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As part of the BBC’s blockbuster celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, David Bradley (Harry Potter) is set to play the first ever Doctor, the iconic William Hartnell in the BBC Two drama ‘An Adventure in Space and Time’.
‘An Adventure in Space and Time' will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who - first aired on 23 November 1963 - and the many personalities involved. The BBC’s Head of Drama Sydney Newman, credited with the creation of the show, will be portrayed by Brian Cox (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity) and the producer, Verity Lambert, by ‘Call the Midwife’ star Jessica Raine. The director of the first ever episode, ‘An Unearthly Child’, Waris Hussein, will be played by Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango In Halifax).
More <a href="http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/#An-Adventure-In-Time-And-Space-Casting-Announced">here.</a>;
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Why? Well, this arrived in the post this morning:
Oh yeah. B-)
BTW, no news on who will play William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Carole-Ann Ford ?
The 11th Doctor as allready been <a href="https://www.bigchiefstudios.co.uk/products/eleventh-doctor-16-scale-collector-figure/">released.</a>;
Cool collectable but very expensive. Hope there will be many affordable 50th Aniversary items available.
There are a number of celebratory audios in the pipeline.
Loved the Dalek one, wasn't a huge fan of the dinasours one, I enjoyed the western one (cowboys and aliens done right, unlike the movie with Ford and Craig) and I also liked the one with the cubes.
Haven't seen the last episode yet but I really like the Weeping Angels so I should enjoy it.
David Bradley as William Hartnell
Brian Cox as Sidney Newman
In the role of producer Verity Lambert will be Call The Midwife's Jessica Raine
Playing An Unearthly Child director Waris Hussein, will be Sacha Dhawan
This could be very enjoyable indeed.
Agree, it is shaping up to be a great event. Can't wait to watch it. What else will be in store for Dr Who itself? Only time will tell.
http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/#Jemma-Powell-Cast-As-Jacqueline-Hill-In-An-Adventure-In-Space-And-Time
http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/#Jamie-Glover-Cast-As-William-Russell-In-An-Adventure-In-Space-And-Time
Doctor Who will celebrate its half centenary with a special birthday edition on 23 November, exactly 50 years after its first ever adventure, An Unearthly Child, starring William Hartnell in the title role. Viewers will be able to see the 3D version on the BBC HD channel.
The BBC's controller of drama commissioning Ben Stephenson said on Monday the anniversary of the time-travelling show would be a national event and compared it to the Queen's diamond jubilee and the Olympics.
Doctor Who's executive producer and lead writer, Steven Moffat, said: "It's about time. Technology has finally caught up with Doctor Who and your television is now bigger on the inside. A whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore."
Stephenson revealed details of the 50th-anniversary show along with a new drama slate that will include a new BBC1 Saturday teatime fantasy adventure, Atlantis.
"It's a nationwide celebration of both Doctor Who and the BBC because I think they are so synonymous. We will be doing a big Doctor Who special in 3D which is very exciting and feels very innovative," he said.
"We will be doing it on cinema screens as well. We are working out the logistics of that at the moment because we need to make sure the main BBC1 experience remains absolute value for money for the audience."
There has been no shortage of speculation about the content of the 50th-birthday show, and whether it will see a reunion of previous doctors. Tom Baker memorably declined to appear in the 20th-anniversary special, the Five Doctors, and three of the 11 actors to have played the role are now dead.
Moffat is still working on the script for the show which will be filmed, like most of the series, in south Wales, and will follow an eight-part run of Doctor Who.
Stephenson said: "There will be lots of aliens and daleks and things like that – or maybe there won't. There are many different things to take into account and we will also have a Christmas special after that and it all connects. Or maybe it doesn't. There's lots to work out.
"It's that thing of, how do you make individual programmes more than the sum of their parts? The Doctor Who 50th is a bit like when we did EastEnders' 25th; it is more than just a programme, we have all had a relationship to it.
"Ninety per cent of the British public know about Doctor Who and have a personal connection to it. Most people have their own Doctor Who. It's drawing on that nostalgia to say something bigger about the BBC and its values."
The BBC will also mark the event with a BBC2 drama about the beginnings of the show, An Adventure in Space and Time, scripted by Mark Gattis and featuring David Bradley as the late Hartnell.
The BBC is no stranger to the big screen through its film-making arm, BBC Films, but it is unusual if not unprecedented for TV shows to be given a cinema release – natural history epic The Blue Planet among them.
It is not the first BBC drama to be filmed in 3D – that honour goes to its Christmas adaptation of David Walliams' children's book, Mr Stink – but it will be the biggest, said Stephenson.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2013/feb/11/doctor-who-3d-50th-birthday
http://screenrant.com/torchwood-season-5-limbo/
Is there any point making a series 5 now? Half the characters are dead and I don't really want the Americans to return (excluding Jack).
I wouldn't mind another normal series with a new cast but I don't want another big story stretched across a few hour long episodes.
Funny how this show progressed. It went from a fun Welsh Doctor Who spin off with sex, violence and swearing where everybody was bisexual, to a great action sci fi drama minseries, and finally to a watchable but eventually boring Americanised series.
I always thought that Children of Earth was the high point of Torchwood. I mean, it's really hard to rebound a series when you already killed of half your original team and your main character was in exile. Plus, it was arguably the best writing that RTD had since Doctor Who season 1. Miracle Day was a failure to begin with.
At least it got better from one, to two, then finally peaked with Children Of Earth.
The First Doctor’s final adventure The Tenth Planet is to have its lost fourth episode animated for DVD release, the BBC's official doctorwho.tv site has confirmed.
Teased yesterday at the Gallifrey One convention by Dan Hall, commissioning editor of the classic Doctor Who DVD range, The Tenth Planet sees both the introduction of the menacing, dead-eyed Cybermen, and the departure of The First Doctor, William Hartnell. The final episode has been missing from the BBC Archives since the mid-1970s, and will be reconstructed using the same Thetamation process used to recreate The Reign of Terror episodes 4 and 5.
Dan Hall said:
"It’s a real thrill to be bringing such an iconic Doctor Who episode back to life. Without the events established in The Tenth Planet episode 4, there would be no Doctor Who as we know it!"
The release date is currently scheduled for Late 2013.
http://news.drwho-online.co.uk/#The-Tenth-Planet-Part-Four-To-Be-Animated-For-DVD-Release
Former BBC designer Ray Cusick died of heart failure in his sleep on Thurday.
RIP to a legend. The Daleks are one of the most famous and recognisable villians in Sci-Fi history and my personal favourites. Their appearance is both striking and menacing.
And i'm a few days late about this, but Reece Sheersmith is to play Patrick Troughton in 'An Adventure In Time And Space':
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a459512/reece-shearsmith-to-play-patrick-troughton-in-doctor-who-50th-biopic.html
Good choice for the part. Knowing him from the League of Gentleman with Mark Gattis, I think he'll capture the enthusiasm and quirkiness of Trougton's Doctor.
PS. I'm actually looking forward to this more than I am the actual Dr Who episodes.
I hope this is broadcast on BBC One and not 'downgraded' to BBC Two. I'd hate for that to happen, 50 years of Doctor Who and all. But I can't see the mass appeal and fear it will be the case. This after the special on the 23rd November would be a great night's viewing for some but not be enough people.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=100979