Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Anglophenia: Sally Sparrow Sings

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Carey Mulligan - our favorite Oscar-nominated Doctor Who alum - has lent her vocals to the latest Belle & Sebastian single. The tune's called "Write About Love," and in typical B&S fashion, it's charming '60s-influenced pop. And it's available as a free download. Who knew that lovely Sally Sparrow from Doctor Who's "Blink" could also sing like one? (Which is great - Mulligan has been a longtime candidate to play Eliza Doolittle in a film adaptation of the musical My Fair Lady.)
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Who Prom Ratings, "Wibbly wobbly explodey wodey", Deimos covered....



The Doctor Who News Page has Doctor Who Prom - Ratings, ...it was watched by 0.52 million people, according to unofficial overnight figures.

io9 has Your new Doctor Who catchphrase: "Wibbly wobbly explodey wodey.", prepare to watch what might be the silliest Doctor Who skit since the 1980s classic "A Fix With Sontarans." Yes, sillier than David Tennant on Extras. It's Matt Smith and the exploding thingy, at the Proms!

Big Finish has Doctor Who: Deimos, cover uploaded, if you don't know who the new companion is yet, don't look...

BBC Doctor Who has...
  • Doctor Who Wins Best Family Drama, ...lead writer and Executive Producer Steven Moffat was also there to see Doctor Who win a second major award in a week. Karen looked sensational in a scarlet red dress and black jacket and the evening was hosted by Alexander Armstrong, the voice of Mr Smith in The Sarah Jane Adventures.
  • Waters Wins Award, 'The Waters of Mars' has won the 2010 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic presentation, Short Form.
The Cloister Room Podcast has released 005: Drill, Baby, Drill!, this week, the "Doctor Who" is the Jon Pertwee story "Inferno." The "Other Things" include The Walking Dead, Avatar, Lost, Fringe, and some obscure game Louis likes!



alun.vega's posterous has Series 6, day 1, after a moderate amount of build-up on Twitter last week, with director Richard Clark and writers Neil Gaiman and Mark Gatiss all providing glimpses of pre-production, the filming of Series 6 finally started today. At first it seemed that all we'd get would be tweets from @rclarkie, recording completion of the first shot and scene, but at lunchtime the production base was spotted and the game (as another Moffat/Gatiss character recently said) was afoot on!

Bob Canada's BlogWorld has The Eighth Doctor, ten years after Doctor Who  was officially canceled in 1986, the Fox Network and the BBC teamed up in an effort to bring the show back, this time to American shores. They produced a TV movie starring McGann, which also served as a pilot episode. Unfortunately the ratings weren’t high enough to warrant a series. Unfortunately I think the whole Doctor Who concept is just too weird for mainstream America.

Who Fix has The Bottomless Sea of Darren, sadly, Daleks can't see the colour red so this map proved to be utterly useless.

DCL Temporal Engineers has How cool is lego?, before Second Life there was lego (and there still is!) - just take a look at some of these wonderful creations...



The Official Tom Baker forum has "Would you appear as Dr. Who again?", editor: Toms reply had me laughing at the concept of it all being a surprise.



Michael Nixon has 1998: The Infinity Doctors, something a bit different this week, as the Doctor Who Review ventures into the land of the BBC Books range of Doctor Who stories. This time around, it’s The Infinity Doctors, by Lance Parkin.

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse has MHC 26.2 The Ribos Operation, Eric & co-host Josh embark on a new quest to seek out The Key to Time. Get ready for some Tom Baker,  Doctor Who season 16 action. Perhaps one of the most defined series arcs in Doctor Who to date, The Doctor and his ravishing new companion Romana I find themeselves on a daring quest to save all of life, the universe, and everything.

Shadowlocked reviews: Planet Of The Spiders, Ha ha! the Doctor’s afraid of spiders. Well, it’s not quite as simple as that, even though the Doctor evidently isn’t too keen on paying a visit to the Great One (that’s a whopping great big spider to you and me). What Spiders does is to make the Doctor assess his own personality flaws. Detractors and even fans of the Dandy Doctor will tell you that his arrogance is almost on a par with Jeremy Clarkson’s. Or that his greed for knowledge knows no boundaries. Or that his hair’s transformed into a great big bouffant crash helmet over the past four and a half years. But Planet Of The Spiders recognises these flaws (well, the first two, anyway) and kills the Doctor off as a result of his ego, which is wildly out of control.

Torchwood 03 Cover and Details

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Torchwood #03 (Product Image)

This special issue features the comic-writing debut of Gareth David-Lloyd, best known to Torchwood fans as Ianto Jones!

In this story, Ianto meets some faces both familiar and yet not, also he comes across a beautiful, deadly woman who may upend his life! Also, part three of the epic 'Broken.'

Orders for this item must be placed before 10 October 2010.
Pre-Order at forbiddenplanet.com

Big Finish: New Weekly Podcast 7 September 2010

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It's definitely time for the latest weekly podcast from Big Finish Productions. In this edition, Nick Briggs, Paul Spragg and David Richardson present your emails, a new competition and so much more... including a new Highlander trailer for the new Highlander series and news of the second series of Jago and Litefoot (with an exclusive clip). And what about Revenge of the Cybermen?

And, Paul Spragg says 'fo'ward' at least TWICE!
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BBC - Doctor Who - Your VIP Pass to the Doctor Who Proms


TV Choice Awards: Best family drama - Doctor Who

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Best family drama - Doctor Who
Karen Gillan arrives for the 2010 TV Choice awards
Doctor Who won best family drama prize - with actress Karen Gillan, who made her debut this year as assistant Amy Pond, on hand to accept the award. Read more at www.bbc.co.uk
 

Monday, 6 September 2010

Doctor Who Prom 2010 - Doctor Appears


BBC - Doctor Who - Behind the Scenes at the Doctor Who Proms

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BBC - Doctor Who - Behind the Scenes at the Doctor Who Proms

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Who At The Proms Tonight, Trevor Eve slams BBC 'Who' focus and Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge Cover...



Den of Geek
has If I could turn back time: Doctor Who At The Proms, the latest Doctor Who Prom hits our screens tonight. And here's a report from someone who was in the audience...

Digital Spy
has Trevor Eve slams BBC 'Who' focus, ...claiming that it focuses too much on Doctor Who.

Big Finish has uploaded the cover for Doctor Who: Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge.

Caption Who has posted "It's back to Apidose Industries as we laugh, laugh, laugh the fat away! More captions from "Partners In Crime" this update (starting on page 983). This week we've got some shouts outs to Gugu, tons of riffs on the oh-so-hilarious "Donna through the door" scene, some Adipose macros, and lots and lots of sistah love!"

The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has released Episode 19, ....in this show we talk other podcasts, series two of the classis series plus news, feedback and what is hot on eBay.

The Tin Dog Podcast has TDP 139: Whooverville 2 Con Report, "I attended the Whoovers fantastic convention; Whooverville 2 this last weekend,  the 5th of September 2010! I had an amazing time last year and I can't wait for this year's event!"

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube
has A Dalek at Ripley Station Part 1 and Part 2, ....which kept us entertained while waiting for our train to the Whoverville 2 Doctor Who Convention.
 


Mister Chinn has posted Whooverville 2 - The Daleks!!, Katy Manning and The Doctors!!

Who Fix has XL Sir?, I went to Gallifrey and all I got was this lousy t-shirt



Bridging The Rift Podcast has 22: From The Hungry Earth to The Big Bang, Part 2, at long last, it’s here! The second part of our massive, sprawling discussion of the latter half of series 5. Last time, we discussed the Silurian 2-parter and “Vincent & The Doctor.” The conversation continues here as we dive into “The Lodger” and the 2-part finale, “The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang.”

TARDIS Adventures has Story 031: The Highlanders, the travelers arrive in Scotland in 1746, shortly after the end of the Battle of Culloden.

Gallifreyan Embassy
has Legend of the Cybermen, the story picks up from the end of the Wreck, and so Jamie (Fazer Hines) and the Sixth Doctor (Thee Colin Baker)  find them selves in a white void, which to Classic Who fans will be familiar, yes it is the very same white void from the Mindrobber.



WARNING SERIOUS SPOILER AHEAD

The List has The Doctor to grieve for wife, he will be reunited with his "wife" in 'Doctor Who' next year - before she is killed off.

Katy Manning at Whooverville


Sophie Aldred at Whooverville 2

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Actress Sophie Aldred interviewed at Whooverville 2 on 5th September 2010
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Michael Cochrane at Whooverville 2

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Actor Michael Cochrane who was in the Doctor Who stories Black Orchid and Ghost Light at The Whooverville 2 convention on 5th September 2010.
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Blue Ocean prepares Sonic Screwdriver-shaped Wii Remotes and stylus’ for autumn

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Doctor Who accessories materialise
Doctor Who-branded Wii and DS accessories will land on shelves this October.
The new products have been produced by Koch Media’s Blue Ocean Accessories, and will arrive in time for the two Doctor Who video games – Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for DS and Doctor Who: Return to Earth for Wii.
The products on offer includes a Sonic Screwdriver Wii Remote, a Sonic Screwdriver stylus and cases adorned with images of Amy Pond (Karen Gillen) and the Doctor (Matt Smith).Read more at www.mcvuk.com
 

Today's 'Whovian' Releases

Filming starts for 2011 Series

Doctor Who
Filming starts in Cardiff at 8am Monday morning, on the 2011 series of Doctor Who, the sixth since the series returned in 2005 and the 32nd since the series began in 1963.

The first production block is believed to consist of Episodes Three and Four, both directed by Richard Clark who returns to the series after a gap of three years. Production will start with Episode Three, penned by Neil Gaiman. Filming for the series is expected to continue over the next few months at various locations in South Wales and Western England.Read more at gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com

Doctor Who AD: Song of the Dead


After escaping the horrors of The Dead Place, the Doctor is alone once again as he tries to tidy up the mess created by the black chaos across the universe. But it seems he did not leave the dead place alone. With another soul wandering Earth it's up to The Doctor and his new friend Gret to make sure the dead stop singing for the souls return.

tdrury's Whooverville 2 Pictures

Editor: click the link to view all of these great photos, wish I could have been there, so thanks Tim for giving me the next best thing.

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Daleks lined up

Photos taken at Whooverville 2 Doctor Who convention held at The Midlands Railway Centre on 5th September 2010.

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Regenerate by wilw


Sunday, 5 September 2010

Staggering Stories Podcast 85: Splitters of the Negative Vibe

Doctor Who - The Adventures Games: TARDIS
Adam J Purcell, Andy Simpkins, Fake Keith and the Real Keith Dunn talk about the third Doctor Who: The Adventure Games – TARDIS, The Deep and Sky One’s Pratchett adaptation Going Postal, discover some Escape Pod Discs, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:21:12 — 46.5MB)
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Christel Films: Episode 13, Legend of a Timelord

I am pleased to announce that the final episode of Christel Doctor Who Series 1 is now ready to air. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody involved for their support and I hope you enjoy the final episode.Read more at christelfilms.blogspot.com
 

Sundays Pick of the blogs....



The Doctor Who Podcast has The DWP Quiz - Number 2, the team had so much fun doing the first one, that we recorded another one.

Dennis the Vizsla Dog's Diary of Destruction has Rerun: The Doghouse of Justice Returns, "when I last filed a dispatch, I was about to join the mysterious Doctor inside a dog house on the Planet Petco, where we hoped to hide from the fearsome Kongleks. But it turned out that this was no ordinary dog house; it was, in fact, a very special one, and one that I once knew well … The Doctor, astute fellow that he is, immediately notices that there is something unusual about the spot he has chosen as his hiding place."

WHOGold has They're All The Rage In Trenton, New Jersey!, 3, 15, 30 and 100. What do these numbers mean? Well, The Stones Of Blood was not just the 3rd story of the 'Key To Time' season, but the 100th televised Doctor Who adventure, originally broadcast in the lead-up to the programme's 15th anniversary! And this is WhoGold's 30th video. Aren't numbers fun?

Who Fix has Giant Sized Jigsaw, this is wrong on so many levels...

The Flashing Blade Podcast has Episode 1-64, oh corks! This time around Tony and the Face of Bob have a look at the first Jago and Litefoot play - and rather like what they see. There's feedback - do feel free to send yours to show@flashingblade.org.uk. Also, for those wondering about who'll now be climbing in a bath and rolling down hills on the Jasmin Allen estate, well....



Radio Free Skaro has 214 – She’s Leaving Home, the Classic Series Commentary series has ended… only to be replaced by the Series 5 Commentary series. (Any more attempts to use the word “series” will likely cause another crack in time, so we’d best stop there.) We’ve given the news segment a bit of time off… something that breaks our fictitious award-loving hearts, but on the upside it means no stats! So sit back, relax and have a listen to The Three Who Rule talk about the glorious opener to Matt Smith’s tenure!

The Omega Podcast has Episode 1-27: The Tomb of the Cybermen, Wendell and Wes kick it old school and review the classic Doctor Who episode "The Tomb of the Cybermen." The two brothers from Minnesota also go over news, feedback from listeners/viewers, and a brand-spanking-new "Five Questions for Who?"

Atomic Anxiety
has The Utterly Gutless Ending of Boom Town, ...is not a bad episode. It is an excellent change of pace episode with an absolute nutkicker of an ending.

Doctor Who Reference Guide has synopses for the Doctor Who Annual 2011 and the audio adventure The Ring of Steel and  the Adventure Game City of the Daleks.

Todays 'Who' on BBC iplayer (UK Only)

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Doctor Who - Series 5: 12. The Pandorica Opens
12. The Pandorica Opens

The Doctor's friends unite to warn him that the Pandorica is opening. What is inside? (R)

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The Sarah Jane Adventures Returns with 'The Nighmare Man' on the 11th October



The Sarah Jane Adventures returns to BBC1 and CBBC for a fourth series, the first episode The Nightmare Man Part 1, will be shown on Monday 11th October.



Announcing the 2010 Hugo Award Winners!

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Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

Presented by Paul Cornell

  • Doctor Who: “The Waters of Mars”, written by Russell T Davies & Phil Ford; directed by Graeme Harper (BBC Wales) (winner)
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RandomlyGenerated’s Doctor Who Peg People

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Doctor Who Peg People

Craft and geekery collide perfectly with these rather wonderful Dr Who Peg People from Aberdeen based Etsy shop RandomlyGenerated.

All the Doctors are there, from William Hartnell right through to Matt Smith, with Jon Pertwee Peg Doll in particular deserving an honourable mention.

Pledge your allegiance for a mere $15/£10 per Doctor and if you plain can’t decide then never fear as the full Doctor Who Regenerations set can be yours for just $100/£66.64!
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Saturday, 4 September 2010

Todays Doctor Who on BBC iPlayer (UK Only)

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Doctor Who - Series 5: 11. The Lodger
11. The Lodger

The Doctor must solve the mystery of a staircase that people go up but never go down. (R)

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Daleks think fezs are cool - TShirt

Smith and Gillan 'intrinsic to Who tour', Who at Tesco pictures, plus more reviews



Digital Spy has Smith and Gillan 'intrinsic to Who tour', the director of the Doctor Who tour insists that the show's stars will feature heavily.

TARDIS Scanner - Who Tube
has Doctor Who at Tesco pictures.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who: Podshock - Aftershock 20100903, James Naughton is once again attending Whooverville this year and in this brief Aftershock episode of Doctor Who: Podshock he tells us what to expect.

Who Fix has One Fateful Day in ’63, at least the song has a beginning, a middle and an end... (from DWM 106, suggested by Andrew Trowbridge)



The Tardis Project has "Checkmate", Steven and Vicki kneel down to investigate the sarcophagus and discover small doors that the cable seems to be coming out of. They push the doors open and crawl into.....what appears to be a TARDIS control room! "It's a TARDIS!" says Vicki. "The Monk's got a TARDIS...!"

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Whoverse has MHC 26.1 The Ribos Operation, today Eric & co-host Josh embark on a new quest to seek out The Key to Time.

The Krynoid Podcast
has The WOTAN Clan, next up is the 1966 William Hartnell classic, The War Machines.

Who Review has The Impossible Planet/ The Satan Pit, the TARDIS reluctantly materialises on an Ikea bought sanctuary base.and the Doctor and Rose soon come across some disturbing graffiti that even the TARDIS can’t translate.

Shadowlocked reviews: The Monster Of Peladon, when it comes to polls of the Best Doctor Who story, it always ends up being at the bottom of the pile. Having to spend company with the likes of The Twin Dilemma or Time And The Rani can’t be fun. The story’s detractors will tell you that it’s like a bloated version of The Curse Of Peladon, with two extra parts that are really just surplus to requirements.

Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 4 Trailer

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Aired as part of the CBBC Autumn trailer

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Doctor Who monsters in Liverpool

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A video report I produced for the Liverpool Echo and Daily Post about Doctor ...

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Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 220 Extra Edition

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In this Extra Edition of Doctor Who: Podshock we feature another interview with a legendary Doctor Who director, Graeme Harper, plus news and more!

MP3 Format Podcast:
Doctor Who: Podshock MP3
Podcast

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Doctor Who - Series 5, Volume 4 [DVD]

Out on Monday (6th September)

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Doctor Who - Series 5, Volume 4 [DVD] [2010]
DVD Description

The Doctor’s amazing adventures continue on DVD and Blu-ray with the fourth and final volume of the hugely popular fifth series, featuring the last four new episodes; Vincent and the Doctor, The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang.

Vincent and The Doctor sees our intrepid duo learning more about the art of terror in this new adventure where they meet the legendary painter Vincent Van Gogh! The TARDIS travels back in time but terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence and only a sad and lonely painter can see it... The Doctor and Amy join forces with Van Gogh but can the three of them defeat a powerful and deadly alien?

There’s a house on Aickman road, and a staircase that people go up, but never down in the episode The Lodger. To solve the mystery of the man upstairs, the Doctor must face his greatest challenge – he must pass himself off as a perfectly normal human being, and share a flat with Craig Owens.

In the PANDORICA OPENS, the Doctor and Amy learn that according to legend, the Pandorica contains the most feared being in all the cosmos, a monster soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. But what’s inside, and can even the Doctor stop it?

As the thrilling finale for Series 5, THE BIG BANG, begins The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all of reality is a little girl who still believes in stars…

Starring Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as Amy Pond, this exciting new series also guest stars a wealth of British acting talent including James Corden (Gavin & Stacey), Alex Kingston (ER), Daisy Haggard (Man Stroke Woman), Bill Nighy (State of Play) and Tony Curran (24)

Doctor Who Series 5 Volume 4 also features a behind-the-scenes look at the monsters from the collection in a Monster File extra entitled "The Alliance". Broken up roughly into three main parts this specially commissioned extra features a whole collection of monsters from the episode including Daleks, Cybermen, Autons, Sontarans, Judoon, Hoix, Silurians, Sycorax, Roboforms, Uvodni, Weevils, and a Blowfish as well as Amy's confrontation with the headless cyberman and Rory the Auton.
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Careful Karen! Doctor Who star gets overexcited as she spots her friend... and drops her phone in the road

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Look who it is: Karen Gillan is chatting on her mobile phone in London's Oxford Street when she spots a friend across the street

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan nearly broke her mobile phone after getting over-excited during a shopping trip in London yesterday.

After dashing across the road to greet her pal, the redhead dropped her phone in the path of traffic in the excitement of it all.

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I, Valeyard by mickmoart



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Oh yeah, this was a fun one to do up! When I was a kid, I saw TRIAL OF A TIMELORD! Which would have a profound effect on me, even in this day and time! The final ending in the reign of the 6th Doctor's run as the Timelord was a fascinating one for me, and even now when I watch it from old library videos!

Colin Baker is put on trial, by the high council of Gallifrey by The Valeyard! Who is “learned court prosecutor” of the courts.

The Valeyard is in all four sections of Trial Of A Timelord. The Mysterious Planet, Mindwarp, Terror Of The Vervoids and The Ultimate Foe. He claims The Doctor to have transgressed the 5th Law Of Time and trying to convince the doctor that he was a time meddler and that he killed Peri. And that The Doctor is also accused of genocide.

Well, as the show progresses, you find out that The Valeyard is the darker side of The Doctor. An entity of The Doctor himself that is somewhere in-between his 12th and 13th incarnation. [Almost like The Dream Lord!]

You also find out that The Valeyard also manipulated The Matrix, the device that stores all of the Timelord information. And The Valeyard in the end, he is also sided with The Master to try to thwart The Doctor.

I thought The Valeyard was really fascinating, as far as being just as mysterious as The Doctor himself! [It would be cool if he came back in some future Doctor Who episodes!]

Doctor Who Audio News (Jason Arnopp)

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Bloggery-Pokery
I've written two Doctor Who or Doctor Who-related audio releases. They're both original stories rather than adaptations, and are as follows:

THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES: DEADLY DOWNLOAD

This will be published by BBC Audio on November 4. Every year since the TV series began, the BBC have released two original audio stories alongside the show. I'm really privileged to have written one of the 2010 pair (the other being Wraith World by Cavan Scott and Mark Wright).

I'm also delighted that Deadly Download has been read by Sarah Jane herself, Elisabeth Sladen. Elisabeth's voice is intrinsically linked with my childhood, just like Tom Baker's, and so it's amazing to have her read my 11,000-word prose story on CD.

As you might imagine from the title, Deadly Download concerns the Internet. Hopefully, it should make a fair few younger listeners think twice before chatting to random strangers while online...

DOCTOR WHO: THE DEMONS OF RED LODGE & OTHER STORIES

This will be published by Big Finish - the producer of BBC-licensed Doctor Who, as well as various other franchises - in December. I've written the title story on this collection of four tales, each of which features the Fifth Doctor (played by Peter Davison, for the uninitiated and/or forgetful) and companion Nyssa (Sarah Sutton).

One of the really nice things about this release is that two of the other authors are friends of mine. William Gallagher has written Doing Time, while John Dorney brings us Special Features. I've never met the remaining writer Rick Briggs, but he emerged triumphant from a recent Big Finish competition which earnt him this commission, so I've no doubt that his tale The Entropy Composition will be excellent.
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Doctor Who - Time And The Rani [DVD]

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Doctor Who - Time And The Rani [DVD]

DVD Description
Featuring Sylvester McCoy as the newly regenerated seventh Doctor, this new DVD features the Doctor’s battle with the evil Rani. After being attacked by the Rani, the TARDIS crash-lands on the planet Lakertya. On the floor of the console room, the Doctor begins his sixth regeneration...

In his post-regenerative confusion the Doctor is separated from his young companion Mel and tricked into assisting the Rani in her megalomaniac scheme to construct a giant time manipulator.

Lost on the barren surface of the planet, Mel has to avoid the Rani's ingenious traps and her monstrous, bat-like servants, the Tetraps. She joins forces with a rebel faction among the Lakertyans, desperate to end the Rani's control of their planet.

The Doctor must recover his wits in time to avoid becoming a permanent part of the Rani's plan to collect the genius of the greatest scientific minds in the Universe...

Special Features
· 4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio.

· Commentary - stereo. With actors Sylvester McCoy and Bonnie Langford, writers Pip and Jane Baker.

· The Last Chance Saloon– by 1987, senior executives at the BBC were on the point of killing-off Doctor Who in the face of stiff fan opposition. Instead, they decided to give the show one last chance… With actors Sylvester McCoy and Kate O’Mara, producer John Nathan-Turner, director Andrew Morgan, script editor Andrew Cartmel, writers Pip and Jane Baker, BBC Head of Series & Serials Jonathan Powell and graphic designer Oliver Elmes. Written by Nev Fountain and narrated by Richard Heffer.

· 7D FX – a look behind-the-scenes at the creation of the story’s impressive visual effects. With visual effects designer Colin Mapson, visual effects assistant Mike Tucker and video effects designer Dave Chapman.

· Helter-Skelter– Graphic designer Oliver Elmes and animator Gareth Edwards talk about how they created the first CGI title sequence in Doctor Who’s history.

· Lakertya – writers Pip and Jane Baker talk about their original vision for the lush forest planet Lakertya and director Andrew Morgan explains why he ended up shooting it in a desolate quarry instead…

· Hot Gossip – Kate O’Mara recalls the fun of working with gossiping friends. With Sylvester McCoy and Andrew Morgan.

· On Location– BBC Breakfast Time’s reporter Guy Michelmore visits the production during location filming for the story’s exterior scenes and talks to John Nathan-Turner, Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford and Kate O’Mara.

· Blue Peter – Janet Ellis welcomes newly appointed Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy to the Blue Peter studio.

· Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story.

  • Released on: 2010-09-13
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Friday, 3 September 2010

Who monsters disturb peace in Sheffield, Who monster that terrified young John Barroman....



The Star has Doctor Who monsters disturb peace in Sheffield - VIDEO, Cybermen, Scarecrows, Ood, Silurian and Clockwork Robots materialised in front of surprised shoppers near the fountains outside the Town Hall.

io9 has The classic Doctor Who monster that terrified young John Barroman, a full size Dalek charged at me. "Exterminate her! Exterminate her!" My heart went into tachycardia....

Mutter's Spiral returns to talk about “The Dalek Invasion of Earth”, a trip to the distant past… and the far future! John & Will talk about the 1964 William Hartnell classic “The Dalek Invasion of Earth”. There’s talk about how it was filmed then v. now, the different viewing experience of the older shows, some great trivia questions along with LOTS of news about Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane and even Sherlock!

TVNZ has Win A Copy Torchwood Series 1 - 3 On DVD.

BBC Doctor Who has Your VIP Pass to the Doctor Who Proms, fans of the Doctor Who Proms have got a feast of extra material to enjoy throughout the week ahead.

Sunday Mercury has Win tickets to see Doctor Who Live, we’ve teamed up with BBC Worldwide to give one lucky winner a set of four front-row tickets at what promises to be a spectacular show with an out-of-this-world set, optical illusions, live music, special effects and appearances from the show’s scariest and most popular monsters.

BBCWorldwide has YouTubed Chasing the Doctor and Adelaide, the Doctor and Commander Adelaide Brooke come face-to-face with two of the infected colonists on Mars. With their bodies gushing copious amounts of water, and a single drop being enough to infect the Doctor and Adelaide, there is only one thing they can do....run! Dramatic clip taken from Doctor Who: Waters of Mars starring David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan.



Tardis Base has a Screenshot form Nintendo DS Game, shows the Doctor, Amy, 2 Dalek Drones and 2 new characters.

Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who: Podshock - Episode 220 EXTRA Edition, another interview with a legendary Doctor Who director, Graeme Harper, plus news and more!

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas has End of Innocence, by Rachel Steffan, Part Four.

Who Fix has Alien Menace Section, I miss Org and Zorg.

blue_aeon has posted "It's a fez, I wear a fez now", and Matt Smith makes one ridiculously cute Lemming, yes?



Doc Oho's Big Finish audios reviews
has Davros written by Lance Parkin and directed by Gary Russell, AI stock has shot up by over fifteen percent on news that galaxy-famous scientist Davros, controversial creator of the Daleks, has been hired to work on unspecified technological projects.'

Unreality SF has Difficult Second Album?, Can John Dorney's latest Doctor Who audio - Echoes of Grey, featuring the Second Doctor and Zoe - live up to the success of his first play?

Doctor Who Reference Guide has the synopsis' for Doctor Who: Nuclear Time, Doctor Who Magazine strips Supernature, Planet Bollywood and Part 1 of The Golden Ones, plus various comic strips: Planet of Bones, When Starlight Grows Cold and World Without Night from the Annual 1968; Return of the Daleks, a 4th Doctor TV Comic strip; and Battle Planet from the Annual 1985.

Dalek seeks bed for the night!

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Dalek Kahn, from the original BBC Dr Who series, wishes to attend the WH Smiths book signing for author Nigel Goodall’s latest biography of David Tennant – the most recent Dr Who.  The event is part of the forthcoming Bridgnorth Music and Arts Festival 2010 (27th August – 5th September).

Cobra Events who own the Dalek have very kindly offered Kahn’s services for free and the festival only has to find travel expenses to and from Brighton (£160) – plus a night’s accommodation for Kahn and his driver.Read more at www.midlandcomputers.com
 

Your VIP Pass to the Doctor Who Proms

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Fans of the Doctor Who Proms have got a feast of extra material to enjoy throughout the week ahead.

A one-hour version of the 2010 Doctor Who Proms will be broadcast on BBC Three on Monday, 6 September. And from that date viewers will be able to watch Backstage at the Doctor Who Prom, a must-see programme available through the BBC's Red Button service. This 25-minute special gives an access-all-areas view of the concert and features Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

We're there with the three stars at all the nerve-tingling moments as they prepare to go on stage and be greeted by the packed audience at the Royal Albert Hall. They also discuss what the concert means to them personally and Matt reveals why the live event is so close to his heart.

There's some great footage of the monsters backstage which shows that Silurians get stage fright, too! Plus, there's exclusive musical content and the thoughts of composer Murray Gold and Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat.Read more at www.youtube.com
 

Lego TARDIS

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Earlier this summer, I was trying to think of some new ideas to build for the upcoming BrickFair. At the same time, I was watching the new series of Doctor Who and the two ideas came together. An amalgam of the Doctor’s time travel device and the Lego bricks with a technological twist was the goal.Read more at www.justjon.net
 

SFXclusive! Doctor Who Live: The Creators Speak

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Let SFX thoroughly wet your appetite for what promises to be the most spectacular rock’n’rock Doctor Who event ever. We talk to the director, the musical director and the guys who’ll make you believe a Dalek can fly…

The monsters are coming, as the blurb for Doctor Who Live promises us. But what exactly will this arena tour offer the audience? Is it a play? A concert? A stunt show? An episode of the TV done live None of these and all of these, reckon the crew behind it, all of who are bubbling over with enthusiasm and desperate to get the final show in front of an audience. “It’s like nothing you’ve seen before,” promises director Will Brenton, “and despite those rumours going around about the Cybermen are not doing the can-can.”

We have three exclusive and very revealing interview for you to devour.Read more at www.sfx.co.uk
 

Building sci-fi robots for charity (BBC News)

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School teacher Mark Enright from Calne has a rather unusual hobby.

He builds fully-operational scale models of his favourite sci-fi robots and shows them at fan conventions around the country.

He explained: "I recently got involved with a charity group called the Charity Daleks, and it was not until someone suggested I bring one of my Astromechs along that I had even considered taking the models out in public.Read more at news.bbc.co.uk
 

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