Doctor Who News, Articles, Cast and Crew Interviews

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Michelle Gomez “Starting back on Doctor Who Soon”
October 14, 2016

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/michell...soon-81159.htm

According to Music.com, Michelle Gomez has reportedly told the site she’ll be be returning to film Doctor Who “soon”.

Speaking in an interview with The Music Brisbane editor Mitch Knox she said: “Weirdly, this is the sort of crunch week where I get to find out exactly what I’m going to be doing next.”

She then adds: “I can officially say that I will be starting back on Doctor Who soon, so that’s one thing.”

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Series 10 & Class #NYCC Round-Up - Doctor Who: The Fan Show

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Class - Character Introductions, Part 1 of 4
Introducing Tanya: Class - BBC Three

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Class - Character Introductions, Part 2 of 4
Introducing Charlie: Class - BBC Three

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Class - Character Introductions, Part 3 of 4
Introducing Ram: Class - BBC Three

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Class - Character Introductions, Part 4 of 4
Introducing April: Class - BBC Three

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Shadow: Class Teaser Trailer - BBC Three

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You're all in grave danger - Class: Episode 1 Sneak Peek - BBC Three

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Class Episode One Pictures
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/10...-pictures.html

Additional pictures here:
Class: Episodes 1 & 2 Image Gallery
http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/class-s...lery-81178.htm

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The Power of the Daleks - artwork
http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/im...daleks-artwork

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Class Comes to Comic-Con
Thursday, 20 October, 2016 - Reported by Marcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/10...comic-con.html

The BBC have announced that the writer and cast of the new BBC series Class will attend the MCM London Comic-Con later this month.

Patrick Ness and the show’s cast including Ram (Fady Elsayed), Charlie (Greg Austin), April (Sophie Hopkins), Tanya (Vivian Oparah) and producer Derek Ritchie, will talk about Coal Hill Academy's first term in the Whoniverse giving give con-goers an insight into the series as well as presenting an exclusive screening of episode three.

The event takes place at Excel London at 15:00 on the Saturday of Comic Con which runs from 28-30 October.

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Mindgame Saga
Thursday, 20 October, 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/10...016080008.html

Koch Media are to re-release the spin-off features produced by Reeltime Pictures, Mindgame and Mindgame Trilogy, on DVD on 14th November 2016.

Mindgame Saga
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Mindgame
Written by Terrance Dicks
Starring Sophie Aldred, Miles Richardson, Toby Aspin and Bryan Robson

The classic prison cell drama. Three warriors are forced to fight by an evil alien intent on testing the combat skills of creatures from our dimension. Can they trick him and escape back to their own timelines?


Mindgame Trilogy
Written by Terrance Dicks, Miles Richardson and Roger Stevens
Starring Sophie Aldred, Miles Richardson and John Wadmore

Continuing the individual stories of the three warriors.
BATTLEFIELD: Field-Major Sarg is in trouble. Trapped, wounded and alone on a battle-scarred planet, he is forced to accept he may die … but at least it will be a glorious death – or so he hopes.
PRISONER 451: To be or not to be, that is the question! On trial for subversion, Commander of Brigade Merc faces the ultimate penalty.
SCOUT SHIP: A dying ship drifting in space. The human mercenary pilot faced with certain death. Time may be relative… but it still runs out!


The DVD also includes a second disc with special features:

• Mindgame Saga Retrospective (NEW)
  
• Making of Mindgame
  
• Making of Mindgame Trilogy
  
• Mindgame & Mindgame Trilogy Slideshows
  
• Mindgame script (including missing scenes)

Exclusive Trailer for Mindgame Saga

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Meeting The Class Cast - Doctor Who: The Fan Show

Published on 20 Oct 2016
We popped into Coal Hill Academy to talk to the cast of Class about the upcoming spin-off series and find out a little bit more about their characters...

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Greg's first ever fan mail - Class: Behind the scenes - BBC Three

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Exclusive: Class star Greg Austin says Peter Capaldi is a "genius madman" - and reveals his hopes for a series 2

"Parental advisory is required" for BBC Three's new Doctor Who spin-off.

By Morgan Jeffery
21 October 2016

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/class/n...-a-series-two/



A little over a year since it was first announced, Doctor Who's new spin-off series Class will land on BBC Three tomorrow morning (October 22).

Written by YA author Patrick Ness, the eight-parter is aimed squarely at teenagers (and older viewers) - with star Greg Austin telling Digital Spy that Class gets "quite dark".

"There's quite a bit of blood, a bit of gore, there's some sex, but none of it's gratuitous," Austin said. "You've got to earn that, otherwise it just doesn't read as being truthful. But yeah - parental advisory is required, I think!



"A lot of people like to put it on a scale alongside the other spin-offs, but I like to think of it as not in between Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, but off to the side somewhere.

"It's its own thing and as such it needs to stand on its own two feet - it's not leaning too heavily on any of the past iterations of Doctor Who."

© BBC/Simon Ridgeway

Peter Capaldi does appear though in the first episode - just to set the good ship Class off on its maiden voyage.

"He's some sort of genius madman," Austin enthused. "He takes Patrick's brilliant writing and twists it a little bit, and does his own thing with it. Each take was different from the last, but the continuity was still there - it's quite hard to pinpoint how he does it, but it's beautiful to watch him work."

© BBC/Simon Ridgeway


Now, though, Class will be looking to stand on its own, with Austin insisting that there are no plans for its cast to return the favour and appear on Doctor Who. ("Though that would be awesome!" he adds.)

The series is set at Coal Hill Academy - a school that's featured on Doctor Who from the very first episode back in 1963 - and follows four teens and their mysterious teacher Miss Quill (Katherine Kelly) as they battle threats from across time and space.

Austin's character Charlie has a secret, though - as the latest trailer confirms, he's "from another planet".

"When I first got the script for my first audition, I didn't know he was an alien - it didn't specifically say that he was," the actor revealed. "So I saw him as just being a bit socially inept, maybe he had mild Asperger's syndrome, that's what read to me.

"So I looked into that side of things - and that really helped me with the alien perspective - having a new perspective on things, not necessarily worse but a different way of looking at things."

© BBC/Simon Ridgeway


And the 24-year-old says there are many more stories to tell with Charlie, Miss Quill, Ram (Fady Elsayed), Tanya (Vivian Oparah) and April (Sophie Hopkins) beyond just these eight.

"There's a long way for these characters to go," he said. "By the end of the series, there's some big choices that have to be made... that leave a lot of room for a lot of big consequences. That's all I'm going to say!"

Class launches with a double-bill tomorrow at 10am on BBC Three.