Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes

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Coming up from Telos Publishing next month is Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes - a book detailing the contentious aspect of the BBC's history, that of their wholescale throwing away of archive television recordings from the sixties, in a period leading to around 1977/8 when it was largely stopped by the intervention of concerned individuals. Richard Molesworth has painstakingly peeled back the layers behind these actions, finding out exactly what was destroyed and when, and then chronicling the attempts of fans to locate and replace the BBC's lost archive of Doctor Who material - with a large degree of success.

Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes is available from Telos Publishing, £15.99 (+p&p) Published September 2010Read more at blogtorwho.blogspot.com

 

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Stone angel flies into exhibition, win Doctor Who Live family tickets, plus more blog news and reviews

WalesOnline has Stone angel flies in to add bite to Doctor Who show, after filming on Matt Smith’s first series as the Doctor came to an end, a number of props from the Victory of the Daleks and The Time of the Angels episodes have been included in the exhibition to send fans hiding behind their hands in fear.

The Star has Win: Doctor Who Live family tickets, The Daleks are about to invade Sheffield - and they are bringing a host of other scary monsters with them from TV's Doctor Who, and we have five family tickets to give away - each allowing four people to see the magic.

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has....

• Doctor Who Plastic Treachery Episode Three: Part 1 of 3
• Doctor Who Plastic Treachery Episode Three: Part 2 of 3 
• Doctor Who Plastic Treachery Episode Three: Part 3 of 3
  

Blogtor Who has "Home Movie Roadshow" - Jon Pertwee & the Whomobile, episode One of the BBC Two show Home Movie Roadshow featured some rare archival footage of Jon Pertwee as The Doctor meeting fans and driving the Whomobile.

Doctor Who TV has Doctor Who: Kid Friendly, "not only has the actor playing the Doctor changed under Steve Moffat, but the tone of the show has as well."

The Doctor Who. Retold has The Doctor Who's fancy dress party, the Doctor Who gets a call on the Space Time Visualiser from River Song inviting him to a mid-summer rave at Stonehenge. "Promise there won't be any Vashta Nerada shadow monsters?" asks the Doctor Who. "What are they," replies his wife, "don't forget I'm not supposed to have met them yet, silly!".

Tim's Take On has released Episode 29 (The Mind Robber Panel at Invasion), "this week I start the show with a review of it that featured on a recent episode of Skuttercast you can hear their podcast in full here http://scuttercast.podbean.com/ and I highly recommend their show as they are reviewing all the episodes of Red Dwarf."

The Bad Wilf podcast has Episode 9: Saving Imran's private's, they discuss Tooth and claw, amongst other things.

The Vervoid has posted "can the man John pilot the Pioneer through the portal?... will the Professor be skewered to death in the jungle?... Starship Titanic... the Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus...  1988 AWA goodness... the the Power of Kroll..."



The Tardis Project has "The Planet of Decision", hearing the Daleks coming, Ian suggests they go. The Doctor grabs his device and the four of them enter through the Mechanoid's door...

Who Review has Attack of the Cybermen, ...opened up season 22 with a new format of 45 minute episodes, something that would prove slightly unpopular and return to normal in the following season. However for now, the Doctor is back, and audiences are still uncertain about him following his various outbursts in The Twin Dilemma.

Ragnarfan's Blog has DVD Review Doctor Who: Revenge Of The Cybermen/Silver Nemesis, .....was the first old Who to be released on video. You might infer classic status from that, but the fact that it’s taken this long to hit DVD is fitting.



Another pick of the tweets...

• melodieus Surely Torchwood is starting soon. I do hope so. I wonder how much it's changed.  in moving to the states. I miss Captain Jack and Gwen.
• KninjaKnee Old Episodes of Dr Who are on iTunes! <3  Debating about which episodes to buy....
• steven_moffat Writing, spaced out on jetlag.  That ought to work for Doctor Who.  Doesn't.
• steve_oliver76 I wonder if my letter to the BBC 'Doctor Who department' has been read.
• RochelleShanlea Maybe today I will try to watch Dr. Who...
• luvinjrandsmoke Torchwood figure gets one last chance to stay above window but if it falls again.  Into a box it goes
• AdamJPurcell http://twitpic.com/2cgqgn Revealed at last, my Fancy Dress costume!

New for Second Life the DCL Scene Rezzers

DCL Temporal Engineers has.....

• New product: Scene Rezzers!, ideal for roleplayers (or those of you who like to have different builds but don't have enough room to keep them rezzed all of the time), the DCL [Scene Rezzer] is a lifesaver! The system lets you link the Scene Rezzer to any of your own DCL landing pads which enables anyone who is visiting your landing pad to choose a scene to rez around them as they arrive (think of it as being like the Holo-Deck from Star Trek).
• Scene: The Underhenge, containing two levels (the upper henge stones and the underhenge containing the Pandorica (included)), this scene is compatible with the DCL Sonic Screwdriver (both full [CSTS] and [Lite] versions) and is meant for use with all DCL landing pads (although you can use it as a stand-alone build if you want).
• Scene: Stormcage, a new scene from DCL - Stormcage - is now available. Containing two levels (the control room and the cell block containing four cells.
• Scene: The Bunker, containing two levels (the control room and the cell block containing four cells).
• Scene: Alien Temple, containing four levels (with lava flow control).
• Scene: The Outpost, containing three levels (observation deck, corridor and energy collider).

All are available to view in our Demo Scene rezzer on Paradox Island.

'Torchwood' attracts 'Buffy,' 'Breaking Bad,' 'House' writers

Chicago Tribune - The Watcher

Russell T Davies has firmed up the writing staff for the fourth season of "Torchwood," which debuts in the summer of 2011 on Starz.

Torchwood Davies, who created the "Doctor Who" spinoff, will of course write several episodes of the 10-part series, but other writers for Season 4 include John Shiban ("Breaking Bad," "Supernatural," "The X-Files"), Doris Egan ("House," "Tru Calling," "Dark Angel'), Jane Espenson ("Game of Thrones," "Battlestar Galactica," "Buffy") and John Fay (a U.K. "Torchwood" writer).

The writers are currently hard at work on the new season of the show, which tells an international story and feature the kind of serialized, overarching story line featured in "Torchwood: Children of Earth," the miniseries that put the cult sci-fi series on the map when BBC America aired it in 2009.

In this 2009 interview, Davies talked about his newfound love for the miniseries format, which allows him to tell one large, taut story rather than a dozen or so separate tales over the course of a season. "I absolutely love it," Davies said. "I've been writing for 20 years and it's very rare to be given a new format."

"The new series will allow Davies and his writing team to tell a more explosive and global story, one that takes advantage of the unlimited narrative opportunities of a premium television service like Starz," the network said in a June press release announcing the new season.

For Season 4 of "Torchwood," John Barrowman will return as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles will be back as Gwen Cooper and casting is underway for several new characters. Filming on the Starz-BBC co-production will begin in January, and though some of it will be shot in the U.K., a substantial part of the new "Torchwood" season will likely be filmed in North America.

Torchwood Comic Trailer, End of Innocence part two, plus more reviews and tweets...

A big thanks to WebByte for the glowing mention... Great Site for Dr. Who Fans and more, "attention all Doctor Who Fans! Here is a great site on blogger. Tardis News Room. Beautifully done. Very artistic and quite entertaining."



TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• Torchwood Comic Trailer acclaimed artist Tommy Lee Edwards, currently working with outspoken TV personality Jonathan Ross on the hit comic series 'Turf', has teamed up with John Barrowman (Torchwood's Captain Jack) and his sister and frequent coworker Carole E. Barrowman, to produce 'Captain Jack and the Selkie'.
• 10 Questions for DALE of The Happiness Patrol.

British Board of Film Censors has...

• DOCTOR WHO - COLD BLOOD [Season 5, Episode 9, Picture In Picture Commentary] passed PG.
• DOCTOR WHO - THE VAMPIRES OF VENICE [Season 5, Episode 6, Picture In Picture Commentary] passed PG.
  
• DOCTOR WHO - THE BIG BANG [Season 5, Episode 13, Picture In Picture Commentary] passed PG.

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas has released End of Innocence Part two, the Doctor is a champion for justice and an advocate for the underdog. When he and Robbie come upon a kidnapping in progress, it's only natural that he would intervene. This time, though, his tendency to leap before he looks may have unintended consequences... consequences so dire that Robbie and the kidnapped child's lives hang in the balance.



The Daily Drew has...

• "The Claws of Axos" - Episode Four, for the third story in a row, we once again get an opportunity for the Doctor and the Master to work together, and it's the best example yet.
• "Colony in Space" - Episode One, "I believe I mentioned previously that Malcolm Hulke, in particular among recurring "Doctor Who" writers, expressed misgivings about the plan to exile the Doctor on contemporary Earth."
  

Mind of Migg has Doctor Who series 5 review, "David Tennant was my Doctor. Sure, Christopher Eccleston paved the way for the reboot, but I saw most of season 2 before season 1. So I was all about Tennant. I was skeptical heading into series 5 that things would never be the same."

Who Review has The Twin Dilemma, “I think I’m going to be sick!” – Peri...

The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who – The Pandorica Opens, "after having braved 4 series of Doctor Who under Russell T Davies, it has become clear that the writer viewed finales as a gigantic crescendo of ideas and explosions...."



Todays pick of the tweets...

• P1nkFr3ud I think Doctor Who is a pretty cool guy. eh kills daleks and doesnt afraid of anything.
• MayDayReviews 'Dalek' is the best episode of Doctor Who, Series 1. Fact
• geminigrey Watched end of Season 1 Doctor Who with Jenny last night..remember how much I liked Captain Jack..when is the new Torchwood coming?
• brinstar Just watched a two-parter of Sarah Jane Adventures. It had a clown in it as the baddie. If I was a kid watching it, I'd be scarred for life!
• FiddlersMrs My boy will be happy for the next while as it's Doctor Who magazine time. He works sooo hard to earn them each week (proud mother alert!)
• quadrantfive Watching Doctor Who for the first time... I think I could get into this show.

Doctor Who 2010 Wave 1 Action Figures: Blue Strategist Dalek

Forbidden Planet

Recreate scenes from Doctor Who with these detailed 5” action figures. Featuring the Eleventh Doctor, companion Amy Pond and key villains from the hit TV show.

Due for release from Forbidden Planet on the 18th August.

Torchwood 01 (Forbidden Planet Exclusive Cover - Tommy Lee Edwards)

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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.

Orders for this item must be placed before 15 August 2010. Read more at forbiddenplanet.com

 

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The Return of The New Adventures

Amazon are now listing some of the old 'Virgin' New Adventure novels, all by Kate Orman as a re-release for February 2011, and are as follows...

• The Left-handed Hummingbird, "He took up a firing stance, holding the thirty-eight out in front of him. 'Mr Lennon?' he said. 1968: Cristian Alvarez meets the Doctor in London. 1978: The great temple of the Aztecs is discovered in Mexico. 1980: John Lennon is murdered in New York. 1994: A gunman runs amok in Mexico City. Each time, Christian is there. Each time, he experiences the Blue, a traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him - but the Doctor has problems of his own. traumatic psychic shock. Only the Doctor can help him - but the Doctor has problems of his own.
• The Room with No Doors, "as villagers are healed and crops grow far too fast, the Doctor and Chris try to find the secret of the miracles -- before the two rival armies can start a war over who owns the god. Chris soon finds himself alone -- except for an alien slaver, a time-travelling Victorian inventor, a gang of demons, an old friend with suspicious motives, a village full of innocent bystanders, and several thousand samurai."
  
• Return of the Living Dad, "Bernice Summerfield was seven years old when her father disappeared. They said he turned and ran from the Daleks in battle. They said he was a coward."
  
• Set Piece, "Dead. He was dead. How the hell was she supposed to do CPR on a man with two hearts?. There's a rip in the fabric of space and time. Passenger ships are disappearing from the interstellar traffic lanes. In an attempt to find out who's behind the disappearances, the Doctor and Ace allow themselves to be captured. But when Bernice's rescue attempt goes terribly wrong, the time travellers find themselves scattered throughout history."
  

Doctor Who Adventures: Issue 178

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With this week's issue of Doctor Who Adventures, you'll get an amazing Weeping Angels stationery set PLUS another cool mystery gift!

Your favourite monster mag is bursting with exciting stuff. Take a look at the huge group of creatures who tried to trap the Doctor in the Pandorica (can you remember them all?), find out who won our meanest villain award, pull out four amazing posters, relive the moment that the Doctor realised he and his friends were surrounded by Weeping Angels, check out a brand-new Who adventure in our comic and make your very own Smiler - they're easy to do and very creepy!

Doctor Who Adventures, issue 178, is out now (5 August)!

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Matt's Mum manages fan mail, Moffat on Xmas special, Wyle had a Dr Who Scarf, plus a pick of the blogs...

   
Northampton Chronicle & Echo has Matt Smith's mum talks about managing Doctor Who fan mail, ...his mother Lynne Smith, from Billing, often has more work for him to do in the form of autographs for some of his thousands of fans, Lynne, who also runs a shop called The Accessory Room in Kingsley, Northampton, uses any quiet moments she has to handle the hundreds of requests sent to Matt.

Premium Hollywood has Steven Moffat discusses 2010 “Doctor Who” Christmas special…but not very much, "given that the annual “Doctor Who” Christmas special is still several months out, I knew full well that Steven Moffat wouldn’t be willing to offer up much in the way of information about what we could expect to see come December, but since I’d been fortunate enough to sit down with him – along with Mark Gatiss – in connection with their work on “Sherlock” (which comes to PBS in October), I couldn’t very well miss the chance to ask about it, anyway....."

io9 has Noah Wyle: I had a Doctor Who scarf as a teenager, we'd heard years ago that Wyle's mom knitted him a Doctor Who scarf when he was a teenager, and apparently it's true. He still has it, and he might pass it along to his seven-year-old kid when he's a bit older. This seven-year-old hasn't been introduced to Doctor Who yet, which means he's about three years too old to start discovering the show.

The Doctor Who News Page has Dead Air nominated for Best Audiobook, written by James Goss and read by David Tennant, the Audiobook was released in March this year.

Tom Baker Official Website has Tom stars in Demon Quest, from the makers of the hugely popular Doctor Who – Hornets’ Nest  come a further five adventures, written by Paul Magrs and featuring the 4th Doctor (Tom Baker), Mrs Wibbsey (Susan Jameson) and Mike Yates (Richard Franklin)

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• Doctor Who Plastic Treachery: Episode Two - part 1 of 2
• Doctor Who Plastic Treachery: Episode Two - part 2 of 2
  

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has....

• Doctor Who - Series 5: 3 Victory of the Daleks, Winston Churchill summons the Doctor to Blitz-torn London, but the Daleks are waiting. (R)
• Doctor Who Confidential - Series 5: 3. War Games, writer Mark Gatiss meets the curator of the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill museum. (R)
  
• Doctor Who Confidential - Series 5: 13 Out of Time, a look at the action of the finale. Matt and Karen help launch the new series in the USA. (R)

The Sun has Who's there?, Karen Gillan takes her time travel a bit seriously in this 70s-style frock.



Wibbly Wobley Timey Wimey . . . . . Stuff has posted A Rant Against the New Dalek Haters, "is it just possible that these people are so bloody old and jaded new ideas/designs such as the new Daleks are losing their 'impact' on them."

Azrael's Gallimaufry has Better late than never - My Prom Adventure, "when I found out I was going to be in London for six weeks this summer, and one of the weeks was to be the one with the Who-Prom taking place I just had to get a ticket...."

Whomix Radio has uploaded Trance Anthem, "I have finally completed a production of using some new synthesizers & some new software", and BBC Prom 2010 Theme, "my attempt at recreating the version of the Doctor Who theme heard during the BBC Proms this year."



Doc Oho's Big Finish audios reviews has …ish written by Phil Pascoe and directed by Nicholas Briggs, a conference of lexicographers: bromides in tweed. But the leading expert in the field is found dead by her own hand - and by her hologlyphic assistant. Is he responsible? Does the death fit any conventional definitions? Can the Doctor realise who wrote the suicide note and why, exactly, it was riddled with spelling errors? Peri should help out, but there's a guy.

Shadowlocked has....

• Reviews: Day Of The Daleks, sfter an absence of nearly five years, the Daleks were back, back, back! Even if the second Doctor mused over their apparent “Final End” in The Evil Of The Daleks, in fact, it just turned out to be a rather lengthy pause. Especially when there are ratings to be had.
• Reviews: The Sea Devils, ...is one of the most memorable Pertwee stories, and also, arguably, one of the best. It’s neared Genesis Of The Daleks status with quite a few repeats on TV - including the 1992 one which caused quite a few laughs at my 6th form college. OK, so the music’s weird, the two blokes reacting in ‘horror’ to the invading Sea Devils at the castle looked ridiculous, but the story stands up as perfect entertainment.

The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who and the Evil of the Daleks, voted by many as not only the greatest Dalek story but the best Doctor Who adventure ever, the Evil of the Daleks has quite a reputation to live up to.



DCL Temporal Engineers has Scripting Tips 11: Sim-friendly listeners by Drax Ogrimund, one of the worst offenders for lag are listeners - scripts that listen for commands in either plain chat (channel 0) or from HUDs. With HUDs, clothing resizers and other objects listening all the time it can cause a lot of lag - so we're going to look at an effective way to cut down on the amount of lag a listen causes.



Todays pick of the tweets...

• OxfordJournal Doctor Who star Colin Baker to shadow St Aldates Oxford cops ahead of stage appearance as Inspector Morse http://tinyurl.com/32exdll
• TheMadKrivo Just been to tescos, no doctor who magazines! :,(
• the_bookworm82 I do love the new Doctor Who, and I hope Rory is permanent from now on!
• BerinKinsman Watching The Sarah Jane Adventures. I don't care if she's in her 60s, Elisabeth Sladen is HOT.
• twiteryeanot Anybody know how many Dr Who radio series's there are out there? I have a feeling I may have to resort to them for sanity.

Big Finish: Vortex Magazine 18

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Vengeance waiting, DWM Award, Penultimate Dalek Chronicle, plus more from the blog scene...

The Shadow in Eternity has Episode Twelve: Vengeance Waiting, our story races towards a titanic close. All turns on our vengeful heros of the deep, safeguarding the warm lights of Britain against a cruel and xenophobic world. But what of this new twisty-turny twist? Can the biocidal plans of the Center for World Peace become any more nefarious? Why is Sara so irritated by the Doctor? And what is the gleam of englightenment in the eye of the Bull?

The Doctor Who News Page has Doctor Who Magazine Award, the certificate awarded by Guinness World Records, confirming Doctor Who Magazine as the Longest Running Magazine Based on a Television Series has been presented to the magazines editorial team.

Altered Vistas has Penultimate Dalek Chronicle now available, the Jevoans must reach the planet Arides to stop the deadly mutated plants there releasing a dust of death across the galaxy, but between Jevo and Arides lies Skaro, homeworld of the Daleks...

The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has released Episode 14, Adam, dispite Alicia’s efforts to the contrary, tries to produce a Doctor Who podcast, rather than a teenager ‘whatever’ podcast.....

SFX has SFX200 POLL: Sages, Boffins & Mentors, welcome to another round in SFX’s 200 Greatest SF and fantasy characters ever poll in celebration of SFX’s 200th edition, coming up in August.

Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 152: Summary Judgment on Series 5, it's time to briefly take stock of Series 5's shortcomings and strengths.

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has...

• Doctor Who - Series 5: 2. The Beast Below, the Doctor takes Amy to the distant future, where she finds all of Britain in a spaceship. (R)
• Doctor Who Confidential - Series 5:2. All about the Girl, new companion Amy Pond and her adventures with the Doctor onboard the Starship UK. (R)
  
• Doctor Who Confidential - Series 5:12 Alien Abduction, the crew set out in the middle of a cold winter's night to film on Stonehenge. (R)

Shouting into a well has Newszzzzz, Eccleston's Bizarre Plot: More Details Revealed!, today Shouting Into A Well reporters can expose more details of Christopher Eccleston's plot to regain the role of Doctor Who.

John Barrowman News has Live at the Royal Albert Hall, on Monday 4 October, 2010, John will again appear in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London, as part of his 2010 UK concert tour. The concert will be recorded for DVD and you'll be able to watch it from the comfort of your own sofa. The DVD is due for release on 15 November 2010.

The Happiness Patrol has Ten Questions For The Happiness Patrol: Part 1, ...it's the first installment of 'Ten Questions for The Happiness Patrol".

DWAS Online has August Toybox opens Classic Items!, new items are dragged out of the Toybox today. These include a rare Troughton piece, a jigsaw and every fans dream in 1982 - Wallpaper!!



Atomic Anxiety has Doctor Who: Take Me Down to the Paradise Towers, Where the Sass is Mean and the Girls are Kangs, the Seventh Doctor’s second adventure starts awful, then gets really good, then finishes awful.

Unreality SF has reviewed Doctor Who: Dreamtime and The Game.

Classical Gallifrey has Serial 133: The Resurrection of the Daleks, for Doctor Who's 20th Anniversary season, producer Jonathan Nathan-Turner sought to bring back old foes for The Doctor to face. We already talked about "Arc of Infinity", but what would a twentieth anniversary be without the return of The Doctor's oldest and most popular foe?

SFX has Book Review: Blue Box Boy – Matthew Waterhouse, since playing early ’80s Doctor Who companion Adric, Matthew Waterhouse has become something of a figure of fun. Playing a teenage maths geek liable to side with the villain, he often managed to make simply walking across a room naturalistically look like a difficult task.

The Daily Drew has "The Claws of Axos" - Episode Three, ...as for the direction, it's every bit as busy as the script. Much of it is very effective, but I do think that it can go a bit too far.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse has MHC 22.3 Mindwarp 23.7: 145.3, today Eric & co-host Josh Zimon's (@whomeJZ) saga continues as they attempt part 7 of their commentary...

The Cultdom Chronicles has Commentary Dr Who Parting Of The Ways.



Todays pick of the tweets...

• benspex_dad As told by my 3 y/old son: Knock knock! Who's there? Doctor. Doctor who? Doctor POO! *sniggers*
• Shaula_Lesath Doctor Who "Midnight" episode is on! I love that ep it's 1 of my fav with "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End" which are my ultimate favs!
• Hodgin8r Hehe, there's a grill in cardiff called boof. Just been to dr who museum!
• Kimmlez Wonders when the next Doctor Who Adventure Game is going to be out... =/
• kellshen Looking forward to starting the Dr Who series 3 tonight :) think 'friends' is on the shelf for now...
• InsaneJester17 I hate being caught up with shows. I need more Doctor Who right now. PS: Bowties are cool.
  

Doctor Who Adventures - Beware of this gang!

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The new Doctor Who Adventures is out tomorrow,
but we wanted to give you a sneaky preview of a cool feature you can look forward to - it's the ultimate monster gang who tried to trap the Doctor. Can you remember all the members? We can!

The Pandorica Alliance was made up of more than 20 monsters!
Let's see, there were Slitheen, Daleks, Judoon, Cybermen and loads more. Grab this week's mag to find out who they all were and what they look like. We've met nearly all of them before, although in the case of some (like Drahvins and Terileptils) it was a long time ago. One thing's for sure - they're an ugly bunch! Thank goodness the exploding TARDIS got rid of them!

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Doctor Who Original Music From Series 4: The Specials

The cover has now been released......more details soon.

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Auton: Shock and Awe: Dark Dispatches from the Doctor Who Wilderness Years

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SHOCK: Swearing, nudity. AWE: A woman to whom you pay money for sex. Take the above and add them to the Blue Peter Annual, give it a Doctor Who theme and you have 'Auton'. The Auton book contains nearly 85% new material and 15% of old tat from the first 19 issues of this irreverent and adult Doctor Who fanzine, and traces of (slightly fuzzy)nuts. Covering all eras of Doctor Who from 1963 right up to the finale of Matt Smith's first season. Packed with dark dispatches from cynical, hilarious and frankly juvenile members of Doctor Who fandom, this book is only for those who like their humour risky and who are not afraid to laugh at themselves and their favourite TV show. Welcome to the twisted world of fandom's blackest sheep. The authors are donating 100% of their proceeds from this book to be divided equally between three charities - The Multiple Sclerosis Society, The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths, and the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. In glorious full colour and illustrated throughout.

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The Trocklafane podcast episode one, plus more podcasts and a pick of the blogs..

The Trocklafane Podcast has Episode 1, after months of dreaming, planning, preparing, procrastinating, messing up, redoing, and lots of editing, the very first episode of The Trocklafane Podcast has been released for the world to hear, in this episode, I explain the concept of time lord rock – what it is and how it got started – along with attempting to explain a little thing called filk music....

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has...

• Amy's History Hunt Vincent Van Gogh
  
• Amy's History Hunt Winston Churchill
• Amy's History Hunt Agatha Christie
  

The Doctor Who Podcast has released Episode 36, we discuss the recent release of the Creature from the Pit DVD, the Doctor Who proms, and just what is a companion?

The Sun has Amy's so flame-y, Karen Gillan is more Doctor Hue than Who as she steps out in a flaming scarlet jacket.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 215, Robots of Death reviewed, Joshua Lou Friedman is back with us talking about his latest film project Bulla and his trip to the UK, Tara Wheeler reports in from San Diego Comic Con, Congratulations to Robin Dal Pozzo McVay, news, and more!

BBC iPlayer (UK only) has Doctor Who Confidential - Series 5:11 Extra Time, Confidential gets on set and on side with James Corden as the Doctor's new housemate. (R)



Looking for a TARDIS.... has Calling All Artists: Torchwood Big Bang Round 2!, there's less than two weeks left to sign up as an artist for round two of the Torchwood Big Bang! For those of you who don’t know, the Big Bang is a collaborative project for writers, artists and mixers from all corners of fandom to come together and produce some awesome fanwork and celebrate their favourite show/movie/book...

The Cultdom Collective has Podcast Epi.57 – Alternate Histories & Universes.

Doctor Who TV has Who is River Song?, guest writer Gabriel Lucas Green takes a look at one of Doctor Who’s most intriguing characters and speculates just who she really is.



The Ood Cast has In Praise Of: The Talons of Weng Chiang, "when I was at school, Doctor Who was cancelled.  I tried to replace it for a while – I desperately wanted something to plug that gap...."

Shadowlocked has Reviews: Day Of The Daleks, after an absence of nearly five years, the Daleks were back, back, back! Even if the second Doctor mused over their apparent “Final End” in The Evil Of The Daleks, in fact, it just turned out to be a rather lengthy pause. Especially when there are ratings to be had.

Who Review has The Cruel Sea, ...lives up to the Ninth Doctor’s era of darker stories, with this being one of the most graphic in terms of art and story. The Doctor and Rose finally land on an alien world, Mars. The planet, as elucidates the Doctor, has since been turned into a large tourist trap, complete with a cranberry juice sea, unbeknownst to the inhabitants of Alvar’s cruise ship, the sea is alive…

The Daily Drew has "The Claws of Axos" - Episode Two, "let's talk a bit about the story. Axos is an organically-grown spaceship that feeds on the energy of other planets."



Todays pick of the tweets...

• MuseumsLuton I have got someone that comented that they wanted us to have a Doctor Who exhibition.
• tlauermanjr Watched the first 2 eps of the David Tennant era of Doctor Who. I was scared, but I think I might be sold.
• its_laura You know you're a loser when a crack in the wall fills you with a split second of panic...
• btothes You know, watching doctor who makes me wonder a lot about the future of the world..
• britlikeswit I for real love the show Doctor Who...BBC has all the good shows,we should all thank Ricky Gervais for The Office&Europe for their dry humor
• davidmacho I don't know what to think of the new Dr Who  logo and music yet, though...

Doctor Who Adventures - Your cover ideas!

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This week, we're brainstorming what Doctor Who characters to put on the front of all our covers for the rest of the year. It's a fairly major task and we need your help! Are there any monsters or humans that you'd like to see on the cover of Doctor Who Adventures? Which cover has been your favourite so far? Maybe it's been the cool 3-D cover (173) or the super-sized rusty Cyberman (175)? Whichever it is, we'd love to know what you think! Just email us at the usual address (dwa@bbc.co.uk) and put DWA Covers in the subject line. Read more at www.dwamag.com

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Doctor Who - The Seeds of Doom [DVD]

Coming in October...more details and full cover soon.

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Released on: 2010-10-25 Read more at astore.amazon.co.uk

 

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Amy's History Hunt

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How to Play Amy's History Hunt

As the Doctor has disappeared and taken his sonic screwdriver with him, you'll need to enter a sequence of digits in order to crack the code that opens the safe. All you have to do is answer questions about friends of the Doctor. If you get all three questions right about a single person you release a digit and move a step further to opening the safe. But Amy explains all this in the video!

Watch her message and then click on 'Start the History Hunt' to begin the adventure! Initially you'll get a choice of three people you can investigate first. After selecting one of them you should click on the 'Find out more about...' icon. You'll be whisked away to another page where you can either plunge straight into the questions by clicking on 'Unlock a piece of the code' or find out more about the person by following links to websites and exclusive videos. All the answers to the questions can be found in there somewhere!

By correctly answering three questions you'll release a digit that automatically registers on the safe's read out. When you've cracked the code you'll have opened the Doctor's safe and find his favourite painting. And as a sign of the Doctor gratitude for your help you'll get an exclusive short story that fills you in in on what he's been up to whilst you've been helping Amy!

Right now there are three people you can investigate and answer questions about - Vincent Van Gogh, Winston Churchill and Agatha Christie. But we'll be adding more at the end of the week.

Good luck!

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'Who' Dominates Portal Awards, National blame a Doctor who villian for your problems month, plus a pick of the blogs and more reviews

Airlockalpha.com has 'Doctor Who' Dominates 2010 Portal Awards, Tennant won Best Actor/Television (by a landslide) and Davies picked up the Gene Roddenberry Award for lifetime achievement on this third try as "Doctor Who" walked away with six awards, including Best Series/Television for "Doctor Who" itself....

Geek Native has Dr Who: Paper Pandorica, Eternal Dalek, Tardis and more!, Some people have a) talent. Some people have b) good ideas. Damn those people who have a) talent and b) good ideas, so damn Chris aka CyberDrone. He’s a Deviant Artist with a set of very clever papercraft Doctor Who templates.....

The Australian has Doctor Who - voice of reason and restraint, "I relised the other day that I must have spent more hours of my life watching Doctor Who than any other TV show...."

Ctrl-x has Competition: Win Doctor Who Series 5 Volume 1 on Blu-ray!, yes, that’s right – you could be the proud owner of the latest volume of Doctor Who to be released on home video, Series 5 Volume 1 (featuring 11th Doctor Matt Smith)! All you have to do is email ctrlx@live.com with your favourite on-screen doctor – I’m not just talking Doctor Who doctors, it could be from any television show, film, videogame or book.



Through the Filter of a Victorian Aesthetic has A TARDIS mishap pt. 1, the other evening, I was hard at work attempting to upgrade some of the control circuits on the TARDIS. Mr. Gears was providing assistance.

WHOGold has Pluto's No Place For A..., in the weeks leading up to Christmas 1977, the Doctor, Leela and K9 were on our screens, fighting a people's revolution in the far future on the planet Pluto. Fast forward twenty years and The Sun Makers was still entertaining audiences, on satellite TV...

Wibbly Wobley Timey Wimey . . . . . Stuff has IDalek Red Drone, this is just a "shakey" in progress shot, as you can see - the shoulder trim, neck ridges, and sensor balls all have to be darkened.

Having a bad month already? then join the new facebook event National blame a Doctor who villian for your problems month, created by Alexandra Moore.

The Doctor In The TARDIS has Christmas Filming Continues, over the last few days many people have been speculating as to whether or not filming for the Christmas Special had finished, with the cast and crew having their usual couple of days off before starting on the series. This has mainly come about due to the lack of updates and set reports.....

Crafty Tardis has The Doctor Goes To War, "I belong to a medieval re-creation group called the SCA. This week and next is the largest gathering of the organization - a two week camping convention, one of my friends made a shower tent that looks just like the Tardis, and totally fits the Anacronism part of the Society for Creative Annacronism."



tor.com has Doctor Who S5 Finale: “The Pandorica Opens”/“The Big Bang”, "is it possible for episodes of television to make one want to jump someone’s bones? I think it is, because after watching “The Pandorica Opens” and “The Big Bang” episodes of Doctor Who, I found myself desperately wanting to fly over to England and jump all up on Steven Moffat...."

Radio Free Skaro has 209 - Eevanerab! Tumal Tumal! Verram Verram! Xarak Namaan!, Warren ran for cover when he learned Time-Flight was the next up to bat in the Classic Series Commentaries series, so Paul from The Pharos Project podcast was strongarmed into filling his shoes. The crew did their level best to not talk about the story at hand thanks to its less than stellar production values and execution, but from time to time nevertheless felt compelled to address what was on their screens. In a cruel twist of fate, the Randomizer decided next week's commentary was going to be for another story that one of the crew, as with Time-Flight, greatly dislikes...

The TARDIS Tavern has Episode 25: The Impossible Podcast into the Satan Pit, we continue our "Eleven Doctors" span with the Tenth Doctor in "The Impossible Plant/The Satan Pit."  Remember that skinny jumpy guy named David Tennant?  You know, the one who always waved around the sonic screwdriver?  The one who was falling in love with his companions, or the other way around?  No?  Then take a trip down memory lane with us way back to 2006 where we'll talk about one of his very first stories.

Den of Geek has Doctor Who: you know, not for kids…, the season five finale, The Big Bang, was filled with themes of loss and revival, and was definitely not for kids, as Louisa explains…

Tin Dog Podcast has TDP 135: Silver Nemesis, the Doctor and Ace visit England in 1988, where three rival factions - the Cybermen, a group of Nazis and a 17th century sorceress named Lady Peinforte - are attempting to gain control of a statue made of a living metal, validium, that was created by Rassilon as the ultimate defence for Gallifrey.

The Daily Drew has "The Claws of Axos" - Episode One, "....I noticed for the first time ever that the beginning of this episode is extremely off-putting in a way that's very hard for me to pin down."



Todays pick of the tweets...

• SiHunt1234 My plumber watched Dr Who from 2005 to 2010. But he's given up! "I just need my life back" he said, somewhat melodramatically.
• MichaelaBiggane Watching Doctor Who, again. Depresses me that 'John Smith' would think of Rose as 'just a creation'. :(
• Robin_Marshall The return of the Time Lords, Dr Who The End of Time, I give it a 8/10 and it got better in the second half.
• to_whatever_end There's this guy at a local pet shop who looks exactly like Ianto from Torchwood. If he ever talks in a welsh accent, I swear I'll hug him.
• Lisa_Moranio Dreamt about Torchwood. I was on set watching them shoot new series & Ianto was beside me. He was gutted not to be in it. Felt sorry for him
• murraygold One of my contact lenses is supposedly 'left' and the other 'right', but they look the same shape to me.
• brontle I enjoy Sarah Jane Adventures, but god it can be twee. 'Death is sad, but also great because it means the universe is evolving'.

Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried Animated Trailer

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Dead and Buried is animated by Alex Mallinson, who has been working on the project for months. "I've created animated trailers for Cyberman and Dalek Empire in the past but this is a much more complicated prospect," he says. "John Ainsworth and Eddie Robson have written a cracking yarn which is proving a joy and a challenge to animate. "It's taken weeks of patient construction, animation, rendering and compositing but it doesn't truly spring to life until Matthew Cochrane's evocative sound design is added. However it's still proven more work than any of us imagined, which is why Benny Series 11 has been delayed a month. I hope this will make up for it!" Read more at www.youtube.com

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Doctor Who - Series 5, Volume 3 [DVD]

On sale today

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Synopsis This third volume from the fifth series features episodes seven, eight and nine, each written by Steven Moffat. Episodes included in this compilation are: 'Amy's Choice', 'The Hungry Earth' and 'Cold Blood'.

Released on: 2010-08-02 Read more at astore.amazon.co.uk

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Bernice Summerfield - The Big News

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We’re delighted to announce that September 2010 sees the online launch of Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried, a 10-minute CGI animated adventure that will be available to view absolutely free of charge. Lisa Bowerman is back as Benny, who is returning to her roots as an archaeologist – although it isn’t long before she’s being pursued by the ruins of an alien world by a deadly adversary. Dead and Buried is animated by Alex Mallinson, who has been working on the project for months. “I’ve created animated trailers for Cyberman and Dalek Empire in the past but this is a much more complicated prospect,” he says. “John Ainsworth and Eddie Robson have written a cracking yarn which is proving a joy and a challenge to animate. "It’s taken weeks of patient construction, animation, rendering and compositing but it doesn’t truly spring to life until Matthew Cochrane’s evocative sound design is added. However it’s still proven more work than any of us imagined, which is why Benny Series 11 has been delayed a month. I hope this will make up for it!” There’s a glimpse of what’s to come in the teaser trailer, available here. The final animation will be available in September, completely free and will lead into the events of Bernice Summerfield 11.1 Resurrecting the Past. Season 11 of Benny is available for pre-order now.Read more at www.bigfinish.com

 

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Print out and fold your own paper TARDIS and Daleks

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Deviantart user CyberDrone has created a ton of Doctor Who Cubeecraft art. Print out a TARDIS, some Daleks, and a few Cybermen to watch the refreshment table at your next Who viewing party. Don't print out Davros — he's pruny.

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The Doctors - Who's Who?

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Doctor Who is the world's longest-running science fiction television series, and has had children hiding behind sofa's since it was first broadcast in 1963. Eleven actors have played the famous Time Lord, starting with William Hartnell, and it has been a career landmark for all of them. Indeed, no other role in television history is as iconic, demanding, or as anticipated by its legions of fans as that of the famous time traveller with two hearts. Find out: * Who was a bouncer for The Rolling Stones before taking control of the Tardis. * Who was nearly blown up in the Second World War aboard HMS Hood. * Who had a fondness for woolly hats and had a grandson who would become Harry Potter's nemesis. * Who played a transvestite barmaid before becoming a Doctor Who heart-throb. Go back in time and read the human story behind a TV legend.

About the Author Craig Cabell has been a freelance journalist and writer for 20 years. He spent five years as an in-house reporter at the House Journal of the Ministry of Defence, Focus and has written 15 books as a biographer and historian. He is an expert of rare and collectable fiction and wrote several regular wine columns for different magazines as well as travelling the world, from Kuwait to Venezuela, for government services. Some of his previous books, such as Operation Big Ben, the anti-V2 Spitfire Mission 1944-45 (with Graham Thomas) and Ian Fleming's Secret War, have attracted much praise. His previous books with John Blake, James Herbert - Devil In the Dark, Snipers (with Richard Brown), and Ian Rankin and Inspector Rebus have showcased his diversity and specialist skills in literature and small arms. He lives in London with his wife and three children.

Published on: 2010-09-06 Read more at astore.amazon.co.uk

 

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Whooverville 2, Amy's frock, Sting of the Time Bees 2, plus more pick of the blogs

Whooverville 2
Yes...The worlds' only Doctor Who convention in an engine shed is back! From 10am 'till 5pm, you'll have 7 hours of non-stop Doctor Who, including (in no particular order):

• Katy Manning
• Sophie Aldred
• Deborah Watling
• Tristan Peatfield - New Series Production Designer
• Dee Sadler - Flower Child in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
• Sean Saye - Monster actor
• John Walker - extra in many new series episodes
• Merchandise, photographs & autographs
• ...and trains!

Come and have your photo taken stood by the Tardis or even a Dalek...if you dare!!!



Mirror.co.uk has Karen Gillan looks fantastic in white frock, an onlooker said: "She looked absolutely gorgeous, so everybody noticed her."

Largs and Millport Weekly News has Millport girl met Dr Who, former timelord David Tennant made an appearance in Millport last Saturday and proved to be a hit with locals as he asked for an ice cream at the Ritz Cafe....

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube has Charlie The Unicorn Doctor Who Style!



Botcherby's has Planet Skaro: Sting of the Time Bees (episode two), there are plenty of gigglesome moments, as Edward has his life unravelled by the invading Time Bees. It’s a top notch production with well acted new characters, and bodes well for the coming stories. The concluding episode is out now.

Tin Dog Podcast has Whooverville 2: 5th Sept 2010, the Only Con Held in a shed! The Whoovers are a friendly group of people from across Derbyshire drawn together by one thing - an admiration of the television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs....

Erth Station One has released Episode 18: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far Far Away, Mike, Judy, Dan and William are joined by listener Mike G. to review the first David Tennant episode of Doctor Who “The Christmas Invasion” and then we talk about ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope’, join us for all the fun and goofiness that goes along with Episode 18: A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy far, far away.

Whomix Radio has uploaded Cold As Stone, possibly the best remix I have made up to date, a biproduct of both me and my good friend Ross Cooper, and his amazing brass samples makes this quite easily my personal favorite mix, and A Crack to 1990, a sort of minimalist take on what might have happened if Doctor Who had carried on into the 90s, Oh! Wait. It did, the series just got erased from time by one of those pesky time cracks.

The Doctor In The TARDIS has...

• Sarah Jane Adventures Going Darker, Phil Ford, head writer on The Sarah Jane Adventures has spoken out about the upcoming fourth and fifth series, which are currently being filmed back to back in Cardiff, to say that the show, with the fifth series in particular, will be much darker than we have previously seen.
  
• A Goodybag Of Classics, ...Blinkbox has teamed up with the BBC to bring you episodes and serials of the classic series that you can watch online, completely for free. Covering all Doctors and all eras, the site doesnt have every remaining episode available, but it has enough to get you hooked with stories involving, Cybermen, Daleks, Sensorites, The Master and Sontarans, to name just a few.

Mashups has Winnie the Pooh- Doctor Who style, once upon a time, on a planet named Gallifluff, which is as far away from Earth as the end of the week is from the beginning of the week (when it's the beginning of the week, of course) there lived a Time Lord named Doctor Pooh....



The Omega Podcast has Episode 1-22: The TARDIS Handbook Book Review, on this trip, Wendell is quite dapper and ready to review the newly released "The TARDIS Handbook."

Staggering Stories has Commentary: Doctor Who - The Big Bang, Amy’s pushing up the daises, Rory just has plastic underpants and a trademark, River’s having the TARDIS console explode over her and the Doctor’s stuck in Amy’s box. Phew! But enough of their problems, please sit down with us to enjoy The Big Bang…

The Flashing Blade Podcast has released 1-60, oh look, rocks!!! No. Really this time!! Yup, we're looking at Destiny of the Daleks. Ah, sheer bliss. Also, the Face of Comedy Bob looks at the BF play, City of Spires. Send ya feedback to show@flashingblade.org.uk if you so wish.

Blogcritics.org (blog) has DVD Review: Doctor Who - The Space Museum / The Chase, the TARDIS lands on the planet Xeros inside a museum although something is amiss...

Doc Oho's Big Finish audios reviews has Spare Parts written by Marc Platt and directed by Gary Russell, on a dark frozen planet where no planet should be, in a doomed city with a sky of stone, the last denizens of Earth's long-lost twin will pay any price to survive, even if the laser scalpels cost them their love and hate and humanity.



Todays pick of the tweets....

• Nikkijcole1980 The face of Boe is one of my favourite Dr who characters besides Captain Jack and the Dr.
• imjaw Just finished watching Doctor Who! I miss the days when I could write paragraphs about my feelings. But now I'm reduced to "It's awesome"
• nicolaissobored watchin doctor who.. cos im just that coool :D
• UndergroundToys Thanks to everyone who has emailed in their Doctor Who SDCC pics - they'll be on www.underground-toys.com soon so keep an eye open for them!
• steven_moffat Sherlock tonight on BBC 1 at 8.30, not 9.00. A secret code, a sword fight, and a bit of shopping - what else do you need?
• xanister My randomizer has decided I'm to watch Terror of the Zygons. The RFS Randomizer has already warped it's mind in favour of 4th Doctor stories