As filming continues on the anniversary special we see a week full of news about book,s DVDs and Season Seven. Plus some stars from Torchwood are speaking their minds.
Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS will pull on nostalgia strings while adding further mystery about the Doctor’s vessel and what it does.
HIDE RATINGS
The initial ratings are in for HIde. It drew an audience share of 24.5% of the viewing audience and was seen by 5.0 million people, placing it as the fourth most watch show of the day.
The Audience Appreciation Index for Hide was 85 out of 100.
SEASON SEVEN ON DVD
Some information on The Series Seven Part Two DVD have come to light. In addition to having the second half stories, The Snowmen, The Bells of Saint John, The Rings of Akhaten, Cold War, Hide, Journey to The Centre Of The TARDIS, The Crimson Horror, Nightmare In Silver and The Name of The Doctor. It will also include The Companions TV special.
Amazon.com has a synopsis for the DVD release, slated for May 20th in the United Kingdom and May 28th in North America.
The Doctor kicks off this new run of adventures by searching for his companion Clara – an Impossible Girl he’s already lost twice. Together they find themselves battling monsters on distant alien planets, trapped in a Russian submarine with a deadly passenger, chasing terrifying ghosts, delving into the heart of the TARDIS, facing the Crimson Horror in Victorian Yorkshire, and coming face to face with an army of upgraded Cybermen. The action grows and the Doctor’s oldest secret threatens to be revealed as the world’s longest running science fiction series builds toward its explosive 50th anniversary.
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE TARDIS
The BBC have released a synopsis and promo photos for this week’s episode. Journey To The Centre of The TARDIS was written by Steve Thompson and directed by Matt King.
Synopsis
A spaceship salvage team drags the TARDIS on board, sending its systems into meltdown.
As the Doctor marshals the motley salvage crew outside, he realises Clara is still trapped within his malfunctioning ship, pursued by a dangerous group of ossified monsters. He has just 30 minutes to find Clara and save his TARDIS before it self-destructs.
The episode features some terrific mentions of events from the classic series including An Unearthly Child.
A book about the History Of The Time War is shown.
We will see the TARDIS library.
We will hear a familiar voice.
Some interesting back story bits about The Time Lords are in order.
MOFFAT ON THE NAME OF THE DOCTOR
Steven Moffat discussed the season finale in an interview in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
There’s often an element of throwing in some lovely names, and then figuring it out later, but I’ve always had a sort of plan for the Doctor and Trenzalore….Things will be resolved. Things I’ve left hanging in plain sight – and sometimes not in plain sight – will be tied up.
Look for the full interview in issue # 460.
NIGHTMARE IN SILVER
The BBC has released a synopsis for Neil Gaiman’s Nightmare In Silver.
Hedgewick’s World of Wonders was once the greatest theme park in the galaxy, but it’s now the dilapidated home to a shabby showman, a chess-playing dwarf and a dysfunctional army platoon. When the Doctor, Clara, Artie and Angie arrive, the last thing they expect is the re-emergence of one of the Doctor’s oldest foes. The Cybermen are back!
Nightmare In Silver airs on May 11th.
BARROWMAN AND KINGSTON SIDE BY SIDE
If it happens it has all the potential to be one of the greatest buddy adventures ever. Alex Kingston and John Barrowman are itching to work together as River and Captain Jack.
Barrowman recently talked up the idea of a River/Jack sitcom with TV Addict.
Actually, the first time Alex and I met each other was at Cameron Mackintosh’s house in London, the theater producer. He was celebrating his 25th anniversary to his partner and we were there and bumped into each other. We didn’t even say anything, we just looked at each other and went, “Aaaaaahhh! My god!” We got a glass of champagne and started talking about how it would be great if River and Jack, actually, she said River and Jack should have their own TV show. Then as we talked more, we realized that we’re both born on the same day. We’re both March 11th babies and we have so much in common. We like a lot of the same things and our attitude towards stuff is very, very similar. It struck a chord with us because that’s why River and Jack are very similar characters, in their attitude and their fun and their aggression, we are the same in real life, which is really ironic. So we struck it off. Then she came on Arrow, again we saw each other in the makeup trailer and just screamed. We both said, “Boy, there’s going to be some fan-gasms out there in a couple of weeks!” It was brilliant.
In the interview he also discussed the state of Torchwood.
BARROWMAN ON 50TH ANNIVERSARY
John Barrowman had some candid remarks about his noninvolvement in the 5oth Anniversary special in an interview with TV Line. He is not a happy camper.
People have tried to say it’s my schedule; it’s absolutely not,” he insists. ”I was told by the producers of Arrow that if I was asked to do the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who they’d let me go and do it. It was nothing to do with my schedule. It’s just a matter of fact that I wasn’t asked.
I understand why they did it. They want to move forward, they want to try some different things… I know from how Russell approached things, they’re not doing it just for the über fan; they’re doing it for the wider audience. And if they’re going to bring a character back it wouldn’t be just for the über fan, it would be for everybody. So perhaps that’s the thinking they had. I don’t know.
Link: http://tvline.com/2013/04/22/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-john-barrowman/
THE GREEN DEATH ON DVD
The Green Death is coming to DVD in a Special Edition format this August. The special features for this Jon Pertwee adventure have been cleared by the BBFC.
Included on the DVD will be a photo gallery, several Easter Eggs , Welsh TV archival footage and several new featurettes including What Katy Knew which profiles Katy Manning and her career after her departure from the series and The One With The Maggots, about the making of The Green Death. Dr. Forever!-The Unquiet Dead is also included.
A commentary clip from The Sarah Jane Adventures story, The Death of The Doctor is also included with Katy Manning and Russell T. Davies remembering Lis Sladen.
Synopsis
UNIT is called in after a miner from the Welsh village of Llanfairfach is found dead, his skin glowing bright green. Jo joins forces with a local environmental group, led by Professor Clifford Jones, while the Doctor investigates the nearby plant of a company called Global Chemicals.
They discover that the mine workings are full of giant maggots and green slime – both lethal to touch – that have been produced by chemical waste pumped from the Global plant.
The DVD of this 1973 story also features enhanced sound and picture, updated production notes and interviews from writer Robert Sloman, and guest star Stewart Bevan. Both interviews were taken from the original DVD release.
BFI TO SCREEN THE TWO DOCTORS
The BFI has announced that it will screen Colin Baker’s 1985 three-part romp The Two Doctors on Saturday, June 15th at 2pm as part of their Doctor Who At 50 Series. Filmed in Spain this Robert Holmes story also features Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines.
The BFI has also released guest information for the May 4th screening of The Caves of Androzani. A Q&A With Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Director Graeme Harper and music composer Roger Limb will follow the presentation.
WHO’S THERE
An updated edition of Who’s There by Jessica Carney is due this September from Fantom Books.
Carney is the granddaughter of William Hartnell, the actor best known for portraying the original Doctor.
BOB BAKER BOOK
K-9 creator Bob Baker has written an autobiography entitled K-9 Stole My Trousers. The book chronicles Baker’s career which includes writing several episodes of Doctor Who and three Wallace & Gromit movies.
THE BEGINNING
Big Finish is celebrating the Fiftieth Anniversary in a big way. An anniversary themed audio adventure starring Carole Ann Ford. Released as part of their Companion Chronicles line, The Beginning is written by Marc Platt and guest stars Terry Molloy .
Synopsis
When the First Doctor and his grand-daughter Susan escape through the cloisters of Gallifrey to an old Type 40 Time Travel capsule, little do they realize the adventures that lie ahead… And little do they know, as the TARDIS dematerializes and they leave their home world behind, there is someone else aboard the ship. He is Quadrigger Stoyn, and he is very unhappy…
The Beginning is scheduled for November release.
CAROLE ANN FORD REFLECTS ON DOCTOR WHO
Carole Ann Ford was interviewed by The Telegraph this week where she candidly spoke about how playing Susan destroyed her career. Ford appeared on Radio 4 on Friday as part of The Reunion featuring those who helped bring the show to TV five decades ago.
In the interview she talked about creating the character and developing a relationship with William Hartnell.
Bill and I put together a back story because we had to. You can’t act something unless you know what is behind it. We created the fact that he had done something to annoy the other Time Lords and they decided he had to go.
THE POLITICIAN’S HUSBAND
Frankie, a six part drama from Lucy Gannon, is about a nurse (Myles) whose patients matter more to her than her personal life.
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