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Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion of your Nightmares

Artw — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:26:34 -0800

The 21 Scariest Doctor Who Moments Ever, according to SFX magazine. Waters of Mars, which aired in the UK this weekend and airs in the US on December 20th, may add to that list. Meanwhile, in other formats, Michael Moorcock is writing a Doctor Who novel.

Crowd Hoot

Artw — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:32:42 -0800

In the wake of Torchwood: Children of the Earth (screening on BBC America on the 20th for those in the US not inclined to muck about with the internets) critic Patrick West declares the British incapable of making decent television science fiction. (via)

Doctor Who and the Terrence Dicks Novelisation of the Earth!

Artw — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:34:17 -0800

On The Outside It Looked Like An Old- Fashioned Police Box - Mark Gatiss presents a Radio 4 documentary on the Target novelisations of Doctor Who stories. Free Doctor Who eBooks.

Watch from behind the sofa

Artw — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:30:53 -0800

Is Doctor Who too scary for kids? Parents surveyed by TheBabyWebsite seem to think so. But is being scared a good thing? (via io9)

The Genesis of Doctor Who

Knappster — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:31 -0800

"A frail old man lost in space and time. They give him this name because they don't know who he is. He seems not to remember where he has come from; he is suspicious and capable of sudden malignance; he seems to have some undefined energy; he is searching for something as well as fleeing from something. He has a 'machine' which enables them to travel together through time, through space, and through matter." The Genesis of Doctor Who.

"A lot of writers are mad."

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:37:23 -0800

Long interview with Doctor Who showrunner Russel T Davies on his writing and producing career (at the BBC's Writersroom).

The Who we never knew

Artw — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:39:46 -0800

The Russell T. Davis papers – As he prepares to leave the role of Doctor Who show runner (previously) he’s releasing a book of email exchanges with Doctor Who Magazine writer Benjamin Cook about his time on the longstanding British SF series, revealing the younger face of Who he’s like to see, and plans for a Doctor Who/Harry Potter crossover which never materialized.

Script-Doctorin' the TARDIS

Artw — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:33:16 -0800

As of 2010 Steven Moffat will be replacing Russell T. Davies as lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who. In 2005 Davies revived the series, which had been dormant (bar the odd US co-production or audiodrama) since 1989, for BBC Wales. It won awards and was successful enough to spawn the spin-offs Sarah Jane Adventures and the popular-in-America Torchwood. He is replaced by Moffat, one of the regular writers on the show, whose highly acclaimed episodes have won a number of awards and nominations. "I applied before but I got knocked back 'cos the BBC wanted someone else. Also I was seven. Anyway, I'm glad the BBC has finally seen the light and it's a huge honour to be following Russell into the best - and the toughest - job in television. I say toughest 'cos Russell's at my window right now, pointing and laughing."

Verity Lambert dies.

feelinglistless — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:40:55 -0800

Verity Lambert dies. Verity was amongst other things the first producer of Doctor Who and essentially co-created the series along with writer Sydney Newman and the pilot director Waris Hussein. She would later have a hand in bringing everything from Minder to Jonathan Creek to the screen. Worth noting how rare it was in the sixties to have a female producer at the BBC and although Sydney was dead against having bug eyed monsters in the series, she convinced him that this idea that Terry Nation was having about something called Daleks would be a really good thing to do.

Splendid chap, both of them

Artifice_Eternity — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:12:36 -0800

The Two Doctors: "David Tennant's Tenth Doctor is set to meet Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor in a special scene commissioned for BBC One's Children in Need." This brief segment, to be aired on November 16 as part of a charity special, will link last season's cliffhanger ending and this year's Christmas special.

BBC Open News Archive

feelinglistless — Fri, 30 Dec 2005 04:41:30 -0800

BBC Open News Archive Eighty iconic news reports available in a variety of formats. Here is the full directory. For another example of the cool things Auntie as been offering lately, see the downloadable mp3 commentary for the Christmas episode of Doctor Who.

Newest Doctor Who

feelinglistless — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:11:27 -0800

Newest Doctor Who David Tennant received his first showcase tonight on the BBC's Children in Need Appeal in an excellent special episode written by Russell T Davies and also starring Billie Piper. In case anyone missed it, it's available online at their website, in streaming Real format. Fantastic!

A dedicated follower of fashion

Artifice_Eternity — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 20:40:32 -0800

The Doctor is in: David Tennant, the new Doctor Who (#10), has revealed his look to the world. No long scarf, cricket uniform, or leather jacket this time... instead, a brown pinstripe suit and grubby Converse. He calls it geek chic.

* Makes TARDIS noise, dematerializes*

PinkStainlessTail — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:59:39 -0800

Christopher Eccleston, the new Doctor Who, has tendered his resignation. Geez, his first episode wasn't that bad.

Doctor Who Returns in 2005

tgrundke — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 07:44:35 -0800

Doctor Who returns in a few months, here's a teaser for those of us übergeeks who cannot wait. (Realplayer warning on the link!). The "new" Doctor Who returns to BBC sometime in the first half of next year. While this topic was discussed several months ago, more new details have surfaced on the new series. What other TV series have you seen 'resurrected' that you once loved, and what success do you think there was in that resurrection? What made the revived series work or not work?

The Daleks are Exterminated!

tgrundke — Mon, 05 Jul 2004 12:51:33 -0800

EXTERMINATE! The Daleks are Exterminated: The BBC announces that the Daleks will NOT appear in the new Doctor Who series. It appears that talks between the BBC and the estate of Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks, have broken down and the BBC has announced that the famed pepper pots will not appear in the series revival. Can Doctor Who really be Doctor Who without the Daleks? What other TV series do you recall that have had their franchises ruined due to logisitical/political/legal hangups such as this?

Rulers of the solar system

feelinglistless — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:03:14 -0800

Back to the archive, one tape at a time. A new old episode of previously missing Doctor Who has turned up. It's episode two of The Dalek Master Plan which means we've now got three of the twelve parts that make up that story. Nine to go... (a clip with lots of Daleks in can be seen here).

Part One: Cake or Death

Mwongozi — Thu, 02 Oct 2003 17:28:44 -0800

The new Doctor Who might be Eddie Izzard, according to a previous (and best) Doctor, Tom Baker.

Doctor Who?

Mwongozi — Fri, 26 Sep 2003 07:05:38 -0800

Doctor Who is back