There was success for Doctor Who at the Royal Television Society's Craft & Design Awards 2009/2010, presented on 24 November at The Savoy, London. The Mill triumphed in the 'Effects - Digital' category, winning the award for their work on The Pandorica Opens. Discussing the award, the RTS explained, "The judges were impressed by some beautifully integrated effects and by green screen. 'This is about as good as it gets on TV' they said."
The Sun reports the Doctor Who Christmas Special, A Christmas Carol, has been scheduled for 7:00pm on Christmas Day. 5.30 TBA 6.30 TBA 7.00 Doctor Who 8.00 The One Ronnie 9.00 The Royle Family No further information on the two "TBA" entries is known at present, though previous years have seen an edition of Eastenders and Strictly Come Dancing broadcast on Christmas Day. Scheduling for the period has yet to be finalised, so the times/programmes might change. Meanwhile, in the Radio Times for the 11-17th December: "Matt Smith reveals the secrets of Doctor Who's Christmas cracker". Though not mentioned in the preceeding issue, recent years have seen a cover dedicated to Doctor Who over the run-up to Christmas (you can see previous covers on the Radio Times website).
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He added: "Torchwood is Russell's — nothing to do with me."
The British sci-fi sensation will air a Christmas special simultaneously in the U.S. for the first time this year.
"Doctor Who" fans, rejoice!
For the first time, the "Doctor Who Christmas Special" will be broadcast in the United States on the same day it's shown in the United Kingdom -- Dec. 25.
For those unfamiliar with Doctor Who, he's a "time lord" from the planet Gallifrey who travels in a spaceship that looks like a blue British police box from the 1960s.
He's been delighting British sci-fi fans with his exploits since 1963 -- and Americans have been able to follow him, sporadically, on public television and, more recently, the Syfy Channel and BBC America.
Previously, American fans have had to wait until the spring to see the show's Christmas special. But this year, BBC America will air the special at 8 p.m. on Christmas Day. The show will be preceded by a marathon of previous Doctor Who Christmas specials beginning at 11 p.m. Dec. 24. A live concert, the "Doctor Who Prom," will air just before the new Christmas Special.
This year's special is titled "A Christmas Carol," an obvious allusion to the Charles Dickens classic, and guest stars Michael Gambon (the second actor to play Dumbledore in the "Harry Potter" films) and Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins.
The show almost certainly will feature Doctor Who saving Earth from destruction -- a running theme through most of the Christmas specials.
Doctor Who has died at least 10 times and been regenerated into a new form -- a handy plot device that allows a new actor to take over the role.
The current Who -- the 11th of the series -- is Matt Smith, who is relatively unknown in the United States. For the first time, parts of the coming season, which will begin airing in the spring on BBC America, have been filmed in the United States.
The show is in its third incarnation. First broadcast in 1963, it was a BBC staple until cancellation in 1989. It had a one-shot film in 1996 before being reborn in 2005, making the 2011 season the revived series' sixth.
Get ready for eight fantastic new adventures in space and time with the Doctor and his companions, featuring stories from many of Doctor Who’s most popular authors from the worlds of television, print, comics and audio, as well as new talent and fresh voices... and read by your favourite Big Finish actors! Rise and Fall by George Mann Read by William Russell A Stain of Red in the Sand by David A McEwan Read by David Troughton A True Gentleman by Jamie Hailstone Read by Katy Manning Death-Dealer by Damian Sawyer Read by Louise Jameson The Deep by Ally Kennen Read by Peter Davison The Wings of a Butterfly by Colin Baker Read by Colin Baker Police and Shreeves by Adam Smith Read by Sophie Aldred Running Out of Time by Dorothy Koomson Read by India Fisher
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This series starring Jon Pertwee as The Doctor introduces Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.
Watch over the next 4 days, Sat, Sun, Mon & Tues. ENJOY.
We will all need an extra-large couch to hide behind when a new season of Doctor Who returns next year: producers have warned that the sci-fi classic's creepie-crawlies will be scarier than ever.
Producer Piers Wenger told Bullz-Eye magazine that the show's staff feels the "challenge" of forever trying to out-do themselves and invent increasingly perilous situations for the Doctor (Matt Smith) to find himself in.
"That's why we're going off to to the States to film for the opening two-parter," Wenger explained (click here to read more about Doctor Who shooting in America). "That's why Steven [Moffat, head writer] is coming up with more dark and complicated and strange things to inflict upon Rory [Arthur Darvill] and Amy [Karen Gillan]... to complicate their relationship."
The scary sixth season of Doctor Who won't premiere until 2011.
An in-depth exploration of the complex continuity of the world's longest running science fiction television programme, Doctor Who. Over fifteen years in the making, Timelink offers a different perspective on the history of the universe as told through the many adventures of the Doctor. Author Jon Preddle presents fresh theories and solutions to some of the many continuity anomalies and discrepancies in the series.
This is one book that no self-respecting fan of Doctor Who can be without. The analysis encompasses both the original series which ran from 1963 to 1989, the one-off Paul McGann TV Movie of 1996, the 2005 - 2008 Doctor Who revival helmed by Russell T Davies, as well as Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.'Preddle's stamina, invention and clever observations have the grey matter firing - and somehow, he makes this beast readable… The author has spent a decade calculating the Doctor's age, defining a Gallifreyan year and working out when Snakedancing was banned on Manussa - and the resultant work would take another ten years to fully absorb. Almost endless, Timelink is the answer to everything you never thought you wanted to know.'
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