Monday 31 October 2011

Tennant, Tate & Barrowman sing ‘Let’s Do It’ for Russell & Julie

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Just like yesterday’s post, a music video made by the cast and crew of Doctor Who to celebrate the RTD 2005-10 era has been released unofficially online. This one, however, is pretty different as David Tennant, Catherine Tate and John Barrowman sing their own parody version of Victoria Woods’ famous comedy tune ‘Let’s Do It’, and was originally made to be shown only ever at the ‘RTD era’ wrap party at the end of filming on ‘The End Of Time’.

The video, entitled “The Ballad of Russell and Julie”, is a special thank you from the trio (and the rest of the crew) to Russell T Davies (then Head Writer & Executive Producer/Showrunner) and Julie Gardner (Executive Producer), and tells a comic story of how they brought back Doctor Who in 2005.
           Those of you who have read Russell’s book The Writers Tale (you should, you know, it’s very good!) will get some in-jokes, such as the Midshipman Frame/Russell Tovey mention, Russell T Davies’ piling up of cigarettes, and the constant upbeat “Keep calm and carry on” attitude of Julie Gardner as the papers gradually build higher and higher on her desk!
Enjoy!

Doctor Who - "The Ballad of Russell and Julie" Wrap Party Special

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Sunday 30 October 2011

Cast & Crew of Doctor Who 2005-10 – Wrap Party Video

articleimage_605Some awesome human being has decided to very kindly share this fun video with the world, which is set to The Proclaimers ‘500 Miles’ (probably because David Tennant is their biggest fan ever) as the cast and crew of the time dance and sing along to it. The video was filmed and put together especially for the whole cast and crew’s wrap party, shown at the wrap party and given on DVDs to some.

Faces you’ll know in the video marching in pairs alongside David Tennant are… Russell T Davies & Julie Gardner, Billie Piper & Camille Coduri, Freema Agyeman & Noel Clarke, Jacqueline King & Catherine Tate, John Barrowman & Russell Tovey, Bernard Cribbins & June Whitfield, and John Simm & Timothy Dalton (all in the post banner above!).
        Other fun bits include The Mill (Dave Houghton & Will Cohen – CGI bods) with shrunken and inflated heads dancing alongside a group of Adipose in their office, and a few jiving aliens such as Ood Sigma, a Slitheen and a Graske.

“Doctor Who - Cast & Crew Special”

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Saturday 29 October 2011

Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart – Episode One Download – ‘The Heart’ Part One

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And here it is – the first episode of the first series of fan fiction from The Doctor Who F.A.N. Project – the debut part of the first story, ‘The Heart’ in the series Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart. You can read Part 1 of 2 NOW in the PDF file below for free…

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Story 1 – The Heart – by James Gray
Two-Parter.
Episode 1:
A phone call. Death by car-bomb. And a blue box...
Maddy Ramos is just like any other 19-year-old girl, if you ignore her tumultuous past. She has no options in life – no chances, no help, no way out. That’s how she sees things, anyway. Her aspirations are crumbling to dust, but then she meets a pinstripe-suited man called The Doctor...
The Doctor Who F.A.N. Project brings you the first story and introduction of an original companion, as she meets The Tenth Doctor (as played by David Tennant) whilst following the trail of a killer, that can surely only end in her death?

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Friday 28 October 2011

Power Of The Heart – ‘The Heart’ Part One Synopsis

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The first episode in our series of Doctor Who fan fiction – that has the significant series title of Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart – will finally, after months of planning and writing, become available to read in PDF right  tomorrow.
We thought it about time we released the synopsis for the first part of this first story, a two-parter…

logo_PowerOfTheHeart-BWStory 1 – ‘The Heart’ (Part One) – by James Gray
Episode 1:
A phone call. Death by car-bomb. And a blue box...
Maddy Ramos is just like any other 19-year-old girl, if you ignore her tumultuous past. She has no options in life – no chances, no help, no way out. That’s how she sees things, anyway. Her aspirations are crumbling to dust, but then she meets a pinstripe-suited man called The Doctor...

The Doctor Who F.A.N. Project brings you the first story and introduction of original companion Maddy Ramos, as she meets The Tenth Doctor (as played by David Tennant) whilst following the trail of a killer, that can surely only end in her death?

Part One of ‘The Heart’ – the first story in Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart and Maddy Ramos’ introduction – is scheduled for release right here this Saturday 29th October at 4:00PM. We’d love it if you could have a read and tell us what you think!

Find out more at: www.dwfanproject.blogspot.com
> Visit the website of The Doctor Who F.A.N. Project

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Tuesday 25 October 2011

Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart – Fan Fiction Story Guide

postpic_FANproject6For anybody who has missed our gradual info-updates, the series features the Tenth Doctor in time-travelling adventures alongside his new friend Maddy Ramos – an original companion created by us. Maddy is a 19-year-old Hispanic-American girl who lives in the sleepy town of Summerwood. She has only a father and three brothers after her mother disappeared when she was only two, leaving for Maddy a silver-rimmed, emerald-inset FanficSeason1_poster02necklace. It’s only on her 19th birthday that she discovers the true, when se meets a man in brown pinstripes.

Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart has been spearheaded by myself (James Gray) and created, written & produced equally with Emma Lousie, and we are pleased to tell you that since the previous story guide post in March there are two new additions to our writing team. Our two new writers have come up with two brilliant and exciting plots: Alwyn Ash (who runs his own website Nebula One (News)) has penned a creepy and intriguing story that handles a theme of ‘Time’, while Rob Christie has written a story that evokes a wonderful sense of Urban Gothic in a setting that brings a sense of cautious isolation to one lonely protagonist.

Take a look at the updated story guide…
James Gray –
1.1: The Heart (two-parter)
Emma Lousie –
1.2: The Voyage To Nowhere (two-parter)
Rob Christie –
1.3: Blood Lust (two-parter)
James Gray –
1.4: Vines Of Death (TBC – two-parter)
Alwyn Ash –
1.5: Glimpse and Recoil (one part)
James Gray & Emma Lousie –
1.6: (TBC – three-parter)


Part One of ‘The Heart’ – the first story in Doctor Who: Power Of The Heart and Maddy Ramos’ introduction – is scheduled for release right here this Saturday 29th October at 4:00PM. We’d love it if you could have a read and tell us what you think!

Find out more at: www.dwfanproject.blogspot.com
> Visit the website of The Doctor Who F.A.N. Project

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Tuesday 18 October 2011

Ralf Little on ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ – Part Two

articleimage_599_thumb7The official BBC Doctor Who website have released the second part in their interview video with Ralf Little (The Royal Family, Two Pints of Lager…) in the run-up to the release of the fifth instalment of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, ‘The Gunpowder Plot’.
 
In this Adventure Game, Ralf Little voices the role of the main guest character of the story, Guy Fawkes, who comes across the classic villains who are constantly battling against one another, the Sontarans and Rutans, though have never appeared in any story so far together.
 

The Doctor Who Adventure Games ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ is released on Monday 31st October for FREE to UK residents. It will, presumably become available to those overseas at a slightly later date with a fee (since overseas customers don’t pay the UK licence fee).

> BBC Doctor Who website

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Sunday 16 October 2011

‘More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS’ 1994 Documentary

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I came across a brilliant BBC Doctor Who documentary online recently called "More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS” that aired on BBC One in 1993 to celebrate 30 years since the series began. An extended 90-minute version was then released on VHS in 1994 and shown on UK Gold in 1997, and I thought I’d share it with those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of watching it yet!

The documentary looks at how the series began, the production, impact of British culture, and talks to the likes of Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, Terry Nation, Philip Hinchcliffe, Douglas Adams, Elisabeth Sladen (alongside daughter Sadie, dressed as Sarah Jane), Nicholas Courtney and many other writers, producers, companions and some critics.

Here’s Part 1 of 9 of the doc – unfortunately (at the time of writing) Parts 4 & 9 have been taken down by the BBC.
Doctor Who - More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS (1/9)

"More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS” is still available to buy online on VHS at…
> Amazon.co.uk – £10.92 (and MUCH lower for ‘Used’)
> Amazon.com – $4.75 in ‘Used’

…although I’m hoping for it to be included as a special extra feature on a classic series 2|entertain DVD.

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Saturday 15 October 2011

Elisabeth Sladen Autobiography – Cover & Details

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Aurum Press have released further details and the official cover of their upcoming, much-anticipated, book publication Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography, no doubt a must-read for most Who fans - I know I'll be buying.

Sam Harrison, editor of the book, said:
"I remember my first meeting with Elisabeth—the hilarious and eye-opening stories she had to tell and my feeling of elation that she wanted to turn them into a book. Having grown up watching her as Sarah Jane Smith it was a personal dream come true.
She was a fantastic person to work with—fun but utterly professional—and it’s incredibly sad that she’s no longer with us. I’m glad she had a chance to share some of her memories in this book. I hope it will make a fitting tribute to a great actress and a wonderful woman."

Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography
Kasterborous wrote this, which I present to you as it’s the best few paragraphs I have read about Lis and her career…
When Elisabeth Sladen first appeared as plucky journalist Sarah Jane Smith in 1973 Doctor Who story The Time Warrior, little did she know the character would become one of the most enduring and fondly remembered of the series’ long history.

The years that followed saw Elisabeth traverse time and space alongside classic Doctors Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, whilst a generation of children crouched behind the sofa, terrified but transfixed as their tea-time heroine found herself menaced by Daleks, dinosaurs, Cybermen, Egyptian mummies, extras in Bubble Wrap and even the Loch Ness Monster. By the time she quit the TARDIS in 1976, making front-page news, Elisabeth had become one of the most familiar faces of a TV golden age.

But you don’t just walk away from Doctor Who. Elisabeth was asked to reprise the role many times, appearing in anniversary specials; an ill-fated 1981 spin-off with robotic sidekick K-9; radio plays; and for the BBC’s Children in Need. She toured the weird, wide and wonderful world of Doctor Who fandom and became one of the series’ all-time favourite companions. So when TV wunderkind Russell T Davies approached her to come back again, this time to a Doctor Who backed by multi-million-pound budgets and garlanded with critical plaudits, how could she refuse?

This warm and witty autobiography, completed only months before Elisabeth died in April 2011, tells her remarkable story, from humble beginnings in post-war Liverpool, through an acclaimed theatrical career working alongside stage luminaries such as Alan Ayckbourn, to Coronation Street, Some Mothers Do ’Ave ’Em, Z-Cars, a long, successful and very happy career in the theatre – and the furthest reaches of the Universe.

A unique, insider’s view of the world’s longest running science fiction series, and of British television yesterday and today, Elisabeth’s memoir is funny, ridiculous, insightful and entertaining and a fitting tribute to a woman who will be sadly missed by millions.

Elisabeth Sladen: The Autobiography is scheduled for release on November 7th 2011 by Aurum Press for the retailing price of £18.99, though you can find it at a discounted price of £10.63 on Amazon.co.uk.

Pre-order on…
> Amazon.co.uk

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Friday 14 October 2011

Ralf Little talks The Gunpowder Plot – Part One

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The official BBC Doctor Who website have released a further interview-based video in the run-up to the release of the fifth instalment of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, which has been promised to be the biggest and best of them all. And this time, they’re talking to Ralf Little (The Royal Family, Two Pints of Lager…).

Find out how Ralf Little brought the 3D animation of Guy Fawkes to life in the first of a two part interview talking about his starring role in the Doctor's latest adventure, The Gunpowder Plot.
The new Adventure Game will be released from this site on 31 October but check back soon for the second part of Ralf's interview as well as many more exclusives.

The Doctor Who Adventure Games ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ is released on Monday 31st October for FREE to UK residents. It will, presumably become available to those overseas at a slightly later date with a fee (since overseas customers don’t pay the UK licence fee).

> BBC Doctor Who website

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Wednesday 12 October 2011

‘Torchwood: Miracle Day’ Episode 1 Script

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The BBC Writers Room mini-site asked their followers on Twitter, recently, what television script they would most like to read. By an overwhelming majority, Torchwood: Miracle Day won out and so the script for the first episode of the fourth series – entitled ‘The New World’, written and supplied by Russell T Davies – has been added to the Writers Room’s long list of television scripts (among which are also Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures episodes).

They said this on their Twitter feed today...

@bbcwritersroom - BBC Writers Room
Brand new script for download - Torchwood: Miracle Day - Episode 1 by Russell T Davies: bbc.in/nSpQ3C #torchwood #scripts


> BBC Writers Room – “New script: Torchwood – Miracle Day: Episode 1”

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Tuesday 4 October 2011

Emilia Fox stars in ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ Game


The BBC Doctor Who website have announced the renound British TV and film actress Emilia Fox (Silent Witness, Merlin, Pride and Prejudice, and Steven Moffat's comedy Coupling) as the latest confirmed part in the cast list of the upcoming first instalment of the second series of the Doctor Who Adventure Games, called ‘The Gunpowder Plot’.

We're delighted confirm that Emilia Fox stars in Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot, the new Adventure Game that launches on 31 October, 2011.

Emilia is well-known for her roles in popular television series including Merlin and Silent Witness, and films such as the Daniel Craig movie, Flashbacks of a Fool. Emilia plays the mysterious '14th plotter' in The Gunpowder Plot and stars alongside Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Ralf Little as Guy Fawkes, Phil Daniels as the town crier, Dan Starkey and CBBC's Chris Johnson.


The Doctor Who Adventure Games ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ is released on Monday 31st October for FREE to UK residents. It will, presumably become available to those overseas at a slightly later date with a fee (since overseas customers don’t pay the UK licence fee).

> BBC Doctor Who website

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Sunday 2 October 2011

2012 Adventure Game – The Gunpowder Plot Preview

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The BBC have revealed details of the 1st instalment in the second series of the Doctor Who Adventures Games, which is set in 1605 and puts a new sci-fi and educational slant on the well-known story of Guy Fawkes (at least to everyone in the UK) with the title of ‘The Gunpowder Plot’, as the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory are confronted with one of the Time Lord’s oldest enemies (first seen in a medieval-set Third Doctor story – hint hint).

The incredible cast includes Ralf Little (The Royle Family), Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia, EastEnders),Dan Starkey (A Good Man Goes to War) and CBBC's Chris Johnson... as well as one of the UK's best-known actresses, whose identity we'll reveal shortly!

Doctor Who: The Gunpowder Plot is set in 1605. Guy Fawkes and his gang are hell bent on blowing up the Houses of Parliament and the Doctor becomes embroiled in their scheme when it emerges he's not the only alien in town... Old monsters return and new threats must be faced... By you, playing as one of the TARDIS time travellers!

The Doctor Who Adventure Games ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ is released on Monday 31st October for FREE to UK residents. It will, presumably become available to those overseas at a slightly later date with a fee (since overseas customers don’t pay the UK licence fee).

> BBC Doctor Who website

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