Doctor Who News, Articles, Cast and Crew Interviews

[BruTak]

For the benefit of the non-Scottish folk out there, a "Weegie" is a slang term for a native of Glasgow.

Glaswegian = Weegie.

[Blencathra]

New video!!!

Introducing the New Series - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031xqrn

Edit - Added video

[Teddybrown]

Doctor Who Series 9 - The Witch’s Familiar synopsis [SPOILERS]

http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk/201...-familiar.html

The BBC have released the synopsis for the second episode of Doctor Who Series 9, The Witch’s Familiar. It is included below though you may not want to read it until you've seen the first part, The Magician's Apprentice.

[I've read it and I don't think it's too spoilery - Blen]

Spoiler:

"Trapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire; no sonic, no TARDIS, nobody to help. With his greatest temptation before him, can the Doctor resist? And will there be mercy?"

Sounds good! Don't think its that spoilery either if you've been following news...

And after reading that review, WHY IS IT NOT SEPT 26TH ALREADY?!?!?!?!?!?!? Forgot it had already aired but that article reminded me to stay off the internet in regards to DW news, apart from my usual sources...

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-mag...view-75763.htm
Another not too spoilery review, like the one posted by Blencathra above.

All this cliffhanger talk has got me thinking because of how big they are saying it is...
But at the same time, Im trying not to think about it to get maximum enjoyment from watching it... Definately got me intruiged though...

[rushy]

The emphasis on the "glory days" is making me really scared... anyone else getting that feeling? After all, Steven Moffat's devilish brain is still working full force.

[Blencathra]

ABC Australia to Premiere Doctor Who on iView

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/09...ce=twitterfeed

The new series of Doctor Who will be available in Australia as soon as it has started broadcasting in the United Kingdom, via iView

Unlike last year, when the series was transmitted in the early hours on ABC One, this year the station has returned to releasing each episode on the streaming service iView, as it is transmitted in the UK. The first episode, The Magician's Apprentice, will be released on Sunday 20th September at 5.30am Sydney time. The episode will be available to view throughout the day, before it is broadcast on ABC at 7.40pm.

The broadcast time in the UK has yet to be confirmed, but the ABC time implies it will be broadcast in the UK at 7.30pm on Saturday evening.

Each episode of the series will be released as it is broadcast, with the time changing due to the varying UK broadcast schedule and daylight saving changes during the series.

Meanwhile Prime in New Zealand has announced that it will première the series on Sunday 20th at 7:30pm.

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I wish they would just tell us what time it is to be broadcast in the UK.

[Blencathra]

New video.

The Doctor and Clara: How Will They Work in the New Series?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031xxhg

[Teddybrown]

I'm sure I read somewhere 7.45pm BBC One... Ill have to find it. Think it was the Radio Times, don't want to go hunting too deep though...

EDIT: Yeah on the Radio Times website they have it on at 7.45pm.
And I just realised its on the 19th, not the 26th... Less of a wait!

[Blencathra]

Teddy you would have been kicking yourself if you waited until the 26th and you missed it on the 19th.

[Blencathra]

The Magician’s Apprentice: UK Air Time Confirmed

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/the-mag...rmed-75782.htm

The UK broadcast time for Doctor Who’s Series 9 opener has at last been finalised.

The Magician’s Apprentice will premiere at 7.40pm, Saturday 19 September on BBC One.

Overseas Dates & Times:

- USA – 19 Sep at 9pm EDT on BBC America
- Canada – 19 Sep at 9pm EDT on SPACE
- Asia Pacific – 20 Sep at 10am on BBC Entertainment
- Australia 20 Sep at 7:40pm on ABC (Also simulcast on iView)
- New Zealand – 20 Sep at 7:30pm on Prime TV
- Benelux Europe – 22 Sep at 9pm on BBC First
- Finland 28 Sep at 6:05pm on YLE TV2
- South Africa – 24 Oct at 6pm on BBC First

[Teddybrown]

Teddy you would have been kicking yourself if you waited until the 26th and you missed it on the 19th.

Yeah, Id tune into the 2nd part, thinking it was the first part and just be like "wtf is happening???"

[Blencathra]

You noticed that the time is definitely 7.40 and not 7.45? Don't want you to miss the beginning.

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New video - Michelle Gomez on the Return of Missy!

Michelle Gomez and Steven Moffat discuss Missy's return in the new series of Doctor Who

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031xxr5

[Teddybrown]

Its in my diary, 7.40, 19th Sept, with a big red circle around it lol. No more forgetting!

[Blencathra]

Doctor Who Series 9: BBC America to air prequel The Doctor's Meditation and Fourth Doctor stories

http://blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk/201...ca-to-air.html

The television schedule for BBC America has revealed that the Doctor Who Series 9 prequel, The Doctor's Meditation, will broadcast the day before The Magician's Apprentice and also some Fourth Doctor stories are to be aired.

BBC America are celebrating the return of the show's return with a four day marathon of Doctor Who programming. The Doctor's Meditation, written by Steven Moffat, is scheduled for 10pm [ET], September 18 on BBC America. It is currently filling a ten minute slot.

September 20 will see two classic Tom Baker adventures on the channel - Genesis of the Daleks and The Seeds of Doom. Also to air in the following week are Terror of the Zygons, Pyramids of Mars and The Hand of Fear.

[Blencathra]

Geek alert: Mark Gatiss, the man behind Dr Who and Sherlock

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/...erlock/6761598

Mark Gatiss is a geek's geek. He is one of the few writers to have written for all four Doctors in the modern revival of 'Doctor Who', is the co-creator of the global hit 'Sherlock' and has acting roles in 'Game of Thrones' and 'Wolf Hall'. Gatiss spoke with Cassie McCullagh.

Cassie McCullagh: So, take us back to that kid in the living room. Because like so many people around the world, you grew up as fan of the Doctor. Were you one of those kids who watched from behind the sofa?

Mark Gatiss: Yes and no. The thing that attracted me immediately to Doctor Who was that it frightened me, but I liked being scared. There were certain things that totally traumatised me and I've never forgotten them since. The first thing I saw was the shop window dummies coming to life in John Pertwee's story. I can remember being too afraid to go into the shops after that. It did its job very well.

CM: Didn’t they have fingers that broke open with guns?

MG: Yes that’s right, the Autons. I can remember clutching my mum's skirt in terror when we stood outside shops with dummies in them. The one that absolutely traumatised me was a story called 'The Demons' when I was about five and a gargoyle comes to life. Within the story they go to a live broadcast on BBC 3 and in my confused childhood brain I thought Doctor Who had become real. It was like an early experiment in breaking the fourth wall. They talked directly down the camera as if it was a live broadcast and I was completely petrified. Happy Days! [Mark Gatiss & I have very nearly the same memories! - Blen]

CM: Now you write these storylines in the current Doctor Who format. The next one is coming out in September, which has one of your old pals from The League of Gentlemen, Reece Shearsmith. It's said to be very scary.

MG: Well I've had this story in my mind for a long time. [Slight spoilers for Mark's S9 episode]

Spoiler:

It's set in the future. It's all from different points of view, which has not been done before on Doctor Who. It's been quite a challenge to make because you have to break a lot of the usual rules in terms of what you can actually show.

Anything you can do to shake the format up is very exciting and that's what we've done. There is no other show on television like Doctor Who and there never has been. It's still extraordinary that you go somewhere entirely different every week and the only constants are the Companions and the Tardis. Everything else is up for grabs, and I think that's terribly exciting.

CM: You're also a co-producer and co-creator of Sherlock, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and yourself as his brother Mycroft—or Mike, as Sherlock calls him. It's a role you deliver with delightful relish. Can you explain the widespread, enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes?

MG: [Laughing] No. If only I could I'd bottle it. I think it remains an enduring mystery. The thing is, none of us can really tell what it is about Sherlock Holmes that has endured. He really is the first and the best. It's the relationship between Holmes and Watson, it's the deductions and it's the thrill of the story.

CM: Both the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes are very sexually ambiguous: the Doctor with all his Companions and Sherlock with Watson. Do you think that that allows us to project whatever we like on them?

MG: If you go back to the source documents for Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes is a big part of the character. He's not a regular hero, that's the point of the Doctor and Sherlock Holmes; they are very different. That is a huge amount of their appeal. They don't just behave like your average square-jawed hero. That’s what makes the Doctor a hero for geeks. He's not the sort of person who would push you over in the playground if you couldn't play football. He's a hero for a different type of kid. And Sherlock has a similar appeal. Its all about his brain power.

CM: I've heard crime writers say that the genre of crime really is at the mercy of technology. It can make or break a story. Do you find this tricky when you're working on those scripts?

MG: Yes and no. I would say when we were first formulating bringing Sherlock into the 21st century the biggest sticking point was how we deal with forensics. In the Victorian era it was just the beginning, but now everybody does it. The solution was that Sherlock Holmes is still the only man in the room who can put extraordinary things together. He makes that huge leap of the imagination that nobody else can do. And that never dates.

CM: In recent years as an actor, you've been involved in some TV projects of the largest kind, playing Tycho Nestoris, the mysterious deal maker of the Iron Bank, in Game of Thrones and Stephen Gardiner in Wolf Hall. This gives you an insight into television making at its most extraordinary. What do you see as being the most successful ingredients?

MG: [Laughing]It's me! Why haven't people realized this before! It's me. You do get a glimpse into an extraordinary, sprawling world. They have three units running simultaneously in Croatia, Ireland and Iceland. I've only dipped my toe in the water and I'm very happy to go back and forth. It's an amazing operation. It's like a military campaign. I don't know how they do it.

CM: Finally, last week Armando Iannucci gave a lecture at the annual Edinburgh Television Festival. He's the creator of two of the funniest political satires ever made, The Thick of It and Veep. He spoke of the BBC being under political attack and plans to cut it down to size. Does that reflect what you're seeing and what do you think the implications would be of a diminished BBC?

MG: It would diminish the world. It's as simple as that. I agree fundamentally with what Armando said; it was a fantastic speech. It was a very realistic and pragmatic call to man the barricades. It's a fantastic industry and it seems remarkable that we have to worry about defending the BBC from trying to make money. It's a world-recognised brand of incredible quality and if we let it go, we will regret it forever.