Class - Detained - New Pictures

Tuesday, 15 November 2016 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC have released a new set of pictures from the sixth episode of Class, Detained.

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

The whole gang is thrown into detention by Miss Quill. Locked in her classroom, they are terrified when an explosion propels them out of space and time: trapped, claustrophobic and floating in blackness with no way of escape.
Although a mysterious asteroid fragment may be their key to freedom, it forces the gang to confess their deepest, darkest secrets to one another. As ugly truths come out, fractures start to appear in the friendship group.
And then they make a chilling discovery. They're not alone. There's somebody in there with them.
Class - Ep6 - Detained - Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO), Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS), Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO), Ram (FADY ELSAYED), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY), Charlie (GREG AUSTIN) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep6 - Detained - Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)




FILTER: - Class - Publicity

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.
Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Jackie (SHANNON MURRAY), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Huw (CON O'NEIL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Jackie (SHANNON MURRAY), Huw (CON O'NEIL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Jackie (SHANNON MURRAY), Huw (CON O'NEIL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Charlie (GREG AUSTIN), Matteusz (JORDAN RENZO), Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Ram (FADY ELSAYED), April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Kharrus (KELLY GOUGH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Corikinus (PAUL MARK DAVIES), Kharrus (KELLY GOUGH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL) (Credit: BBC/Todd Antony)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL) (Credit: BBC/Todd Antony)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL) (Credit: BBC/Todd Antony)Class - Ep4 - Co-Owner Of A Lonely Heart - Dorothea (POOKY QUESNEL) (Credit: BBC/Todd Antony)




FILTER: - Class - Publicity

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.
Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Orla'ath (ANASTASIA HILLE), Miss Quill (KATHERINE KELLY)  (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Jasper (KOBNA HOLDBROOK SMITH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Jasper (KOBNA HOLDBROOK SMITH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH), Ram (FADY ELSAYED) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)Tanya (VIVIAN OPARAH) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)April (SOPHIE HOPKINS) (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgeway)




FILTER: - Class - Publicity

Class: new teaser image

Thursday, 15 September 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released a new teaser image for the forthcoming spin-off series, Class, due to be broadcast via their online channel Three in October.

Class: "War is Coming" (Credit: BBC/Todd Antony)
"War Is Coming"





FILTER: - BBC - Class - Publicity

The TV Movie: Blu-ray update / competition

Tuesday, 13 September 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster
BBC Worldwide have confirmed details for the forthcoming blu-ray release of the 1996 Doctor Who Television Movie, starring Paul McGann.

Unlike the blu-ray release of Spearhead from Space the TV Movie hasn't been re-scanned from its original film elements to create a high definition version, but is instead presented as a 1080/50i upscaled image. Also, whereas Spearhead featured new supporting features, this release ports across those featured on the "Special Edition" version, previously only available as part of the Revisitations boxed set released in 2010. In addition, the 2013 mini-episode The Night of The Doctor - in which McGann reprised his role as the Doctor for the 50th Anniversary of the show - has also been included.

Full details below:

Doctor Who - The Movie
Release date: 19 Sep 2016 UK (available for pre-order)
Running time: 85 mins

Doctor Who: The TV Movie (blu-ray) (Credit: BBC Worldwide)Starring Paul McGann as The Doctor, with Daphne Ashbrook as Grace and Yee Jee Tso as Chang Lee
With Eric Roberts as The Master
Written by Matthew Jacobs
Directed by Geoffrey Sax

Broadcast: 27 May 1996

The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr Grace Holloway fights – and fails – to save his life. Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one – the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy destroying all life on Earth?

Special Features: Disc One (blu-ray)
  • Commentary 1 - with director Geeoffrey Sax (recorded 2001)
  • Commentary 2 - with Doctors Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy, moderated by Toby Hadoke (recorded 2009)
  • The Seven Year Hitch - documenting the return of Doctor Who to the screen. Narrated by Amanda Drew.
  • The Doctor's Strange Love - writers Joe Lidster and Simon Guerrier discuss The TV Movie with comedian Josie Long.
  • The Night of the Doctor - the mini-episode released in 2013 in the run-up to the show’s 50th anniversary special, marking Paul McGann’s second on-screen appearance as the Eighth Doctor.
  • Isolated Score - the option to view The TV Movie with the isolated music soundtrack.
  • Music Tracks - tour tracks from the production presented in full: In a Dream, All Dressed Up, Ride into the Moonlight and Auld Lang Syne.
  • Production Subtitles
  • Photo Gallery
Special Features: Disc Two (DVD)
  • Electric Press Kit - used by Fox in 1996, this includes a short documentary and interview segments to allow other broadcasters to put together their own packages about the TV Movie.
  • Behind the Scenes - on set and on location in Vancouver, Canada during the filming of The TV Movie.
  • Philip Segal’s Tour of the TARDIS
  • Alternate Takes
  • VFX Tests June 1994 - early video effects tests by Amblin Imaging in 1994, featuring the ‘Spider Dalek’ design.
  • VFX March 1996 - video effects presented as mute time-coded ‘work in progress’ shots from the CGI department.
  • Paul McGann Audition
  • BBC Trails
  • The Wilderness Years - in the years between the end of the classic series and the broadcast of The TV Movie, Doctor Who survived in print, video and audio, kept alive by fans who were determined not to let it die.
  • Stripped for Action – The Eighth Doctor - looking at the Doctor’s adventures in comic-strip form.
  • Tomorrow’s Times – The Eighth Doctor - a look back at the contemporary coverage of The TV Movie in newspapers and other publications. Presented by Nicholas Courtney.
  • Who Peter 1989-2009 - the second part of this documentary, exploring the special relationship between Doctor Who and Blue Peter. Presented by Gethin Jones.

Competition

To be in with a chance to win a copy of the Television Movie on blu-ray, simply answer the following question:
The TVM is set in 1999 San Francisco, but where was it actually filmed?
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-tvm@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "Right, where to next?". The competition is open to UK readers only, closing date 30th September 2016. Only one entry per household will be accepted.




FILTER: - BBC - Class - Publicity

New companion reveal on SPACE tomorrow

Friday, 22 April 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Canadian broadcaster SPACE have announced that they will be also be revealing who will play the new companion in Doctor Who tomorrow afternoon, during a re-run of the last three episodes of the previous series on the channel (which saw the departure of the Doctor's former fellow time-traveller Clara).

The three episodes will be shown twice, from 10:00am and 1:20pm - with the broadcasts scheduled in Eastern Daylight Time this places the end of Hell Bent at about the same time as half-time during the F.A. Cup game in the United Kingdom, meaning that the announcement will be very close to the latter's!





FILTER: - Canada - Publicity - Series 10/36

New companion to be announced during Match of the Day on Saturday

Thursday, 21 April 2016 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Match of the Day: Everton vs Manchester United F.A. Cup Semi-Final, 23rd April 2016 (Credit: BBC One)The BBC have announced that they plan to reveal who will playing the latest sidekick to join Peter Capaldi in the TARDIS in Doctor Who this coming Saturday, 23rd April, during the half-time interval of the F.A. Cup Semi-Final match between Everton and Manchester United that will be shown live on BBC One from 4:50pm.

With kick-off due at 5:15pm this is likely to feature just after 6:00pm.




FILTER: - BBC - Leading News - Publicity - Series 10/36

Class - Cast Announced

Monday, 4 April 2016 - Reported by Marcus
The BBC has announced the cast for the new Doctor Who Spin off, Class, as the series begins filming today.

The eight part series will star young new talents Greg Austin, Fady Elsayed, Sophie Hopkins and Vivian Oparah.

They will be joined by Katherine Kelly, as she takes the role of a teacher and powerful new presence at Coal Hill School.

Time has looked at your faces now. And time never forgets…
What if your planet was massacred and you were the sole survivor?
What if a legendary figure out of space and time found you a place to hide?
But what if the things that want to kill you have tracked you down?
And worst of all, what if you haven't studied for your A-Levels…?

Like all sixth formers, these four Coal Hill School students have hidden secrets and desires. They are facing their own worst fears, navigating a life of friends, parents, school work, sex, sorrow - and possibly the end of existence.

Coal Hill School has been a part of the Doctor Who Universe since the very first episode, but that has come at a price. All the time-travelling over the years has caused the very walls of space and time to become thin. There’s something pressing in on the other side, something waiting for its chance to kill everyone and everything, to bring us all into Shadow.

Fear is coming, tragedy is coming, war is coming. Prepare yourselves, Class is coming.
Class creator Patrick Ness, says:
We searched far and wide for this amazing cast, fantastic actors who understand what we’re aiming for with this show. And how lucky we are to get Katherine Kelly! She’s been stunning in Happy Valley, The Night Manager and Mr Selfridge, just wait until you see her here.
Steven Moffat, Class and Doctor Who Executive Producer, says:
There’s nothing more exciting than meeting stars that nobody’s heard of yet. We had the read through of the first few episodes last week, and there was a whole row of them. Coal Hill School has been part of Doctor Who since the very first shoot in 1963, but this new show is anything but history. Class is dark and sexy and right now. 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.
Class is described as a young adult series set in contemporary London. It is scary, funny, and as painful and sharp as youth. It will also shine a light on a whole new corner of the Whoniverse.

Damian Kavanagh, Controller, BBC Three, adds:
I can’t wait for Class to arrive on BBC Three. BBC Three will always back best young British talent.
The series starts filming today and will premiere online on BBC Three this year.





FILTER: - Class - Publicity

Strictly TARDIS

Saturday, 12 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Semi-finalist Jay McGuiness with dance partner Aliona Vilani danced the Charleston to 'Dr Jazz' tonight on Strictly Come Dancing, including a Doctor Who motif.

Strictly Come Dancing: Aliona Vilani, Jay McGuiness (Credit: BBC/Guy Levy) Strictly Come Dancing: Aliona Vilani, Jay McGuiness (Credit: BBC/Guy Levy)






FILTER: - BBC - Miscellaneous - Publicity

The Husbands of River Song: latest publicity photos

Saturday, 5 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released a number of new publicity images for the Christmas special, The Husbands of River Song, featuring Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, Alex Kingston as River Song, Matt Lucas as Nardole, Greg Davies as King Hydroflax, plus Phillip Rhys as Ramone and Rowan Polonski as Flemming.

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FILTER: - Publicity - Series Specials