has This Is The Master's Ringtone.

Doctor Who Online has Competitions, this month's competition added, plus last month's winners announced.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 2 - The Last Sontaran - Part 1, Sarah Jane investigates alien lights and encounters an enemy from the past.



Life, Doctor Who & Combom has...

• NEW New Series Adventure — "Coming of the Terraphiles"?, everyone has probably forgotten by now, if they knew about it already, but a long, long time ago science fiction author Michael Moorcock — who was named in The Times' list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945" and is best known for his Elric Saga, the same man who theorized infinite parallel universes, black holes, and miniature computers — announced that he would be gracing our bookshelves with his own New Series Adventure novel later this year.
• Doctor Who In Radio Times Magazine w/c 05-06-2010
• Doctor Who In TV Easy w/c 05-06-2010
• Doctor Who In Whats On TV Magazine w/c 05--06-2010

The Doctor Who News Page has The Hungry Earth - Final Ratings, published by BARB show the story was watched by 6.49 million viewers.

Blogtor Who has Katy Manning - Walk For Life, former Doctor Who assistant Katy Manning will be doing the Crusaid Walk For Life this Sunday (6 June) in London.

Digital Spy has...

• Anyone for a look around the TARDIS?, a full panoramic view of the place The Doctor and Amy call home.
• 'Doctor Who' character to return?, a former Doctor Who character may return in a future episode (Warning: This article contains spoilers that some readers may prefer to avoid.)
• Curtis says 'Who' is TV's 'Hamlet', Doctor Who writer Richard Curtis compares the show to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
  

DWAS has Win a pair of tickets for the Doctor Who Prom!, when tickets for the Doctor Who Proms went on sale early last month, they sold out within a couple of hours. These are the 'must watch' shows of the year. We’re delighted to announce that we have a pair of tickets for the Saturday night Prom to give away in an exclusive competition for DWAS Members and  Changes to the website, today we opened up our Toybox.

Get Bracknell has Dalek to make appearance at school fete, it will be among the attractions at a Summer Fair being held at a Woodley school later this month, Addington School in Woodlands Avenue will be opening its doors to the public between 1pm and 4pm on Saturday, June 19.

Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette has Faces from Dr Who's past head for town, visitors will be able to meet the show's sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, who played Ace, Terry Molloy, who played Davros, and Nicholas Courtney, who played the recurring role of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart.



The Doctor Who Site has King of RomComs, Richard Curtis writes for Doctor Who, it is, according to Richard Curtis, the Hamlet of the television world. A pivotal, career-making role, to be reprised over the years with different actors, always the same, and yet metamorphosing radically with each new incarnation.

WHOGold has An Unearthly (But Not Unedited) Child, this week's clips comes from an screening of the very first Doctor Who story, An Unearthly Child, on Friday 4th December 1998 (12.30am-2.05am)...

The Happiness Patrol has released Episode Twenty Seven: It Ain't Easy Being Green, our review for this week, it's the second part of The Silurian 'new look' episodes from Mr. Moffat and Company.

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 138: The Doctor Chooses a Personality, ...we noted this new Doctor's increased alienness and, more importantly, his decreased ability to relate to the people around him. In today's podcast, we look within the fiction for a reason why.

Geekshow has The Doctor’s Companion Ep. 25 – Apes vs Lizards, the Silurians are determined to go to war, but Scott and Randy manage to peacefully discuss the ninth episode of series five, “Cold Blood”.

Tachyon TV has tweeted "Breaking News: Controversy mounts as the BBC refuse to pay Arthur Darvill because they have "no trace" of him on their payroll system".

Geek's Dream Girl has In Defense of Amy Pond, for several weeks now I’ve been orbiting in my own happy world of Doctor Who, and thus far have been pretty satisfied with the new head writer, Steven Moffat.  Perhaps naively, I  assumed most other people were as well – and then today I did some reading on Doctor Who forums, for the first time.



Mutter’s Spiral has released Podcast on “Cold Blood” is here!, this week, it’s part 2 of the Silurian epic “Cold Blood” – John & Will talk about how much we did (or did not) enjoy the 2-parter as well as repercussions of events in the episode.  It’s an hour of Doctor Who talk and speculation – check it out!

Torchwood Number One

Forbidden Planet

The hit BBC TV series hits the world of comics!

This special debut issue features a story written by Captain Jack himself! Actor John Barrowman (along with his sister, Carole) brings you the story of 'The Selkie', as mysterious deaths strike a remote Scottish island.

Art is provided by acclaimed artist Tommy Lee Edwards, currently working with UK star Jonathan Ross on the Image comic series, Turf .

In the second half of the comic, we bring you part one of a special five-part story, as Jack, Gwen and Ianto becomes trapped in a cosmic hotel!

Plus, an old villain from the TV series returns... "Broken" is by Torchwood TV script editor Gary Russell and artist Adrian Salmon.

This comic is supplied in a 50/50 mix of the art cover and photo cover. Sorry - we cannot take specific orders for either type.

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Due for release  on the 9th August from Forbidden Planet.