Doctor Who News, Articles, Cast and Crew Interviews

[Alan]

Just had a gander at the Edinburgh Comic Con website, and Fraser Hines has cancelled "due to work commitments".

Hmmm, I wonder...

I believe that Fraser has a guest starring role in the show Outlander so I think it probably has to do with that tbh rather than anything Doctor Who related.

[BruTak]

I believe that Fraser has a guest starring role in the show Outlander so I think it probably has to do with that tbh rather than anything Doctor Who related.

You never know.

[Alan]

You never know.

True, true. I'd never completely close the door on the possibility.

[Blencathra]

Lethbridge-Stewart: 2015/2016 schedule update

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/04...ce=twitterfeed

Candy Jar Books have announced a change in schedules for their novels based upon the character of Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

Owing to Lance Parkin being unavailable for the project at present, his novel Horror of Det-Sen will no longer be published in June, with David A McIntee's The Schizoid Earth now moving into that slot. Shaun Russell, head of publishing, said:

Lance is such a huge talent in the world of Doctor Who and we have left the door open for him to return. Hopefully, one day, Lethbridge-Stewart will make it to Det-Sen.

McIntee's novel will be followed by a new replacement a few months later entitled Beast of Fang Rock which, as the name implies, is a prequel/sequel to the Season 15 opener Horror of Fang Rock; it will be co-written by Andy Frankham-Allen and the original script's writer Terrance Dicks. This will then be followed by the previously announced Mutually Assured Domination by Nick Walters.

Looking to 2016, novels have been commissioned from John Peel (author of a number of Virgin/BBC Books and story novelisations), Jonathan Cooper (former Doctor Who correspondent with the Mirror), Lizbeth M Myles (author of several short stories), and Adrian Rigelsford (The Hinchcliffe Years and The Harper Classics).

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To celebrate the success of the first book in the range, The Forgotten Son, Candy Jar Books have made a 65 page e-book freely available for download from their website - http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/lethbridgestewart.html

Hayley Cox, senior publishing co-ordinator, said:

The response to The Forgotten Son has been fantastic – over twenty really positive reviews in just over a month! It was so nice, in fact, that we decided we wanted to give something back to the fans, and so we put together this ebook which acts as both a thank you to those who’ve already bought the first book, and an introductory pack for those who have yet to commit to the series.

Lethbridge-Stewart: Top Secret Files contains previously unpublished material, as well as an extended short story first published in Doctor Who Magazine #483 in February. It also includes a special, previously unreleased interview in which Doctor Who director Graeme Harper talks about the actor who played Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Nicholas Courtney.

• The Ambush! – A short story originally published in Doctor Who Magazine #438, now extended with new scenes. It is set during the Doctor Who serial The Web of Fear, and serves as an introduction to the Lethbridge-Stewart book series.

• We Won’t Let Him Down – An extended version of the final chapter of Candy Jar Books’ Companions: Fifty Years of Doctor Who Assistants, focussing solely on the television adventures of the Brigadier.

• What Lies Beyond – A brief look at some of the Doctor Who novels that have featured the Brigadier over the years that pertain to the future of the Lethbridge-Stewart series of novels.

• Graeme Harper – An extended interview with Doctor Who director Graeme Harper (the only director to have worked on the classic series and the revived series) from the book Calling the Shots, in which he talks about Nicholas Courtney, the man who brought the Brigadier to life.

• Original Prelude – Never-before-seen original prelude that was written to open The Forgotten Son, set during the final moments of the Brigadier’s life.

• The New World – The opening chapter of The Forgotten Son, the first novel in the Lethbridge-Stewart series.

The e-book is also available for the Kindle via Amazon.

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/capaldi...reat-72840.htm
Capaldi and Moffat talk a Doctor Who movie

[Blencathra]

Doctor Who: Listen Nominated for Hugo Award

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho...3-4e668c6caf1f

We’re delighted to report that Listen, the fourth episode of the most recent series, has been nominated for a Hugo Award in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

Named after Hugo Gernsback, who founded the iconic science fiction magazine Amazing Stories, the Hugo Awards were first presented back in 1953 and this year’s winners will be announced in August. Listen was written by Doctor Who’s executive producer and lead writer Steven Moffat, directed by Douglas Mackinnon and starred Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as the Doctor and Clara with Samuel Anderson playing two characters in the adventure – Danny Pink and Colonel Orson Pink.

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/mark-ga...nner-72860.htm
Mark Gatiss on whether he would be up for next showrunner

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/maisie-...role-72924.htm
Maisie Williams hints at her season 9 role.

[Blencathra]

Christopher Eccleston: Why my Doctor had to be northern

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-...to-be-northern

"If you're an alien how comes you sound like you're from the north?" Billie Piper's Rose Tyler asked The Doctor ten years ago – now Christopher Eccleston has finally revealed why his Time Lord had a northern accent.

"Lots of planet have a north" the Doctor told Rose way back then, but Eccleston (who returns to our TV screens in ITV's new thriller Safe House on Monday April 20th at 9pm) gives a rather different answer in this week's edition of Radio Times.

"I wanted to move him away from the RP (received pronunciation) for the first time because we shouldn't make a correlation between intellect and accent" he says, "although that still needs addressing".

The self-described working-class actor also says that cultural inequality is "much more pronounced" in Britain than it used to be, and that it would be difficult for a young actor with his background to succeed in the industry today.

"You can't blame Eddie Redmayne or Benedict Cumberbatch but inequality will lead to a milky, anodyne culture. To an extent that's already happened," he argues.

Eccleston stresses that it's not just about the working class though. "There's not enough writing for women or people of colour" he says. "It frustrates me when they insist on doing all-male Shakespearean productions – a wonderful intellectual exercise, maybe, but it's outrageous because it's putting a lot of women out of work."

Read the full interview in this week’s Radio Times magazine, on sale from Tuesday 14th April.

[Blencathra]

Tweet from Doctor Who Magazine.

https://twitter.com/DWMtweets/status/587997047476858880

There's a new DWM Special out this week! The Art of Doctor Who looks at the history of Who artwork over the decades…

[BruTak]

Another one??? Bloody hell, I haven't finished reading the last one about The Master yet!

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-...plot-73015.htm
Series 9 to open with darkest plot yet? Mind you, this is from the Mirror, so take from it what you will...

[BruTak]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-...plot-73015.htm
Series 9 to open with darkest plot yet? Mind you, this is from the Mirror, so take from it what you will...

Interesting idea, if it's true.

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/leaked-...lans-73062.htm
Leaked Sony emails reveal a Doctor Who movie plan

[Blencathra]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/leaked-...lans-73062.htm
Leaked Sony emails reveal a Doctor Who movie plan

My favourite idea for a Doctor Who movie would be to do Engines of War with John Hurt. I think it would make a fantastic film.