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Peter Capaldi Shops for his Outfit…

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.

Will it be a return to ruffled shirts? Baggy check trousers? A long trench coat or an even longer scarf, perhaps? Or how about some completely-off-the-wall quasi-futuristic super shiny spandex number?

Whatever the case - and hopefully it’s not that last one – Steven Moffat says that Peter Capaldi is currently putting together his official Twelfth Doctor outfit:

“[Peter] was texting me ‘I’m out with [the wardrobe stylist] at the moment, it’s going quite well’ and some descriptions of clothes I did not understand. If it’s not a suit…”

And although the showrunner has the ultimate thumbs up or thumbs down, it doesn’t sound like he actually has much say in the matter…

“I’ll just let them get on with it and it’ll be ‘yes’ or ‘no’ a the end. Matt said ‘I should be a boffin, I think I need to go with the bow tie’ and I said ‘No, absolutely not, you’re not wearing a bow tie – that’s a cartoon idea of what Doctor Who is… Oh, you are going to wear a bow tie – you look incredible in it. And from that moment on he suddenly came to life…he was the Doctor.”

Kasterborites, it’s time to put on your thinking bow-ties. If there was one item that would make Capaldi’s Doctor look iconic, what would it be? And vice versa, is there a clothing item (fez? question mark jumper?) that would totally ruin him for you?

Hmmm, maybe that spandex wouldn’t be such a bad idea…

(Thanks to DoctorWhoTV.)

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PodKasting from the Doctor Who Missing Episodes Event!

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.

This week’s podKast brings a selection of interviews from the recent Doctor Who missing episodes event in London. Thanks to Gareth Kavanagh you can expect to hear from Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling – who both appeared in the recovered episodes of The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear as companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield – and writer Mark Gatiss, whose passion for the London Underground leads him to tell us something about an upcoming Sherlock episode…

All of this means, however, that the usual trio of Christian, James and Brian has been dispensed with for a week. Instead, Christian and Gareth Kavanagh, editor of Vworp Vworp! and our man on the ground at the event, discuss and introduce clips from the exciting day in London in which long lost episodes of Doctor Who were screened for the first time in 45 years!

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What’s more, you can now listen and subscribe to the podKast via our Audioboo channel! Head to http://audioboo.fm/channel/doctorwhopodkast and click play to start listening. You can also comment and record your own boos in response to our discussions!

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Tenth Doctor Deluxe Framed Print

Andrew Reynolds 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.

Time is of the essence if you want to get your hands on one of these limited edition Tenth Doctor 50th anniversary deluxe frame prints.

The prints – which come in all eleven incarnations of the Doctor – are based upon the iconic TARDIS doors (which, instead of their usual public address, share a little of the legacy of your chosen Doctor) and are presented on a conservation quality mount board with beautiful foil finished frame. The images in question for the Tenth Doctor print come from Love & Monsters as the Doctor asks Elton, ‘don’t I know you?’, the Time Lord Victorious from The Waters of Mars and a promotional photo for The Christmas Invasion, shortly after the regeneration of the Ninth Doctor, alongside Billie Piper’s Rose Tyler.

These fantastic 16 x 20″ prints are limited to 50 per Doctor and can be pre-ordered now from Forbidden Planet for release on 25th October for £59.99.

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Moffat Wants Doctor Who/ Star Trek Crossover

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.

STOP EVERYTHING. Moffat has said yes to a Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover – all it needs is for the makers of America’s biggest sci-fi franchise to agree and we can make it so. Biggest Geekgasm imaginable. Speaking at the Radio Times sponsored Cheltenham Literature Festival, Moffat said he’d be on board for a collaboration if the yanks were keen.

“It’d be brilliant fun… I would do it in a shot – of course I would.”

Of course this has happened already in comic book form (or ‘graphic novel’ if you, like me, count it as propa literature). Assimilation2 saw Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Jean-Luc Picard team up with the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory to battle Cybermen/Borg cyborg smorgasbord. While some purists on both sides might object to mixing the canon of Who and Trek, there can’t be many sci-fi fans who wouldn’t love to hear the TARDIS materialising on the bridge of Picard’s Enterprise. However Moffat is, as you’d expect, realistic…

“I’d do it – I can’t imagine they would. I can’t imagine they would do it, because they’re too protective.”

Of course he’s right. Though I would argue that the BBC is equally protective of their brand and neither would want to come off as the lesser cousin. It does raise some interesting questions about the shows and how they aim to be seen. Trek has had eccentric semi-mythical beings with powers bordering on the supernatural with ‘Q’ and Who can easily accommodate the space-opera premise of Trek. But arguably, since the major re-imagining of Star Trek with Chris Pine at the helm, the brand is too loud. I can’t really see it accommodating the whimsy and playfulness of Doctor Who with the sheeny, serious approach of the new franchise.

An interesting point has been raised in the past that American sci-fi seems to be more about official government teams with a designated leader whereas Brits tend to tell stories about lone anti-establishment mavericks like Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven and Adam Adamant Lives! (Yes, he does count, move along).

Can a captain and a renegade Timelord share leading-man status? What do you think – could the two exist side-by-side? Who would come out on top? (See what I did there…?)

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New Sherlock Episode Inspired By Mark Gatiss’ Tube Obsession

Meredith Burdett 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.

Well, that was quite a week wasn’t it? Put aside for one second the fact that we’ve still got two of the biggest episodes of NuWho to look forward to this year, the BBC go and pull the rug out from under our feet and give us two classic Second Doctor stories that we never thought we’d have the pleasure of ever seeing again!

The BFI event on Thursday was an enormous success with Deborah Watling and Fraser Hines on hand to oversee the first viewing of the episode in 45 years, also in attendance was writer and sometimes guest star for Doctor Who, Mark Gatiss.

The excited actor also revealed to Kasterborous’ Gareth Kavanagh that The Web of Fear, one of the stories that were recovered, has inspired his story from the upcoming series of Sherlock:

I am obsessed with the Tube and I think it all comes from that story when I was a kid…the first episode of Sherlock is explicitly about the London Underground for exactly that reason – because I love ‘The Web of Fear’!

The Web of Fear takes place in the gloomy tunnels of the London Underground and finds the Second Doctor and his friends up against the Great Intelligence, who presumably laid out this careful plan thanks to events from 2012’s The Snowmen.

Quite how Gatiss’s episode will compare is anyone’s guess but it’s good to know that he’s injecting some Doctor Who flavour into his other series!

You can hear more from the Mark Gatiss as well as Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling and many others at the missing episodes event in this week’s podKast, available soon.

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Doctor Who Magazine 466 Talks to Philip Morris!

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.

This month, Doctor Who Magazine talks exclusively to the man who found the missing episodes from  The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear, Philip Morris!

It’s my job to put a smile on Doctor Who fans’ faces in complete co-operation with BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who fans need to know that we are actively searching for material. So don’t lose hope!

Plus: Missing episodes experts PAUL VANEZIS and PETER CROCKER explain their role in restoring these decades-old films to their former glory!

There’s much more in the new Doctor Who Magazine, however, which comes with a choice of TWO covers, as seen above (and below).

BACK TO THE BEGINNING…



An exclusive preview of the new BBC Two drama, AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, which tells the story of the origins of Doctor Who and featuring an interview with DAVID BRADLEY, who plays William Hartnell, the actor who created the role of the Doctor.

FIRST DIRECTION



WARIS HUSSEIN, who directed the very first Doctor Who serial in 1963 talks exclusively to DWM, and reveals how he and the cast were able to overcome the limitations of the show’s tiny budget and create something that has lasted for 50 years.

THE GODFATHER



With excerpts from a previously unpublished archive interview, DWM presents a profile of SYDNEY NEWMAN, the man responsible for the birth of Doctor Who and for revolutionising TV drama production in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Click image for hi-res version!

GOODBYE AND WELCOME…



Doctor Who showrunner and head writer  STEVEN MOFFAT writes exclusively for DWM and tells of the momentous day when outgoing Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith handed over the key to the TARDIS to incoming Twelfth Doctor – Peter Capaldi.

DO I HAVE THE RIGHT…?



The Fourth Doctor is taken on a detour to the planet Skaro by the Time Lords and given the task of preventing the creation of his deadliest enemies, the Daleks. THE FACT OF FICTION takes a look at one of Doctor Who’s undisputed classics, GENESIS OF THE DALEKS, and unearths some new and fascinating facts about the 1975 six-part serial and its origins.

TOP OF THE POPS



The votes are in for the 2013 DWM readers’ Season Survey and the winners are revealed, including your favourite story, best guest stars, best writer, and favourite musical score!

NEVER ENDING STORY…



DWM’s journey through Doctor Who’s long history reaches its end with this year’s thirty-third series, in COUNTDOWN TO 50. We join the Doctor on his quest to solve the mystery of the impossible girl – his new companion, Clara, who he has already seen die twice. When the Doctor’s very existence is threatened by the Great Intelligence, Clara travels into the Doctor’s past to save his future…

A HAPPY ENDING?



The Doctor and Clara uncover the dark truth behind the cartoon capers in the second and final part of the comic-strip adventure, WELCOME TO TICKLE TOWN, written by SCOTT GRAY with art by ADRIAN SALMON.

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VOTE SAXON!



Chris, Emma, Michael and Will are gobsmacked to find that the Master is the new Prime Minister of Great Britain and has a rather unusual approach to foreign affairs! The TIME TEAM take their seats for 2007’s THE SOUND OF DRUMS. Will it get their vote?

JUMP START



Mother of twins and devoted fan JACQUELINE RAYNER ponders on the importance of the first episode of a Doctor Who story, cherishing that slow build to the inevitable appearance of the monster in the closing seconds. Her son, however, prefers to skip straight to Episode Two!

DOCTOR BLUE?



The Watcher takes sound effects as his cue in this issue’s A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects and champions the essential role they have played over the series’ 50 years. Plus another hapless extra gets his moment in the spotlight as Supporting Artist of the Month; we get a rundown of the Top Ten Boybands, all with a suitable Doctor Who twist; and The Six Faces of Delusion invites you to spot the sound effect themed fact that hits the wrong note. All in this issue’s fun-packed Wotcha!

PLUS! All the latest official news, TV and merchandise reviews, previews, ratings analysis, competitions, a prize-winning crossword and much, much more!

Read it all in Doctor Who Magazine 466, on sale from Thursday 17 October, priced £4.75.

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New 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.

New Images From The Day of the Doctor

It begins – the first round of officially endorsed images from Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary story The Day of the Doctor have been released, with BBC America and the BBC in the UK making a small selection of shots available today!

These images are not spoilers, so unless you’re ultra-sensitive about such things, you should enjoy what you’re about to see.

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Written by Steven Moffat and previously revealed to feature Daleks, Zygons, Queen Elizabeth I and Rose Tyler, the photos here reveal pretty much everything else we know about the story – nothing. Above you can see John Hurt, David Tennant and current Doctor Matt Smith with Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart and Jenna Coleman as Clara.

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Peter Capaldi To Help Unlock Art

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.

New Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi, Frank Skinner and Alan Cumming are among the celebrities joining forces in a new series of films which aims to unlock big ideas that have shaped art history.

‘Unlock Art’ is a collaboration between Tate and Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts, and offers the culturally curious a stimulating, imaginative and witty introduction to the world of art.

In Unlock Art: Bringing performance art to life - the first film in the series writer, comedian, actor and art enthusiast Frank Skinner explores Performance Art and its origins; from DADA and Surrealism through to Yoko Ono and Joseph Beuys. The film also explores how Performance Art has helped to challenge oppressive regimes, and how it makes us question the way we perceive the world around us.

This is the first of eight films which will be released on a monthly basis. Viewers will be taken on an engaging journey through various art movements and themes, from the history of the nude and humour in art, to Surrealism and Pop – offering the need-to-know facts, and making the arts more accessible to a wider audience.

Unlock Art is part of Le Méridien’s ongoing commitment to provide a new perspective on the hotel experience through a curated approach to culture. Its support of the Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection, which is in its sixth consecutive year, enables Tate to buy work by emerging artists at Frieze.

Film 1: Bringing performance art to life is brought to you by Frank Skinner, and you can see it above. Look out for later films, one of which will be presented by the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi.

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Hey Australia, How Are You Celebrating Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary?

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.

Fans will be able to don their 3D glasses and take their enjoyment into another dimension as Doctor Who celebrates its 50th anniversary with special 3D screenings of The Day of the Doctor at 87 cinemas across Australia!

The hotly anticipated feature-length episode of the world’s longest-running and most successful sci-fi series will be screened at Events, Hoyts, Dendy, Village and Independent cinemas around the country on November 24th.  In addition to Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman, the one-off 75 minute special stars former Time Lord David Tennant as well as Billie Piper and John Hurt. In this special event to celebrate the iconic British drama series, fans will be able to enjoy the episode and specially shot introductions for cinema audiences all around the world.

Cinemagoers will be able to find their nearest screen by checking participating cinema chains’ websites www.eventcinemas.com.au, www.villagecinemas.com.au,  www.hoyts.com.au and www.sharmillfilms.com.au

Sharon Wilson is the Head of Marketing, Brands for BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand:

Doctor Who is a British TV institution and we’re delighted to have the opportunity to screen this very special episode at cinemas nationwide so fans can have the opportunity to enjoy the episode in full 3D.

The cinema screenings will follow the global simultaneous broadcast of the anniversary special by more than 75 countries around the world earlier that morning.  ABC1 viewers will be among the millions of fans across six continents enjoying the first chance to see the Doctor’s latest adventure in a truly global celebration of the iconic series.

But what else is Australia doing to celebrate Doctor Who‘s half centenary?

Doctor Who specials to celebrate the anniversary on ABC2, as well as a Doctor Who classic serials celebration on ABC iView.
A special weekend of programming on UKTV  - The Doctor Who 50th Birthday Marathon features eleven Doctor Who Revisited specials plus a specially selected story from each doctor.
The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular returns to Australia with a new show based on the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Proms in the UK. Featuring music from the series, everyone’s favourite monsters and footage of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor, the show will be performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra on Jan 31 and Feb 1 2014 and by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane on February 8. Tickets available from www.doctorwhosymphonicspectacular.com
Previously missing stories of Doctor Who from the 1960s starring Patrick Troughton - The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear – have been released on i-Tunes and will also be available on DVD.  The release follows the discovery, in Nigeria, Africa of 11 “lost” episodes, nine of which have not been seen in the UK for 45 years. Following their release they went straight to no 1 and no 2 in the Australian i-Tunes charts.
Perth Mint has released collectible silver and gold coins (legal tender on Nuie).
Following the overwhelming popularity of the first-ever Doctor Who pop-up shop in Sydney earlier this year, which attracted thousands of shoppers, many of whom had travelled interstate to get there, a special one-off Brisbane store opened on October 12. The store features some exclusive merchandise not currently available in Australian shops. On offer is the Who Home range with a selection of stylish homewares, such as teapots and mugs, plus notebooks and tea towels. Women’s apparel from cult US fan-girl designers Her Universe, a new range of men’s t-shirt designs from the UK, replica coats from Canada, costume jewellery from the US, a new range of kids’ back to school stationery and much more.
An official Australian Doctor Who online shop launched earlier this year www.doctorwho50store.com.au
Thousands of fans turned out in to see Doctor Who light up Sydney in spectacular fashion with a one-night only projection on Customs House, part of Vivid Sydney Festival in June.

 

So where might Australian Doctor Who fans view The Day of the Doctor on the big screen?

Cinemas showing the 3D Anniversary episode are:

 

Event Cinemas

BC&C

Greater Union

Marion
Hornsby
Maroochydore
Miranda


Innaloo
Parramatta
Pacific Fair
Hurstville


George St
Cambelltown
Morayfield
Shellharbour


Macquarie
Robina
Darwin Casuarina
Morley


Chermside
Tuggerah
Capalaba
Arndale


Indooroopilly
Glendale
Mackay North
Canberra Manuka


Mt Gravatt
Top Ryde
Toowoomba GC

Dendy

Burwood
Myer Centre
Ipswich
Opera Quays


Liverpool
Brown’s Plains
Rockhampton North
Newtown


Castle Hill
Townsville
Coffs Harbour
Canberra


Bondi
Cairn’s Central
Lismore
Brisbane

Hoyts

Village Cinemas

Blacktown
Tee Tree
Jam Factory
Fountain Gate


Chatswood Mandarin
High Point
Southland
Albury


Warringah Mall
Northland
Geelong



Penrith
Victoria Gardens
Knox



Frankston
Belconnen
Eastlands



Carousel

Sunshine

Independents

Cinema Nova – Carlton
Odeon – Orange


Palace Cinemas – Dendy Brighton
City Cinema – Griffith


Peninsula – Rosebud
Arcadia Cinemas – Ulladulla


Peninsula – Sorrento
Palace Cinemas – Nova Eastend


Peninsula – Warragul
Mitcham Cinemas – Mitcham


Paramount Cinema – Echuca
Mt Baker Wallis Cinemas – Mount Baker


Mildura Cinema – Mildura
Noarlunga Wallis Cinemas – Noarlunga


Wangaratta Cinema – Wangaratta
Piccadilly Cinemas – Piccadilly


Orpheum – Cremorne
Luna Cinemas – Leederville


Palace Cinemas – Norton Street
Luna on SX – Freemantle


Palace Cinemas – Byron Bay
Forum Cinemas – Wagga


Forum Cinemas – Tamworth
State Cinema – Hobart


CMAX – Devonport

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Daily Dalek Mug Of The Month!

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’re giving away a Daily Dalek mug this week with our new feature, Mug of the Month!

Here at Kasterborous Towers, despite the high tech equipment required for writing and running a website of this size, we lead a sedentary lifestyle, with much time spent on the allotment patch growing wonderful new articles for your perusal.

So you can imagine my surprise when a mug tree popped up this week, adorned with delicious fruit from Tone Cartoons.

I’m talking, of course, about the mug you see pictured above, in which Marvin the Paranoid Android bemoans his lot to a baffled Dalek.

This is, of course, a great cartoon from the fantastic web comic The Daily Dalek, which you can follow at www.tonecartoons.co.uk/blog. Artist Tone has given us one of these mugs to share – they don’t really grow on trees, fakt (with a “k”) fans – and you can own one very easily indeed.

To win, simply leave a comment on this post telling us what drink you would enjoy in this mug while watching The Enemy of the World.

You have until midnight on Friday, October 18th, and we’ll be announcing a winner on Saturday.

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