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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
According to David Semple writing on Den of Geek, "Nothing ages quicker than something which is bang up to date" - and he has a strong argument. Comparing Michael Grade's appearance on Room 101 (where the former BBC Boss declared that Doctor Who was "stuck in a timewarp") with an accompanying clip from the BBC talk back show Did You See? paints a clearer picture. But what is striking, watching it now,...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Comic Book Adventures in Time and Space Saturday, October 18th, 9am-5pm A one day comic convention @the Lass O’Gowrie, Manchester About the Event (updated 30.09.08) Arranged by the Lass O’Gowrie,“Vworp Vworp! Comic Book Adventures in Time and Space” will explore the highs, lows, challenges and pitfalls of creating comics based on BBC’s Doctor Who and other popular television...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
More promotion for his book the The Writer's Tale has brought Russell T Davies into the Independent this weekend. Lucky Benjamin Cook gets to stay out of the firing line... There's little that's actually new in the interview, although there are a few insights from Russell that I haven't seen before, such as a recollection from his time at the BBC in the Children's department: "When you work in children's...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
BBC Children's Books (in conjunction with Penguin Books) will be publishing an epic ten-part collectable series from January, entitled The Darksmith Legacy. A cross-media adventure, readers join the Doctor in his quest to save the Eternity Crystal from new adversaries known as The Darksmith Collective. Two books will be released in January with a new installment every month. Cliffhanger endings will...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Kasterborous favourite Nicola Bryant is currently on tour in a production of Daphne Du Maurier's classic thriller Don't Look Now which takes her to Worthing's Connaught Theatre on October 21-25. Doctor Who fans of Nicola - and there are many - will be able to catch up with the actress at the stage door where she will be happy to sign DVDs "It's such a quintessentially British show but the lovely thing,...
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io9 (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Russell T Davies may not be staying on Doctor Who past 2009's special episodes, but David Tennant is — at least according to Davies. The outgoing producer told British newspaper the Sunday Express... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Win a life-size K-9! In this week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine you’ll find the first part of a two-part competition to win your very own K-9! We’re giving away a life-size model of the coolest canine in the universe. We’ve also got a fascinating fact file about the Doctor’s psychic wallet – find out about all the times the Time Lord has used it to get into and out of trouble. The issue comes with...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Doctor Who and the TARDIS are the subject of a superb piece of spoof news on the Newsbiscuit website today - and by voting the item to a 10, the item has a good chance of making the site's frontpage, or even the Newsbiscuit.com mailout (if you register)! If you're infamiliar - Newsbiscuit gives readers the chance to create spoof and satirical news items, which other visitors then vote on (a careful...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Writer of the current Sarah Jane Adventure The Last Sontaran Phil Ford has praised his guest star, actor Anthony O'Donnell. The series returned on Monday to a good reception in a series that will also feature a new companion. "Commander Kaagh is the last survivor of the task force that attacked Earth in 'The Sontaran Stratagem'... [and] we haven't seen a Sontaran like this before," he told Doctor Who...
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TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
David Tennant, star of the vaguely known sci-fi show 'Doctor Who', lost his temper yesterday. The actor, 37, who was in a cafe at the time, stunned people nearby as he leapt to his feet, took a sonic screwdriver out of his pocket with a flourish...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The Guardian website is running a Doctor Who poll - based on whether you prefer classic Who or post 2005 Who. After some consideration, I surprised myself and voted for the modern incarnation of the series. Do you like your Doctor Who in black and white with strongly-plotted stories, wobbly sets, model spaceships and crude CSO special effects. The era of UNIT, the old control room, Leela, the Ice Warriors,...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
If they ever made a Carry on Doctor Who, they could do a lot worse than use this as a model... The tabloid we don't link to has run a feature on some "sexy sci-fi lovers" who are interviewed in ladies hairdresser rag Love It. This group of... "interesting" folk... include three man/woman couplings of Star Wars fan, Star Trek fan... and Doctor Who fan. In he's more than a fan - he's also a David Tennant...
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Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Russell T Davies recent interview in the Sunday Express has been exhoed around the web as he declared David Tennant fit to play Doctor Who until the actor is 70 (not very likely, however much fans may want that) but also of interest was reference to a plot twist coming soon to a pine needle-caked TV set near you. This plot twist is apparently of such astonishing momentum that the very reveal of it...
