Tuesday, 7 June 2011

Super Whosday; the 4th Doctor, Tom Baker

The Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)
Well the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) was certainly the runaway favorite in the poll I put up, and I've finally gotten around to him. Hopefully these 12 different variations should be enough for everyone...

Baker is arguably the archetype for DW Doctors, and he's certainly the one I remember seeing on PBS as a kid - Even though I never really understood it and was far more interested in Superman and Batman. I loved the theme music though!

In fact, when the show came back with Eccleston, I said "Hey, what is this?! Doctor Who is supposed to have a hat and a long scarf!" Obviously I still knew very little about Doctor Who then, but now I understand why Tom Baker is such a beloved Doctor.

And as a bonus, check out some cool DW artwork people have been inspired to do -


First, 'John Smith's' 'The Implausible Astronaut'
And also, something really cool from 'Michael'...
See more Images at springfieldpunx.blogspot.com

BBC confirms fourteen new episodes of Doctor Who

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Sam Hodges, Head of Communications for BBC1, Fiction, Daytime and HD at the BBC has confirmed on Twitter this afternoon that Doctor Who has indeed been commissioned for a further fourteen episodes, with Matt Smith continuing in the role. Head writer Stephen Moffat re-iterated:
14 eps + Matt DEFINITELY. I've got a plan and I'm NOT TELLING YOU WHAT IT IS.

Now hush or River shoots you with her Spoiler Gun.
The news comes after the future of the series had been raised by UK satirical publication Private Eye, which earlier tweeted that details on the state of the series production appears in their latest issue; coupled by an interview with Matt Smith in Saturday's Mirror about his Hollywood asperations, this had promoted widespread speculation in fandom over the series future.
Read more at www.doctorwhonews.net

What sort of hat would an evil Doctor wear? plus more news, podcasts and reviews



Editor's bit...

Todays picture comes from staticlights and is entitled Doctor Who and the Whitechapel Murders.

Previous Posts...



Whovian News....


io9 has What sort of hat would an evil Doctor wear? Matt Smith explains!, Matt Smith has brought out many different sides of Doctor Who's mysterious time traveler — but how would he bring an evil version to life? We were dying to know, and he told us, we were lucky enough to ask one question each of Smith, plus Karen Gillan and the Doctor Who producers, with the answers sent to us in these videos. Gillan's answer gives a new insight into Amy's state of mind, including a pretty interesting take on where Amy's head is at this season....


The Doctor Who News Page has May iPlayer Requests, Doctor Who took the top three places of the most requested programmes on the BBC iPlayer in May, top of the chart was the Neil Gaiman written episode, The Doctor's Wife, which was requested over 1.22 million times during the month. Close behind was The Curse of the Black Spot with 1.21 million requests and Day of the Moon with 1.18 million requests....

Miscellanious News
  • Daisy Lowe likes wearing her boyfriend`s clothes - Monsters and Critics
    She and Matt Smith both have busy work schedules so when she is apart from the 28-year-old Doctor Who star for too long, Lowe admits she likes to wear his T-shirts so she feel closer to him....
  • Big Finish - Sale Podlet 002 - 07 June 2011
    Yes, it's the second day of our Big Finish Daily Sale. And just to prove it, here's a podlet (a teeny-tiny podcast) in which Nick Briggs, David Richardson and Paul Spragg attempt to explain it all for you. In all honesty, they probably don't make anything that clear at all. Or do they? You be the judge... at least Paul Spragg has a list in front of him.

Scanner selected posts...


Doc Oho's Big Finish audios reviews has David Richardson Interview, he holds the title of producer for Big Finish’s enormously popular range of Doctor Who audio adventures. He also has creative responsibility over the spin series’ The Companion Chronicles, The Lost Stories and Jago & Litefoot.....
He also has Lisa Bowerman Interview, she is best known in Doctor Who circles for her unforgettable portrayal of Professor Bernice Summerfield, a role she has successfully played for eleven incredible seasons of drama. A hugely popular character, Lisa managed to capture the voice of the character beautifully and play both the humorous and the serious angles of her life with panache. Bernice has been through much since Big Finish took on her character, falling for her ex husband again, having a baby in prison, trapped on the Braxiatel Collection under occupation, reunited with her father, coping with motherhood and discovering her mentor has been working against her!....


Caption Who has posted "We finish up "The Doctor's Daughter" in this update (starting on page 1086) and get started on "Terror Of The Zygons!" There's a lot of fun this time around, including: watching the Brigadier play RISK, Sarah Jane playing the lottery, and will the Doctor ever find the biggest toasted doughnut in the galaxy?"


Daryl the Diver has Enthuiastic Amatuer Diver Shares his Discoveries, the Elysium, for those who don’t know, was a commercial steam freighter in the Mayfield Star Lines fleet, launched in the summer of 1887. She ran aground the next year and I’ve been lucky enough to secure some of the salvage rights to have a poke around the old wreck! The shipping logs from just before the wreck of the Elysium have her down as carrying a lot of gold in ingots, as well as some machine parts – but it’s the ingots I’m interested in!  In today’s money they’d be worth well in excess of ten million pounds..... (ed: see Doctor Who theme for 'immersive' theatre show for explanation).

WhoTube....


BBCClassicDoctorWho has Meteorite storm - Doctor Who: Frontios, a meteorite storm on the planet Frontios destroys the Tardis. Classic clip from the 1984 four-part story 'Frontios' starring Peter Davison as the Doctor.A meteorite storm on the planet Frontios destroys the Tardis. Classic clip from the 1984 four-part story 'Frontios' starring Peter Davison as the Doctor.


batmanmarch has Doctor Who Action Figure Adventures: The Dalek Contagion - Part Four, The Daleks are preparing to launch the contagion throughout the universe in order to finally become the supreme beings. Meanwhile, Dell and Tiosk are taken to be used as an experiment on the full capabilities of the contagion.

Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.


Traveling the Vortex has Episode 23 – Good Man and the Indebted Friends, once again this week a warning: We are reviewing the latest episode from Series Six to air in the UK, A Good Man Goes To War, also a review of last week’s Friday Night Who and Seven Weeks For Seven Doctors finale – Delta and the Bannermen.


The Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 84, Well, the time has finally come, our review of a Good Man Goes to War (aka The Only New Doctor Who You Will Be Getting For A While Thankyou Very Much), Trevor, James and Trevor share their thoughts on this episode, which as is par for the course these days, some questions get answered and some don't.


Say It Productions has TARDIS Chronicles 008: A Good Man Goes to War, Bill and Corey go on a baby saving adventure this week as they discuss the mid-point finale “A Good Man Goes to War.”  Is this episode ready for delivery or are we just getting false labor pains?  Also, the guys cover the latest in Who News including updates on Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.


The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 60, an epic half series finale deserves to be served by an equally epic 20mb Podcast and we hope this extra long episode delivers on that count. If you have not watched A Good Man Goes To War and you do not want to know what happened in the episode then do not listen to this show.


Gallifreyan Embassy has Doctor Who: Podshock Episode 249, We review Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War live over the net with live listener feedback.

Tid-Bits...


Dragons and daffodilsm posted Barrys Dalek Cake, "it took about 2 days to do, was carved from a 12" square sponge cake filled with jam and buttercream, carved to shape, covered the lower half of the Dalek in white sugarpaste icing, covered the top half in black sugarpaste.Gradually added all the details in white sugarpaste and painted with silver and three colours of gold."


tiffanyisawinner has posted Silly TARDIS, what are you doing up there, you’re not even a powerline, TARDIS.

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Review's Roundup...


Shadowlocked has Doctor Who complete reviews: Rise of the Cybermen, which came first? The chicken or the egg? The NuWho episode or the Classic Doctor Who DVD release? There's a poser for dopey Professor Kerensky – maybe he should have devoted his time to organising a Doctor Who DVD schedule instead of building his infernal cellular accelerator contraption. At least, he wouldn't have ended up ageing to a skeleton....


The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who BBV- Auton, two scientists in a classified U.N.I.T. facility unwittingly awaken a portion of the Nestene Consciousness (seen in classic programs Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons). Doctor Sally Arnold had been attempting to use traditional and her own improvised methods (using what appear to be bits of an old radio and Mechano) to crack the mystery of the ‘sphere’ as her assistant Graham Winslet searched for any other clues in overstuffed warehouse....


Bigger On The Inside has “And if this Doctor should return, he should beware — because Torchwood will be waiting”, the first plot arc that the 10th Doctor encountered actually had it’s origin in the 9th Doctor story ‘Bad Wolf’. Among the many questions that Anne Droid asked on the futuristic version of ‘The Weakest Link’ was “The Great Cobalt Pyramid is built on the remains of which famous Old Earth Institute?”.....


The Edwardian Adventurer has 6.06 – The Almost People, "I almost feel as if I have less to say about this episode than the previous.  I liked The Rebel Flesh and I liked The Almost People.  However, I think that the conclusion of the incident at the mining facility (I can’t quite bring myself to say this episode was a conclusion of the story) is rather overshadowed by the revelation that Amy was a ganger...."


The Krynoid Podcast has A Good Man Goes To War: a review, decent performances from the regulars. Highlights for me included Arthur Darvill getting dark with the Cybermen and Matt Smith at Lorna's death and when the Doctor avoided the subject of his children. I thought Alex Kingston wasn't firing on all cylinders though but she did have a cold at the time apparently....


Impossible Podcasts has A Good Man Goes to War Review, if the first half of the episode was all about building the Doctor to be an all-destroying Action Hero, crushing everything in his path, the second was all about drawing him back from that path....

Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...

richarddinnick I'll be on a "special mission" for #BigFinish on Thurs/Fri ahead of my appearance at Big Finish Day on Sat. :)
DWMtweets Was it our imagination, or were there extra TARDIS 'vworp vworp' noises in the title sequence on Saturday? We notice this stuff, see
Some of you (@ChrisParrott & @franzseabrook) noticed the old 'An Unearthly Child' TARDIS hum noise in Madam Vastra's drawing room too. Yay!
DoctorWhoPodAll Ian Todd World. http://is.gd/IvOg8e new episode - Doctor Who-Mondas Podcast-Episode 18

doctorwhotv Sarah Jane Series 5 Update http://bit.ly/iTx12d
Fantom FilmsFantom Films  The Rani Kate O'Mara will be joining us for PANDORICA on 16th July... book now to avoid disappointment www.pandoricabirmingham.co.uk
TachyonTV Adventures with the Wife in Space - The Tenth Planet: http://tachyon-tv.co.uk/newspost/the-tenth-planet/

BBC Doctor Who - Think Before You Sonic



BBC Doctor Who
Following up on our story from last week, over on The Sarah Jane Adventures site you can now play the brand new levels of Think Before You Sonic in The Sarah Jane Academy.

The Alien Encounters chapter delivers no less than 15 new challenges and more monsters, including members of the Doctor's 'army', Judoon and Sontarans!

Read more here

AAAGH! and the Atraxi

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Another AAAGH!, this time from issue #209 and featuring the Atraxi and a Weeping Angel. As before, script by me, art by Brian Williamson, edited by Paul Lang and Natalie Barnes, and posted up here with the kind permission of the lovely Doctor Who Adventures.
Read more at 0tralala.blogspot.com

Meet the Screamer

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screamerblog

If you've visited the Doctor Who Experience in London, you might have spotted our cool Doctor Who Adventures display, starring the winners of our Design a Monster competitions!

Our second winning creature, created by reader Jessica Rickarby,has just gone on show. It's called the Screamer!

It comes from the planet Argone, has dangerous spikes on its head and can make its victim unconscious by screaming in their face!

We're now looking for another brand-new monster to go on display later in the year. The winning design will be turned into anamazing model, plus the creature will also fight the Doctor, Amyand Rory in a future Doctor Who Adventures comic strip. Click here to find out how to enter.

You can also click here for some top tips from our comic artist, John Ross, on how to draw a memorable monster..
Read more at www.dwamag.com

Doctor Who theme for 'immersive' theatre show



BBC News

Doctor Who fans are to be plunged into one of the Time Lord's adventures in an "immersive" theatre show created by the acclaimed company Punchdrunk.

Punchdrunk are famous for transforming entire buildings into mysterious locations which audiences explore as the action unfolds around them.

They had kept details of their latest show The Crash of the Elysium, which opens in Salford on 30 June, secret.

But it has now been revealed that will be based around the BBC time traveller.

The show has been created with Doctor Who executive producer Steven Moffat.

It is aimed at children aged six to 12, who will "become the stars of an exhilarating live Doctor Who adventure", according to its website.

Punchdrunk have previously created theatrical experiences based around works by Shakespeare, Chekhov and Goethe, and are currently in New York staging a version of Macbeth, which has been extended after earning rave reviews.


Plot clues
They have become known for creating eerie worlds in disused warehouses, factories and army barracks.

The Crash of the Elysium is part of the Manchester International Festival and will take place in less dilapidated surroundings, in part of the BBC's new MediaCity UK building on Salford Quays.

Children will move through the set in groups of 25. The website says: "Like any Doctor Who episode, children will find this event both scary and exciting."

Punchdrunk, led by artistic director Felix Barrett, will put on children-only performances and family performances, where grown-ups can accompany the youngest fans, but adults will not be admitted if they are not with a child.

Two mock blogs give clues to the plot. One recounts the sinking of a ship, The Elysium, which was said to be carrying gold, industrial machine parts and secret government cargo in 1888, the other is the present-day diary of a diver called Daryl who has salvage rights to the wreckage.

Full details and booking can be found here.

The Daily Dalek - Daleeks

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G.M Daleeks

NEWS FLASH: Welsh allotment holder discovers genetically modified crop of vegetables. Doctor Who filming in the area is thought to be the cause.

On this Day Tuesday, June 07, 2011

In the Whoniverse....



Behind the scenes
1924 - Dolores Gray was born.
1936 - Dwight Whylie, who played the radio announcer in DW: The War Machines, was born in Jamaica.
1940 - Ronald Pickup was born.
1969 - Episode 8 of DW: The War Games was first broadcast.

This day in History....



Birthdates
1778 George Bryan "Beau" Brummel London England, English dandy
1811 Sir James Young Simpson Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)
1924 Dolores Gray Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet) (pictured)
1940 Tom Jones Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat)
1958 Prince [Rodgers Nelson], rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain)

Deaths
1329 Robert Bruce leader of the Scots, dies at 53
1965 Judy Holiday actress, dies at 42

On this day...
1614 2nd parliment of King James I, disolves passing no legislation
1654 Louis XIV crowned king of France
1692 Porte Royale Jamaica slides into harbor after earthquake
1775 United Colonies change name to United States
1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits

On UK TV and Radio....



Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Time: 12:00 to 13:00
The Lazarus Experiment. Series 29, episode 6.
Martha returns home, but has to save her family from the schemes of the monstrous Professor Lazarus.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman

Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Time: 17:00 to 18:00
42. Series 29, episode 7.
As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have just 42 minutes to save the day.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman

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