Doctor Who IV - Everything Whovian - Would you like a jelly baby?

[ChrisIII]

Word has it that they're going to film in Lanzarote, where Planet of Fire and parts of Caves of Androzani were filmed.

[Enigmatic Undead]

I read that yesterday as well. Here's the full article for those who haven't.

Hermione Norris announced for new series role



The BBC have announced that Hermione Norris has been cast in the new series of Doctor Who; the actress will appear in the latest episode to be filmed, written by Peter Harness and directed by Paul Wilmshurst, which will also see filming undertaken at a location previously seen in the fifth Doctor adventure, Planet of Fire.

Lead writer/Executive Producer Steven Moffat said:
"It's a testament to the quality of Peter Harness's intense and emotional script, that we've been able to attract an actress of the brilliance of Hermione Norris. And for the first time since 1984, the Doctor Who production team is heading to Lanzarote. The Doctor is returning to the scene of an old adventure - but there have been sinister changes since his last visit."

Norris said:
"It's exciting to be part of such an iconic show, and one that my kids can watch!!!"

The actress has had a number of memorable roles on television, including Ros Myers in Spooks, Beatrice in Kingdom, and DCI Carol Jordan in Wire in the Blood; her sci-fi credentials include playing Stella Isen in Outcasts. She can currently be seen in the BBC drama The Crimson Field.

Also announced for this episode is Tony Osoba, joining the relatively small 'club' of actors to appear in both the 'classic' and new series of Doctor Who. This will be his third appearance (and Doctor!) in the series: the actor previously appeared as the Movellan Lan in fourth Doctor adventure Destiny of the Daleks and as Kracauer in seventh Doctor tale Dragonfire.

[ChrisIII]

The Cybermen two-parter from the second season is getting a limited two-night release:

http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/05...514100008.html

Probably because of "Day of the Doctor"'s success as a similar event.

Seems a bit weird. For those who have the blu-ray set, how good was the upconversion on the non-HD seasons (Basically all the Eccleston/Tennant/RTD stuff except for the 2009 specials)?

[Vworp Vworp]

Seems a bit weird. For those who have the blu-ray set, how good was the upconversion on the non-HD seasons (Basically all the Eccleston/Tennant/RTD stuff except for the 2009 specials)?

Weirder still, cos Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel wasn't very good at all.

[Alvarez]

Weirder still, cos Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel wasn't very good at all.

I'll never be able top like the Cybus Cybemen... I just can't.

[Kyer]

Weirder still, cos Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel wasn't very good at all.

What? Why that one? Why not something good and worth seeing again such as The Impossible Planet/Satan Pit? The first would especially look brilliant on a big screen what with the space shots. (First scene with the black hole. Picture it.)

Looking back at a Doctor Who episode guide for Tennant, the Cyberman arc was imho the last one I'd have picked. Can even think of way more than two single episode stories that would have been better picks.

[thespianphryne]

Have you guys seen this IDW Doctor Who comics Pay-What-You-Like offer from Humble Books?
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Just leaving this here for anyone who might be interested.

[Enigmatic Undead]

Restoration Team member Paul Vanezis has released a video showing some of the delicate work carried out on the Second Doctor episodes that were recovered last year.

The nine episodes - from The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear - were returned to the BBC's archive in Perivale on Friday 31st May and the next day the film prints were taken to the Digital Media Services department of BBC Studios and Post Production in South Ruislip for transfer.

In 2013, nine lost episodes were returned to the BBC by the archive recovery organisation TIEA. This is what then happened to the films.

The film starts with the remedial work required to get the film on the film cleaner, then the film cleaner at work.

The film cleaner works by immersing the film in a bath of specially engineered inert fluid which acts as a transmission medium for the powerful ultrasonic waves which shock the dirt on the surface of the film and loosen it to allow it to be gently scrubbed off by rotating lambswool rollers submerged in the bath. Hot air knives dry the film as soon as it leaves the bath.

Then we see the first of the film watched for the very first time since it was lost.

[ChrisIII]

Some pics from the Lanzarote filming, featuring the Doctor once again donning the spacesuit from The Impossible Planet/Satan pit: http://blogtorwho.blogspot.com/2014/...-spoilers.html

[Alvarez]

Doctor Who Series 8 2014: The first TV teaser trailer - BBC One

[Professor Moriarty]

Doctor Who Series 8 2014: The first TV teaser trailer - BBC One

[Deathstroke]

Finally got my hands on the 7th season for a reasonable price.

[Kyer]

I'm just about finished watching both of the latest Patrick Troughton stories The Enemy Of The World and Web Of Fear.
Now I remember exactly why I loved those Target book adaptions so much: Patrick was a fantastic Doctor. Such an expressive face. If only his shows had been shot in color (and not mostly destroyed..sigh.)

Wish they'd make animated episodes (on par with The Invasion) of all the lost stories with some really well done actor impersonations for the audio if the original audio was not salvageable. Or if not animation how about well produced comics in a trade format?

[Matt]

It was my understanding that audio is available for every story, it's only visual that is gone.

[Jim Kelly]

All of the audio for Doctor 2 exists I'm pretty sure--since I watched all those episodes not so long ago (albeit with screen stills and/or animation for the missing film) and I don't remember any audio that was left out.

I like Troughton in black and white. It gives the show some special quality. And there's a kind of nod to the silent era in his look and his performance.

I never would've thought that watching splices removed and film being cleaned should prove so suspenseful. But that was a heart-thumping teaser for the release of the restored series.

The so-called teaser for Doctor 12, on the other hand, is almost like an anti-teaser. Like watching this expunges all memory of the extant teasers for the 12th Doctor. As if BBC wants to take back what we know from having watched The Time of the Doctor and The Day of the Doctor and reduce us to a tabula rasa state of mind concerning 12.