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Sylvester McCoy Talks The Hobbit & Doctor Who's 50th
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 2:36pm
Doctor Who number seven Sylvester McCoy goes on walkabout at the SFX Weekender and speaks about the Hobbit and Doctor Who's 50th anniversary
Categories: Doctor Who
Exclusive First Look: Pertwee and Troughton - Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 1:15pm
Production team members share their memories of working with actors Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, who played The Doctor in the 1960s and 1970s. See more of this in the Revisitations 3 boxset, coming soon!
Categories: Doctor Who
Whovian Extras for Saturday, February 04, 2012
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 11:20am
Editor's bit...
(Dave Lewis 'The Mad Man with a Blue Blog')
Todays picture is Remembrance by Bug-Eye.
Todays Jigsaw...
140 DeviantID by Marc137
Whovian News....
BBC America - Anglophenia has A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Sergeant Benton and Mike Yates. At the start of the Third Doctor’s tenure in the TARDIS, there was a distinct plan to move the show out of the realms of the entirely fantastical, and to give it a basis in what was then modern day fact. To this end, the idea was cooked up that the Time Lords would exile the Doctor from the universe at large, confining him to Earth in the early years of the 1970s, and giving him a job, as scientific advisor to the newly-formed UNIT. This solved quite a few production problems, not least the one of having to find a new alien landscape for every new script, but it did raise one significant issue. If the Doctor doesn’t travel any more, and he isn’t walking around explaining foreign worlds to his star-struck companions – or to be strictly accurate for the Third Doctor era, companion singular – how do we flesh out the human stories behind the action? There are no strangers to meet, no alien cultures to explore.....
DWAS has Galaxy Quick Reads - New Giveaway! Galaxy Quick Reads is a charity set up to encourage people to 'fall in love with reading'. The scheme makes short adult and children's books available at a competitive price. As part of this BBC Books has just released 'Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels' by Jacqueline Rayner. In this book the Doctor Amy and Rory on a visit to London discover that a number of young girls are going missing, and the disappearances are somehow connected to 'Sammy Star's Amazing Magic Act'.... And you can probably guess just what is behind it all. The book is available now, but if you would like to win a copy, courtesy of BBC Books just drop us an email with the answer to this, very easy question: In which Doctor Who TV story did the weeping angels first appear? The email address for your answers is twitter@dwasonline.co.uk. Closing date is next Wednesday 8th February 2012 at 7pm.
Miscellanious News
- Blogtor Who - Moffat teases Series 7
"The Doctor is going to meet someone very new
in the very last place he could ever have expected....he's about to say hello to someone very different - the Doctor is going to meet someone very new in the very last place he could ever have expected..."
WhoTube....
- Doctor Who - Series 2 - 3. School Reunion
A London school is haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night. When the Doctor investigates he finds an old friend, Sarah Jane Smith, already working undercover. As they confront their past, Rose discovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord's companion. (R) - Doctor Who - Series 2 - 4. The Girl in the Fireplace
Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers. Her only hope of salvation lies with the man who has haunted her dreams since childhood - a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor. (R)
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
Gallifreyan Embassy has We Review the Latest and Final Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures in Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi 20. Less than a year ago we lost Elisabeth Sladen. At that time, only six of the twelve episodes for the fifth series of The Sarah Jane Adventures were shot. Fortunately, we got to see those six episodes starting last October on the CBBC. In this latest episode of Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi we review this abbreviated and final series. Join Dave, Graeme, and myself as we bid farewall to the series.
Tid-Bits...
DWAS has Next issue: Celestial Toyroom 404 is at the printers. Contents include:
- Fiftieth Anniversary Plans..?
- Review - Invasion of the Dinosaurs
- The Fan View - Doctor Who The Brand....
- The Matrix Lava Lamp - The Time Warrior
- The Matrix Lava Lamp - School Reunion
- Review - School Reunion
- Monstrous Motives - Field Major Styre
- Pull To Open
The Doctor Who Site has Doctor Who Kitt-O Paper Construction Figures. Kitt-O! is brand new construction idea launching in 2012 with some of the hottest and most popular licenses including Doctor Who, Star Wars, Little Big Planet and the Triclops range, featured on this page. With a parent friendly price of £2, great licenses and creative element, Kitt-O is set to be a huge success in 2012. They come flat in foil packs and you pop out the pieces and construct the character from completely flat to a standing figure.They are approximately 14cm when built and at present the release date is around July. The fist releases should include a Cyberman, Silurian Restac, Vashta Nerada, Silurian, Sontarana and Weeping Angel.
RedBubble.com has how he did it by jammywho21. One theory on how Sherlock cheated death.
eBay items of interest...
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Tea with Morbius has Why I hate Pyramids of Mars. (It) is hailed by many fans as one of the greatest stories of the series. I dissent totally from this conclusion and would argue that it is the most overrated Doctor Who stories ever and illustrates some of the failings of the Hinchliffe era. There are of course many far worse Doctor Who stories, but this one is particularly obnoxious by virtue of the praise that is lavished upon it....
Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...
BlogtorWho Did you miss John Barrowman on yesterday's edition of The One Show? Watch it here http://t.co/D88gqvIh Did you miss Alex Kingston on The Graham Norton Show yesterday? Watch here here http://t.co/NGUY8T9zCategories: Doctor Who
Talking Who 26: The Sensorites, Susan Foreman and The Who Shop
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 7:09am
In this episode of Talking Who, the world's best Doctor Who live TV talk show hosted by Sean Harry and Elisar Cabrera, we review the DVD release of the William Hartnell story The Sensorites from Season 1; Annie Fairfoul gives her theories on the Doctor's grand-daughter Susan; Barry Aldridge introduces our theme of the week "Favourite Companions" by running down his Top 5 companions and Elisar meets Alexandra to find out more about the world famous The Who Shop.
Categories: Doctor Who
The Daily Dalek - Day 126: The Dalek With No Name
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 4:30am
From The Daily Dalek
A Fistful of Daleks
Categories: Doctor Who
On this day Saturday, February 04, 2012
TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 02/04/2012 - 4:00am
Today in the 'Whoniverse'
Behind the scenes
1967 - DW: The Underwater Menace, Episode 4, was first broadcast
1978 - DW: The Invasion of Time, Episode 1, was first broadcast.
1980 - David Whitaker, Doctor Who's first Script Editor, died.
Today in History
Historical Events
211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta.
1194 - Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000
1586 - Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, becomes governor of Neth
1936 - 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
1976 - 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
1998 - An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan kills more than 5,000.
Famous Birthdays
1903 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician
1910 - Alfred Mendelsohn, composer
1918 - Norman Wisdom, London England, comedian (Kraft Music Hall)
Famous Deaths
1503 - Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies
1983 - Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
Todays UK TV and Radio
Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Saturday 4th February 2012
Time: 15:30 to 17:00
The Christmas Invasion. Special Episode 1.
David Tennant stars as the cosmic hero in this 2005 special. Santa-shaped assassins and deadly Christmas trees herald the approach of a danger from the stars.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Penelope Wilton
Doctor Who
On: BBC 3
Date: Saturday 4th February 2012
Time: 19:00 to 19:45
Rise of the Cybermen. Series 28, episode 5.
The Tardis is trapped on a parallel Earth, where Rose discovers that her father is still alive. But sinister forces are at work and British society is being prepared for the Ultimate Upgrade. An old enemy of the Doctor's is about to be reborn in a new and terrible shape.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2006, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Shaun Dingwall, Roger Lloyd-Pack
Doctor Who Confidential
On: BBC 3
Date: Saturday 4th February 2012
Time: 19:45 to 20:00 (15 minutes long)
The Writers Tale. Series 2, episode 7.
Going behind the scenes of Doctor Who. Writer Russell T Davies unveils the secrets behind creating a 21st century Doctor Who, and Mark Gatiss explains his personal journey from the dawning to the delivery of The Idiot's Lantern.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, 2 Star)
Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Sunday 5th February 2012
Time: 07:40 to 09:00
The Christmas Invasion. Special Episode 1.
Santa-shaped assassins and deadly Christmas trees herald the approach of a danger from the stars.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Penelope Wilton
Categories: Doctor Who
The Latest and Final Series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is Reviewed in Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi 20
Art Trap Productions - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:40pm
Hitchhiker's Guide to British Sci-Fi - Episode 20
Running Time: 1:33:49
The latest and final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures (Series 5) reviewed ('Sky', 'The Curse of Clyde Langer', 'The Man Who Wasn't There'), plus news and more.
Hosted by Louis Trapani ~ @LouisTrapani , Dave Cooper ~ @daveac , and Graeme Sheridan ~ @The2ndDoctor
Categories: Art Trap Productions
Exclusive First Look: The Cybermen - Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:10pm
Production team members and actors from the classic era of Doctor Who share their memories of seeing the Cybermen, and the work that went into creating them. See more of this in the Revisitations 3 boxset, coming soon!
Categories: Doctor Who
Whovian Extras for Friday, February 03, 2012
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 1:01pm
Editor's bit...
(Dave Lewis 'The Mad Man with a Blue Blog')
Todays picture is The Doctor For President by Tom Fulep
Todays Jigsaw...
81 The New Doctor by lumpkin93
Whovian News....
Den of Geek has Eve Myles interview: future of Torchwood, Gwen Cooper, theatre and Zach Braff. The magnificent Eve Myles is back in the UK, following several months living in Los Angeles while Torchwood: Miracle Day was being filmed. And, what's more, she's treading the boards, starring in a new play with Zach Braff (who wrote it), by the name of All New People. Here, Eve tells us about the play, about working with Zach, and then chats about the future of Torchwood, and of Gwen Cooper...
Coming Soon from Forbidden Planet....
This extraordinary TARDIS Playset is based on the ever-popular sci-fi TV series Doctor Who.
It measures approximately 11" tall x 5 1/2" wide x 5 1/2-" long when closed, and includes an opening door and a bonus figurine of the Doctor's trusty cyberdog, K-9. The TARDIS' interior is truly amazing with its transparent time rotor that can be raised and lowered, and the detailed Master Control Console that features various authentic controls and readout displays. In a retro 1970s style, the TARDIS Playset is made of thick dollhouse-like cardboard, and scaled for a Bif Bang Pow! 8" Doctor Who figure (not included). Magnetic strips ensure that the playset walls snap closed when you're traveling through time and space.
In Doctor Who, the BBC's long-running, award-winning sci-fi television series, TARDIS stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space. It looks just like a wooden Police phone box from the 1950s on the outside, but is of infinite proportions on the inside. This incredible time machine is piloted by the Doctor, a mysterious Time Lord, and is able to transport him anywhere through time and space, disappearing in one place and reappearing somewhere new.
The Doctor's (and humanity's) best friend, K-9, is a robotic canine that was first introduced in the Doctor Who story arc "The Invisible Enemy." Since then, he's been an enduring (and endearing) companion over many years to several Doctors and has also appeared in two spinoff series.
This item is expected at their warehouse on 12 November 2012, order here.
Miscellanious News
- The Sun - Doctor Who star Alex Kingston is jaw-struck
She says: "I was jet lagged, working with comedians and I walked into a lamppost. "It was a comedy moment, but I was so embarrassed because I thought I'd be the butt of their jokes so I pretended I was fine. "Later that night I started to feel really woozy and I fell flat on my face. I bit through my lower lip and knocked out my front teeth. It was awful and I had to go straight to ER"... - Bexley Times - Dr Who star Louise Jameson’s Pulling Faces
As leather-clad Doctor Who assistant Leela, Louise Jameson may have been cast for her sex appeal, but as her current one-woman show Pulling Faces demonstrates she’s also a damn good actress....
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IGN TV has Casting the Next Doctor Who Companion. Following the announcement that Karen Gillan - aka Doctor Who assistant Amy Pond - will be leaving the show at the end of the next series, talk has inevitably turned to who should replace her. So ever the proactive site, we've come up with a list of 15 potential candidates, featuring TV actors, movie stars, Brits, a yank, a pop star, and even a couple of blokes to mix things up. As ever, let us know what you think in the comments section, and make sure you vote for your favourite in our poll at the end of the feature…
Podcasts and VBlogs...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
DWO TorchCast has Episode 17. This week Phil and Bob take a look at one of the best early episodes in the show, it's Episode 3: Ghost Machine. Also we've got a new game for you, the consequences of which we cannot be held responsible for.
Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 254: "Boldness" is in Doctor Who's DNA. Is Doctor Who too over-the-top these days? I'd argue that those asking for more conservative storytelling are looking for the wrong thing.
Tid-Bits...
RedBubble.com has WANTED: THE DOCTOR by thekremlin.
Doctor Who Crafts has Ood sculpture submitted by daftlynx.
eBay items of interest...
SCREEN USED TARDIS DOCTOR WHO PROP £0.99 (0 Bids)End date: Thursday Feb-09-2012 21:09:26 GMTOuter Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...
bbcdoctorwho Doctor Who music maestro @murraygold is busy at the dress rehearsal for the Symphonic Spectacular in MelbourneCyber_Matt: Dead Ringers Radio 4 - Doctor Who calls the ministry of defence: http://t.co/RsMhQKMd via @youtubeDoctor Who Murray Gold talks to The Australian about childhood fears and composing themes for Doctor Who... "like" this if you were also terrified of the Doctor Who theme as a child.Categories: Doctor Who
BBC Doctor Who - Cybermen! Sarah Jane! Clockwork Killers!
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:52pm
From BBC Doctor Who
On Friday, 3 February at 7.00pm on BBC Three, you can catch School Reunion, followed by The Girl in the Fireplace at 7.45pm. So that's a chance to enjoy Sarah Jane's return to the world of Doctor Who and the ingenious adventure written by Steven Moffat that featured Sophia Myles as Reinette.
And on Saturday, 4 February, also on BBC Three at 7.00pm, you can witness The Rise of the Cybermen! The first of a two-part adventure written by Tom MacRae, it saw the Doctor visit an alternative Earth and facing the rebirth of some of his oldest enemies...
If you miss any of the episodes, don't worry. Shortly after they've finished on BBC Three, each of the trio will be available on BBC iPlayer.
Categories: Doctor Who
Doctor Who Bobblehead: TARDIS (With Sound)
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:41pm
Doctor Who Bobblehead: TARDIS (With Sound)
With this extraordinary TARDIS Bobble Head based on the Classic Series, the entire TARDIS bobbles… and it includes the signature materialise and dematerialise sounds!
Measuring approximately 6 3/4" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 2 3/4-inches long, the one-of-a-kind bobble head also features a remarkable Doctor Who-themed base with a button to activate the sound.
Order from Forbidden Planet, this item is expected at their warehouse on 30 August 2012.
Categories: Doctor Who
The Happiness Patrol - Episode 81: The Eggs Of Rassilon
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 12:26pm
From The Happiness Patrol
The Happiness Patrol gets ready for Duck/Rabbit/Convention Season!
And some hungover talk about eggs...
All this silliness and more on this week's exciting addition of...
The Happiness Patrol Episode 81: The Eggs of Rassilon!
Categories: Doctor Who
Matt Smith Proposes to Girlfriend at Doctor Who Experience
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:40am
From Blogtor Who
Matt Smith last night proposed to his long-standing girlfriend at the Doctor Who Experience in London. The marriage offer, which Matt had been planning for weeks (with some help from BBC Worldwide), came as a complete surprise to his girlfriend who was under the impression she was visiting the capital for a shopping trip.
Matt, 22, from Rochford, Essex coincidentally shares the same name with the star of the globally successful BBC TV series and even chose to dress in a tweed jacket and bow tie for the occasion, the standard uniform of the Eleventh Timelord. He stunned his wife-to-be, Stacie-Anne Dilkes, by pretending to be an exhibit in a section of the Experience which hosts original props, costumes and monsters from almost 50 years of the programme – before bending down on one knee and asking for her hand in marriage. And happily, she said YES!
Read the full article here
Categories: Doctor Who
Review: The Krotons (or ‘A Story Where The Worst Thing About It Is It’s Only Saving Grace’)
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:36am
From stuartreviewsstuff
When you ask the average ‘classic’ Dr Who fan who the best writer in the show’s history is, there’s a good chance the response will be Robert Holmes. He was the script editor during the highs of the Tom Baker era, the writer of stories like Ark in Space, Talons of Weng Chiang and the Caves of Androzani and the man who invested such popular enemies as the Sontarans and the Autons.
The prevailing wisdom is that the man is a genius who could do no wrong.
And yet the first two stories to come from his pen – The Krotons and the Space Pirates – are not held in high regard. It’s like people don’t want to attribute them to Holmes.
From this angle, the Kroton costume looks very impressive in my opinionWe’re still couple of stories away from the Space Pirates, but today’s review will deal with The Krotons.
It’s an odd story. It’s not that people think it’s *bad*, but rather it’s just that people can’t seem to take it seriously.
But why? It’s a story written by the great Bob Holmes and guest starring Philip Madoc in his first appearance for the show.
What’s the problem?......
Read the full review here
Categories: Doctor Who
Review: That Jackanape (The Keeper of Traken)
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:29am
From the TARDIS Eruditorum
His coat contains a furnace where there used to be a guy.
It’s January 31st, 1981. John Lennon is down to two top ten singles - “Imagine” at number one, and “Woman” at number two. “Woman” takes the number one a week later, holds it for two weeks, and then yields to Joe Dolce Music Theater’s “Shaddap You Face.” John Lennon’s posthumous chart success going down to “Shaddap You Face” has to, upon reflection, be one of the better metaphors for the fall of civilization ever. Ultravox, Slade, Dire Straits, Blondie, and Stevie Wonder also chart.
In real news we’re a bit thin on the ground. Gro Harlem Brundtland becomes Prime Minister of Norway, while Wojciech Jaruzelski becomes Prime Minister of Poland and immediately begins trying to find an excuse to impose martial law. And the Stardust Fire happens in Dublin, killing 48 and teaching everyone an important lesson about not locking the fire exits that continues to periodically and fatally be ignored. On a related note, 21 people die in the Karaiskakis Stadium disaster in Greece, likely because of a failure to open an exit gate enough.
While on television it’s The Keeper of Traken, a story that threatens to be overshadowed by its continuity significance. This story also marks a personal milestone for the blog - from this story on I have seen every episode of the series at least once, although sometimes only that and nearly 20 years ago. These two facts are not entirely unrelated. For the archive-centered Doctor Who fan the primary appeal of The Keeper of Traken, superficially, is a triple-header of events: the introduction of Nyssa, the introduction of the Anthony Ainley version of the Master, and the beginning of the loose trilogy of stories covering the Doctor’s regeneration.
Every single part of this is horrifically misguided. One of the more tedious debates available in fandom is whether or not Nyssa counts as a companion in this story. It’s tedious because it’s a classic pitched battle not merely over no stakes whatsoever but over a technicality of an invented concept. There is no doubt that Nyssa is a companion, there is no doubt that she debuts in this story, but because she doesn’t join the TARDIS crew this story and is instead brought back in the next story there’s a debate over whether or not she’s a companion in this story. Personally I advocate the far more entertaining fandom debate - if we take Asylum seriously and assume that the Doctor knows Nyssa is a companion from the start, does the Doctor’s not taking Nyssa with him at the end of this story constitute a deliberate attempt to alter history?
Read the full review here
Categories: Doctor Who
The Many Deaths of Jo Grant written by Cavan Scott & Mark Wright and directed by Lisa Bowerman
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:22am
From Doc Oho Reviews
What’s it about:"I wasn’t going to let this happen. After all we’d been through, the Doctor wasn’t going to die like this, on his knees, in the mud." When Jo Grant was very young, her grandmother told her that there was a time for everything. A time to laugh and a time to cry. A time to live and a time to die. Since meeting the Doctor, Jo has laughed till she thought she might burst. She has also shed a few tears along the way, but has lived more than she ever thought possible. But now, as a strange spaceship materialises over UNIT HQ and a heavily injured Doctor returns to Earth, it is Jo's time to die. Again, and again, and again…
Dippy Agent: You know I wonder if I haven’t misunderstood Jo Grant all these years. She was never one of my favourites growing up because I always found her a bit useless and constantly under the protection of the Doctor’s flapping coat. But my last couple of marathons (I finished watching the Pertwee era about four weeks ago) have revealed a very different character then the one I remember with a very charismatic performance from Katy Manning and some genuine development from an awkward rookie in her first year to a confident and capable young woman in her last. Her re-appearance in the Sarah Jane Adventures was a joy and Jo’s characterisation in gems such as Find and Replace reveals that there is much more to say about the character than was on screen at the time. Interviewing Katy Manning reveals a real passion for that period of her life and a sense of gratitude to have been able to work with such fine actors and production staff so early in her career. I think the fact that she preceded by Sarah Jane doesn’t do Jo any favours at all because Elisabeth Sladen’s lands on her feet and is a much stronger performer but for these three years that Jo was around the show saw a consistent, comfortable atmosphere the likes of which we would never see again (all other companions that have lasted three seasons or more have seen a change in Doctor at some point – Sarah, Tegan, Peri). Yes, I think there is a lot more to Jo than I ever gave the character credit for and Big Finish seem determined to prove that.
Jo refuses to believe that the Doctor would abandon them because the Earth is his home these days but the Brigadier knows that that isn’t true. Something that has always been a memorable characteristic of Jo’s is her willingness to sacrifice herself so that the Doctor can live and Scott & Wright have cleverly woven that into a narrative over and over to prove that it is almost a suicide complex! You get the sense that Jo genuinely loves this man and couldn’t bear the thought of losing him or going on living without having done everything in her power to save him. She realises that even when she has the choice to get away that she cannot just leave him to suffer on his own. After everything they have been through together Jo refuses to let the Doctor die on his own, bleeding in mud. There’s a lovely moment when Jo blinks away tears at the thought of the Doctor sacrificing his life to save a whole planet and she has so much to say and thinks that so much has gone unsaid between them. It makes you realise that this is no ordinary friendship, that this girl that tripped into his laboratory had become not just a good friend of the Doctor’s but there was something much deeper than that going on. Jo is disgusted when she realises that her mind has been mucked about with to discover her most intimate thoughts. Jo knows the Doctor is so strong and so inhuman but that would never stop her throwing herself in front of an alien weapon for him. She wonders what her life would be like if the Doctor ever chose to leave the Earth and she her life went on without him.
Reverse the Polarity: The Doctor has been forgiven by the Time Lords and cannot wait to take the TARDIS on a test ride as soon as possible. Whilst he is undoubtedly a gentleman he’s the only the Doctor who could get away with something as blatantly sexist as writing a note to Jo that says ‘be a dear and put the kettle on!’ Who else but protective Pertwee could be found struggling from the TARDIS filthy and bloody clutching an alien in his arms that he has saved from a dictatorship. Its almost the perfect representation of the Terrance Dicks script edited Pertwee era to think of the third Doctor working desperately to stop a planet from destruction encapsulated in his fiddling in some wires in the sonic screwdriver! Jo describes her hands a brushing against ‘comforting, familiar maroon velvet’ and you get the sense that she always considers herself safe as the Doctor holds her close. Like his appalled reaction to the Miniscope in Carnival of Monsters, Jo can see the disgust on his face when talking about mindscapes. The Doctor believes (probably rightly so) that the way with bullies is that all it takes is for one victim to make a stand for them to crumble.
Read the full review here
Categories: Doctor Who
The Morbius Build Diary Part VI: The LATEXING of Morbius!
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 7:19am
From honorarydoctor
So onward to part VI of the build. After letting the last round of Latex dry overnight we were ready for... more latexing! But on top of that we needed to finally finish up the claw, attach the legs and do a few other bits of fine tuning.
Part VII of the build continues with a little fur, a little brains and the PAINTING of Morbius!
Read the full article here
Categories: Doctor Who
Frederick Treves 1925 - 2012
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 6:57am
From The Doctor Who News Page
The actor Frederick Treves has died at the age of 86.Frederick Treves appeared in four episodes of Doctor Who, playing Lieutenant Brotadac in the 1980 Tom Baker story Meglos. Brotadac was second in command to Gaztak mercenary General Grugger, played by Bill Fraser.
Born in 1925, Treves served in the Merchant Navy in World War II where he was caught up in the Operation Pedestal Convoy to Malta. When his ship was sunk in 1942 he helped save several of his shipmates, actions which saw him receive the British Empire Medal and the Lloyd's War Medal.
After the war he trained at RADA before embarking on a career which saw him appear in some of the best-loved dramas in British television. His 100-plus television credits included roles in The Cazalets, The Jewel in the Crown, A Dance to the Music of Time, The Politician's Wife, To Play the King, Lipstick on Your Collar, Bomber Harris, Yes, Prime Minister, Bergerac, Midsomer Murders, Follyfoot, Miss Marple, Minder, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Doomwatch and The Railway Children.
His films included: Paper Mask, Defence of the Realm, Sunshine, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Afraid of the Dark, A Flame to the Phoenix, Nighthawks, The Elephant Man and Sweeney 2.
His last screen appearance was as Professor Mullins in a 2003 edition of Rosemary & Thyme.
Categories: Doctor Who
The Daily Dalek - Day 125: Daleks atop a Skyscraper
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 2:30am
Categories: Doctor Who
On this day Friday, February 03, 2012
TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 2:00am
Today's Releases
Action Figure Collectors Set: Remembrance Of The Daleks
The TARDIS arrives in London in November 1963, where the Seventh Doctor and Ace discover that two rival factions of Daleks - one loyal to the Dalek Emperor and one to the Dalek Supreme - are seeking the Hand of Omega, a powerful Time Lord device that the first Doctor hid there during an earlier sojourn on Earth. The Daleks are focusing their search around Coal Hill School - the school that the Doctor's grand-daughter Susan attended - while a human military unit led by Group Captain Gilmore is attempting to resist their incursions. The Imperial Daleks eventually capture the device. The Dalek Emperor is revealed to be Davros, now with only the last vestiges of his humanoid form remaining. The Doctor begs him not to use the Hand but is ignored. However, this is just the final ruse in a complex trap laid by the Doctor. The Hand of Omega utterly destroys the Dalek home planet, Skaro, and then returns to destroy their forces orbiting Earth.
Today in the 'Whoniverse'
Behind the scenes
1968 - Episode 1 of DW: The Web of Fear was first broadcast.
1973 - Episode 2 of DW: Carnival of Monsters was first broadcast.
1979 - Part 3 of DW: The Armageddon Factor was first broadcast.
1984 - Part 4 of DW: Frontios was first broadcast.
Today in History
Historical Events
1965 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1966 - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
Famous Birthdays
1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
Famous Deaths
474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
1959 - Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
1959 - Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
2006 - Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)
Todays UK TV and Radio
Doctor Who
On: Watch
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 11:40 to 12:40
42. Series 29, episode 7.
As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have 42 minutes to save the day.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Carry on Sergeant
On: Channel 4
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 13:35 to 15:10
The first of the Carry On movies was inspired by RF Delderfield's novel The Bull Boys. William Hartnell plays Sergeant Grimshawe, the retiring army training sergeant faced with possibly the worst group of national service recruits ever to have been called up, including Charlie Sage, Horace Strong, Peter Golightly and James Bailey.
(Black and White, Widescreen, Subtitles, 1958, PG, 3 Star)
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: William Hartnell, Shirley Eaton, Eric Barker, Dora Bryan, Bill Owen, Charles Hawtrey
Doctor Who
On: Watch (109)
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 16:40 to 17:40
42. Series 29, episode 7.
As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have 42 minutes to save the day.
(Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Freema Agyeman
Doctor Who
On: BBC 3
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 19:00 to 19:45
School Reunion. Series 28, episode 3.
A London school is haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night. When the Doctor investigates, he finds an old friend, Sarah Jane Smith, already working undercover. Both must settle old scores, and Rose discovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord's companion.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Elisabeth Sladen, Anthony Head, Noel Clarke
Doctor Who
On: BBC 3
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 19:45 to 20:30
The Girl in the Fireplace. Series 28, episode 4.
Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers. Her only hope of salvation lies with the man who has haunted her dreams since childhood - a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor.
(Stereo, Repeat, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 5 Star)
Starring: David Tennant, Billie Piper, Sophia Myles, Ben Turner, Noel Clarke
The Graham Norton Show
On: BBC 1
Date: Friday 3rd February 2012
Time: 22:35 to 23:20
The award-winning host continues his anarchic talk show. Expect the unexpected as top celebrity guests join in the fun with Graham and his irrepressible audience. Among the guests on Graham's sofa are Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon, who discusses her new film This Means War; comedian Reginald D Hunter; and Doctor Who and Upstairs Downstairs star, Alex Kingston. Plus there is music from indie band the Musgraves.
(Stereo, Widescreen, High Definition, Subtitles, 4 Star)
Categories: Doctor Who
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
