Sunday 29 November 2015

Steven Moffat: The Doctor returns to Gallifrey like Clint Eastwood – "a mad, bad, dangerous b*stard"


A finale four-and-a-half billion years in the making, Steven Moffat says that "Hell Bent will push the Doctor further than he's ever been pushed before, turning him into a, "mad, bad, dangerous bastard."
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The final episode continues the story on from Face The Raven and Heaven Sent, the two episodes in which the Doctor lost companion Clara Oswald, was betrayed by immortal frenemy Ashildr and was then teleported to a labyrinthian castle, where he only managed to escape by tunnelling through a wall four hundred times harder than diamond over the course of four-and-a-half billion years. It's a long story. And on the other side of the wall? His home planet of Gallifrey – revealing that it was all a scheme by the Time Lords. 
Speaking to RadioTimes.com, Moffat says, "I think we probably take the Doctor right to the very end of his tether. I've toyed with it in the past but never really gone the whole hog. What would happen if you really, really, really pissed him off? If you took everything from him, broke his heart, kicked the crap out of him and he got up again – what would you be facing then? It's called Hell Bent for a reason. As has been threatened occasionally in the series, what happens when he gets really mad? Well, this is it. Yes, he goes back to Gallifrey, and he goes back in a very bad mood. 
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"It took a long time to kind of figure out what it'd be like if he went back there. You've seen him go back – I'm going to talk like a tragic fanboy now – in The War Games and he's obviously a bit sheepish; in Deadly Assassin, he's a bit of a bad boy. But now he's the guy who won the Time War. And they'd be terrified if he showed up. He becomes a badass Doctor, and that's always fun as he doesn't do badass very often. He's too nice. But if you push him far enough – and by god, we push him in episode 11 – it all gets a bit Clint Eastwood."
 

Saturday 28 November 2015

Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 11 Heaven Sent

Peter Capaldi smashes it at the read-through



Behind the veil



One man show



Have questions regarding the episode? Check here

Hell Bent official TV trailer



Hell Bent next time trailer


Friday 27 November 2015

Matt Smith: New trailer and poster for ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 
 A brand new trailer and poster have been unveiled for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, starring Lily James (Downton Abbey) and Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith.
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A fresh twist on Jane Austen’s widely celebrated novel, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s 2009 novel, the movie arrives in UK cinemas on Thursday 11 February next year.

The official synopsis reads: “A mysterious plague has fallen upon 19th century England, the land is overrun with the undead and feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet is a master of martial arts and weaponry. Casting aside personal and social prejudices, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy must unite on the blood-soaked battlefield to rid the country of the zombie menace and discover their true love for one another.”

See previous post for cast



 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Tuesday 24 November 2015

Christmas 2015 images

Four new images for this year's, as of yet to be titled Christmas special starring Peter Capldi and Alex Kingston returning as River Song.

Here's the synopsis for the episode:
“It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a snowy village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure. Time traveler River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the form of Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas."





The Doctor and River Song Reunite For A Spectacular Christmas

Alex Kingston returns to Cardiff to reclaim her role as Professor River Song for the highly anticipated 2015 Doctor Who Christmas special, part of BBC One’s essential seasonal viewing.

 

It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a snowy village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure. Time traveller River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the form of Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas.

Day one of filming the eleventh Doctor Who Christmas special starts this week and is written by Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, produced by Nikki Wilson and directed by Douglas Mackinnon (Doctor Who, Sherlock).

River Song made her first Doctor Who appearance in 2008 in ‘Silence in the Library’ and ‘Forest of the Dead’ and has appeared in 15 episodes to date.

Award winning Alex Kingston comments on her reappearance, “To be honest, I did not know whether River would ever return to the show, but here she is, back with the Doctor for the Christmas special. Steven Moffat is on glittering form, giving us an episode filled with humour and surprise guest castings. I met Peter for the first time at Monday’s read through, we had a laugh, and I am now excited and ready to start filming with him and the Doctor Who team. Christmas in September? Why not!”

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Steven explains when the meeting of River Song and the Twelfth Doctor takes place:

"It's immediatetly after The Angels Take Manhatten (2012). River’s just seen Matt Smith’s Doctor lose Amy and Rory, and obviously before The Name of the Doctor [2013] because she’s dead in that.”

Speaking of ending things, Steven Moffat also revealed that this might have been his last ever Doctor Who episode: “We’ve just lost Clara, so I didn’t want to go straight into a new companion. I’ll be honest, I brought River Song back in because I thought there was a possibility I’d never write for Doctor Who again so that’d be my goodbye.”

Joining Peter Capaldi and Alex Kingston in this year's Christmas adventure arecomedians Matt Lucas and Greg Davies.
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A short synopsis reads as:

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?
“All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.

The BBC Cymru Wales produced drama will return to BBC One on Saturday, 19 September with a 12 episode series, followed by the Christmas special on Friday 25 December.

Saturday 21 November 2015

Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 10 Face The Raven

Death And Consequences



Why does Clara face the Raven?



Jenna reflects on her time with Peter Capaldi



Heaven Sent - Next time trailer



Heaven Sent - BBC One Trailer


Friday 20 November 2015

Doctor Who's new companion will change the tone of the show

Steven Moffat has revealed that ​Doctor Who​'s next companion doesn't even have a name yet - but told Digital Spy ​that the new character will fundamentally change the series.

Moffat explained that the character is in "quite early stages" - but that he has already pitched the companion and the arc of series 10 to the BBC.

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Extended episodes to conclude Series 35

Heaven Sent: The Doctor, as played by Peter Capaldi (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)The BBC has confirmed that the final two episodes of Series 9, Heaven Sent / Hell Bent will both run in extended timeslots.

The penultimate episode Heaven Sent will run for 55 minutes and has been confirmed for transmission at 8.05pm on BBC One on 28th November.

The series finále Hell Bent will then run in a 65 minute timeslot starting at 8pm on 5th December.

The two episodes will deal with the consequences of Episode Ten, Face the Raven, which can be seen this weekend.

Jenna Coleman: "It didn't go as I thought"

Jenna Coleman's time on Doctor Who ebbs ever closer and her character Clara is expected to leave the Doctor's side in Saturday's episode Face The Raven. Jenna has played Clara (Oswin) Oswald since 2012 when she appeared in the Series 7 opener Assylum Of The Daleks.



On her reaction to the exit, Jenna said: "I’m very satisfied. It was a surprise when I read the script, as it always is with Steven’s scripts. It did not go in the direction I thought it was going to go in – which did not surprise me at all. But it’s really cool and different, and good, I think. I hope people will be pleased with it, because it was very fun to play. And sad."

However, there is a glimmer of hope that Jenna may return to the BBC sci-fi show; "Once you’ve built up to an exit – and we’ve been talking about when Clara would leave for quite a while – I think you’d have to be very careful about when and how to do it. But I mean, I’ve got such a fond and special relationship with the Doctor, if it was the right nature of the story, then I would love to. But we shall see."

Monday 16 November 2015

Doctor Wh Extra Series 2 Episode 9 Sleep No More

Cold Storage



Enter The Sandmen



Through Fire And Flame



Voice Of The Computer



Face The Raven Official TV Trailer



Face The Raven Next Time Trailer


Sunday 8 November 2015

Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria

Jenna Coleman looks like she just stepped out of the Tardis in her first role since leaving Doctor Who.

In a crown and frilly, white gown, Jenna goes from science fiction to period drama as she takes on the title role in upcoming ITV series Victoria. The 29-year-old, who played the Time Lord’s companion Clara Oswald, was filming in York. A former RAF base at Church Fenton has been converted into studios to film Victoria for the next seven months. The series will begin with a 90-minute episode followed by seven one-hour episodes.

 Jenna Coleman in her first role since Dr Who, as Queen Victoria in ITV Drama "Victoria" 

Peter Capaldi on The Radio 1 Breakfast Show

Peter Capaldi interviewed by Nick Grimshaw on Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Wednesday, 4th November 2015

 "I found it really sad to say goodbye to her. I don't want to go into what happens, because it's really clever what happes in it, but it's very sad. It's really sad."

“I found it really sad to say goodbye to her … I don’t want to go into what happens, because it’s very clever what happens in it, but it’s very sad. It’s really sad.” - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/#sthash.ii2BoxT0.dpuf


Listen to the full interview below


Peter Capaldi wants Doctor Who to tackle fracking

13 tweets that perfectly sum up the Internet’s reaction to last night’s Doctor Who
Recent interviews with Doctor Who’s Peter Capaldi and Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss have revealed that the Time Lord may tackle controversial Earthly gas-mining procedures in the future. Talking to assembled press, Gatiss (whose next episode of Doctor Who airs Nov 14 on BBC One) discussed new ideas for future stories.

Confessing he would like to do a modern issues story to ‘warn about the future’ (much like Doctor Who in the 70s), the writer said:

‘What I’d love to do a story about is fracking. When I first heard about it I thought this seems like an incredibly Doctor Who-y idea. Because it’s obviously a bad idea, no matter what the supposed rewards.’ 

When presented with the idea, Peter Capaldi lit up, exclaiming: ‘Absolutely! That would be great, I’d love to do a fracking episode. I’d get to use the word “frack” a lot. Frack the frack off, or frack the frack in! Can I say that? Fracking, that’s good. I don’t know what we’d find – Silurians of some description I would imagine?’

Mark Gatiss added, To me it's got that whole Jaws scenario, with lots of people saying, "It'll be fine." And actually, as well as shale gas and everything, maybe there;s something else lurking under there. I'd like to do that one, it;s called Frakk off and Die’’(Laughs)

Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 8 - TheZygon Inversion

Human or Zygon



Osgood and the Doctor



Why wouldn't you go in the TARDIS?



Would Osgood be a good companion?



Will Osgood be back?



Jenna Colema on playing Bonnie (aka Bad Clara)



Sleep No More next time trailer



Official TV trailer


Wednesday 4 November 2015

Eighth Doctor Console Room To Appear In Lego Dimensions

In a recent post from the Radio Times, each Doctor was seen in their respective console rooms of except for the Eighth Doctor. Now it seems, we have footage of the Eight with his Lego Dimensions
Gothic style console room. And you can watch each version in the video below, which was put together by packattack04082


Sunday 1 November 2015

Black Milk Clothing Announces Doctor Who Collection

In collaboration with BBC Worldwide, Black Milk Clothing; an Australian clothing company, are releasing a collection of 45 designs - including, swimsuits, dresses and tops.
 
Designed and produced in Brisbane, Australia, the designs incorporate many iconic images from the worlds's most lovedBBC science fiction programme Doctor Who; such as the evil Daleks, the menacing Cybermen and of course, the TARDIS. 

James Lillis,founds and head designer says, " We are big fans of Doctor Who here at Black Milk Clothing, and we've been wanting to do something aorund this iconic show for some time. Collaborations such as this have become such an important part of the Black Milk world, and Doctor Who is a great fit for Black Milk – it’s quirky, irreverent and colourful, just like us!” 
 
 Jason Easy, Head of Brand Licensing (Softlines), BBC Worldwide, said: “We’re delighted to be partnering with Black Milk to bring this unique clothing range to Doctor Who’s legion of fans.”

At 11pm (9am in Australia) on Monday 2nd November their exclusive Doctor Who collection will be released.
 
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Collaborations such as this have become such an important part of the Black Milk world, and Doctor Who is a great fit for Black Milk – it’s quirky, irreverent and colourful, just like us!” - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/2015/10/merchandise-black-milk-clothing.html#sthash.WJNTZPOZ.dpuf
In collaboration with BBC Worldwide, Australian firm Black Milk Clothing are releasing a clothing collection featuring 45 brand new products designed and manufactured in Brisbane, Australia, including leggings, dresses, swimsuits and tops.

The designs incorporate many iconic characters, monsters and moments from Doctor Who, such as Daleks, Cybermen, the outfits of various Doctors and, of course, the TARDIS. - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/2015/10/merchandise-black-milk-clothing.html#sthash.WJNTZPOZ.dpuf
In collaboration with BBC Worldwide, Australian firm Black Milk Clothing are releasing a clothing collection featuring 45 brand new products designed and manufactured in Brisbane, Australia, including leggings, dresses, swimsuits and tops.

The designs incorporate many iconic characters, monsters and moments from Doctor Who, such as Daleks, Cybermen, the outfits of various Doctors and, of course, the TARDIS. - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/2015/10/merchandise-black-milk-clothing.html#sthash.WJNTZPOZ.dpuf
In collaboration with BBC Worldwide, Australian firm Black Milk Clothing are releasing a clothing collection featuring 45 brand new products designed and manufactured in Brisbane, Australia, including leggings, dresses, swimsuits and tops.

The designs incorporate many iconic characters, monsters and moments from Doctor Who, such as Daleks, Cybermen, the outfits of various Doctors and, of course, the TARDIS. - See more at: http://www.combom.co.uk/2015/10/merchandise-black-milk-clothing.html#sthash.WJNTZPOZ.dpuf

Doctor Who Extra Series 2 Episode 7 The Zygon Invasion

The Return of Osgood



Osgood The Roleplayer



The Return of the Zygons



The Zygon Inversion Official Trailer



Fan-Made Trailer by GallifreyForever97 - The Zygon Invasion' & 'The Zygon Inversion' Previously TV Trailer