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Friday, 27 May 2011
'Doctor Who': Ten teasers about 'The Almost People'
1. There's fleeting cameos (of sorts) from both Tom Baker and David Tennant.
2. "I'll break out the big guns."
3. Listen carefully - the two Doctors briefly discuss an old foe...
4. The two Jennifers engage in a fight to the death.
5. "Being almost The Doctor's like being no Doctor at all."
6. Amy finally shares a secret with her Time Lord chum.
7. The Doctor's old alias 'John Smith' gets another outing.
8. Watch out for the red balloons.
9. "**** Amy, but only when *** ***** *** too."
10. The final scenes are every bit as mind-blowing and game-changing as Moffat and co. would have you believe!
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What a stitch up: BBC infuriates Scots by sourcing Doctor Who's 'Harris Tweed' jackets in China
The BBC has been caught up in a row about tweed after ordering replicas of a Doctor Who costume from China instead of Scotland.
Current Doctor Who Matt Smith wore a vintage 1960s' Harris Tweed jacket to make his debut as the Doctor in the wildly popular sci-fi show, causing a surge in fans trying to buy replicas.
Tweed mills in the Outer Hebrides, where authentic Harris Tweed is handwoven, were overrun with orders for the Clo Mhor (the big cloth).
Vintage: Matt Smith wore a 1960s' Harris Tweed jacket when he made his debut as the Doctor, leading to a surge in demand for the fabric
But when the latest episodes were aired, the Harris Tweed jacket had vanished in the place of a part-acrylic version.
And now the BBC has signed an exclusivity deal for the Doctor's jackets with a Canadian company which imports its material from China, infuriating the industry in Scotland.
A replica of the new jacket will be available to buy online from the BBC in October. Retailing at £359.99, makers said it is 'officially licensed by the BBC and made to a high-quality standard'.
The Harris Tweed industry has reacted angrily, branding the new jacket 'cheap and tacky'.
Lydia Walton, a spokesman for Harris Tweed Scotland said: 'Harris Tweed is so special as it is woven by hand on the Western Isles and every 50 metres is stamped by the Harris Tweed authority. It is steeped in romance and history.'
She said: 'I find it very odd that they would use a replica costing £360 when our genuine Harris Tweed jackets retail at £250. Why pay more for a replica than have the original?'
The BBC said it needed to change the costume because the original jacket wasn't warm enough.
A spokesman said: 'The tweed changed because they needed a warmer jacket for outside filming.'
Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil has written to BBC Director General Mark Thompson to express his outrage.
He told the Daily Telegraph: 'It is a kick in the teeth to one of our most iconic industries, which ironically has managed to survive the problems caused to the country's textile industry by cheap imports from places like China.
'The BBC should be ashamed of itself in playing its part in outsourcing this work to the sweat shops of China.
'Any profit they make should go to the Harris Tweed industry.'
The real thing: Authentic Harris Tweed is only made in the Outer Hebrides - but the BBC replicas come from China via Canada
The BBC defended itself by saying it doesn't make much money from the sales.
'Any profit we make is ploughed back into the running of the BBC,' said a spokesman for the corporation.
Harris Tweed is owned by the islanders of the Outer Hebrides and protected by an Act of Parliament.
It struggled to the point of extinction in 2006, when a mill on the Isle of Lewis closed.
But in recent years it has enjoyed a revival with designers including Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel using the material.
Doctor Who executive Piers Wenger leaves BBC for Film4
Piers Wenger has led the latest incarnation of Doctor Who
The executive producer of Doctor Who is leaving the BBC to join Channel 4 as Film4's senior commissioning executive.
Piers Wenger joined BBC Wales as head of drama in 2007 and has overseen the latest regeneration with Matt Smith playing the Doctor.
In March Wenger revealed he was taking up a new role as creative leader of key BBC network productions in Cardiff.
Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, said: "I will be very sad to see him go."
"He's been a fantastic colleague and friend - but I know that film is a huge passion of his and this is a great new role for him."
Stephenson said he would be working with Doctor Who writer and co-executive producer Steven Moffat to find a successor in the coming months.
Under Wenger's leadership, BBC Wales relaunched Upstairs Downstairs and oversaw production of the Bafta-winning Sherlock, a contemporary update of the Arthur Conan Doyle character.
Martin Freeman, who played Watson in Sherlock Holmes, was named best supporting actor.
Wenger also saw one of his leading men, Benedict Cumberbatch, nominated for the best actor award for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, alongside Matt Smith, who was the first Doctor Who to be nominated. They were both beaten by Daniel Rigby for his portrayal of a young Eric Morecambe.
Benedict Cumberbatch (L) and Matt Smith were both nominated for best actor at the Bafta awards
Keith Jones, director of BBC Wales, paid tribute to Wenger, who leaves the corporation in September.
"He is one of the most talented creative leaders of his generation," he said.
"We are lucky to have benefitted from his extraordinary skills and imagination."
Bethan Jones will serve as acting head of drama for BBC Wales until the end of June when Faith Penhale, from the independent company Kudos, takes up the post as previously announced.
She will oversee the relocation of Doctor Who, along with series such as Casualty, Upstairs Downstairs and the Welsh-language soap opera Pobol y Cwm, to a new BBC Wales drama production centre in Cardiff Bay.
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on a ghost hunt - Doctor Who Confidential - BBC Three
Doctor Who Confidential take Matt Smith and Karen Gillan on a ghost hunt around Caerphilly Castle,
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