BBC Digital PreviewBookmark and Share

Thursday, 29 March 2007 - Reported by Chuck Foster
There is now a preview of the forthcoming series running on a loop on BBC's Digital service; the loop runs for about a minute and a half and features clips from a number of stories. Beware spoilers!

The preview is available on Sky Digital and Virgin Media but not on Freeview because of scheduling reasons, according to the official Doctor Who website, which says it hopes to have the trailer on the site shortly.

Update - this preview is now available via the BBC channel on YouTube.
A number of clips are shown, including brief snippets from later stories such as Human Nature (including the wedding reported in Heat and on tonight's Graham Norton Show), Utopia and The Sound of Drums, featuring Derek Jacobi, Michelle Collins, John Simm and John Barrowman.




FILTER: - Online - Series 3/29 - Press

Freema talks DaleksBookmark and Share

Thursday, 29 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive
Freema Agyeman talks about her encounter with the Daleks in an interview on Digital Spy.

"I was so excited when I knew it was going to be a Dalek day," she says.

"They came rolling on, and it was incredible. It was like holding a sonic screwdriver for the first time... or walking into the Tardis, all those moments, it's like goosebumps, heart racing. You think 'I'm actually part of this and I can't believe it'. The Daleks were a big moment."

The interview is in two parts, with the second one going online on Sunday.




FILTER: - People - Series 3/29

Doctor Who nominated for three HugosBookmark and Share

Thursday, 29 March 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson
The Stage and Paul Cornell are reporting the nominations for the Hugo Awards 2007. Doctor Who is nominated three times in the "Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form" category, which the programme won last year with The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.

This year, the episodes nominated are Army of Ghosts/DoomsdayThe Girl in the Fireplace and School Reunion.

The other two nominations in this category are episodes of Battlestar Galactica and Stargate SG-1.




FILTER: - Awards/Nominations - Series 2/28

Week Two schedules publishedBookmark and Share

Thursday, 29 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
The TV schedules for the 7th April are now becoming clear, with Doctor Who facing its stiffest competition since Season One was placed against Ant and Dec.

The Shakespeare Code will be transmitted in the usual Who slot of 7pm. As with week one it will be preceded by theThe National Lottery People's Quiz and followed by the new search for a star series Any Dream will Do with Graham Norton leading a search for a new leading man for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor.

ITV1 fights back with its own search for a star series, Grease Is the Word at 6.05pm. The programme follows thousands of hopefuls auditioning for the the lead roles of Danny and Sandy in a brand new West End production of Grease. The programme runs until 7.10pm in direct competition with the first ten minutes of Doctor Who. ITV1 then schedules Harry Hill's TV Burp The programme has averaged 5.3m Viewers for the first part of this year.

On BBC2 the 1999 version of the film Anna and the King is being shown. Starring Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. Last shown in 2006 it was watched by 2.0m viewers.

Channel 4 continues with Born Survivor: Bear Grylls demonstrating survival techniques.

Channel 5 has a spoof spy adventure, The Ambushers. Made in 1967 this film stars Dean Martin and Senta Berger. On its last showing on Channel 4 in 2005 it only got 0.3m viewers.

All schedules are subject to change




FILTER: - UK - Series 3/29 - Broadcasting

King of CoolBookmark and Share

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
David Tennant's incarnation as the Doctor has been voted the coolest TV character beating federal agent Jack Bauer, played in the hit US show 24 by Kiefer Sutherland, to second place.

The poll for radiotimes.com was conducted to find the coolest character - defined as laidback and sexy - on TV.
The Fonz in the Seventies TV show Happy Days, played by Henry Winkler, now 61, came third.

Colin Firth's heart-fluttering turn as Mr Darcy in the TV adaptation of Jane Austen favourite Pride And Prejudice is fourth, followed by The Cat in Eighties comedy series Red Dwarf, brought to life by Danny John-Jules.

The top 10 list was voted for by more than 4,000 TV fans.

Radio Times deputy TV editor David Butcher said: "David Tennant is so hugely popular as the Doctor - he looks like becoming a bit of an icon.

1. Doctor Who (David Tennant)
2. Jack Bauer in 24 (Kiefer Sutherland)
3. The Fonz in Happy Days (Henry Winkler)
4. Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth)
5. Cat in Red Dwarf (Danny John-Jules)
6. DCI Gene Hunt in Life On Mars (Philip Glenister)
7. Dermot O'Leary
8. Columbo (Peter Falk)
9. Dylan in The Magic Roundabout
10.Sawyer in Lost (Josh Holloway)




FILTER: - David Tennant - Radio Times

Doctor Who Adventures 26Bookmark and Share

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
The press release for issue 26 of Doctor Who Adventures has been released from BBC Magazines; the cover illustration is at right (click for a larger version).
Be prepared for the return of Doctor Who with the exciting new issue of Doctor Who Adventures.

Inside, there’s a sneak preview of the first two episodes – Smith and Jones and The Shakespeare Code. There are loads of new pictures, so look out for Judoon and some very sinister witches…

Also this issue:

* Monsters – meet the moody Adherents of the Repeated Meme.
* Comic strip – there’s a new adventure for the Doctor aboard a futuristic space station. What evil menace is hiding there?
* Win – we’ve got part two of our life-size Dalek Sec competition. And if you missed part one, you can still enter by collecting the bonus token printed in issue 27.
* Adventure Guide – there’s all you need to know about the day the Doctor met Donna in The Runaway Bride.
* Make a mask – wind your self up and put a Clockwork Robot mask on your head!
* Picture puzzle – prepare for mayhem at a New Earth hospital.
* Quiz – are you a Who expert? Take our quiz to find out.
* Posters – fantastic pictures of the Beast, the Doctor, Martha and Donna.
* PLUS more things to win, more puzzles and your Doctor Who questions answered.

This issue comes with three free gifts. You get a great Doctor Who folder, a set of felt-tip pens and a choice of two different sketch pads – either a sonic screwdriver pad or a TARDIS one.

Doctor Who Adventures Issue 26 is out on Thursday 29 March. Don’t miss it!




FILTER: - Magazines - DWA

60-Second Interview with RTDBookmark and Share

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 - Reported by R Alan Siler
Metro, "Britain's first urban national newspaper," is currently featuring an interview with Russell T. Davies in its "60 Seconds" column, in which the Doctor Who Executive Producer gives a few insights into Season Three and his thoughts on fandom and on being a fan himself.

Davies responds to questions such as "What does the 'T' stand for?", "What's your favourite piece of Doctor Who merchandise?", and "Which are better, Cybermen or Daleks?"

Davies' answer: "Daleks any day; that’s why I wrote an episode where the Daleks thrash the Cybermen. The fact they still work now is astonishing. We were tempted to redesign them and drew up all sorts of different Daleks – circular Daleks, flying Daleks, real Star Wars-type Daleks – but they just weren’t Daleks. There’s a reason they’ve lasted 40 years. I’d like to read a university-level essay on why the design of the Daleks has worked so well."

Metro was launched in March 1999 as a free, colour newspaper for morning commuters. At first only available in London, now commuters in 13 of Britain's major cities can pick up a free copy of Metro as they travel to work in the morning. Every weekday morning some 1.12 million copies are distributed across the UK making Metro the world's largest free newspaper and the fourth biggest newspaper in the UK.




FILTER: - People - Press

Army of Guests in GlasgowBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

A one-day Doctor Who convention is to take place in Glasgow, Scotland, on 3rd June.

Army of Guests will take place at the Quality Hotel, near Glasgow's Central Station, bringing together Frazer Hines, John Leeson, Deborah Watling and Sophie Aldred, with further guests expected.

The event is organised by the Glasgow Doctor Who Group, and further details, including pricing, and help with travel and accommodation, can be found on their website.




FILTER: - Conventions

Tennant unable to go to script auctionBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Unfortunately, due to prior engagements, David Tennant will no longer be attending the auction of his signed script from The Satan Pit, as had been reported by Outpost yesterday.




FILTER: - David Tennant

Series 3 Complete Episode TitlesBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 27 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The latest issue of the Radio Times has the final complete list of episode titles for series 3, along with a synopsis for each story. Notably, the issue confirms three previously-unknown titles; episode three is, as rumored for the past week,Gridlock, while the concluding episode of the Dalek two-parter, episode five, is called Evolution of the Daleks. Finally, the issue confirms the title for the season's last episode, which is called Last of the Time Lords. The full list of episode titles is below, from the issue which is now on sale; series three begins with "Smith and Jones" transmitted this coming Saturday evening at 7.00pm on BBC1.

Series Three Titles
1: Smith and Jones
2: The Shakespeare Code
3: Gridlock
4: Daleks in Manhattan (Part One)
5: Evolution of the Daleks (Part Two)
6: The Lazarus Experiment
7: 42
8: Human Nature (Part One)
9: The Family of Blood (Part Two)
10: Blink
11: Utopia
12: The Sound of Drums (Part One)
13: Last of the Time Lords (Part Two)






FILTER: - Production - Series 3/29 - Magazines - Radio Times