Doctor Who News, Articles, Cast and Crew Interviews

[Blencathra]

MUUUUAAAHAAAAHAAAA! I did think about you Teddy as I raced to be the first.

God yes. I'd LOVE for Paul McGann to return. I'd love to see the 8th Doctor's return more than any other incarnation.

[Teddybrown]

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/ultimate-do...rt-1-31605.htm
Doctor Who fans 20 - 11 best episodes, compiled in a nice video.

Also Blen, Ill have to leave this thread in you and Alans capable hands to report on any Doctor Who news next week as Im away on a much needed holiday

[Alan]

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/ultimate-do...rt-1-31605.htm
Doctor Who fans 20 - 11 best episodes, compiled in a nice video.

Also Blen, Ill have to leave this thread in you and Alans capable hands to report on any Doctor Who news next week as Im away on a much needed holiday

Wherever your TARDIS takes you I hope you have a good holiday.

[Alan]

Production Roundup
Friday, March 16, 2012 - Posted by Chuck Foster

Production
Filming has now completed in Spain, with the cast and crew having returned to the UK on Thursday; cast-member Rob Cavazos commented: "Back in London. Muchas gracias, Almería. We had fun.«". The BBC have released an official photo of Karen Gillan on location at Fort Bravo Studios via Facebook, noting:"Olé! It’s a wrap as cast and crew prepare to depart sunny Spain. Back to Cardiff on Monday morning for more filming of Series 7."

Filming attracted media attention, though this was more focussed on the social activities of the cast during their free time, with coverage of shopping etc. by The Sun and Daily Mail on the 13th, and on socialising by The Sun and Daily Mail again a day later.

A number of Spanish blogs also picked up on filming, including a set report from Dos de Adobe, and the shoot was also reported by local newspapers El Almeria and The Olive Press (in English).

Cast
Actor Andrew Brooke is to appear in Doctor Who playing a character known as The Reckoner, according to his online CV. The actor was also spotted socially in Spain with Karen, which was again reported via The Sun and Daily Mail.

Brooke has appeared in the number of television shows, including The I.T. Crowd, The Inbetweeners, and My Family, with more substantial roles as Oleg in Pulling, Alan Clacy in Collision, and more recently as Ashley in Phoneshop.


Members of the background cast have provided an album of themselves dressed in their western attire on Facebook, with the photos providing a glimpse into how the Wild West will look, Doctor Who style!

The Rumour Zone
Back in January, Steven Moffat had made an enigmatic comment about following Sophia Myles on Twitter, saying "I'll explain later. Or not.«". That statement led to widespread speculation as to whether the actress would be returning to Doctor Who, and whilst the lead writer has yet to say anything else to confirm or deny this, the actress herself mentioned being in Spain on Monday at the same time as production was taking place in Almeria: "My bag has just been located at Malaga airport. Hope it gets to me tomorrow.«" Further fuel for the fire appeared on Friday with Arthur Darvill saying to her: "great to meet you. I think I ran off at the end. Good times.«".

It remains to be seen whether the actress really will re-appear in Doctor Who or if these are just coincidences!

Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/03...n-roundup.html

[Teddybrown]

Wherever your TARDIS takes you I hope you have a good holiday.

Cheers, I have a whole iPods worth of Doctor Who episodes to entertain me on the flight.

Last news post for me.
http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-7-fi...pics-31639.htm
More Spain pics.

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/ultimate-do...rt-2-31635.htm
And places 10 - 6 in the countdown.

Wow Alan, we posted at the same time lol.

[Blencathra]

I hope you have a lovely holiday Teddy.

The Ultimate Doctor Who

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/ultimate-do...rt-3-31681.htm

You voted in your thousands to decide the ultimate story of Doctor Who since the revival. We received over 18, 000 votes on the final poll that comprised the top 20. The percentages that each received are shown below. As you can see, this was a very close poll in many cases, with some stories separated by as little as 10 votes.


20. A Christmas Carol 2.06%
19. Dalek 2.4%
18. Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways 2.63%
17. The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit 2.86%
16. Army of Ghosts / Doomsday 3%
15. Midnight 3.1%
14. The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords 3.88%
13. Human Nature / The Family of Blood 3.92%
12. The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone 4.15%
11. The Girl Who Waited 4.5%
10. The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End 4.7%
9. The Girl in the Fireplace 4.85%
8. The Eleventh Hour 5.27%
7. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 5.46%
6. The End of Time 6.08%
5. Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead 6.62%
4. The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang 6.7%
3. The Impossible Astronaut / Day of the Moon 8.02%
2. The Doctor’s Wife 8.97%
1. Blink 10.84%

[Blencathra]

(Not) Ultimate Doctor Who

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/not-ultimat...ults-31742.htm

It’s time to reveal the results of (Not) Ultimate Doctor Who, DrWhoTV's poll to find out your least favourite story since the revival. Below are the bottom five ranked stories.

5. Night Terrors
4. The Curse of the Black Spot
3. Daleks in Manhatten/Evolution of the Daleks
2. Fear Her
1. Love and Monsters

[BruTak]

(Not) Ultimate Doctor Who

http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/not-ultimat...ults-31742.htm

It’s time to reveal the results of (Not) Ultimate Doctor Who, DrWhoTV's poll to find out your least favourite story since the revival. Below are the bottom five ranked stories.

5. Night Terrors
4. The Curse of the Black Spot
3. Daleks in Manhatten/Evolution of the Daleks
2. Fear Her
1. Love and Monsters

I agree with all of those exept Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks, which I thought were pretty good and deserve at least some credit for faking 1930s New York, in present day Cardiff, on a TV budget.

[Blencathra]

New Companion to be revealed tomorrow?

According to Mark Jeffries, the Deputy TV Editor of the Daily Mirror, the name of the new companion will be revealed tomorrow. In a tweet about an hour ago he says

BBC source has confirmed to me they will unveil new Doctor Who assistant tmrow. She is "pretty" but "not household name".

and when asked what time the announcement will be made, he said around 10.30 a.m.



Who could it be?!!


https://twitter.com/#!/mirrorjeffers

[Alan]

New Companion to be revealed tomorrow?

Following on from the above:


New co-star to be announced tomorrow
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - Posted by Chuck Foster

The BBC are to announce the new co-star to join Matt Smith headlining Doctor Who tomorrow at a press conference.

Lead writer Steven Moffat first indicated that a new companion / assistant / sidekick / talking cabbage (delete as applicable) would feature in the new series back at the Q&A session for the BFI preview of The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe, when he said:

The final days of the Ponds are coming. It's during the next series – I'm not telling you when and I'm certainly not telling you how - but that story is going to come to a heartbreaking end. We have only so many more adventures with the lovely Amy and the lovely Rory. So that story, next series, during the series, will be over.

And then, the Doctor is going to meet a new friend. And I'm not going to tell you anything about he, she or it.

The announcement will also be made online via the BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter feed.

(with thanks to Edward Russell)

Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/03...tar-to-be.html

[DigiFluid]

Ah, some solid news!

[Alan]

Jenna-Louise Coleman announced as the new Doctor Who companion. More to come....
March 21, 2012

From BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/bbcdoctorwho

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"I want to get started already" says Jenna. "I'm a huge fan of the show". Of her favourite companion "Between Billie Piper & Karen Gillan"

"Matt Smith did my audition with me. It was fun and I felt like we were in it together" says Jenna.

Steven: "We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt - he had to keep up!"

There will be 6 episodes this year, including the Xmas Special. Then 8 next year. Jenna's character will first be seen at Xmas.

No announcement on plans for the 50th anniversary given today.

Steven "Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with the Weeping Angels in ep 5. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time"

From BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/bbcdoctorwho

[DigiFluid]

She's cute.

I don't really know any of her work beyond her little bit part in Captain America--hopefully she can hold her own!

[Coco Pops]

I was hoping for once we'd get a non Brit companion

[Sealurk]

She's definitely good looking, and for what it's worth she seemed well spoken in the BBC News interview, but I haven't got a clue if she can act or not - but I have faith in the Moff!

[Flyboy]

I was hoping for once we'd get a non Brit companion

I was hoping we'd get a non-female companion.


Yes - the hottness of a young woman is quite appreciated (*cough* Pond *cough*) but it's very samey. I'd like a team, rahter than a male-female partnership. They NEED someone like Jack, or Ian.

[Sealurk]

I was hoping we'd get a non-female companion.


Yes - the hottness of a young woman is quite appreciated (*cough* Pond *cough*) but it's very samey. I'd like a team, rahter than a male-female partnership. They NEED someone like Jack, or Ian.

I agree, actually (which surprised me). I think having Rory present for all of series 6 showed that the old Team TARDIS dynamic of multiple companions is still very effective, probably more so than just the single companion. While I'm never actually going to say no to attractive female companions, I hope we eventually get a second and even third companion to go with her.

[Alan]

Jenna-Louise Coleman announced as the new Doctor Who companion. More to come....
March 21, 2012

From BBC's official Doctor Who Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/bbcdoctorwho

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Further to the above...

Jenna-Louise Coleman joins Doctor Who
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - Posted by Chuck Foster

The BBC have announced that the new co-star to appear alongside Matt Smith in Doctor Who is to be Jenna-Louise Coleman, who joins the show in the sixth episode this year, due to be shown at Christmas.

The actress was announced via the BBC's https://twitter.com/#!/bbcdoctorwho feed on Twitter, which also included some quotes. Jenna-Louise said: "I want to get started already. I'm a huge fan of the show.« Matt Smith did my audition with me. It was fun and I felt like we were in it together.«"; and on her favourite companion, "Between Billie Piper and Karen Gillan". Lead writer Steven Moffat said: "We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt - he had to keep up!«"

Expanding on this in the press release, he said:

It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She's funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the TARDIS.

It's not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it's about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that's all you're getting for now. Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl.

Danny Cohen, the Controller for BBC One, added:

As we approach Doctor Who's 50th anniversary it's great to welcome a new companion to the TARDIS. I feel confident the Doctor will look after her in his own very unique style.?

The BBC's One O'Clock News included an item on the casting, with the actress describing when she found out she had won the part:

I was in Marks and Spencers holding an avacado - having the debate of what goes best in a salmon salad - when I got the call from my agent. It was kind of a bewildered excitement, confusion, "really?", oh goodness - all sorts of emotions, and I thought, after I'd hung up, I thought I really can't carry on shopping so I just put the basket down and left Marks and Spencers, and just went for a little walk and try to digest!

A full version of the interview with Entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba can be watched via the BBC News site.

The twenty-five-year-old first came to public attention playing Jasmine Thomas in the long running soap Emmerdale between 2005 and 2009; she then went on to appear in series five of the BBC's award-winning Waterloo Road as Lindsay Jones, and will be seen on television this coming Sunday in the ITV mini-series Titanic as Annie Desmond. Her debut in film came with the role of Connie in Captain America: The First Avenger, and she has also lent her voice to the English version of the game Xenoblade Chronicles.

NB: The BBC have confirmed that Jenna-Louise Coleman does not have, and does not plan to have a Twitter account.

Production
It was also confirmed this morning that Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will depart in episode five, with Steven Moffat saying: "Amy and Rory will leave in a final encounter with the Weeping Angels. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time.«"

As well as the lonely assassins, Doctor Who Magazine have also reported that the Daleks, too, will feature during the first half of the series this Autumn.

Speaking to the Radio Times at the Royal Television Society awards last night, Moffat explained the style of story-telling for the next series:

This time we're moving closer to stand-alone stories. At this point, we’re not planning any two-parters. So, every week is going to be like a different mad movie.

We went quite 'arc' last time and we’re going stand-alone this time around. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t those things creeping in. You’ve got to find a way to make the last episode special, and by God that worked ratings-wise last year. We don’t want to abandon that idea.

Watch out for the title of episode two. I think that’s a belter. It’s one of my favourite titles ever.

After the six episodes broadcast in the Autumn/Christmas this year, the remaining eight will be shown next year - no other details of when and what else will occur during the 50th Anniversary have been revealed as yet.

Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2012/03...e-coleman.html

[knowles2]

Prettiest one yet, but a very boring and safe companion, was hoping they chose someone a bit different, take a bit of risk.

Anyone really believe they are going to kill a companion off probably, we shall see but we have been told so many times a companion would die and they end up still breathing that I will not believe it until I see them dead on screen.

Sad they have to stick an episode of the Daleks in there, hopefully it will just be a photo on the wall or something.

[Sealurk]

Well since we don't actually know anything at all about the character yet, only the actress playing her (assuming it is truly a 'her'...this is Doctor Who after all), it's probably too early to make any assumptions.

I'm sure there have been lots of hints that the next companion would be a bit different to what we've become used to, so there's hope yet.