The Dr Who thread

merman · Post by **merman** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:55 pm 0

Watched The Infinite Quest on BBC2 this morning and enjoyed it. Animation a little stilted in places, and voices quite obviously recorded at separate times, but it worked well.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:26 pm 0

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a75040 ... -2010.html

Doctor Who will remain on air until at least 2010, the BBC has announced.

The fourth series - currently being filmed in Cardiff - will air in Spring 2008, following this year's Christmas special, which guest stars Kylie Minogue as a waitress on board the Titanic.

Another Christmas special is planned for 2008, but there will be no full series in 2009. Instead three specials are planned for broadcast throughout 2009, with both David Tennant and lead writer Russell T Davies confirmed for both. A full-length, fifth series will air in 2010.

"Doctor Who is one of the BBC's best loved and most successful dramas," said Jane Tranter, controller of BBC Fiction. "Its journey over the past three series has been one of the most ambitious and exciting that we have had, and I'm delighted to be able to confirm not only three exciting specials for 2009, but a fifth series in 2010."

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:34 pm 0

Translation: Tennant wants a break to do theatre.

KlaxonCow · Post by **KlaxonCow** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:47 pm 0

but there will be no full series in 2009.

That's a bit odd. Why no full series in 2009?

Edit - Ah, just read Flabio's post above mine. Yeah, that might indeed be why.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:23 pm 0

KlaxonCow wrote:
but there will be no full series in 2009.
That's a bit odd. Why no full series in 2009?

Edit - Ah, just read Flabio's post above mine. Yeah, that might indeed be why.

Indeed it is why - Tennant is playing Hamlet from July 24th until November 15th and Berowne from Love's Labour's Lost (spot the Doctor Who connection) from October 2nd until November 15th 2008.

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:40 pm 0

But three specials, all penned by RTD? God help us.

Can't they at least get Steven Moffat to do one of them?

DutchLlama · Post by **DutchLlama** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:45 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Another Christmas special is planned for 2008, but there will be no full series in 2009. Instead three specials are planned for broadcast throughout 2009, with both David Tennant and lead writer Russell T Davies confirmed for both.

C.R.A.P. 2009 will be a LOOONG year.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:58 pm 0

Ollie wrote:But three specials, all penned by RTD? God help us.

Can't they at least get Steven Moffat to do one of them?

The announcement doesn't say that RTD is penning all of them.

The Captain · Post by **The Captain** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:57 pm 0

Why doesn't Tennant just leave in, say, the Christmas special, so some guy who'd love to do it all year round can get a go? Preferably someone who isn't a total dick.

KlaxonCow · Post by **KlaxonCow** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:27 am 0

Alarm wrote:The announcement doesn't say that RTD is penning all of them.

Yeah, true, but he probably will be. It tends to be RTD that writes all the "specials" and the series opener and finales. Also, if there's only going to be three specials that year, because that's sparse pickings, I have a horrible feeling he'll want to write them all.

One thing, I hope these "specials" are movie-length to make up for the lack of them that year. They probably won't be. But I can dream.

Ah, maybe I'm just being a bit cynical there, but, well, it's RTD, innit? He tends to bring out the cynic in me.

Viscount Charles · Post by **Viscount Charles** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 6:50 am 0

I saw an announcement that said pretty clearly that RTD *was* writing all three. :panic:

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:21 am 0

I just read an article in SFX about the Sarah Jane Adventures. The first 2 part story in the series is going to be Slitheen disguised as teachers. I can't wait

Hopefully it'll be starting sometime this month.

Ollie · Post by **Ollie** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:29 am 0

Alarm wrote:The announcement doesn't say that RTD is penning all of them.

No, but this one does.

Age · Post by **Age** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:53 pm 0

...............

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:20 pm 0

End of September for SJA

The new series The Sarah Jane Adventures sees the return of some familiar alien enemies from Doctor Who as the Slitheen are back and out for revenge.

Coming to CBBC on BBC One and CBBC at the end of September 2007, The Sarah Jane Adventures stars one of Doctor Who's most famous former companions â€“ investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith.

The series is from the same people behind Doctor Who including multi-award winning writer Russell T Davies.

Having travelled the universe with The Doctor, Sarah Jane is used to dealing with alien encounters.

But when her young friends Maria, Luke and Clyde join her they soon become embroiled in a mysterious world of chases, danger, and monsters from outer space, discovering that life on Earth can be an adventure too.

In Revenge Of The Slitheen, the first two-part story from the new series, Maria, Luke and Clyde realise that all is not as it seems on their first day at their new school.

The food keeps going off, there's a funny smell and the new technology block is hiding some dark secrets. They soon find out that the Slitheen have disguised themselves as teachers as part of their deadly plan which threatens the future of Earth.

Will Sarah Jane and the gang be able to stop them all before it's too late?