An archive of blog entries about British science-fiction programme Doctor Who.
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Thursday’s “Ben Browder on Doctor Who, no more Primeval and Aidan Quinn is Elementary’s Gregson” news
Doctor Who
- Gavin & Stacey‘s Adrian Scarborough to guest on Doctor Who…
- …as will Farscape and Stargate‘s Ben Broader
Film
- Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston to star in Get A Job
- Michael Clarke Duncan, S Epatha Merkerson and Smallville’s Justin Hartley join The Challenger
- Kristen Bell joins Writers
- Jake Gyllenhaal to replace Dominic Cooper on Motor City?
- Cloverfield‘s Jessica Lucas joins The Evil Dead
UK TV
- Skins to end after seventh series
- ITV has no plans to commission more Primeval [subscription required]
- Prisoners’ Wives finishes with 4.3m viewers
Canadian TV
- The Vampire Diaries‘ Sara Canning and Eureka‘s Niall Matter starring in Primeval: New World
US TV
- Tuesday’s ratings: Breaking In slightly up from where it was, Cougar Town gains a few viewers, The River flat
- The Forgotten‘s Rochelle Aytes and Jes Macallan to star in Mistresses
- Showtime adapting You Kill Me
- Happy Days‘ Marion Ross to guest on Up All Night [minor spoilers]
- Silk Stalkings‘ Eob Estes to guest on Necessary Roughness
US TV pilots
- Better Off Ted‘s Jay Harrington joins Guilty
- The Finder‘s Mercedes Masohn and One Tree Hill‘s Robert Buckley join 666 Park Avenue; Party Down‘s Ken Marino joins American Judy; ER‘s Anthony Edwards and Carmen Ejogo join Zero Hour
- Boss‘s Martin Donovan and Satisfaction‘s Peta Sergeant join The Selection
- Bedlam‘s Theo James to replace Ryan Phillippe on Golden Boy
- Aidan Quinn to play (Captain) Gregson in Elementary
- Bridesmaids‘ Wendi McLendon-Covey joins Only Fools And Horses
- A Gifted Man‘s Rhys Coiro joins Applebaum, Andrea Martin joins Melissa McCarthy project
- Keri Russell to play KGB spy in The Americans
- Colin Salmon joins Arrow
- Homeland‘s Brianna Brown joins Devious Maids
- The Tudors David Alpay joins Americana
- The Good Wife‘s Jeremy Strong joins LA Noir
- Greg Germann joins The Unprofessional
Competitions
Review and Competition: Doctor Who – The Sensorites on DVD
Starring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford
Writer: Peter R Newman
Director: Frank Cox
Price: £20.42 (Amazon price: £12.99; BBC Shop price: £12.99)
Released: January 23rd 2012
I have to confess that I’m not the most diligent of DVD reviewers. Give me something that I can watch in an hour or two and I’m fine. Give me something that lasts two and a half hours and that also has commentaries and epic amounts of extras and basically, I’m not up for that. Call it being busy, call it being lazy – it ain’t happening.
But sometimes, I’ll give it a try. In this case, the BBC Shop, in their infinite wisdom, sent me the six-part William Hartnell Doctor Who story The Sensorites to peruse. Now, I hadn’t seen this in about 20 years and beyond a slight reference to it at some point when the Ood popped up in modern Who, it had almost completely escaped my mind. Feeling semi-dedicated, I decided to give The Sensorites a go. See how I fared after this trailer and the jump.
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Question of the week: which is better – old Doctor Who monsters or new ones?
A simple question for fans of Doctor Who this week. Steven Moffat has just gone on record as saying that he prefers new monsters to old ones. So today I’m asking you:
Is Steven right? And do you prefer old monsters or new monsters
Answers below or on your own blog please.
Thursday’s “Christopher Lloyd is Granddad, new Avengers trailer and Mira Sorvino is a Trooper” news
Happy St David’s Day everyone!
Doctor Who
- Matt Smith not leaving any time soon
Film
- No Bill Murray for Ghostbusters 3
- Gerard Butler to replace Eric Bana on Brilliant
- Luther creator Neil Cross to write Day of the Triffids adaptation
- New trailer for The Avengers
British TV
- Channel 4 acquires Labyrinth and Pillars of the Earth sequel [subscription required]
- Sony to launch Sony Movie Channel in spring [subscription required]
- ITV annual profits up nearly a quarter [subscription required]
US TV
- Adam Arkin to guest on Justified
- Molly Shannon joins Enlightened
- Leonard Nimoy to guest on Big Bang Theory
- Brett Butler to recur on Anger Management
- ABC Family orders more Jane By Design
US TV pilots
- Cary Elwes joins Prairie Dogs
- Justified‘s Natalie Zea joins Kevin Williamson’s serial killer pilot
- A Gifted Man‘s Margo Martindale joins Counter Culture…
- …and Masters of Sex, as does Beau Bridges
- Heroes‘ Hayden Panettiere to star in Nashville
- Elizabeth Perkins to star in How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest of Your Life
- Christopher Lloyd to play granddad (?), BJ Hales to play Trigger in Only Fools and Horses plus other pilot casting
- Twilight‘s Ashley Greene and Nikita‘s Tiffany Hines to star in Americana
- David Arquette joins Smart One
- The Cosby Show‘s Phylicia Rashad joins Do No Harm
- Dane Cook to star in Next Caller Please
- Mira Sorvino joins Trooper