The BBC has taken to Twitter to warn people to avoid tweets claiming to be from either
Peter Capaldi or
Jenna Coleman, as neither actor has a Twitter account. In a
tweet sent out from the official Doctor Who account last week, it said:
Meanwhile, Coleman has been talking about her life in travel, including her earliest holiday memory (Cornwall) and her favourite destination in Britain (Derbyshire). She says her best holiday was in The Maldives.
"I went after finishing series seven of Doctor Who. I had to pinch myself because it was so picturesque. Especially because I'd gone in January, from grey London skies and concrete to all this colour and sea. It took about five days to settle in. We arrived by seaplane and barely saw anyone else the whole time. We did a catamaran trip where the hotel took us out with a picnic and snorkelling gear to a strip of sand in the middle of the ocean and left us there. You couldn't see anything else except the horizon and water. We were totally stranded." Her worst travel experience was
"Christmas Eve at London Euston railway station, trying to get home to Blackpool. Everybody turns into animals. Humans stop being humans." [The Independent, 1 Feb 2014]
Tomorrow's episode of ITV drama
Midsomer Murders sees an
End of Time reunion of sorts take place, with
Bernard Cribbins,
Jacqueline King and
June Whitfield among the guest cast caught up in the goings-on of
The Flying Club, when an airfield owner is murdered. Cribbins plays veteran mechanic Duggie Wingate, Whitfield portrays Molly Darnley, a former Air Transport Auxiliary member with a dark secret, and King is Laura Wilding - the mother of resident pathologist Kate. Chatting about the episode last week, Cribbins said that Whitfield's character would be a love interest for Wingate. The two-hour episode airs from
8pm.
[ITV Press Centre]Paul McGann and
Sophie Aldred will be among the star guests at sci-fi convention
The SF Ball in Bournemouth later this week. The event takes place from
Friday 7th to Sunday 9th February and Aldred, who filmed a number of her Doctor Who stories in the county, spoke of her fond memories of the place.
"It was always a delight. I love Dorset and it was great to be filming there," she said, adding:
"I remember having a barbecue on the sand at Lulworth Cove. Somebody had managed to wire up lights on an extension cable. We had a disco. Then we would go for walks off along Durdle Door. I remember watching shooting stars one night. It was wonderful." Aldred also said how much she enjoyed meeting the show's fans.
"They are incredibly bright people. Doctor Who attracts really brilliant, brainy people," she said. (NB: McGann will only be at the event on the Friday and Saturday.)
[Dorset Echo, 3 Feb 2014]Sylvester McCoy and
Karen Gillan join the guests taking part in the
Sci-Fi Expo in Irving, Texas, at the weekend. Organised by Dallas Comic Con, the event will be held at the Irving Convention Center on
Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th February, with Gillan there on Saturday only.
[TheForce.net, 30 Jan 2014]If you miss her then, Gillan will be on the
Wizard World Comic Con Tour later this year, appearing at Philadelphia Comic Con from
Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd June, Chicago Comic Con from
Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th August, and Austin Comic Con from
Thursday 2nd to Saturday 4th October.
[Wizard World]Staying with the Stateside theme,
Broadchurch creator
Chris Chibnall has spoken about
David Tennant's American accent in
Gracepoint - the US remake of the ITV crime drama. Tennant played Det Insp Alec Hardy in the British original and is portraying Det Emmett Carver in the US version, and Chibnall said of the actor's accent:
"I've heard it's fantastic."
[Radio Times, 30 Jan 2014]Meanwhile,
Broadchurch co-star
Olivia Colman has been talking of the agonies of keeping a tight lid on the plot of the second series after enduring similar tongue-holding for the first one.
"Now it’s all starting again, it's awful - there's no end to the secret keeping." [Radio Times, 30 Jan 2014]Colin Baker had a jovial dig at the BBC over the gender of the Doctor, saying:
"There should [be a female Doctor]. It won't happen because they are too timid but there should be. First female Doctor? I will have a sex change and do it. I am in touch with my feminine side." [Radio Times, 29 Jan 2014]Brian Cox is to return as Broughty Ferry burger-seller and failed politican Bob Servant for a second - shorter - TV series of the comedy
Bob Servant Independent. Filming begins in May, with Bob and his long-suffering campaign manager Frank (played by Jonathan Watson) left to pick up their lives after a by-election disaster. Cox joked:
"Doing Bob Servant was the worst experience of my long career, working with no-hoper talents like [series writer] Neil Forsyth and the rest of them. But these things are sent to try us and occasionally we must fly the flag for the afflicted. One has to be generous at my great age so I am happy to endorse the new series of Bob Servant. For no-hopers they're awffy nice people. I remember when I used to make movies!" The show follows in the footsteps of the Bob Servant books and radio series, with last year's TV series comprising six episodes. The second series, consisting of three episodes, will air later this year on BBC Four and BBC Two Scotland.
[BBC Media Centre, 3 Feb 2014]Following the announcement of the opening of a musical version of
Back To The Future in the West End next year, speculation has been rife over who will land the plum role of Marty McFly, with
Arthur Darvill being given odds of 16/1 by Paddy Power.
[The Independent, 2 Feb 2014]Billie Piper caused a stir at the Project Arts Centre in Dublin last week when she dropped by to give her support to friend Ben Power on the opening night of his play
A Tender Thing. The actress is filming forthcoming psychosexual horror TV series
Penny Dreadful in the area, playing Irish immigrant Brona Croft. The programme - also starring
Timothy Dalton - is due to start airing on Showtime in May.
[Irish Independent, 1 Feb 2014]Alex Kingston reprises the role of Dinah Lance in an episode of
Arrow, the series based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow. Entitled
Heir To The Demon, the episode - which also features a character called Nyssa! - is due to air on The CW tomorrow at
8pm ET. A preview clip including Kingston is available to watch below:
And Kingston is being reunited with Sir Kenneth Branagh for a radio production of
Antony and Cleopatra. The duo - who are playing the eponymous roles - starred together in
Macbeth last year at Manchester International Festival, and Branagh said he was
"excited to be reunited with Alex Kingston after our hugely rewarding partnership in Macbeth on stage. To play another pair of Shakespeare's great couples is a privilege." It is due to air on Radio 3 on
Sunday 20th April.
[The Stage, 29 Jan 2014]Jessica Raine will be appearing as new recruit Det Con Georgia Trotman in the second series of BBC Two's police corruption drama
Line of Duty, which starts on
Wednesday 12th February at
9pm. She said that what worried her most was her style of running.
"What I was most concerned about was not running like a girl in a police vest. I practised that a few times," she said, adding that having watched playbacks she reckoned she did OK.
[Radio Times, 30 Jan 2014]Meanwhile, Raine and
David Walliams were among those pictured at the
Radio Times Cover Party.
[Radio Times, 29 Jan 2014]Robert Webb is to replace Stephen Mangan as Bertie Wooster in
Perfect Nonsense at The Duke of York's Theatre in London from
Monday 7th April.
[The Stage, 3 Feb 2014]
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