Big Finish Productions have released Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried, the animated adventure which leads the next series of audio adventures.
Full details on the series and download links are available on the Big Finish website.
Series Six to be transmitted in two halves
August 29, 2010
Steven Moffat has announced at the Edinburgh International Festival that the next series of Doctor Who will be split in two with a “gamechanging” cliffhanger in episode seven.
“The split series is hugely exciting because viewers will be treated to two premieres, two finales and more event episodes. For the kids it will never be more than a few months to the next Doctor Who! Easter, Autumn, Christmas!”
The Guardian has uploaded a video of Steven Moffat’s announcement here.
The BBC Press Office describe the split transmission as the result of a request from Steven Moffat to write a new Doctor Who story arc which involves a big plot twist in the middle of the series. “By splitting the series Moffat plans to give viewers one of the most exciting Doctor Who cliffhangers and plot twists ever, leaving them waiting, on the edge of their seats, until the autumn to find out what happens.”
Dan Hall announces North American release of the TVM
August 25, 2010
2|Entertain has confirmed the 1996 TV Movie, also known as The Enemy Within, will be released in North America.
The announcement was made by Commissioning Editor of 2|Entertain’s Doctor Who range, Dan Hall, in an exclusive interview with Hoo on Who.
The TVM stars Paul McGann in his one and only TV appearance as the Eighth Doctor. The TVM was a co-production between BBC Television, Universal Television, BBC Worldwide, and the Fox Network which means until now the DVD rights have not been available to 2|Entertain. Discussions took place between 2|Entertain and Universal which now mean North American fans have the chance to own the story on Region 1 DVD for the first time.
The DVD is expected to be released in North America “within the next twelve months”, and the rights to the story have now been secured for home release in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Doctor Who Prom on BBC Three
August 25, 2010
The Radio Times website has a listing for the broadcast date of the the recent Doctor Who Prom at the Royal Albert Hall. The concert is scheduled to be screened on BBC Three on Monday 6th September 2010 at 8.30pm, for one hour.
The Seeds of Doom extras and Meglos coming soon
August 24, 2010
The BBFC has cleared extras for the 1976 Fourth Doctor story The Seeds of Doom which will be released on 25th October 2010.
- Pod Shock (The making of) 37′14″
- Playing in the Green Cathedral (Featurette) 10′02″
- So what do you do exactly? (Featurette) 15′35″
- Stripped for Action – The Fourth Doctor in comic form 20′17″
- Easter Egg 1′13″
- Easter Egg 0′08″
- Photo Gallery 4′45″
- TV Continuity 1′23″
The BBFC has also classified a trailer for another Fourth Doctor story Meglos which indicates it may be coming soon.
Karen Gillan – Glasgow Appearance
August 18, 2010
Karen Gillan will be making a personal appearance in Glasgow at the Hamley’s toy shop at the St Enoch Shopping Centre in Glasgow, on 28th August.
From midday until 2pm Karen will be signing copies of the new Amy Pond action figure. Those wishing to attend should collect a wrist band from the store, available from 9am, to ensure their place in the queue.
Talking about the visit Gillan said:
“I’m so excited to be travelling up to Scotland to introduce fans to my new Amy Pond action figure, I can’t wait to meet everyone.”
Doctor Who Magazine 425
August 12, 2010
BE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN WITH DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE – ISSUE 425!
In his most candid interview to date, lavishly illustrated with never-before-seen photos, SYLVESTER McCOY talks at length to DWM about his long career, on being the Seventh Doctor – and what he thinks about Doctor Who today…
“I’m delighted that they’ve done such a good job in bringing it back. I’m so proud to have that connection with this very successful programme. It wasn’t allowed to be successful when I was doing it. At the time, I didn’t know why. It was only afterwards that I realised I wasn’t given a fair crack of the whip. I wish I had been…”
Also this issue:
- A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIMEY-WIMEY!
Time travel – what are the rules? And can those rules be broken? In an in-depth feature, DWM examines the knotty problems of paradoxes and time loops, and explores the incredible phenomenon of timey-wimeyness throughout the history of Doctor Who! - A NIGHT AT THE PROMS!
It’s the music event of the year! DWM dons its dinner jacket and journeys to the Royal Albert Hall to talk exclusively to the people responsible for the Doctor Who Prom, including composer MURRAY GOLD, conductor BEN FOSTER and executive producer STEVEN MOFFAT. Packed with behind-the-scenes photos from the Prom, this is the definitive account of the making of the show! - THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION!
The Doctor and Amy take a trip to Tokyo and discover that too much TV can be really, really bad for kids, in the first episode of a brand new comic strip adventure by Jonathan Morris and Martin Geraghty – THE GOLDEN ONES! - ART TREASURES OF HISTORY!
What have a Roman mosaic, a painting by Toulouse Lautrec and a long, floppy scarf got in common? They all feature in the brand new audio series starring TOM BAKER as the Fourth Doctor, Demon Quest! DWM catches up with the legendary Tom, co-stars RICHARD FRANKLIN and SUSAN JAMESON, writer PAUL MAGRS and many more in an exclusive report from the recording of the adventures! - THE WORLD’S GREATEST PLAYWRIGHT!
William Shakespeare – the most talented dramatist in history or a letch with bad breath? Find out the truth (according to Doctor Who!) behind the man and his works, as The Fact of Fiction extracts every nuance of meaning from the literary triumph that is the 2007 Tenth Doctor adventure, THE SHAKESPEARE CODE! - THE WRITER’S TALE
Doctor Who’s head writer, STEVEN MOFFAT, reveals all about being shy, being recognised, and the Eleventh Doctor’s most recent adventure – defusing a bomb at the Proms! – in Production Notes. - THE ANGEL OF THE NORTH!
DWM catches up with Hex, the hunky nurse who accompanies the Seventh Doctor and Ace on their audio adventures, aka actor PHILIP OLIVIER, who reveals his experiences of attending conventions, being recognised in the street and what he really thinks about Doctor Who fans…
- Plus! All the latest official news, Previews, Reviews, Competitions and much, much more!
Doctor Who Magazine 425 – out Thursday 19 August.
Thanks to Tom Spilsbury.
Time and the Rani – DVD Extras
August 10, 2010
Next month 2|Entertain releases Sylvester McCoy’s debut story Time and the Rani.
Extras:
- Commentary with Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford and writers Pip and Jane Baker.
- The Last Chance Saloon– by 1987, senior executives at the BBC were on the point of killing-off Doctor Who in the face of stiff fan opposition. Instead, they decided to give the show one last chance… With actors Sylvester McCoy and Kate O’Mara, producer John Nathan-Turner, director Andrew Morgan, script editor Andrew Cartmel, writers Pip and Jane Baker, BBC Head of Series & Serials Jonathan Powell and graphic designer Oliver Elmes. Written by Nev Fountain and narrated by Richard Heffer.
- 7D FX – a look behind-the-scenes at the creation of the story’s impressive visual effects. With visual effects designer Colin Mapson, visual effects assistant Mike Tucker and video effects designer Dave Chapman.
- Helter-Skelter– Graphic designer Oliver Elmes and animator Gareth Edwards talk about how they created the first CGI title sequence in Doctor Who’s history.
- Lakertya – writers Pip and Jane Baker talk about their original vision for the lush forest planet Lakertya and director Andrew Morgan explains why he ended up shooting it in a desolate quarry instead…
- Hot Gossip – Kate O’Mara recalls the fun of working with gossiping friends. With Sylvester McCoy and Andrew Morgan.
- On Location– BBC Breakfast Time’s reporter Guy Michelmore visits the production during location filming for the story’s exterior scenes and talks to John Nathan-Turner, Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford and Kate O’Mara.
- Blue Peter – Janet Ellis welcomes newly appointed Doctor Who Sylvester McCoy to the Blue Peter studio.
- Photo Gallery – production, design and publicity photos from the story.
Time and Rani is released 13th September 2010, priced £19.99
Thanks to 2|Entertain
Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes
August 7, 2010
Available next month from Telos Publishing is Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes written by Richard Molesworth.
The book tells the story of the BBC’s junking of archived television recordings from the 1960’s up to around 1977/78. Richard Molesworth finds out exactly what was destroyed and when, and goes on to investigate the attempts by fans to locate and return the missing episodes of Doctor Who.
In the 1960’s the BBC transmitted 253 episodes of Doctor Who starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, but by 1975 the BBC had wiped the master tapes of every one of these epsidoes. Of the 124 Jon Pertwee episodes broadcast between 1970 and 1974 the BBC destroyed over half of the original tapes within two years of transmission.
In the following years the BBC, as well as dedicated fans, have tried to track down these missing episodes. The search including BBC vaults, foreign TV stations, overseas archives and private film collectors has seen the number of missing episodes brought down to 108.
Richard Molesworth’s new book looks in detail at how the episodes came to be missing and how material has found it’s way back to the BBC, and includes the stories of the people involved in their recovery.
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Home Movie Roadshow
August 7, 2010
Part One of the Home Movie Roadshow on BBC 2 featured some rare footage of Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor meeting fans and driving the Whomobile around Chingford!
