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[Teddybrown]

Hmm, while it is The Mirror, it's been suggested a few times for several different reasons and they do get it right from time to time - I wonder how much truth there is in this?

Feature length specials for 2016?

I hate it how theyre all saying "ratings crisis"! Its aired the last 3 weeks alongside the Rugby World Cup and X Factor. Of course people will want to watch the rugby, especially last nights game as it was a crunch match, we lose, we are out...

They can catch up on Doctor Who on iPlayer afterall...

[Sealurk]

I hate it how theyre all saying "ratings crisis"! Its aired the last 3 weeks alongside the Rugby World Cup and X Factor. Of course people will want to watch the rugby, especially last nights game as it was a crunch match, we lose, we are out...

They can catch up on Doctor Who on iPlayer afterall...

Yeah that is most likely to be tabloid hyperbole, but there may be a kernel of truth to the underlying story. It's been suggested a few times in a few different ways, so I'm not going to discount the idea that we won't have a full series next year.

[Blencathra]

Big Finish - Doctor Who: The War Doctor

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doct...the-war-doctor


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In December 2015, the Time War will rage and only one man can save us. John Hurt is The War Doctor!

John Hurt, the world-renowned star of film and television, is returning to the role of The War Doctor, in twelve full-cast Doctor Who audio plays.

The War Doctor was introduced for Doctor Who’s Fiftieth Anniversary, and played a key part in the record-breaking television special The Day of the Doctor, alongside David Tennant and Matt Smith’s Doctors. He is the secret incarnation of the Time Lord — but he has shunned the title ‘Doctor’ in order to fight in the Time War against the Daleks.

“I have been a huge fan of John since first seeing him in the repeats of I, Claudius in the 1980s and in his Oscar-nominated role as the eponymous The Elephant Man,’ says Big Finish executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery. ‘Watching his performance in The Day of the Doctor I did find myself fantasising that some far off day we might have the chance to work with him on the audio adventures of Doctor Who and now two short years later it’s happened! John wove a fantastic character together from a great script by Steven Moffat. Now we have the chance to get to know that character more and hear John stretch in the role. We’re all in for a hell of a ride as the War Doctor engages in battle. But who are the greater threat - the Daleks or the Time Lords?”

The audio adventures of The War Doctor will be told over four box sets, each containing three linked hour-long episodes. The first box set is entitled Only The Monstrous, and is written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, whose many successes for Big Finish include the BBC Audio Award-winning masterpiece Doctor Who: Dark Eyes.

“The story of the Doctor who refuses to call himself the Doctor in order to do the unthinkable upon the ultimate battlefield — all of space and time — was irresistible to me,” says Nicholas. “Such a deeply disturbing and engaging character created by the formidable talents of writer Steven Moffat and actor John Hurt. It’s such a privilege to be working on this.”

The cast of The War Doctor also includes Jacqueline Pearce, who plays Time Lord Cardinal Ollistra — an arch manipulator who is waging the Time War against the Daleks. Jacqueline’s work includes The Avengers, Callan, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, Moondial and Russell T Davies’ Dark Season, and she is known to many science fiction fans for her role as Servalan in the cult classic Blake’s 7.

Only The Monstrous will be released in December 2015, and will be followed in February 2016 by the second volume, Infernal Devices, which is written by John Dorney, Phil Mulryne and Matt Fitton. Volumes Three and Four are currently in pre-production.

“What an utter privilege it is to work with such an iconic actor, playing such a brilliantly devised role,” says producer David Richardson. “This is Doctor Who at its darkest — the era in which our hero casts aside his core values in order to try and save the galaxy in its most terrible hour. We promise bold and brilliant story-telling with gripping character drama, and epic and cinematic audio productions.”

In addition to The War Doctor, November 2017 also sees a prequel box set to the saga, Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor — The Time War, which will follow the early stages of the Time War from the Eighth Doctor’s perspective. Paul McGann stars, alongside characters first introduced in the War Doctor box sets.

You can pre-order all four box sets of Doctor Who: The War Doctor, plus Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor – The Time War today from the Big Finish website, priced just £20 each on both CD and Download, or all five available in a single bundle for easy ordering. Pre-orders on CD have free UK postage, and anyone buying on CD through the Big Finish website gets access to the Download version on release.

Order here - http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/...1380?range=113

and here - http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/...1384?range=113

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Next time trailer for Before the Flood

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Doctor Who Extra - Cass and Lunn

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Doctor Who Extra - The Fireball

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Doctor Who Extra - Becoming a ghost

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Doctor Who Extra - Water, water everywhere

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It's on the cards
The story behind those handy cards from Clara the Doctor keeps in his pocket!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0341pmk

Ghosts with a twist
Peter Capaldi talks about the Doctor Who take on ghosts.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0341kxm

Steven on the Shades
The screwdriver is gone… long live the shades! You can make anything a bit 'sonic'!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0341ktq

[Blencathra]

Under the Lake Storyboards 1 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033z82y/p033z7wp

Storyboards 2 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p033z8gb/p033z89w

Production artwork - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0341yn0/p0341wq8

Behind the scenes pics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03422gv/p03421cy

Under the Lake fact file - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/arti...-the-fact-file

[Flyboy]

Big Finish - Doctor Who: The War Doctor

http://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doct...the-war-doctor


Click for bigger

In December 2015, the Time War will rage and only one man can save us. John Hurt is The War Doctor!

John Hurt, the world-renowned star of film and television, is returning to the role of The War Doctor, in twelve full-cast Doctor Who audio plays.

The War Doctor was introduced for Doctor Who’s Fiftieth Anniversary, and played a key part in the record-breaking television special The Day of the Doctor, alongside David Tennant and Matt Smith’s Doctors. He is the secret incarnation of the Time Lord — but he has shunned the title ‘Doctor’ in order to fight in the Time War against the Daleks.

“I have been a huge fan of John since first seeing him in the repeats of I, Claudius in the 1980s and in his Oscar-nominated role as the eponymous The Elephant Man,’ says Big Finish executive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery. ‘Watching his performance in The Day of the Doctor I did find myself fantasising that some far off day we might have the chance to work with him on the audio adventures of Doctor Who and now two short years later it’s happened! John wove a fantastic character together from a great script by Steven Moffat. Now we have the chance to get to know that character more and hear John stretch in the role. We’re all in for a hell of a ride as the War Doctor engages in battle. But who are the greater threat - the Daleks or the Time Lords?”

The audio adventures of The War Doctor will be told over four box sets, each containing three linked hour-long episodes. The first box set is entitled Only The Monstrous, and is written and directed by Nicholas Briggs, whose many successes for Big Finish include the BBC Audio Award-winning masterpiece Doctor Who: Dark Eyes.

“The story of the Doctor who refuses to call himself the Doctor in order to do the unthinkable upon the ultimate battlefield — all of space and time — was irresistible to me,” says Nicholas. “Such a deeply disturbing and engaging character created by the formidable talents of writer Steven Moffat and actor John Hurt. It’s such a privilege to be working on this.”

The cast of The War Doctor also includes Jacqueline Pearce, who plays Time Lord Cardinal Ollistra — an arch manipulator who is waging the Time War against the Daleks. Jacqueline’s work includes The Avengers, Callan, Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, Moondial and Russell T Davies’ Dark Season, and she is known to many science fiction fans for her role as Servalan in the cult classic Blake’s 7.

Only The Monstrous will be released in December 2015, and will be followed in February 2016 by the second volume, Infernal Devices, which is written by John Dorney, Phil Mulryne and Matt Fitton. Volumes Three and Four are currently in pre-production.

“What an utter privilege it is to work with such an iconic actor, playing such a brilliantly devised role,” says producer David Richardson. “This is Doctor Who at its darkest — the era in which our hero casts aside his core values in order to try and save the galaxy in its most terrible hour. We promise bold and brilliant story-telling with gripping character drama, and epic and cinematic audio productions.”

In addition to The War Doctor, November 2017 also sees a prequel box set to the saga, Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor — The Time War, which will follow the early stages of the Time War from the Eighth Doctor’s perspective. Paul McGann stars, alongside characters first introduced in the War Doctor box sets.

You can pre-order all four box sets of Doctor Who: The War Doctor, plus Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor – The Time War today from the Big Finish website, priced just £20 each on both CD and Download, or all five available in a single bundle for easy ordering. Pre-orders on CD have free UK postage, and anyone buying on CD through the Big Finish website gets access to the Download version on release.

Order here - http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/...1380?range=113

and here - http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/...1384?range=113

To add to this excitement:

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Introduction to Before the Flood.

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/officia...ails-76709.htm
Doctor Who lego!

[Teddybrown]

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/before-...et-2-76775.htm
Before the Flood teasers 2

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/dont-ex...lass-76790.htm
Dont expect Weeping Angels or old favourites in Class...

[Alan]

The future of K-9
Friday, 09 October, 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/10...015164508.html

Series producer Paul Tams has reported to us that there will shortly be an annoucement over the future of K-9, who appeared in his own series back in 2009.

The announcement will be made by him and K-9 co-creator Bob Baker at the DWAS convention Back to the Eighties, which takes place on the 24th October.

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Meanwhile, the duo will also be signing copies of their book, The Essential Book of K-9, at The Comic Guru store in Cardiff on Saturday 10th October, which celebrates twelve years of comic and sci-fi/Doctor Who specialities.

The Essential Book of K-9
Edited by Paul Tams, fiction by Bob Baker

"All you ever wanted to know about the World's favourite Robot Dog... From the inside out!"

Prepare to blast off on a journey beyond Time & Space to meet one of the all time Iconic Heroes of SCI-FI TV, a small robot in the shape of the Dog known as K9!

This book pays tribute to the people that created, voiced, acted with, designed, operated and built K9 throughout the years as well as showing an insight into the World of TV production.

Containing Exclusive Photos, Cross Section Artworks alongside New Fiction written by K9's creator Bob Baker, this book also documents K9's TV history.