Tuesday Press Clips, Launch Recaps - Updated
Wednesday, 9 March 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Updated 9 March, 0635 GMT
Tonight's press call has already made headlines on BBC television, including behind-the-scenes moments and clips from the trailer. The official site now has several of today's new trailers online; check them out! (You need RealPlayer installed on your machine.)
BBC News features an article today about the press launch. They quote Christopher Eccleston as saying it was an "easy" decision to become the ninth Doctor Who. "I just wanted to work with Russell T Davies. It's a fantastic series and I am proud to be a part of it." Also covered in the press this evening: articles in The Sun and the Telegraph (which calls its article "Ailing BBC pins revival on Doctor Who").
The date for Christopher Eccleston's interview with Steve Wright was announced today on the Radio 2 website - it takes place on Monday, 21 March. The show runs from 2:00pm GMT and you can catch it at the Radio 2 website.
According to today's The Sun, the newspaper sent a Dalek along with singer Charlotte Church to the press launch this evening. "Our baddie ù who led a successful campaign to reinstate the Daleks after problems with their contracts ù rolled up to the bash in Cardiff. But security guards refused to let him in to the screening with stars Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and Charlotte, 19. A BBC spokesman said: 'I'm sorry, but there is no room for your Dalek.'" It also notes that Eccleston has warned fans against watching the downloaded episode: "It's a rough cut without special effects. Wait to see it in all its glory." The article was accompanied by a photo of Church with the Sun's Dalek, as the newspaper once again boasts that it somehow affected the Daleks' return to the program.
Christopher Eccleston is not very pleased with the early online reactions to the leaked episode, likely brought on by the largely negative reviews posted on AICN which have been widely publicized in news reports covering the leak of the episode. (Outpost Gallifrey invites members of the production team reading to go into our Forum, where the reviews in the "Rose" spoiler section have been overwhelmingly positive!)
More coverage today in UK and international press of the leak of the first episode, "Rose," onto the Internet, including articles in the Herald Sun (Australia), New Kerala (India), Sydney Morning Herald, The Mercury (Australia),BigNewsNetwork, ContactMusic, CNet News, Washington Times, CBBC Newsround, Morons.org,Silicon.com, AfterDawn, TV NZ, Daily Record, RTE, Australian IT, Media Life Magazine, Stuff.co.nz, CJAD(Canada) and Canoe (Canada), as well as an article in the Times Online today which mentions a couple of very minor spoilers, as noted in the spoilers tag at the bottom of this news report. Meanwhile, today's Daily Record had this subtle quip: "THE BBC are rightly furious that their new episode of Dr Who was prematurely leaked on the internet. Especially since it featured a new monster, the Not-Yeti."
Finally, a screen image news coverage tonight (thanks to "Bazzerbill"):
Tonight's press call has already made headlines on BBC television, including behind-the-scenes moments and clips from the trailer. The official site now has several of today's new trailers online; check them out! (You need RealPlayer installed on your machine.)
BBC News features an article today about the press launch. They quote Christopher Eccleston as saying it was an "easy" decision to become the ninth Doctor Who. "I just wanted to work with Russell T Davies. It's a fantastic series and I am proud to be a part of it." Also covered in the press this evening: articles in The Sun and the Telegraph (which calls its article "Ailing BBC pins revival on Doctor Who").
The date for Christopher Eccleston's interview with Steve Wright was announced today on the Radio 2 website - it takes place on Monday, 21 March. The show runs from 2:00pm GMT and you can catch it at the Radio 2 website.
According to today's The Sun, the newspaper sent a Dalek along with singer Charlotte Church to the press launch this evening. "Our baddie ù who led a successful campaign to reinstate the Daleks after problems with their contracts ù rolled up to the bash in Cardiff. But security guards refused to let him in to the screening with stars Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper and Charlotte, 19. A BBC spokesman said: 'I'm sorry, but there is no room for your Dalek.'" It also notes that Eccleston has warned fans against watching the downloaded episode: "It's a rough cut without special effects. Wait to see it in all its glory." The article was accompanied by a photo of Church with the Sun's Dalek, as the newspaper once again boasts that it somehow affected the Daleks' return to the program.
Christopher Eccleston is not very pleased with the early online reactions to the leaked episode, likely brought on by the largely negative reviews posted on AICN which have been widely publicized in news reports covering the leak of the episode. (Outpost Gallifrey invites members of the production team reading to go into our Forum, where the reviews in the "Rose" spoiler section have been overwhelmingly positive!)
More coverage today in UK and international press of the leak of the first episode, "Rose," onto the Internet, including articles in the Herald Sun (Australia), New Kerala (India), Sydney Morning Herald, The Mercury (Australia),BigNewsNetwork, ContactMusic, CNet News, Washington Times, CBBC Newsround, Morons.org,Silicon.com, AfterDawn, TV NZ, Daily Record, RTE, Australian IT, Media Life Magazine, Stuff.co.nz, CJAD(Canada) and Canoe (Canada), as well as an article in the Times Online today which mentions a couple of very minor spoilers, as noted in the spoilers tag at the bottom of this news report. Meanwhile, today's Daily Record had this subtle quip: "THE BBC are rightly furious that their new episode of Dr Who was prematurely leaked on the internet. Especially since it featured a new monster, the Not-Yeti."
Finally, a screen image news coverage tonight (thanks to "Bazzerbill"):
As stated in the Times report, the Autons, who are widely known to star in the first episode, "will be joined by Tree People and [the] Moxx of Balhoon, a blue creature with a pot belly. Other creatures include Slitheens."
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