Class Episode 4 Released

Sunday, 6 November 2016 - Reported by Marcus

Class Episode 4,Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart, has now been released and can be viewed in the UK on the BBC iPlayer.

The BBC has also released Behind the Scenes pictures from the third and fourth episodes of Class.

The pictures contain spoilers from the episodes.

Nightvisiting

Jasper (KOBNA HOLDBROOK SMITH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

FILTER: - Class

Class - Episode Four - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Tuesday, 1 November 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster

The BBC have released a new set of pictures from the fourth episode of Class, Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart.

The episode is released on BBC Three next Saturday, after which it will be released around the world. Full Details

Class Episode Four - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart

April starts to feel effects of sharing her heart with Corakinus, and his attempts to sever the attachment only make it stronger.
When April's estranged father makes a startling appearance she confronts him with Shadow Kin force, manifesting traits of the Shadow Kin leader.
Frightened by this extraordinary new-found power, April seeks comfort in Ram, and vows to reclaim her heart as her own. Meanwhile, something strange is happening to the others - London is slowly being infested with unusual, sinister flower petals.

FILTER: - Class - Publicity

Class novels: full details released

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster

BBC Books have now released full details on the three novels published on Thursday that tie into new series Class:

Class: Joyride
Written by Guy Adams
Published by BBC Books on 27th October 2016 [order from Amazon UK]

‘So, you can just leap into other people’s bodies? Take them over? And while you’re in control, you can do whatever you want? Brilliant.’

Poppy is a quiet girl, right up until she steals a car and drives it through a shop window.

Max is a nice guy, but then he kills his whole family. Just for fun.

Amar always seems so happy, so why is he trying to jump to his death from the school roof?

Some of the students of Coal Hill School are not themselves. Some of them are dying. Ram has just woken up in a body he doesn't recognise, and if he doesn't figure out why he may well be next.

Class: The Stone House (Credit: BBC Books)

Class: The Stone House
Written by A.K. Benedict
Published by BBC Books on 27th October 2016 [order from Amazon UK]

If you get out, you’d think you’d be one of the lucky ones. But you’re not.
The house infects you.

There’s an old stone house near Coal Hill School. Most people hurry past it. They’ve heard the stories. But, if you stop, and look up, you’ll see the face of a girl, pressed up against a window. Screaming.

Tanya finds herself drawn to the stone house. There’s a mystery there, and she’s going to solve it. But the more she investigates, the more she realises that there’s a presence in the house. One that wants her.

Something is waiting for Tanya in the stone house. Something that has been trapping others in its web over the years. Something that is far worse than any ghost.

Class: What She Does Next Will Astound You (Credit: BBC Books)

Class: What She Does Next Will Astound You
Written by James Goss
Published by BBC Books on 27th October 2016 [order from Amazon UK]

‘We want your stunts, your dares, your whatevs. There is only one rule. There is no such thing as oversharing.’

At Coal Hill School, things have started to get public. Kids have become obsessed with a website that demands you perform risky stunts, or tell it your most painful secrets. And Seraphin, everyone’s favourite vlogger, wants you to get involved. All in the name of charity.

At first people just get hurt. Then their lives are ruined. Finally, they disappear.

As April’s fragile group of friends starts to fracture, she decides she’s going to uncover the truth behind this site herself. Whatever it takes, whoever she hurts, April’s going to win. But then, to her horror, she wakes up and finds her whole world’s changed.

What she does next will astound you.

Competition

To be in with a chance to win a set of the novels courtesy of BBC Books, simply answer the following question:

What is the name the classmates have christened the rift in Coal Hill Academy?

Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-classnovels@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "A touch of Class". The competition is open to UK readers only, closing date 13th November 2016. Only one entry per household will be accepted.

FILTER: - BBC Books - Books - Class - Competitions

Class- Episode 3 - Nightvisiting

Tuesday, 25 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC have released a new set of pictures from the third episode of Class, Nightvisiting.

The episode is released on BBC Three next Saturday, after which it will be released around the world. Full Details

Class Episode Three; Nightvisiting

London is infiltrated by an eerie alien with the ability to morph into the shape of lost loved ones.
Tanya has an unexpected visitor come to her window in the dead of night - and she's not the only one, as Ram and Miss Quill face their own startling visitors.
Confronted with these emotional encounters, the team must overcome the persuasion of this strange new threat, and battle through the streets to stop Tanya from being lost forever.

Orla'ath (ANASTASIA HILLE), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

FILTER: - Class - Publicity

Class - Behind the Scenes

Sunday, 23 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC has released Behind the Scenes pictures from the first two episodes of Class.

The pictures contain spoilers from the episodes which are available on BBC Three in the UK

For Tonight We Might Die

Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - The Inspector (JAMI REID-QUARRELL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - The Inspector (JAMI REID-QUARRELL), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Coach Dawson (BEN PEEL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Coach Dawson (BEN PEEL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

FILTER: - Class - Production

Class - Released

Saturday, 22 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

The first two episodes of the Doctor Who Spin-Off series Class have now been releaed in the UK and can be seen on BBC Three

Viewers in Australia can watch now on iView, and the episodes will be screened on ABC2 from Monday.
In Canada the series will be screened on SPACE at 9pm ET Saturday Evening.
Viewers in Turkey can see the series Saturday at 12pm EET on TLC
Viewers in Dubai can see it at 7pm GST on BBC First.
The series is available in Singapore on the BBC iPlayer and it will be screed on BBC First on Sunday at 3pm SGT.
Hong Kong will get the series on BBC First from 1st November.
In the USA the series will be shown on BBC America next year

Full details on all screenings can be found on This Week In Doctor Who

The Coach with the Dragon Tattoo

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.

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), The Inspector (JAMI REID-QUARRELL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class - Ep2 - The Coach With The Dragon Tattoo - Varun (AARON NEIL), Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

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Class - Press Reaction

Saturday, 22 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

This item Contains Plot Spoilers

The first Doctor Who Spin-off aimed at a young adult audience launched yesterday, and press reaction has generally been positive.

Digital Spy praised the script by acclaimed writer Patrick Ness. "Ness's script zips all over the place, demanding a huge emotional range from Greg Austin (Charlie), Sophie Hopkins (April), Fady Elsayed (Ram) and Vivian Oparah (Tanya) and these kids knock it out of the park, nailing every single beat."

The Telegraph felt the first episode was rather clumsy and often fell flat, but was more impressed with the second. "Things pick up in the second episode, as the script becomes more sophisticated and the true, more adult nature of the series is revealed"

Flickering Myth disagreed about the first episode "For Tonight We Might Die is quite an effective pilot in terms of establishing the core cast, and endearing them to the audience. Certainly, there’s a strong basis here for subsequent episodes to follow, with engaging character arcs being teased for each individual."

CNET felt the cast was full of Tumblr-ready ship-worthy characters."The standout is smouldering Fady Elsayed as the cocky but conflicted Ram. Meanwhile, Katherine Kelly chews the scenery as vampy teacher Miss Quill".

Den of Geek felt the episode was witty and energetic and highlighted parallels with other young adult series. "Class arrived with the following quote from Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat, “I’ve always wondered if there could be a British Buffy - it’s taken the brilliant Patrick Ness to figure out how to make it happen.”

Wales Online explores the teenage angst felt by the main characters. "One thing that becomes apparent pretty early on, is the alienation each of the main characters feel. This is exactly how I would imagine growing up in this day and age to be like. Ness, incidentally, deals with the whole idea of time and space really well."

You can read the Doctor Who News review in our reviews section.

FILTER: - Class - Press

Doctor Who Magazine - 505

Friday, 21 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

This month's Doctor Who Magazine celebrates the 10th Anniversary of Doctor Who's first ongoing spin-off series, when John Barrowman talks Torchwood...

Following Barrowman's comment at this year's San Diego Comic-Con that he was “working very hard” to return Torchwood to our TV screens", DWM asks he what that was all about...

Every production company I go into, I’m not kidding, they say, Is there any way we could get Torchwood back up and running?. I’ve heard this so many times that I thought, I’m going to find out if we can do it.

I started planting seeds, dropping a few hints, and it did exactly what I wanted it to: it blew up and everyone was like, Oh my God, Barrowman wants to bring back Torchwood! Which, I’ve got to be honest with you, I really do. Because I travel around the world, I go to all these conventions, I see all these people – and I speak to all these production companies – who are desperate for it to come back.

ALSO INSIDE THIS ISSUE…

ASK STEVEN

Steven Moffat

THE POWER OF THE DALEKS

The Power of the Daleks

CLASS PREVIEW

Patrick Ness

Class

THE ART OF THE DIRECTOR
BLOODSPORT
TIME TEAM
THE SAVAGES

The Savages

COMING SOON

PLUS! All the latest official news, reviews, competitions, and The DWM Crossword.

Doctor Who Magazine 505 is on sale now, price £5.99.

FILTER: - Class - DWM - Torchwood

Class Comes to Comic Con

Thursday, 20 October 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster

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.

FILTER: - Class - Special Events

Class Episode One Pictures

Tuesday, 18 October 2016 - Reported by Marcus

The BBC has released a new set of pictures from the first episode of the upcoming Doctor Who spin-off - Class

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.

Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), The Doctor (PETER CAPALDI) (L-R) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Corikinus (PAUL MARK DAVIES), The Doctor (PETER CAPALDI) (L-R) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Corikinus (PAUL MARK DAVIES), The Doctor (PETER CAPALDI) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Rachel (ANNA SHAFFER) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Jackie (SHANNON MURRAY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Jackie (SHANNON MURRAY), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)

Class is due to be released on the BBC Three channel next weekend, as well as being screened in Australia, Canada and the Middle East.

A set of Character Portraits have also been released

Character Portraits