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DWO WhoCast - Episode #69

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:16:15 GMT

DWO WhoCast - Episode #69
News Dated: 10/5/2008

Episode #69 of the DWO WhoCast is now online!

This week The 2T's bring you an all-new interview with Big Finish Actor / Director / Casting Guru and Photographer extraordinaire; Barnaby Edwards - chatting to him about all things audio and television.

On the review front, they deliver their verdict on the finale to the two-part Sontaran story, 4.5: The Poison Sky, as well as reviewing the Big Finish audio The Haunting of Thomas Brewster.

There's also a look at some of your artistic endeavours with reviews for three of them.

Together will the latest News & Feedback - the DWO WhoCast is just what The Doctor ordered!

The DWO WhoCast is FREE to download, and contains all the latest from the world of Doctor Who.

If you are an iTunes user, make sure you vote and post your comments; the more people that vote and leave their comments the higher up the rankings we go and the more successful we are.

Also if you have any feedback let us know, and of course suggestions are always welcome. You can also email us an mp3 comment to: feedback@thewhocast.com and we can play it on the show.

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S4: Episode #8 - Synopsis

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:49:38 GMT

S4: Episode #8 - Synopsis
News Dated: 8/5/2008

The synopsis for 4.8: Silence in the Library is now online.

4.8: Silence in the Library

One hundred years ago, the universe's greatest library was sealed off, leaving only one warning: "Count the shadows". But now, the shadows are moving again.

As Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues, the Doctor and Donna must uncover the terrible truth behind the Nodes and the horrifying Data Ghost, to find the library's secret.

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays his companion Donna Noble, with guest stars Alex Kingston, Colin Salmon and Steve Pemberton.

4.8: Silence in the Library airs on Saturday 24th May, at 7:00pm.

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[Source: BBCi Press Office - website]

Georgia Moffett joins the Forums

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:27:07 GMT

Georgia Moffett joins the Forums
News Dated: 7/5/2008

DWO are pleased to announce another Doctor Who celebrity guest into the DWO Forums.

Georgia Moffett - Actress

Doctor Who - 4.6: The Doctor's Daughter - (Jenny)

As of 7:30pm this Saturday (10th May 2008), after her episode has aired, DWO Forum members will be able to post questions to Georgia Moffett regarding her role in Doctor Who and her career as an actress. Over the coming weeks / month's Georgia will be logging in to answer your questions.

In 4.6: The Doctor's Daughter, Georgia plays the title role of The Doctor's daughter, Jenny. Fans may know that she is also the real-life daughter to Peter Davison who played The 5th Doctor.

Georgia is the latest in a long list of Doctor Who celebrity guests from both the Classic and New Series, to join our popular Ask & Answer section in the DWO Forums.

Post your questions to Georgia from 7:30pm on Saturday 10th May 2008:
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S4: Episode #4 - Final BARB rating

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:49:22 GMT

S4: Episode #4 - Final BARB rating
News Dated: 7/5/2008

The Final BARB rating is in for 4.4: The Sontaran Stratagem.

The Final BARB rating shows that the episode achieved 7.06m viewers.

Doctor Who was the sixth most-watched programme on BBC One for the week, and the 17th most-watched programme on all channels.

[Source: Andy Parish]

DWO WhoCast - Episode #68

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:47:44 GMT

DWO WhoCast - Episode #68
News Dated: 7/5/2008

Episode #68 of the DWO WhoCast is now online!

In this week's show the 2T's discuss 4.4: The Sontaran Strategem, and delve back into classic Who to draw parallels with the already established history of the Sontarans.

Seb interviews James Moran, writer of 4.2: The Fires of Pompeii about how he got into writing, his involvement with writing for Torchwood, and of course his work on Doctor Who.

Together will the latest News & Feedback - the DWO WhoCast is just what the Doctor ordered!

The DWO WhoCast is FREE to download, and contains all the latest from the world of Doctor Who.

If you are an iTunes user, make sure you vote and post your comments; the more people that vote and leave their comments the higher up the rankings we go and the more successful we are.

Also if you have any feedback let us know, and of course suggestions are always welcome. You can also email us an mp3 comment to: feedback@thewhocast.com and we can play it on the show.

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S4: Episode #5 - Overnight Ratings

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:14:56 GMT

S4: Episode #5 - Overnight Ratings
News Dated: 4/5/2008

The Overnight Ratings are in for 4.5: The Poison Sky.

Overnight Ratings show that the episode achieved 5.9m viewers with a 32.5% audience share.

Doctor Who was the second most-watched programme on Saturday, being beaten by Britain's Got Talent, which achieved 8.5m viewers.

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[Source: Andy Parish]

Obituary: Bernard Archard

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sat, 03 May 2008 16:07:05 GMT

Obituary: Bernard Archard
News Dated: 3/5/2008

It is with deepest regret that we announce the passing of Bernard Archard.

Bernard was best known to Doctor Who fans for his roles as Bragen in The Power of the Daleks, and as Marcus Scarman in Pyramids of Mars.

DWO would like to extend its sympathies to Bernard's friends and family.

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[Source: Neil Marsh]

S4: The Poison Sky - Images

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sat, 03 May 2008 07:15:57 GMT

S4: The Poison Sky - Images
News Dated: 3/5/2008

Taylor Herring have sent us some images from 4.5: The Poison Sky.

The Poison Sky

The Sontarans activate their masterplan, and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth. UNIT is left defenceless, with a traitor in their ranks. And as interplanetary war edges closer, Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive - but will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays his new companion Donna Noble.
Freema Agyeman and Christopher Ryan guest star.

** All images are copyright to the BBC and can not be reprinted without permission.

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S4: Episode #7 - Synopsis

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:37:22 GMT

S4: Episode #7 - Synopsis
News Dated: 1/5/2008

The synopsis for 4.7: The Unicorn and the Wasp is now online.

4.7: The Unicorn and the Wasp

In 1926, Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days. Was it amnesia? A nervous breakdown? Or a Giant Alien Wasp..?

As Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues, the Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist to encounter a body in the library, poisoned cocktails and a Vespiform seeking revenge.

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays his companion Donna Noble, with guest stars Felicity Kendal and Fenella Woolgar.

4.7: The Unicorn and the Wasp airs on Saturday 17th May, Time TBC.

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[Source: BBCi Press Office - website]

DWA Issue #62 - cover & details

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:56:23 GMT

DWA Issue #62 - cover & details
News Dated: 30/4/2008

DWO have been sent the cover & details for Doctor Who Adventures Magazine - Issue #62:

Doctor Who Adventures Magazine - Issue #62
BBC Magazines Trade Release

The Sontarans are here!

This week’s issue of Doctor Who Adventures prepares you for a battle with the Sontarans.
Check out our favourite bits from last week’s adventure and get the lowdown on what scares to expect in part two of the Sontaran story, The Poison Sky.

Are you a Friend of the Ood? Yes? Then make sure you enter the first part of our three-part win a life-size Ood head competition!

The issue comes with a FREE Doctor Who Adventures keyring plus a set of monster bouncy balls featuring some of the menacing creatures from the series!

PLUS:
- Three cool posters: The Doctor and Donna, The Sontaran Stratagem and the Sisters in The Fires of Pompeii.
- Tales from the TARDIS: Mickey activates the Dalek Genesis Ark by accident!
- Quiz: How well do you know the Sontarans?
- Activity: Make a creepy Pyrovile mask.
- Secrets: Behind the scenes with Doctor Who Confidential – find out how the Adipose came to life.
- Doctor's Data: The Adipose.
- Comic strip: The Doctor uncovers a secret in Vienna…
- Time Teasers: Loads of puzzles to solve – hunt the hands and untangle the Ood tentacles!
- Who knows! Who made the sonic screwdriver and which Doctor has had the most companions?
- Win: Bag some great gifts!
- Subscription offer: If you subscribe you’ll get a FREE Doctor Who audiobook!
- ALL THIS AND MORE!

DWA Issue #62 goes on sale from Thursday 1st May 2008, priced £2.10.

ORDER this Magazine in the DWO WHOSTORE:
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1209574463

[Thanks to: DWA Editor; Moray Laing & DWA Press Assistant; Amanda Browne]

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S4: Episode #3 - Final BARB rating

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:37:08 GMT

S4: Episode #3 - Final BARB rating
News Dated: 30/4/2008

The Final BARB rating is in for 4.3: Planet of the Ood.

The Final BARB rating shows that the episode achieved 7.50m viewers.

Doctor Who was the fourth most-watched programme on BBC One for the week, and the 12th most-watched programme on all channels.

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[Source: Andy Parish]

Forthcoming DVD releases

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:01:06 GMT

Forthcoming DVD releases
News Dated: 30/4/2008

2|entertain have just confirmed some more forthcoming Doctor Who DVD release datess to DWO.

16th June - K9 Tales (The Invisible Enemy / K9 & Company)
21st July - The Brain of Morbius
18th August - The Trial of a Time Lord
15th September - Four to Doomsday

** Dates are subject to change.

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DWO Interview: Dave Tremont

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:50:37 GMT

DWO Interview: Dave Tremont
News Dated: 30/4/2008

DWO recently interviewed Weta's Senior Workshop Artist about the new Doctor Who range.

How did you get into the world of Model Making?

"Simply, Thunderbirds and my father. Thunderbirds totally captured my imagination, as a child, and has stayed with me ever since. I was always aware that I was looking at models and would try to recreate them with whatever was at hand... usually Lego.

My father often built, us kids, wooden toys from scratch and I loved watching him do it. When he built me the Thunderbirds from solid blocks of wood, it all clicked and I have been building models ever since."

How long have you been a fan of Doctor Who?

"Ever since it started, yep!.. all ten Doctors have been my Doctor and this also relates to question 1 as part of the inspiration that got me into this business. Doctor Who had a magic and creativeness about it that allowed me to imagine and dream (not just the nightmares).

Even for its low budget it allowed me to be inspired and lost in the stories enough to not see the wooden sets and seams down the backdrops. There was a great deal of television, at that time, that inspired a generation of special effects technicians (me included) with Thunderbirds and Doctor Who at the top.

A great deal of that inspiration disappeared from our screens, until now with the new series which I am enjoying even more than I ever did... One is never too old to be inspired."

Read the full DWO Interview with Dave Tremont here:
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Phil Ford joins the Forums

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:31:17 GMT

Phil Ford joins the Forums
News Dated: 29/4/2008

DWO are pleased to announce another Doctor Who celebrity guest into the DWO Forums.

Phil Ford - Writer

Torchwood - 2.9: Something Borrowed
The Sarah Jane Adventures - 1.3 & 1.4: Eye of the Gorgon
The Sarah Jane Adventures - 1.9 & 1.10: The Lost Boy

Phil is the latest in a long list of Doctor Who celebrity guests from both the Classic and New Series, to join our popular Ask & Answer section in the DWO Forums.

Post your questions to Phil:
http://www.drwho-online.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?board=aa-philford

[Source: DWO]

DWM Issue #395 - cover & details

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:29:26 GMT

DWM Issue #395 - cover & details
News Dated: 29/4/2008

DWO have received the cover & details for DWM Issue #395:

Doctor Who Magazine - Issue #395
Panini Magazines Trade Release

IT’S ALL OUT WAR IN DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 395!

David Tennant and the cast of the latest Doctor Who adventure discuss the war-loving, potato-headed, baddies in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine...

“Sontarans are great,” beams David, while sitting on a deck chair, and watching a troop of Sontarans march across the Doctor Who set. “I think that’s partly because they come from a very specific world. That back story gives them a great context. Robert Holmes didn’t just create a race, back in the 1970s: he created a world that they came from. Even if you never saw that planet, you understood why they did what they did.”

Also this issue:

An exclusive interview with Georgia Moffett on what it’s like being the Doctor’s Daughter.

Previews of the next four episodes of Series Four – The Doctor’s Daughter, The Unicorn and the Wasp and Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead – featuring new and previously unpublished photos!

Russell T Davies reveals all about Partners in Crime’s top secret scene in Production Notes.

There’s a crisis in the Caribbean as Donna makes her comic strip début in Part One of The Widow’s Curse.

DWM visits Rome and reveals the true story of how a disaster was created, in an exclusive report on the making of The Fires of Pompeii – featuring interviews with actor Francois Pandolfo and writer James Moran.

Rose returns? Missing planets?! Vanishing bees?!? What can it all mean? We look at the clues...

What are Ood, but a reflection of ourselves? Find out as we go behind-the-scenes on the Ood-sphere and talk to the cast and crew of Planet of the Ood, including Keith Temple, Tim McInnerny, Paul Kasey and Adrian Rawlins.

Actress Louise Jameson tells what it was really like to work with Tom Baker in Doctor Who...

The Time Team discover if Karfel is really as awful as its reputation, as they watch Timelash.

PLUS all the latest news, exclusive photos, reviews, previews, competitions and even more!

DWM #395 goes on sale at newsagents from Thursday 1st May priced £3.99.

[To view cover - check out the DWO News page]

[Source: Doctor Who Magazine]

Anthony Head keen to return

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:04:15 GMT

Anthony Head keen to return
News Dated: 29/4/2008

Speaking to Digital Spy, Anthony Head discusses his ambition for a return to Doctor Who.

Are there any plans to resurrect your Doctor Who villain Mr Finch?
"Apparently not – and I'm not sure why! I think he should come back. He was good fun. There is a school of thought that he's dead, but you don't see him die. Who knows? I'm very fond of him and it was such good fun working with Mr Tennant. He's a lovely actor. So if they ask me I'd say 'yes' in a flash."

They say 'never work with children or animals', so where does K-9 fit into that?
"In both categories! I've worked with more responsive actors. After all this time, they might have worked out one or two more means of propulsion. He was quite slow off the mark and not always terribly consistent. But beyond that I know he's a lot of people's favourite, so I'm not going to diss him!"

READ the interview in full here:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a94672/anthony-head-the-invisibles.html

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Radio Times - Freema interview

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:43:00 GMT

Radio Times - Freema interview
News Dated: 29/4/2008

This week's Radio Times includes an interview with Freema Agyeman.

Now, hands up who thought sparks would fly between Martha and Donna (Catherine Tate).

“Too obvious!” laughs Agyeman. “Everyone was expecting that, so it’s brilliant to have wrong-footed them. Martha and Donna are both too grounded to start swinging their handbags at each other. I’m glad that they didn’t. Instead, the two of them banter and gang up on the Doct or. It’s got great comedy value.”

Was she able to keep a straight face opposite the Sontarans?

“Tiny little warriors who look like potatoes,” she considers. “Well, they look cute, but they’re totally obsessed with war and bloodlust and death and honour. I think they’re suffering a bit from small-man syndrome."

“I did get a text from Russell T Davies just before we started filming that said ‘This is the first time ever that you’ll tower over a baddie!’ ” That can’t have helped. “No, but it was funny. When they walked on set, I did have a bit of a giggle.”

This week's copy comes with the second part of The Resurrection Casket FREE Audiobook.

Radio Times is out today, priced £1.00.

[Source: Radio Times]

S4: Episode #4 - Overnight Ratings

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:08:17 GMT

S4: Episode #4 - Overnight Ratings
News Dated: 27/4/2008

The Overnight Ratings are in for 4.4: The Sontaran Stratagem.

Overnight Ratings show that the episode achieved 6.4m viewers with a 35.2% audience share.

Doctor Who was the second most-watched programme on Saturday, being beaten by Britain's Got Talent, which achieved 9.4m viewers.

[Source: Andy Parish]

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DWO WhoCast - Episode #67

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:03:21 GMT

DWO WhoCast - Episode #67
News Dated: 26/4/2008

Episode #67 of the DWO WhoCast is now online!

Make new presenters; Trevor and Tony feel welcome as they embark on a new era for the DWO WhoCast. In this episode the 2T's cover the first three episodes of Series 4 Doctor Who.

4.1: Partners in Crime, 4.2: The Fires of Pompeii & 4.3: Planet of the Ood get the DWO WhoCast treatment as the boys cast their critical gaze over these episodes. There is also a jam-packed news section, and Seb gets some audience feedback from 4.1: Partners in Crime at the Series 4 launch party.

And stay tuned till the end to hear about a new part of the DWO WhoCast that we want YOU to get involved with!

Together will the latest News & Feedback - the DWO WhoCast is just what the Doctor ordered!

The DWO WhoCast is FREE to download, and contains all the latest from the world of Doctor Who.

If you are an iTunes user, make sure you vote and post your comments; the more people that vote and leave their comments the higher up the rankings we go and the more successful we are.

Also if you have any feedback let us know, and of course suggestions are always welcome. You can also email us an mp3 comment to: feedback@thewhocast.com and we can play it on the show.

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[Source: DWO]

S4: Episode #6 - Synopsis

mail@drwho-online.co.uk — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:35:27 GMT

S4: Episode #6 - Synopsis
News Dated: 24/4/2008

The synopsis for 4.6: The Doctor's Daughter is now online.

4.6: The Doctor's Daughter

The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on the distant planet Messaline, in the middle of an endless war, as Russell T Davies's Bafta Award-winning time-travelling drama continues.

But as General Cobb threatens genocide, and Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor faces an even greater battle – can he find peace with his own child?

David Tennant plays the Doctor and Catherine Tate plays his new companion, Donna Noble. Freema Agyeman and Georgia Moffett guest star.

4.6: The Doctor's Daughter airs on Saturday 10th May, Time TBC.

[Source: BBCi Press Office - website]