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Yeah, it's the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - I probably should've clarified that...
Sadly, were still stuck here in the US. There's no end to the waiting in sight yet, perhaps things will change after the Christmas special airs and/or the second season/series of the new series begins filming.
I'd like to see the show air in the US this year but I don't think it'll happen - there doesn't even seem to be any new rumors of US networks looking at the show either.
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Congrats to Australian Who fans [past and future]
ABC has set the new series of Doctor Who to begin airing on May 21, at 7:30 PM.
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The BBC made it official the other day, David Tennant will be the 10th Doctor.
Official announcement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2005/.../18/18639.shtml
quote:David Tennant will play the tenth Doctor Who.David Tennant will play the next Doctor, it was announced today by Jane Tranter, BBC Controller of Drama Commissioning.Tennant, whose recent credits include BBC Three's Casanova, Blackpool and He Knew He Was Right, will star alongside Billie Piper who returns as Rose Tyler for the upcoming Christmas Special and second series."I am delighted, excited and honoured to be the tenth Doctor!" said David. "I grew up loving Doctor Who and it has been a lifelong dream to get my very own TARDIS."Russell T Davies is one of the best writers television has ever had, and I'm chuffed to bits to get the opportunity to work with him again. I'm also really looking forward to working with Billie Piper who is so great as Rose."Taking over from Chris is a daunting prospect; he has done a fantastic job of reinventing the Doctor for a new generation and is a very tough act to follow.""Christopher Eccleston's wonderful Doctor has reinvented the role, so that it now appeals to the best actors in the land," noted Executive producer/writer Russell T Davies. "I'm already writing David's first new adventure on board the TARDIS!"Regeneration is a huge part of the programme's mythology, and I'm delighted that new, young viewers can now have the complete Doctor Who experience, as they witness their hero change his face!""Christopher Eccleston has given an exceptional performance as the ninth Doctor," added Executive Producer Julie Gardner. "David Tennant is a great actor who will build on the excellent work already done by Christopher in establishing Doctor Who for a new generation."Things you might not know about David:* His favourite band is The Proclaimers* He was born in Paisley, Scotland on April 18th 1971, so this is a bit of an early birthday present for him!* He once played a cross-dressing barmaid in an episode of the comedy series Rab C. NesbittAnd here's a little background on Eccleston's leaving that you might not have known already
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/t...dio/4410943.stm
quote:BBC admits Dr Who actor blunderThe BBC admits it broke an agreement with EcclestonThe BBC failed to speak to actor Christopher Eccleston before revealing he was going to quit Dr Who after the first series, it has admitted.It was originally claimed the actor feared being typecast if he stayed on.In a statement, the BBC quoted Eccleston as saying "he hoped viewers continued to enjoy the series".But the BBC has admitted it did not consult him about that statement and also broke its agreement not to reveal he planned to film just one series.Head of drama and commissioning Jane Tranter said: "The BBC regrets not speaking to Christopher before it responded to the press questions on Wednesday 30 March."The BBC further regrets that it falsely attributed a statement to Christopher and apologises to him."A BBC spokesman said a mutual agreement was made between the corporation and Eccleston in January that the fact he was not making a second series would not be made public.But after journalists questioned the press office, the news was confirmed.A further series of the show has now been commissioned.The BBC confirmed it was in talks with actor David Tennant, the star of BBC3 drama Casanova, as a possible replacement for Eccleston.I do wish Eccleston would've stayed on as the 9th Doctor after this season/series began airing. The show is Doctor Who after all and I believe the BBC and Eccleston both ought to have approached it knowing that if show was successful [as it has been] Eccleston would've been in the role for at least a couple more series/seasons.
But that's all in the past, and Tennant is the next in line. He seems a likeable chap, if a mite young-looking for the role, I hope he sticks around for a good while.
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That's what the offered the Master - the Doctor was given the office of the Presidency.
I don't see the 12/13 regeneration limit as too much of a trouble. The Valeyard was came about sometime between the Doctor's "12/13 and final" regeneration.
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No regeneration sequence for Eccleston - I guess RTD and the BBC want a bit of a 'fresh start' for the new viewers. Perhaps the details will be mentioned in one of the later episodes of this series/season. But without a proper regen-sequence, if I recall correctly, McGann confirmed that he was never called in to do one.
The UK [March 26th] and Canada [April 5th] have day and time set for broadcast already.
New Zealand's Prime TV has picked up the new series but as far as I can find out there's yet to be an announcement about when it airs.
Australia and the US are up in the air still.
Australia - the BBC has confirmed it will be shown there but no one has fessed up to having picked it up yet. Though presumably ABC will be the one's showing it.
USA - No word on who or when yet. There's been rumors that certain channels are looking at the show - and even one that claiming Sci-Fi has passed on the new series for some reason. Neither the BBC nor the various US networks giving anyone a yea or nay on the matter.
On April 5th US residents in US-Canadian border regions will be able to watch with Canada provided their chosen TV content provider has CBC available.
It's a certainty PBS stations won't get the new series [not for a long while at least] - they're all largely independant still and Doctor Who [even the classic series] is an expensive program for them. There's still hope that Sci-Fi, USA, or another network will pick the new series up and show it fairly soon - it's possible that the US networks want to see how well it does in the UK and Canada.
The 1996 TV Movie is considered canon [well, as close to a canon as the series ever gets] by the BBC. I imagine that the writers for the new series will leave out the various inconsistancies [EG half-human, etc] of the TVM if it's events are ever brought up - or perhaps, ret-con them somehow if a detail poses a significant problem.
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woo-Who!
SOme folks have kindly put the latest trailer online.
An 11MB MPEG 1
http://chrisw99.users.btopenworld.com/trai...r_march15th.mpg
And a 30MB MPEG 2 [RAR compressed, so you might need to get an appropriate de-compressor]. This is also on that Rapidshare site, so follow the directions I posted earlier
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laugh I get most of my news from online, so I probably would've missed it too if I lived in the UK.
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The Beeb's even done some news interviews both TV and on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. Someone over at OG just put up a thread saying they saw their first Doctor Who poster/billboard. I guess you'll start seeing more prominent adverts fairly soon.
If you want to see a couple of the news items that folks have put online...
marillionkb5 from the Outpost Gallifrey forums put up these links on the 8th to stuff he/she had recorded off the TV.
This rapid share site is some sort of metered download repository - if you hit a certain limit with in an hour it'll make you wait until you can download some more. [head to bottom of the page, select "free" it'll take you to another page. Scroll down and you'll see a countdown timer, wait for it to run out and then select the link that appears].
Better quality versions of the 6 second trailer
6 second trailer ver 1 http://rapidshare.de/files/806288/bbc1-tra...railer.avi.html
6 second trailer ver 2 http://rapidshare.de/files/807599/bbc-trai...iler-2.avi.html
6 O'clock news item http://rapidshare.de/files/806372/test.avi.html
BBC Wales feature part 1 http://rapidshare.de/files/807309/who-wale...es-pt1.avi.html
BBC Wales feature part 2 http://rapidshare.de/files/807502/who-wale...-part2.avi.html
I was able to get the 2 trailers and the 6pm news bit all at once and had to wait for the BBC Wales feature part 1 and wait again for part 2.
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There were 2 six second trailers on. One shows the close up of the Doctor, and then the Doctor and Rose in the TARDIS console room, the other shows a close up of Rose and then then both in the console room. Both are up in Realplayer format on the official site.
I believe there'll be longer trailers starting sometime next week.
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Realplayer likes to be difficult on the computer I'm using. But it's also not my preferred online streaming format. From my experience Quicktime and WMP files provide superior performance.
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www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho has been updated with a renewed focus on the new series.
A new trailer isn't up yet - but old fans [and folks looking to see a little be of the old series] can follow the Trailer link on the main page, from there you can hit another link with 50 clips from the classic series. [all in Realplayer though
]Good news for everyone in the UK has just been announced over at Outpost Gallifrey.
The first trailer airs tonight at 7:29 [GMT I think] on BBC1 - just before EastEnders.
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Big new, big news... the long awaited information we've been waiting for out.
While not officially announced March 26 looks to be the big day for all our UK friends.
Folks who have access to the BBC's publicity picture site have confirmed that an image of the Doctor and Rose is featured on the publicity images folder for the week of March 26. [the same image can currently be seen on the login page as well]
The big BBC publicity push looks to be starting next Tuesday - so we should get a concrete date then [as well as some other goodies like a real trailer]
And for our Canadian neighbors [as well as members in the border states] CBC Television has the new series of Doctor Who listed on their website's program guide as scheduled for 8pm [Eastern] on April 5th.
I expect you all to mark your calenders and watch.
Sadly, no news for on an networks picking up the new series here in the US yet. But none of the potential channels have given a yea or nay yet - so no news is good news I guess. Unfortunately, Australia is currently in the same boat - no news on which network or when.
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Ohh boy - I've got a news update and a nice rumor for anyone waiting to watch the new Doctor Who series in the US.
First off the news.
The BBC has the theme for the new series. The original theme is great - it's hands down the most distinctive piece of music ever created. Further, I think it's safe to say, no series before or since has ever had theme music that so perfectly fit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2005/.../04/16866.shtml
quote:SFX has confirmed that Gold, famous for his work on such dramas as The Second Coming and Shameless, has produced a new arrangement that updates Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer's original."It's brilliant, absolutely brilliant," Russell Davies told SFX. "I would say that, but I loved it! It was hard, because to be honest, I'd not liked any version of the theme tune since the Ron Grainer original and so we'd been waiting for Murray to do it."He'd been so busy scoring a million things and he'd been researching Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer and he went off into a little world of his own, sampling stuff and things like that. The thinking was, if we don't like what he does, we'll just put the original on.""I thought the original theme would be perfect though, but the version Murray's done is so faithful."Davies also confirmed that the classic Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker "cliffhanger screech" will return:"It's a bit deeper because Murray's added things in, but it's exactly the same noise because you can't fake that."Now, if you're not familiar with the original Doctor Who theme I'd think the following is a worthwhile read in just how Delia Derbyshire Ron Grainer put it together. I'm amazed at what they did, and I'm guessing that [unlike me] if you know something about the work it's even more impressive.
A history of the Doctor Who theme
Mark Ayres wrote the article, please follow the above link if you'd like to read the whole thing [it's very interesting]. I'll only quote the portion relevant to the theme's creation.
quote:Doctor Who - The Original ThemeDelia Derbyshire, with assistant Dick Mills, created the original version of the theme in August 1963 using techniques, described here, that applied for years, whether the sound sources were electronic or concrete.In 1963, when the job of producing the Doctor Who theme landed at Delia's feet, there were no synthesisers. The sound for electronic music came either from pure electronic sources, or from recordings of actual live sounds - the precursor of what we now term "sampling". But sampling now is easy: capture a sound, assign it to a range of notes on a keyboard, and play. But musique concrete was not so easy forty years ago.There being no "synthesisers", the Workshop needed a source of electronic sound. They found this in a bank of twelve high-quality test tone generators, the usual function of which was to output various tones (square waves, sine waves) for passing through electronic circuits for testing gain, distortion and so on. They also had a couple of high-quality equalisers (again, test equipment - equalisers, or "tone controls", were not that easy to come by at the time) and a few other gadgets including a "wobbulator" (a low frequency oscillator) and a white noise generator.Each sound in the Doctor Who theme was individually created using these instruments, and recorded to magnetic tape. By "each individual sound" I mean just that - each note was individually hand-crafted. The swooping sounds were created by manually adjusting the pitch of the oscillator to a carefully-timed pattern. The rhythmic hissing sounds were created by filtering white noise to "colour" it, as were the "bubbles" and "clouds". Examination of the original makeup tapes suggests that one of the two bass lines alone is a "concrete" sound, a plucked string sample.Once each sound had been created, it was modified. Some sounds were created at all the required pitches direct from the oscillators, others had to be repitched later. This was done by taking the piece of tape with the sound on and looping it. The loop was placed on a tape machine and its playback speed varied until the pitch was correct, then the sound was rerecorded onto another machine. This process continued until every sound was available at all the required pitches. To create dynamics, the notes were rerecorded at slightly different levels.Now the fun really started. They had all the sounds, all the notes, and now had to create the music. So each individual note was trimmed to length by cutting the tape, and stuck together in the right order. This was done for each "line" in the music - the main plucked bass, the bass slides (an organ-like tone emphasising the grace notes), the hisses, the swoops, the melody, a second melody line (a high organ-like tone used for emphasis), and the bubbles and clouds. This done, they ended up with a number of lengths of cut tape with the individual parts on. Most of these individual bits of tape, complete with edits every inch, still survive.This done, the music had to be "mixed". There were no multitrack tape machines, so rudimentary multitrack techniques were invented: each length of tape was placed on a separate tape machine and all the machines were started simultaneously and the outputs mixed together. If the machines didn't stay in sync, they started again, maybe cutting tapes slightly here and there to help. In fact, a number of "submixes" were made to ease the process - a combined bass track, combined melody track, bubble track, and hisses. Eventually, the piece was finished.The result is an astonishing piece of work with a magically organic quality to it that belies the many hours of patient work it took to create. As I said at the start, it is a "pure" electronic work - there is no element of "performance" at all, yet it still sounds alive. Even more extraordinary is that you can listen to the Doctor Who theme now, nearly 40 years later, and still not work out exactly how it was done. It must be one of the most timeless recordings ever - still fresh and modern when later versions sound dated and stale.Delia Derbyshire recalls that Ron Grainer was delighted with the result and, realising that the music worked perfectly well as it stood, abandoned his original plan of overdubbing a small instrumental ensemble (as in Giants of Steam). Recognising Delia's immense contribution, he also suggested splitting his performance royalty income with her, but BBC bureaucracy meant that this was not possible.And finally a link to the original theme
And now for that nice bit of 'solid' rumor/news about who's picked up the show for US broadcast.
In my perusal of the Outpost Gallifrey forums, someone provided a link to this thread...
http://www.rtforum.co.uk/read.php?id=102296
...on the Doctor Who Restoration Team's website - the RT are the amazing folks who have been painstakingly restoring the various seriels for the DVD releases [except for the "key to time" set].
The relevant bits from the thread- a Mr. Anthony Clark [who says he's a journalist] tipped the RT Forum readers off that one of his fellow journalists at the Washington Post media desk picked up on a news leak for the new series.
The Sci-Fi purchased US broadcast rights for the new series and the original series. USA [another NBC-Universal network] is supposed to be airing the repeat/syndication airings of the new series after Sci-Fi premiers it. The report also notes that Sci-Fi intends to air the original series Mon-Fri [this likely means episodes in proper seriel format versus 'movie'].
Before we get to excited Mr. Clark has chosen not to reveal his source by name nor has the Washington Post or any other media outlet made any report on the matter. If the whole thing is true I expect we'll get an official announcement fairly soon.
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Yeah, BBCWW isn't renewing the rights for PBS stations to air the original series. At the moment it's unknown what this means exactly. Maybe BBCWW is intending to offer the original series along side the new series to the networks [with new/restored/better prints than what the PBS stations have been airing for the last couple decades].
When the news about this first appeared someone emailed Maryland Public Television, who're probably the nexus for Doctor Who on the east coast for the last 15 years [and from which most of my off-air recordings came from], to find out what was happening. According to MPT, BBCWW wasn't renewing any of the PBS station rights so they could shop the original series out to various US networks. All the potential US networks folks have contacted have claimed they know nothing about the BBC looking offering the original series, BBCWW won't comment either way so no one has been able to find anything definite.
Hopefully we'll find out more soon - especially who's going to be airing the show in the US.
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The BBC and Russel T Davies have been rather hush-hush about the exact starting date. But based on the announced 'spring of 2005', most educated guesses are leaning towards next March.
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Meant to get this notice up earlier, not to late with the news this time though.
Thanks to Outpost Gallifrey for the article
http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php
quote:The New Zealand television stationPrime TVhave announced that they've picked up the new Doctor Who series, according to aon their website. "BBC Worldwide announces today the licence of the new series of the cult classic Doctor Who to Prime Television New Zealand," says the release. "Only the second international deal to be finalised, the new series will deliver to Prime Television in the first quarter of 2005. Starring Christopher Eccleston (The Second Coming, Cracker, Elizabeth) and Billie Piper (Canterbury Tales) and written by a team led by Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk) the series sees Doctor Who, the alien loner and his companion Rose forge a friendship across time and space. Fans out there should brace themselves for some exhilarating experiences and deadly confrontations. This ninth Doctor will take viewers from the natural end of the world far in the future to Victorian times for an encounter with Charles Dickens, from gaseous monsters with deadly plans for humanity to alien crash-landings and conspiracies that lead to the very heart of the government. The show delivers all the excitement of good drama, with a hero who never carries a gun. The human race will survive, but only with the Doctor’s help! It has been over 40 years since Doctor Who hit our screens and sparked a fan base that spans the world. International conventions, fan clubs with members numbering in the thousands and books, videos, DVDs and merchandise are just part of the on-going phenomenon that is Doctor Who. David Vine, BBC Worldwide Managing Director Asia Pacific, says, 'This series has been long anticipated. We are very excited that Prime will bring the new Doctor to New Zealand audiences. If you are a long-time Doctor Who fan you won’t be disappointed but equally if you are someone who has never heard of a Tardis or a Time Lord you will be able to climb on board and travel through time and space for the first time. Prepare for brand-new, spell-binding adventures.' Prime’s Programming Manager Andrew Shaw says, 'I am delighted to have acquired this fantastic new drama from the BBC. Doctor Who promises to be an outstanding series. We very much look forward to placing it in our primetime schedule. This series will captivate a whole new generation of fans who have never experienced the legend that is Doctor Who.'" (Thanks to Paul Scoones, Jon Preddle, Alden Bates, Dean Brown, Christopher Feyrer, Paul Engelberg)
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Kinda slow this month.
Here's a link to the teaser Pong mentioned
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/news/drwho/2004/.../02/15823.shtml
Unfortunately the BBC is one of those corporate holdouts that insist on using Real Player so if you want to watch the teaser you'll need it. [to bad the sound's gone out on my computer...]
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I'm afraid I haven't come across any info yet for who's carrying it in Austraila - but I wouldn't be surprised if it was indeed ABC. The good thing is that the BBC has paid notice to just how the internet connects the world and fully realizes that they can't wait very long to get the new series into the biggest foreign markets for Doctor Who [Austraila & New Zealand, Canada, and the US]. So with any luck we'll get to see the new series just after our British neighbours or just maybe [and this is me hoping] the BBC will be able to get simultaneous worldwide distribution in place.
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Okay thanks to Outpost Gallifrey there's some photo's of the New Series Dalek design. But first some other news.
The BBC is simultaneously creating a companion documentary on the new series called Doctor Who Confidential Here's the word straight from Outpost Gallifrey.
quote:What is "Doctor Who Confidential"?According to Broadcast Magazine, the BBC will produce a companion series for the new Doctor Who season, a documentary entitled Doctor Who Confidential. The thirteen-part, half-hour series will feature behind-the-scenes footage and interviews wtih cast members as well as "archive of previous Time Lords" (possibly interviews with prior actors). The broadcast will air on BBC3 immediately after the main series airs on BBC1; each episode will be "based around a particular theme such as the challenges of creating a new Dr Who or finding his assistant." Mark Cossey, who will executive produce the show, said it would be aimed at a mainstream audience and not just fans; he says, "It will have a very entertaining glow to it," he said. "It won't be discussions of technology. We are going for a bigger audience than that." The series will be produced by Gillane Seabourne and co-executive produced by Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies.This would make a great set of extras for the DVD set but err on the side of caution and say that provided DWC makes it on DVD it'll likely be sold as a companion DVD set. But there's always hope...
Great news for our Canadian neighbors about the new series and some good news for US viewers[both from Outpost Gallifrey]
quote:A press release confirmed that an agreement has been signed with the CBC network in Canada to broadcast the new series. "BBC Worldwide today concluded its first major pre-sale for the new Doctor Who series with Canadian public broadcaster, CBC Television," says the press release. Producer Russell T Davies notes that "Doctor Who has a remarkable 'fandom' but equally it’s the new audience that I care about. Someone who has never heard of a TARDIS or a Dalek, whether in Toronto or Swansea, will be able to start with this new series, climb on board with Christopher and Billie, and travel the whole of time and space." Slawko Klymkiw, executive programming director of CBC Television, is quoted as saying, "This was an exciting opportunity for CBC to bring the popular Doctor Who to fans - new and old alike - across the country. We are pleased to be working closely with BBC to bring Canadians this exceptional new series," and Hilary Read, Chief Operating Officer, BBC Worldwide Canada adds, "The CBC is the perfect partner for this fantastic new production. We're delighted to be bringing such a classic series to new audiences." There is no information about when the series will air on CBC, but it will likely be sometime relatively soon after the new series is broadcast in the UK.quote:Rumors that the Sci-Fi Channel in the USA has been negotiating to buy both the new series and reruns of the original are false; several correspondents have been in touch with people at NBC/Universal, owners of the Sci-Fi Channel, as well as the channel itself, and all of these reports have been denied; there is currently no plan to package the original and new series together. BBC America has indicated to fans that they would like to have the show, but nothing has been set. TBI Buyers' Briefing, a weekly information service sent to over 6,000 worldwide TV executives, this morning features a news item: "BBC scout gets feet under US table: Dr Who US sale being finalised". Among the various items mentioned in the report, which is mostly about the move of BBC Worldwide executive Paul Telegdy from London to the US, is an impending sale of the new series to this, the largest television market for the new show. "One really exciting franchise on both sides of the Atlantic that audiences know and love is Dr Who," Telegdy is quoted as saying in the report. It mentions that he is talking to an "interested party" and is confident it will be sold to a US network in the near future. "We're discussing the ratings potential of the show," he explains. He is likely referring to a cable network, not to one of the over-air broadcast networks. As soon as we know anything further, we will let you know when and where it will be shown.I'm sure BBC America and Sci-Fi are still the 2 big contenders - with an edge to Sci-Fi since they're on most folks standard cable/satellite packages.
And finally pics of the Daleks - I'll only be providing direct links to Outpost Gallifrey for these. -Remember since these didn't come direct from the BBC to OG they're yet to be OFFICIAL-
Now a couple notes on Dalek rumors for the new series. It's rumored that there will be various designs of Daleks. Pictured is "classic" Dalek which may lead the way to a very different/radical "new" design. The Beeb's been keeping tight-lipped about specifics so I'll be sure to post here when something substantial comes out.
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It's not known yet - some of the Outpost Gallifrey folks think it might be a still from the new opening sequence. Hopefully the official site will eventually put up the new intro and we'll know for certain.
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Finally one of the pieces everyone has been waiting on has finally arrived the logo for the new series
The BBC has kindly offered a high-res version [1024*768] suitable for use as a wallpaper.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/newtv/...y/logo2005.html
I'm going to keep my thoughts on the logo quite for a bit until other's have had a chance to get a look at it for themselves. And for comparison sake IGN did an article on the new logo with pictures of the older ones so I'll put those up too.
The first logo really wasn't one just 2 plain text words overlayed on the opening video sequence. It was used for the first 3 Doctors [William Hartnell, Peter Troughton, and Jon Pertwee]
During Jon's tenure, the 'first' logo and a new opening sequence were introduced. This familiar diamond logo was used for Doctors 3&4 [Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker] And branded much of the Who merchandise for a long time.
At the end of Tom's 7 years a new spacey opening and neon like logo were introduced to herald in the 80s. This logo was used for Doctor's 4,5, and 6
[Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, and Colin Baker]
Next we come to Doctor number 7's [sylvester McCoy] logo. This logo and an all new CGI opening sequence were devised in part to help attract some of the series viewership back after a forced hiatus [18 months I think] and the growing popularity of Star Trek: TNG.
Last but not least we have the logo that was first introduced with the 1996 TV movie with Doctors 7 & 8 [sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann]. Since it's introduction it has replaced the old diamond logo on Doctor Who merchandise [DVDs, Books, audio dramas]. As you can see it's a stylized version of the original plain text overlay used for the first 3 Doctors.
Well, the 2 Peter Cushing [ You smelled his stench when you came into the thread] don't really count since since they were really just made to cash in on the early 60s Dalek craze. [and as far as I know didn't really have a logo]
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Found a new article on Outpost Gallifrey , an interview with Doctor Who #4 Tom Baker.
quote:Tom Baker: Make Me The MasterSeptember 11In an interview with today's Daily Record, Tom Baker goes on record of wanting to go "over to the dark side on Dr Who. Says the Record, the 71-year-old actor says he'd love to get one over on the character, which made him a household name in the Seventies and Eighties, by returning to the show as the Doctor's arch-enemy The Master. "If the BBC were brave enough, which they're not, then what they really should do would be to make me The Master," Baker says. "That would be really witty. Heroes always need villains. Superman can't exist without evil and vice versa. So it would be very clever to have this person who was once the hero become the villain, because within life, as well as fiction, we are nowhere without villains. Without them there'd be no newspapers, no film industry, no literature. You absolutely need the dark side." Baker goes on to note that "Doctor Who was the best job I ever had, so there's no way I'd be satisfied with anything like a bit part in the new series. That would bore me to death because then it would be all about this walk-on appearance from the old Doctor Who." Tom also mentions that he's relieved the Daleks have been cleared to return to the show. "They'd have been mad not to bring them back, bloody crazy. 'They can do without his robotic dog K-9, I think. But the Daleks were so important to the story. How many millions of children have been influenced by the Daleks? They couldn't even begin to think about bringing it back without them." You can read the full interview. (Thanks to Paul Engelberg, Graham Brown)All I can say is, sure, I'd love to see Baker's take on the Master. Maybe a performance more in line with Roger Delgado's Master than Anthony Ainley's though.
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Hurrah! the Daleks are back for the new series. It's certainly good to hear the the Doctor's oldest recurring enemies shall be returning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/doctorwho/cult/n.../04/13394.shtml
Resurrection of the Daleks
The Daleks will return in the new series.
It's official! The Daleks are coming back after all. We've received the following press release:
Mal Young, BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series and Tim Hancock, agent for the Terry Nation Estate announced today (Wednesday, August 4) that the Daleks will return in the new series of Doctor Who which is currently in production for transmission on BBC One in 2005.
Hancock says: "I am absolutely delighted that the Terry Nation Estate and the BBC have been able to reach agreement on terms for the use of the Daleks in the new Doctor Who series. We look forward to working closely with the production team in the forthcoming months."
Young added: "As well as coming face-to-face with a number of new and exciting monsters, its good news that the Doctor will also do battle with his arch enemy, the Daleks in a series which promises to surprise and entertain a new generation."
Starring Christopher Eccleston as Doctor Who and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, the Doctor's companion, the new 13-part series is currently filming in Cardiff and London for transmission in 2005. Casting also includes Penelope Wilton (Calendar Girls), Noel Clarke (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), Annette Badland (Cutting It), Camille Coduri (England Expects) and John Barrowman (who is currently in the West End production of Anything Goes).
Doctor Who is produced by Phil Collinson. The writers are Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss, Paul Cornell and Robert Shearman. Executive producers are BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series, Mal Young; Head of Drama, BBC Wales, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies.
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Daleks defeated - Doctor to face new enemy in the new series.
Christopher Eccleston's Doctor will face a new, deadly foe in the new series, after talks between Terry Nation's estate and the BBC over the rights to the Daleks broke down earlier this week.
The BBC said, "After lengthy negotiations, the BBC and the Terry Nation Estate have been unable to reach agreement on terms for the use of the Daleks in the new series of Doctor Who. These rights are jointly held, and the terms need to be mutually agreed between us.
"The BBC offered the very best deal possible but ultimately we were not able to give the level of editorial influence that the Terry Nation Estate wished to have."
Speaking about the loss, executive producer and chief writer Russell T Davis said, "We're disappointed the Daleks won't be included but we have a number of new and exciting monsters.
"And I can confirm we have created a new enemy for the Doctor which will keep viewers on the edge of their seats."
The Daleks were not available for comment.
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It's a pity Nation's estate and the BBC couldn't come to an agreement on using the Daleks in the new series. There sure to be missed, hopefully this first/27th season will do well and that'll change the minds of Terry's estate.
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Doctor number 1 [played by William Hurndall] reached Gallifrey safe and sound. He first met up with Susan and both escaped from a Dalek. Later Doctor 1 meets up with his latest incarnation [#5] in the TARDIS.