Doctor Who News, Articles, Cast and Crew Interviews

[Pharaoh Atem]

I refuse to call it Series/Season 32.

and i refuse to call it series single digit

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Any news ln the Series 5 premier, anyone?

[Blencathra]

No I haven't heard anything. The IMDB says 13th March, but we all know how reliable they are.

[Madwelshboy]

Matt Smith Doctor Who To Kick Off With Hour-Long Episode

Website Radio Free Skaro has scored a bit of a coup by getting its hands on a BBC press release about the first Matt Smith season of Doctor Who. It reveals that the premiere episode will be 60 minutes long, as well as a number of other tantalising titbits (click away now to avoid spoilers:

Spoiler:

* Amy Pond is described as "enigmatic" - so does she arrive with a built-in mystery?
* "A silent menace follows Amy and the Doctor around wherever they go" - is this going to be a season-long story arc?
* They explore 16th century Venice, France during the 1890s and the United Kingdom in the far future, now an entire nation floating in space.
* The Daleks are hatching a new master plan from the heart of war-torn London in the 1940s.
* There are also alien vampires, humanoid reptiles, old enemies such as the Weeping Angels and a Star Whale (which presumably has nothing to do with Pat Mills's abandoned season 20 story, "The Song Of The Space Whale").

http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=..._doctor_who_to


Wadia lands role as 'Dr Who' adversary

Nina Wadia has landed a role playing an evil psychiatric medic on Dr Who.

The EastEnders star was given time away from Albert Square to film the episode, which will broadcast in the spring.According to The Sun, Wadia, who plays postmistress Zainab Masood in the BBC One soap, described working with Matt Smith as a "great" experience.

She added: "I play a bit of a baddie. And yes, like my EastEnders character Zainab, she's not a very pleasant woman - but at least I'm human and not some kind of strange alien life-form."

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s7/...adversary.html

[BruTak]

Spoiler:

"Humanoid reptiles"?

That'll be

Spoiler:

the Silurians

then.

[Blencathra]

I wondered if the

Spoiler:

Star Whale was similar to the unfortunate creature that appeared in the Torchwood episode "Meat".

[BruTak]

I wondered if the

Spoiler:

Star Whale was similar to the unfortunate creature that appeared in the Torchwood episode "Meat".

Could be. You never know.

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

I'm surprised there hasn't been any more news than has been revealed. Don't we usually have the list of 13 episode names by now?

[Alan]

NEW SERIES MONTAGE/TRAILER

The BBC have released a new promotional montage shot for the forthcoming Matt Smith series.

It is believed that a new trailer to promote Doctor Who will be broadcast on BBC1 this coming Saturday; the series itself is expected to start within the next couple of months.

http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.co...getrailer.html

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

I love that. I presume that's the new time vortex? I approve! Nice new artistic direction. D.Tennant's promo shots always appeared way too Scooby Doo to me, especially this one;

http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_imp...olenplanet.jpg



But yeah, nah, Matt Smith is going to be fantastic. Wa watching bits of the End of Time before. I really can't wait for Series 5!!

[Alan]

I love that. I presume that's the new time vortex? I approve! Nice new artistic direction. D.Tennant's promo shots always appeared way too Scooby Doo to me, especially this one;

http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_imp...olenplanet.jpg



But yeah, nah, Matt Smith is going to be fantastic. Wa watching bits of the End of Time before. I really can't wait for Series 5!!

Yep! Pretty damned fantastic! GERONIMO!!!

[Replicator Todd]

I most excited(or dreading) what the new title sequence is going to look like...yes I liked the old simple RTD era one that much!

But Matt Smith and Karen are looking...."fantastic!" And I like Scooby Doo Mapp!
But Series 5 is going to be great!

[Jonzey]

Here's a slightly bigger version of that pic. You know, for your desktop background or something.

Spoiler:

Man, Karen Gillan is so hot.

[Alan]

The BBC's official Doctor Who site have released wallpaper of the newest promo pic.

Here's the 1024x768 version: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/media..._doctor_wal_08

And here it is in 800x600: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/media..._doctor_wal_08

And here's a Widescreen version: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/media..._doctor_wal_08

[Alan]

New Trailer for the New Doctor!

The new trailer featuring Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Karen Gillan as his companion, Amy Pond, is here!

The sixty second sequence opens quietly enough but our heroes are soon spinning through a vortex and facing deadly enemies! A Dalek and one of the Weeping Angels can be seen, offering a tantalising glimpse of what's to come in the new series...

The first three episodes of that series have been confirmed as The Eleventh Hour, written by Steven Moffat, The Beast Below, also by Steven Moffat and Victory of the Daleks by Mark Gatiss. The new series explodes onto our screens in Easter this year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/fe...etin_100219_01