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Event Whorizon On TV: Where To Catch Doctor Who At 50 Coverage

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.

Doctor Who is taking over TV from this week – just as Steven Moffat promised. Here we present the key shows you won’t want to miss, commissioned for the series 50th anniversary!

Thursday November 14th
The Science of Doctor Who, BBC Two, 9-10pm

For one night only, Professor Brian Cox explores the universe of the world’s favourite Timelord, Doctor Who.

Brian takes an audience, with the help of celebrity guests, on a journey into the wonderful universe of The Doctor, in a specially recorded programme from the lecture theatre of the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

Brian reveals the science behind the spectacle and explains the physics that allows Doctor Who to travel through space and time. Fun, but filled with real science, it’s a special night for Who fans as well anyone with a thirst for understanding.

Brian is in the unique position of knowing The Doctor’s universe inside out as well as the reality behind the drama. When the TARDIS travels through time and space, Brian understands the physics involved. And when it comes to life on other planets, Brian knows the real science that could prove extra-terrestrial life might just really exist in our galaxy.

Friday November 15th
Doctor Who: Monsters And Villains Weekend, BBC Three, Commences 7.05pm

Audiences will be encouraged to get involved and vote in Doctor Who: Monsters And Villains Weekend, as we countdown to the top Doctor Who monster. Details can be found on the listings page.

Monday November 18th
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide, BBC Three, 8pm-10pm

Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman celebrate the 50th anniversary of the space-travelling Time Lord and take an in-depth look at of one of the most intriguing fictional characters of all time.

With the 50th anniversary episode, The Day of the Doctor, about to hit our screens there’s a look at all 11 incarnations of the Doctor and their most famous scenes and storylines, an exploration of the many sides to the Doctor and asking what is he really like. Plus, a look at The Doctor’s many travelling companions and adversaries over the years and how they all contribute to creating the longest running sci-fi show of all time.

Featuring David Tennant, Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Noel Clarke, Rick Edwards, Konnie Huq, McFly, Joel Dommett and many more, it’s the best preparation possible for the 50th anniversary episode.

Repeated on Tuesday 19th and Friday 22nd – see listings for details.

Thursday November 21st
An Adventure in Space and Time, BBC Two, 9-10pm

Written by Mark Gatiss and executive produced by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner, this film tells the story of the genesis of Doctor Who and the many personalities involved. Starring David Bradley (the Harry Potter films); Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity), Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife) and Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango In Halifax).

Friday November 22nd
Me, You and Doctor Who, BBC Two, 9.30-10.30pm

Lifelong fan Matthew Sweet explores the cultural significance of the BBC’s longest running TV drama, arguing that it’s one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern Britain. Put simply, Doctor Who matters. He’ll examine how the show has become a cultural force in its own right and tell the stories of some of the unsung cultural heroes, who pioneered its innovative music, design and storytelling.

On its 50th anniversary, lifelong fan Matthew Sweet argues you ignore Doctor Who at your peril. It may be a piece of children’s television, but he believes it’s one of the most important cultural artefacts of modern Britain. Put simply, Doctor Who matters.

In this hour-long Culture Show special, BBC Two’s flagship arts programme explores with wit, authority and affection, why Doctor Who has become entrenched in British life. Matthew Sweet traces the 50 years of extraordinary social change and uncertainty that sent generations of children scuttling behind the sofa. How did a pepper pot, the Nazis and a sink plunger result in the scariest adversaries of our time – the Daleks?

Sweet argues how in turn the show became a cultural force in its own right, influencing music, design and storytelling – whether pioneering electronica (Delia Derbyshire), or giving the unknown Douglas Adams a crucial break. Matthew meets both famous faces as well as cast, crew and Doctors past and present (from current Doctor Matt Smith to Richard Martin, the maverick director who first brought the Daleks to screens in 1964) to find out how Doctor Who has changed our culture.

To Be Confirmed
12 Again: Doctor Who Special, CBBC, TBC

This 12 Again: Doctor Who Special travels through space and time to celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who.

Super fans join cast members past and present to share their memories of watching TV’s top Time Lord when they were young. Who was their Doctor when they were a kid? Which aliens had them hiding behind the sofa?

Featuring CBBC’s super fan Chris Johnson, impressionist Jon Culshaw, Tommy Knight (Luke Smith), Warwick Davis (Porridge), Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra), Dan Starkey (Strax) Louise Jameson (Leela) and the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy.

We’ll find out about the Doctor himself, the TARDIS and the famous theme tune as we travel back to a different dimension with our celebrities as they become 12 Again.

Saturday November 23rd
The Day of the Doctor, BBC One, 7.50-9.05pm

In 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.

Find out more by viewing our dedicated page.

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Moffat Insists Numbering Stays The Same

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.

The Doctor has twelve regenerations; thirteen lives. We’re at number eleven right now – aren’t we?

Well, if you’ve seen The Night of the Doctor then it will be clear right now that John Hurt’s War Doctor is the ninth incarnation of the Time Lord we call Doctor – meaning that Matt Smith is occupying the twelfth body. Speaking to this month’s 50th anniversary Doctor Who Magazine, Steven Moffat explains….

I’ve been really, really quite careful about the numbering of the Doctors. He’s very specific, the John Hurt Doctor, that he doesn’t take the name of the Doctor. He doesn’t call himself that. He’s the same Time Lord, the same being as the Doctors either side of him, but he’s the one who says, ‘I’m not the Doctor.’ So the Eleventh Doctor is still the Eleventh Doctor, the Tenth Doctor is still the Tenth…

So what about the Meta-Crisis Doctor? Is Moffat hinting that rumours about the Eleventh Doctor being the thirteenth incarnation could be accurate?

Technically, if you really counted it, the David Tennant Doctor is two Doctors, on account of the Meta-Crisis Doctor… It’s not a matter of counting the regenerations, but of counting the faces of the Time Lord that calls himself the Doctor. There’s an anomaly Doctor slotted in somewhere, that’s all. In the script to The Day of the Doctor, Matt’s Doctor was called the Eleventh, and David’s was called the Tenth, so the numbering stays exactly the same – and we call Peter Capaldi the Twelfth Doctor.

What do you think? Is a new set of regenerations about to be gifted to the Doctor?

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Watch The Night of the Doctor [VIDEO] (Now With Added ReaktionKast!)

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.

Here it is, Kasterborites, The Night of the Doctor – Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary special prologue, starring… we’re not telling. Click play, enjoy, admire, be thankful to those involved for keeping the secret.

Seriously. This is potentially the greatest moment of Doctor Who since 2005.

You can find out what we thought in this ad hoc, guerilla ReaKtionKast, fresh out of the podKasting machine!

Finally, head to our Facebook Page where you can find a gallery of accompanying images, thanks to the BBC!

 

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The Night Of The Doctor Hits iPlayer Soon!

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.

We’ve just learned that The Night Of The Doctor will be available on BBC iPlayer in less than an hour  and on the BBC YouTube channel shortly after!

The 50th anniversary minisode is currently considered to be some sort of prologue to the main event, The Day of the Doctor, and will also be made available for wider consumption via the Red Button on Saturday.

This marks the second surprise treat for fans from the BBC, following last weekend’s early release of the two promised trailers. We can only assume that the #savetheday campaign is going well!

Let the countdown begin

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BFI To Screen Web of Fear Episode 4 at Edinburgh

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.

Continuing their love of all things Doctor Who (and who could blame them?), the BFI have confirmed a screening of the recently recovered The Web of Fear: Episode 4.

The screening will take place at their Missing Believed Wiped Event in Edinburgh on December 1st. In addition to the long-feared-lost Doctor Who episode, other curiosities from the early days of television, such as It’s Lulu and At Last the 1948 Show, will also be screened at the event on December 1st.

The Web of Fear: Episode 4 is, of course, one of the long-missing Patrick Troughton episodes that were recently found in Nigeria. The series 5 serial famously featured the introduction of UNIT and Colonel (later Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart (played by fan-favorite Nicholas Courtney), as well as the return of the giant furballs known as the Yeti. The Doctor’s companions were Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Victoria (Deborah Watling).

Tickets to the event are available online, on the phone (0131 228 2688) and in person at the Filmhouse Box Office in Edinburgh.

(Via Doctor Who Archive.)

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The Czech Republic Praises Matt Smith [VIDEO]

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Czech and Slovak Doctor Who fans have recorded a special video to put on record their high regard for Matt Smith’s Doctor ahead of his forthcoming departure from the series.

As if further proof were needed, the short video confirms the truly extraordinary reach of the modern series. As Moire from the Gallifrey.cz explains, fans in that part of Europe ‘wanted to show that even in such small countries there is a big fan base and that we all love him and will miss him’. Give it a watch – you would have to have the heart of a Weeping Angel not to be moved by it.

You can Czech out the video (sorry…) above.

Moire and friends’ excellent website can be found at http://gallifrey.cz/index.php

Any ideas for making sure Matt gets to see this? Let us know below!

(Thanks to Pája Kučerová)

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Do You Know This Woman?

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.

It’s a very simple question, dear reader. You either know this woman or you don’t. Is she Rose Tyler, who left the Powell Estate in 2005, reappeared a year later and was eventually sealed off in a parallel universe with a meta-crisis, half human Doctor?

Or is she something else entirely? A different Rose Tyler, one who met a different Doctor; one who travelled in space and time for so long that she wasn’t even human any more?

Perhaps this is the Bad Wolf, turning up to help or hinder the old Doctor in The Day of the Doctor. Oddly, in all three trailers to date we only see her with the John Hurt incarnation; there isn’t any suggestion or publicity shots picturing her with the Tenth or Eleventh Doctors.

Meanwhile, the attire of this woman doesn’t match that of the stylish time traveller Rose Tyler; her hair is remarkable for its untidiness, as if Billie Piper (and let’s face it, a 50th anniversary would be odd without her) was dragged out of the Glastonbury Festival the morning of the shoot.

So, what do you think – who is this woman?

We don’t know. But perhaps you do, Kasterborite.

(Meanwhile, you can find more photos like this on the Kasterborous Facebook Page)

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Silva Screen To Release Two New Doctor Who Box Sets

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Silva Screen has announced that they will be releasing not one, but two retrospective box sets of music to the iconic TV show. Now we all know how good Silva Screen Doctor Who releases are but these really do look impressive.

Here’s the PR blurb:

A four CD set encompassing music from all eleven Doctors’ shows, including many pieces that have never before been released, is an incredible journey through the 5 decades of Doctor Who, with tracks from composers such as Ron Grainer, Delia Derbyshire, Dudley Simpson, Paddy Kingsland and Mark Ayres right through to Murray Gold. The tracklisting and release date will be announced shortly.

In addition, this year marks such a momentous anniversary for the series, Silva Screen will be releasing an 11 CD set, one for each Doctor, all presented in a specially created TARDIS. This highly collectable box set is completely unique and strictly limited.

For more details including when and where to pre-order the TARDIS Box Set they recommend you sign up to their newsletter.

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David Tennant Discusses The Doctor’s Evolution Since 2005 [VIDEO]

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.

An exclusive video from BBC America features David Tennant chatting about Doctor Who‘s evolution since the show returned in 2005, and where it is going in the next 50 years.

In the clip, the actor – returning for The Day of the Doctor as the Tenth Doctor – describes the 50th Anniversary Special as being a “seismic shift” in the Doctor’s story.

But hey, quit reading this and click play about to find out more!

(Via BBC America.)

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More Images From The Day of the Doctor!

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.

Those incredibly nice BBC people have released a further 10 images from Doctor Who’s anniversary special The Day of the Doctor!

Naturally, there are no spoilers, only photos from a TV show displayed completely out of context. It is you choice if you wish to cycle through them, but be warned – they’re likely to be everywhere by midnight…

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