Classic series clips search

Saturday, 10 March 2007 - Reported by Anthony Weight

The website of the Doctor Who Restoration Team, the group of experts who remaster and prepare extra features for the range of classic series Doctor Who DVD releases from 2 entertain Ltd, has been updated with a new page appealing for help searching for clips connected to the classic series which might be useful as extra features on future DVDs.

The "Clip Search" page, located here, gives full details on the types of clips particularly being sought; the introduction from the page is reproduced below. Those who believe they may be able to help with the search or have clips should e-mail the specific address given on that page, rather than the generic Restoration Team e-mail address on the main page of their website.
We are keen to hear from anyone who has material recorded off-air that may not exist in official archives that would be of interest to Doctor Who fans and posterity, which we could include in future DVDs. Without help from a few fans in the past, we would not have had items on the DVDs such as any of the 'Swap Shop', 'Pebble Mill' or 'Nationwide' interviews, BSB interview segments, trailers and continuity announcements. Although we have access to a large number of items, coverage remains patchy. We are sure that there are many clips out there which we do not have, or which are in better quality than our current holdings. We want to avoid the situation where, after a DVD is released, someone approaches us with a better copy of something, or extra material which could have improved the release.




FILTER: - Classic Series

Fourth series 'greenlit'

Saturday, 10 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

A fourth series of Doctor Who has been commissioned, according to an interview piece withRussell T Davies in the Seven magazine section of The Sunday Telegraph.

The extremely lengthy article, which includes a feature called The Russell T Davies Effect, also suggests that there will be a Christmas 2007 special, states that Series Three will start on March 31 at 7pm - and hints that Davies wants to move on from the show.

It says he is looking for a new challenge and quotes him as saying: "I've always wanted to adapt The Old Curiosity Shop. I love it. It's about time someone had the nerve to rewrite Dickens. The whole plot is a mess", although Davies ruefully points out that ITV is in the process of doing it.

The print edition of the magazine has Davies on the cover and the editorial features are liberally illustrated.




FILTER: - Series 4/30

Series Three teaser

Friday, 9 March 2007 - Reported by Anthony Weight

The official Doctor Who website has been updated with a video of two very short teaser trailers for the forthcoming third series of the programme. The teasers feature short clips of the Doctor and Martha looking at the camera, accompanied by the tagline "Two worlds will collide."




FILTER: - Online - Series 3/29

SFX Magazine 155

Friday, 9 March 2007 - Reported by Kenny Davidson

The next issue of SFX Magazine features an interview with Russell T Davies as part of a six-page preview of the new series.

The interview covers why the series doesn't visit many alien planets, why they're doing a "Haunted House" episode, and why he decided not to "darken" the Doctor. He also provides a guide to what he considers the scariest episode, the funniest, the sexiest, the saddest, and how Martha differs from Rose.

There's also an update on The Sarah Jane Adventures in the news section.

The issue is on sale from Wednesday 14th March, features a sheet of free Doctor Who fridge magnets, and there's a Doctor Who special coming from SFX at the end of the month. Click on the thumbnails below to see the cover and magnets.

(Thanks to Ian Berriman of SFX)




FILTER: - Magazines

Creatures and Demons

Friday, 9 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

BBC Books has released the cover image for the forthcoming publication Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons, written by Justin Richards.

Further details about the book are given below. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the cover.

(Thanks to Caroline Newbury/Random House)
With exclusive photographs, concept drawings, diagrams and FX models, and written by Justin Richards, this will be a lavishly illustrated collection of the scariest monsters from Doctor Who - a follow-up book to the best-selling Aliens and Enemies and Monsters and Villains.

Doctor Who: Creatures and Demons will be published by BBC Books on May 10, 2007.




FILTER: - Books

Piper back on stage after illness

Thursday, 8 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

BBC News reports that Billie Piper is back on stage after illness forced her to miss two performances of her West End stage show Treats.

Signing autographs after the show, Piper reported she had been quite ill with gastric flu but was well and ready to work.




FILTER: - People - Billie Piper

Series Three promo pic released

Thursday, 8 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The BBC's Doctor Who website released a new official promotional picture today, shown right and captioned "Back with a bang!", as Series Three's start in the UK approaches.

The image - plus other desktop wallpaper - is available via this link.

As reported earlier on Outpost Gallifrey, the new series is set to begin on Saturday, March 31.

Dreamwatch Sci Fi said the BBC confirmed the date to it after Doctor Who Magazine was told the start date would be March 24.

The schedule was apparently changed after Doctor Who Magazine went to print and it was decided BBC One would be screening the England v Israel European Championship football qualifier that Saturday.




FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Press

TARDIS tops all-time gadgets

Thursday, 8 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The TARDIS has been voted the all-time best gadget by UK schoolchildren, ahead of the laptop, iPod and 007's jet pack. The nationwide survey was made by a supermarket chain to promote their computers for schools scheme.
(source: Bournemouth Echo and icWales. More results will be revealed on 13 March according to this )




FILTER: - Merchandise

Louise Jameson interview

Wednesday, 7 March 2007 - Reported by Marcus
Former Fourth Doctor assistant Louise Jameson was a guest today on the long running Radio 4 programme Woman's Hour.

Best known for her roles in Doctor WhoBergerac and EastEnders, Jameson told presenter Jenni Murray why she once described her own life as a soap opera and talked about her one woman play "Face Value".

The interview can be heard via the BBC Website. Follow the listen again link and select Wednesday 7th March.

Thanks to Ben Morris.




FILTER: - People - Classic Series

Costume auction results

Tuesday, 6 March 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

The Doctor Who outfits previously worn by Tom Baker and several other TV Time Lords were auctioned off byBonhams to save space and insurance premiums.

The burgundy coat, brown tweed trousers and striped scarf worn by Baker sold for 24,600 pounds (about 46,000 US dollars). This was 12 times the amount that was expected. His double-breasted frock coat went for a further 7,000 pounds.

Other Doctor Who costumes included:

Patrick Troughton's Doctor's outfit, which went for 8,000 pounds.
Jon Pertwee's Doctor's complete outfit and sonic screwdriver went for 8,000 pounds also.
Peter Davison's Doctor's outfit went for 4,200 pounds.
Sylvester McCoy's Doctor's outfit for 1,000 pounds.

Also reported at metro.co.ukBBC News and The Sun.




FILTER: - Special Events - Classic Series