Doctor versus Doctor at the 2011 Constellation AwardsBookmark and Share

Thursday, 26 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor goes up against Doctor in the 2011 Constellation Awards, with both Matt Smith and David Tennant nominated for their role as The Doctor in the Best Male Performance - Television category.

The Awards, now in their fifth year, are Canada's premier awards rewarding excellence in science fiction film and television. Because they cover programmes broadcast in 2010, both the Tenth and Eleventh Doctor's are eligible. Tennant for his performance in The End of Time - Part Two, and Smith for his performance in last year's Christmas special, A Christmas Carol. David Tennant was given last year's award for his performance in The Waters of Mars. Also nominated is Tony Curran for his portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh in Vincent and the Doctor.

Karen Gillan is nominated for Best Female Performance - Television for her role in Amy's Choice and faces Katherine Jenkins nominated for A Christmas Carol.

Doctor Who is also nominated in the Best Science Fiction Television Series category, a category it has one three times before although it lost out in last year's awards to Supernatural, which has also been nominated for 2010.

Murray Gold earns a nominaton for Doctor Who's music in the Best Technical Accomplishment category, with Steven Moffat and Richard Curtis both being nominated for Best Overall 2010 Science Fiction Film or Television Script, Moffat for The Eleventh Hour and Curtis for Vincent and the Doctor.

For a full list of nomanees see the awards website.

The awards will be announced at a Ceremony on July 16, 2011 at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North hotel.




FILTER: - Matt Smith - David Tennant - Awards/Nominations - Series 5/31

A Good Man Goes To War - UpdateBookmark and Share

Thursday, 26 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor WhoDoctor Who will face the double peril of live football and Britain's Got Talent, for the final episode before the mid season break, according to schedules published today.

A Good Man Goes to War, which showrunner Steven Moffat promises will contain a 'game-changing cliffhanger', has been given a 50 minute slot between 6.40 and 7.30pm on Saturday 4th June. It will follow So You Think You Can Dance Live on BBC One and is followed by The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins.

As Doctor Who goes on air, ITV1 will be showing England playing Switzerland with live Football Coverage of the Euro 2012 Group G qualifier at Wembley Stadium, although the match should be over before Doctor Who starts. At 7pm they go into the Britain's Got Talent - Final, the show that has been winning the ratings on Saturday nights, but which has not yet been placed directly against The Doctor. BBC Two will show Dad's Army while The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the film on Channel 4.

The BBC has issued more information about the episode. Steven Moffat has confirmed that everything on the BBC Website is approved and not a spoiler, but those wishing to avoid all information about the forthcoming episode should avoid the news below.

The BBC have confirmed that episode 7 will feature the Cybermen, Silurians and Sontarans, last encountered by the Doctor during The Pandorica Opens.

In the video below, Director Peter Hoar talks about shooting one of the Doctor's most famous enemies:


Director Peter Hoar discusses the Cybermen, BBC, via BBC Website





FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Broadcasting

Big Finish Week and ConventionBookmark and Share

Wednesday, 25 May 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
WonderCon Big Finish has announced a series of one-day sales called "Big Finish Week". The weeklong sale starts on 6th June and features a selection of Doctor Who CD releases which are available to buy from the Big Finish website for just £5.00 each for one day only. These one-day sales are as follows:
  • 6 June – Doctor Who releases 1-10
    The Sirens of Time, Phantasmagoria, Whispers of Terror, The Land of the Dead, The Fearmonger, The Marian Conspiracy, The Genocide Machine, Red Dawn, The Spectre of Lanyon Moor and Winter for the Adept
  • 7 June – Doctor Who releases 11-20
    The Apocalypse Element, The Fires of Vulcan, The Shadow of the Scourge, The Holy Terror, The Mutant Phase, Storm Warning, The Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, Minuet in Hell and Loups-Garoux.
  • 8 June – Doctor Who releases 21-30
    Dust Breeding, Bloodtide, Project: Twilight, The Eye of the Scorpion, Colditz, Primeval, The One Doctor, Invaders from Mars, The Chimes of Midnight, Seasons of Fear.
  • 9 June – Doctor Who releases 31-40
    Embrace the Darkness, The Time of the Daleks, Neverland, Spare Parts, …Ish, The Rapture, The Sandman, The Church and the Crown, Bang-Bang-A-Boom!, Jubilee
  • 10 June – Doctor Who releases 41-50
    Nekromanteia, The Dark Flame, The Pirates, Creatures of Beauty, Project: Lazarus, FlipFlop, Omega, Davros, Master, Zagreus
The sale will end on 11 June, with the Big Finish Day Convention in Barking, Essex. Guests in attendance will include Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred, Katy Manning, Miles Richardson, Nicholas Briggs, Lisa Bowerman. More details on this event can be found on the 10th Planet Events website.




FILTER: - Conventions - Big Finish

Collectormania 17 - Milton KeynesBookmark and Share

Wednesday, 25 May 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
WonderCon A number of actors from Doctor Who will be attending Collectormania in Milton Keynes over this coming weekend (Saturday 28th to Monday 30th May 2011).

Former Doctors Peter Davison and Colin Baker will join Alex Kingston (River Song), Stuart Milligan (President Richard Nixon, Colonel Stark, Tannoy), Anthony Head (Mr. Finch, School Reunion, Baltazar, The Infinite Quest) John Leeson (K-9), John Challis (Scorby, The Seeds of Doom), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic, Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel), Dean Lennox Kelly (Shakespeare, The Shakespeare Code), Nigel Planer (Vorgenson, Doctor Who Live), Christopher Ryan (General Staal / Commander Stark), Miranda Raison (Tallulah, Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks), Darren Morfitt (Marco, The Time of Angels / Flesh and Stone), Ralph Morse (Foster Guardian, The Keeper of Traken), Les Conrad (Various - uncredited), Stephen Calcutt (Various - uncredited), Dean Mitchell (Armed Soldier, Aliens of London - uncredited) and Jill Curzon (Louise, Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.).

You can find a full list of guests and show information on the Collectormania website.





FILTER: - People - UK - Conventions

The Doctor's Jacket - re-wornBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
After the controversy raised by Scottish media last weekend over the commercial sale of replicas of the Doctor's coat, Canada's premier news agency Postmedia investigated further from the perspective of the country where replica producer AbbyShot Clothiers are based.

BBC Worldwide spokesperson Emma Finlay clarified that AbbyShot approached them with the proposal:
... as rights-holder, we obviously don't dictate to our licensees where they make their products or other aspects of the product's manufacture (but that we) insist that they meet our ethical sourcing criteria, prohibiting products made from unregulated, sweatshop labour.
The agency also confirmed that the adapted jacket worn by Matt Smith for the current series was not a Chinese replica as intimated in the earlier reports, but was actually tailored into a warmer version for the actor by a Saville Row shop - though using a substitute for true Harris Tweed. The replica being produced by AbbyShot is a wool-acrylic blend based on that design.

Last year, AbbyShot received a Canadian SME Innovator of the Year award from Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. The company specialises in making screen-accurate representations of popular iconic clothing seen on television and in movies.






FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Matt Smith

Alex Kingston on The Graham Norton Show this FridayBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
The Graham Norton Show Alex Kingston will be a guest on The Graham Norton Show this Friday (27th May) at 10:35pm on BBC One. Other guests on the show are Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Rob Lowe.

Following transmission, the show will available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

The official BBC YouTube channel has uploaded three preview clips from tonight's episode but none of them feature Alex Kingston.




FILTER: - Press

The One Show / The Almost People PublicityBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
One ShowMatt Smith appeared on the The One Show this evening, where he chatted about finding football more nerve-wracking than the BAFTAs, his stunt work in Doctor Who, and of course next week's The Almost People - as much as could be revealed at any rate - during which he also described the Doctor as the "cleverest and vainest man in the world, sadly". The item was accompanied by a previously unseen clip from Saturday's episode.

When asked if he's carrying on in the role, Matt answered he would be for the foreseeable future, and on next season: "I hope so! If not then I'm panicking!". A short Q&A session occured at the end, in which Matt said Day of the Moon was his favourite episode (so far!), the Silence were the scariest monster, and the Silence/Weeping Angels as his favourite (host Matt Baker also commented on how he'd been lambasted by fans for calling the character "Doctor Who" when soliciting for the questions Twitter earlier in the day!).

The programme is available to watch in the UK on the BBC iplayer for the next seven days.


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The BBC have now the made the clip available to watch online:

Preview Clip from The One Show, BBC, via BBC Website




 




FILTER: - Series 6/32 - Online

Doctor Who Insider - Issue 3Bookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
The third edition of Doctor Who Insider will be available in North America from June 2nd.

In an exclusive interview, Arthur Darvill reveals he wants to write his own episode of Doctor Who, that he was cast for his massive arms, and shares his experience of filming in America.

“I think the balance between the humor and the terror is good because the look of it’s just getting better and better, the way it’s being shot, the way it’s designed, it’s just unbelievable

Also in this issue:
  • WASHINGTON BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Actors Mark Sheppard and Stuart Milligan talk exclusively to Doctor Who Insider, sharing their experience of playing FBI Agent, Canton Everett Delaware III and President Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon.
  • HERE’S TO THE FUTURE
    We track the evolution of mankind in Doctor Who as humanity escapes the confines of planet Earth and reaches for the stars.
  • GOING FOR GOLD
    Insider talks exclusively to Murray Gold who has composed the music for Doctor Who
    since its return to TV in 2005.
  • I WAS… ANAT Anna Barry casts her mind back to 1972 when she played the leader of a band of freedom fighters opposite Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee in Day of the Daleks.
  • NEXUS POINT
    We recall the moment that the Doctor met himself – twice! – for the first time in The 
    Three Doctors
    .
  • DATA FILE
    To coincide with the release of Time and the Rani on DVD, Insider takes a look at the 
    Seventh Doctor’s battle with his fellow Time Lord, the Rani in his very first adventure.
  • TIME SCOOP Caught in the Time Scoop this issue are the Silurians, those xenophobic reptiles who are 
    sleeping beneath the Earth, waiting to re‐conquer their world.
  • MERCHANDISE
    Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including Time and the Rani and 
    Frontiers on DVD featuring interviews with Wanda Ventham who plays Faroon in Time 
    and the Rani and Lesley Dunlop who was Norna in Frontios; we take a look at The BBC 
    Radio Episodes collection of Doctor Who audio dramas; and author Una McCormack
    guides us through the writing of her mysterious new Doctor Who novel, The Way 
    Through the Wood
  • FAN ZONE A selection of photographs of fans and their incredible creations taken at the 2011 Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles. 
PLUS! The latest official news and a giant, double‐sided poster of Rory Pond and Time 
and the Rani!

Some subscribers in the UK received their copy of the magazine just after Issue 2 was published; editor John Ainsworth noted that this had been a mistake in distribution.





FILTER: - USA - Magazines

Fish Fingers and Custard - Issue 5Bookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
Fish Fingers and Custard
Issue 5 of the Doctor Who Fanzine Fish Fingers and Custard is now available.

The issue contains the following:
  • Our Sarah Jane - Tributes from fans of Elisabeth Sladen
  • The Brig: A Great Chap
  • Why I Watch Who
  • Poetry
  • A Look At The Scarifyers, plus an interview with creator Simon Barnard
  • Doctor Who Actor, Harry Sedgewick, offers some more of his wisdom in his latest column
  • Review of the opening 2 episodes of Series 6!
Downloading details on the website.





FILTER: - Fan Productions

Matt Smith guests on The One ShowBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 24 May 2011 - Reported by Marcus
One Show Matt Smith will join Matt Baker (Aliens of London) and Alex Jones in the studio for tonight's One Show on BBC One at 7.00pm.

Following transmission the show will available in the UK on the BBC iPlayer for the next seven days.

The BBC Doctor Who website have revealed that a "previously unseen clip" from The Almost People will premiere on tonight's One Show and will be made available to watch immediately after on their website.





FILTER: - Matt Smith - Press