Time Lord in The Times

Friday, 30 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive
Today's edition of The Times has a huge feature on the new series.

A banner splash reading "Who's hot" runs across the front page under the masthead, and the three-page article by Caitlin Moran is in the Times2 section as the lead story, with David Tennant on the cover.

NB: Contains a major character spoiler.




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

Martha's Blog

Friday, 30 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Martha Jones has signed up to myspace where she promises to update her blog whenever she can.

Martha's wish is to meet interesting people. Maybe over the next few weeks she will get the chance.




FILTER: - People - Series 3/29

Freema interview for BBC

Friday, 30 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive
The BBC News Entertainment website follows up yesterday's companion gallery, marking Martha Jones's forthcoming first adventure, with an interview with Freema Agyeman today, saying the Doctor Who star is "set to go stellar".




FILTER: - People - Series 3/29

Companion gallery

Thursday, 29 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive
With just two days to go before the first adventure of new companion Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, the BBC News Entertainment site celebrates her arrival by taking a look back at some of the actors and actresses who have travelled in the Tardis with the Doctor.

The gallery of 11 images starts in the Hartnell era and ends with a publicity picture of Martha.




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

BBC Digital Preview

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 Daleks

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

Week Two schedules published

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

Series 3 Complete Episode Titles

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

Series Three pictures

Sunday, 25 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The CBBC Newsround site has posted 14 new pictures from Series Three.

They feature the Doctor, Martha, Florence Finnigan (Anne Reid), Mr Stoker (Roy Marsden) and "sinister characters in black".

Note: Some of the captions hint at a plot twist.

(Thanks to Ryan.)




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

BBC Wales Exclusive Screening

Friday, 23 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Fans in Wales are being offered a chance to see the first episode of the new series before the rest of the UK.

Smith and Jones will be exclusively screened on Saturday, 31 March at 10.30am at a number of venues across the principality.

Tickets are free and available on a first come, first served basis from 9am on Monday, March 26 by calling 08703 667 887 (Calls from a BT line cost up to 8p per minute. Some operators and mobiles vary and calls may be recorded for training). Tickets will not be available before this date.

BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru will also be giving listeners the chance to win a ticket when a small number are released as competition prizes

The Venues are

Cardiff Bay Odeon
Swansea Odeon
Wrexham Odeon
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Pwllheli Neuadd Dwyfor

Details here




FILTER: - Special Events - Series 3/29