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Whovian News....
Big Finish has Benny Happy Returns!
As Bernice Summerfield hurtles towards her twentieth anniversary in October, Big Finish Productions is pleased to reveal the cover artwork for its forthcoming charity adventure, Many Happy Returns.
The special one-off adventure Many Happy Returns will be available exclusively for download, with every penny going to the charity Invest in M.E. (www.investinme.org) The charity's latest project - Let's Do It For M.E.! - is a patient-driven campaign raising vital funds for a Centre of Excellence at the University of East Anglia. The centre aims to translate scientific findings and evidence from research into applicable treatments for people suffering from ME, focusing on immunology and virology.
A specially-recorded teaser for the release is also now available via the product page, where you can pre-order the adventure and view the cover. The revised artwork for September's Bernice Summerfield box set, Legion, has also been uploaded to th
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The Writer's Blog has Pearce Productions' Doctor Who. Antoni Pearce, is currently well into the production of his very own fanfic Doctor Who series. His take, which features the Doctor travelling with companions Abigail and Vincent, began in March with the first episode 'Who Am I' and is set to continue in the very near future as production on the second episode 'Death of The Kid' has just concluded....
BBC America - Anglophenia has Life Outside The TARDIS: Christopher Eccleston. When Christopher Eccleston first emailed Russell T Davies to ask to be considered for the part of the Doctor, there was no guarantee this was a one-way ticket to worldwide success....
Miscellanious News...
- Radio Times - David Tennant: how Doctor Who changed my life
David Tennant's time on Doctor Who took away his privacy, but hasn't left him typecast, the actor has told the new issue of Radio Times magazine – and he says his successor Matt Smith is "brilliant" in the role.... - Metro - Doctor Who star Karen Gillan named Scottish Fashion Icon
The 24-year-old former model has become almost as well-known for her fashion sense as her acting, with the star often snapped on the front row of designer fashion shows. - Express.co.uk - GUESS WHO TURNED UP LATE TO COLLECT FASHION ICON AWARD?
Karen Gillan almost missed collecting a major award in Glasgow last night - because she had been partying at RockNess. The time traveller's assistant apparently got her own time zones mixed up and missed her flight Having taken on the role of supermodel Jean Shrimpton in the BBC drama We'll Take Manhattan earlier this year, Karen has now been named Scottish Fashion Icon at the seventh Scottish Fashion Awards... - Confessions of a Neowhovian - Confession 23: I'm Disappointed by the New Companion
"As filming begins on the 2012 Christmas special, in which we will be introduced to the as-yet-publicly-unnamed new Companion being played by Jenna-Louise Coleman, the first official photos of Jenna and Matt on set are being released. And excited as I am for a change-up in the TARDIS team, I have to say I'm disappointed in what I'm seeing...."
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Forbidden Planet has K9 Complete Boxset
TV s Most loved Robot dog K9 blasts back into action via a Space Time Manipulator and arrives in the late 21st Century in a London scarred by Alien Intrusion and Government rule through a Cybernetic Police Force.
K9 is a cybernetic construct from the 50th Century and has the appearance of an earth dog both in shape and size. He arrives at the home of Professor Gryffen, a renowned cybernetics and temporal dynamics expert who is working on the Alien Space-Time-Manipulator (STM) which opens a portal to anywhere in space and time. K9 is following a group of rogue Aliens, Jixen Warriors who attack Gryffen and a couple of teenagers; Starkey a homeless rebel and Jorjie, a very capable intelligent young girl.
To save them K9 sacrifices himself and explodes, soon followed by his regeneration thanks to a strange alien device implanted in his mainframe. The new look K9 can now hover and fly and has more capabilities than ever before. K9 loses his long term memory and begins a quest to not only protect humanity but to discover more about his time and Space travelling past.
The year is 2059 and the Earth has suffered at the hands of natural disasters and the world government s have developed cybernetic technology and replaced human police and security forces with Cybernetic Civil Pacification Corps (The CCPC) who are controlled by the sinister Department.
The Department have divisions run by Inspectors who control Public Order and Alien and Paranormal activity.
Alongside Gryffens errand boy, Darius the teens are destined to become K9 s companions in the battle against repression by the Department and the ongoing intrusion by Alien Life forms.
The series features many new and bizarre Alien menaces from beyond Time and Space as well as some evil home grown human adversaries.
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CrashOfTheElysium has The Crash of The Elysium Rehearsal Footage. A look inside the rehearsal room of the 2012 remount of Punchdrunk's The Crash of The Elysium. Presented at IpArt by Manchester International Festival, The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich Borough Council, Suffolk County Council and Arts Council England. Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, BBC, London 2012 Festival and Salford City Council.
Podcasts...
Beware most podcasts are of an adult nature and are not suitable for children.
Dirty Whoers has Doctor Who RPG Interview Special. In this one-off interview special we chew the fat with the most splendid Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Line Developer for Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space, Primeval and The Laundry Files roleplaying games, from Cubicle 7.
The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 117. Adam, Kirby and Rhys talk about the Kasterborous Con, news, eBay and the top 30 Doctor Who podcasts return and of course the opening story of series 3.
Two-minute Time Lord has 2MTL 269: WHO IS THE DOCTOR Reviewed. Rumors of the death of the episode guidebook are greatly exaggerated! Who is the Doctor, by Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? is essential reading for the newly committed new series fan as well as old hands.
Hoo on Who has Episode 54 - The Claws of Axos. David and Marty visit the early 70's, marvel at the bad hairstyles, short skirts and the surprisingly good performances by Jon Pertwee and Co. in the Third Doctor adventure, The Claws of Axos! Marty reviews the Big finish story Wrath of the Iceni, the guys discuss the DVD Extras, and read listener feedback emails. Dr. Phill is back with HIS take on the music and majesty of this story as well!
The Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 147 – The DWP Teams Least Favourite Doctor Who stories – Part 2. It is Tom and Trev’s turn this week to share their least favourite stories from the 6th Doctor through to the present Doctor. We also have a stab at trying to pick our least favourite story from the 1st to 5th Doctor eras.
Tid-Bits...
RedBubble.com has Doctor Who Olympics by Apebull.
Review's Roundup...
Chair With A Panda On It has Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army. New York – one of the greatest cities on 21st-century Earth… But what’s going on in the Museum? And is that really a Woolly Mammoth rampaging down Broadway?...
Earth Station One has Toy Review – Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens - The Doctor (Fezzes Are Cool Version) By Character Options. "This is now the crown jewel of my toy collection. The fact that I own a toy of the Doctor wearing a fez is so utterly incomprehensible and wonderful that I will give the decision maker at Character Options a full kiss on the mouth if I ever meet them...."
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery has Doctor Who 203: Fury from the Deep Part 4. Van Lutyens gets eaten by the seaweed, the rigs are overrun, and Victoria wants out.
Siskoid's Blog of Geekery also has Doctor Who 204: Fury from the Deep Part 5. As foam invades, Robson kidnaps Victoria and brings her to the rigs with the Doctor and Jamie in hot helicopter pursuit....
Classical Gallifrey has Serial 81: The Planet of Evil. Season Thirteen is an interesting season because everys tory in it is an homage in one way or another to a very famous sci-fi/horror classic. "Zygons" is essentially Invasion of the Body Snatchers. "Pyramids of Mars" is a send up to mummy movies. "Android Invasion" is Body Snatchers again....
The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who and The Foe From the Future, The Doctor and Leela have arrived on Earth in what appears to be a sleepy English village, but all is not what it seems. Ghosts stalk the land, a haunted mansion draws attention to itself like a lightning rod and time has become broken, events erratically re-arranging themselves around the time travelers who seem immune to the alterations, but not the consequences....
Second Life News
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