Thursday’s “panic moon” news

Doctor Who

  • Steven Moffat offers Steven Spielberg the chance to direct an episode
  • Karen Gillan reveals more about her character, as well as her inability to do anagrams [spoilers]

Films

British TV

Canadian TV

  • CTV acquires The Borgias

US TV

Tuesday’s “dawn of the dreadfuls” news

Doctor Who

Film

Books

  • Trailer for Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls

British TV

US TV

  • SyFy working on Three Inches, Alphas and another BSG spin-off
  • Mia Maestro to star in Cutthroat + more pilot casting
  • Actor leaving True Blood for The Good Wife?
Audio and radio play reviews

Review: Doctor Who – The Lost Stories – 03 – Leviathan

Big Finish's LeviathanWhen people (by which I mean Doctor Who fans) think of ‘lost stories’ and Colin Baker, they generally think of those stories from the original season 23, such as The Nightmare Fair and Mission Magnus, that got replaced with Trial of a Timelord thanks to Michael Grade and his ‘hiatus’.

However, those stories weren’t the only Colin Baker stories that fell by the wayside. Here we have Leviathan, a story written by the late veteran TV writer Brian Finch for season 22. Despite getting as far as a rehearsal script, the story never got made, probably because it would have been too damn expensive to make.

In the story, the Doctor and Peri land in a medieval forest near a castle. They come across some villagers who are being pursued by Herne the Hunter.

Cue the Celtic charms of Clannad and the theme to Robin of Sherwood? No, because this Herne is mean and he’s out for blood…

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Friday’s Midland cowboy news

Doctor Who

Film

Radio

British TV

US TV

Tuesday’s actors and sinking ships news

Doctor Who

  • An interview with Matt Smith
  • Bus with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan to tour the UK

Film

Theatre

British TV

Canadian TV

US TV