Doctor Who Experience: Save 20% on tickets

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This festive season, the whole family can enjoy The Doctor Who Experience at London's Olympia Two with 20% off the ticket prices.

This interactive journey lets you star in your very own spectacular adventure with the Doctor. Step though the crack in time and help the Doctor escape from his enemies, fly the TARDIS and come face-to-face with some of the scariest monsters ever seen on screen including Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and The Silence.

Plus, just announced is the new Doctor Who Experience Christmas Grotto - a magical twist on the seasonal tradition.

The Grotto will showcase a magical world of Doctor Who festivity which will take visitors on a time travelling journey through the television series' spectacular Christmas specials. A traditional Santa Claus will also be on hand to meet and greet visitors and children. Entry to the Christmas Grotto is just £5 when purchased alongside a Doctor Who Experience ticket and includes a free Doctor Who gift.

Book now to see this incredible interactive experience. The offer is valid until 31 January 2012 The Doctor Who Experience, Olympia Two, London, W14

TO BOOK: Visit www.doctorwhoexperience.com and enter code ES12, or call 0844 209 7354, quoting ES12. Terms & Conditions Offer is 20% off advance bookings. Subject to availability. Not valid in conjunction with any other promotion or offer. Offer valid 7 Dec 2011 to 31 Jan 2012. Booking fees may apply.

'Whovian' Roundup for Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Todays Jigsaw...
80 Resurrection of the Daleks by jlfletch
Previous Posts...

• BANDRIL & TOMTIT Issue 1
• On this Day Wednesday, December 07, 2011
• The Daily Dalek - Day 112: The Dalek Carol Singers
• Doctor Who Adventures Bumper Christmas Issue
• The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe 2 Clips
• BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Day Seven - An Interview with Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Paul Bazely.

Miscellanious News

• The Doctor Who News Page - Regional Roundup
  Two full-sized Daleks will appear at the Toy and Hobby Fair at the Steyning Centre, Fletcher’s Croft, Steyning, on the 10th December. Visitors will be able to come face to face with the props at the fete, which is open between 10:30am-2:00pm. [Shoreham Herald, 5 Dec 2011]...
• Single Father To Have North American TV Debut
  David Tennant's four-part drama Single Father will have its debut broadcast in North America via Toronto-based channel TVO. The series will run as part of the channel's January season and will air on Sunday nights at 10pm ET starting on 8th January 2012...
• Doctor Who Top On Amazon
  Doctor Who Series 6 will be released on December 19th and is currently standing at number 5 on Amazon’s Hot New Releases In Music and number 1 in Hot New Releases In Soundtracks & Musicals.
• Christmas Doctor Who role for Rhyl actor
  Spencer Wilding, 39, will be appearing in this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special - although the 6ft 7inch actor and stuntman remained tight-lipped on details of his role, for fear of giving out plot spoilers for what he described as "a real hum-dinger of an episode"....

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The Daily P.O.P. has Character Options works on Fifth Doctor era TARDIS. Based (loosely) on a metropolitan Police Box, the TARDIS has undergone several revisions over the years and Character Options has (to date) released three of these variants in toy form; pairing William Hartnell, Tom Baker and Sylvester McCoy with their own versions of the time/space machine(in addition to sets featuring David Tennant and Matt Smith for the new series). In each instance certain details have been altered but it these sets have, in my opinion, served more as celebrations of specific eras in the program’s history....

Dalekboy posted Classic Who – The Why of the Daleks. "At the time the Daleks appeared on screen, there was nothing even close to them from a visual perspective.  Apart from the fact that the series Doctor Who is totally unlike anything else around at the time from a conceptual stand point, it was also visually very different.  And nothing was more different to the norm than the Daleks...."
WhoTube....

BBC has BBC One Christmas 2011 - Drama, featuring Great Expectations, The Gruffalo's Child, Lost Christmas, The Borrowers, Doctor Who, EastEnders, Holby City, and Casualty,
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.


Radiosonic Workshop has Mini podcast. Partly to celebrate this, and partly because I had it knocking around and meant to post it some time, here's another mini-podcast. I couldn't work out how to paste this into the longer 'Writers and Influences' podcast, but it properly belongs there. It's a quick discussion of the Gothic novel, our Doctor Who, and the Gothic novel and Doctor Who in general.

The Whostorian has Episode 24 - Goodness me, there are five of me now! Follwing some interesting Motes of News, Shannon & Steve get right down to picking apart the 20th anniversary special; The Five Doctors.

The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 90: The Invasion of Time. Adam, Isabella and Alicia kick off this week's show, talking about eBay et cetera. Adam is then joined by Ben, Kirby, Rhys and Robert Haynes for the usual banter and review of The Invasion of Time.

The Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 112 – Cybermen, RTD and Moffatt style. The Cybermen, classic monsters who terrorised the Doctor during the run of the original series, returned for the new series rejuvenated, revitalised and reinvented for a modern audience. The DWP Campervan plays host to the metal meanies this episode with Trevor, Tom and James discussing the rebirth of the Cybermen in the new series of Doctor Who.

Mondas Podcast has Episode 35. Ian Todd and Danny Davies talk Christopher Eccleston.

The Big Finish Podcast has Podcast - December 002: December Sale, Letters and Competition - 07 December 2011. Executive producer Nick Briggs is over his jet lag and back in Blighty for the first UK-based December podcast, and with him are line producer David Richardson and unproven comedy genius Paul Spragg. They're joined for this week's collection of madness and mockery by the legend that is writer/actor John Dorney, and a very special extra guest... but can you tell who it is?
Tid-Bits...

The Void Noir has Silent Night. "Here's a fun picture I did last Sunday afternoon..."

Doctor Who News Page has Day Seven. The Minotaur has arrived to wish us Christmas cheer, and with his plastic Rudolf nose he makes quite the splendid reindeer!

RedBubble.com has A Very Dalek Christmas - Dark by NevermoreShirts. Our little Dalek friend seems to have put aside all of his hatred to pursue a new goal – for now.

Police Box Storage Co T-shirt at RipT
Review's Roundup...

Classical Gallifrey has Serial 20: The Myth-Makers. While “Mission to the Unknown,” the previous story, served as a quiet, fascinating denouement to Lambert’s time with the show, “The Myth Makers” is a ramping up for John Wiles, steering Doctor Who into the very strange and quirky territory it would remain in until the end of the Hartnell era.  While it is a “historical” for the most part, it gets away from that original concept in that it’s also intended to be a high comedy, in the vein of “The Romans” or “The Gunfighters”...

The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who Big Finish – Sympathy for the Devil. The Unbound series of Big Finish’ Doctor Who audio adventures is an impressive what if scenario that takes the legacy of the series in different directions with new actors playing the Doctor, such as David Collings, Derek Jacobi, Arabella Weir, Geoffrey Bayldon (once up for the part) and David Warner. It’s a great idea and opens the door to new interpretations of the classic series while giving fans the opportunity to hear new actors playing the Doctor....
Second Life News
The TARDIS Newsroom has its own place in Second Life, come and drop in for a virtual Doctor Who World of adventure at Paradox Island.
Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...

Doctor Who  The Doctor Who Experience unveiled its Alternative Christmas Grotto this weekend at Kensington's Olympia 2. Visitors are taken on a time travelling journey through the television series' spectacular Christmas specials. For more information visit www.doctorwhoexperience.com

ATSMPodcast Sample of @SilvaScreen Records release of @MurrayGold's #Series6 Score - http://t.co/jiV6bYP7

Fantom Films  New Guest Announcement: MARTIN CORT (The Keys of Marinus & The Seeds of Death) will be joining us for Monochrome Magic! One a single ticket left, see http://www.fantomfilms.co.uk/ for details.

BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Day Seven - An Interview with Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Paul Bazely.

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Whilst The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe was shooting, we managed to speak to three of its stars - Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Paul Bazely. Over the course of two days we talked to them about the Christmas Special, Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, what it feels like to be in Doctor Who and a whole lot more... We've gathered together snippets of our conversations and present them now as a single interview... Q: How does it feel to be in Doctor Who? Bill Bailey: It's fantastic. It's the equivalent of some sort of knighthood isn't it, really? Arabella Weir: Yes, it's very good fun and it's great to be in the Christmas Special! Paul Bazely: It's pretty wonderful! BB: But it's extraordinary the reaction to the news that I'm in Doctor Who... I just mentioned on my Twitter feed that I was going to be in the Christmas Special and the whole thing just lit up like a Christmas tree! People were going 'Ooh, ooh, what you gonna be? You gonna be an Ood?' No, no! 'What are you? Baddie? Goodie? What you gonna be?' But I couldn't say too much... I'm just worried I'm going to be tackled to the ground by some BBC spy team saying, 'No, don't tell them anything!' [laughs]

Q: How have you been enjoying the shoot? BB: It's been brilliant. AW: Yeah, it's great. PB: [nodding] Absolutely. Q: Are you long term fans of Doctor Who? BB: Oh, yeah! I've watched Doctor Who for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories of watching TV are watching Doctor Who. I have very clear memories of the classic 'behind the sofa' moments - Cybermen particularly, but the Sea Devils, as well and the Master. PB: I was lucky enough to meet Jon Pertwee [the Third Doctor] about 18 years ago. I was working with his daughter, Dariel Pertwee, up in Scarborough and I met him through her. He was one of the only people I've ever met that I was totally star struck by because he was the Doctor! My first Doctor! It was Jon Pertwee and he was charming and lovely! I think that's the effect Doctor Who has on you as a kid. I've met loads of famous people but he was someone special. AW: I met Tom Baker doing a voice-over when David [Arabella's friend, David Tennant] wasn't at all well known. We were doing this voice-over together and I said to Tom, 'Oh, my friend's a really, really big Doctor Who fan,' and he replied, 'Wait!' He got his cheque book out and asked, 'What his name?' I said 'David Tennant'. He wrote, 'To David Tennant, seventeen pounds forty five', signed it and I asked him what it meant. He said, 'He'll know...' Q: What are your characters like in the Special? AW: I don't think we're allowed to say that just yet! BB: We can't say that! It's a plot spoiler alert... Come on! Page 1! [laughs] We can't say much right now, but we play futuristic, forestry commission workers. We're like space gardeners... Q: Your costumes are incredible! PB: We were shooting all night the other evening and we were the jammy ones because everyone else was freezing but we were saying, 'I've got a wet suit on, I'm fine' but today [in the heat] we'll pay, I promise! BB: These costumes are fantastic! AW: They're amazing. BB: They've articulated joints and there is this kind of suit underneath. They are fantastic and they're beautifully made. PB: The guy who made ours also made the Judge Dredd costume for the last Judge Dredd film so I felt quite excited that I was a bit like Judge Dredd! BB: I did a rock festival in the summer and I had a mask of myself made by the same guy. He did a fantastic job with that and this [costume] is amazing. As you can see, there's a sort of a samurai thing going on... AW: The costumes conceal quite a lot. Bill's beard is much longer, but it's all inside! BB: Yep! It goes all the way down... all the way down to my knees! Q How long does it take to get in and out of the costumes? BB: Because it's all in sections, it takes about... AW: 20 minutes? BB: Yeah, 20 minutes or so to get into costume itself... PB: And once you've got them on you can't actually see your legs! BB: No, and it gets increasingly difficult to get a cup of tea up to your lips so you have to get someone to hold tea up to you! AW: It's good practise for having arthritis! BB: We have gauntlets which cover the forearm which are beautifully made... the whole effect is fantastic. We haven't got the helmets to show you, but the visors are fantastic. There's all manner of things going on [with the costumes. ] They're slightly 'insecty' and a bit agricultural... Q: Bill, are you bringing any of your musical talents to this Special, like Katherine Jenkins did last year? BB: Not at this stage, but we'll have to see! Q: And will you all be watching the episode when it goes out? AW: Oh yeah! For sure! PB: Yeah, on Christmas Day! BB: Yes, I'm sure we will be, yes. AW: Only the bits we're in, though, obviously! [laughs] No, of course! We would have watched it, anyway. BB: Definitely, oh yeah! Big thanks to Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir and Paul Bazely. The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe is on BBC ONE, 7pm on Christmas Day.

The Doctor The Widow and The Wardrobe 2 Clips

In the video below you can catch a couple of clips for The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe. The first is a humourous one featuring Droxil (Bill Bailey) and Ven-Garr (Paul Bazely) after they find Madge (Claire Skinner) in the forest. The second is an extended version of the scene where Lily (Holly Earl) asks the Doctor why he has a phone box in his room.

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Doctor Who Adventures Bumper Christmas Issue

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Issue 248, out 15 December, is a Monster Christmas Bumper Pack containing a free calendar, Doctor mask, stickers, gift tags, a Weeping Angel for the top of the tree and a Christmas card from the Doctor, plus a preview of the Christmas special and lots of other festive goodies.

It’s a special giant-sized package, priced £2.99, and will be on sale for two weeks instead of the usual one.

The Daily Dalek - Day 112: The Dalek Carol Singers

On this Day Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Today in the 'Whoniverse'

Behind the scenes
1947 - Wendy Padbury was born.
1963 - "The Forest of Fear" Episode 3 of DW: An Unearthly Child was first broadcast.
1968 - DW: The Invasion Episode 6 was first broadcast.
1987 - Part 3 of DW: Dragonfire was first broadcast.
1988 - Part 3 of DW: Silver Nemesis was first broadcast.
1999 - Episode 1 DW: Doctor Who and the Silurians]] was repeated on BBC2.
2007 - DW: Smith and Jones was repeated on BBC3.

Today in History

Historical Events
43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated.
1732 - The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
1783 - Theatre Royal opens in Covent Garden, London
1868 - Jesse James gang robs bank in Gallatin Missouri, kills 1
1916 - British govt of David Lloyd George forms
1972 - Apollo 17 (US), final manned lunar landing mission, launched
1992 - Galileo spacecraft passes North Pole of Moon (Peary Crater)
1995 - US space probe Galileo begins orbiting Jupiter

Famous Birthdays
1542 - Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) (pictured)
1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)
1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum

Famous Deaths
1817 - William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63

BANDRIL & TOMTIT Issue 1

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The first issues of BANDRIL and TOMTIT are now available to pre-order! Both BANDRIL & TOMTIT Doctor Who Fanzines will be released at the same time and will ship together from the 10th of December 2011. You can pre-order your copies now just in time for the holiday season

BANDRIL Issue 1 (28 A4 Colour pages) features a brand new exclusive comic strip "Top of the Ponds" written and illustrated by David Carey, a review of Torchwood: Miracle Day, a review of Series 6 of Doctor Who, a "true-life" story called Looking for a chicken dinner, The Keys of Marinus comic strip by Paul Hanley, A look at the story of Regeneration, Love at first sight and Do you remember the first time? and all your latest communication in our Letterbox and much much less...

TOMTIT Issue 1 (24 A4 Colour pages) has an exclusive Ben Chatham story written by the legendary Sparacus called The Ghosts of Peversham Station, "All your planet are belong to us" is a story presented in the classic Doctor Who Annual format by Paul Hanley, an interview of UFO investigator Nick Pope by Richard Thomas, Are the right episode lost? looking at the still missing 108 episodes of classic Doctor Who, A Love Letter to Character Options, TARDIS TV and much much less... Both Issues will ship with a mystery FREE gift. Clich here to pre order

'Whovian' Roundup for Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Editor's bit...
(Dave Lewis 'The Mad Man with a Blue Blog')

Todays picture is Doctor and Davros Comic Art by westleyjsmith.

Todays Jigsaw...
48 Dr. Who Classics III 4 by Charlie Kirchoff
Previous Posts...

• On this Day Tuesday, December 06, 2011
• Doctor Who Adventures Issue 247
• Doctor Who costumes up for auction
• BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Day 6 - The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.

Whovian News....

BBC Doctor Who has Our Guide to the Christmas Special. Everything you need to know about the Doctor's next, awesome adventure. This year's Christmas Special is called The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe and premieres on BBC ONE on Christmas Day at 7pm. ...

guardian.co.uk has Don't mock – a Doctor Who movie could be awesome. Doctor Who celebrated its 48th anniversary recently, but news that the august time-travel serial may make the transition to Hollywood was met with dismay, indifference and mockery by followers, the uninterested and aficionados alike. As one Guardian commenter snickered: "Justin Timberlake to do the voice of K9?"...

Miscellanious News

• David Tennant News - David at the Beer And Cake Club
  David Tennant was the surprise guest at Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell's live show, the Beer And Cake Club earlier this evening. David joined Christian and Breakfast Show regulars Maggie Doyle, Richie and Bails in front of a 400-strong audience at London's Leicester Square Theatre for an evening of jokes and music. Also on the bill was Carol Decker, performing with her band T'Pau...

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Dave Wrote This has The Face(s) Of Evil. "I've mentioned Big Finish on here before. They are a company for whom I have a lot of affection. I've included several of their efforts when writing These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things and failed to interest them with a proposal for a script and a short story that I wrote. So when they requested that people send in photographs of screaming faces for the cover of a sequel to a Doctor Who spinoff called Graceless, I duly obliged. I recently discovered that my fizzog is one of those pictured...

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

Doctor Who - Who's He? has Show 39 - Don't dig there, dig it elsewhere. After two weeks of audio commentary, Phil & Paul return to reviewing duties with a look back at The Hungry Earth. However, neither of them can work up much enthusiasm for this story as not a lot really happens apart from some gaping holes in logic. So the result is an underwhelming and rather dull podcast. Sorry folks. But during this weeks news items, Phil makes his own entertainment by convincing Paul that he's always wanted to keep fish in a Doctor Who themed aquarium. We also have to apologise for the sound quality in the news section as Phil had his microphone on the wrong setting. The berk.

The Happiness Patrol has Episode 77: Cheese On Toast. Today on The Happiness Patrol we talk about Cheese On Toast...uh, no...Black Orchid. Lela S continues her CLASSIC WHO education with the 5th Doctor Peter Davison's fun little two parter in which Adric eats.

Doctor Whocast has Vengeance on Varos. Welcome back to another installation of Doctor Whocast! We take a step backwards this week and go back to the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, in the arc entitled “Vengeance on Varos.” Bobby, BJ and Nancy reveal their thoughts about the good doctor, in our pursuit to get to know The Magnificent Eleven a little better. There’s only three left until our big Christmas episode, so as always, sit back, relax and enjoy the only podcast that also travels in time!

Traveling the Vortex has Episode 49 – The Midnight Special. A little less heated this weeks as we discuss the very first appearance of River Song in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead. Then on to the companion lite story, Midnight, followed by a Doctor lite one, Turn Left. Also a Chicago TARDIS report (x2) from Dr. Phil, and of course, your feedback.

Tid-Bits...

RedBubble.com has Doctor Who The Silence Christmas Card by ixrid.

eBay items of interest...

Doctor Dr Who Prop Costume Bok Head 

£0.99 (1 Bid) End date: Monday Dec-12-2011 20:02:36 GMT Bid now  |  Add to watch list

Review's Roundup...

Doc Oho Reviews has Survival of the Fittest written by Jonathan Clements and directed by John Ainsworth. The hive of the Vrill bears the scars of a terrifying cataclysm. Only a handful remain alive, hatched after the holocaust of the mysterious Winterlack. The Vrill seek a new Authority. They find the Doctor, a two-legged creature who can lead them to survival. He must solve the mystery of the Carrion beast that haunts the lower chambers. He must face the Winterlack that still stalk the mountains. And he must find a path that does not lead to extinction…

The Edwardian Adventurer has Doctor Who Story Number 44 – The Dominators. Time has not been kind to The Dominators.  The costumes of the Dulcians are rather ridiculous.  The costumes of The Dominators seem a bit impractical for a warrior race, even if they rely upon The Quarks to do the majority of the fighting.  The Quarks themselves seem a bit impractical and unstable, even though I do like the look of the headpieces.  And while the beginning of the story had me a bit concerned and apprehensive, in the end I found myself enjoying the The Dominators more with each passing episode....

Second Life News

The TARDIS Newsroom has its own place in Second Life, come and drop in for a virtual Doctor Who World of adventure at Paradox Island.

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

Fantom Films  New Guest Announcement: DEAN HOLLINGSWORTH (Android in Timelash and the Bus Conductor in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy) will be joining us for Carnival of Monsters! See http://www.fantomfilms.co.uk for details.

Torchwood4Fans Competition time: win the Complete Torchwood Collection on DVD! http://t.co/o3EKKlZt

BBC Doctor Who Adventure Calendar Day 6 - The Prequel to The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe.

The jaw-dropper of a Prequel to the Christmas Special, written by Steven Moffat and starring Matt Smith.

Doctor Who costumes up for auction

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The chance to dress like a Time Lord is up for auction this month as a collection of Doctor Who costumes worth an estimated £17,400 goes under the hammer.

The most valuable piece in the 36-item collection is a wedding guest outfit sported by the current Doctor Who, Matt Smith, in 2010 episode The Big Bang, comprising a black jacket, black trousers, white shirt, cream coloured silk scarf, top hat and Smith's signature bow tie.

Those hoping to channel the unique style that GQ's most stylish man of the year 2011 has brought to the role can expect to pay between £1,200 and £1,800 for the privilege. Another highlight is a three-piece suit worn by David Tennant which is expected to fetch between £1,000 and £1,500.

The brown tweed suit featured in 2007 episodes Human Nature and The Family Of Blood, when the Doctor was hiding under the persona of the Teacher John Smith. It includes a jacket, waistcoat, trousers, white shirt, brown bow-tie with circular motif, black teacher's cape, mortarboard and a pair of black leather boots.

A doublet and hose outfit worn by Lucian Msamati as Guido in The Vampires Of Venice, 2010, is expected to sell for up to £700.

The outfits have been put up for sale by Angels The Costumiers, a supplier of costumes to the film, theatre and television industries.

Angels chairman Tim Angel said: "Doctor Who is a perennial TV favourite, and the Angels team always looks forward to working on the show because of the extraordinary diversity of costumes that are required to bring to life the Time Lord's journeys." The items will go on sale in the Entertainment Memorabilia auction on December 15 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London.