Jameson Speaks

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Volume 5 of MJTV Productions' The Actor Speaks series of audio recordings will be released on 1 December 2005.Louise Jameson (Leela) is the featured interviewee for the audio, which includes interviews, monologues and readings. More details are available at the MJTV website.

FILTER: - People

Tennant: Drama on 3

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

In addition to the recent appearance of Billie Piper in the adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," David Tennant has also participated in a rendition of the classic tale for BBC Radio 3 airing at 7.15pm on Sunday, 13 November. "As part of the BBC's Shakespeare Retold season, Drama On 3 provides another opportunity to hear one of the Bard's best-loved comedies, brought thrillingly to life by a star-studded cast, headed by David Tennant and Samantha Spiro as Benedick and Beatrice." The cast also includes Chiwetel Ejiofor ("Serenity"), Emilia Fox, David Haig, Julian Rhind-Tutt, David Swift, David Westhead and Peter Gunn. (Thanks to Phil Creighton)

FILTER: - David Tennant

The Ship of a Billion Years

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Magic Bullet Productions' second audio CD based on Faction Paradox is The Ship of a Billion Years. Written by Lawrence Miles, the CD will contain another adventure featuring the "time-traveling voodoo cult" first invented by Miles for the BBC Doctor Who novel range, and stars Gabriel Woolf as Sutekh (reprising his role from "Pyramids of Mars") as well as actors Julian Glover and Isla Blair, plus Wanda Opalinska and Jane Lesley as Cousins Justine and Eliza. There is currently no final release date or cover, but that will be announced shortly.

FILTER: - Audio

Exhibition Ends in Brighton

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

The Doctor Who Exhibition reached its final day on Brighton Pier on Sunday, before moving to the National Space Centre in Leicester (website) later in the month, as reported on Outpost Gallifrey on 27 October. In addition, according to the official exhibition website, items from the exhibition will be on display at the Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay, presumably to tie in with David Tennant and Billie Piper switching on Cardiff's Christmas lights in mid November. Finally, the exhibition site says that "a Slitheen will be spending its Christmas holiday at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford" (website).

FILTER: - Exhibitions

BBC7 Big Finish Update

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

The BBC7 website Doctor Who section has recently updated to include trailers for the first two episodes of 'Invaders from Mars', which have aired on BBC7 over the last fortnight. Trailers for the other two episodes are promised shortly. BBC7 has also been running a competition to win copies of the book "Back to the Vortex" with interviews with the author immediately after Part One of 'Invaders from Mars'. Although 'Invaders from Mars' is the last story scheduled in this BBC7 run, there has been a hint this week that there is more to come: a BBC7 message board host said on Wednesday that "Paul McGann will be back as the good Doctor in another new story at Christmas. And that's all I'm saying for now..." The next Big Finish story in the Paul McGann run is 'The Chimes of Midnight', and its Christmas setting makes it the obvious candidate for broadcast - to which the BBC7 host said, "You may well think that... I couldn't possibly comment..."

FILTER: - Audio - Radio

November Conventions and Events

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

November is traditionally a very busy time for Doctor Who events and this year is no exception. The following events will be taking place this month in the UK and North America:

Dimensions 2005, Tenth Planet's annual two-day Doctor Who convention, takes place at the Swallow Hotel in Stockton on Tees on 11-12 November; the guest list includes Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Mark Strickson, Maureen O'Brien, Paul Darrow, David Brierley, Annette Badland, Florence Hoath, Alan David, John Schwab, Corey Johnson, David Gooderson, Bernard Holley, Martha Cope and Caroline Morris.

United Fan Con 2005 takes place on 11-13 November at the Marriott Hotel in Springfield, Massachusetts.Sylvester McCoy is the featured Doctor Who guest, joining "Star Trek" legend Leonard Nimoy, "Stargate: Atlantis" star Rachel Luttrell, Richard Hatch from "Battlestar Galactica" and other guests.

Celebrity Meetings will be holding An Evening with Colin Bakeron Friday 18 November at 7pm in the Bedfordshire area; the evening includes a photo session and autographs, a discussion panel with Baker, an auction for charity and more.

The University of East Anglia will host Doctor Who at 42: Trip of a Lifetime, a one day symposium on Saturday 19 November; the event will feature discussions on how the show became a part of popular culture and how it returned to a changed television landscape; also included will be "Daleks, Cybermen, the Moxx of Balhoon, screaming companions, the cult of Tom Baker, and some decidedly dodgy underpants!" Send email or ring on 01603 593252 for more details.

The Doctor Who Information Network is hosting Bad Wolf 1, a one day mini-convention on Saturday 19 November at St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church in Toronto, Canada; the event will include panels, trivia, videos and other fun activities.

The Tenth Planet store will host signings on 20 November in Barking by Lalla Ward and new series guests Zoe Thorne, Eve Myles andSaul Murphy from 12pm to 2pm.

Paul McGann will appear at the Ascension: Cardiff convention on 20 November at the Village Hotel in Cardiff; also in attendance are writer Jim Mortimore and DWM artist Mike Collins as well as guests from "Earth Final Conflict" and "Star Trek".

ChicagoTARDIS 2005 is on 25-27 November at the Wyndham O'Hare Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. Among the guests are actors Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Alan Ruscoe and John Schwab, plusMaggie Stablesand Siri O'Neal from the Big Finish audios, writer/producer Nicholas Briggs and writer Rob Shearman, artistChris Achilleos and many others.

The Edinburgh Doctor Who Group will be screening the Doctor Who serial "City of Death" on Sunday 27 November at 1pm at the Edinburgh Filmhouse. Julian Glover, who portrayed Scaroth in the serial, will be on hand to present the story, as well as sign autographs and discuss his career during two interview panels.

FILTER: - Conventions - DWM

The Beginning DVD Set

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has issued details of the DVD extras for January's DVD boxset, The Beginning. In addition to the three Doctor Who stories "An Unearthly Child," "The Daleks" and "The Edge of Destruction," the following materials are included:

n/a DOCTOR WHO THE BEGINNING DVD EXTRAS TAPE1
00:02:35:01 DOCTOR WHO
00:03:49:00 THE WEB OF CAVES
00:03:40:14 THE PITCH OF FEAR
00:05:52:20 THE CORRIDOR SKETCH
00:00:17:11 DOCTOR WHO THE BEGINNING AN UNEARTHLY CHILD
00:00:17:17 DOCTOR WHO THE BEGINNING THE DALEKS
00:00:17:12 DOCTOR WHO THE BEGINNING THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION
00:29:21:07 OVER THE EDGE THE STORY OF THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION
00:53:48:11 DOCTOR WHO: ORIGINS
00:17:09:24 CREATION OF THE DALEKS

n/a DOCTOR WHO THE BEGINNING DVD EXTRAS TAPE 2
00:06:01:13 AN UNEARTHLY CHILD PHOTO GALLERY
00:05:30:21 THE DALEKS PHOTO GALLERY
00:05:05:11 THE EDGE OF DESTRUCTION PHOTO GALLERY
00:10:13:04 INSIDE THE SPACESHIP THE STORY OF TARDIS
00:31:22:24 DOCTOR WHO MARCO POLO
00:12:19:15 MASTERS OF SOUND

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Children in Need: Air Time

Sunday, 6 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

According to the Radio Times website (and some other online TV guides), the Doctor Who segment of Children in Need will be on between 9 and 9.30pm. Says the Radio Times:

Children in Need
9.00pm-9.30pm BBC One
Billie Piper and David Tennant star in a special Doctor Who scene written exclusively for Children in Need. Plus live music from Sugababes in Wrexham and KT Tunstall in Glasgow.

It should be noted that the schedule for Children in Need is very fluid, so that timeslot should not be taken as guaranteed - it could change right up to the night itself.

FILTER: - Special Events - Radio Times - Broadcasting

Christmas Day Airing

Thursday, 3 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

This year's holiday special "The Christmas Invasion" will air on Christmas Day, December 25, on BBC1. BBC Newsreported the announcement from the BBC, as did the official Doctor Who website. This morning's The Sun says the episode will be sandwiched in between two hour-long episodes of EastEnders "to complete a three-hour telly fest", while the Mirror says that the show will be broadcast against two Coronation Street specials on ITV. The transmission time is yet to be confirmed. The BBC and ITV traditionally battle each other for ratings on Christmas Day.

FILTER: - Specials - Broadcasting

Season Two Tidbits

Thursday, 3 November 2005 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

According to SFX Magazine, several comments about the second series were made in the commentaries on the forthcoming Series One Boxed Set. We've put these (along with a few comments) into the spoiler tag below; click on it to reveal.

Says SFX: "We’ve been listening to the review discs of the forthcoming Doctor Who season one box set (on sale 21 November), and in the commentaries they let slip a few interesting facts about the Christmas special, and season two. So we thought we’d share!" The items noted include:

In season two, Mickey becomes a proper companion and travels in the TARDIS. (OG Editor: However, he doesn't appear in the entire series)

We "haven’t seen the last" of Rose’s Dad, Pete Tyler (could this be related to the fact that, according to rumours, the Cyberman two-parter is set on an alternate Earth?) (OG Editor: As we announced yesterday, Shaun Dingwall is in the two-part Cybermen story.)

In the Christmas special, Rose’s flat is vandalised... and her mum Jackie is attacked by a Christmas tree!

Also reported elsewhere on the Internet, on various message boards, is the rumored title "Parallel World" for episode 5, although there is no indication that this is anything but a rumor.

FILTER: - Production - Series 2/28

Previous 6 Stories

Jameson Speaks

Tennant: Drama on 3

The Ship of a Billion Years

Exhibition Ends in Brighton

BBC7 Big Finish Update

November Conventions and Events

The Beginning DVD Set

Children in Need: Air Time

Christmas Day Airing

Season Two Tidbits

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