Who is Karen Gillan? NEW COMPANION

Breaking News:
21 year old British actress Karen Gillan has been announced as the new companion for Series Five of Doctor Who. She's already played a Soothsayer in the series, in The Fires Of Pompeii but is relatively unknown with a number of roles in Channel 4's The Kevin Bishop Show and Stacked and a forthcoming appearance in Outcast.
Joining Matt Smith in the TARDIS, she said: "I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor's new companion. - I just can't wait to get started."
"The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can't quite believe I am going to be a part of it. Matt Smith is an incredible actor and it is going to be so much fun to act alongside him," she added.
The show's writer and executive producer Steven Moffat said that the game was up when Gillan walked through the door at auditions, describing her as "funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy".

 

"A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too," he added.
Piers Wenger, Doctor Who executive producer and head of drama BBC Wales, added: "We knew Karen was perfect for the role the moment we saw her. She brought an energy and excitement to the part that was just fantastic."

THE LOW DOWN

Who is Karen Gillan?

 

 

The new companion, starring opposite Matt Smith when Doctor Who returns for a full series in Spring, 2010, has been revealed! She has appeared previously in Doctor Who, playing the Soothsayer in the Tenth Doctor adventure, The Fires of Pompeii. In that episode the Doctor admits, 'I sometimes need someone' and from 2010 that someone will be Karen Gillan!

After winning the coveted role, Karen, 21, announced, 'I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor's new companion. The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can't quite believe I am going to be a part of it.'

Karen grew up in Inverness, Scotland and developed a love for acting very early on, attending several youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at her school, Charleston Academy.

Aged 16, Karen decided she wanted to pursue her acting career further and a year later secured a place at the prestigious Italia Conti academy in London. During her first year she landed a role in Rebus and soon appeared in a variety of programmes including Channel 4's Stacked and The Kevin Bishop Show. Karen also stars in the forthcoming film Outcast starring James Nesbitt.

When she's not acting Karen likes to play the piano and loves rummaging through vintage clothes shops. But it looks unlikely she'll be able to do much rummaging in the near future as she gears up for a life in the TARDIS, and in the limelight!

But she's ready for the challenges and adventures that will follow, declaring, 'Matt Smith is an incredible actor and it is going to be so much fun to act alongside him - I just can't wait to get started!'

Doctor Who Movie Script In Development

According to Lizo Mzimba, BBC Films have now confirmed that they are working on a script for a Doctor Who movie that will possibly air sometime in the future. Lizo Mzimba, who is a BBC entertainment news reporter and fan of Doctor Who itself, recently revealed this news on his official Twitter page but informed other fans not to get their hopes up at this moment in time as it hasn't been guaranteed that a Doctor Who movie will definitely be made. The BBC are currently considering making one and are developing a script but they may decide not to commission the film for various different reasons. If BBC Films do decide to make a Doctor Who movie and it goes into full production, it should be noted however that it will be quite a long time before it is released due to all of the filming and preparation that needs to take place. More information about the possibility and official BBC consideration of a Doctor Who movie will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this Doctor Who movie news?

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO Its the tardis on top of the millenium centre

 

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USING BIT TORRENT

Burger Eater

Its well known that we have very little idea about what goes on in the filming for Tredegar House. But now we've been given a little tip off thanks to Mikew:

Stay through the boring bit , it is worth it.

My father is involved in the special constabulary here in South Wales. That's the voluntary Police force here in the UK for those that don't know. He regularly attends meetings and during one recently, one of the volunteer coppers chatted to him about myself being a DW fan. This lady works for one of the catering agencies used by the production team. She informed Dad that she had been at Tredegar House recently , at the same time as those wonderful set reporters on this site had snapped away. Part of her role that day was to cook and check the temperature of a lot of hamburgers which John Simm had to eat as part of his scenes. She met JS and said he was a top guy.

All the above is true as far as it's been told to me second hand. My Father , although approaching 70 and likely senility , knows not to fib to me in asny aspect of the Whoniverse!

Fantastic picture courtesy of Kate Orman.

So now we know that the Master eats at least one burger.

Excitement!

An IT technician from Lincolnshire has fulfilled a childhood dream to star as an alien in a scene from Doctor Who.

Tim Ingham (28), from Langworth, fought off competition from thousands of other entrants to the BBC contest and will star in the scene tomorrow night.

The competition was run by BBC One's Tonight's The Night and entrants had to send in pictures of themselves in home-made alien outfits.

Mr Ingham, who works at the University of Lincoln and is a member of Lincoln Academy of Dramatic Arts, constructed a costume from tights, the gel pads from his fiancee's bra and a wine cooler.

"I discovered the competition on the Internet by chance and realised there was only a couple of days until the closing date," he said.

"I hadn't got any ideas so I slept on it and then started to get some inspiration.

"The wine cooler looked like a good weapon and I put some tights on my head and looked like a garish bank robber."

Mr Ingham's alien creation, Sao Til, is a sinister body snatcher that harvests human body parts.

The thousands of applications received by BBC researchers were whittled down to just 50 and then 10 were carried through to the final elimination round.

Mr Ingham was then faced with a panel made up of Denise Van Outen, John Barrowman and Doctor Who casting Director Andy Pryor.

After being announced as the winner he was whisked away to the set of the TARDIS at the BBC's studios in Cardiff to film the scene.

The show will air tomorrow night on BBC One at 7.20pm.

For more on Mr Ingham's alien creation for Doctor Who, see Friday's Echo.

New Doctor Who Animation?

 

According to Twitter user Adrian Hon (@adrianhon), there is a new Doctor Who animation in development. How does he know?

Hon is currently the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Six to Start, a cross-media entertainment company that already has active links with both the BBC and Penguin books (current owners of BBC Children's Books).

The news was revealed on Adrian Hon's Twitter feed on April 30th - although little has been heard on the subject since.

New #doctorwho animated series, Dreamland, announced at BBC multiplatform day, starring David Tennant and airing at Christmas.

Further information was given as to the source of the information:

Source is the BBC Drama Mulitplatform commisioner, Rosie Allimonos. No other sources because this was the very first announcment

No idea of length, animation house or co-stars - however some speculation suggests that Dreamland will be a red-button interactive game available to digital users over the Christmas period or leading up to The Waters of Mars...

Doctor Who previously appeared as an animation in 2007's Infinite Quest (pictured) by Alan Barnes, which starred David Tennant, Freema Agyeman and Anthony Head.

More Doctor Who Movie Talk

 

 

That redtop publication that we don't link to (but that you can find in all newsagents outside of Merseyside) has restoked the Doctor Who movie theory by reporting an interesting change on Russell T Davies' website that was then hastily amended.

We reported recently how Russell had been spotted queing for a US work visa at the American Embassy, hot on the heels of Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter moving stateside; meanwhile David Tennant has been confirmed as hosting Masterpiece Theater which may well involve a trip to the US.

So what is Russell T Lady up to?

His agent listed the movie as part of Russ’s credits on his web profile, but took it down after net geeks rumbled it.

A source said: “He is secretive about Doctor Who. Let's hope the rumours are right.”

It just won't go away, will it?

David tennant is finished his time with doctor who

Sad day...

After yesterdays inside filming, Benjamin Cook commented on twitter that "thats a wrap" indicating that Tennant has finished filming on Who....

Of course there might be pick ups and other minor things, but it looks like maybe the main filming is over. We might not see another Tennant set report again for Who.

Benjamin Cook also quoted David Tennant from the set yesterday as saying, "I'm like an uncool spiderman", which of course led to an outburst of speculation as to what he was doing: kissing upside down, wearing some kind of skin-tight suit (perhaps for regeneration) or maybe it was completely un-who related.

Either way, Tennants time filming may be over, but we've still go 3 specials to go and all the interviews and extra media goodness that comes with them.

Plus Matt Smith starts filming in a month or so :)

wanna be in a spinoff Doctor who Parody??

 

 

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Tonight's the Fright!

                      John Barrowman's monster competition!

If you're missing the monsters and mayhem that Doctor Who delivers then tune into Tonight's the Night, presented by Captain Jack himself, John Barrowman!

John's BBC One show helps ordinary people live out their performing fantasies for real and true to its aim of making dreams come true, Tonight's the Night has run a competition giving one viewer the opportunity to take part in a special Doctor Who scene, working with the Doctor Who production team, and shot on the set of the TARDIS. The scene will star the winner alongside show host John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness.

Viewers over 18 were invited to submit an application featuring a photograph of themselves in a home-made alien costume, along with information about their alien, such as where it's from and its characteristics. The entries were a fantastic mix ranging from fearsome to funny but all of them were imaginative, eye-catching and full on! Over the next three weeks viewers of Tonight's the Night will see a parade of aliens and John Barrowman, Doctor Who casting director Andy Pryor and a team of judges will be selecting the best.

The top ten aliens will be required to face the judges - assuming they have faces - and may be assessed on vocal ability, movement and quite literally, star quality. Three finalists will then undergo one further series of alien orientated challenges, but only one will win this once in a lifetime experience.

The winner will film a scene in the TARDIS to be broadcast on May 23rd. John Barrowman was delighted to make a dream come true for one lucky Doctor Who fan, commenting, "This is a fantastic opportunity and I can't wait to see the winner experience performing on the set of Doctor Who."

Tonight's the Night: Saturdays at 6.55pm on BBC1

New Doctor Who Cardboard Cutouts

It has recently been revealed that a third wave of Doctor Who cardboard cutouts will be released on Friday. This wave will consist of four new cardboard cutouts and they will be of; the 10th Doctor in his brown suit, Captain Jack Harkness, Davros and the Supreme Dalek. They will be released in most collector shops across the country and each cutout will go on sale at an RRP of £29.99. All four of these cutouts will join the eleven previously released cutouts which are of; the 10th Doctor in his blue suit and brown coat, Martha Jones, a Cyberman, a Dalek, the Master, an Ood, a Scarecrow, a Weeping Angel, Dalek Sec, K9 and the Tardis. You can view more information about these previous cardboard cutouts here where you can also view more information and this upcoming wave. Will you be purchasing any of these new Doctor Who cardboard cutouts when they are released later this week?

Rose and The Other Doctor In 4:18?

I received some very interesting email earlier this afternoon, here we go...
Just found out this morning that Tennant is coming up to London on Friday to shoot a scene with Billie Piper. And it is literally just the one scene. Episode 4.18, Scene 163 to be precise. They're going to be out on location in a reasonably public place so there's some chance of photos but I don't want to be too specific in case the descent of hordes of 'Doctor Who' fans prompts anyone to try and find out where the information originated.
No idea what the scene actually entails but the Call Sheet lists the characters as "The Other Doctor" and "Rose Smith" so draw your own conclusions!
I am the first to admit this may be rubbish, but it has something that tells me it could be true!
Rose Smith? - Has Rose Tyler married the other doctor?
Sarah Janes cameo farewell is scene 153 and the bookstore is scene 155, so scene 163 isn't too high!

Doctor Who & The Face On Mars

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I've just remembered this, so I thought I'd share!
In 1976, NASA photographed the Cydonia area of Mars, which resulted in the now famous face on Mars photograph being published. The area has since been re-photographed and proven the face is nothing to get excited about, however...
When I first saw the image, the first thing I thought of was Cybermen (Classic, not new of course), I wonder why Doctor Who writers didn't notice the similarity also? I know Mars is more Ice Warriors and Sutekh than Cybermen, but it would have been a very clever story!
Or am I wrong and I've missed something, Doctor Who novels maybe?

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Doctor who Waters Of Mars

 

Plot

The story is set on Mars and the Doctor will be joined by a new companion named Adelaide, played by Lindsay Duncan. Producer Nikki Wilson (née Smith) described the character as "the Doctor's cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet."

 

Episode Cast (in credits order)

David Tennant
...
The Doctor

Lindsay Duncan
...
Adelaide

Gemma Chan ... Mia Bennett

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Sharon Duncan-Brewster

UNABLE TO RETRIEVE IMAGE
Michael Goldsmith

Paul Kasey ... Ood Sigma

UNABLE TO RETRIEVE IMAGE
Aleksander Mikic

UNABLE TO RETRIEVE IMAGE
Peter O'Brien

Alan Ruscoe

UNALE TO RETRIEVE IMAGE
Cosima Shaw

Chook Sibtain

Production

Filming for the special began on 23 February 2009. In late February, David Tennant, Duncan and other actors were seen filming in Victoria Place, Newport. The filming took place on a city street, which the production team covered with artificial snow. Also present during filming were a small robot inscribed with the word "GADGET" and Ood Sigma, from the 2008 episode "Planet of the Ood".

Rumours

• This story may feature the Ood.^{[source needed]}
• This episode may feature a water-based villain as shown in the trailer.
• The episode appears to be set in some kind of bio-dome filled with vegetation.
• David Tennant has been spotted while filming wearing a space suit identical to that of "The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit" and similar to the one in "42" hinting that it takes places roughly in the same time period. Spotting of an Ood also supports this theory. ^{[source needed]}
• This story will likely be set on the planet Mars, as indicated by the title. Most likely to be set in a time when humans begin colonizing Mars and terraform it.
• The cloister bell is heard ringing in the teaser; it's unclear if it will be heard in the story or is just used as part of the teaser soundtrack.
• The Ice Warriors, the Sycorax and the Osirians have connections with Mars leading fans to belive one of these will return in this special.
• In Planet of the Dead there is an advert inside the bus called Ocean Of Noise by E.R. Butler. This may have some significance.
• John Simm was spotted on set while this episode was in production. As Russel stated that The Water of Mars will be loosely connected to the Final two Specials, this could once more foreshadow the Master's return has he had a three part Episode like the Final three Specials of 2009. ^{[source needed]}
• More evidence that the Master may return is that, starting with the Fourth Doctor, the Master had always been around when he Regenerated in a Pattern. When the Fourth Doctor regenerated, The Master was in the Episode. Three Doctors later, The Seventh Doctor regenerated, and the Master was present in the TV Movie. And now, Three more Doctors later, The Master may appear, and it will then signal the Regeneration of Matt Smith
• The Reference to "he will knock 4 times" could refer to the drum beat the Master hears in his head.
• Another reason as to why the Master may return is on the side of the Planet of the Dead (TV story) bus is an advert for the phone company neon, and the master had a phone company last time he appeared.
• The Berserkers may appear as the eyes of the water creature appear similar to those of a Berserker.^{[source needed]}
• The summary of most likely rumours is that it will be set on Mars, feature a water-based villain, the Ood, and defiantly Ood Sigma, and The Master will appear most likely at the end.^{[source needed]}

Doctor Who Special 3 and 4 filming pics Portland Street

Filming took place on the street and inside Kardomah Cafe.

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Doctor Who Magazine 408 reports that in the forthcoming story The Waters of Mars, the Mars base is called Bowie Base One. I suppose I have to ask is there a Major Tom on board? And perhaps they know a Moon Unit too?