Revisitations Artwork

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Enjoy! R2 REVISITATIONS 1 box artwork.  #doctorwho on Twitpic2|entertain have released the artwork for the forthcoming Revisitations box set.

The set is due for release in the UK in 4th October and will contain updated versions of The Talons of Weng Chiang, The Caves of Androzani and The TV Movie.

Full details of the boxset here.




FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

K9 First Series on DVD

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The TV MovieThe DVD box set containing the complete first series of K9 will be released in Australia on September 29th.

The series, created by Bob Baker and Paul Tams, is currently showing on the TEN network in Australia and in the UK on the Disney XD channel. The series is due to be broadcast in the UK on Five this autumn.

There are no details yet of a release date outside Australia.
624 mins

K9 follows the adventures of three teenagers - Starkey, a young rebel genius whos lost his parents in mysterious circumstances, not to mention his own way in society, Jorjie, a very capable fighting dynamo in the deceptively cute frame of a privileged-schoolgirl from the upper echelons of society, and Darius, a sneaky and cunning delivery boy who knows the city like the back of his light-fingered little hand and, of course, K9, a cybernetic wonder a robotic dog built of mysterious alien technology and pulled through time and space to arrive on planet Earth. Together, K9 and his trio of teen companions investigate and engage all manner of mystery and menaces from beyond the stars, between dimensions or the dark and ancient places of the earth, and they try to fix the rips in time-space that are manifesting about the city and around the globe.




FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD - K9 - Australia

TV Movie coming to North America

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The TV Movie2|entertain has confirmed the 1996 TV Movie will be released on DVD in North America.

The news was given by the Commissioning editor of the Doctor Who range, Dan Hall, in an exclusive interview with Hoo on Who.

The TV Movie stars Paul McGann in his one television appearance as as the Eighth Doctor. It was made as a co-production between Universal Television, BBC Television, BBC Worldwide, and the Fox Network and as a result the DVD rights outside the UK were not, until now, available to 2|entertain. Following discussions between 2|entertain and Universal the situation has now changed giving North American fans a chance to own a Region 1 version of the story for the first time.

The DVD is expected to be released in North America within the next twelve months. It will also be released in Australia and New Zealand.




FILTER: - Canada - USA - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD - Paul McGann

Doctor Who Prom on BBC Three

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: MeglosThe Radio Times is listing the 2010 Doctor Who Prom for transmission on BBC Three on Monday 6th September at 8.30pm.

The broadcast will follow a repeat of the most recent series finale The Big Bang.

The Prom is being broadcast in a one hour slot implying the programme will be edited, probably removing the non Doctor Who music. The Prom took place on Saturday 24th July when it was broacast on BBC Radio Three. It was hosted by Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill.




FILTER: - Music - Special Events

One Show Christmas Promo

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
One ShowThe One Show played host to guests Matt Smith and Karen Gillan last Friday, during which the pair refused to give away any details of this year's Christmas Special.

However, a promotional photo for the episode was revealed (see below).

UK viewers can catch the show on the BBC iplayer until Friday (28th), and international viewers can see Matt and Karen involved with batter experiments via the BBC's YouTube channel.

Christmas Promotional Photo




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Doctor Who games for Nintendo

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Evacuation EarthEvacuation EarthBack in March there was a report that Nintendo had signed a £10m deal with BBC Worldwide to produce games based on Doctor Who. Various online shops have now listed two games to be released: on the DS platform comes Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth, whilst the Wii platform will see Doctor Who: Return to Earth; it is uncertain when these scheduled to be released (Amazon lists them for the 29th October, Play for the 19th November).

The game has also been classified by the Australian Government for release in the country.

No other details on the games are known at present.




FILTER: - Games

Meglos - Coming to DVD

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: MeglosThe BBFC has classified an trailer for the fourth Doctor story Meglos, indicating it is due for DVD release in the next few months.

Meglos was the second story of Season 18, and was first broadcast between 27 September and 18th October 1980. Alongside Tom Baker as the Doctor it stars Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as the Voice of K9.

The story also saw the return of the actress who played Barbara Wright, one of the original companions in Doctor Who, Jacqueline Hill, who played Lexa in the story. Bill Fraser also appeared as General Grugger, Frederick Treves as Lieutenant Brotadac, Colette Gleeson as Caris, Crawford Logan as Deedrix and Christopher Owen as Earthling.

The story was written by John Flanagan and Andrew McCulloch and directed by Terence Dudley.

Meglos was released on VHS in March 2003 and when released on DVD will see the completion of Season 18.




FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Seeds of Doom - Extras

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
Doctor Who: The Seeds of DoomThe BBFC has cleared extras for the October release of the 1976 fourth Doctor story The Seeds of Doom, which, as previously reported, will be released in the UK on 25th October 2010.

  • Pod Shock (The making of) 37'14"
  • Playing in the Green Cathedral (Featurette) 10'02"
  • So what do you do exactly? (Featurette) 15'35"
  • Stripped for Action - The Fourth Doctor in comic form 20'17"
  • Easter Egg 1'13"
  • Easter Egg 0'08"
  • Photo Gallery 4'45"
  • TV Continuity 1'23"

Some of the previously announced extras for the Revisitation Box have also been cleared. The documentaries accompanying the re-release of the 1996 TV Movie have a duration of 53'52" for The Seven year Hitch and 17'09 for The Doctor's Strange Love.




FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Doctor Who - The Adventure Games - TARDIS

Friday, 20 August 2010 - Reported by Marcus
The Adventure GamesThe third instalment of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games will be available from 27th August.

The game will be based around the TARDIS with players exploring the famous blue box and visiting rooms created specially for the game, such as the Doctor's drawing room, full of treasures from his many adventures.

Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, told the official Doctor Who website
Since 1963, kids have wondered what it would be like to control the TARDIS. Now we're handing complete control of the most powerful ship in all of space and time to a generation of children. Everybody duck. TARDIS is a brilliant, brilliant adventure. It's funny, touching, terrifying, amazing - everything a Doctor Who episode should be.

The game features the voices of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan and is executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Anwen Aspden from BBC Wales Interactive, alongside Charles Cecil. Music is by Murray Gold and TARDIS is written by James Moran, who wrote the Tenth Doctor story The Fires of Pompeii.

UK players will be able to download the game free of charge from the BBC official site. Users outside the UK will be able to purchase and download the game from Direct2Drive.




FILTER: - Online - Games

SFX200 Poll Results

Thursday, 19 August 2010 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The results of the sci-fi poll undertaken for the SFX magazine's 200th issue have been announced, and Doctor Who continues to prove its popularity in the genre.

The Doctor took top place in the Favourite Hero category; runners up included Ianto Jones in fourth place, and his former boss and partner Captain Jack Harkness trailing in the number eleven slot! In the Favourite Heroine category, Donna Noble was fourth, Rose Tyler in eighth place, and Sarah Jane Smith was tenth.

For Favourite Villains, The Master topped the poll, with Dalek creator Davros fourth. Unsurprisingly his creations The Daleks claimed the title for Favourite Monsters, Supernatural Beings & Fantasy Creatures, with other favourite The Cybermen stomping into thirteeth place.

In other categories, the Favourite Robots & Androids category featured K9 in fifth place, whilst Favourite Anti-Heroes, Accidental Good Guys And Dodgy Do-Gooders included Captain John Hart (James Marsters in Torchwood) in third place.

You can view the full results at the SFX website, and the 200th issue of SFX hits stores next week.




FILTER: - Magazines - Awards/Nominations