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Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Listen
Another week, another new Doctor Who Truly we are a blessed nation. 1 Keep Reading That Doctor Who Annual Short Story Steven Moffat wrote Corner Of The Eye for the Doctor Who Storybook 2007 about a race called Floofs that lived alongside humans, hidden from them, controlling them, only to be seen in the… you guessed it[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Robot Of Sherwood
Three episodes of Doctor Who in three weeks And this is my favourite… 1 Is This The Real Life? Is It Just Fantasy? Shakespeare In Love beat Saving Private Ryan to the Oscar Why? It wasn't just the marketing campaign It was the realisation that if you set up something ridiculous, but then gradually add more realistic[...]
Mark Gatiss And Tom Riley Talk Robot Of Sherwood
Tonight's episode of Doctor Who, Robot of Sherwood was written by the talented Mark Gatiss (Co-creator of Sherlock and plays Mycroft) and stars Tom Riley (Di Vinci's Demons) as Robin Hood EW chatted with the two  and specifically asked Gatiss what it is like writing for Peter Capaldi: I've written for all four of the modern[...]
Two Sets Of Storyboards For Doctor Who: Into The Dalek
First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek director Ben Wheatley. And in comparison, the more polished storyboards of James Iles. Including how the Dalek antibodies were oruginally supposed to look and act…. First, the Spike Milliganish storyboards from Doctor Who: Into The Dalek[...]
Anthony Horowitz Responds To Philip Morris Over Doctor Who Showrunner Rumours
Yesterday, as part of a series of Facebook posts in which Doctor Who Missing Episode recoverer Philip Morris talked trash about Steven Moffat's run on the show, Morris reported what he claimed were well sourced rumours regarding Moffat's replacement on Doctor Who as showrunner, namely Anthony Horowitz. He then tweeted the rumour to UK journalists on[...]
Doctor Who And The Time Lord Midlife Crisis – Look! It Moves! by Adi Tantimedh
Adi Tantimedh writes, We're just two weeks into the new season of Doctor Who and there are already interesting things happening under the hood. By the second episode, Peter Capaldi is settling into the role and is playing a darker, more brooding Doctor He's less warm than Christopher Eccleston, David Tennent and Matt Smith, but carries even[...]
Meet Mr. Pink, The Companion's Companion
Last night on the second Peter Capaldi episode of Doctor Who, we got to meet Danny Pink (Samuel Anderson) A former soldier with an obvious case of guilt working at the Coal Hill School with Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman)… so two school teachers from Coal Hill and an older Doctor I wonder if that makes[...]
Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: Into The Dalek
Another week, another episode of Doctor Who How did we get to be so lucky? 1 Coffee But No Chips. That's the kind of Doctor we have now Leave the chips, but pick up a hitch-hiker in an exploding space ship under attack from Daleks in an asteroid field As you do And since, he's just had[...]
Erik's Weekly Watch – Erik Versus The Doctor (You Know Who)
By Erik Grove Welcome back to another edition of Erik's Weekly Watch! Next week I'm going to start diving into the Fall TV season with some picks and recommendations for the best new TV shows but this week brings a very special Doctor Who edition! [youtube]http://youtu.be/TivqZTq5u6Y[/youtube] When I was nineteen I went on a backpacking/ road trip/ drunken[...]
Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #2 Reminds Us To Be Both Smart And Imaginative
The BBC television series Doctor Who, now the longest running sci-fi show in existence at 50+ years and counting, has always been smart, though it's a mixed bag of whether audiences acknowledge that And granted some episodes and seasons have been smarter than others in its long history The British have long known it was[...]
Flipping Your LootCrate And NerdBlock In August
The TMNT figure has sold from around $8 to $15. And the whole box is an easy $55 sale. In comparison NerdBlock's two exclusive Doctor Who comics sell for $5 each, the Batman POP for about $13 and the Pokemon t-shirt for around $12. And the box as a whole? $30 at a push… LootCrate wins this round… and is[...]
Twelve Thoughts About Doctor Who: Deep Breath
A Very Victorian Doctor Who. It's not just the setting, but the obsession The discovery and display of dinosaurs was a rather big thing in this time As were the display of automatons It was a time of wonder, and newness and change – and disfigurement caused by the industrial revolution Gay marriage between women as[...]
Swipe File: Lalique And Doctor Who
This is a Lalique Midnight Blue Mossi vase, being advertised on the back of a glossy magazine. But it does look rather familiar doesn't it? Let's make a
Viz Comic Is As Funny As It Used To Be
And this month's issue is an absolute beaut. An 8-Ace focused on the TV ads that will pay for your funeral, A Roger Mellie who goes to Doctor Who conventions pretending he was a Dalek in the seventies to scam money off fans, A Star Trek parody where the crew are struggling still using Outlook Express and having[...]
Game Of Thrones Beats Out Doctor Who For Hugo Award
Games of Thrones episode The Rains of Castamere beat out Doctor Who anniversary episode The Day Of The Doctor as well as Orphan Black's Variation Under Domestication, Adventures In Space And Time and The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot This was in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form. The Hugo Awards are given for excellence in[...]
Is Doctor Who's Jamie Joining The Cast Of Outlander, The TV Show He Inspired?
This is what Frazer Hines looked like when he played 18th century Highlander Jamie McCrimmon, companion to the Second Doctor, in Doctor Who in 1966. This is how he looks now. Quite a bit different, given the almost-fifty years that have passed between photographs. Well, I understand, from Scottish tailoring sources, that Frazer Hines is returning to the[...]
Doctor Who #1 Comics In August's Nerd Block
Nerd Block announced that there us a surprise Doctor Who package in this month's subscription box, and used it to increase subscribers for the month. We reported that Titan Comics had orders of over 100,000 for each Doctor Who #1 comic, but even after all manner of jiggery pokery could only confirm 70,000 were sold to[...]