Ten Non-Spoilery Dialogue Teasers for Doctor Who ''The Curse of the Black Spot''

Dialogue teasers for "Black Spot" have been revealed.

• "There are worse ways to go than having your face knocked off by a dodgy mermaid."
• "I've seen your father gun down a thousand innocent men."
• "It's a big club, we should get t-shirts."
• "There's a stroppy homicidal mermaid trying to kill all."
• "Space can very lonely."
• "Ignore all my previous theories!"
• "Cuddle me shipmate."
• "A green singing shark in an evening gown."
• "I suppose laughing like that is in the job description."
• "Humans, second rate, damage too easy. Only a matter of time before you all get bruised."

Source credit goes to CultBox, and thanks to Relative Dimension for pointing it out to us. We've also got screencaps from the trailer, new promotional images, a script extract and synopsis from Doctor Who Magazine, and the Prequel and trailers.

Final Viewing Figures Released for Doctor Who ''The Impossible Astronaut''

Following the release of overnight ratings for "Day of the Moon", the consolidated ratings for "Impossible Astronaut" have been finalized.

According to the BARB, complete figures show 8.86 million viewers enjoyed "The Impossible Astronaut", a total share of 43.3% of the total available audience.

These figure include everyone who recorded Doctor Who within the first week after transmission, but BBC iPlayer statistics are not included, even though over 300,000 accesses were recorded within two days of broadcast. On Tuesday the BARB will release a full report for the week, and no doubt "The Impossible Astronaut" will be rated high on the weekly charts.

The Impossible Astronaut had roughly the same final audience as other new series openers, excluding those with a new Doctor. New Earth had 8.6 million, Smith And Jones 8.7m and Partners In Crime 9.1 million.

Despite initial fears of unusually low ratings, this substantial rise of two million viewers has reaffirmed that Series 6 is doing just as well as — if not better than — each preceding series. Combined with shattered BBC America records, these final viewing figures should be enough to silence the naysayers.

Source credit goes to The Doctor Who News Page.

The Cast of Doctor Who ''Day of the Moon'' Discuss the Unresolved Questions

Doctor Who 602 "Day of the Moon" Review Roundup

Our own 10thPlanet is currently writing a review for the latest episode of Doctor Who, "Day of the Moon" [From 10: It's completed and will be posted tomorrow!], but in the meantime here are some other reviews from online newspapers and blogs. The majority of the reviewers agree that whilst the episode was enjoyable, there was a lot of questions left unanswered.

The Telegraph
The Guardian
Digital Spy
Den of Geek
IGN
SFX
The Metro

Eight New Doctor Who Podcasts Today

We were too busy yesterday, so 8 new podcasts today;

DWO_WhoCast - #191.
A show of mixed emotions as the lads talk about the wonderful Lis Sladen. Then they review the intriguing second episode of Doctor Who, 'Day Of The Moon'.
Play it here.

The Cloister Room 019: The Impossible Astronaut
The Cloister Room is going weekly, by hook or by crook. These episodes will be less polished, but they will certainly be timely. Here's our discussion of The Impossible Astronaut. Spoilers ahead. My brain is broken and I simply could not think of a good title for this episode. Figured I'd steal the one Moffat used.
Play it here.

Staggering Stories Podcast #105: The Impossible Loss
Adam J Purcell, Fake Keith, Jay Doran (of The Untempered Schism podcast), Jean Riddler and the Real Keith Dunn pay tribute to Elisabeth Sladen, talk about the Doctor Who: The Impossible Astronaut, find some general news, and a variety of other stuff.
Play it here.

Tim's Take On: Episode 67(Day of The Moon Review with guest Andre T)
This week you get three reviews of Dr Who:Day of The Moon mine, the twiterverse and finally I discuss the episode with @andreT_NY of The Happiness Patrol Podcast most of whom I met at Gallifrey One, wonderfully people all of them!
Play it here.

The Flashing Blade Podcast 1-91
With Jo! incapacitated, the review of The Impossible Astronaut is left to Bob and Tony. Also sharing their thoughts are Prof Dave and Lillibet, as well as The Children Of Time. And at the end a sneaky peak at the new DWO WhoCast theme by Danny Stewart.
Play it here.

'Who' - Is The Man Podcast episode 20: The Not So Impossible Scuba Diver
Hello lovely listeners, I give you me review of the season 6 premiere of Doctor Who, I hope you enjoy. Send your feedback to whoitm@hotmail.com, whoitm@gmail.com, or on the Facebook group.
Play it here.

Doctor Who: The Bad Wilf podcast Episode 25
In which Martyn and Imran discuss Doctor Who:The impossible astronaut
Play it here.

Two-minute Time Lord 205: "Day of the Moon" Second Impressions
We may have made the leap from "Doctor Who for TV," to "Doctor Who for the box set," finally to "Doctor Who expressly for time-shifting." Because, MAN, was this hard to watch in my living room…
Play it here.

As always, thanx to the Doctor Who Podcast Alliance.

Doctor Who Roundup: What Do We Know about the Silence?

io9 has a complete workup of what the Silence are, what their goal seems to be, and how they managed to accomplish this so far. Here's one of the most interesting pieces of the summary, parenthetical aside and all.

10) . . . The Silence's plan also involves Amy's pregnancy. Or is she actually pregnant? It seemed like in part one, the Silence was really keen that Amy should tell the Doctor she was pregnant — the Silence told Amy she should tell the Doctor "what he must know," and after that, Amy became so desperate to tell him about her bun in the oven. Now Amy thinks the pregnancy was just a false alarm, and she's not looking any pregnanter. But a scan of Amy's body reveals that she's both pregnant and not pregnant at the same time — it's Schrodinger's Zygote.

(Parenthetical Aside #2: There were plenty of Moffat motifs in this episode, including the thing of people listening to messages from themselves that they don't remember recording. But a less obvious one is the phantom pregnancy: Donna also had phantom children in "Forest of the Dead.")

11) So the Silence really want to get a working TARDIS of their own, so they can take their utterly forgettable show on the road. And it seems as though they're building their own Time Lady to do it — although maybe that's a misdirection, plus you have to wonder why they let the girl escape. And it's at least hinted that Amy is the girl's mother, and it's sort of true that the girl will indeed have a "Time Head."

12) But lest we forget, last year the Silence were able to seize control over the Doctor's TARDIS — and having access to a working TARDIS, all they wanted to do was make it explode and destroy the universe. Why would the Silence want to destroy the universe, since they live here? Was that just an accident that resulted from a botched attempt at piloting the temperamental old girl? Or is the destruction of the universe actually still the Silence's goal? (I'm inclined to lean towards the first possibility — they wanted to steal/control the TARDIS, and the explosion was an accident. But I really hope we get an explanation one way or the other.)

Click here to read the full article.

Amazing Facts About Doctor Who That May Not Be True - River Song

River Song is not really Amy's daughter, but will tell everyone that to make Amy uncomfortable about having the hots for her son-in-law.

An original submission.

Doctor Who 602 Day of the Moon DVD/XVid Labels

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Thanx to Wordsmith for these :)

Doctor Who 603 Curse of the Black Spot Screencaps

Here are High Resolution screencaps from the trailer for Doctor Who 603 Curse of the Black Spot, done for you by PCJonathan!

Check them out here.

2 Doctor who Car Boot Bargain books

Two car boot bargains today, Prisoner of the Daleks and The Slitheen Excursion, in new condition, just 50p each!

Watch Doctor Who Rewind Trust Your Doctor Here

Animated Christel Doctor Who Series 2 Launch

The animated Christel Doctor Who series has begun a second season of adventures, featuring the Doctor and his companion Tabitha. The first two stories of the series – Hearts of Stone by Captin Franko and Death on the Line by Blink – are now available to view on the Christel Films blog.

Captin Franko has spoken about what can be expected from this new series of stories: “Having completed a successful first series last year, the stakes have been raised for Series 2 of Christel Doctor Who. With a variety of monsters, friends and foes – both old and new – the Doctor and his companion Tabitha Mortimer face the trip of a lifetime. Series 2 kicks off with the deadly assassins that are the Weeping Angels, and features a host of other evils including the Daleks and the gruesome Reapers of time.

Then, as the series builds to a hopefully gripping three-part conclusion, the biggest secret of all will be told, the mysterious Trojan will play its part and the Doctors hearts will be broken…Its safe to say, the Doctor’s life will never be the same again.”

Doctor Who 602 Day of the Moon - The Regeneration

Doctor Who Mystery — But What Secrets 'D'you Mean, My Friend?

Last week we discussed this phrase: All the secrets you seek can be found here on the Webb. Each word was found in italics among the official BBC site's Fourth Dimension section of "The Impossible Astronaut". We believed that "the Webb" referred to the Webb crater on the Moon and would play some role in "Day of the Moon"; but that never materialized, and this week something even stranger happened.

If you read the Fourth Dimension page of "Day of the Moon", immediately you'll notice the same random italics—random, until you complete the second half of this mysterious conversation.

We found your message! You're alive! But what secrets 'D'you mean my friend?

Personally I believe this conversation has something to do with the Eyepatch Lady, who's apparently named Madame Kovarian and earns several namedrops in filming for the finale, including one scene in which River and Amy discuss Kovarian's untimely death.

Whatever the circumstances of the conversation, clearly whoever is participating understands what "here on the Webb" means, whether that means the Internet or something else entirely. But these "secrets" remain unknown, so keep checking the Fourth Dimension page each week to continue this mystery and perhaps gain some hints about the plot of Series 6.

Doctor Who 602 “Day of the Moon” Overnight Viewing Figures

The second episode of the new series, Day of the Moon, was watched by 5.4 million viewers according to overnight figures. This is a drop of 1 million viewers from last week’s opening part, The Impossible Astronaut, although the ratings should go up by about 2 million viewers for the final figures.

Despite the lower result, Doctor Who was the second most watched programme of the day on British television, losing out to only Britain's Got Talent, which once again achieved a higher overnight result of 9.5 million viewers. People Do the Funniest Things – which aired on ITV1 opposite Doctor Who – was watched by a much lower 1.9 million viewers.

Doctor Who's audience peaked at 5.7 million for the last 15 minutes, with the BBC One audience dropping to 2.9 million as the programme finished. Doctor Who is currently 35th for the week, although this position will significantly change when the final figures are released.

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Doctor Who Season 6 Neil Gaiman News

From next weeks DWM, Neil Gaiman cut scenes.

Couple of lovely little snippets about what we WON'T see in Gaiman's episode - he wrote a scene in the Tardis swimming pool. Got nixed, orignally cos Karen Gillan can't swim.

"Make it Rory then" said Neil.
"Erm.... no, it's still too expensive," they said.

Also there was what sounds like a fabulous scene in a Zero Room - the only sort of 'exit button' would be way up near the ceiling, 'cos it's for Time Lords, levitating. But of course, Rory can't levitate, so he gets stuck in there for a bit... But ultiamtely, the decision was just to go for the 'infinite corridor' instead ;o)

Thanx to Tony Fyler for this :)

Doctor Who Scriptwriter Gives the Secret to Understanding All Those Confusing Plotlines

Does River Song's identity baffle you? Are regenerating little girls just giving you a headache? Well, James Moran, the man who wrote "Fires of Pompeii", has solved all those problems.

For those confused by Doctor Who's interlocking plotlines, they DO make sense if you consult my handy diagram.

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Doctor Who 603 Curse of the Black Spot BBC Promotional Images

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Here are 4 new BBC promotional Images for Doctor Who 603 Curse of the Black Spot, you can see them all here.

A big thanx to DWImage2005.

Doctor Who 602 “Day of the Moon” BBC Extras

The official BBC Doctor Who website has been updated with extras to accompany the second episode of the new series, Day of the Moon, which you can watch, play, read and enjoy!

You can catch Steven Moffat, Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Alex Kingston discussing the revelations of the opening story in an exclusive Q&A and we've got a look at the creation of the incredible end scene. You can also see the cast and crew talking about the adventure or enjoy that thrilling trailer at the end of the episode!

You can test your knowledge of the first part of the story by playing The Game of Rassilon or try our Day of the Moon jigsaw. And on the Day of the Moon episode page you can step into the Fourth Dimension, check out all the latest videos and browse through the updated galleries.

Day of the Moon Extras

Doctor Who Jigsaw - The Fires Of Ponpeii

Let me know what you think.160 Click on image to start.
And there are a lot more of the same here.

Pointless Pre-Titles Info Dump for Doctor Who — Now in Better Quality

Yes, we previously uploaded this here; if you're watching Doctor Who on BBC America or in Australia, you probably saw this pointless info dump on television. Anyway, now it's in much better quality, so you can finally figure out what this show is!

The Tenth Ducktor by Spongekitty Doctor Who

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Doctor Who Series 6 Previews From DWM

Straight from the pages of Next Weeks DWM :)

Black Spot:
Prequel to The Smugglers - real pirates, therefore. Assuming we knew Hugh Bonneville plays Capt Henry Avery (audacious historical pirate). Mermaid mentioned in the trailer - story inspired by a village in Cornwall, Zennor, which has its own mermaid legend - writer Steve Thompson lives there.
Script Extract:
Rory: Doctor? What's happening to me?
Avery: She can smell the blood on your skin. She's marked you for death.
Rory: She?
Avery: A demon. Out there. In the ocean.
Doctor: Okay. Groovy. So not just pirates today; we've managed to bagsy a ship where there's a semon popping in...

Synopsis: A pirate galleon sails the high seas with a skeleton crew. Captain Avery has witnessed a thousand deaths; he ahs no more tears to cry. But his crew keeps disappearing. One drop of blood is all it takes, before the black spot appears...and then a siren comes calling.

The Doctor's wife
Ridiculously spoiler-free review: things like "The Big Thing happens on page 23 of a 59-page script." Teasing stuff like "Neil Gaiman's just around the corner, behind that big hanging sheet obscuring...Well I never. Another one? Surely not!"

The events of page 23 have Suranne Jones as Idris sitting motionless, caged in what looks like a junk-filled Aladdin's Cave, while Matt Smith gives a masterclass in 'I beg your pardon' acting. An electrifying scene - and given the events of page 23, it really couldn't be anything else.

This is "the one shot we get to do this story". If it goes wrong, people will think of it as the "Spock's Brain" of Doctor Who...
Apparently Suranne does very good shaky-shaky acting.
Idris, at the beginning, is preparing for death - but she doesn't die. So by the time the Doctor meets her she's gone mad...hence the biting (apparently, she bites him!). Idris doesn't really know what she's talking about. This story will change how we see a key bit of series mythology. Michael Sheen confirmed in this episode. Also, given the dialogue to follow, looks like the War Games' Time Lord Cube thing is a definite.

Dialogue:
Doctor: Time Lord emergency messaging system. Like a flare pistol, in an emergency, we'd wrap up our thoughts in psychic containers and send them through time and space. OK, not like a flare pistol. Anyway, there's a living Time Lord out there! And it's one of the good ones!
Rory: You said there weren't any Time Lords left?
Doctor: There aren't. No Time Lords left anywhere in the universe. But the universe isn't where we're going.

Synopsis: The TARDIS, drawn off course by the most unlikely distres signal, materialises outside of time and space itself. In this bubble universe, the Doctor meets Idris and her aunt and uncle, who live together in a scrapyard of impossible things. Idris, it seems, is mad. And when the Doctor finds out why she is the way she is, things start to get a bit complicated...And unmentionable.

Rebel Flesh/Almost People
cool pics here of the Almost People - kind of like the Changelings from Star Trek: DS9 - only with better noses.

The Flesh is programmable matter, used to work in the acid mines - you know this, I know, just putting down what I can ;o). Episode influenced by The Thing and Avatar - these episodes are pivotal in this year's Amy and Rory; whispered words here will have mind-blowing significance once the episode's over. Huge surprises in both episodes - end of ep6 is a massive cliff-hanger to spin us into the maelstrom of ep.7

Dialogue:
Doctor: You poured in your personalities, emotions, traits, memories, secrets - everything. You gave them your lives. Human lives are amazing. Are you surprised they ran off with them?

Synopsis: Meet The Flesh. A shimmering pool of gelatinous white matter, threaded with veins like an eyeball. Step into the alcove, strap yourself into the harness, and the Flesh can take your form. You can control the cloned drone like a puppet, performing dangerous tasks without putting yourself in danger. That's what's happeningin the Monastery where the Tardis crash-lands. And all things considered, it's going pretty well. As long as the Flesh doesn't start having ideas of its own...

The Ood are in Gaiman's episode, too!

Huge thanx to Tony Fyler for typing this from DWM, on sale this week!

Doctor Who Of The Day - Space-Time

Space-Time was the second multi-part charity TV story, the first being Dimensions in Time.