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'Doctor Who' Timewarps To The Past

28 December 2009 2:09 AM, PST | AirlockAlpha.com | See recent Airlock Alpha news »

This story contains some spoilers for the "Doctor Who" episode "The End of Time, Part 1," that aired Dec. 25 on BBC and Dec. 26 on BBC America. Are some of the things you're hearing about "Doctor Who" post David Tennant, Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner sounding a little retro to you? Well, that's by design. Steven Moffat is looking to restore the BBC icon to its classic roots that some are describing as an effort to integrate fans of the original "Doctor Who" series. However, others say it's more about what Moffat likes. "Every showrunner has brought their own personal touch to 'Doctor Who,' and [Moffat] is someone who just can't get away from the episodes we all grew up with," a source, who wished not to be named, told Airlock Alpha. "There is just something to the original »

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"Doctor Who" Spoilers, Clips, Ratings

26 December 2009 9:48 PM, PST | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »

The first part of "The End of Time", David Tennant's final adventure as The Doctor on "Doctor Who", aired Friday evening in the UK and just a few hours ago States-side. In Britain the episode pulled in ten million viewers, down nearly two million on the previous year though all programs on Xmas Day this year saw notable audience drops.

Us ratings have yet to be released, though BBC America is firmly planting its foot in the 'Who' basket with plans to run a non-stop marathon of all of David Tennant's 48 episodes starting with "The Christmas Invasions" at midnight on New Year's Day right through to its premiere screening of "The End of Time Part Two" the following evening at 8:30pm.

Reviews proved quite mixed for the episode with complaints of padding and it essentially serving as pure setup with all the big stuff saved for next week's 75-minute finale. »

- Garth Franklin

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The End Of Time Part One: The Verdict

26 December 2009 1:06 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Can someone please get an Ood to clarify whether ‘The End Of Time Part One’ was a bad dream in itself? If not, then someone had better tell Matt Smith and Steven Moffat to get a bloody move on. More bloated than The Master after stuffing that turkey down his neck, the opening part of David Tennant’s final adventure was an unfocussed disappointment, albeit with several strong moments along the way and the promise that the real action and story still awaits. Doctor Who is at its best when you can see the danger developing, as in the brilliant ’The Waters Of Mars’. Here, the plot felt overly contrived and convenient. Contraptions such as the Immortality Gate and the potions that resurrected The Master were conjured up all too conveniently amidst a veil of gobbledygook. In conjunction with The Ham Factor winner Joshua Naismith and two green aliens (more »

- By Ben Rawson-Jones

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‘Doctor Who: The End Of Time’ Review & Discussion [Updated]

25 December 2009 8:39 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

With the holiday season upon us, now is the time to sit back, relax and enjoy the company of your loved ones. Although, if you’re the part of the world where snow is common (like myself), you’re already sick of the white devil powder that covers everything. Fortunately, we’ve got more important things to worry about. What’s so important, you ask? Well, it’s just The End Of Time.

Not only the end of time, but also the end of an era. Since the 2005 return of Doctor Who, we’ve been blessed with two wonderful actors portraying the Doctor, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. It’s been over 4 years since we said goodbye to Eccleston and now the time is upon us again.

Time to say goodbye to David Tennant.

 

Let’s all be honest, when Eccleston announced his intentions of leaving the show after only »

- Anthony Ocasio

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Doctor Who's departing Russell T Davies reveals debt to Pop Idol

24 December 2009 12:48 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Ahead of David Tennant's last turn as timelord, producer says he aimed to translate talent show's success into drama

They have both revived Saturday night television, but on the face of it Pop Idol and Doctor Who would appear to have little in common. But as fans of the sci-fi drama prepare to witness the death of David Tennant's Doctor this Christmas, it has emerged that the talent show forerunner of The X Factor was a key inspiration for the timelord's creative rebirth.

"It was the biggest Saturday night show then," said Doctor Who's executive producer, Russell T Davies. "We used to gather around at a friend's house to watch the final and vote, and I wanted to do that with drama. If we could have the voice at the beginning of The X Factor introducing each episode I would do it."

The Christmas specials will feature »

- Stephen Brook, Peter Robins

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News: End of Time Preview Screening!

18 December 2009 1:04 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Yesterday evening saw the invitation only preview screening of The End of Time, Part One - marking the following seven days as unsafe for anyone wishing to avoid Doctor Who spoilers. In attendance was Russell T Davies who revealed that he is very proud of the work done on the final episodes of his time in charge, as well as poking some fun at Steven Moffat. He also hinted: "We've got one or two surprises in store before the episode on New Year's Day - and it might not be quite what »

- Chris Davids info@kasterborous.com

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News: Don't Blink - The Weeping Angels Are Back!

15 December 2009 11:26 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

2010 will see a return of one of the most popular villains of recent years - the Weeping Angels from the 2007 Hugo award-winning Doctor Who adventure Blink by Steven Moffat! This news was revealed to listeners of BBC Radio 3’s Night Waves yesterday, as the weekly show focussed on monsters and the men who use them to scare us. Steven Moffat was one of those men, in a show that also featured Aliens and Terminator director James Cameron. Speaking about Season 31 of Doctor Who - set for a »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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All Brad wants for Festivus

10 December 2009 8:02 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Another year come and gone, and now I have to give another wish list regarding the state of television and what I view as my ideal. Since I know that my tastes are very different than those of the general public, I'm not expecting much in the way of agreement. But that's okay. We're all different, and that's a good thing.

The end of reality television - I just want this genre to die a horrible, slow, painful death, preferably involving leeches. I recognize that there are some gems in this pile of crap, but I loathe those sorts of shows that appeal to the worst and most gossipy nature within us. Get rid of them all. Except for those on the Food Network, because that channel is cool. A stellar fifth year of the new Doctor Who - Admittedly, I was hesitant when they hired Matt Smith as The Doctor, »

- Brad Trechak

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Russell T Davies wants to make Doctor Who movie

30 November 2009 5:11 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Russell T Davies, who will step down as Doctor Who showrunner at the end of this year, has admitted he would love to get the Time Lord on to the big screen.

Davies' four-year stint as lead writer and executive producer on the sci-fi series comes to a close when the second part of The End of Time airs on New Year's Day.

That story will see David Tennant's character regenerate into the 11th Doctor, played by Matt Smith, and Steven Moffat taking on Davies' job for the next full series.

There was mounting speculation earlier this year that a Doctor Who movie would be announced at San Diego Comic-Con but it never happened.

Now, Davies - whose behind-the-scenes book The Writer's Tale comes out in the new year - has indicated his interest in such a project.

Davies, who was talking in showbiz publication The Stage, revealed that »

- David Bentley

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Spielberg's "Tintin" Ready For Rendering...

29 November 2009 6:19 AM, PST | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »

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Principal photography has wrapped on director Steven Spielberg's upcoming feature "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn", with a rough assemblage of footage going to motion-capture techs/artists who will spend the next two years finishing the film.

Producer Peter "The Lord Of The Rings" Jackson confirmed that the film is now ready to be 'fully-rendered' for a 3D release, opening December 23, 2011.

First reported by Sneak Peek.Ca in an exclusive scoop November 2006, Spielberg's plan to adapt the "Tintin" adventures, specifically "The Secret Of The Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure" was greenlit January 2009, as the first of a series of 3D motion capture films based on the character created by Georges Remi, aka 'Herge'.

Actor Jamie Bell plays 'Tintin', a globe-trotting reporter and Daniel "James Bond" Craig is the villain pirate 'Red Rackham'.

The feature is being produced by Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy and Jackson, »

- SneakPeek.Ca

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News: Who Squared

26 November 2009 2:00 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Who On Who? marks the end of an era in the history of Doctor Who. In this programme Russell T Davies reveals to David Tennant whether he will ever write for the show in the future and his feelings about his successor on the series, Steven Moffat. Scheduled for broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on December 29th (my birthday...), Rtd also reveals the influences behind Doctor Who and why the success of the revamped series took the cast and creative team behind it by surprise. Most interestingly, David »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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Review – Doctor Who : The Waters of Mars

15 November 2009 3:41 PM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

Warning: This review is based on the UK broadcast of Doctor Who : Waters of Mars and contains a few spoilers. The episode will air on BBC America on December 19th, and Space in Canada at an unannounced time. If you do not wish to be spoiled, please do not click through.

Bowie Base One. 21st November 2059. A certain timelord decides to take a little sightseeing trip on Mars. Leaving his Tardis to take in the beautiful red hued vistas. Upon leaving the Tardis he views a station, and suddenly feels a weapon in his back. A robot, Gadget (pictured left with The Doctor and Adelaide Brooke), who takes him to the base.

And lo, Doctor Who is back after a seven month break in proceedings, and he's darker than he has been for quite a while…

Captain Adelaide Brooke leads her team of International Scientists on humanity's first base on another planet. »

- Paul Kerton

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David Tennant's Doctor Who prepares to meet his doom

15 November 2009 3:39 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Spoilers Ahead...

The Waters of Mars sees the Doctor arrive on Mars in 2059, where mankind has established its first colony off Earth.

A small group at the outpost led by Captain Adelaide Brooke (Lindsay Duncan) are using water from an underground glacier to grow vegetation.

But the ice harbours a water-borne lifeform which begins to infect people, turning them into water-spewing zombies.

The Doctor recalls future records that told of the colonists all dying in an unexplained explosion and realises the destruction of the outpost and its inhabitants is a fixed point in time which must be left intact.

He concludes that they must die in order to stop the virus being transported to Earth and so that Brooke's demise inspires her descendants to take to the stars.

After much running through tunnels to escape the water-zombies, and a ride on a turbo-charged robot, Tennant's Time Lord says he must »

- David Bentley

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Davies denies 'Doctor Who' movie plans

13 November 2009 1:58 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Russell T. Davies has said that he has no plans to make a Doctor Who feature film. The writer, who hands over the reins as showrunner to Steven Moffat next year, told ShortList that rumours that he would helm a movie were untrue. Davies said: "There's not enough money and I feel like I've made 60 movies already." Of the story leaks during his time as head of the programme, Davies added: (more) »

- By Mayer Nissim

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News: More Moffat @ Cheltenham

11 November 2009 1:46 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Steven Moffat's recent appearance at Days 3 and 4 of the Cheltenham Screenwriting Festival have been covered by the ScreenwritingGoldmine.com website in a superb article that even throws into question the belief that Doctor Who has a "show runner"... You see apparently BBC's Head of Series and Serials Kate Harwood has said that he isn't - the BBC only has ‘lead writers’ apparently as the option to pay enough to justify the "show runner" title simply isn't »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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News: The Grand Moff Speaks

3 November 2009 4:42 AM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

The Grand Moff appeared at the annual Screenwriters' Festival in Cheltenham last Thursday night - and revealed little about his upcoming first series of Doctor Who. Instead, Steven Moffat (interviewed by regular Dwm contributor Benjamin Cook) gave the audience more of an insight into how he thinks and works - and the results have been recorded by Digital Spy. There is a lot to read so hot foot it over there now - although if you're pushed for time, The Grand Moff has the following words of »

- Mick Karma info@kasterborous.com

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News: Moffatt Hails Matt Smith

30 October 2009 1:21 PM, PDT | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Against a backdrop of Waters of Mars airdates and a sad David Tennant, Steven Moffat has hailed new Doctor Who Matt Smith as the best yet! (Of course, he would say that - he picked him!) Steven Moffat proclaimed Matt Smith as "the best" and described him as resembling a "drunken giraffe". "He's all the things you'd expect, including ancient," he revealed, describing the new Doctor as "someone you can't take your eyes off". Speaking at the 2009 »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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More Doctor Who tidbits

23 October 2009 6:03 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Prepare for some spoilers. Don't say I didn't warn you. By the way, Matt Smith is the 11th Doctor (or the 12th, depending on how they spin David Tennant's extraneous regeneration) in case you didn't know.

Actually, it's not that bad. From an article posted on The Doctor Who News Page, it is learned that his new companion, Amy, is a police officer. In a few photos, he also seems to be wearing the remnants of Tennant's outfit. From the description, the Doctor is probably going through some post-regenerative trauma. When has the Doctor ever regenerated without trauma? Never, I think.

I know they film out of order, but it feels odd to know already what his outfit is going to look like. Here is one other possible minor spoiler: in the scenes filmed, the Sonic Screwdriver gets destroyed (and Matt Smith was slightly injured in the process). Between »

- Brad Trechak

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The Caves of Androzani is voted best Doctor Who story

12 October 2009 5:41 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The Caves of Androzani has been voted the top Doctor Who TV tale in a new poll.

The story gained the highest score in a poll in Doctor Who Magazine, in which 6,700 people took part.

It aired in four episodes in March 1984 and marked the last appearance of 5th Doctor Peter Davison and the first appearance of the 6th incarnation played by Colin Baker.

As the Doctor regenerated, he was asked by companion Peri Brown what was happening and replied: "Change, my dear, and it seems not a moment too soon..."

Davison told the magazine: "As I think David Tennant will be finding out now, it's a traumatic experience to leave Doctor Who, even if it's your own decision. So I didn't really watch Doctor Who after I left, until it came back, of course - and I always thought it would."

On the Androzani storyline he said: "It was »

- David Bentley

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New Logo For "Doctor Who" Unveiled By BBC

7 October 2009 2:02 AM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Fans of the cult show have had a first look at the new "Doctor Who" logo that will coincide with the on screen debut of the new doctor Matt Smith. The eleventh new logo can be seen at www.bbcamerica.com/doctorwho and can be seen on TV in Spring 2010

In conjunction with the new logo at BBCAmerica.com, there is an animated insignia of the show's initials which will be used to brand the new series which premieres in Spring 2010. The final three episodes featuring the previous tenth Doctor, David Tennant, will be shown later this year with his existing logo.

Steven Moffat, the new Lead Writer and Executive Producer, had this to say about the new logo: "A new logo. The eleventh logo for the eleventh Doctor - those grand old words, Doctor Who, suddenly looking newer than ever. And look at that, something really new - an insignia! »

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