When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. And time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer…
David Tennant interview
Q: Has filming the specials been different from filming the regular series?
I think we get slightly more time to film the specials. I don’t know if that’s even true – we get four weeks to film an hour long special whereas we get about two and a half weeks to film a normal 45 minute episode. So we’ve got a little bit more time to play with but then they tend to be a bit more ambitious. Certainly this one was, and you know the fact that we wanted to film in an actual desert and there aren’t a lot of them in south Wales. So we had to find somewhere in the world that we could get to that had an infrastructure that we could use to film in and that would have us, you know. Some of these deserts exist in some less than friendly regimes. Some might argue that Dubai’s not the friendliest but they were quite nice to us.
Michelle Ryan has tried to quash rumours that she will be playing the Doctor’s new assistant next year.
Michelle returns to our screens next week as Lady Christina De Souza in the Doctor Who Easter special, but insists that she won’t be returning as a full time character when Matt Smith takes over next year.
Michelle, 24, told The Sun: “I see Christina as someone who is around for this one-time adventure.
Rumours were circulating this week that Michelle Ryan would be joining Matt Smith next year as Doctor Who’s new assistant. No word on that yet, but the BBC have confirmed that both Michelle Ryan and comedian Lee Evans will guest star in this years Doctor Who’s Easter special.
Ryan will play the mysterious Lady Christina de Souza in the special episode, entitled Planet of the Dead.
“I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who and very excited to be joining David Tennant and the Doctor Who team,” she told BBC.
Bionic Woman actress, Michelle Ryan has been tipped as Doctor Who’s new assistant for next years series on BBC One.
The BBC are expected to make an announcement next week about who will accompany Matt Smith on his debut as the Doctor and though Lily Allen was tipped for the role, many insiders are now reporting that Michelle Ryan is actually favourite for the part.
Michelle recently appeared in BBC drama Merlin and last year starred in American series Bionic Woman, but of course to all of us she will always be known as Zoe Slater from Eastenders.
Former Bionic Woman actress, Michelle Ryan has revealed that the role of Nimueh in BBC One drama, Merlin, has been one of her favourite roles to date. Michelle is thrilled that what was intended to be a one episode job has spun into something much more substantial.
Ryan told MSN: “I think it has been one of my favourite jobs ever. I say that about every job but they just keep getting better and better. Read more & comment »
Michelle Ryan has claimed that she will never return to her Eastenders role as Zoe Slater, no matter how much money she is offered by the BBC.
Speaking to thisisbristol, she said: “I just got quite bored in the end, to be honest. Doing the same thing day in, day out. It’s just so boring. I like to jump from different things.”
She added: “Money doesn’t drive me. You couldn’t get me back.”
Michelle can next be seen on our screens this Saturday night in BBC’s magical drama, Merlin.
Michelle Ryan has admitted that she loved playing an evil witch on BBC newest drama, Merlin.
Michelle, who also starred in US show Bionic Woman, told The Sun: “She’s the first baddie I’ve played, which meant it was a lot of fun. Nimueh is like a cat.
“She’s so confident and powerful — she just lifts a finger or a hand and things happen. It’s a really fantastic part.”
Bionic Woman star, Michelle Ryan, has admitted that she has given up on cracking America after her show was cancelled.
The 24-year-old told The Sun: “I don’t want to do another TV series in the States. I like my freedom to jump between jobs and travel and I couldn’t do that if I stayed over there.”
She admitted that she had taken a risk trying to make it in the US, saying: “They make thousands of pilots and maybe ten get commissioned . . . and maybe three are hits. Read more & comment »
I said on the forum earlier that I was watching Bionic Woman tonight with my cynical head on.
Turns out I had nothing to worry about. Within the first 15 minutes they impressed me with the casting of Miguel Ferrer, the actor who played Robocop’s yuppie creator back in 1987. It was such a nice touch, linking two stories about damaged humans becoming cyborgs.
I was dreading Michelle Ryan faking an American accent and being generally lame as Jaime Sommers. She exonerated herself perfectly though. OK, maybe some of the fight scenes were a bit girly, with arms flailing everywhere. I fully expect more professional punching going on in future episodes!
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