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Faceless People

Hollow — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03:26 -0800

Mysterious faceless people have been attending prominent London events. Everyone seems to agree that this must be some viral marketing scheme, the most likely culprit being Group Lotus cars who have the facelesspeople.com url. The 'Faceless Ones' were also on Doctor Who forty years ago.

Even homemade Daleks EXTERMINATE!

cowbellemoo — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:37:19 -0800

Project Dalek: Alan has deliberately 'beefed up' the dome. From a child's eye view it looks like half an inch thick battle armour but the dome is really only four millimetres in thickness. This looks more substantial when viewed from underneath - an angle from which children often see Daleks. Prop history, production stills, handicraft, and virtual models. Very nice little DIY guides available with forum sign-up. (Hatred of life not included.) via iO9

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."

The Ten Doctors

JHarris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:57:19 -0800

The geekiest thing you will see this month is this fan-made comic called The Ten Doctors. Unexpectedly awesome, though!

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.

Tom Baker does 'Video Killed The Radiostar'

feelinglistless — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:21:16 -0800

Tom Baker does 'Video Killed The Radiostar' Poigniant application of the new BT Text service. [via]

Not dead but made out of plastic bricks...

sigma7 — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:27:19 -0800

Cthulego Rising is a pulp-tastic installation featuring zeppelins, zombies, even a little Doctor Who... and oh yeah, unspeakable horrors from beyond time and space too. [found via the rpg.net forums]

The TARDIS has landed

Artifice_Eternity — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:55:04 -0800

The Doctor is in! After passing on the series last year, the Sci-Fi Channel has decided to bring the BBC's new version of Doctor Who to American viewers. Neither the Beeb's news release or Sci-Fi's explain the turnaround. In any case, good news for stateside Whovians, as well as those who have not yet made the good Doctor's acquaintance.

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.