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Neil Gaiman Interview: Part One

BBC - Doctor Who - Wed, 05/08/2013 - 10:44am

Nightmare in Silver is written by the internationally acclaimed Neil Gaiman whose previous episode – The Doctor’s Wife – was a brilliant, bonkers, wildly enjoyable adventure that won plaudits and the 2012 Hugo Award for the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

He returns with a story that sees the Doctor once more facing the Cybermen, but this being Doctor Who and Neil Gaiman, nothing about the iconic enemy’s return is as you’d expect, from the Cybermen themselves to the people battling them. We caught up with Neil and quizzed him about how he ended up back in the world of Doctor Who and what we can expect from his latest inspired nightmare…

 

Question: You’re back! Hurray! How were you persuaded to return?

Neil Gaiman:  It began with an email from Steven Moffat. He said, ‘I know you’re too busy ever to write another Doctor Who episode… but would you like to make the Cybermen scary again?’  And I thought, Agghhhh! I do! I really do! I said,Yes, I’m in…

I thought it would be really fun to make the Cybermen scarier than they have been recently and then I got completely side-tracked by a mad, strange romp that just keeps getting bigger and odder in which the Doctor and Clara have taken two children to a big amusement park and they find themselves embroiled in a very peculiar galactic empire which has fought a battle against the Cybermen - and won…

Q: What can we expect from the Cybermen and the adventure in general?

NG: We’ve moved on a little bit, technologically, from the last round of Cybermen we saw, because we’re a bit further into the future. So instead of Cybermats, we’re now going to encounter Cybermites… We have to deal with various things we’ve had to deal with in the past, such as the Cybermen’s ability to take over people and transform them into Cybermen. And this time, it’s going to get very, very personal for the Doctor…

Q: It’s got a great cast! Could you tell us about them and the characters they play?

NG: I’ve been very lucky! Jason Watkins plays Mr Webley… He has a few waxworks and other things and made the rather foolish mistake of landing on Hedgewick’s World… and now he can’t get off. He’s really sweet and he is aided by Porridge who is played by Warwick Davis. And he’s wonderful! His performance is just brilliant. It’s funny. It’s charming, it’s deep… it’s very sexy! I’m very proud to have written his stuff.

We also have Tamzin Outhwaite. Tamzin is great! She plays a character who’s running a platoon – a captain. She’s grumpy and you rapidly discover that one of the reasons she’s grumpy is because this is a punishment platoon – they are in exile. These are people who’ve been in trouble and they’re being got out of the way… And she was sent there because she was not obeying orders, and now she’s going to have to make a big decision on whether or not she obeys an order…

Q: So, you’ve got the task of making the Cybermen scarier and this eclectic group of people… How did your story develop from this ‘original plot’.

NG:  The only problem with my original plot was that I had no idea what I was doing with the Doctor. I knew what I was doing for everyone else in the story but I really didn’t have anything for the Doctor to do, except he was going to play chess, which isn’t really interesting. And then I had an idea. And the idea wouldn’t go away. So I emailed Steven Moffat and said, ‘Look, I have a mad idea. And it’s something that I wouldn’t do for any other actor except Matt Smith. I think Matt could pull it off. [Neil laughs and briefly outlines the Doctor’s plot-line]. And Steven Moffat said, ‘Go for it!’

 

Massive thanks to Neil Gaiman for taking time out to talk to us. We’ll be bringing you part 2 of our interview with him very soon and Nightmare in Silver is on BBC One on Saturday at 7.00pm.

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The Name of the Doctor: The Prequel

BBC - Doctor Who - Wed, 05/08/2013 - 10:31am

The prequel to the series finale will be available to view on this site (www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho) after the next episode of Doctor Who finishes at 7.45pm on Saturday, 11 May. You'll also be able to watch it from that time through the BBC's interactive Red Button service.

Written by Doctor Who's lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, the intriguing prequel is called She Said, He Said and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara. It's one of the show's longest prequels and explores how little Clara knows about the Doctor... and vice versa.

Catch the return of the Cybermen in Nightmare in Silver this Saturday at 7.00pm on BBC One and then watch the prequel to the finale immediately after the end titles have rolled, either here or on Red Button. The Name of the Doctor brings the series to a thunderous conclusion on Saturday, 18 May making this a very exciting few days for anybody who has ever enjoyed the adventures of a certain mad man in a box...

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The Name of the Doctor: The Prequel

BBC - Doctor Who - Wed, 05/08/2013 - 10:31am

The prequel to the series finale will be available to view on this site (www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho) after the next episode of Doctor Who finishes at 7.45pm on Saturday, 11 May. You'll also be able to watch it from that time through the BBC's interactive Red Button service.

Written by Doctor Who's lead writer and executive producer, Steven Moffat, the intriguing prequel is called She Said, He Said and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara. It's one of the show's longest prequels and explores how little Clara knows about the Doctor... and vice versa.

Catch the return of the Cybermen in Nightmare in Silver this Saturday at 7.00pm on BBC One and then watch the prequel to the finale immediately after the end titles have rolled, either here or on Red Button. The Name of the Doctor brings the series to a thunderous conclusion on Saturday, 18 May making this a very exciting few days for anybody who has ever enjoyed the adventures of a certain mad man in a box...

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Whovian News and Extras for Tuesday, 07 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:50am

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Whovian News and Extras for Monday, 06 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Mon, 05/06/2013 - 10:53am

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'The Crimson Horror' Reviews and Extras

TARDIS Newsroom - Sun, 05/05/2013 - 4:58am

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Whovian News and Extras for Saturday, 04 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Sat, 05/04/2013 - 10:46am

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Whovian News and Extras for Friday, 03 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Fri, 05/03/2013 - 10:45am

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The Crimson Horror: Tomorrow at 6.30pm.

BBC - Doctor Who - Fri, 05/03/2013 - 6:53am

The Doctor and Clara face The Crimson Horror on BBC One at 6.30pm, tomorrow - Saturday, 4 May.

It’s a brilliant episode written by stalwart Mark Gatiss, so expect plenty of action, chills, humour and a wonderful sense of the macabre. Screen legend Dame Diana Rigg plays the sinister Mrs Gillyflower and her real-life daughter, Rachael Stirling, is Ada. And if that’s not enough the adventure sees the return of the Paternoster Gang with Strax, Madame Vastra and Jenny all embroiled in the mysterious goings-on in Sweetville... As Matt Smith commented, ‘It’s nice having the Doctor and his gang back!’

The Crimson Horror is set during the Victorian era and we soon discover there’s something very odd about Mrs Gillyflower’s Sweetville mill, with its beautiful people and the perfectly clean streets that lead to it.  There’s something even stranger about the bodies being found dead in the area – they’re all bright red and waxy! When the Doctor and Clara go missing, it’s up to the Time Lord’s old friends, Vastra, Jenny and Strax, to rescue them before they also fall victim to the Crimson Horror!

Straight after the adventure finishes you’ll find the latest behind the scenes video featuring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman that looks at the making of the episode – right here on the site. We’ll also have a range of new galleries, The Crimson Quiz, a fact file on the story plus the ‘Next Time’ trail for Nightmare in Silver.

But if you can’t wait for all that, check out our clips section where you’ll find an introduction to The Crimson Horror featuring Matt Smith and Dan Starkey plus two great preview clips and a trailer.

The Crimson Horror is on BBC One at 6.30pm, tomorrow - Saturday, 4 May.

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The Crimson Horror: Tomorrow at 6.30pm.

BBC - Doctor Who - Fri, 05/03/2013 - 6:53am

The Doctor and Clara face The Crimson Horror on BBC One at 6.30pm, tomorrow - Saturday, 4 May.

It’s a brilliant episode written by stalwart Mark Gatiss, so expect plenty of action, chills, humour and a wonderful sense of the macabre. Screen legend Dame Diana Rigg plays the sinister Mrs Gillyflower and her real-life daughter, Rachael Stirling, is Ada. And if that’s not enough the adventure sees the return of the Paternoster Gang with Strax, Madame Vastra and Jenny all embroiled in the mysterious goings-on in Sweetville... As Matt Smith commented, ‘It’s nice having the Doctor and his gang back!’

The Crimson Horror is set during the Victorian era and we soon discover there’s something very odd about Mrs Gillyflower’s Sweetville mill, with its beautiful people and the perfectly clean streets that lead to it.  There’s something even stranger about the bodies being found dead in the area – they’re all bright red and waxy! When the Doctor and Clara go missing, it’s up to the Time Lord’s old friends, Vastra, Jenny and Strax, to rescue them before they also fall victim to the Crimson Horror!

Straight after the adventure finishes you’ll find the latest behind the scenes video featuring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman that looks at the making of the episode – right here on the site. We’ll also have a range of new galleries, The Crimson Quiz, a fact file on the story plus the ‘Next Time’ trail for Nightmare in Silver.

But if you can’t wait for all that, check out our clips section where you’ll find an introduction to The Crimson Horror featuring Matt Smith and Dan Starkey plus two great preview clips and a trailer.

The Crimson Horror is on BBC One at 6.30pm, tomorrow - Saturday, 4 May.

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Whovian News and Extras for Thursday, 02 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Thu, 05/02/2013 - 1:53pm

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Whovian News and Extras for Wednesday, 01 May 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:43am

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We’ve Released the Sontarans!

BBC - Doctor Who - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:09am

Strax the Sontaran returns in The Crimson Horror and in his honour we’ve maximised coverage of all his race’s early encounters with the Doctor. That means you can enjoy a wealth of clips, galleries, fact files and more from stories including the Sontarans’ debut adventure back in 1973, their attempted invasion of Gallifrey and The Two Doctors.

We’ve listed all the major Sontaran adventures below so just click on the one you’d like to explore. Clips include the very first time we saw one of their faces, the Doctor defeating an entire invasion force with a risky bluff and the Time Lord gambling to save his home planet from a ruthless Sontaran plot. We’ve galleries from every single episode, fascinating behind the scene shots and exclusive content from the making of…

 

The Time Warrior: The Doctor’s first onscreen encounter with the Sontarans and Sarah Jane’s debut story!

The Sontaran Experiment: The Sontarans threaten an invasion of earth and only the Doctor can stop them…

The Invasion of Time: The Sontarans strike at the Doctor’s home planet!

The Two Doctors: Time itself is threatened and it takes two Doctors to stop the Sontarans this time…

 

Don’t forget, you can also check out more recent Sontaran encounters such as The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky, A Good Man Goes to War and The Snowmen.

Fans of Strax can see him in action in Vastra Investigates and The Great Detective, not to mention Songtaran Carols…

And finally, if you’d like to face the Sontarans yourself you can always play the epic Adventure Game, The Gunpowder Plot where playing as the Doctor you get caught up in a massive war between the Sontarans and their eternal nemeses, the Rutans!

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We’ve Released the Sontarans!

BBC - Doctor Who - Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:09am

Strax the Sontaran returns in The Crimson Horror and in his honour we’ve maximised coverage of all his race’s early encounters with the Doctor. That means you can enjoy a wealth of clips, galleries, fact files and more from stories including the Sontarans’ debut adventure back in 1973, their attempted invasion of Gallifrey and The Two Doctors.

We’ve listed all the major Sontaran adventures below so just click on the one you’d like to explore. Clips include the very first time we saw one of their faces, the Doctor defeating an entire invasion force with a risky bluff and the Time Lord gambling to save his home planet from a ruthless Sontaran plot. We’ve galleries from every single episode, fascinating behind the scene shots and exclusive content from the making of…

 

The Time Warrior: The Doctor’s first onscreen encounter with the Sontarans and Sarah Jane’s debut story!

The Sontaran Experiment: The Sontarans threaten an invasion of earth and only the Doctor can stop them…

The Invasion of Time: The Sontarans strike at the Doctor’s home planet!

The Two Doctors: Time itself is threatened and it takes two Doctors to stop the Sontarans this time…

 

Don’t forget, you can also check out more recent Sontaran encounters such as The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky, A Good Man Goes to War and The Snowmen.

Fans of Strax can see him in action in Vastra Investigates and The Great Detective, not to mention Songtaran Carols…

And finally, if you’d like to face the Sontarans yourself you can always play the epic Adventure Game, The Gunpowder Plot where playing as the Doctor you get caught up in a massive war between the Sontarans and their eternal nemeses, the Rutans!

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Whovian News and Extras for Tuesday, 30 April 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Tue, 04/30/2013 - 10:37am

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Storified by David Lewis· Tue, Apr 30 2013 08:36:01

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Brian Minchin confirmed as New Executive Producer of Doctor Who

BBC - Doctor Who - Tue, 04/30/2013 - 7:01am

BBC Cymru Wales has announced that Brian Minchin is to be the new Executive Producer of Doctor Who, alongside showrunner Steven Moffat.

Brian Minchin is an Executive Producer in BBC Wales drama, currently working on The Game, a new Cold War spy thriller from Toby Whithouse for BBC One, and Wizards Vs Aliens, Russell T Davies’ hit show for CBBC. He has also worked as BBC Executive Producer on Dirk Gently and Being Human.

Brian produced the RTS award-winning and BAFTA nominated series The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as the UK sections of Torchwood: Miracle Day and was Assistant Producer on Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Brian, who grew up in Aberystwyth, joined the department in Cardiff in 2005 as a Script Editor working on BBC One Wales drama Belonging, before moving on to network dramas Doctor Who and Torchwood in the same role.

Brian says: “I'm thrilled and excited to be joining Steven Moffat on a show that has meant so much to me over the years. I've watched in awe as Steven has taken Doctor Who to wild and imaginative places and I can't wait to get started on many more adventures with the Doctor.”

Faith Penhale, Head of Drama Wales, says: “I've no doubt Doctor Who will enjoy a very exciting time with Brian at the helm working alongside Steven. Since joining BBC Wales in 2005, he’s proved he has a fantastic eye for story and a sharp awareness of what makes a drama like Doctor Who unmissable."

Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, adds: "When I first took over Doctor Who, Brian was there as script editor, and in the most difficult time of a new Doctor and a new era, was completely brilliant. We lost him to producing The Sarah Jane Adventures at the end of our first run. Rising talent keeps rising, is how I comforted myself back then - but now I am beyond happy that Brian has risen all the way back to Doctor Who, in his new role of Executive Producer. I look forward to getting hopelessly lost in space and time with him."

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Brian Minchin confirmed as New Executive Producer of Doctor Who

BBC - Doctor Who - Tue, 04/30/2013 - 7:01am

BBC Cymru Wales has announced that Brian Minchin is to be the new Executive Producer of Doctor Who, alongside showrunner Steven Moffat.

Brian Minchin is an Executive Producer in BBC Wales drama, currently working on The Game, a new Cold War spy thriller from Toby Whithouse for BBC One, and Wizards Vs Aliens, Russell T Davies’ hit show for CBBC. He has also worked as BBC Executive Producer on Dirk Gently and Being Human.

Brian produced the RTS award-winning and BAFTA nominated series The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well as the UK sections of Torchwood: Miracle Day and was Assistant Producer on Torchwood: Children of Earth.

Brian, who grew up in Aberystwyth, joined the department in Cardiff in 2005 as a Script Editor working on BBC One Wales drama Belonging, before moving on to network dramas Doctor Who and Torchwood in the same role.

Brian says: “I'm thrilled and excited to be joining Steven Moffat on a show that has meant so much to me over the years. I've watched in awe as Steven has taken Doctor Who to wild and imaginative places and I can't wait to get started on many more adventures with the Doctor.”

Faith Penhale, Head of Drama Wales, says: “I've no doubt Doctor Who will enjoy a very exciting time with Brian at the helm working alongside Steven. Since joining BBC Wales in 2005, he’s proved he has a fantastic eye for story and a sharp awareness of what makes a drama like Doctor Who unmissable."

Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, adds: "When I first took over Doctor Who, Brian was there as script editor, and in the most difficult time of a new Doctor and a new era, was completely brilliant. We lost him to producing The Sarah Jane Adventures at the end of our first run. Rising talent keeps rising, is how I comforted myself back then - but now I am beyond happy that Brian has risen all the way back to Doctor Who, in his new role of Executive Producer. I look forward to getting hopelessly lost in space and time with him."

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Would You Trust Clara?

BBC - Doctor Who - Tue, 04/30/2013 - 5:16am

On Saturday we confirmed that the mystery of Clara Oswald will at last be solved in the series finale, The Name of the Doctor. ‘All I can say,’ Jenna-Louise Coleman told us,  ‘is that Clara hasn’t just met the Doctor three times before…’

But for now, the questions remain. How can Clara have died twice and yet still be alive and apparently unaware of her own impossibility and why has the TARDIS been so wary of her? Even the Doctor has admitted to his new companion, ‘I look at you every single day and I don’t understand a thing about you…’  

The Time Lord seems to have accepted she’s not, in his own words, a trick or a trap, beaming with relief as he exclaimed during Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, ‘You’re just Clara!’

But if you were in the Doctor’s boots would you be quite so sure about ‘the impossible girl’? With all the mystery surrounding her, our question to is simple… If you were the Doctor, would you trust Clara?

See what others think and share your view by visiting the homepage and casting your vote in the section to the lower right hand side of the page.

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Would You Trust Clara?

BBC - Doctor Who - Tue, 04/30/2013 - 5:16am

On Saturday we confirmed that the mystery of Clara Oswald will at last be solved in the series finale, The Name of the Doctor. ‘All I can say,’ Jenna-Louise Coleman told us,  ‘is that Clara hasn’t just met the Doctor three times before…’

But for now, the questions remain. How can Clara have died twice and yet still be alive and apparently unaware of her own impossibility and why has the TARDIS been so wary of her? Even the Doctor has admitted to his new companion, ‘I look at you every single day and I don’t understand a thing about you…’  

The Time Lord seems to have accepted she’s not, in his own words, a trick or a trap, beaming with relief as he exclaimed during Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS, ‘You’re just Clara!’

But if you were in the Doctor’s boots would you be quite so sure about ‘the impossible girl’? With all the mystery surrounding her, our question to is simple… If you were the Doctor, would you trust Clara?

See what others think and share your view by visiting the homepage and casting your vote in the section to the lower right hand side of the page.

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Whovian News and Extras for Monday, 29 April 2013

TARDIS Newsroom - Mon, 04/29/2013 - 10:49am

[View the story "Whovian News and Extras for Monday, 29 April 2013" on Storify]Whovian News and Extras for Monday, 29 April 2013DOCTOR: Clara, stop. Don't touch it. There's a rupture in time somewhere on board the ship. A small tear in the fabric of the continuum. It must have happened when the TARDIS was pulled in by the salvage vessel. The TARDIS is leaking.

Storified by David Lewis· Mon, Apr 29 2013 08:48:05

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Tovey previously played Alonso Frame in Voyage ...It's Ducktor WhoOliver Dixon / Resolution Published: 55 minutes ago THE Tardis has been home to quite a few tasty birds over the years in Doctor Who - bu...A Deleted Scene From Doctor Who: Hide, In Storyboards - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and RumorsAndrew Wildman's storyboards for Doctor Who we've already seen, and some that ended up on the cutting room floor.Philip Sandifer: Writer: TARDIS Eruditorum: Pop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 60 (The Second Coming, Casanova, Honey to the Bee)So here we are. New website. I would have launched it right with Rose, but, well, it was easier to throw the switch on the weekend. So ye...Doctor Who News: Australian overnight ratings for Journey to the Centre of the TARDISJourney to the Centre of the TARDIS has debuted in Australia, averaging 725,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. 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"Hide" is no exception. This week we revi...Radio Free Skaro #364 - Smoke on the HorizonFor decades, fans of Doctor Who have been wondering and dreaming of what amazing thrills and sights exist within The Doctor's TARDIS. The...Doctor Who Podcast Episode 42: 'Hide'Writer Neil Cross's first outing two weeks ago " The Rings of Akhaten " has proven to be a truly divisive episode amongst Whovians, so th...Whovian EventsDoctor Who exhibition opens in Wirral next weekA new exhibition showing replica Doctor Who costume characters ranging from the 1970s to the present day opens at Spaceport in Seacombe n...Outside the TARDISInterview with versatile actor Deep RoyHeather Maloney is an avid Doctor Who and British science fiction fan. She attends the Gallifrey One Convention in Los Angeles annually, ...Doctor Who: Tory think tank wants Doctor Who-style TARDIS police boxes to replace police stationsThe report said the new boxes should be "technologically enabled police contact points" with "two-way audio-visual technology" "A new, mo...Whovian Spoilers, Set Reports and SpeculationsBeware of spoilers and rumours ahead that may ruin your enjoyment of  the new series.The Crimson Horror Teasers | Doctor Who TVHere are Doctor Who TV's first set of hints and teasers for The Crimson Horror. US YD FG AS CN BA EG ZN UC QS PN BP Opening line: "If I h...TARDIS Musings: Daleks in the finale? (Updated)(Update at the bottom) A very odd play set has appeared on the Forbidden Planet website, with a 26th May release date. It is billed as "D...THE PSYCHIC PAPER: Finale Spoilers Link - DON'T LOOK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!I can't speak to the legitimacy of these spoilers, nor can I verify exactly where they originated from. 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