Archive for the ‘Doctor Who News’ Category
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
The Telegraph is reporting that the current TARDIS interior will be given “a complete overhaul” before the end of David Tennant’s run, just in time for new Doctor Matt Smith to take over.
The details are a little sparse at this point, but the redesign was the idea of new producer Stephen Moffat, and has been described as “the most high-tech, intricate TARDIS ever.”
Personally, I really like the current interior, but wouldn’t mind seeing something a *little* closer to the traditional roundels and columns, but I guess I’ll have to wait and see before I pass judgement. Read full TARDIS Interior to Get a Redesign to Go With the New Doctor... (156 words, 1 image, estimated 37 secs reading time)
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
It seems that an Ood was spotted during filming of what is presumed to be the second of the 2009 Doctor Who specials, starring David Tennant as the Doctor and guest starring Lindsay Duncan as his companion.
Filming is currently going in Newport, Wales; earlier in the week filming took place in a quarry, an old standby of the classic series.
During the filming at the quarry, David Tennant was seen wearing an orange spacesuit much like the one he wore in the series 2 two-parter The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, which introduced the characters of the Ood. Read full Doctor Who Monsters the Ood to Return in 2009... (140 words, 1 image, estimated 34 secs reading time)
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Sixth Doctor Colin Baker made a joke in his column for This Is Local London about how young new Doctor Matt Smith is, saying:
“As if David Tennant hadn’t already proved the visibly beneficial power of time travel on the genes, the imminent new one, Matt Smith, we are told, is so young that he is likely to be asked for ID if he tries to purchase an intergalactic gargle blaster in licensed premises either side of the Atlantic.” Read full Colin Baker Jokes New Doctor Would Get Carded... (447 words, 2 images, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
This Easter the Doctor Who special “Planet of the Dead” will introduce a new monster the BBC hopes to be as iconic as the Daleks. The Tritovore are described as “half-man half-fly” creatures according to the Daily Mirror.
“They are disgusting and will last long in the memory,” and were designed in the hope of becoming as iconic Doctor Who monsters as the Daleks or the Cybermen.
The Doctor will face the Tritovore alongside new companion Lady Christina de Souza, who is played by Michelle Ryan of “Bionic Woman” and “Eastenders”. It has been rumored that Ryan’s character will not just appear in the special, but may become the ongoing companion in future specials or series five in 2010. Read full The Tritovore – the New Doctor Who Monsters in the Easter Special Hoped to Rival the Daleks... (247 words, 1 image, estimated 59 secs reading time)
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
It’s official. As I mentioned in yesterday’s article “11th Doctor to Be Announced Saturday” the BBC has announced the actor to play the 11th Doctor on Doctor Who, replacing departing Doctor David Tennant.
The new Doctor will be played by Matt Smith (pictured right), who will be the youngest actor to play the part at 26 years old. Before this, the youngest person cast as the Doctor was 5th Doctor Peter Davison, who was 29 when he took on the role. Read full 11th Doctor Who Announced: Matt Smith, the Youngest Doctor Ever... (412 words, 4 images, estimated 1:39 mins reading time)
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009
The BBC has stated that they will be officially announing the name of the actor who has been hired to play the eleventh Doctor.
The new actor was cast last year, and the BBC uncharacteristically was able to keep the lid on the secret through the holidays.
Head of drama at BBC Wales, Piers Wenger said: “We believe the actor is going to bring something very special to the role and will make it absolutely their own. I just can’t wait to tell everyone who it is – it has been a nail-biting Christmas trying to keep this under wraps!” Read full 11th Doctor to Be Announced Saturday... (402 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, David Tennant will be undergoing back surgery for a slipped disc.
Tennant has been experiencing back problems for some time, and has recently been unable to perform in the most recent productions of Hamlet, where he has played the title role some 60 times.
Now it seems he will not be returning to the role at all, since he was already scheduled to finish his run in the production on January 10th, and it seems unlikely he would be able to do so so quickly after surgery. Read full David Tennant to Undergo Back Surgery; May Delay New Doctor Who... (206 words, 1 image, estimated 49 secs reading time)
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Forty-five years ago today, one day after the assassination of US president John F. Kennedy, viewers in the UK witnessed the beginning of a legend — “An Unearthly Child”, the very first episode of Doctor Who.
It’s hard for a modern viewer to imagine what it was like back in 1963, as the first notes of that haunting, unearthly theme music was first heard.
The episode introduced the mysterious character known only as “the Doctor”, and his ancient, barely-working, but still amazing TARDIS. Read full Doctor Who Celebrates 45th Anniversary... (274 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
The rumors we’ve all heard for a while now about David Tennant leaving Doctor Who are true. It’s official: According to the BBC, David Tennant has announced he will no longer be playing the role of the tenth Doctor once filming of the 4 Doctor Who specials in 2009 has been completed.
Tennant said the following during his announcement:
“I’ve had the most brilliant, bewildering and life changing time working on Doctor Who. I have loved every day of it. It would be very easy to cling on to the TARDIS console forever and I fear that if I don’t take a deep breath and make the decision to move on now, then I simply never will. You would be prising the TARDIS key out of my cold dead hand. This show has been so special to me, I don’t want to outstay my welcome. Read full David Tennant Leaving Doctor Who... (388 words, 1 image, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
The 8th Doctor, played by Paul McGann in the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie, will start filming one of the forthcoming feature-length specials set to broadcast next year, according to British newspaper The Sun.
The new series of Doctor Who, which began in 2005, picked up the story of the Doctor an unknown time after the events of the TV Movie, and it was strongly implied that the 9th Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) had just regenerated not long before the events of “Rose”. Read full Paul McGann returns to TV as the 8th Doctor in 2009... (308 words, 1 image, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)
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