Editor's bit...Todays picture is A Christmas Carol by westleyjsmith, "here is another Tone drawing this time based on the Doctor Who Christmas special - A Christmas Carol. It started out as a hand drawn pencil sketch that I airbrushed and then touched up with pencils in Photoshop."
You can now vote for 'Doctor Who' in the National Television Awards, it's a great shame they've added 'Sherlock' in the same category as many people will be torn between the two, thus making the true votes rather out of kilter.The News...
The Guardian has Critic's choice: Steven Moffat, when it comes to Doctor Who, Moffat admits that it's "entirely impossible" to escape the brouhaha that surrounds the show. "But it's not inhibiting at all – I love Doctor Who, so I love writing it. You are aware at times of the importance of Doctor Who to the BBC, but the remarkable thing about the audience isn't so much its size, which of course is considerable, but the passion of the fans", this year the episodes are to be split into two separate chunks, with seven in the spring, and six in the autumn, when Sherlock will also be returning to our TVs. It is not unlikely that Moffat will see his shows vying for accolades on BBC1.....
The Examiner has The top 10 Doctor Who moments of 2010, the regenerated Doctor Who series on BBC and BBC America has seen an incredible upswing in support and fanbase, thanks to Russell T. Davies' vision, Steven Moffat's writing, and the amazing range of Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. However, in 2010, it was Matt Smith's turn to drive the TARDIS, and the support has never been stronger, here are the top ten DW moments from 2010, at least in our opinion...
The Doctor Who News Page has NTA Nominations 2011, this month sees the seventeenth annual National Television Awards take place at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday 26th January, last year saw Doctor Who win the Best Drama category, with outgoing Doctor David Tennant winning the Best Drama Performer award. After nominations took place in the summer, this year's shortlist reflects the same category entries, with the series in the Drama category and new Doctor Matt Smith up for Drama Performance.....WhoTube....
Times of Change (part two), the second episode of the first Christel Doctor Who Spin off show ARNIE, in this episode ARNIE and his companion PARRIS have to race against time as they face two separate alien invasions and try to discover why ARNIE is feeling pain for the first time.....
Amiga Longplay [688] Dalek Attack,"I saw this show as a kid. At that time it was the fourth doctor (Tom Baker), so that's the one I chose to play as (and preferred of course as I grew up with that version). I didn't see all episodes or the later ones, but now when the show is back (started 2005) in a new version (and of course a new doctor) I thought of recording this game...."
Doctor Who Action Figure Adventures: The Oncoming Storm - Part One, the ending approaches. The eighth Doctor and Kathy arrive on the once uninhabited planet of Zueta, a world that has been colonised and features technology far in advance of it's time. The director of the colony, Loeb, believes they have been blessed through the help of a disfigured scientist- Davros. The Doctor struggles to free the colony before their blindness becomes their end. But the Doctor and Kathy are spies from the planet that destroyed Davros' homeworld. Now Zueta is under threat and a security force is needed to protect the streets, the Daleks...Pick of the Blogs...
The Daily P.O.P. has Doctor Who Classics -The Seventies, what is a Doctor Who classic? To me a Doctor Who classic epitomizes its era, tells an intelligent and memorable story, has unusual visuals, and features above average performances. Doctor Who is the most mercurial and groundbreaking science fiction program of its kind, so already the bar is quite high for a story to rise from a crop of greatness. The 1970?s is one of the most loved eras of Doctor Who, so selecting what I consider to be classics from this era is no easy task.....
DWAS has Singing in Doctor Who - A quiz, with the repeat of A Christmas Carol about to air on BBC1 here at Toybox Towers we are pondering the number of times there has been some singing in Doctor Who, here is our list....
Podcasts...
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time, Space and Music has Episode 9 – Nicholas Briggs, Voice and Composer for the Daleks, in this episode we’ll be featuring an interview with Doctor Who and Torchwood Actor, author and audio producer Nicholas Briggs, focusing on his work composing and working as sound designer for Big Finish Productions, recorded the 27th of November, 2010 at the Chicago TARDIS convention.....
Radio Free Skaro has 231 – Son of Masters, features the return of the popular Miniscope segments (well, some of you liked them in the past, anyhow) wherein the Three Who Rule discuss the works of a particular writer, director, or some other behind the scenes person in their careers on Doctor Who. Dick Mills, the initial subject for this episode, was bumped to next week (more on that later), so Series 3 director Charles Palmer became a last minute subject. How did his efforts rate with your intrepid hosts?....
The Ood Cast has released S03E07 – Jumping the Shark, welcome, Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, Frozen Collateral & Dickensian Urchins, to a bumper Ood Cast Christmas Special, if you thought all the festive treats were over then think again – we’ve slaved for days over a hot mixing desk to bring you something very special indeed. So why not peak inside our oven (podcast episode)? There you’ll find bickering families, imaginary childhood friends, exploding grass, jealous ice-pops and a bunch of eight year olds dissecting Ghost Light.....
Arrow of Time has 013 – A Christmas Carol, no clever title this week, we actually made a podcast about a new episode of Doctor Who! This is by far our single most relevant episode yet! I’m practically giddy, so instead of reading anymore, just go on and listen to our surprisingly on-time review of “A Christmas Carol.....”
'Who' - Is The Man Cast has Episode 14: A Chirstmas Who?, in this episode I review the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special: A Chirstmas Carol....
The Cultdom Collective has Episode 79 - Dr Who 'This is Your Life' Continued, part 2: The Doctor - just what do we know about his life? Working our way through his different regenerations in other media this time.....
The 20mb Doctor Who Podcast has Episode 36, Happy New Year to you all. Our first show of 2011 features Adam, Ben and (at times) Alicia. We discuss A Christmas Carol, Isabella gives her opinion, we have a heap of emails and Twitter and Facebook messages to sift through, thank you so very much, we also look at the Series 6 teaser trailer and see what clues can be gleaned from the footage.....
Pharos Project has 33: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat, this week, the Projecteers spat Advocat into a roaring fire, argued with family and indulged in that other fine festive tradition that calls itself the Doctor Who Christmas Special, Jenkins did sing, the Doctor did marry, Gambon did soften and Amy and Rory showed us their sex clothes. Actually, how would you role play between a Centurion and a Police Woman? Bit of an odd combo that. Chris and Little Pete usually do it as Ronald Mcdonald and Hamburglar, a more sensible choice.....Tid-Bits...
Big Finish have released Issue 23 of Vortex Magazine, Jago and Lightfoot return, Justin Richards on their latest return...
Velvet Jacket has the alternative cover for The Monster of Peladon, Peladon's people are being exploited and Aggedor is angry...
Crafty Tardis has River Song Kindle Cover, "first honest DW craft (I made 7-8 Adipose before in various fabrics for a class). I got a Kindle for Christmas and made this...."
Hamish Steele has posted Doctorland - Part One, commissioned for an exciting new Doctor Who fanzine. In this comic, the Eleventh Doctor and his companions Amy and Rory visit a planet named Gallifrey… but it can’t really truly be the Doctor’s home? Perhaps not… but the people of this planet still know who the Doctor is… perhaps TOO well.....
Who Fix has Here Today…..gone tomorrow.
A Christmas Carol for Poppins by David Nagel, "based on two quotes from this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special "A Christmas Carol" I present... this...."
Review's Roundup...
Byzantine Reality has Doctor Who and Philosophy, the first part of the book focuses on the topic of identity. With respect to the Doctor Who universe, the big questions revolve around how the various reincarnations of the Doctor can be the same person. Most of the material assumes the answer is ‘yes, they are all the same person’, while the parts that take the opposite approach end up being a bit more interesting largely because they are a bit more creative.....
Tea with Morbius has The Romans, Doctor Who does Carry On with a pinch of Ben-Hur, no fan should underestimate the importance of the historical stories. However, the difficulty in terms of appreciating then is that so few survive. I can't help thinking that it is a shame that this one survives and not Marco Polo or The Massacre.....
The Edwardian Adventurer has Here There Be Monsters, the TARDIS crew materialize on a space exploration vessel crewed by sentient plant life. The ship is using an innovative, yet extremely dangerous, method to create navigational lanes through space, it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where Doctor Who become influenced by H.P. Lovecraft, yet the influence is a beautiful one.....
Bigger On The Inside has ‘The Curse of Fenric’ by Ian Briggs has several similarities to ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’. Both are historical adventures, both concern supernatural occurrences and both feature opponents from the future, the tone of the stories are dramatically different. ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ was a investigation, the Doctor and Leela following the trail of the clues, ever moving towards the villain and getting into all kinds of trouble along the way.....Outer Space Book and a Pick of the Tweets...
 | Markgatiss I will be talking nonsense at the Mill Arts Centre, Banbury this Friday in aid of Samaritans. Very worthy cause. www.themillartscentre.co.uk |
 | anghelides National Television Awards voting opens: http://www.nationaltvawards.<wbr>com/vote Nominations for Doctor Who, Sherlock programmes and leads. |
 | NicholasPegg Just heard the sad news about Pete Postlethwaite. One of the finest actors who ever drew breath. |
 | KaiKaiOwen RIP Pete Postlethwaite. What an actor. |
 | SFX magazine Thinking of going to 2011's Eastercon (guests of honour: George RR Martin, Paul Cornell, Steph Swainston)? Ticket price goes up tomorrow so might be worth registering today - http://www.olympus2012.org |
 | steven_moffat For all those of you who have asked, I will only be happy with an exact draw. I'm counting on you all. |
 | Markgatiss To show solidarity with those people without profile pictures, I have today become an egg |
Spoiler Alert...
The Doctor In The TARDIS has Series 6 Filming Continues, "it seems that this filming will be a continuation of all the castle filming they were doing before Christmas in Cardiff, Caerphilly and Chepstow, but tomorrow they move to St. Donats Castle, a stunning medieval castle near to where I grew up. I knew I shouldnt have moved away!..."
They also ask Is The Doctor Held Captive In Area 51?, Exterminate, who is one of our members, has pointed out something interesting he spotted in the background of a photograph which may indicate that the Doctor is indeed being held inside Area 51 at some point during the opening two parter....
