Doctor Who - Official Discussion Thread

[The Doctor]

apparently it is the sonic, but it looks like he's put a little bulb that you put into those lights that you have in the ceiling (i know what am on about) attatched to it! 'tis certainly wierd!

[The Doctor]

New Doctor Who companion Amy Pond is to work as a kissogram when she first meets the Time Lord, it has been revealed.

Fans had expected the time traveller's latest assistant, played by Karen Gillan, to be a policewoman after pictures emerged showing her wearing an officer's uniform. However, it is now thought that she only dons the attire as part of her kissing telegram job.

A source told The Sun: "Everyone thinks she is this prim and proper policewoman, however it's going to be revealed early on that she works as a kissogram.

"It's going to be a bit of a shock for the fans, but I think they're going to enjoy it. Amy Pond's a really strong character and Karen is great in the role."

New executive producer Steven Moffat has also been tipped to spice up the programme in other ways as the forthcoming new series progresses.

The insider added: "Moffat's an edgier writer and the show is going in an exciting new direction."

taken from www.digitalspy.co.uk, 18/1/2010

As this source is to the sun, it's doubtful whether this will be true...c'mon, it's the sun!!

Colin Baker has said that he thinks a brand new, multi-doctor story is very unlikely, dispite the fact that it is almost 4 years until the next big anniversary of the show...50 years!!!

[Marty McFly]

Mehh. I doubt it's true. Like you say... it's The Sun.

[The Doctor]

just found this on youtube, it made me laugh!

[The Doctor]

BREAKING NEWS
The latest casting announcement for the new series of Doctor Who.......are you sure you want to know?

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Bill Nighy

There we go, it's out there now! The actor in question will be appearing in Richard Curtis' episode (The Van Gogh episode - and 10th episode in the series) but he will not be playing the famous artist. It has also been confirmed that...

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...the episode will take place in both 19th Century France and the Present Day!

I'm looking forward to this!

[Marty McFly]

Nice casting. When does the new series premiere?

[The Doctor]

not sure, but if it's like the others, should be next month, BBC are very tight lipped about their schedule. They only announced the broadcast date for season 2 about a week and a bit before it started! But if they're worried that it might clash with some football matches, then it might be pushed to April!

[Marty McFly]

Damn! That sucks!

[The Doctor]

Episode titles for the first three episodes of series five!

Episode 1

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The Eleventh Hour written by Steven Moffat

Episode 2

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The Beast Below written by Moffat

Episode 3

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Victory of the Daleks written by Mark Gatiss

still no broadcast date for the first episode!

[The Doctor]

new countdown - this is going from imdb and the general time of 7 o'clock (which could change)

[Marty McFly]

Interesting titles. I wonder when we'll get a synopsis of each of these episodes?

[The Doctor]

Episode Three

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The TARDIS takes The Doctor and Amy to war-torn Britain in the middle of World War Two. Not only do they meet Winston Churchill himself, but the Doctor comes face to face once again with his greatest enemy of all.

Episode Four

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The Doctor and Amy emerge from the TARDIS to find the wreck of the Byzantium spaceship. Down below the Weeping Angels are stirring, but the Doctor has someone else to contend with; none other than the mysterious Professor River Song.

[Marty McFly]

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Any word on who's playing Churchill?

[The Doctor]

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Ian McNeice

[Marty McFly]

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http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=Ian%20McNeice&oq=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Yeah, I can see that working.

[The Doctor]

Who's Clumsy
Apparently, Matt Smith keeps breaking things on set! In a report for digital spy, Moffat has stated that Smith is really clumsy! So much so that when it came to using the new Sonic Screwdriver for the first time, Moffat turned to new Executive Producer Pierce Wenger, saying that he was going to start a book as to how long it would take Smith to break the prop. The story goes on that as Moffat was saying this, the Property Master walked past carrying the screwdriver in two parts!

Smith keeps knocking over cups of coffee and has a habit of breaking things on set! Will the Tardis console be getting rebuilt after the filming of Smith's first season to repair it (or to make stronger) for the second series???? But Smith isn't the only one with problems. Moffat recently described the new Doctor as "walking like a drunk giraffe" with the new companion being the same. Apparently it's "hilarious when the two of them have to do shaky floor acting!"

[The Doctor]

New promotional picture!



Also, a new trailer will be shown this weekend on BBC One, with the trailer then being upgraded to 3D to be shown before Alice in Wonderland in the cinema!

[Marty McFly]

Nice pic. So is the girl going to be the new Doctors assistant over the course of the season or just a single episode?

[The Doctor]

looks like full season, with...

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River Song returning...

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for four episodes...

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4,5,12,13

i decided to split up the sentence into three spoilers so that you can stop reading at any point!

more news by the way...

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Sophie Okenedo

has been cast as a character called "Liz Ten"

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(who is the tenth queen elizabeth in an episode set in the future)

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Meera Syal has also been cast

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along with Nina Wadia

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Terrence Hardiman (The Demon Headmaster)

The Writers

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Steven Moffat (6 episodes)
Mark Gatiss
Toby Whithouse
Simon Nye
Chris Chibnall (2 episodes)
Richard Curtis
Gareth Roberts

no new news about who is writing which episodes, apart from the second on the list writing the third episode!

[Marty McFly]

Great post.

[The Doctor]

it's about time i had something to report on the series! It deffo looks like they're going for a mid-march start as they usually release a trailer for the series a few weeks before the start of a series, so it would fit!

[The Doctor]

sorrry it took me so long to get this up...damned uni work getting in the way of hotpopcorn!

[Marty McFly]

Nice teaser. Looking forward to this new series.

[The Doctor]

New Who Guest Star???

James Corden has landed a role in Doctor Who, according to tabloid reports.

The Sun says that the Gavin & Stacey star was spotted on a train learning lines for the show while en route to the set in Cardiff.

A show insider is quoted as saying: "We normally keep our guest stars under wraps but you can't hide a bloke like James.

"And now he's not coming to Wales for Gavin & Stacey anymore, it's pretty obvious why he is here. James loves coming to Wales. And it gives him a chance to meet up with Ruth Jones, who co-wrote Gavin and Stacey with him and starred as Nessa."

The source added: "We're just delighted to have James on board. He is a great actor and he'll be a perfect fit for the new Doctor Who."

This morning, show officials refused to confirm or deny the story, telling DS: "We do not comment on casting or storyline speculation."

www.digitalspy.co.uk

[The Doctor]

BBC America have set the broadcast date for the new series - 17th April, so we'll have had it by then, but this still gives a six week window (the countdown on my signature is going by the date found on imdb.co.uk - so take it with a pinch of salt)

ALSO...

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Amy Pond pregnant??? I'll reveal all tomorrow!

in the time until then...have a new trailer...