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    #16
    Class Cast Q&A | BBC Exclusive
    Published on 26 Sep 2016


    Watch the cast of BBC Doctor Who spin-off, Class, take part in a previously live-streamed Q&A on YouTube.


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      #17
      Class drops on BBC Three this October

      http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/class



      The Doctor Who family is growing, and it’s fantastic to be able to welcome the young new cast of Class in to the Whoniverse.Peter Capaldi

      Date:
      23.09.2016
      Last updated: 23.09.2016 at 17.00
      Category: Drama; BBC Three; Wales; BBC Worldwide

      The wait is over! Today BBC Three confirm the new YA drama, Class, written by Patrick Ness, will drop its first two episodes on BBC Three on Saturday 22 October.

      Coal Hill acts like a beacon across all of space and time to any being who might want to use it for mischief….you’ll have to be on your guard.


      • Class drops on BBC Three, Saturday 22 October with the first and second episode For Tonight We Might Die and The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo
      • Peter Capaldi appears as the Doctor in the opening episode
      • Class World premiere details announced - Thursday 20 October



      Peter Capaldi will join the cast of exciting new talent in the opening episode of the series, For Tonight We Might Die. Coal Hill School holds some very dark and deadly secrets in its shadows… but who will survive?

      Commenting on his involvement with the new Doctor Who spin-off series, Peter Capaldi, says: “The Doctor Who family is growing, and it’s fantastic to be able to welcome the young new cast of Class in to the Whoniverse.”


      It’s a new term at Coal Hill Academy, and students are preparing for their Autumn Prom. But when the school comes under attack, four alienated students must form an unlikely alliance to defeat them. And this incursion is only the beginning.


      Charlie (Greg Austin), April (Sophie Hopkins), Ram (Fady Elsayed) and Tanya (Vivian Oparah), assisted by their physics teacher Miss Quill (Katherine Kelly), are charged with a great responsibility by the mysterious alien known as the Doctor (Peter Capaldi) to guard against the creatures of nightmare that want nothing more than to find a way through to Earth and take it for their own.


      Patrick Ness has created intriguing and complex characters that have to navigate their way through more than just teenage hormones, exams and detention. Joining them as series regulars are Jordan Renzo (Chosen, Troubled), Pooky Quesnel (The A Word, Accused), Nigel Betts (Boy Meets Girl, Doctor Who). The first two episodes also feature Ben Peel (The Fall, Vampire Academy), Anna Shaffer (Harry Potter, Hollyoaks), Paul Marc Davies (Doctor Who, Torchwood), and Shannon Murray (The Totally Senseless Gameshow).


      YA writer and Class creator Patrick Ness, says: “At last, we can tell you a little more about Class! Though there are still many, many secrets to come. Many. Like, a lot. But of COURSE, the Doctor is in episode one! That’s how these things are done. Truly, though, I can't wait for everyone to see the show; we've worked so hard and I'm so proud of it. Soon, soon...”


      Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three, says: “We know lots of BBC Three fans are Doctor Who fans so Class on BBC Three is a perfect fit. It’s nice to be back as part of the Doctor Who family.”


      From Writer Patrick Ness, Director Ed Bazalgette (Poldark, Doctor Who), Producer Derek Ritchie, and Executive Producers Patrick Ness, Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin, the BBC Studios Wales production, co-produced with BBC America and BBC Worldwide.


      To watch the Class cast YouTube and Facebook streamed Q&A again, please visit the Class website bbc.co.uk/class


      For more news and updates, follow the official BBC Class accounts:



      CM5


      Grab your tickets now!

      An exclusive World premiere of the first episode will take place at Rich Mix on Thursday 20 October, the home of Coal Hill Academy, Shoreditch, with doors opening at 6pm.

      Tickets are limited and are now available via the BBC Shows and Tours website bbc.co.uk/showsandtours.
      Drawn at random, successful applicants will be allowed a maximum of one pair of tickets each.

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        #18
        Is Buffy something that people still compare new things to?

        If so... This is reeking of Buffy... Maybe... But not in a good way... Cos it's English... It should be trying to reek of Press Gang or something... I guess... I don't know... I'm Australian...
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          #19
          Originally posted by cosmichobo View Post
          Is Buffy something that people still compare new things to?

          If so... This is reeking of Buffy... Maybe... But not in a good way... Cos it's English... It should be trying to reek of Press Gang or something... I guess... I don't know... I'm Australian...
          I think even today Buffy is a good comparison for a show to make towards. It had great drama, action, peril, humour, romance, character development and I think that should be something most shows (depending on the show you're trying to make) should try to bring in my very humble opinion. If Class is being compared to Buffy...well even if it wasn't a part of the Whoniverse I'd still be tuning in because I have great affection for Buffy and the stories told across its seven seasons. It wasn't perfect all the time but no show can be.

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            #20
            Patrick Ness Introduces Class
            Published on 29 Sep 2016

            Writer and creator Patrick Ness introduces Class, our new spin-off show. Watch the full Class livestream: https://youtu.be/VzQ8gZ01yac


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              #21
              Does this new Class clip contain a secret callback to Doctor Who?
              An old threat from the sci-fi series seems to be returning
              http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...-to-doctor-who

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                #22
                Doctor Who spin-off Class will launch in the US at the same time as the main show
                http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...-the-main-show

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                  #23
                  "Wait until you see the stuff Peter Capaldi brings" to Doctor Who spin-off Class says creator: "It's fantastic - so much fun!"
                  http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...---so-much-fun

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                    #24
                    Entertainment Weekly Verified account ?@EW

                    Attention #Whovians: The Doctor is in the building—and @DoctorWho_BBCA worlds are colliding at our @BBCAMERICA #NYCC party!


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                      #25
                      New plot summaries for Class reveal what the Doctor Who spin-off has in store
                      Doctors, shadows and skin-peeling dragons, basically

                      http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...medium=twitter



                      By Huw Fullerton
                      Friday 7 October 2016 at 11:51AM

                      After months of uncertainty, BBC3’s Class has begun dropping all sorts of information about what we can expect from the Doctor Who spin-off, ranging from the presence of Peter Capaldi’s Doctor to the threats our heroes will face – and now the biggest pile of information yet has appeared in the form of episode summaries for the first two instalments of the series.

                      Appearing in online programme information ahead of the two episodes’ release on BBC3 on Saturday 22nd October, the summaries include details of the alien menaces looming over Coal Hill School, how the Doctor fits in and the fallout of whatever horrors are inflicted on the students (played by Greg Austin, Vivian Oparah, Fady Elsayed and Sophie Hopkins).

                      First off, here’s the summary for series premiere For Tonight We Might Die, which sees the students at a deadly school prom:


                      It's a new term at Coal Hill Academy, and students are preparing for their Autumn Prom. But when the school comes under attack from the monstrous Shadow Kin, four alienated students must form an unlikely alliance to defeat them.

                      Charlie, April, Ram and Tanya, assisted by their physics teacher Miss Quill, are now charged with a great responsibility by the mysterious alien known as 'The Doctor': to guard against the creatures of nightmare, who want nothing more than to find a way through to Earth and take it for their own.
                      And this incursion is only the beginning…


                      So a few new details here beyond the premise-setting stuff that we already knew – the mysterious monsters previously referred to as “Shadow” and seen in a short trailer are apparently called the Shadow Kin, and as expected they attack the school in the first episode. Oh, and Katherine Kelly’s Miss Quill is a physics teacher, which we probably should have expected based on her blackboard (below).


                      But it’s the summary for episode two's The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo that has really intrigued us...


                      Following the tragic events at the Prom, a devastated Ram isolates himself from the other three as he struggles with his new reality. Desperate to hold himself together on the football pitch, when he thinks he witnesses someone getting skinned alive he's convinced he's cracking up.

                      But when Tanya, Charlie and April are all confronted with the same thing: a horrific, monstrous, skin-peeling dragon, they know that they're under attack. The gang must pull together to fight against the monster, and try to keep Coal Hill safe.

                      So first off this description shows that Class will have a similarly episodic structure to Doctor Who, with the ScWhoby gang taking on a new creature or alien every week as opposed to having a fully serialised story. So after saving the world from the Shadow Kin in episode one, they’ll now stop this new monster. Easy.

                      But the summary also teases that we can expect some pretty dark stuff in the previous episode, hinting at “tragic events” still haunting Ram (Fady Elsayed) that are presumably tied in with Shadow Kin attack on the prom. Could Class have already killed off a character in its premiere? Or does something somehow even worse happen to Ram?

                      Oh, and there’s a SKIN-PEELING DRAGON in it. Clearly, this is not yer da’s Doctor Who spin-off, closer to the darkness of Torchwood than the kid-friendly whimsy of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

                      So overall, it’s sounding like Class will be the grown-up, Doctor Who-themed sci-fi that the fans are hoping for. Only a couple of weeks now until we find out for sure…

                      Class episode 1 and 2 will be available on BBC3 online from Saturday 22nd October

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                        #26
                        The Doctor – Class Teaser (Official)



                        Published on 7 Oct 2016
                        When the Doctor can’t be there, you have to take survival upon yourselves. Here’s a first peek at the new Doctor Who spin-off ‘Class’!

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                          #27
                          Class Trailer (Official)


                          Published on 7 Oct 2016


                          Just beyond what you see, just beyond what you know, there’s something out there waiting for you.

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                            #28
                            CLASS Full Panel - New York Comic Con 2016


                            Published on 8 Oct 2016
                            The full Class panel from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in NYC at New York Comic-Con 2016.

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                              #29
                              Series 10 & Class #NYCC Round-Up - Doctor Who: The Fan Show

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                                #30
                                Class - Character Introductions, Part 1 of 4
                                Introducing Tanya: Class - BBC Three

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