This year’s BBC Children in Need is to feature an exclusive preview of the forthcoming Doctor Who Christmas Special.
The clip, from The End Of Time: Part One, is never-seen-before footage and will keep fans all over the globe wondering what’s in store for the Doctor as David Tennant departs and Matt Smith becomes the 11th Doctor.
Fans of David Tennant will have been drinking him in as the Doctor last night, for his time is nigh. After two Christmas episodes, Matt Smith will become the eleventh incarnation of the famous Doctor, and Tennant shall be a mere memory. Awwww.
But what a way to go; sticking his beak in on Mars in the year 2059 where there a real problem with the water. Not just those air bubbles you get sometimes and wonder if it’s something icky – this water can kill you. And unpleasantly at that.
On Bowie Base One – love that – Captain Adelaide Brooke, excellently played by Lindsay Duncan, is showing that in the future, women are still in charge of anything that’s important. However, Brooke and her team dropped a clanger in that they melted some ice in the ice fields and let loose a nasty virus. Worse than Swine ‘flu even. Or David Cameron. Read more & comment »
Can you believe that it’s just a month to Christmas? Panic!
But the good news is, this week, we get to see last Christmas’s Gavin and Stacey special again. I wish I’d got it on DVD actually so I could watch it over and over… hope you’re reading Father Christmas?
Anyway, without further ado, here’s what we recommend you take a look at this week. We haven’t included Friday’s Children In Need because, well, you won’t need a reminder from us that it’s on! Read more & comment »
John Simm has admitted that he has played The Master differently in the upcoming Doctor Who specials.
The actor will return as The Master later this year and warned viewers to expect a much less subtle performance from him.
He told the Daily Mail: “If you thought I was hamming it up in the last one, wait till you see this. I like to be quite subtle, but this doesn’t call for subtle. The Master is insane.
Heroes star Greg Grunberg revealed on his Twitter account today that Battlestar Galactica actress Kate Vernon will make a guest appearance in Heroes sometime this season.
Greg tweeted:
#Kate Vernon from BSG is now on #Heroes — can’t wait for you guys to see her. The 5th!! — can’t wait for you guys to see her. The 5th!!
Russell T. Davies has admitted that he is planning out the fourth series of scifi TV show Torchwood.
Though the BBC have not yet confirmed that they are commissioning a fourth season, Davies revealed that he hopes to get the thumbs up in January 2010.
“The recession has hit British television, but fingers crossed, it will be a go,” he told TV Guide. “We expect things to start to move in January.
Dollhouse” creator Joss Whedon has expressed his disappointment at Fox’s decision to cancel the show.
“I don’t have a lot to say,” Whedon wrote in a post on Whedonesque.com. “I’m extremely proud of the people I’ve worked with: my star (Eliza Dushku), my staff, my cast, my crew. I feel the show is getting better pretty much every week, and I think you’ll agree in the coming months. I’m grateful that we got to put it on, and then come back and put it on again.”
Newsflash! Well I suppose it can’t really be a newsflash if we were fully expecting it, but US TV network Fox has axed sci-fi drama Dollhouse.
Michael Ausiello from EW.com reported:
According to multiple insiders, Fox has informed Joss Whedon that it will not be ordering additional episodes beyond the current 13-episode order.
The network will air the remaining episodes back to back next month.
FlashForward’s executive producer David Goyer has revealed that we will meet a host of new characters later in the first season.
Goyer confirmed that the Somalian boy we saw in episode three will return as an adult.
“We have already written that character as an adult,” he told MTV news. “We’re hoping to have a certain actor play him. We haven’t nailed it down yet, but we’re crossing our fingers.”
The crew members land on a jungle-like planet and fall foul of a mysterious illness – but that is the least of their worries.
Strange forces bring the Mona Lisa to life, as the adventure series starring Elisabeth Sladen continues.
Clyde’s proudest day turns into a nightmare when he discovers that fine art can be dangerous and, when a school trip descends into disaster, the gang find themselves trapped without Sarah Jane’s help, as the awesome abomination stirs.
Thursday 12 November
4.35-5.00pm BBC ONE
Mark abandons his romantic getaway with Olivia when he receives a tip-off concerning the tattooed assassin who appeared in his flash forward. Elsewhere, Simon and Lloyd settle a debate over a game of poker, Aaron learns the truth regarding daughter Tracy’s accident, and Janis returns to work, but is unsure about her future with the department.
Monday 16th November 9PM on Five
David Tennant has signed on to host a Doctor Who themed Christmas special of Never Mind The Buzzcocks.
The Sun reports that the outgoing Doctor will present the show on December 16th with guests including Catherine Tate and Bernard Cribbins.
Dozens of UFO’s suddenly appear on Earth, hovering over major cities around the world and claim that their objective is to help the Human race, providing vastly superior intelligence and technology in exchange for water and minerals only found on Earth. The leader of the V’s (Visitors) Anna uses the popular TV anchor Chad Decker to deliver her messages to the Humans but suspicion arises from FBI investigator Erica who believes that the V’s have different intentions to what they claim. Erica and Father Jack find themselves being tracked down by a seeker.
We have already seen the first episode of ‘V’ in its entirety, have a read of our review here. But for those who have to wait until the New Year (yes UK viewers will have to wait that long) before seeing the highly anticipated ‘V’ remake, SCI FI.CO.UK are currently featuring an 4 minute clip from the episode on their site.
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