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Matt Smith Sends Touching Video to Ill Fan

Nick Kitchen is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

I wrote recently about why I felt that the world needed the Doctor and at the end of the day, I argued that the reason we need him is because of hope.

A commenter made an astute point that fiction rarely has the power to impact change in the real world, and to a degree, I would concede that there is some truth to that argument. Occasionally, however, there are bright and blessed moments when fiction and reality intersect, and the result is brilliant.

Former Doctor Matt Smith recently brought a measure of hope to four year old fan, Jack Robinson, in the form of a personal video message. Robinson has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The video featured Smith singing a bit of the Doctor Who theme, as well as promising to send “goodies” and make a visit to him when he returns to the UK. According to his father, Terry, the Time Lord’s gift made a big impact on Jack:

Jack was over the moon…Jack had gone to sleep, but we woke him up to show him the message. His eye lit up and he was so delighted. It has made his day.

There is no disputing that this was an incredibly classy move on Matt Smith’s part, and just part of the reason he was so immensely popular as the Doctor. We, here at Kasterborous, wish Jack the best as he continues to face his illness.

(Also, apologies for the advert on the video above; it’s not ours…)

(Via Portsmouth News)

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Doctor Who – The 50th Anniversary Collection Reviewed

James Whittington is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Doctor Who is as famous for its inventive music as it is for its stories and this collection of pieces of music from the show’s past is a timely reminder of this fact. I guess you could call it, Now That’s What I Call Doctor Who then again, maybe not.

As you’d expect this Doctor Who – The 50th Anniversary Collection kicks off with the astonishing and unforgettable “Original Theme” which, even in today’s world of synths and digital recording is a sublime piece of arrangement and invention. From here on in we work slowly across each Doctor’s era.

CD 1: 1963-1974

This CD covers the first three Doctors but dedicates most of its time to the Hartnell and Troughton years. After the “Theme” we’re treated to the awesome “Three Guitars Mood 2″ which sums up the time perfectly and fades into one of the most distinct sounds in TV history, the TARDIS take off piece. Still sends shivers up my spine. We have more experimental sound effects and unworldly soundscapes with the selections from The Daleks with the effects “Dalek Control Room” and “Capsule Oscillation” being of particular interest. “Chumbly (Constant Run)” brings back monochrome memories whilst Excerpts From The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon from The Gunfighters shows just how brave the series became and never afraid to try out new things. It also gives you a chance to enjoy the wit of this often talked about piece of music. Then we’re back into the cold blackness with “Space Adventure Part 2″ from The Tenth Planet. This cinematic experience is a bold stab at orchestration with reverb and is incredibly satisfying.

We enter the Troughton era with “Heartbeat Chase” from The Macra Terror and bizarre is one way to describe it. Then the pieces “Chromophone Band” and “Propaganda Sleep Machine” (now there’s a name for a Prog rock band!) are pure 60s weirdness. “Birth Of The Cybermats” is haunting to say the least and “Zoe’s Theme” isn’t actually a theme as such more a set of pulsing beats. “The Dark Side Of The Moon” from The Invasion is hypnotic in its structure which is at odds to “The Company” which could easily have formed part of a theme to any 60s drama show from ITC. Titles from The Seeds Of Death is electronic creepiness that lead the way for many such pieces in the 1970s. “Doctor Who – New Opening 1967″ is tremendous, blast this through your speakers and applaud its eccentricity.

“The Master’s Theme” is a classic piece, full of sinister stabs and strange electronic echo which is appropriately carried over into “Hypnosis Music”. “Keller Machine Theme” is as dramatic as such things gets rising to an ear-bleeding ending. “The Axons Approach” is filled with the electronic sounds that Pertwee’s era were filled with, slightly grating when listening without the benefit if mages but will appeal to the hard core massive. “Music From The Sea Devils” is much of the same but with more restraint whilst “Music From Frontier In Space“ signals where the theme from Blake’s 7 may have come from. “Metebellis III Atmosphere” is all that was right in creating unnatural soundscapes for the Third Doctor and finishes off the first disc in fine style.

CD 2: 1974-1984

The “Opening Title Theme” (which still after all these years gets the hairs on the back of my neck standing to attention) welcomes us to disc 2 and then jumps to the “Nerva Beacon Infrastructure And TMat Couch” piece which is less than inspiring but “Music From Revenge Of The Cybermen” is much more pleasing. “Terror of The Zygons: Zygons Attack” and “Music From The Android Invasion: Episodes 3″ and “4″ are classic Doctor Who compositions with deep orchestrations and plenty pf percussion clashing around. “The Seeds Of Doom: Antarctica-The First Pod” goes for the spine-tingling classic sound of 1940s and 50s B-movies with a creeping, underlining menace. It’s carried on through the next track displaying so wonderful composition from Geoffrey Burgon.



“The Invasion Of Time” is superb, simply brilliant work from Dudley Simpson. Five and a half minutes of nostalgic wonderfulness. Much like an early Hammer score with added synthesisers, its bombastic at one moment and gentle the next. One of the stand-out moments on this set. The Tom Baker era continues with “Closing Theme” immediately followed by “Doctor Who 1980 Opening Titles“ realised by Peter Howell. Now I got to say this is a great version, not as strong as the original but well worth praise.

“The Leisure Hive: Into Argolis” and “The Keeper Of Trakken: Nyssa’s Theme” is when sysths really kicked in when scoring the show and lack the dramatic impact the more tradition scores had. “Logopolis: It’s The End“ gets the balance right and is as emotional here as it is when accompanied by images. “Doctor Who 1980 Closing Titles“ rounds of the Fourth Doctor’s time but signals the start of the Fifth’s.

“Castrovalva” continues the ambiance of the previous adventure, slightly experimental and at times sounding like a ZX Spectrum game. Roger Limb’s “Four To Doomsday: Exploring The Lab” hits the Vangelis style of scoring and is a cracking audio moment. “Mawdryn Undead” has a tacky piece of throwaway music which I can’t recall where it appeared. Sounds like a game show/sitcom piece, awful but this may have been the desired reaction. We’re right back into classic territory with “The Five Doctors Suite“, an exceptional track that has the nods to the past in all the right places. “The Caves Of Androzani (Alternative Suite)“ is another exceptional and emotional track that gives us the chance to visit its dark themes. The disc finishes with “Doctor Who Theme – 1980 Full Version“ and sounds awesome when turned right up, especially the end blast.

CD 3: 1984-1996

Disc 3 opens with “The Twin Dilemma Suite“ and is far better than the story to which it accompanies and far more powerful than I recall. Not surprisingly really as I’ve only seen this adventure a couple of times. Same can be said for “The Mark Of The Rani Suite“ which is quite beautiful in parts and a real joy and has an almost X-Files feel to it, years before that come to our shores. Elizabeth Parker’s “Timelash Suite“ is pure 80s sci-fi and is dark and foreboding and minimalist at times. “Doctor Who 1986″ is probably the worst official version of the theme ever. Sounding as if composed on a Spectrum 48k it lacks any sort of dramatic impact and cheapens a long legacy of superior arrangements.

“The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet” is far better and as powerful as electronic music can be. Doom laden and melancholic it brought darkness to the story. “Trial Of A Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe” reminded me slightly of “The Five Doctors” (apart from the circus moment) and is probably Dominic Glyn’s finest piece on this release.

“Doctor Who 1986″ is probably the worst official version of the theme ever. Sounding as if composed on a Spectrum 48k it lacks any sort of dramatic impact and basically sounds cheap.

“Doctor Who 1987″ is the often debated Sylvester McCoy era theme and is a slight improvement on the last version that we heard. “Here’s To The Future“ from Delta And The Bannermen is a great, hammy piece of contemporary nostalgia but “Dragonfire” suffers from brass stabs overload. The piece from Remembrance Of The Daleks would have been so much better with an orchestra instead of a synth but Battlefield gets the electronic score just right as does The Curse Of Fenric which is a real “all guns blazing” piece of over-the-top scoring. This is one for the neighbours. …And Somewhere The Tea’s Getting Cold is a gentle and emotional goodbye to the classic series. But the disc isn’t finished with the Seventh Doctor just yet.

“Prologue: Skaro/Doctor Who Theme” brings us to 1996 and the Seventh Doctor’s last shout before turning into Doctor number eight. I love the version of the theme which was the first track of an impressive score. All the pieces from the TV Movie are bold, far removed from what has gone before and all the better for it. “Who Am I“ is dreamlike and hypnotic whilst “The Chase (Original Version)“ is pitched perfectly to the drama unfolding on screen. “Open The Eye“ is as over-the-top as Eric Roberts’s performance but “Farewell” is just beautiful and grabs the TV Movie’s emotional end moments perfectly. Disc 3 ends with another rousing blast of the “Doctor Who theme”.

CD 4: 2005-2013

We arrive at the show’s resurrection and it’s a bit of a hit and miss affair. This is mainly because the Ninth Doctor is only represented by only a couple of tracks. As this was an era that kicked the whole new run off it seems a tad short-sighted, but hey, we have that lush looking TARDIS Shaped Soundtrack Set to look forward to. There’s also only one version of the theme. Anyway, this version of the theme is as bombastic as it is melodramatic and is in stark contrast “Rose’s Theme“ which is still as haunting as it is beautiful. And then we’re into Tenth Doctor territory with the gloom of Doomsday.

“Donna’s Theme” and “The Doctor Forever” from The Runaway Bride are the weaker moments on this collection, slightly over-done in the arrangement stakes but Gold makes things better with the ethereal “Martha’s Theme“ from Smith And Jones. “This Is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home“ is taken from The Sound Of Drums/The Last of the Time Lords and is a rousing, brass blasting moment that blows away any cobwebs and is a perfect companion to “Song Of Freedom“ from “The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End. “Four Knocks“ is a triumph of composition. Subtle, bold and emotionally engaging it delicately informs us of the imminent demise of Doctor 10 and fades away leaving you pining for more.

“I Am The Doctor“ is a bold statement, of the new incarnation putting his foot down claiming his place in the series. “Abigail’s Song (Silence Is All Around)“ is a wonderfully realised operatic track from probably one of the most bizarre scenes ever to appear in Doctor Who. An its emotion all the way for the rest of this selection, “Melody Pond“ and “The Wedding Of River Song” have a melancholic deepness to them adding an extra depth of emotion to them. “Together Or Not At All” brings home the romance of Rory and Amy with a contemporary beat added to a classic theme. The CD finishes with “The Long Song” from The Rings Of Akhaten, a story that lacked plot but gained in imagination. I know it split a lot of fandom but it wasn’t that bad, was it?

So the, this is truly a celebration of the music that has graced the series over the last 50 years. If there’s ever a Vol.2 lets hope they put more from the Ninth Doctor’s time on it.

Fancy indulging? Amazon has Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection listed for a bargainous £11.83!

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Marco Polo Lost Doctor Who Episodes Omnirumour Continues

James Lomond is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

ATTENTION: Absolutely NOTHING has been confirmed but put down your tea and lean-in, Kasterborites. The Omnirumour has sprouted another Kroll-like tentacle. (Or rather lengthened a pre-existing one. Read on…)

Legendary Doctor Who convention, Gallifrey One took place last weekend and featured a panel discussion on the on-going search for missing 60s episodes… Nerdist has reported welcome comments from Restoration Team founding member Steve Roberts at the panel. This included quoting a letter from Philip Morris, the man responsible for returning 1967s The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear to the BBC…

…The letter said that the remainder of a large haul of discovered film prints of vintage television shows that had been discovered in Nigeria were still being sorted though. However we were told to “expect the unexpected” and Roberts had reason to believe that the most likely find is all or some of Marco Polo (1964)  – the only missing serial from season one.

We reported on the possibility of Polo having been found back in November last year though that followed reports by the Mirror from a ‘TV insider’ (yeah, OK) that a fan had recorded film of all seven episodes back in the 60s and held on to it until now. But last weekend’s panel seem to indicate that Polo may instead have been found in the haul from Nigeria.

Whatever the truth is, the Omnirumour is being strangely persistent and there seems to be reason to hope for good news… I certainly hope so as, personally, the discovery of missing Who is more exciting than getting snogged by that super-hot celebrity you’ve always had a massive crush on. In space. (I’m sure you’re the same, dear reader). And it’s tough reigning in the excitement just in case the Omnirumour turns out to disappoint.

So in the meantime, carry on eating, sleeping, going to school/work/mining the Parrinium. But here’s hoping!

(Via Nerdist.)

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First Unseen Photo of Matt and Karen

Philip Bates is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Can you believe it’s been four whole years since we first got a publicity shot of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond?

The well-known photo is of the pair falling through the time vortex, surrounded by a bevvy of monsters, including The Beast Below‘s Smilers, a Weeping Angel and a Dalek. But Karen Gillan tweeted a lovely photo: the first real test shot of them, looking fresh-faced and, frankly, cute…

1st pic of Matt and I in character was released 4 yrs ago today, but, I have the real one..from the 1st camera test pic.twitter.com/72ldPCvpM3

— Karen Gillan (@KarenGillan2) February 18, 2014

Awwww. I know! Look at them, before Trenzalore; before the Impossible Girl; before the Teselecta; before the Silence; before the Pandorica opened; before the crack in time; before fish fingers and custard, even…

Amy’s garb is a slight variation of what she wore in The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone, the first storyline the pair filmed, fact fans.

Four Years. Four Years. Can you believe it? And can you believe it’s all over…?

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Don’t Miss John Hurt In Snowpiercer! [TRAILER]

Danny_Weasel is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Whether you call him Doctor number Nine, 8.5, the Other Doctor, or as my son refers to him, Doctor No More, we all love John Hurt and his portrayal of the War Doctor.

Well the great man is in action again, though alas not as a Time Lord, in the forthcoming movie Snowpiercer, the story of a world engulfed in a second ice age where the remains of humanity survive on a continually moving train that traverses the globe and the social revolution that erupts on board.

The graphic novels (available as Vol. 1 The Escape and Vol.2 – The Explorers) on which the movie is based were released this week and within 48 hours the first volume had to be reprinted as demand was so high!

For those of you in the know, you may be aware that there is currently a battle going on as to the final cut of the western version of the film with John Hurt being one of the main voices crying out for the full cut to be released rather than the proposed edited version that will suffer from 20 minutes of what John Hurt has called “unnecessary cuts”.

From the trailers available online and the word of mouth spreading from the east, where the film has already been released and the staggering news about the reprints of the graphic novels it’s looking like this may be the beginning of something as unstoppable as the train of the title, what do you think about it all, is it a little too much hype? What are your views on the cuts? Let us know in the usual way below.

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Comedy Rapper Devo Spice Releases Doctor Who Concept Album

Drew Boynton is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Devo Spice, science fiction fandom’s rapping answer to “Weird” Al Yankovic, has done something that Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy could have only dreamed of attempting: a Doctor Who concept album. 

It features one track for each Doctor, and Mr. Spice even got three of our favorite actors, Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Sophie Aldred (Ace), and the Fifth Doctor himself (!), Peter Davison, to make cameo appearances on their respective Doctors’ songs.  I always thought Peter Davison would make a good rapper…but maybe that’s the celery talking.

Even though he’s no relation to either the iconic 80s band Devo or any of those Girls, the US-based Devo Spice (real name: Tom Rockwell) was able to raise enough money through Kickstarter to fund the album, which is titled “I Am The Doctor.”  He explains how it came about:

I wrote the song ‘I Am The Doctor’ as a stand-alone song a while ago but I wanted to do something special for the 50th anniversary…When I came up with the idea for the concept album I thought it would make a perfect title track.

The album will drop (as they say in the music biz) on/about Saturday, February 22nd.  It will be available on both Amazon and iTunes, or a CD version can be ordered directly from devospice.com. 

The rap maestro will also be appearing at MystiCon in Roanoke, Virginia on the 22nd (George Washington’s birthday…coincidence?  I think not!) to do a concert and promote the album.

No word yet on whether Devo Spice’s next album will be a tribute to the Songs of River or the Melodies of Pond.

Kasterborites, what is your favorite Doctor Who-related music?

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Karen Gillan Challenges Moffat Character Criticisms

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Karen Gillan has said she can’t understand why Steven Moffat has come in for criticism over his depiction of female characters in Doctor Who.

Asked what she made of what’s emerging as one of the brickbats aimed most persistently at the show-runner, Karen was quick to defend her former boss:

I just don’t understand that because I feel like I had a very rounded, interesting, flawed and layered character to play. And I wore skirts but Steven Moffat had nothing to do with that! He doesn’t care about costumes. So I don’t really understand that if I’ve got to be honest.

Amy Pond had perhaps the most complete and well-realised journey of any regular character ever seen in Doctor Who, of course, so it’s unsurprising Karen should speak up for the writer who oversaw her time on the series, and there’s no doubting that Moffat’s time in charge has included a number of strong female roles (Amy, River, Clara, Madame Vastra). Against that, some would argue that Moffat’s brand of sassy, wisecracking, sexually confident women who flirt with the Doctor is becoming passé.

What do you think? A golden age for female characters? Or is there a problem with how Moffat writes women?

(Via Doctor Who TV.)

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Karen Gillan’s Selfie!

Nick Kitchen is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

American fans of Amy Pond, it is time to rejoice! The Girl Who Waited is set to make a return to American television this fall.

Former Doctor Who actress, Karen Gillan, has signed on to star in an upcoming ABC comedy pilot, Selfie, from the creator of Suburgatory, Emily Kapnek. Gillan will play the lead role of Eliza Dooley, who is described as a “self-obsessed, 20-something woman who is more concerned with ‘likes’ than being liked.”

The show will follow Dooley as she attempts to recover her image after going viral for the wrong reasons:

“After suffering a very public and humiliating breakup, Eliza becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media “followers” than she ever imagined –but for all the wrong reasons. So, she enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.”

It definitely sounds like an interesting concept and should do well for the network, which is known for its quirky comedies. Of course, this is all contingent on Selfie surviving the pilot season and getting a full season order (no small feat with new pilots on this side of the pond). If you couple this with her upcoming role in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, 2014 could turn out to be a banner year for Karen.

Are you ready to check out Selfie if it makes it to TV this fall?

(via MSN TV)

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PodKast On American Doctor Who, Christopher Barry, Missing Episodes

Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

Welcome, dear listener/reader to this week’s podKast with a “K” in which we welcome Doctor Who fanzine producer Gareth Kavanagh, editor of Vworp Vworp! as a guest for the full show!

Christian Cawley and James McLean are in the hotseat too, with a nice selection of topics under discussion. To kick it off, we mull over the recent Buzzfeed.com list based around the idea of how Doctor Who might have been different had it been created in the USA rather than in Television Centre.

Following this, we spend a few moments appreciating the contributions that the late Christopher Barry made to Doctor Who between 1963 (The Daleks) and 1979 (The Creature from the Pit). Given that we have unofficial fourth podKaster Gareth Kavanagh on hand as well, there’s also a bit of missing episodes chatter in there for you lucky people as well, not to mention some updates on the progress of Vworp Vworp! issue 3…

Rounding off the show (yet taking up a greater chunk of the running time than either of the other topics) are our recommendations, with 1977 serial Underworld getting the lion’s share of the discussion. Also, listen out for Gareth’s request for help deciding which Doctor Who book from his collection he should read next – leave your suggestions in the comments below!

 

Kasterborous PodKast Series 4 Episode 02 Shownotes

What if Doctor Who was American?

Monk
“Weapon of Choice“


Christopher Barry Dies

Ian Levine’s deleted tweet


Vworp Vworp!

What is a flexidisc?


Recommendations:

Underworld
The Mind of Evil
The Face of the Enemy
The Time Travellers
The Quantum Archangel
The Adventuress of Henrietta Street

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Sylvester McCoy Joins Doctor Who-Inspired Inspector Spacetime!

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Ha! No we wouldn’t report on Inspector Spacetime! Ha, no! It has nothing to do with anything affiliated with this website or any intellectual property owed in perpetuity by the BBC or that of NBC; nothing what… so… ever…

…Right, the lawyers have gone!

Inspector Spacetime – the favourite Sci-fi show of the cast of characters from NBC comedy Community – is heading to the big screen; staring none other than the Doctor himself Sylvester McCoy!

That’s right the makers of the fabulous Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time, have bypassed a second series and are heading to the big screen with the equally acceptable Untitled Motion Picture About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.

Proving how serious the producers are about uniting the Doctor and his lawyer baiting equivalent they have even provided a handy quote from the man himself:

It’s a brilliant piece of work!  Marvellous, and I really want to work with The Inspector!

Joining Sylvester on this merry chase down familiar pathways is Bialik (The Big Bang Theory), Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager) and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, various Big Finish productions).

As of yet there is no set date for UMPAASTWCATTT but the production is hoping to raise $25,000 via Indiegogo to get the ball rolling with the rest of the budget expected to come from other investors.

Inspector Spacetime was first introduced in Community as the favourite series of Abed (Danny Pudi) and Troy (Donald Glover) in a series of short, hilariously observed clips featuring Travis Richey in the titular role.

Filling in the continuity gaps, Richey, thanked fan pledges from Kickstarter, then went on to film a six episode web series, during which he was served with a Cease and Desist writ by NBC’s legal Terrorhawk; forcing him to change the name to the far better Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.

The six episodes of the first web series are available online now along with an eight minute prequel to the second series/motion picture. Find out more at 11thinspector.wix.com/theinspector

(Via Zap2it.)

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