Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! “Rugrats” With recent revivals of popular animated series like “Animaniacs!,” “Rocko’s Modern Life,” “Daria,” and more, millennials have no shortage of childhood favorites to revisit, and another big series can be added to that list. The hit Nickelodeon cartoon “Rugrats” will be the latest series to receive a relaunch. The network and Paramount Pictures have given a 26-episode order for an animated revival, as well as a live-action and CGI movie featuring the characters from the celebrated 90s cartoon. Original creators Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain will all return as executive producers. The movie is expected to be released in 2020, and the airdate for the series is expected to be released in the coming months.
- 7/23/2018
- backstage.com
Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Later this year, the First Doctor and his companions return for a set of four full-cast audio adventures… one of which features a future regular enemy! Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Early Adventures comes back this September, with new tales starring Carole Ann Ford as Susan, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki, Peter...
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Later this year, the First Doctor and his companions return for a set of four full-cast audio adventures… one of which features a future regular enemy! Big Finish’s Doctor Who: The Early Adventures comes back this September, with new tales starring Carole Ann Ford as Susan, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Maureen O’Brien as Vicki, Peter...
The post Jemma Powell Stars as Barbara Wright in Big Finish’s Early Adventures! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 2/8/2016
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
Rob Leane Jun 5, 2017
The fate of Class - the Doctor Who spinoff - is still up in the air. If it does come back, it won't be with its creator...
Class, the Doctor Who spin-off created by young adult author Patrick Ness, which is set within the alien-attracting Who location Coal Hill School, has not yet been renewed for a second series.
See related Marvel's Cloak And Dagger: the first trailer
Over the weekend, a major blow was dealt to the show's future: Ness, the creator and head writer of Class, officially parted ways with the series.
He broke the news with a series of Tweets, saying this on social media...
I decided awhile back that, with unbelievable regret, I won’t be writing any more Class, even if a season 2 moves ahead.
It has been the Most amazing experience. I loved it, and I am so proud of...
The fate of Class - the Doctor Who spinoff - is still up in the air. If it does come back, it won't be with its creator...
Class, the Doctor Who spin-off created by young adult author Patrick Ness, which is set within the alien-attracting Who location Coal Hill School, has not yet been renewed for a second series.
See related Marvel's Cloak And Dagger: the first trailer
Over the weekend, a major blow was dealt to the show's future: Ness, the creator and head writer of Class, officially parted ways with the series.
He broke the news with a series of Tweets, saying this on social media...
I decided awhile back that, with unbelievable regret, I won’t be writing any more Class, even if a season 2 moves ahead.
It has been the Most amazing experience. I loved it, and I am so proud of...
- 11/6/2015
- Den of Geek
This scene will likely not happen in the new show.
Doctor Who is going back to school. BBC announced today a new spin-off for the popular series, aimed at young adults, and written by noted Ya author Patrick Ness. Titled Class, the show will take place at Coal Hill School, historic location of the series, and feature the students facing threats from across space and time.
Set in contemporary London. Incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time and space, and with darkness coming, London is unprotected. With all the action, heart and adrenalin of the best Ya fiction (Buffy, Hunger Games), this is Coal Hill School and Doctor Who like you’ve never seen it before.
Steven Moffat, who will executive-produce the show, says: “No one has documented the dark and exhilarating world of the teenager like Patrick Ness, and now we’re bringing his brilliant storytelling into Doctor Who.
Doctor Who is going back to school. BBC announced today a new spin-off for the popular series, aimed at young adults, and written by noted Ya author Patrick Ness. Titled Class, the show will take place at Coal Hill School, historic location of the series, and feature the students facing threats from across space and time.
Set in contemporary London. Incredible dangers are breaking through the walls of time and space, and with darkness coming, London is unprotected. With all the action, heart and adrenalin of the best Ya fiction (Buffy, Hunger Games), this is Coal Hill School and Doctor Who like you’ve never seen it before.
Steven Moffat, who will executive-produce the show, says: “No one has documented the dark and exhilarating world of the teenager like Patrick Ness, and now we’re bringing his brilliant storytelling into Doctor Who.
- 10/2/2015
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Doctor Who is finally getting another spinoff – this time from acclaimed Young Adult writer Patrick Ness (A Monster Calls).
BBC Three's Ya drama Class will be set in the halls of Coal Hill School, where The Doctor's companions Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Clara Oswald have all worked.
Doctor Who in crisis? The big questions facing the Saturday night sci-fi
The heroes of Coal Hill School are the students themselves, as they fend off threats to London from intergalactic monsters and other scheming baddies.
Class - which airs next year - will be the first television series for Ness, the author behind the wildly popular sci-fi Chaos Walking novels.
Steven Moffat said today (October 1): "No-one has documented the dark and exhilarating world of the teenager like Patrick Ness, and now we're bringing his brilliant story-telling into Doctor Who. This is growing up in modern Britain - but with monsters!
BBC Three's Ya drama Class will be set in the halls of Coal Hill School, where The Doctor's companions Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Clara Oswald have all worked.
Doctor Who in crisis? The big questions facing the Saturday night sci-fi
The heroes of Coal Hill School are the students themselves, as they fend off threats to London from intergalactic monsters and other scheming baddies.
Class - which airs next year - will be the first television series for Ness, the author behind the wildly popular sci-fi Chaos Walking novels.
Steven Moffat said today (October 1): "No-one has documented the dark and exhilarating world of the teenager like Patrick Ness, and now we're bringing his brilliant story-telling into Doctor Who. This is growing up in modern Britain - but with monsters!
- 10/1/2015
- Digital Spy
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
50 years ago this weekend, Doctor Who changed forever when the very characters who we followed into the Tardis, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, finally made their way home, back to London in 1965. Leaving the Doctor with Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and a stowaway Steven Taylor (Peter Purves), the final episode of The Chase sent...
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50 years ago this weekend, Doctor Who changed forever when the very characters who we followed into the Tardis, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, finally made their way home, back to London in 1965. Leaving the Doctor with Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and a stowaway Steven Taylor (Peter Purves), the final episode of The Chase sent...
The post Doctor Who Changes Forever: Ian and Barbara Leave in The Chase appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 6/27/2015
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
You think it’s hard to balance a life as a mother and a businesswoman, or that of a governor and a single dad, how about alternating trying to cultivate a new relationship while you’re off saving the universe? Clara Oswald has got this very problem. Luckily she down’t have to deal with it alone, she’s got…
The Caretaker
By Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat
Directed by Paul Murphy
After an exhausting montage of travels across the universe that need to end in tome for making dates with Danny Pink, The Doctor is pleased to let Clara know that she’ll be getting some time to herself. He’s got a job he needs to handle on his own, and is somewhat vague when pressed for details. She happily reports to Danny that while she has been distracted of late, she’ll be more centered on him for a bit.
The Caretaker
By Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat
Directed by Paul Murphy
After an exhausting montage of travels across the universe that need to end in tome for making dates with Danny Pink, The Doctor is pleased to let Clara know that she’ll be getting some time to herself. He’s got a job he needs to handle on his own, and is somewhat vague when pressed for details. She happily reports to Danny that while she has been distracted of late, she’ll be more centered on him for a bit.
- 9/29/2014
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
During the Big Finish Day 5 which took place in Slough on Saturday 13th September, fans learned that original Doctor Who companion Barbara Wright would be recast for a future collection of Early Adventures stories. The actress? None other than Jemma Powell, who played Jacqueline Hill in An Adventure in Space and Time! Who better?!
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During the Big Finish Day 5 which took place in Slough on Saturday 13th September, fans learned that original Doctor Who companion Barbara Wright would be recast for a future collection of Early Adventures stories. The actress? None other than Jemma Powell, who played Jacqueline Hill in An Adventure in Space and Time! Who better?!
The post Big Finish Recasts Barbara Wright For Early Adventures! appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 9/14/2014
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
BBC
Since it began in the 1960s, Doctor Who has occasionally had some issues with female characters. Particularly the succession of Susan clones introduced in the episodes following her departure that all fit the mould of “curious young woman who gets into trouble and has to be saved by the Doctor”.
But at the same time, there have also been strong female characters in Doctor Who right from the start like maternal schoolteacher Barbara Wright and teenage super-genius Zoe Heriot. But it was only really once the 1970s hit that female companions and recurring characters became stronger and more like individuals in their own right rather than following a strict archetype. Something that New Who needs more of since it has its own companion archetype of “female twenty-something from modern day Earth enamoured or infatuated with the Doctor”.
But thankfully not all female Doctor Who characters are cut from the same few moulds.
Since it began in the 1960s, Doctor Who has occasionally had some issues with female characters. Particularly the succession of Susan clones introduced in the episodes following her departure that all fit the mould of “curious young woman who gets into trouble and has to be saved by the Doctor”.
But at the same time, there have also been strong female characters in Doctor Who right from the start like maternal schoolteacher Barbara Wright and teenage super-genius Zoe Heriot. But it was only really once the 1970s hit that female companions and recurring characters became stronger and more like individuals in their own right rather than following a strict archetype. Something that New Who needs more of since it has its own companion archetype of “female twenty-something from modern day Earth enamoured or infatuated with the Doctor”.
But thankfully not all female Doctor Who characters are cut from the same few moulds.
- 8/19/2014
- by James T. Cornish
- Obsessed with Film
Peter Capaldi is far from the only Doctor Who actor to appear in multiple roles. Mark talks us through the many others to have done so...
It's been just over a year since the BBC announced that Peter Capaldi would play the Twelfth Doctor. There were rumblings of his casting in the week before the announcement was made, to the point where bookies stopped taking bets on it.
We've spent the last twelve months in anticipation of what seems like dream casting for the Time Lord, but some of us were a little sceptical that an actor of his profile and standing would take the role until it was actually announced, but “he's been in it before” was not atop the list of reasons why we thought it was too good to be true.
Over the course of 50 years, Doctor Who has inevitably reused actors as different characters- there are...
It's been just over a year since the BBC announced that Peter Capaldi would play the Twelfth Doctor. There were rumblings of his casting in the week before the announcement was made, to the point where bookies stopped taking bets on it.
We've spent the last twelve months in anticipation of what seems like dream casting for the Time Lord, but some of us were a little sceptical that an actor of his profile and standing would take the role until it was actually announced, but “he's been in it before” was not atop the list of reasons why we thought it was too good to be true.
Over the course of 50 years, Doctor Who has inevitably reused actors as different characters- there are...
- 8/12/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child”
Written by Anthony Coburn
Directed by Waris Hussein
Originally aired November 23, 1963 on BBC TV
“Have you ever thought what it’s like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension?”
Setting aside how iconic Doctor Who has become, in watching its pilot episode “An Unearthly Child”, it’s stunning how ambitious and magical the episode still feels; it’s not hard to see why the show has lasted 50 years.
Technically speaking, “pilot” was not a term used in British television at the time Doctor Who was commissioned and the version of “An Unearthly Child” that aired was not the first one shot. There were adjustments to the characters, especially the Doctor, who was made to be less cruel (at one point he called Susan a “stupid child”), as well as the technical side of the production. The episode benefited from this tinkering, however, and Doctor Who was born.
Written by Anthony Coburn
Directed by Waris Hussein
Originally aired November 23, 1963 on BBC TV
“Have you ever thought what it’s like to be wanderers in the fourth dimension?”
Setting aside how iconic Doctor Who has become, in watching its pilot episode “An Unearthly Child”, it’s stunning how ambitious and magical the episode still feels; it’s not hard to see why the show has lasted 50 years.
Technically speaking, “pilot” was not a term used in British television at the time Doctor Who was commissioned and the version of “An Unearthly Child” that aired was not the first one shot. There were adjustments to the characters, especially the Doctor, who was made to be less cruel (at one point he called Susan a “stupid child”), as well as the technical side of the production. The episode benefited from this tinkering, however, and Doctor Who was born.
- 3/3/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
I couldn’t be more excited about the prospect of Doctor Who’s upcoming eighth season, which will feature a brand new Doctor. It’s a big change that always alters the tone of the series. Do you know what else changes things? New companions. No matter how temporary they are, when a new person steps into the Tardis, things get interesting. When you have only one person travelling with the Doctor, the dynamic can grow a little stale. But if you throw a second person into the mix, the Doctor has more personalities to bounce off of. We don’t know for sure, but I’m hoping Samuel Anderson will be a new companion.
According to BBC, Anderson was cast as Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School, the same school where Clara Oswald works. It stands to reason he knows Clara and this might be why he comes to meet the Doctor.
According to BBC, Anderson was cast as Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School, the same school where Clara Oswald works. It stands to reason he knows Clara and this might be why he comes to meet the Doctor.
- 3/1/2014
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
The BBC has announced that a new face is hopping aboard the Tardis:
Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin & Stacey, Emmerdale) is set to join the cast of Doctor Who as a recurring character in series 8, which will also introduce Peter Capaldi as the Doctor to millions of viewers for the first time. Anderson will play Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School where companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) also teaches.
On joining the show Samuel Anderson said: ‘I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It’s a quintessential part of British culture and I can’t believe I’m part of it. It’s an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can’t wait to show people how my...
Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin & Stacey, Emmerdale) is set to join the cast of Doctor Who as a recurring character in series 8, which will also introduce Peter Capaldi as the Doctor to millions of viewers for the first time. Anderson will play Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School where companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) also teaches.
On joining the show Samuel Anderson said: ‘I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It’s a quintessential part of British culture and I can’t believe I’m part of it. It’s an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can’t wait to show people how my...
- 2/25/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
It appears that the Doctor and Clara will be getting a new friend as actor Samuel Anderson joins the cast of Doctor Who. Show runner Steven Moffat gives us the details on Anderson's character below...
"For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the Tardis. In 1963 teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright accompanied the First Doctor. These days it's the turn of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. And very soon now, Sam Anderson as Danny Pink will be entering the world of the Doctor. But how and why? Answers are coming later this year in Peter Capaldi's first series of Doctor Who!".
It seems all the interviews I've seen here lately has Moffat really harping on the similarities between Peter Capaldi's Doctor and the classic doctors. I'm sure this means this season will be a blend of old and new,...
"For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the Tardis. In 1963 teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright accompanied the First Doctor. These days it's the turn of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. And very soon now, Sam Anderson as Danny Pink will be entering the world of the Doctor. But how and why? Answers are coming later this year in Peter Capaldi's first series of Doctor Who!".
It seems all the interviews I've seen here lately has Moffat really harping on the similarities between Peter Capaldi's Doctor and the classic doctors. I'm sure this means this season will be a blend of old and new,...
- 2/24/2014
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
You may recall that we told you back on December 2 that there were rumors about a potential second companion for Peter Capaldi‘s Doctor Who, and that he might be a teacher from the school where Clara works. At the time the talk was that it would be Tom, the man who brought the Doctor’s message to Clara in her classroom at the beginning of the 50th anniversary special.
Today, the BBC has announced that there will indeed be another cast member in the new season, and he will be a teacher at Clara’s school. It isn’t Tom, however, and he may not be an additional companion, as they aren’t saying so, yet. Here’s a first look at Samuel Anderson, who’ll be playing Danny Pink, followed by the press release (quick reminder: in the UK, a TV season is called a ‘series’):
Rising...
Today, the BBC has announced that there will indeed be another cast member in the new season, and he will be a teacher at Clara’s school. It isn’t Tom, however, and he may not be an additional companion, as they aren’t saying so, yet. Here’s a first look at Samuel Anderson, who’ll be playing Danny Pink, followed by the press release (quick reminder: in the UK, a TV season is called a ‘series’):
Rising...
- 2/24/2014
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Doctor Who is getting a new addition — and going back to school. Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin & Stacey) is joining the cast for series 8 which also introduces Peter Capaldi as the newest incarnation of the Time Lord. Anderson will play recurring character Danny Pink, a teacher at Coal Hill School where companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) also teaches. Head writer and exec producer Steven Moffat said today, “For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the Tardis.” The school was the setting of much of the first Doctor Who episode, An Unearthly Child, broadcast in November 1963. In that episode, two teachers, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright, accompanied the first Doctor, William Hartnell. (Among its other appearances, the school also came up in the 50th anniversary special The Day Of The Doctor.) Shooting started recently on episode 4 of the new series...
- 2/24/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Samuel Anderson has joined the cast of Doctor Who.
The Emmerdale actor will play a recurring character in the upcoming eighth series, which introduces Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.
Anderson will play Danny Pink, a teacher who works alongside Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) at Coal Hill School.
The actor said of joining the show: "I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started
"It's a quintessential part of British culture and I can't believe I'm part of it. It's an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can't wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo!"
Writer and producer Steven Moffat added: "For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the Tardis.
The Emmerdale actor will play a recurring character in the upcoming eighth series, which introduces Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor.
Anderson will play Danny Pink, a teacher who works alongside Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) at Coal Hill School.
The actor said of joining the show: "I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started
"It's a quintessential part of British culture and I can't believe I'm part of it. It's an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can't wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo!"
Writer and producer Steven Moffat added: "For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the Tardis.
- 2/24/2014
- Digital Spy
News Louisa Mellor 24 Feb 2014 - 08:38
Samuel Anderson has joined the cast of Doctor Who's eighth series as new character, teacher Danny Pink...
The BBC has announced a new recurring character for Doctor Who's eighth series: Clara's Coal Hill School colleague, Danny Pink.
The History Boys and Gavin & Stacey actor Samuel Anderson is to play the role of teacher Mr Pink (which, context considered, is probably not a Steve Buscemi reference). Here's what Anderson had to say about joining the series:
"I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It’s a quintessential part of British culture and I can’t believe I’m part of it. It’s an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can’t wait to...
Samuel Anderson has joined the cast of Doctor Who's eighth series as new character, teacher Danny Pink...
The BBC has announced a new recurring character for Doctor Who's eighth series: Clara's Coal Hill School colleague, Danny Pink.
The History Boys and Gavin & Stacey actor Samuel Anderson is to play the role of teacher Mr Pink (which, context considered, is probably not a Steve Buscemi reference). Here's what Anderson had to say about joining the series:
"I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It’s a quintessential part of British culture and I can’t believe I’m part of it. It’s an honour to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can’t wait to...
- 2/24/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Regular followers are probably aware that we here are at Sound on Sight are more than a little fond of an obscure British science fiction program that celebrated an anniversary of some kind last weekend. Anniversaries are always an excellent time to reflect upon and celebrate a show’s history and the lead up to last Saturday’s “The Day of the Doctor” saw the entire Whoniverse coming together to share their thoughts on everything from their favourite episodes, most beloved eras, and of course, “their” Doctor. I just love that a top ten list can be the beginning of a good conversation or a great fight, and I find that the most heat, and some of the best light, is generated when Whovians start talking about their favourite Companions. A Companion is more than just our surrogate, they’re a gateway and guide to the series who helps us...
- 11/29/2013
- by Derek Gladu
- SoundOnSight
(all spoilers! don’t read till you’ve seen the episode… or unless you don’t care if it’s spoiled for you. this is a love fest only — all complaints and bitching must come from a place of love / previous: “The Name of the Doctor”)
I’ve been hard on Steven Moffat during his tenure as Doctor Who showrunner, and with, I think, good reason: He appears to value cool ideas over creating a satisfying story to convey those ideas. He has not been kind to his female characters. And he’s constantly painting himself into narrative corners and then skipping out on even attempting to extricate himself. So I was kind of dreading to see what he would do with such an important moment as the show’s half-century mark.
But he got it right with “The Day of the Doctor.” He got it really, really right.
There...
I’ve been hard on Steven Moffat during his tenure as Doctor Who showrunner, and with, I think, good reason: He appears to value cool ideas over creating a satisfying story to convey those ideas. He has not been kind to his female characters. And he’s constantly painting himself into narrative corners and then skipping out on even attempting to extricate himself. So I was kind of dreading to see what he would do with such an important moment as the show’s half-century mark.
But he got it right with “The Day of the Doctor.” He got it really, really right.
There...
- 11/24/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
From the very first moments of “The Day of the Doctor,” it was pretty obvious we were in for something special. They dared to go old school, with Hartnell-era style credits, coupled with a classic London bobby walking past a sign pointing toward the Totters Lane junkyard, which was then revealed to be on a wall outside Coal Hill Secondary School – all nods to the very first episode, “An Unearthly Child.” But things got modern quickly, upon discovering that we were not in the past, but the present, and Clara (Jenna Coleman) is now teaching at the school, gracing the very same hallways and classrooms as her predecessors Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright did 50 years ago (there’s actually a shout out to Ian on the Coal Hill sign if you look closely).What happened to the Doctor and Clara being caught in his timestream at the close of “The...
- 11/24/2013
- by Ross Ruediger <lynchnut@gmail.com>
- Vulture
It’s not often you get to describe an event as being fifty years in the making. even less so do you get to mean it. Three Doctors in three timelines converge to give them all a chance to change a terrible moment in their collective past.
The Day of the Doctor
by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
The Doctor is in the present, in his most recent incarnation, picking up Clara, when he gets picked up himself, by Unit, to investigate a mystery at the National Museum. Meanwhile (well, I say meanwhile…) in his previous incarnation, he’s investigating a mystery in Elizabethan Britain, an attack by the Zygons that could lead all the way to the Queen herself. And in another part of the Universe entirely, The War Doctor is making a decision that will put the lives of countless innocents in his hands, a choice that...
The Day of the Doctor
by Steven Moffat
Directed by Nick Hurran
The Doctor is in the present, in his most recent incarnation, picking up Clara, when he gets picked up himself, by Unit, to investigate a mystery at the National Museum. Meanwhile (well, I say meanwhile…) in his previous incarnation, he’s investigating a mystery in Elizabethan Britain, an attack by the Zygons that could lead all the way to the Queen herself. And in another part of the Universe entirely, The War Doctor is making a decision that will put the lives of countless innocents in his hands, a choice that...
- 11/24/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
Feature Andrew Blair 22 Nov 2013 - 06:43
Andrew counts down Doctor Who's 50 scariest moments, feat. Daleks, Cybermen, and Nicholas Parsons...
Doctor Who exists to scare children. It introduces them to Horror in a way that can prepare them for the increased intensity and gore of adult films, while its limited budget and family viewing constraints also mean it has to get under your skin in more creative ways. This list is not intended as anything remotely definitive, more a collection of fifty scary moments, scenes, and ideas that the show has given us over the years. There are obviously hundreds more out there, and a Comments Thread waiting for your suggestions. We begin at the beginning, but not necessarily in that order.
1. The first Tardis journey
Following an unsettling twenty-five minutes of investigation, torture and kidnap, our favourite family show was born. The Doctor decides schoolteachers Ian and Barbara have...
Andrew counts down Doctor Who's 50 scariest moments, feat. Daleks, Cybermen, and Nicholas Parsons...
Doctor Who exists to scare children. It introduces them to Horror in a way that can prepare them for the increased intensity and gore of adult films, while its limited budget and family viewing constraints also mean it has to get under your skin in more creative ways. This list is not intended as anything remotely definitive, more a collection of fifty scary moments, scenes, and ideas that the show has given us over the years. There are obviously hundreds more out there, and a Comments Thread waiting for your suggestions. We begin at the beginning, but not necessarily in that order.
1. The first Tardis journey
Following an unsettling twenty-five minutes of investigation, torture and kidnap, our favourite family show was born. The Doctor decides schoolteachers Ian and Barbara have...
- 11/21/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Join me here on Tuesdays and Thursdays as I explore the earliest seasons of "Doctor Who" -- as a complete newbie to the series. A full explanation can be found here. I'm starting at the very beginning, with "An Unearthly Child" and "The Cave of Skulls."
An Unearthly Child
It's so neat that the DVD set of the first three stories includes both the original pilot and the one that actually aired on Nov. 23, 1963. The differences aren't earth-shattering, so to speak, but they are there.
It introduces us to the four main characters for the First Doctor -- the Doctor (William Hartnell), Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
I actually preferred the way the Doctor and Susan behaved in the unaired pilot than the aired one -- am I alone in this? The Doctor was a bit more angry, more menacing perhaps? It...
An Unearthly Child
It's so neat that the DVD set of the first three stories includes both the original pilot and the one that actually aired on Nov. 23, 1963. The differences aren't earth-shattering, so to speak, but they are there.
It introduces us to the four main characters for the First Doctor -- the Doctor (William Hartnell), Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).
I actually preferred the way the Doctor and Susan behaved in the unaired pilot than the aired one -- am I alone in this? The Doctor was a bit more angry, more menacing perhaps? It...
- 11/19/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Barbara Wright
Portrayed By: Jacqueline Hill
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 16 Stories (73 episodes), from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Chase (June, 1965)
Background: Barbara Wright is a history teacher at the Coal Hill School alongside Ian Chesterton. We are introduced to her in the series’ pilot episode as the teacher of Susan Foreman, who is soon revealed to be The Doctor’s granddaughter. Perplexed by Susan’s strange behavior, Ian and Barbara follow her back to her home in a junkyard, where they see her enter a mysterious police box. They follow her in, only to discover the Tardis, the time machine that serves as a home to Susan and The Doctor. Though they promise to keep the secret, the paranoid Doctor refuses to let them leave and instead whisks them off through space and time.
Personality: Barbara is incredibly sensitive and deeply intuitive, often discovering the root of...
Portrayed By: Jacqueline Hill
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 16 Stories (73 episodes), from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Chase (June, 1965)
Background: Barbara Wright is a history teacher at the Coal Hill School alongside Ian Chesterton. We are introduced to her in the series’ pilot episode as the teacher of Susan Foreman, who is soon revealed to be The Doctor’s granddaughter. Perplexed by Susan’s strange behavior, Ian and Barbara follow her back to her home in a junkyard, where they see her enter a mysterious police box. They follow her in, only to discover the Tardis, the time machine that serves as a home to Susan and The Doctor. Though they promise to keep the secret, the paranoid Doctor refuses to let them leave and instead whisks them off through space and time.
Personality: Barbara is incredibly sensitive and deeply intuitive, often discovering the root of...
- 11/14/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
Many fans new to Who tend to overlook some of the classic Doctors. Chief among the overlooked is William Hartnell since not only are his episodes are not only in black and white, but a good chunk of them are ‘lost.’ However, the William Hartnell episodes were trailblazers – they created the guidelines of how the show should be, and they created who the Doctor is and what he stood for.
Though the Doctor has changed through his 11 generations (or 12 if you count John Hurt), his moral code was created in the first four seasons, and he always abides by it. Being 50 years old, some episodes are slightly worse for wear than today – for example, they’ve really taken a hit on acting, and effects – but it is worth the watch. And what better way to celebrate 50 years than to to go back to the start? So join me now as...
Though the Doctor has changed through his 11 generations (or 12 if you count John Hurt), his moral code was created in the first four seasons, and he always abides by it. Being 50 years old, some episodes are slightly worse for wear than today – for example, they’ve really taken a hit on acting, and effects – but it is worth the watch. And what better way to celebrate 50 years than to to go back to the start? So join me now as...
- 11/14/2013
- by Max Beeman
- Obsessed with Film
Adelaide Brooke
Portrayed by: Lindsay Duncan
Doctor: Tenth Doctor
Story: “The Waters of Mars” (Nov, 2009)
Background: Captain Adelaide Brooke is the famed commander of Bowie Base One, the first human colony on Mars, famous for mysteriously exploding. Orphaned during the Dalek attacks (the events of “The Stolen Earth”/“Journey’s End”), Adelaide grew up fascinated with space after staring into the eyestalk of a Dalek hovering outside her window who flew back to base and left her alive, rather than killing her as by all accounts, it should have. She dedicated her life to science and exploration, though she also had a family- a daughter and eventually, a granddaughter. When the Doctor stumbles upon Adelaide and her crew, he knows their death will galvanize the planet, particularly Adelaide’s granddaughter, and push the human race out to the stars, making the events on Mars a fixed point in time. Adelaide...
Portrayed by: Lindsay Duncan
Doctor: Tenth Doctor
Story: “The Waters of Mars” (Nov, 2009)
Background: Captain Adelaide Brooke is the famed commander of Bowie Base One, the first human colony on Mars, famous for mysteriously exploding. Orphaned during the Dalek attacks (the events of “The Stolen Earth”/“Journey’s End”), Adelaide grew up fascinated with space after staring into the eyestalk of a Dalek hovering outside her window who flew back to base and left her alive, rather than killing her as by all accounts, it should have. She dedicated her life to science and exploration, though she also had a family- a daughter and eventually, a granddaughter. When the Doctor stumbles upon Adelaide and her crew, he knows their death will galvanize the planet, particularly Adelaide’s granddaughter, and push the human race out to the stars, making the events on Mars a fixed point in time. Adelaide...
- 11/10/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
Susan Foreman
Portrayed by: Carole Ann Ford
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 10 stories (51 episodes) from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Dec, 1964)
Background: Susan is introduced as a British teenager who doesn’t particularly fit in with her peers at Cole Hill School. We discover in the pilot that she’s actually an alien (the Time Lords aren’t named until the end of the Second Doctor’s run) who lives with her grandfather in a dump, in what looks to be a police box but is actually the Tardis, a space-time ship. She loves England of the ‘60s and wants to stay for a while, but when her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright follow her to the Tardis and discover who she and The Doctor really are, the Doctor takes off in the Tardis, kidnapping Ian and Barbara and kicking off the series.
Portrayed by: Carole Ann Ford
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 10 stories (51 episodes) from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Dec, 1964)
Background: Susan is introduced as a British teenager who doesn’t particularly fit in with her peers at Cole Hill School. We discover in the pilot that she’s actually an alien (the Time Lords aren’t named until the end of the Second Doctor’s run) who lives with her grandfather in a dump, in what looks to be a police box but is actually the Tardis, a space-time ship. She loves England of the ‘60s and wants to stay for a while, but when her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright follow her to the Tardis and discover who she and The Doctor really are, the Doctor takes off in the Tardis, kidnapping Ian and Barbara and kicking off the series.
- 11/10/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
We had a feeling that An Adventure in Space and Time would be aired over the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who celebration weekend, but the exact day and time were still to be specified. We have confirmation of that now, November 22nd at 9/8c on BBC America. Wouldn’t want to miss it. Here’s the official press release.
Doctor Who’s First Doctor Regenerated in BBC America’s An Adventure in Space and Time Premiering on November 22 The story of how it all began stars David Bradley, Jessica Raine and Brian Cox
What do you get when you mix C.S. Lewis with H.G. Wells, and sprinkle in a bit of Father Christmas? An alien Time Lord exploring space and time in a Police Box spaceship called the “Tardis” (Time And Relative Dimension in Space). On November 23, 1963, a television legend began when the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC One.
Doctor Who’s First Doctor Regenerated in BBC America’s An Adventure in Space and Time Premiering on November 22 The story of how it all began stars David Bradley, Jessica Raine and Brian Cox
What do you get when you mix C.S. Lewis with H.G. Wells, and sprinkle in a bit of Father Christmas? An alien Time Lord exploring space and time in a Police Box spaceship called the “Tardis” (Time And Relative Dimension in Space). On November 23, 1963, a television legend began when the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast on BBC One.
- 11/5/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Ian Chesterton
Portrayed by: William Russell
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 16 Stories (73 episodes), from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Chase (June, 1965)
Background: Ian Chesterton is a science teacher at the Coal Hill School alongside Barbara Wright. We are introduced to him in the series’ pilot episode as the teacher of Susan Foreman, who is soon revealed to be The Doctor’s granddaughter. Perplexed by Susan’s strange behavior, Ian and Barbara follow her back to her home in a junkyard, where they see her enter a mysterious police box. They follow her in, only to discover the Tardis, the time machine that serves as a home to Susan and The Doctor. Though they promise to keep the secret, the paranoid Doctor refuses to let them leave and instead whisks them off through space and time.
Personality: Ian is an incredibly logical man of action, often taking on the...
Portrayed by: William Russell
Doctor(s): First Doctor
Tenure: 16 Stories (73 episodes), from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Chase (June, 1965)
Background: Ian Chesterton is a science teacher at the Coal Hill School alongside Barbara Wright. We are introduced to him in the series’ pilot episode as the teacher of Susan Foreman, who is soon revealed to be The Doctor’s granddaughter. Perplexed by Susan’s strange behavior, Ian and Barbara follow her back to her home in a junkyard, where they see her enter a mysterious police box. They follow her in, only to discover the Tardis, the time machine that serves as a home to Susan and The Doctor. Though they promise to keep the secret, the paranoid Doctor refuses to let them leave and instead whisks them off through space and time.
Personality: Ian is an incredibly logical man of action, often taking on the...
- 11/2/2013
- by Jordan Ferguson
- SoundOnSight
The First Doctor
Portrayed by: William Hartnell
Companion(s): Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki, Steven Taylor, Katarina, Dodo Chaplet, Ben Jackson, Polly
Tenure: 28 stories, from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Tenth Planet (Oct, 1966). The First Doctor would later return in The Three Doctors (Dec, 1972) and, played by a different actor, in The Five Doctors (Nov, 1983)
Signature look: Edwardian ensemble, complete with frock coat and cane. Along with his coat, he also often wore a long grey scarf and distinctive black hat
Catchphrase: “Hmm?” Also, calling Ian by the wrong name.
Personality: The Doctor begins the series as a rather violent, gruff old man. As the Tenth Doctor later says in Time Crash, “Back when I first started at the very beginning, I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important like you do when you’re young”. In the pilot, he kidnaps Ian and Barbara,...
Portrayed by: William Hartnell
Companion(s): Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Vicki, Steven Taylor, Katarina, Dodo Chaplet, Ben Jackson, Polly
Tenure: 28 stories, from An Unearthly Child (Nov, 1963) to The Tenth Planet (Oct, 1966). The First Doctor would later return in The Three Doctors (Dec, 1972) and, played by a different actor, in The Five Doctors (Nov, 1983)
Signature look: Edwardian ensemble, complete with frock coat and cane. Along with his coat, he also often wore a long grey scarf and distinctive black hat
Catchphrase: “Hmm?” Also, calling Ian by the wrong name.
Personality: The Doctor begins the series as a rather violent, gruff old man. As the Tenth Doctor later says in Time Crash, “Back when I first started at the very beginning, I was always trying to be old and grumpy and important like you do when you’re young”. In the pilot, he kidnaps Ian and Barbara,...
- 11/2/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
You can try to deny it all you want but we’ve all occasionally thought about what it would be like to come across a Police Box sitting on a street corner and, like Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright did at 76 Totter’s Lane in 1963, discover a whole new world inside. And now it’s actually possible, though only within the confines of Google Maps.
That’s because, in recognition of Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary, a new area has been added to Google Maps: inside of the Tardis. The Tardis Interior map is accessible from the Earl’s Court Road area of the website where there is a Police Box located next to a small wooden kiosk on the pavement. By following this link and clicking on the double white line in front of the Police Box, you will leave the main map and enter the Tardis.
The Google...
That’s because, in recognition of Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary, a new area has been added to Google Maps: inside of the Tardis. The Tardis Interior map is accessible from the Earl’s Court Road area of the website where there is a Police Box located next to a small wooden kiosk on the pavement. By following this link and clicking on the double white line in front of the Police Box, you will leave the main map and enter the Tardis.
The Google...
- 8/14/2013
- by James T. Cornish
- Obsessed with Film
Feature Cameron K McEwan 5 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Cameron selects ten tremendous Doctor Who series openers, from Rose to Ribos, and Tomb to Terror...
Over the years, Doctor Who has suffered from what is commonly known as "Sos" or "Season Opener Syndrome". There's been some stinkers like Destiny of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Arc of Infinity and some mundane instalments such as New Earth, Robot and The Dominators. But there are some genuinely good ones out there too - some damn good ones. So here's ten of the best season openers over the last forty-nine and a bit years of Doctor Who.
10. Partners In Crime (2008)
Despite the levity of the episode, and we're talking about the Adipose here, this Russell T. Davies beauty managed a couple of mean feats. Firstly, he re-introduced us all to the mighty Donna Noble again (The Doctor and Donna's meeting through the windows...
Cameron selects ten tremendous Doctor Who series openers, from Rose to Ribos, and Tomb to Terror...
Over the years, Doctor Who has suffered from what is commonly known as "Sos" or "Season Opener Syndrome". There's been some stinkers like Destiny of the Daleks, Attack of the Cybermen and Arc of Infinity and some mundane instalments such as New Earth, Robot and The Dominators. But there are some genuinely good ones out there too - some damn good ones. So here's ten of the best season openers over the last forty-nine and a bit years of Doctor Who.
10. Partners In Crime (2008)
Despite the levity of the episode, and we're talking about the Adipose here, this Russell T. Davies beauty managed a couple of mean feats. Firstly, he re-introduced us all to the mighty Donna Noble again (The Doctor and Donna's meeting through the windows...
- 4/4/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
So, you’ve met, and fallen for, the most recent regeneration of our favorite rogue Time Lord. You’ve seen his impossible time machine, psychic paper, and sonic screwdriver. You’ve met his latest partner in crime, his daughter, and the girl in the fireplace. You’ve said hello and goodbye to Rivers, Ponds, Roses, and tin dogs. You’ve cowered behind your sofa on the numerous occasions it seemed the monster-of-the-week might actually win, and possibly cheered when our mad hero from Gallifrey inevitably defeated them at the eleventh hour.
What now?
You want to visit the Doctor’s past, present, and future. You want to tremble at the first terrifying appearance of the Daleks, Cybermen, or Silurians. Maybe meet Sarah Jane Smith or The Master for the first time. Where do you start? After all, there’s fifty years worth of adventures to sift through, 27 of which have missing episodes.
What now?
You want to visit the Doctor’s past, present, and future. You want to tremble at the first terrifying appearance of the Daleks, Cybermen, or Silurians. Maybe meet Sarah Jane Smith or The Master for the first time. Where do you start? After all, there’s fifty years worth of adventures to sift through, 27 of which have missing episodes.
- 3/5/2013
- by Carl Jansson
- Obsessed with Film
Doctor Who anniversary biopic An Adventure in Space and Time has cast three more roles.
Harry Potter's David Bradley will portray original Who lead William Hartnell in the drama, which will tell the story of the BBC sci-fi drama's creation.
The actor William Russell - who played the Doctor's companion Ian Chesterton - will be portrayed in the biopic by Waterloo Road's Jamie Glover, according to Doctor Who News.
Jemma Powell (Alice in Wonderland) has been cast as Jacqueline Hill - the actress who played Ian's fellow Tardis traveller Barbara Wright - while Claudia Grant will play Carole Ann Ford, who starred as the Doctor's granddaughter Susan until 1964.
Glover, Powell and Grant join Brian Cox - who will play BBC producer Sydney Newman - and Jessica Raine - cast as Doctor Who's first producer Verity Lambert.
Mark Gatiss - who has written An Adventure in Space and Time...
Harry Potter's David Bradley will portray original Who lead William Hartnell in the drama, which will tell the story of the BBC sci-fi drama's creation.
The actor William Russell - who played the Doctor's companion Ian Chesterton - will be portrayed in the biopic by Waterloo Road's Jamie Glover, according to Doctor Who News.
Jemma Powell (Alice in Wonderland) has been cast as Jacqueline Hill - the actress who played Ian's fellow Tardis traveller Barbara Wright - while Claudia Grant will play Carole Ann Ford, who starred as the Doctor's granddaughter Susan until 1964.
Glover, Powell and Grant join Brian Cox - who will play BBC producer Sydney Newman - and Jessica Raine - cast as Doctor Who's first producer Verity Lambert.
Mark Gatiss - who has written An Adventure in Space and Time...
- 2/12/2013
- Digital Spy
News Louisa Mellor Feb 11, 2013
All the big names for Mark Gatiss' birth-of-Who docudrama have now been announced...
We brought you news last week that newcomer Claudia Grant was the official choice to play Carole Ann Ford in the BBC's forthcoming Doctor Who docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time, and now the remaining roles have been filled.
First up is Jamie Glover (Waterloo Road, Holby City), the man brought in to fill William Russell's shoes, the actor who played Who companion and science teacher Ian Chesterton. Mr Glover, it's been announced, will have added pressure to pull off the part in style as William Russell himself will also be appearing in the docudrama.
Russell's character, about which nothing is known, goes by the name of Harry.
Ian Chesterton's colleague from the history department and fellow Tardis companion, Barbara Wright, aka actress Jacqueline Hill is to be played by Jemma Powell,...
All the big names for Mark Gatiss' birth-of-Who docudrama have now been announced...
We brought you news last week that newcomer Claudia Grant was the official choice to play Carole Ann Ford in the BBC's forthcoming Doctor Who docudrama, An Adventure in Space and Time, and now the remaining roles have been filled.
First up is Jamie Glover (Waterloo Road, Holby City), the man brought in to fill William Russell's shoes, the actor who played Who companion and science teacher Ian Chesterton. Mr Glover, it's been announced, will have added pressure to pull off the part in style as William Russell himself will also be appearing in the docudrama.
Russell's character, about which nothing is known, goes by the name of Harry.
Ian Chesterton's colleague from the history department and fellow Tardis companion, Barbara Wright, aka actress Jacqueline Hill is to be played by Jemma Powell,...
- 2/10/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Last week I told you about my family’s celebration of my dad’s 90th birthday. This week I’m going to talk about another birthday.
The Doctor’s.
Doctor who?
That’s right.
He turns 50 years this year, plus another 1000 – give or take. And tonight – uh, last night, actually – all us Whovians are – uh, were, actually – being treated to the first of a series of special events celebrating his golden anniversary, with The Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor, which is going to be – uh, was, actually – on at 9:00 Pm, to be followed – uh, was followed – by a re-airing of the sixth episode, The Aztecs. I’m surprised – I mean was surprised – that the producers didn’t choose to air the first episode, An Unearthly Child.
In that episode, schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright become – became – curious and concerned about their 15-year-old student, Susan Foreman. Although the girl...
The Doctor’s.
Doctor who?
That’s right.
He turns 50 years this year, plus another 1000 – give or take. And tonight – uh, last night, actually – all us Whovians are – uh, were, actually – being treated to the first of a series of special events celebrating his golden anniversary, with The Doctors Revisited: The First Doctor, which is going to be – uh, was, actually – on at 9:00 Pm, to be followed – uh, was followed – by a re-airing of the sixth episode, The Aztecs. I’m surprised – I mean was surprised – that the producers didn’t choose to air the first episode, An Unearthly Child.
In that episode, schoolteachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright become – became – curious and concerned about their 15-year-old student, Susan Foreman. Although the girl...
- 1/28/2013
- by Mindy Newell
- Comicmix.com
As the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who gets closer, there are plenty of rumours about which stars from the past might be returning to what has become the world's longest running sci-fi series.
One man fans would love to see enter the Tardis again for the 2013 celebrations is William Russell, one of the original stars of the programme.
Russell played science teacher Ian Chesterton (below) who, alongside his colleague Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill), was whisked off into time and space with the initially untrustworthy Doctor (William Hartnell) and his granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford).
During his two years with the show, Russell would travel back in time and encounter cavemen, Aztecs, Richard the Lionheart, Emperor Nero and Marco Polo, as well as battling monsters in the future, including Sensorites, Voord, Zarbi and the ever-popular Daleks.
Fifty years on, Russell explained described the show's longevity as "amazing" and that he thinks...
One man fans would love to see enter the Tardis again for the 2013 celebrations is William Russell, one of the original stars of the programme.
Russell played science teacher Ian Chesterton (below) who, alongside his colleague Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill), was whisked off into time and space with the initially untrustworthy Doctor (William Hartnell) and his granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford).
During his two years with the show, Russell would travel back in time and encounter cavemen, Aztecs, Richard the Lionheart, Emperor Nero and Marco Polo, as well as battling monsters in the future, including Sensorites, Voord, Zarbi and the ever-popular Daleks.
Fifty years on, Russell explained described the show's longevity as "amazing" and that he thinks...
- 11/15/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
I’m sure by now most of you have already read or heard the fascinating news from the BBC. Apparently a very, very early draft version of Doctor Who has surfaced. How early? 1956, making it a full seven years before the series actually aired.
From what it sounds like, this idea never really made it past the concept stage. They never did any filming or casting, though they had some people in mind, and never wrote any stories, but they did have some outlines. The series was to go into production in 1957, in an effort to capitalize on the success of The Quatermass Experiment. BBC budget cutbacks early that year prevented this from happening, which was for the best, as you’ll see. The BBC article is quite long, so I’ll summarize it for you tl;dr people.
The series appears to have been the creation two low-level BBC...
From what it sounds like, this idea never really made it past the concept stage. They never did any filming or casting, though they had some people in mind, and never wrote any stories, but they did have some outlines. The series was to go into production in 1957, in an effort to capitalize on the success of The Quatermass Experiment. BBC budget cutbacks early that year prevented this from happening, which was for the best, as you’ll see. The BBC article is quite long, so I’ll summarize it for you tl;dr people.
The series appears to have been the creation two low-level BBC...
- 4/1/2012
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
As we reported in August, the BBC have made a deal with MSN for the web portal to provide streamed classic TV content - and this includes Doctor Who, it has been confirmed. So far you can catch all 6 epsides of 1965 adventure The Web Planet, which stars William Hartnell as the Doctor, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Pearce as Barbara Wright and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki. Co-starring many others including Martin Jarvis, The Web Planet sees the Tardis drawn off-course to the...
- 11/6/2009
- by Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
The BBFC have passed a trailer for two stories, The Space Museum and The Chase, indicating that both are being lined up for a DVD release in the next few months. The stories were part of Doctor Who's second season and were first shown between April and June 1965.
They feature William Hartnell as the first Doctor along with Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, William Russell as Ian Chesterton and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki, and introduce Peter Purves as new companion Steven Taylor.
The Space Museum was written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield, who as Doctor Who's first Associate Producer was responsible for many technical innovations used on the programme.
The Chase was the final story for Ian and Barbara. It sees the Daleks return in their third story for the series, which was again written by Terry Nation. Directed by Richard Martin, it also starred Hywel Bennett.
They feature William Hartnell as the first Doctor along with Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, William Russell as Ian Chesterton and Maureen O'Brien as Vicki, and introduce Peter Purves as new companion Steven Taylor.
The Space Museum was written by Glyn Jones and directed by Mervyn Pinfield, who as Doctor Who's first Associate Producer was responsible for many technical innovations used on the programme.
The Chase was the final story for Ian and Barbara. It sees the Daleks return in their third story for the series, which was again written by Terry Nation. Directed by Richard Martin, it also starred Hywel Bennett.
- 11/3/2009
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
Out on DVD this week, The Keys of Marinus is a 1964 Doctor Who adventure starring William Hartnell as the Doctor with William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright and Carole Ann Ford as Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter. On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population – the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian...
- 9/23/2009
- by Chris Davids info@kasterborous.com
- Kasterborous.com
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