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Friday, 7 October 2011
Memorable Moments In Whostory: Pyramids Of Mars
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This time rather than showcase individual characters, I decided to focus on one particular episode: Pyramids of Mars. I'll probably do more episode specific infographics as time permits. There've been over 200 stories so far (consisting of over 770 episodes), so that should keep me busy for a while.
BBC Doctor Who - The Gunpowder Pond
BBC - Doctor Who
The new Doctor Who Adventure Game, The Gunpowder Plot, is released at the end of this month!
It's the first Adventure Game to feature the Doctor, Amy and Rory and we caught up with Karen Gillan on the day she recorded her lines. In this exclusive video she talks about The Gunpowder Plot and gives us an insight into what it was like to be back playing Amy!
We'll be bringing you more videos and other features on the new Adventure Game soon! The Gunpowder Plot will be available from this site from October 31, 2011.
Doctor Who Action Figure Collectors Set: The Chase (Forbidden Planet Exclusive)
Doctor Who Action Figure Collectors Set: The Chase
(Forbidden Planet Exclusive)
From the classic story: 'The Chase', the Mechonoid figure is approximately 130mm high (160mm with the antenna extended) x 130mm wide. It features a swappable flame arm, flip-out claw arms and wheels. It is faced by the Daleks ready to do battle!
Contents: 1 x Mechonoid action figure with swappable flame weapon and 2 x Daleks (The Chase) action figures.
This item can only be supplied to the UK and Eire.
Due for release on the 16th December from Forbidden Planet.
Companion Chronicles Day, Oh crumbs it's Terry Molloy! Plus more News and Podcasts
Editor's bit...
('The Mad Man with a Blue Blog')
Todays picture is back to the doctor by GILLILANDX892.
Previous Posts...
- Doctor Who Fan Makes Spoiler-Filled, Ke$ha-Inspired Tribute Video
- CBBC Sarah Jane Adventures - The Gameathon: Challenge Two
- The Doctor Who Experience will be extending it's run at London’s Olympia Two until February 22nd 2012 due to huge public demand
- CBBC Sarah Jane Adventures - Behind the Scenes with Anjli and Danny
Whovian News....
Big Finish has Companion Chronicles Day. Saturday October 22 is Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles Day, when – for one day only – the first season of the audio series will be available at massively discounted prices, only from www.bigfinish.com. Each individual CD can be purchased from the website for £5.00, while the entire season of four stories is just £16.00. “The Companion Chronicles has been a success story for us,” says executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery, “and this one-day sale should allow those who’ve never heard one to jump aboard and find out what the fuss is about. Sadly, due to contractual reasons, we’re only able to offer this first series on CD – there will be no downloads of the stories”.......
Miscellanious News
- Steven Moffat promises 'remarkable time' for 'Doctor Who' - CultBox
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has provided a vague update regarding when Series 7 will air, insisting "I simply don’t know". The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine recently confirmed that the new series will start filming in February next year, but will not begin airing until next autumn.... - Doctor Who News: People Roundup
Matt Smith recently commented on people he would quite like to see act alongside him in Doctor Who: "Whoopi Goldberg would be a great companion wouldn't she? Yeah, she'd be great. Also I'd love Eric Cantona, or Colin Firth. Colin Firth would be great but he would not do it. God, when I think about it there are so many people I would love to get in it" ..... - Win tickets to see Torchwood star John Barrowman (From This Is Wiltshire)
John Barrowman is having an exciting year with Torchwood and Tonight’s The Night pulling in the viewers by the thousands, a new album and a 25-date UK tour.
Now the star has teamed up with the Swindon Advertiser to offer five pairs of tickets to see his show at the Oasis Leisure Centre on Monday, October 31....
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The Scarifyers has Oh crumbs! It's Terry Molloy! He has brought inept paranormal investigator and terrible author Professor Edward Dunning to life. But he's best known for playing milkman Mike Tucker in Radio 4's long-running drama serial The Archers , and for the role of Davros, creator of the evil Daleks, in Doctor Who . In real life he is neither a milkman nor a crippled alien genius, but a winning combination of both.
WhoTube....
catamongthepigeons6 has Frazer Hines Podcast at Whooverville - Part Three. After his talk on the main stage at Whooverville 3, he popped down stairs to talk to some of us podcasters (ed: here are the links to see Part One and Part Two).
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
The Cultdom Chronicles has Cultdom Commentary: The Wedding of River Song. Dave and Mike put Ian in handcuffs in order to make him behave at the Wedding of River Song. It’s the Cultdom Commentary on Doctor Who Series 6 Episode 13.
Tin Dog Podcast has TDP 208: The Wedding of River Song. The Doctor, aware of his death at the fixed point of time on 22 April 2011 at Lake Silencio, attempts to track down the Silence to learn why he must die. He encounters the Teselecta shapeshifting robot and its miniaturised crew who are currently posing as one of the members of the Silence...
Radio Free Skaro has SPACE Podcast – October 7, 2011. A touch early this week, the latest SPACE Channel InnerSPACE podcast is now available! The Radio Free Skaro lads contribute their final capsule review of the current Doctor Who series with their thoughts on The Wedding of River Song whilst Mark and Teddy talk about Todd and The Book of Pure Evil.
Outpost Skaro Podcast has Episode 18 – She Just Married a Robot! This week: time gets messed up, Amy gets a cool new office, and the Doctor gets shot. Again. Alan, Derek and Andy are on hand to mull over the finale, discussing what they liked and disliked, and indulge in some nitpicking. Did the grand story arc experiment hang together in the end?
Pharos Project has Episode 70: My Big Fat Geek Wedding. Once more unto the beach, dear friends, once more. It's series finale time again, and the poor old Doctor's all set to pop his clogs. Will he really escape death at the hand of a damp astronaut, or will it go all potions and lipstick? Join projecteers 2 and 3 as they review "The Wedding of River Song".
theTimeVault has Show 015 Doctor Who (The Krotons). "Doctor, Doctor, there's a giant crystalline monster with a funny voice in my soup!" "Don't you mean waiter?" "No, no. It's definitely a giant crystalline monster with a funny voice." Bu-dum! Tsh! Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen, We're here all week. Don't forget to tip your Kroton
The Time Meddlers has Episode 5. In the first of our reviews of Series Five of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ian Redman and David McClements review the first story: ‘Sky’.
Mostly Harmless Cutaway has MHC 56 The Blood Line 4.10. Outside the government. Beyond the police. In today's Cutaway Eric, Josh, Cat and Sean (@tardistavern) delve into the not so latest ep of Torchwood, The Blood Line.
Doctor Who Podcast Alliance has DWPA - Interview with Nicola Bryant. James from the DWP, Michael from the Tin Dog and Luke from TMDWP interview Nicola Bryant at Whooverville 3 in September 2011.
Tid-Bits...
Nothing Tra La La? (Simon Guerrier) has AAAGH! and the Cybermats! Another AAAGH!, this time from Doctor Who Adventures issues 237, published just a few days after the episode Closing Time, where the Doctor battled Cybermats in a department store.
RedBubble.com has I've Got An App For That! by trekspanner.
eBay items of interest...
'DR Originals' Doctor Who Custom Curse of Fenric 1:1 Film Prop
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Review's Roundup...
The Daily Drew has "Revenge of the Cybermen" - Part Three. This story introduced one of the most unfortunate elements of Cyberman "mythology", and one that would bedevil the poor creatures throughout the remainder of the classic series. It seems that gold is somehow inimical to their function. The reason for this is infuriatingly vague. Evidently, gold "clogs up their chest units, and in effect suffocates them". Okay. Wait, really? Okay. ...
TARDIS Eruditorum has The Face of the Devil Himself (Genesis of the Daleks). There are a handful of stories in Doctor Who history that can be shortened to one word titles where the title is not the monster. But if you talk to a Doctor Who fan about Genesis, they know what you're talking about, and it's not Peter Gabriel's old band. This story is flat-out one of the most iconic stories of Doctor Who. Given that our approach to the series is tinged with the alchemical, and that we do take an actively mystical view of the series at times, we must tread with some care here. This is, if you will, a piece of sacred ground in the psychochronography of this territory....
Doctor Who Methadone 2008-2010 has "The Wedding of River Song". For the first time since the programme’s return, there has been a change to the format of the season. Gone is the epic two-part finale but, it appears that the length of a story does not necessarily affect its epicosity (sic)- it is amazing just how much Moffat manages to include in a single episode that is not even an extended one, without making the story seemed rushed. The pre-title sequence is the utterly dazzling one that we have come to expect from Moffat- Earth where all of history happens at once, where pterodactyls swoop around Hyde Park, cars are hoisted aloft by Montgolfier balloons and Winston Churchill rules the Holy Roman Empire from Buckingham Palace....
The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who and The Keeper of Traken. The final year of Tom Baker’s reign is a strange experience. The longest reigning actor in the role of the Doctor (to date), Tom Baker had crafted the character into an extension of himself. When interviewed years later when he returned to the part in a series of audios he laughingly stated that he’d never stopped being the Doctor because the Doctor was him. A rambunctious and wild actor in his first few years on Doctor Who, Tom Baker is humbled in his last few stories, a faded memory of the man he once was....
Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...
 | TachyonTV Adventures with the Wife in Space: The Invasion: http://j.mp/qxVfXh |
 | paul_scoones Doctor Who is the subject of the latest Gutters - Issue #198 by Howie Noel http://t.co/qrybvz63 |
 | Doctor Who Filming The production crew are back in Llanelli today, with unconfirmed reports that they are in Stradey Castle once again. A photo courtesy of Alexander Armstrong of him and Matt Smith on location at Stradey Castle today!
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 | BlogtorWho Cartoon from The Telegraph on the BBC Cuts, "Send in Dr Who please" http://t.co/dfRrbsiP |
 | Fantom Films New Guest Announced: MARTIN FRIEND (Styggron in The Android Invasion) will be joining us for CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS on the Sunday 5th February 2012 - tickets still available http://www.fantomfilms.co.uk for details |
 | Doctor Who Reprint Society A bit of the Other Column 3 by Christopher Lomas. In which he talks about collectors. |
CBBC Sarah Jane Adventures - Behind the Scenes with Anjli and Danny
CBBC
The guys take us on a backstage tour during the filming of Series Five in this exclusive all access video.
The Doctor Who Experience will be extending it's run at London’s Olympia Two until February 22nd 2012 due to huge public demand.
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CBBC Sarah Jane Adventures - The Gameathon: Challenge Two
CBBC
Tommy, Anjli and Danny get creative with the Art Attack challenge to see who can paint a masterpiece!
Doctor Who Fan Makes Spoiler-Filled, Ke$ha-Inspired Tribute Video
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If you've ever wondered what the point of Ke$ha was, science may have finally have found an answer to your question. Well, I say science, it's more YouTube really, but they're almost the same thing. It turns out that Ke$ha's role in the world was to provide the base for this rather hilarious - and incredibly spoiler-packed - Doctor Who tribute song.
Based on Ke$ha's song, Tik Tok, "Tick Tock Goes the Clock" recounts the sixth season of Doctor Who in musical form. It touches on the entire length of the season's story arc, from the events at Silencio Lake as the season opened, to the details of the recently aired final episode.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Save 'Confidential' campaign updates, plus more news, podcasts and reviews
Editor's bit...
('The Mad Man with a Blue Blog')
Todays picture is Localised eruption by Harnois75. From Dr Who, either the end of The Dominators, or the start of The Mind Robber. The TARDIS is swamped by a lava flow and there's only one means of escape; a leap into unreality.
Coming Soon...
Doctor Who Where's The Doctor?. The time travelling Time Lord could be anywhere in time and space in these incredibly detailed intergalactic images. Search through the Cybermen, dig through the Daleks and ogle the Ood to find the Doctor and his friends! due for release on the 9th October from Forbidden Planet.
Previous Posts...
- Those Video Guys Talking Who Episode 17 - Doctor Who - Wedding of River Song, Caves of Androzani
- Big Finish - Lisa Bowerman and BF Regulars in Concert
- Doctor Who Collector Series Figures: The 11th Doctor from Forbidden Planet
Whovian News....
The Doctor Who News Page has Save Doctor Who Confidential - Campaign update. As news broke last week of the cancellation of Doctor Who Confidential, a campaign was immediately set up to try and save the show from being axed. The Save Doctor Who Confidential campaign has now gained over 30,000 signatures in an online petition. The campaign has been supported by various people in the media, including writer of The Doctor's Wife, Neil Gaiman. He said via his Twitter account: "I think Doctor Who Confidential is one of the best shows about television out there, even eating aside the Dr Who...". Ben Foster, conductor for Doctor Who and composer for Torchwood said: "this show educated and thrilled kids and adults alike - hope someone sees sense and reverses this decision." We asked Save Doctor Who Confidential a few questions about their campaign.....
Radio Times has Nine out of ten say save Doctor Who Confidential. Following the news last week that BBC3 aims to scrap behind-the-scenes show Doctor Who Confidential, we ran a poll asking whether you thought it was the right decision. Over 4,500 people have voted so far and almost nine out of ten (89 per cent) say Doctor Who Confidential should not be axed.....
Torchwood News....
CultBox has The future of 'Torchwood'. Picture the scene. You are in a little garret room in New York’s immigrant quarter. On a balcony, over the street, are the Ghosts of Torchwood Past: insecure Tosh; Ianto and his stopwatch; Vera (VERAAAA!!!) burning to death; plus a few randomers we never quite understood the point of - Esther’s sister, Ianto’s cyber-girlfriend and Rex’s dad.....
Miscellanious News
- BBC to lose 2,000 jobs in wide-ranging cuts - Radio Times
The BBC has this morning announced plans for a raft of money-saving measures that will dramatically change the TV and radio landscape - and will lead to as many as 2,000 job losses.... - Series 6 The Missing Scenes - Doctor Who TV
Since the conclusion of Series 6, we’ve received a number of emails asking what happened to a couple of scenes that were originally shown in the first trailer released last Christmas. Some had assumed they would turn up in the finale and were wondering about their absense.... - David Tennant News Updates: Radio 1 Teen Awards
He will be appearing at BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards at Wembley Arena on Sunday 9th October 2011....
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Draculasaurus has Alien civilizations in modern Doctor Who, Seeing alien cultures and civilizations is one of my favorite things about science fiction. Doctor Who is a show about a man who has all of space and time at his finger tips. It's a show that's full of alien cultures, isn't it?...
Bigger On The Inside has “He’s ancient and forever. He burns at the centre of time and can see the turn of the universe”. 99% of students who graduate from the Academy will live perfectly ordinary lives. They’ll spend their lives within the capital city, walking the same corridors for centuries and reading the same dusty old texts. Those who do leave the planet do so in the service of their superiors. They might not even step out of their TARDIS, simply using it to observe and report, never interfering. Then they return home, to fill out the mountains of paperwork....
tor.com has What Does the Silence Need With a Spacesuit? (And Other Narrative Failures of “The Wedding of River Song”). Being overly concerned with clarity and consistency is probably not the best outlook for a fan of science fiction television, particularly if that show is Doctor Who. As with a lot of sci-fi TV, there’s a generally a style-over-substance mentality pervading the writing of Who. Often there’s not a good thematic reason for having a funny alien, a time paradox, or a convoluted mystery on Doctor Who other than the fact that it’s simply that kind of show....
WhoTube....
radiofreeskaro has Doctor Who Series 6 In 89 Seconds. A quick recap of what happened in Series 6 of Doctor Who! This mashup was not made by us and no credit is taken for it.
catamongthepigeons6 has Frazer Hines Podcast @ Whooverville - Part Two, After his talk on the main stage at Whooverville 3, he popped down stairs to talk to some of us podcasters (ed: see Part One here).
JFCSStudios has What the Doctor should have told Martha (ed: thanks to EHPodcast and batmasterson for the heads up).
BBCWorldwide has Silurian Prosthetics Demonstration - Doctor Who Experience - Wed 24th August 2011. Doctor Who script editor, Gary Russell was transformed into a Silurian during a 2 hour live prosthetics demonstration by the Millennium FX team, eagerly watched by a huge audience of guests who were lucky enough to be visiting the Doctor Who Experience that day.
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
Traveling the Vortex has Episode 40 – Who Knows What Evil Lurks. After a terrific 13 week run, Series Six finally wraps with The Wedding of River Song. We’ll let you know what we thought about this year’s season finale. Plus, another finale as well for The Key To Time series with The Armageddon Factor.
The Naked Scarf has The Next Doctor (More Than Meets The Eye Of This Charming Man). Once again we’re here to stride across your ears like a podcasting Cyberking. As we look at this Tennant Christmas special Andi has some strange opinions on gyrating Cybermen and Adam ponders the problem of awesome things that your gut tells you to love but your head tells you don’t make a lick of sense.
Earth Station One has Episode 80: We are all wearing Eye Patches Now, Eye Patches Are Cool! This week we wrap series 6 of Doctor Who and review “The Wedding of River Song”, and then we will be doing a round table chat about series 6 of Doctor Who, were we happy with it, or kind of let down.
'Who' - Is The Man Podcast has Episode 33: "I Am The Fat Controler". In this episode I review Doctor Who: Closing Time and play you a piece I made inspired by a piece that plays in Closing Time.
Tid-Bits...
Sad but Happy has The New Three Doctors.
Warriors Gate Productions has Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) head coming in Nov!.
RedBubble.com has Hush or Disintegrate by zerobriant.
eBay items of interest...
DOCTOR WHO 'Robots of Death' full size fibre glass Voc Robot Face Mask prop
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Review's Roundup...
The Cosmic Hobo has Serial Review: The Robots of Death (Season 14), It only took about three minutes of watching “The Robots of Death” to realize that I was watching the Doctor Who interpretation of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories, featuring basically the same laws of robotics as featured in Asimov’s series. Although I like Asimov, I’m not crazy about him, and actually found the story collection I, Robot a bit repetitive and boring....
The Edwardian Adventurer has Doctor Who Story 37 – Tomb of the Cybermen. For some reason, I love space archaeology. This is a natural extension of my interest in history and archaeology in general, but I think space archaeology gives me the impression of a fully-formed civilization. It gives the image of a universe that progresses as our world does and that nothing stays static. Honestly, this is one thing that I feel Doctor Who has done well, off and on.....
Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...
| BlogtorWho Check out this reference to Doctor Who on last night's episode of "Criminal Minds" http://t.co/pVVpLw8H |
 | bigfinish Recording Fourth Doctor Series 2 Story 4 today. |
 | hurricane_who We are pleased to be welcoming Arthur Darvill, @RattyBurvil aka 'Rory', to Category Two! http://t.co/dMtboUlV |
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