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[Alan]

The Timeless Children
Sunday, 01 March, 2020 - Reported by Marcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...-children.html

Doctor Who reaches the dramatic conclusion of Series 12, Season 38 today with the broadcast of The Timeless Children.

The story can be seeon the the UK at the earlier than usual time of 6.50pm. It is written by series showrunner Chris Chibnall and Directed by Jamie Magnus Stone who directed last week's story Ascension of the Cybermen.

Written by Chris Chibnall
Directed by Jamie Magnus Stone
Starring Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill.

The Cybermen are on the march. The last remaining humans are hunted down. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, and for the Doctor nothing will ever be the same.

North American viewers can see the story at 8pm ET on BBC America or on CTV Sci-Fi in Canada. Australians have to wait until Thursday for the episode debut's at 8.00pm, while in New Zealand, it can be seen at 9am, Monday morning, on TV2, just a couple of hours after the UK showing.

Full broadcast details can be found here, and ongoing adventures of the Doctor can be found via This Week in Doctor Who.

COMING SOON | The Timeless Children

[Alan]

10 Minutes until the
Series 12
(aka Series 38)
Finale:
Episode 10 -
"The Timeless Children".
6:50pm
on
BBC One.

[Teddybrown]

So, the next episode is called Revolution of the Daleks but no airdate.

[The_Carpenter]

Next episode lol, Doctor Who is dead after this mess

[planet_tv]

Doctor Who Will Air a Holiday Special Again This Year

[Teddybrown]

Guessing that's the holiday special then...

[BruTak]

Christmas Day or New Years Day, they haven't decided yet.

[Alan]

#SaveTheDay with Doctor Who around the world
Saturday, 21 March, 2020 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...und-world.html

Today at 7:00pm GMT, Doctor Who fans (and anybody else who wants to join in!) all around the world are invited to join in a special global viewing of the 50th Anniversary Doctor Who adventure, The Day Of The Doctor!

Organised by Doctor Who Magazine writer, Emily Cook, the idea is to bring some cheer during the current global pandemic by fans watching episodes simultaneously and sharing their views together as the stories unfold. Back in 2013, The Day Of The Doctor achieved a world record for the number of viewers globally, and this story has been chosen to kick off this new shared experience, using the hashtag that promoted the anniversary, #SaveTheDay.

To join in, simply pop in your DVD or Bluray disc, or access a streaming service such as BBC iPlayer or Netflix, and then hit play at 7:00pm GMT/3:00pm ET/6:00am AEDT/7:00pm NZDT and share your viewing experience!

If successful, further shared viewing days could follow, with provisional ideas including the 21st Century Doctor Who premiere Rose on 26th March to celebrate its 15th anniversary, and the eleventh Doctor opener The Eleventh Hour on 3rd April in celebration of its 10th anniversary!

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New Doctor Who scene for #SaveTheDay
Saturday, 21 March, 2020 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...avetheday.html

A new, specially written scene is to be released online tonight at 6:30pm GMT to introduce the #SaveTheDay initiative for an international viewing of the 50th Anniversary story The Day Of The Doctor.

The scene has been written by the story's writer and former showrunner Steven Moffat; organiser Emily Cook told Radio Times:

Seeing as we’re all stuck in self-isolation with nothing to do, and given so many fans have got engaged with this now-global Day of the Doctor rewatch party, I thought it might be fun to create a new introduction video, inspired by the one which was shown in cinemas before the Anniversary Special was simulcast in 2013! I approached Steven Moffat with the idea and, amazingly, he jumped on board! He’s written a special scene which is utterly brilliant! Brand-new Doctor Who created remotely while we’re all in self-isolation. I really hope fans enjoy this! It's a real treat!

Details of the scene, and who will present it, are being kept under wraps, but the writer has briefly returned to Twitter to celebrate the event, saying:

Hi. Steven Moffat here. Actual Steven Moffat, if there's still anyone bothering to pretend to be me. Only here for the Day Of The Doctor tweet-a-long, 7pm GMT, 21st March. #savetheday Disappearing after that BEFORE THEY GET ME!!!!

The worldwide "watchathon" takes place at 7:00pm GMT/3:00pm ET/6:00am AEDT/7:00pm NZDT.

[Alan]

David Collings 1940-2020
Monday, 23 March, 2020 - Reported by Marcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...1940-2020.html

Actor David Collings has died at the age of 79.

David Collings had a number of memorable appearances in Doctor Who appearing in eleven episodes of the Classic series between 1975 and 1983.

His first appearance was in the Fourth Doctor story Revenge of the Cybermen. Collins played Vorus, leader of the guardians on Voga. His performance as the proud renegade, trying to assert his races sovereignty but nearly bringing about their destruction was a tour de force.

He returned to the series in 1977 playing Poul in the story The Robots of Death. A very different role Poul was an undercover agent for the Kaldor City Company, eventually succumbing to Grimwade's Syndrome, the fear of Robots.

His final appearance came in the fifth Doctor story Mawdryn Undead, playing the title character Mawdryn, desperate to get the Doctor to give up his remaining regenerations.

David Collings was born in Brighton in East Sussex in 1940. His first television appearance came in 1964, playing Raskolnikov in a live production of Crime & Punishment. Over the next thirty years, he was a regular of the British screen appearing in such programmes as Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Point Counter Point, The Possessed, Canterbury Tales, Elizabeth R, By the Sword Divided, Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced, Sapphire & Steel and The Shadow of the Tower.

He played William Wilberforce in The Fight Against Slavery and Blind Pew in Treasure Island. In 1981 he appeared in the final episode of Blake's 7 playing Deva.

Film roles included Bob Cratchit in the classic 1970 film musical, Scrooge, as well as roles in The Thirty Nine Steps and The Outsider, while Radio listeners heard him as Legolas in the acclaimed BBC dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings.

In recent years Collins had worked for Big Finish appearing in several Doctor Who related productions.

David Collings died suddenly earlier today. He is survived by three children and his wife, Karen Archer, who announced the death on Twitter.

I don’t if this is the right time, maybe no such thing anymore, but I feel I should share the news, for those who knew him, that our dear David Collings, actor, husband, father, died suddenly in the early hours of this morning. Perhaps we can celebrate him properly next year ...

[cosmichobo]

I have to admit I can no longer trust my once Encyclopedic knowledge of Doctor Who... and perhaps I was aware that David Collings had played Vorus, Poul, and Mawdryn... But - as at this moment of reading - it came as quite a shock!

There's plenty of actors who have appeared numerous times in Who that I am well aware of - not just in bit parts... Michael Sheard I think being one of the better known. But I really can't say I would have ever picked the relationship between these 3 characters! Admittedly in 2 of the roles he was in either a complete mask, or heavy makeup... but still - a great actor by all counts...

[Alan]

Flash Sale On The New Issue Of Doctor Who Magazine
Tuesday, 24 March, 2020 - Reported byMarcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...octor-who.html

Issue 550 of Doctor Who Magazine is part of a bumper package that includes a poster magazine, a TARDIS control-room diorama, six 1970s-style collectors’ cards, a Talons of Weng-Chiang poster and a download code for a four-part Big Finish adventure starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson.

The retail price for this unique issue is £9.99, but a new offer from publisher Panini includes the issue as part of a six-month subscription with large savings on cover prices. The offer includes issues with exclusive, subscriber-only covers, DWM Special Editions and free delivery, very important in these difficult times.

For a limited time only, you can receive a six-month subscription to Doctor Who Magazine and its Special Editions for just £32.50. If you take out a new subscription by 5.00pm ON TUESDAY 24 MARCH, you can receive issue 550 as part of this special offer.

Editor Marcus Hearn says

We all need our spirits lifting at the moment, and hopefully the extra-special issue 550 will help. Free delivery for subscribers is another bonus that will make things easier for a lot of our readers in these difficult times.

To take advantage of this limited-time offer, simply head to Panini Subscriptions. The 30% discount is open to UK direct debit subscribers only and is valid from 23 March to 23 April 2020. Minimum subscription term is one year. There are two payments of £32.50 during the first year of subscription. Subscriptions are charged at £37 per six months following the first year of subscription.

Issue 550 celebrates Doctor Who’s mid-70s classics. Highlights include:

• Showrunner Chris Chibnall and former producer Philip Hinchcliffe – together at the Doctor Who studio!
• Director Michael E Briant describes the making of his 1977 classic The Robots of Death.
• Sadie Miller remembers her mother, Sarah Jane Smith actress Elisabeth Sladen.
• The Doctor Who Magazine review of Series 12 – every episode from Spyfall to The Timeless Children!
• A diary and scrapbook of 1976-77 – the extraordinary months that spanned the broadcast of Season 14.
• A new presentation of Dr Who and the Hell Planet, a 1976 short story by Terrance Dicks.
• A review of the new, animated version of The Faceless Ones.
• How Robert Holmes reimagined the Time Lords for his 1976 story The Deadly Assassin.
• The Fact of Fiction explores the 2006 story Tooth and Claw.
• A look at Exploration Earth: The Time Machine, a 1976 schools programme starring Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen.
• Updates on Doctor Who luminaries, past and present, with Time and Space Visualiser.
• Public Image analyses the ratings for the final episodes of Series 12.
• Part Two of The Piggybackers, a new comic-strip adventure featuring the Thirteenth Doctor and her friends.
• Big Finish previews and reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, The Blogs of Doom and much more!

PLUS:

• 1977-style poster magazine
• TARDIS control-room diorama
• Talons of Weng-Chiang music-hall poster
• Six collectors’ cards
• Four-part Big Finish download

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 550 is on sale from Thursday 2 April 2020 £9.99 (UK)

[Alan]

#TripOfALifetime: Rose around the World
Tuesday, 24 March, 2020 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...320083008.html

Following on from the popular global viewing of The Day Of The Doctor last Saturday, a followup event featuring the first episode of 21st Century Doctor Who, Rose is planned for this coming Thursday, 26th March at 7:00pm GMT - the exact time of its fifteenth anniversary! As with #SaveTheDay, viewers around the world are invited to watch the episode and comment along.

To join in, simply pop in your DVD or Bluray disc, or access a streaming service such as BBC iPlayer or Netflix, and then hit play at 7:00pm GMT/3:00pm ET/6:00am AEDT/8:00am NZDT and share your viewing experience!

With Steven Moffat getting involved last weekend, original writer and showrunner Russell T Davies has announced he too will be rejoining Twitter to join in the fun on Thursday, revealing something special to mark the occasion via his Instagram account:

ROSE livestream and tweet-a-long, THURSDAY 26 MARCH at 7pm GMT. Come and have fun! Before that, Thursday daytime, time TBC, we'll release ROSE: THE PREQUEL on the BBC's Doctor Who website - it's a lost piece of history from the 50th anniversary year, 2013. Never seen before! ROSE is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer and Netflix; worldwide, check your own resourced (don't ask me, I have no clue!). If you can't find a copy, close your eyes at 7om GMT and feel my psychic link. Yeah. I'll be tweeting along, twitter handle to be named on Thursday! Plus more surprises to come. Oh what a lockdown this is! #TripofaLifetime

[Alan]

Read the first thoughts of the Thirteenth Doctor
Wednesday, 25 March, 2020 - Reported by Chuck Foster

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...320172508.html

The BBC will be releasing a number of items related to Doctor Who over the coming weeks, with today seeing a new short story featuring the Thirteenth Doctor written by showrunner Chris Chibnall.

The writer said:

Hello! We’re living through some strange times right now.

With people staying home, and families stuck together, I thought maybe a few little presents from Doctor Who might help. Something to read, together or alone. New treats, from the people who make Doctor Who.

We’ll try and post things here once or twice a week. Tomorrow, we’ll have a never-before-published piece written by Russell T Davies.

To start us off, I’ve written a few words about what went through the Thirteenth Doctor’s head, immediately after she regenerated and was thrown out her TARDIS.

Stay safe.
Chris x

You can read the short story via the official BBC Doctor Who website.

[Alan]

Rose #TripOfALifetime
Thursday, 26 March, 2020 - Reported by Marcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03...alifetime.html

Fans around the world will be marking fifteen years since the original transmission of Rose at 7pm UK time today.

The episode was the first Doctor Who adventure for the Ninth Doctor and the first written by Russell T Davies. It was originally shown at 7pm on Saturday 26th March 2005.

The idea comes from Emily Cook of Doctor Who Magazine and follows a similar project where fans watched The Day of the Doctor last weekend.

Former show runner Russell T Davies will be live Tweeting the episode, and has written a prequel, available on the BBC Doctor Who Website. A sequel will be revealed at 7.45pm.

Viewers in the UK can watch on :

• BBC iPlayer
• Netflix

And in the US on

• Amazon Video
• iTunes
• Google Play

Or watch along on your DVD/Blu-ray and follow the #TripOfALifetime

Doctor Who rewatch- Rose introduction, 2020

[Alan]

Rose: The Sequel
Thursday, 26 March, 2020 - Reported by Marcus

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2020/03/rose-sequel.html

A sequel to Doctor Who: Rose, written by Russell T Davies, has now been released, celebrating 15 years since the transmission of the episode.

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