Over the past few months, Blogtor has teamed up with Talking Who to produce a documentary all about Doctor Who fans and how fandom has changed pre-2005 to post-2005. In the player above you'll find a video all about the feature-length film called Who's Changing: An Adventure In Time With Fans.But we need your help in getting this documentary out there! If you could donate to the fundraising campaign page we would be eternally grateful, AND you'd get some special perks too! For full details, please visit the IndieGoGo fundraising page HERE.The documentary...
Monday, August 26, 2013
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Our chums over at TeeFury have got another great Doctor Who t~shirt for sale - for 24 hours only! Titled I Am the Bad Wolf, this design is available worldwide for $11 - visit the site HERE. Tee Fury have also re~released some older designs that are now available all the time! Check them out below and click on the images for more in...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Current showrunner Steven Moffat was talking with Frank Skinner and Fred MacAulay earlier this evening at the AdLib Comedy event in Edinburgh. During the session both Doctor Who and Sherlock were discussed and there was also a Q&A with the audience. Highlights below!What are the chances of Peter Jackson directing an episode?"He's serious about it. We talked at The Hobbit premiere - he just wants a Dalek. So we'll give him a Dalek and he'll direct...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
PETER CAPALDI HAS A SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE FOR THE READERS OF DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE!Click for a bigger versionDoctor Who Magazine 464 goes behind the scenes of Doctor Who Live, the special show which finally revealed the identity of the Twelfth Doctor. The mag features interviews with the people who made it happen, including show runner STEVEN MOFFAT, presenter ZOË BALL and producer RUSSELL MINTON… and there's also has an exclusive letter from PETER...
Action figure producers Biff Bang Pow have been chatting about their license to produce a Twelfth Doctor action figure. As soon as the announcement was made of the new actor to play the Time Lord, a sculpt was made of Peter Capaldi's head (see above pic). The company are now awaiting further information - such as hair colour (will he be ginger perhaps?), facial hair (evil goatee perhaps?) and full costume - before approval from the BBC. The company...
Monday, August 19, 2013
Who Are You Supposed To Be?Starring Jen Lusk and Cameron K McEwanWritten by Keith GowDirected by Emrys MathewsRuns until Aug 26 at C-Aquila, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, everyday at 3.40pm. Buy tickets HEREReview by Nick Fraser The challenge for any live show is in being able to grab the audience’s attention, lead them into the world within which the performance is set, and keep them there for the duration. Taking my seat in the small, darkened...
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Earlier this evening, BBC Four screened Proms on Four: 20th Century Classics which featured "New Music at the Proms". Included in this show was an excerpt from Song For Fifty - a song celebrating fifty years of Doctor Who from composer Murray Gold. Watch it in the player above. The Doctor Who Proms concert will air on BBC One on Aug 26 at 4pm.Blogtor's interview with Murray G...
THE ICE WARRIORSStarring Patrick Troughton2 Disc DVD - Details HEREUK: Aug 26 Australia: Aug 28North America: Sept 17 Review by Emrys MatthewsSTORYThe Ice Warriors is Patrick Troughton’s tenth story as the Doctor and unlike so many of its fellows has only two episodes missing, which have been lovingly animated for this DVD release. It was last released back in 1998 on VHS and this marks the story’s first time on DVD, leaving only one complete...
Friday, August 16, 2013
The first four Doctor Who revisited specials from BBC America will air this Sunday, August 18 from 4:30pm on UKTV in Australia and New Zealand. These programmes provide an introduction to each of the previous incarnations of the Doctor and are designed to work alongside a specially curated selection of stories. These specials feature:· interviews with key cast and crew,· classic clips,· a montage of the Doctors’ key moments, iconic lines and monsters...
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Comedian and Doctor Who fan Frank Skinner will be discussing the importance of improvisation and spontaneity in Steven Moffat's work as well as all things Peter Capaldi, 50th Anniversary and future Who too in an appearance by the current showrunner at AdLib at this year's Edinburgh Festival.The event promises to be a fascinating insight into his creative process and also a chance for fans to take part in a live Q&A as part of the show. This...
Our buddies over at RIPT Apparel have got another two great Doctor Who designs for sale - for 24 hours only! Titled Angels Strike Back and Return of the Doctor the tees are available worldwide for $10 - visit the site HERE! They're also available in kids sizes, a fleece hoody, a onesie and in prints, coasters and iPhone cases!AND Our chums over at TeeFury have got another also have another TWO great Doctor Who t~shirts for sale - for 24 hours only!...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Click for a bigger versionWHO ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?Edinburgh Fringe, C Venues, Aug 14 to 26 BUY TICKETS HEREYou are hereby invited to join the Doctor in the TARDIS. Her TARDIS! There are four Doctor Who-themed shows at Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 - this is the only one starring a female Doctor. See Jennifer Lusk (Photographing the Dead, Edinburgh Fringe 2012) playing Ash Williams playing the Fifth Doctor, originally played by Peter Davison. “The...
The BFI have announced the guests who will take part in their screening of the Ninth Doctor episodes, Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways which takes place on August 24. Confirmed names are: Dave Houghton (Visual Effects), director Joe Ahearne, producer Phil Collinson and actor Bruno Langley ("companion" Adam).Next month will honour the David Tennant years with The Stolen Earth/Journey's End on Sept 29 at 2pm (this is a Sunday screening) whilst the Paul...
Click on the pic for a bigger, potatoier version.Mr. Potato Head and the Doctor share something in common, aside from their enduring popularity. They have both changed faces and transformed guises multiple times this past half-century. This August, Hasbro’s iconic spud and BBC Worldwide have mashed together to form Mr. Potato Head – The Eleventh Doctor! Complete with eight removable parts and pieces, this is one hot-potato to look out for! Buy...
Monday, August 12, 2013
The Doctor Who Experience – home to the biggest official collection of Doctor Who props, costumes and sets in the world – celebrates the latest new arrival at the multisensory attraction in Cardiff Bay. The replica original TARDIS console which will feature in the much-awaited BBC drama focusing on the genesis of Doctor Who – An Adventure in Space and Time – is on display from today in the mezzanine section of the building. Buy tickets for the DOCTOR...
Sunday, August 11, 2013
The Museum of London in, erm, London is currently hosting an exhibition celebrating ninety years of the listings publication, Radio Times. In the exhibit there's a large portion devoted to Doctor Who content, which you can see in the pictures collected here by Blogtor. Entry is free and I can't recommend it highly enough - a lovely little gallery with some gorgeous Doctor Who art and Radio Times covers - not to mention a life size Dalek recreating...
Saturday, August 10, 2013
DVD cover artist Lee Binding has released the artwork for the upcoming release of The Tenth Planet on the Facebook page, Tea Lady Design - click on the picture for a bigger version.The William Hartnell story is the very first to feature the Cybermen and also the first to feature the regeneration process.The Tenth Planet was recently released as part of the Regeneration DVD boxset (see review HERE) and the four-part story will receive a release on...
Thursday, August 8, 2013
The BBC have released pictures of Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) in the upcoming sitcoms The Smiths and Big School - click on the images included for bigger versions. In the photos above you can see Tate with David Walliams (The God Complex) in Big School (which starts Aug 16 on BBC One) and below you can see her in The Smiths, a remake of the US sitcom Everyone Loves Raymond. This show also stars David Troughton (Midnight, The Curse of Peladon) and...
Doctor Who Live: The New Doctor proved an international broadcasting hit on Sunday, with over 1.5 million fans on two continents tuning in live to watch the hotly anticipated reveal of the actor cast to play the next Doctor after Matt Smith leaves the show at Christmas. In the US, BBC America reported 895,000* total viewers for the show which was broadcast at 2pm making it the best telecast ever outside of primetime among the 25-54...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Silva Screen have announced that the Doctor Who Series 7 soundtrack will be released on September 9 - available on a 2 CD set and download. The CDs will be sold in a special gatefold wallet (see above) but this is limited to only the first 5000 copies, after which the packaging will be a double jewel case. The iTunes version will have two bonus tracks. Read Blogtor's two-part interview with Doctor Who composer Murray Gold HERE and HERE. Thanks...
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