Monday, 5 April 2010

The Raggedy Doctor


Well I never!

Audience research carried out by the BBC in 1972 found that the show was considered one of the most violent on television.

BBC bosses originally thought the programme was so expensive to make that it might not be able to go beyond four episodes. One, Donald Baverstock, wrote in 1963: "Such a costly serial is not one that I can afford."

Cardiff. The Doctor's production base. Doubles very nicely for contemporary London and an infinite number of alien planets.

Sinclair McKay, Mail on Sunday.

'Smith might turn out to be one of the best Time Lords of the lot'.

Benji Wilson, The Telegraph.

''It was ridiculous but it felt right: mad, alien, brand new but very old. A+ to the casting director. A+ to Smith.'

Matthew Bell, Observer.

'Matt Smith fights aliens. He wears tweed. He loves custard. He is the Doctor. And he might be more the Doctor than anyone who was the Doctor before.'

Dr Ooooh! How the Time Lord's saucy, short-skirted new companion sent viewers into orbit

He's spent hundreds of years travelling the universe with rather tomboyish companions by his side.

But when Doctor Who returned to our TV screens on Saturday night, the Time Lord was joined by a new sidekick - a kissogram with an almost non-existent mini-skirt.

The revealing outfit prompted a flood of comments on online message boards, with a section of fans accusing producers of 'shamelessly sexing up' the long-running family show and labelling it 'slutty'.


Daily Mail
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1263583/Dr-Ooooh-How-Time-Lords-saucy-short-skirted-new-companion-sent-viewers-orbit.html

(Thanks to Lady L for link).

Fuelled by fish fingers and custard, this new Doctor needs to simmer down a bit.

Nancy Banks-Smith
The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/05/doctor-who-touch-of-frost

More Who from The Sun

Who's the baddie?
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2919125/Whos-the-baddie.html#mySunComments

New Dr Who pops into The Sun.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2917853/New-Dr-Who-Matt-Smith-visits-Sun-HQ-for-a-chat.html

Matt's Blake-ing an effort.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2919130/Matts-Blake-ing-an-effort.html

Loved-up Gillan


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Also, see...

Doc assistant’s spoof talent
HERE’S Doctor Who star Karen Gillan dressed up as I Kissed A Girl star Katy Perry
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Say what?

Amy: "Will that door hold it?"

The Doctor: "Oh yeah, it's an inter-dimensional, multi-form from outer space. They're all terrified of wood!"

Doctor Who Director Interview

We speak to Adam Smith, the man who called the shots on Matt Smith’s debut as the Doctor.

SFX
Click Here:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/04/02/doctor-who-director-interview/

SFX - Steven Moffat interview


Steven Moffat Interview, Part One:
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/03/29/steven-moffat-interview-part-one/

Steven Moffat Interview, Part Two:

Steven Moffat Interview Part Three:

Sunday, 4 April 2010

Patrick Moore


"Patrick Moore? I'll get you his number, but watch him, he's a devil!"

Say what?!

'Pandorica will open and silence will fall'

Doctor 11: "Bad, bad beans!"


Quick... someone please pass the Doctor fish fingers and custard!

I would rather have Jeff come inside my TARDIS...


... PLEASE Doctor, kick out GGG and invite computer boy instead!
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DOCTOR WHO 5.1 – "The Eleventh Hour"

Dan's Media Digest.
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The new theme and title sequence?..

A bit of a mess and uninspiring?

What say you?

Doctor Who series 5 episode 1: The Eleventh Hour review


The new era has begun: so with Matt Smith as the Doctor, and Steven Moffat in charge, how did series five opener The Eleventh Hour fare?


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So, 'Who' episode one - what did you think?

The following was posted on Digital spy:

A solid episode that seemed to be a greatest hits compilation of Stephen Moffat's and Russell T Davies' most successful Who conceits:

1. The monster that can only be seen by peripheral shadowy vision rather than straight forward sight ('blink' and 'forest of the dead')

2. a ward of hospital patients possessed and issuing the same phrase ('The Empty Child')

3. A female who's relationship with the doctor is blighted by 'bad' or 'out of order' timing ('Girl In The fireplace' and 'Forest of The Dead')

4. Modern forms of tele-conference to resolve global alien threats ('World War Three' and 'Journey's End')

5. Newly regenerated doctor gives rousing inaugural speech from on high to chastened alien race in smart space-ship ('The Christmas Invasion')

6. Series story arc kicked off with vague allusion to coming darkness given in overly grandiose language (Series Three, Series Four, Specials)

This is, in no way a criticism. I'm sure it's easier to take cheap shots than to write a professional episode of anything. This was a typical setting the stall out and that's fine, with much besides that was new and promising: Matt Smith: Karen Gilliatt; An almost 'Avenger's' sense of rural Britishness; the teeth of Prisoner Zero people; the fact that the absurd sequence of The Doctor refusing a series of ordinary foods to finally arrive at Fish-fingers dipped in custard both read and was shot like a children's picture-book, hence suggesting to the viewer that anyone who the child Amelia ever mentioned it to would instantly dis-believe her and believe the story of the 'raggedy doctor' simply an invention to detract from her late night fridge-raiding..... and next week looks more exciting, perhaps a more radical departure, but always still 'Who'.*


* Jerry (Cleethorpes, England).
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/tubetalk/a212286/so-who-episode-one-what-did-you-think.html

Ten teasers about 'Who' episode two

Episode one is now done and dusted, so we're turning our attention to ep two quicker than you can say "Silence is falling, Doctor".

Here are ten tiny teasers about the Moffat-penned second episode, 'The Beast Below':

1. It's set more than a millennium into the future, at a time when the Earth has been abandoned and the UK is a floating spaceship known as Starship Britain.

2. That apparently makes Amelia Amy... oooh, 1306 years old.

3. The Smilers are creatures that live in arcade machine boxes, similar to the Zoltar fortune teller from BIG. Except you should try to avoid interacting with these.

4. Amy is presented with three options, Matrix-style. She chooses the second, then the third.

5. "Protestors and citizens of limited ***** are *** ** *** *****."

6. There's an homage to Katy Brand's "f***ing Queen". But this one is merely "the bloody Queen".

7. Amy: "You look *****." The Doctor: "No, you look **** ****."

8. Amy wears her nightie throughout the episode - and it gets wet.

9. He may appear to be fun and kooky, but this Doctor can get angry. REALLY angry.

10. Episode two directly segues into episode three when The Doctor gets a call from an old pal.*

*Digital spy

New Doctor Who Matt Smith gets more than 8m viewers

BBC
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8602698.stm

Saturday, 3 April 2010

Only a few more HOURS to go!

Enjoy Series 5, episode 1 TOTTERS people! :-)

Doctor 11 - My First Line


"Can I have an apple?"

***BIG Spoilers*** from DWA Issue 161 (Available from 08 April 2010) THE ELEVENTH HOUR






*CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE*



Billie Piper would consider USA switch

Could we be in danger of losing national treasure Billie Piper? The former Doctor Who sidekick says she won't rule out a move to the US.

READ MORE: (Daily Mirror)

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/tv/tv-land/2010/04/02/bill-s-time-to-travel-115875-22156410/

New Doctor Who Matt Smith on finding love in Tesco - video


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I’ll be quite flirty and attracted to the Doctor


Karen 'GGG' Gillan talks to The Sun.
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Jonathan Creek - Paul McGann


UK viewers - watch Paul McGann in Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies & Sheridan Smith) on Easter Sunday on BBC1 at 8pm. Paul McGann plays Hugo Dore - The crime writer who hires Emily as the housekeeper's assistant.

Oooh-wee-oooh…


UK viewers - THE DAY HAS ARRIVED!
Oooh-wee-oooh… BBC1 6:20pm.
YES, YES, YES! The Doctor is back!
It's nearly time to meet Doctor 11 and Amy Pond :-)

New Doctor Who Matt Smith talks films, fans and David Tennant

He’s the most inexperienced Doctor yet, but Matt Smith is confident, even cocky.

The Times
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http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7081489.ece

11 LORDS A-LEAPING: Doctor Who A-Z

It started as a filler between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury – 47 years on, it’s the BBC’s best-loved show. As Dr Who returns, new boy Matt Smith talks about the pressure of the role, and we take you through time with our mind-bending quiz. But first Robert Colvile recites the Time Lord alphabet.

CLICK HERE:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7547294/11-LORDS-A-LEAPING-Doctor-Who-A-Z.html

Friday, 2 April 2010

Ashes To Ashes - Say what?

Gene Hunt to Ray Carling: if you don't change your clothes I will paint your balls the colour of hazlenuts and inform a bag of squirrels that winter is coming!

Meet the 11th Doctor: Matt Smith

BBC
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8580985.stm

Pssst...

Someone please have a word with Karen 'GGG' Gillan... Doctor Who returned in 2005 and not 2004!

Karen Gillan on GMTV



YOUTUBE LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbbrVhDgPZQ&feature=player_embedded

How many more sleeps?..


ONLY ONE!

16 movie and TV moments to make a grown geek blub

Den Of Geek

Most of us have a TV or movie moment that brings tears (of emotion, not laughter) to the eyes. A selection of Den Of Geek writers confess to theirs right here...

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DOCTOR WHO

Hm? Specifically? Well just at least once a series in my case, really. If there's one thing the series has become adept at since 2005, it's tugging at the audience's heartstrings. Russell T Davies generally got his onion-slicing pen out especially while writing the series finales, and there are many moments of considerable emotional weight in all of the finales thus far. Okay, so the Ninth Doctor sacrificing his life for the woman who showed him how to live again was triumphant and almost joyous, but what about one series later, when Rose Tyler arrives on Bad Wolf Beach? What about the death of the Doctor-Donna? What about Wilfred Mott's utter heartbreak at having inadvertently caused the Tenth Doctor's death, when all he's tried to do for the last two episodes is save him?

If there's a prime example of the show's newfound capacity to make grown geeks tear up, it's in John Simm's Master choosing death just to get one over on the Doctor. Dying in his arms, the Master spitefully tells him that he's won because the Doctor is now totally alone and miserable. Think back to the 1980s. Would you be tearing up every single time Anthony Ainley discarded a silly disguise and ended up setting himself alight or turning into a walking cheetah? No, because he'll be back in a few episodes' time without it ever being mentioned again! The Master's death has weight here, and Davies is a genius at this.

If you think there'll be some respite in the new series under the control of the mighty Moff, think back to series four's Forest Of The Dead, in which Donna's imaginary children tell her they don't think they exist when she's not around. You know, for kids! - Mark Harrison

Two words for me on Doctor Who: Bernard Cribbins. I'm sure I'm not alone on this. -

Simon Brew

He's Patrick Moore in a male model's body... she's a leggy redhead in hotpants... Stand by for trouble in the Tardis!

Daily Mail
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Doctor Who event in NYC!

On 14th April there will be a special Who event in New York with Matt Smith (the new Doctor), Karen Gillan (his new companion, Amy Pond) and executive producer Steven Moffat.

The evening kicks off with a special screening of the season premiere, followed by a Q&A.


It's free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

What does the future hold for this out-of-work Time Lord?


IT'S often a wise recommendation that we shouldn't meet our heroes. Doing so, we're told, will only leave us disappointed.

This is very definitely not the case with Christopher Eccleston, the Lancashire-born actor who, for a brief spell, became a household name through his TV role as the ninth Doctor Who. More – or perhaps less – about this aspect of his work later.

READ MORE:

http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/What-does-the-future-hold.6196000.jp

Doctor Who saves the world, again. Yawn.

The Time Lord risks death by overkill. The best TV series know to ration the drama.

Tomorrow the 11th Doctor Who, Matt Smith, will save the Earth. Forgive me for not prefacing my words with “Plot Spoiler Alert”. There is even a brief sequence in Smith’s debut in which he explains to the invading nasty of the hour that saving the Earth is his job. He is being modest, for since Doctor Who was revived in 2005, he has just as often saved the universe and, sometimes, time itself to boot. The days when he would merely help to separate warring stone- age tribes or exterminate the Daleks on their home planet are long gone; 46 years-long gone to be pedantic.


READ MORE: (The Times).
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7084878.ece

Mr E - I think this article makes a very valid point.

Thursday, 1 April 2010

'CRAP'

Matt Smith was asked to apologise on The One Show after saying the word 'CRAP'. Matt Smith was talking about the stories he had written that involved the Doctor and Einstein, to get him in the right frame of mind for the part, and said that they are probably crap.
A short clip (see a previous post for link) of the new series of Doctor Who was shown, and when we returned to the studio, Matt apologised 'for saying the c r word'.
Was an apology really necessary? What say you Totters people?

Steven Moffat & friend!


Dr Who: Matt Smith interview

Tweed suits, bow tie, a quiff – diffident young actor Matt Smith is the youngest ever Doctor.

Telegraph

CLICK HERE:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7544817/Dr-Who-Matt-Smith-interview.html

On the road: Karen Gillan and Matt Smith out and about in Woolwich, south east London today on the Doctor Who promotional tour


Time Lord goes back to old school - 03 minute video

Actor Matt Smith, who is playing the new Dr Who, returned to his old school in Northamptonshire for a special screening of his debut episode.

Smith attended Northampton School for Boys, where he was head boy.

He originally hoped to become a footballer for Leicester City but injury scuppered his career.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8598787.stm

(Thanks to Thomas Mills for link).

Matt Smith - The One Show - Video & Photos

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Matt Smith is a fan of Blackburn Rovers F.C.


CLICK HERE:

http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/6470409.VIP_invite_for_Blackburn_Rovers_mad_Doctor_Who/

Matt Smith joins Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley in the studio for tonight's One Show on BBC One at 7.00pm


Matt Smith: 'My heart exploded with joy'

Matt Smith interview:
http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/doctor-who-2010/interviews/matt-smith-my-heart-exploded-with-joy/8765

HAVE YOUR SAY: Who is Spalding's best Doctor Who?

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http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/HAVE-YOUR-SAY-Who-is.6193397.jp

Doctor Who visits Sunderland + video interview and episode preview

One year after millions of viewers tuned in to hear that Matt Smith was to replace David Tennant at the controls of the Tardis the long wait to see him on screen is almost over.

READ MORE: (& VIDEO)
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Doctor-Who-visits-Sunderland-.6193528.jp

Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks details & pics


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Doctor Who fan misses out on BBC’s private screening

A DISGRUNTLED Doctor Who fan has criticised at the BBC after he missed out on a private screening for residents whose lives where disrupted during filming.

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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2010/03/31/doctor-who-fan-misses-out-on-bbc-s-private-screening-91466-26143545/

Dr Vs Dr, Smith vs Tennant

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http://www.geeks.co.uk/19567-dr-vs-dr-smith-vs-tennant

(This is not one for the DT fangirls!)

Doctor Who's most important new arrival is not Matt Smith - it's Steven Moffat

You can divide Doctor Who into eras based on the man at the Tardis controls – but it makes more sense to look who's really steering the programme.

As a Doctor Who's showrunner, Steven Moffat is likely to be less concerned with searing emotional journeys than laughs and scares.

Doctor Who, you may just have heard, returns this Saturday with a new guy at the helm. And we're not talking about Matt Smith here – Steven Moffat, many Who fans' favourite writer, is making his debut as the programme's showrunner. Moffat's appointment in the role previously occupied by Russell T Davies, credited with bringing the show back to life, is as important for Doctor Who's future as Smith's performance. While it's certainly most straightforward to look at eras of Who through the prism of the actor who is playing the Doctor, using the show's producers as your cosmic file-dividers is perhaps more telling. Each has shaped the programme just as much as the man journeying in the Tardis.


READ MORE:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/31/doctor-who-most-important-arrival

Doctor Who stars land in Manchester





For fans in the United Kingdom, your wait for the new season of Doctor Who to begin is almost over! To celebrate this weekends premiere of Series 5 of the hit British show, the younger Doctor ever, Matt Smith and his on screen companion Karen Gillan landed via The Tardis into The Lowry on March 31, 2010 in Manchester, England.
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The Doctor will flee you now

The Sun
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2916266/The-Doctor-will-flee-you-now.html

New Doctor Who stopped at Heathrow airport with sonic screwdriver

Matt Smith, the latest actor to play Doctor Who in the BBC series, was stopped at Heathrow airport for taking a sonic screwdriver through security.

Telegraph
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7540146/New-Doctor-Who-stopped-at-Heathrow-airport-with-sonic-screwdriver.html

Dr Dr Who gets sonic blast off customs


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CBBC NEWSROUND - Watch MS & KG interviews

CLICK HERE:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8590000/newsid_8596500/8596539.stm

Click on the above link, and on the right hand side you will find some really cool video links... watch Karen 'GGG' Gillan and Matt Smith get interviewed by Leah from Newsround.

Only 2 More Of These To Go!..


Doctor Who
BBC1
Sat 03 April 2010
18:20

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Have the BBC found its new Dorothy? Quick, someone tell Andrew Lloyd Webber!

Destiny of the Daleks

The Doctor: [to a pursuing Dalek] If you're supposed to be the superior race of the universe, why don't you try climbing after us? BYE BYE!

Day off for the Doctor?!


"If you're ill, it's just tough. I think your head would have to be falling off before you could take a day off."

MATT SMITH on the punishing filming schedule for cult sci-fi show DOCTOR WHO.

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A Practically Spoiler-Free Preview Of The Revelatory Return Of Doctor Who

There's been some trepidation about the post-Tennant & Davies incarnation of Doctor Who. But, as Adey Lobb finds when he sits down to a preview screening, we could be looking at a classic series.

(Mr E - Beware, as the title suggests, a couple of spoilers are revealed)

READ MORE:
http://thequietus.com/articles/03996-the-new-doctor-who-series-steven-moffat-matt-smith-preview

The Top Ten Doctor Introduction Stories


With Matt Smith set to 'find his Doctor' on Saturday, let's see how his predecessors fared in this delicate moment...
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"It's a bit of a shame that two of Who's Doctor-introducing stories are arguably two of the worst stories in the show's history, and choosing which one of these crapsacks comes in shameful, shameful last place is like picking between dog shit and cat shit."
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K9 - The Official Site


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PLAY.COM - MEET TOM BAKER


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(Thanks to Thomas Mills).

Gillan: 'New Who has amazing climax'


Digital spy
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Matt Smith Figure


Thanks to Facebook group: 'Doctor Who - The Spoiler Zone'

Doctor, who was that?

A short video clip of Matt Smith & Karen Gillan meeting Doctor Who fans!
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Doctor Who BUS



(Thanks to Keith Brown).

Tuesday, 30 March 2010