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The first informations about the Doctor Who Night, which will air in May on the occasion of the arrival of season 6 on France 4, have been released.
To begin, here are the episodes to be aired during this special night:
- First four episodes of season six ("The Impossible Astronaut", "Day Of The Moon", "The Curse of The Black Spot", "The Doctor's Wife") in VM
- First episode of the new series ("Rose")
- "Genesis of The Daleks" (classic series), in 6 parts and VF
- "The Edge of Destruction" in VOSTF with William Hartnell (1st Doctor)
- "City of Death" (the fourth Doctor story that takes place in Paris) in VOSTF
Between the episodes will air reports on the series, written by Alain Carrazé and Romain Nigita. Here are the topics:
- The Doctor Who phenomenon
- The origins of Doctor Who
- The 11 Doctors of Doctor Who
- The Companions of Doctor Who
- The future of Doctor Who
There will also be interviews with Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, KarenGillan, Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, John Barrowman, Freema Agyeman, Derek Jacobi ...but also with fans and specialists like François Descraques or Davy Mourier. A visit to the Doctor Who Experience in London (closed since February but will happen this summer in Cardiff) will also be included.
The Doctor Who Night, produced by 8 Art Media and filmed partly at the Palais de la Découverte (Paris), will be presented by Louise Ekland. The release date should be announced shortly.
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BBC Doctor Who has Happy Birthday, Russell. Many happy returns to Doctor Who's former Executive Producer and lead writer, Russell T Davies! Seen above with the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, during the shooting of Turn Left (which is repeated tonight on BBC Three!), Russell recently returned to Cardiff for Wizards Vs Aliens. The new show is being filmed for CBBC at Roath Lock and follows the adventures of two boys - a secret wizard and his scientist friend - as they attempt to thwart hostile aliens. Russell described his new series as 'a wild, funny, thrilling and sometimes scary collision of magic and science fiction.' Given that Russell has previously been behind triumphs including Torchwood and the resurrection of Doctor Who in 2005, we can't wait to see it and know it's going to be brilliant!
Den of Geek has What fandom did for Doctor Who. Andrew looks at the role fans played in bringing Doctor Who back after its cancellation in 1989, and talks to one of those responsible for its revival... "It is said that the cancellation of Doctor Who in 1989 was marked by earthquakes, bad dreams, the closing of quarries, and, shortly afterwards, the issuing of several contracts by Virgin Publishing. However, the only people this is said by are Doctor Who fans, and there are several possible theories to explain this...."
BBC America - Anglophenia has Rogues Gallery: The Zygons. Sometimes the fact that Doctor Who is supposed to be a family-oriented TV show, designed to be watched on a Saturday evening around a picnic tea, blows the mind. Take the eponymous monsters in the Fourth Doctor’s Scottish romp Terror of the Zygons. They are a tiny band of disposessed aliens, one stray ship of a species that has come from a far-off and long-destroyed world, and they have crash-landed into Loch Ness in Scotland. Being aliens, the first thing they do is set about building a despotic cyborg, a monster that can eat oil rigs, but whose milk they need in order to survive....
Miscellanious News
- The Press Association - Dr Who becomes rhyme lord of poetry
Matt Smith is going from time lord to rhyme lord - by introducing poetry to a new generation....
The actor is to narrate a children's TV show designed to encourage the joys of literacy in youngsters. - Blogtor Who - Colin Baker in Get Your House in Order
The latest episode of the Channel Four series, Get Your House in Order (a home makeover show), featured a Doctor Who fan getting rid of their collection... - The Doctor Who News Page - Doctor Who's first Centenarian
The actress Zohra Sehgal today celebrates her 100th Birthday and becomes the first actor to appear on Doctor Who to reach the age of 100. She appeared alongside first Doctor William Hartnell in two stories. She played Sheyrah in the second episode of the 1965 story The Crusade. She also had a small role playing an attendant in three episodes of the 1964 story Marco Polo...
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
The Whostorian has Episode 35 - Continuing Our Ultimate Adventure. This week we talk about Melanie Bush, Producer Peter Bryant, The Ultimate Adventure stage play and we take a look at Black Orchid. In the Death Zone we find The Destroyer of Worlds Vs. The Krynoid.
DWO Whocast has Episode 240. Nightmare of Eden. Yup. That's about the size of it.
The Memory Cheats has Episode 7 - Planet of Evil ....a story made smack dab in the midst of Philip Hinchcliffe's horror-esque (and brilliant) run as producer of Doctor Who, is either known as the story featuring some of the best set design seen in the series, or the story that was broadcast before the legendary Pyramids of Mars. Or, perhaps, as the story that was reviewed after one of TMC's favourite stories ever…?
Tid-Bits...
Under Three Hundred (Jonathan Morris) has Black Or White. "My 2002 Doctor Who audio Flip-Flop is on sale today for £5 only....
Ade Salmon Art has Island of the Sirens .....was written by Keith Temple and was published in the Dr Who Storybook 2009. The Doctor and Donna are found floating in the Aegean in the Tardis by Jason and his Argonauts....
Hello, I'm Sexy has So Sexy.
BBC America - Anglophenia has Spotted in Scotland: Craig Ferguson… and a TARDIS?. This is a hoot-and-a-half.
RedBubble.com has Time Lord Regeneration by Iain Maynard.
Review's Roundup...
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery has Doctor Who 157: The Macra Terror Part 3. Though it's not yet a cliché, it will be - the Doctor and his companions spend their time in captivity during the third episode of a four-part story as a way to pad the story out. At least it's not a matter of escaping only to be captured again by episode's end....
TARDIS Eruditorum has Does It Offend You? (The Twin Dilemma). Unlike The Caves of Androzani, The Twin Dilemma made it as the worst story for two polls running. On basic quality, this might not be quite fair. It's very bad, but as a matter of competent production and provision of a modicum of entertainment it's not demonstrably worse than many others. If you were to show someone a selection of this, Warriors of the Deep, The Horns of Nimon, Mark of the Rani, and The Monster of Peladon and ask them to pick the worst of them I don’t think you’d see this one picked in particular excess to the others....
Bigger On The Inside has All-Consuming Fire. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are hired by Pope Leo XIII to recover stolen books containing information about mystical beasts. Their investigation leads them to a mysterious man called the Doctor, assisted by two women, Ace and Bernice....
