Friday, 10 July 2015

BBC Doctor Who Series 35(9) Trailer & Stills

The BBC have released the first trailer for the upcoming Series 35 of Doctor Who. This will be Peter Capaldi's second year in the role as our favourite anti-hero The Doctor. The new series will hit our screens on Saturday, 19th September. Time to be confirmed.

The Doctor's opening words:

"Every time I think it couldn’t get any more extraordinary it surprises me. It’s impossible, I hate it, it’s evil, it’s astonishing… I want to kiss it to death!"

The Doctor and Clara are having the time of their lives travelling through time and space, , the pair meet new and old monsters, and go on a journey that takes them to deadly alien planets, creepy underwater bases, Vikings villages, a global Zygon uprising, and leads them through hidden alien dens, to the very end of time itself.
Meeting monsters old and new the Doctor will come face to face with Missy (played by Michelle Gomez), a city of Daleks, deadly mercenaries called the Mire, terrifying ghosts and far more.



The trailer does throw up a few intriguing questions as to who is the character played by Maisie Williams (Game Of Thrones), and how does she know him?

"What took you so long? Old Man?"

 Having filmed in Cardiff since January, Peter Capaldi said: 
“Soaring through all of time and space, series nine sees the Doctor throw himself into life with a new hunger for adventure. The Cosmos is there for the taking, thrilling, epic and enticing, and his to play in. But he’s almost reckless in his abandon. It’s almost like he’s running from something, something that if it ever catches him will turn his life upside down.”

Having filmed in Cardiff since January, Peter Capaldi said:

“Soaring through all of time and space, series nine sees the Doctor throw himself into life with a new hunger for adventure. The Cosmos is there for the taking, thrilling, epic and enticing, and his to play in. But he’s almost reckless in his abandon. It’s almost like he’s running from something, something that if it ever catches him will turn his life upside down.” - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/#sthash.XwRZaX3Y.dpuf
Having filmed in Cardiff since January, Peter Capaldi said:

“Soaring through all of time and space, series nine sees the Doctor throw himself into life with a new hunger for adventure. The Cosmos is there for the taking, thrilling, epic and enticing, and his to play in. But he’s almost reckless in his abandon. It’s almost like he’s running from something, something that if it ever catches him will turn his life upside down.” - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/#sthash.XwRZaX3Y.dpuf
Having filmed in Cardiff since January, Peter Capaldi said:

“Soaring through all of time and space, series nine sees the Doctor throw himself into life with a new hunger for adventure. The Cosmos is there for the taking, thrilling, epic and enticing, and his to play in. But he’s almost reckless in his abandon. It’s almost like he’s running from something, something that if it ever catches him will turn his life upside down.” - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/#sthash.XwRZaX3Y.dpuf
 
"I'm The Doctor and I save people!"

 
Just what is Clara hiding from? 

 
Another outing for the orange spacesuits 

 
Two faced alien being is one of the new alen species we get to encounter

 
 And a scary looking guy with a sinister face, black hat and a purposeful walk. A walk that suggests he’s up to no good and he’s up to it with some urgency

 
An unusual looking figure the Doctor comes face-to-face with. How does he fit in with the new series?

A hand rising from the earth. Scary.

  We already knew that Missy was returning and it looks like she’s facing-off with Clara. Given that the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Evil’ was responsible for the death of Clara’s boyfriend Danny in the Series 8 finale. 

Is that fear we can see in her eyes? And if so, what on Earth – or wherever – can scare Missy?
 
Just in case the Zygons weren’t evil enough (in the past they’ve tried to steal our planet and they were very mean to Clara) they’re now picking on small children. Thank goodness Osgood will be there for their adventure, but hold on… No Osgood in the trailer. Could that be significant?
  
 
Face to face with the Doctor: "What took you so long? Old Man?" Just what is the connection between Maisie Williams' character and the Doctor? We will find out in the Autumn. 
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Thursday, 9 July 2015

EW: Interview: Peter Capaldi: The Doctor Has A Newfound Hunger For Adventure

Chatting to Entertainment Weekly,  Peter Capaldi has been discussing Series 9 of Doctor Who. In the  interview, he mentioned that “The Doctor is throwing himself into life with a newfound hunger for adventure” in the new episodes.

 Image from S9 Ep 01 The Magician's Apprentice

“He’s in pursuit of joy and grabbing every thrill that he can along the way. But I sense him running from something, that even he does not yet understand,” he added. According to Capaldi, this search for adventure extends to Jenna Coleman’s Clara, too:

“They’ve suddenly realized that they are the most fortunate people in all of time and space and are hell-bent on adventure. Jenna continues to deliver a beautifully nuanced, complex, and funny performance that marks her out as one of the best companions ever.” He also described guest star Maisie Williams as “a sharp, talented tornado” who “shifts in cosmic ways.”


“There is an epic sweep to this season and I think the villains and monsters reflect that,” Mr Capaldi also mentioned. “Great new ones, brilliant old ones and some very scary creatures looming in stories with real emotional ambition.”

 Along with these teases, Capaldi also described this new picture from the show. He said that “the photo shows the Doctor about to make a mistake that has cataclysmic repercussions”…


Series 9: Director Rachel Talalay on this year's "completely different" finale

Rachel Talalay who directed series eight's two-part finale Dark Water and Death In Heaven, is back to direct the series nine climactic two-parter written by Doctor Who Producr Steven Moffat. 

"These episodes are completely different to what I did last year. Episode 11 is one of the most complicated and different that I've ever done. It just has my head in spaghetti"


Sunday, 28 June 2015

Big Finish: Doctor Who New Series Audio Update

New from Big Finish: "Further to yesterday's exciting launch of our latest New Series Doctor Who adventures, we can confirm earlier release dates for River Song's Big Finish debut stories."

Doctor Who New Series Audio Update It can now be revealed that Doctor Who: The Diary of River Song, which had a mysterious release date of 'TBA' up until this morning, is to be released in January 2016. Only six months away! (Naturally, we know you can work that out for yourself, we're just a bit over-excited about it all.)

Also, the Eighth Doctor box set Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2, can now be confirmed for a March 2016 release, brought forward from May.

The bottom line is that you'll be getting to hear River Song in Big Finish audio action a lot sooner than you might have been expecting.

You can hear more about these and other New Series Doctor Who releases in the latest Big Finish Podcast here.
 
An epic four-hour adventure that takes River Song across space and time, seeking out the secret rulers of the universe.

The Doctor’s past is catching up with him. And so is his future… As a dark chapter dawns for the universe, a friend is at hand. But how can River Song help the Doctor if she can’t meet him?

Saturday, 27 June 2015

River Song to team up with the Eighth Doctor for a new adventure

Looks like River Song is coming back to Doctor Who in 2016 – but this time, she’s teaming up with a different Doctor.

River Song to team up with the Eighth Doctor for a new adventure


A new radio drama from Big Finish will see Alex Kingston’s time-travelling archaeologist team up with Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor (as well as his companions, played by Hattie Morahan and Nicola Walker) in Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2 – but there’s a complication.

You see, the Time Lord’s a few years away from meeting River for the first time in his Tenth incarnation (as seen in TV episode Silence in the Library back in 2008), so she must try to help her oblivious husband without him realising it – or even seeing her. We can’t help but imagine there’s going to be some problems…

“The idea of River meeting previous Doctors was actually proposed by Steven Moffat,” says producer David Richardson, “and it's just irresistible, isn't it? Alex embraced the idea of returning to the role, and so she will be starring in no less than two box sets next year. And yes, we are still pinching ourselves!”

River will later return for a second Big Finish drama in 2016 called The Diary of River Song, which will once again see her join with McGann’s Doctor (so much for keeping her distance, eh?) as she crosses space and time to seek the secretive rulers of the universe. Bet she’ll be sending lovely postcards to the Eleventh Doctor - and maybe we'll get more insight into this earlier version of her character before her final death in 2013's The Name of the Doctor.

 Doom Coalition 2
Synopsis The Doctor’s past is catching up with him. And so is his future… As a dark chapter dawns for the universe, a friend is at hand. But how can River Song help the Doctor if she can’t meet him?
Directed By: Ken Bentley

Cast

Paul McGann (The Doctor), Alex Kingston (River Song), Nicola Walker (Liv Chenka), Hattie Morahan (Helen Sinclair)

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Thursday, 25 June 2015

The Minions travel in three different Tardises for Doctor Who-inspired video

The cult characters appeared in various TV locations pursued by Radio 1’s Greg James in the newly-released sketch.

The Minions travel in three different Tardises for Doctor Who-inspired videoThe sketch sees DJ Greg James forced to shepherd the wayward Minions towards their appearance on the One Show – but they get a bit diverted (as anyone would be) when they spot the TARDIS. The Minions don't just take ride in Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS, oh no;  also in an appropriately black-and-white version of William Hartnell’s console room, as well as the Ninth and Tenth Doctor’s grungier interior.


 The Minions also visit the set of Coronation street, Blue Peter and various news programmes in the video, which you can see below – though if you’re only interested in the Doctor Who segment, that begins at around 2 minutes 25 seconds.


Doctor Who fan who died suddenly aged 27 remembered with special Tardis tribute bench

A much-loved Doctor Who fan and dedicated volunteer worker who died suddenly aged just 27 is being remembered in style with a unique tribute and a celebration day.

Volunteer Vanessa Stapley (left) is pictured with Gary's widow Emma Abbott (right)The death of Gary Abbott, of Marske, on March 18 last year, came as a huge shock to his family and many friends.

The apparently healthy young volunteer worker passed away suddenly while at the club he dedicated countless hours to from a genetic heart condition he didn’t know he had, hypertropic cardiomyopathy.

Now the memory of Gary, known to friends at Redcar’s Grenfell Club for adults and children with learning and physical disabilities as “Big G” due to his height and equally “big personality”, is being kept alive with a special Tardis tribute bench in the garden of the club.

Manager of the club Samantha Jones said: “Gary joined the Grenfell Club as a volunteer at the age of 14 when his mam wanted to get him away from computers. He became a much-loved volunteer and friend to our many members, over 300 of them. He went on to become a member of staff then a trustee.

Volunteer Vanessa Stapley (left) is pictured with Gary's widow Emma Abbott (right)