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Clicking on this button—this requires a Google, Blogger, or GMail account, which you already use to comment on our posts—means you like and recommend that specific post to Google. It's a lot like the Facebook "like" button, or maybe the Twitter one.

Over time, this means higher search page results on Google, which means higher hits for us, which means more people who will also enjoy this blog. We ask you all to use it if you enjoy each post. Thanks, everyone! And keep clicking!

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Doctor Who's Steven Moffat Defends Cliffhangers and Plot Complexity

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Enthralling readers with its usual one-quote news stories, Digital Spy has emphasized a particular passage from Steven Moffat's Radio Times interview (scans here). The head writer claims he is working on adding more brilliant cliffhangers to the New Series, perhaps referring to the undeniable success of the final minutes in "The Almost People".

"The only thing that was missing when Doctor Who came back this time was that there weren't enough cliffhangers. Do you remember in the old days? The music crashing in just as the Doctor finds out... well, I love that. Plus it encourages the audience to come back. So we are bringing the cliffhanger back in force."

He further defended accusations that the series has become too complex.

"Well, you have to pay attention. You can't watch it when you are dong the ironing. And you certainly can't watch it when you are tweeting. You have to sit down and focus, and a child audience certainly does that."

Source credit grudgingly goes to Digital Spy. Does this make us one-quote wonders?

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Ten Cultbox Spoilery-ish Teasers for Doctor Who Series 6 "A Good Man Goes to War"

If you've been following our posts over the past few days, then none of this will be new to you; but Cultbox has focused in on the most spoilery details yet known about the episode.

• The Sontarans, Judoon, Silurians and Cybermen are all back.
• Simon Fisher-Becker returns as big blue Dorium Maldavar, last seen with River Song in 'The Pandorica Opens'.
• Karen Gillan has told Radio Times that "we discover who River Song really is" and "it's such a huge pay-off, I didn't see it coming".
• Rory's Roman costume returns.
• Frances Barber has told Total TV Guide that 'eye patch lady' Madame Kovarian is "involved in Amy's pregnancy - before and after the birth - and is in charge of a band of soldiers".
• The Sunday Times reveals that Amy's baby is named Melody.
• There's "a sort of Nazi state", according to guest star Charlie Baker, who also describes the story as "one of the darkest episodes ever".
• Catrin Stewart plays a character named Jenny. It's unknown if this is a regenerated incarnation of the 'Doctor's daughter' from Series 4, but - with a major character named Jen in the previous two-part story - it seems an unusual name choice if it's not her.
• The episode is "more disturbing than scary", according to Karen Gillan.
• Director Peter Hoar has summarised the episode as "a bit of a rollercoaster ride through all different times, space, everything".
• Hugh Bonneville is rumoured to return as 'The Curse Of The Black Spot''s Henry Avery, alongside Oscar Lloyd as Avery's son Toby.
• Part of the story is set in Jack the Ripper era London.

Are you spoiled yet?

Amazing Facts About Doctor Who That May Not Be True - The Silence

The Silence have a hard time remembering each-other's birthdays.

An original submission.

Doctor Who Visual Effects Company "The Mill" Displays the Best of Its TV and Film Effects

To summarize, this is TV and Film Showreel featuring the Mill's best visual effects.

The Mill TV & Film showreel highlights a selection of our TV and Film team's very best work. From our recently awarded Bafta win for VFX on BBC1 series Merlin, to the prehistoric creatures of ITV's Primeval as well as the 3D Hollywood blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader and of course, the mysterious happenings in Doctor Who.

Thanks to Guest for pointing this out to us.

Doctor Who Daleks Recycled in Las Vegas

Source, via DalekThay. Gambling debts are harsh.

Doctor Who DVD Trailer - Earth Story (The Awakening, The Gunfighters)

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In This issue;

*Sinister silence
*Top 10 scariest Moments
*Weeping Angels V Heavenly Host
*A Christmas carol
*Where’s The Doctor – Cyber Factory
*Wicked Wordsearch
*B is for Bannakaffalatta and much more

Issue three comes with the Tardis lid to complete your case to store your cards in, more cards and part three of the giant poster.

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Doctor Who Adventures Issue 220 Cover

In This Issue;

*Silence falls in London
*Who’s behind the hatch
*Mega Moments
*The Timey Wimey quiz
*A good man goes to war
*Tardis Designs
*Road rage and much more

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Doctor Who's David Tennant and Catherine Tate Premiere in "Much Ado About Nothing"

After a long promotional tour that included interviews and even a visit to The Graham Norton Show, David Tennant and Catherine Tate have only just begun the most difficult and exciting stage of their work on stage. Today Wyndham's Theatre in London premieres Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, starring Tennant as Benedict and Tate as Beatrice.

Although Shakespeare wrote this comedy in the very early 1600s, this production sets the performance in the 1980s. As the Doctor Who News Page has published, Much Ado "sees Tennant appearing in a white naval uniform while Tate dons the dungarees of a a beer-swilling, cigarette smoking, feminist." This marks his first return to theatre since his exceptionally well-reviewed performance as Hamlet.

The play is directed by Josie Rourke, Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre, and runs at Wyndham"s Theatre in Charing Cross Road until 3rd September.

Purchase your tickets, which are running at fairly reasonable prices.

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Doctor Who "Where's the Doctor" Search Book

Much like Where's Waldo?, the upcoming picture search book Where's the Doctor? has readers seek out their favorite characters amongst a vast crowd of friends and foes. Artist Jamie Smart has made a deal with Penguin to publish his Monster Invasion searches in a single volume. The book is released in October.

PLEASED? I’m more than pleased. A Doctor Who book with my name on it, that’s pretty darned exciting, and another of those things I’ve known for a little while but couldn’t say until it was made official. Now Penguin have it on their site, I’m guessing it’s public knowledge. 

In case you missed it, I’ve been drawing large picture searches for the new magazine partwork Doctor Who Monster Invasion, which I blogged about HERE. Each picture hides the Doctor, Amy, Rory and a few other things in amongst some of the great monsters from the series. Incidentally, issue two is out RIGHT NOW, featuring a picture search set in a Sontaran boot camp. Available in all good shops what do magazines, GO GO GO!

Read more about the book. Source credit goes to the TARDIS Newsroom.

Torchwood Miracle Day Production Interview International Version

Thanx to TomLittle :)

Should BBC America Have Delayed Doctor Who?

I applaud TV Overmind's fair assessment of the BBC America week-long hiatus of Doctor Who. While the station has premiered each new episode on the same day as the UK since "A Christmas Carol", sometimes "BBC America just drops the ball".

. . . [Then] came Memorial Day. "The Almost People" was postponed because of this holiday, pushing the American syndication of the series back a week and leaving fans floundering for air as the UK moved on to the midseason finale without them.

It may have been wonderful for our hits, especially since many Americans deprived of the station visit Combom weekly. But TV Overmind is certainly justified in asking, "Was a hiatus really necessary?"

I don't think so. BBC America did so to avoid a projected drop in viewers with Memorial Day weekend -- but just how many would have disappeared? Perhaps more importantly -- just how many would have disappeared compared to how many won't come back when "The Almost People" airs next Saturday?

. . . While I'm not going back to piracy, I'm a little frustrated that BBC America has decided to, for the last two episodes of the first half of the season, essentially undo all the good they'd done in having same-day airings.

Normally I would add my own opinions to an article such as this, but I completely agree in this instance Read the full article at TV Overmind.

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Doctor Who Blip — Nicholas Courtney Tribute and "A Good Man Goes to War" Quote Revealed

Following some other very recent magazine news(which we'll just reproduce here), on Twitter the Doctor Who Magazine team confirmed that while the show has yet to address Nicholas Courtney, who played the Brigadier for decades and died earlier this year, the 436th issue of DWM will do more than address.

Don't forget, DWM 435 will be on sale from Thursday! We can also confirm that DWM 436 will be 100 pages, and a tribute to Nicholas Courtney.

The DWMTweets account further announced that an Elisabeth Sladen issue is in the works.

In the realm of Series 6, DWM had something to say about "A Good Man Goes to War".

Amy: "Wherever they take you, however scared you are, I promise you, you will never be alone." Doctor Who, BBC1, Sat, 18:40. TELL EVERYONE!

The quote sounds as though Amy is addressing her newborn—but does she remember the little girl in the possession of the Silence?

Third Annual French Comic Con Will Premiere Doctor Who Series 6

Sometime between June 30th and July 3rd, the third French Comic Con—evidently hosted in the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center—will release the première of the two-part opening story for Doctor Who Series 6. "The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day of the Moon" début with special guest Steven Moffat in attendance.

As the Doctor Who News Page more extensively reports, the French Comic Con expects to schedule a series of events with Moffat, including . . .

• A public Masterclass on his screenwriting work.
• A "public meeting" on Doctor Who.
• Signing
• A screening for Sherlock's "A Study in Pink".

Watch the latest contribution France has made to Doctor Who.

"Torchwood: Miracle Day" Production Interview

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Doctor Who II Issue 4 Cover by CharlieKirchoff

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Doctor Who Jigsaw - Davros & Rose

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And there are a lot more of the same here.

Doctor Who Magazine News

Just a reminder Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) 435 will be on sale on Thursday!

And Doctor Who Magazine 436 will be 100 pages, and a tribute to Nicholas Courtney!

Doctor Who "A Good Man Goes to War" Promotional Pictures from the Front Lines

Many of these images have already been released promotionally, but they have a new background, which apparently warranted a news article from the official site.

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Torchwood Miracle Day Plot News

In Torchwood Miracle Day, the CIA brings in Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper for assistance when, suddenly and inexplicably, nobody in the world can die, causing the population to skyrocket, criminals to be indestructible, and a host of problems from overcrowded hospitals to food hording.

In this season Captain Jack is mortal, putting himself at risk fighting a sea of enemies who cannot be killed. “You’re going to get a lot into the history of Jack,” Barrowman teases. “You see one of his big relationships that defines a lot about who he is. You also find out a lot about Jack and Gwen.”

Gwen is now in hiding and a protective mother. “You’ll see her as a mother and a warrior,” Eve Myles says. “She’s militant and does what she has to do and has to make the biggest sacrifice of her life.”

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Thanx to Shane for the Heads-Up.

Doctor Who Scan — "Monster Mother"

Thanks go out to Who Fix and Andy R, whom they credit for the scan.

In Doctor Who Series 6 "A Good Man Goes to War", Just Who Is Jenny?

We all remember Jenny, the artificially created daughter from the Tenth Doctor's genes, and she went off alone into space after "The Doctor's Daughter". Originally, Russell T Davies wanted to kill the character off, but Steven Moffat had him leave her alive. Did he have a plan?

There is a character called Jenny in Doctor Who 607 "A Good Man Goes to War", and her choice of clothing certainly reminds you of the Doctor, so could Jenny in 607 be Jenny from 406 Regenerated? It certainly looks that way, and she prefers a sword to a gun even, but are we supposed to see similarities? We will have to wait until Saturday to find out. :)

Doctor Who Of The Day - The Curse of Fenric

In The Curse of Fenric, the Doctor chants the names of his former companions to ward off the haemovores. Although the sound mix renders many of them unintelligable, names that can be heard include: Susan, Barbara, Vicki and Steven!