FORTHCOMING DVD (BBC)

'DVD Rights Cleared'


THE KEYS OF MARINUSFirst Doctor/William Hartnell
THE CHASE First Doctor/William Hartnell
REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker
THE SEEDS OF DOOM Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker
THE STATE OF DECAY Fourth Doctor/Tom Baker
FRONTIOSFifth Doctor/Peter Davison
THE SEA DEVILS Third Doctor/Jon Pertwee
FRONTIOSFifth Doctor/Peter Davison
ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN Sixth Doctor/Colin Baker

The Doctor and Ardal in Canada

The Ottawa Citizen takes an extensive look at the release of Series Two on DVD in Canada.In his piece, Chris Knight explains why exactly the show has appealed to the Canadian frame of mind.The article concludes by looking at the DVD release in Canada of the first season of BBC sitcom My Hero, starring Ardal O'Hanlon, who plays the character Brannigan in episode three of Series Three.

Doctor Who Singles Chart battle

The BBC children's news programme Newsround is the latest to report on plans to put Love Don't Roam by Murray Gold into the UK Singles charts.Reporter Lizo Mzimba commented: "It's all happened because of a change in the rules on how the singles chart works. Now any song, whether it's a single or an album track, whether it's in the shops or only by downloading, can make it into the singles chart if enough people buy it. That's what a group of Doctor Who fans have tried to take advantage of. They've spent the week trying to persuade people to download a track featured in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, in the hope that the song Love Don't Roam - which was never intended to be a single - will actually make it into the singles chart next week."He went on to say: "If you think it's ridiculous that a Doctor Who song could be popular enough to get into the charts, think again - a few years back this song (Doctorin' The TARDIS), inspired by Doctor Who, not only got into the charts, it got to number one!"The item was entitled "David Tennant vs Billie Piper" as, in addition to above and as we previously reported, BBC Radio One DJ Chris Moyles is also attempting to get a track into the charts - Honey to the Bee by former Doctor Who actress Billie Piper.Newsround have also invited viewers to vote on which song they'd like to see make it to the top of the charts their website - though you can't vote for both!Though not referenced by name, Outpost Gallifrey made it into the item, used as an illustration of one of the sites where the download is being discussed (see above picture).(Billie Piper was also mentioned on this morning's Entertainment Today, talking about her new play Treats, but also to comment that she was on their first ever show, some 250 editions ago.)

Obituary: Patrick Tull

It is with deepest regret we announce the passing of Patrick Tull.

Patrick was best known to Doctor Who fans for his role as the Kroton Voices in the 2nd Doctor adventure; The Kroton

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BBC Chief: Dr Who is our creative future

On the day when the BBC's Director General expressed real disappointment at the Government's final licence fee level settlement, which funds the corporation, he also gave a keynote speech on the BBC's creative future. Addressing The Future Of Creative Content Conference, part of the Media Summit 2007 event taking place in London, Mark Thompson gave a detailed lecture, but highlighted only one programme as an example of how the corporation was making its creative future a reality - Doctor Who. This part of his lecture is quoted below.
But it's incredibly important that we don't define "value" solely around productivity or cost-cutting. One of the fundamental lessons we learned from Creative Future was the value you can grow, the audiences you can build, when you think about projects not just in terms of single linear broadcast windows but across different platforms and media.It will be much harder to justify very high budgets for content that only gets a single outing on a linear channel. But that's no longer the right way to think about content commissioning. In future major projects should extend not just across TV, the web, radio, and mobile but through multiple windows across time and across different business models.So: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and BBC Wales build a brilliant sci-fi production factory to deliver Doctor Who. And when I say "factory" I don't just mean physical production, I mean ideas, development, brilliant scripts, design as well. A complete creative operation.The factory of course makes even better creative and economic sense when you add Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Doctor Who plays out across BBC and UKTV channels. The Torchwood website is not just commissioned on day one but is out there before the TV premiere. There's a coherent plan in place for the whole audience relationship with the content almost from the start.Now clearly this kind of 360 degree exploitation could be creatively limiting or tawdry. Commercial priorities could distort the original commissioning intention. But it really hasn't been in this case and that's because we've had totally committed creative leaders at the centre of decision-making at every stage of the process. You'd have to talk to them directly to hear how they've found it, but my sense is that the sheer scale of the possibilities, the potential to link different titles and different platforms has been creatively inspiring and liberating.

Battles in Time Expansion

GE Fabbri has announced a new expansion set to the Doctor Who: Battles in Time magazine and collectible card series. The new set, The Annihilator Series, will feature 100 new card designs. The Expansion set, which includes images from The Runaway Bride, will be included starting with Issue 12.

“As well as some terrifying Racnoss Empress cards, there are some amazing moving-image ultra rare cards in this set,” says Battles In Time editor, Claire Lister. “We’re lucky that Doctor Who features several monsters that look very different underneath from what you’d expect on the outside, so look out for a Sycorax Unmasking Card, a Dalek Mutant reveal, and a particularly chilling card where Toby Zed becomes possessed by the Beast!”

Torchwood on Spanish TV

Trade magazine Variety is reporting that the Spanish network Cuatro has purchased Torchwood, along with a number of US dramas.

There’s nothing at all tardy about Alf’s* TARDIS

WHEN Cornerstone’s caretaker Alf Walsh decided to build a TARDIS for the centre’s ‘Intergalactic Day’ he surfed the internet for accurate blueprints and then built a full-size copy out of chipboard.
The home-made Doctor Who time machine is the star attraction at a space-based literacy day at the Langworthy Cornerstone, aimed at improving English.
Alf, 49, of Philip Street, Eccles, said: "When I heard they were having this Intergalactic Day, I decided to see what I could do to help.
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"I have never built anything like this before so I just looked it up on the internet and got the general dimensions of the TARDIS and started to build it with my mate George Blagden, using chipboard.
"It took about 10 hours and we had to construct it outside because it was too big for my house, and George then helped me transport it to the Cornerstone in his van.
"I don’t know what’s going to happen to it after Saturday. I hope it will stay at the Cornerstone - it certainly won’t be coming back home - my wife thinks I’m mad enough for building it in the first place!
"And anyway, I was not that much of a Dr Who fan as a child. It was alright at first but I quickly transferred my loyalties to Star Wars."
The Langworthy Cornerstone is staging its Intergalactic Day as part of the BBC’s Raw City initiative, designed to encourage literacy skills across the UK.
The machine will stand in the hall and will have a letter box in it that children can post their sci-fi short story competition entries.
Every time they do so, the flashing light on the top is activated and suitable Dr Who-style noises, such as the TARDIS taking off and the Daleks ‘Exterminate’ command will be heard.
The short story competition is just one of many attractions featured during the day.
Others include a visit by Dr Who scriptwriter Steve Cole, who will be conducting a writing seminar and judging the winning entries in the story competition.
Fans of the show, which used to star Eccles-based actor Christopher Eccleston, will be given instructions on how to construct their own Dalek, there will be alien fancy dress competitions, ‘alien’ food, and treasure hunts.
For further details regarding the Saturday, January 20 event ring the Cornerstone on: 0161 212 4400.
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FOX SAYS IT WITH FLOWERS

Suzanne Kerins
TV beauty Billie Piper and new man, actor Laurence Fox, have been smooching for all to see in Wimbledon. When they eventually came up for air, Laurence, 28 - son of film star James - bought Doctor Who star Billie, 24, some flowers.
My spy says: "They were all over each other and didn't seem remotely bothered who saw them."
The pair ditched their long-term lovers last month. Laurence dumped actress Martha Swann, 29 - who he'd been with for six years. And Billie finished with Amadu Sowe, 29, the man who shared her life for two year and comforted her after her split with Chris Evans.

Billie has a love-ly holiday

BILLIE PIPER whisked her new fella off on a New York break — and returned “besotted”.
The Doctor Who star, 24, told pals she is now “very serious” about Lewis actor Laurence Fox.
She is currently rehearsing a play in Windsor with the 28-year-old — son of film star James.
A source said: “They’re in love. The New York trip just sealed it. They’re officially an item.”
Billie, who will star in ITV drama Mansfield Park, dumped Amadu Sowe, 28, last month.

Kylie's tribute to Dr Who on youtube

Click the pic to see Kylie and a few cybermen rock out on stage.

Series four plans

Russell T Davies talks about the future.
Executive Producer Russell T Davies reveals more new series secrets in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine:
"We're planning for Series Four right now," Executive Producer Russell T Davies tells Doctor Who Magazine, "as we're waiting to be commissioned, and the signs are very good."
"I will stay for Series Four," he confirms. "I think we all will – Julie [Gardner, executive producer], Phil [Collinson, producer], and I would absolutely love to do it, so we're waiting for the nod, and we're fairly confident that it will come. The BBC is so supportive, and they're delighted with the ratings – not just the ratings, cos they're not that ratings-conscious, but also the profile, and the energy of the show. They love it.
"So yes, we're making plans for Series Four. If we waited until they commissioned it, and I don't know when that'll be announced, we'd be behind already. Phil and I drove up to Manchester the other day, and we added together all of our ideas for Series Four in the space of that car journey... and we had nine episodes already! Of course, some of them will change, but it's already gathering shape...!"
The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is available on Thursday 14 September, and includes more news about Doctor Who Confidential and the Eighth Doctor.

Will we be losing another Who staple in season 3???

I've just recieved my copy of the new 'Doctor Who: The Inside Story' book and towards the back there's a few pages previewing season 3 and included is a picture of the Doctor's Sonic Screwdriver after it's been shot at by the Judoon (and it looks pretty badly damaged)! So it seems it gets destroyed, just like it did in the classic series (in 'The Visitation').

Cybeman call center video {verrrrry funny}

I cracked up when i saw this ...


http://tv.peekvid.com/s2532/e26786/

Now You See Him: HeroSite Talks With Christopher Eccleston

Click the link to read the article on Herosite

The announcement that Christopher Eccleston would soon be appearing in a recurring role on Heroes was very exciting for fans across the world. The veteran of movies, television, and the stage plays an invisible man named Claude, and he will be making his first appearance on Heroes on the January 22 episode, "Godsend."Mr. Eccleston was kind enough to take the time from shooting on Heroes' sixteenth episode to do an interview with HeroSite.net's Craig Byrne about his powerful new role.

The interview follows:

HEROSITE.NET: You've had the ability to pick and choose some of the best roles. What was it that attracted you to Heroes?

CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON: What attracted me to Heroes is that they came in for me, and I appreciated that. We talked about two roles, and it was Claude that I decided on, the second role.

HS: Was there something in particular that made you choose Claude?

CE: Well, there's a possibility that we'll be giving away plot points, but what I will say is that the first role was a villain, and I didn't want to play a villain. I think that it's somewhat of a cliche for European actors to play villains in American culture, and I didn't want to be part of that.

HS: What made you decide to do American television?

CE: Well, I like American television. I enjoy American television. I've got three particular favorites - The Larry Sanders Show, Deadwood, and NYPD Blue. I admire them all for very different reasons. One's a very broad, naturalistic satiric comedy. Deadwood's a fantastic take on the Western genre, and NYPD Blue, I thought the writing and the acting was extraordinary.

HS: What actors have you been able to work with on the series thus far, and what is it like to work with them?

CE: Milo, Milo, and Milo. I've worked very briefly with Jack Coleman and Jimmy Jean-Louis [HRG and The Haitian], but my whole time has been with Milo, who has been an absolute gentleman. He's a very generous actor, and has made me feel very welcome. I've enjoyed it immensely.

HS: How does working in American television differ from the routines of doing British TV?

CE: It doesn't, apart from the food. You guys really like to eat. The food is good, but apart from that, it's in vast quantities compared to British sets. We're a little more frugal about feeding ourselves. But no. It compares very favorably. Very similar.

HS: What kind of special effects have you been able to work with?

CE: Not many, really. Playing an invisible man, most of it is done in post. What I have done, is I have flown. Me and Milo flew together. I've been tasered, but again, that might be giving away plot points. And I've shut doors without even being present. There's a lot of that kind of gag stuff.

HS: Have you had to do a lot of ADR or voiceover work?

CE: I did some post - what we call post-synching in Britain, two days ago. That was my first session. I think the sound guys are excellent on this, and even though we were shooting a hell of a lot downtown, which is a very difficult location, we've managed to save most of the real sound, which is great for an actor. You can never replicate what you did on the day [of filming].

HS: What are the challenges of playing an invisible man?

CE: You know, there aren't, really. When you play a character with super powers or whatever you would call it, I think the most important thing is to concentrate on making the man or woman itself naturalistic and truthful. The more you can do that, the more the audience will buy the more extreme behavior which comes from having super powers. So it's an acting exercise, as every character is.

HS: Is it exciting for you to have that challenge?

CE: It's exciting to play any character, and as I've said, you can't think about the extraordinary things he can do, because those, to a certain extent, are out of your hands. They're down to the post guys. So you've got to concentrate on the truth of - you search for the relationships, and obviously a key relationship in this is Claude and Peter.

HS: Are you allowed to say for how long you may be appearing on the show?

CE: I think it is better to keep that a mystery.

HS: But it is for multiple episodes?

CE: It is, yeah. It is multiple episodes.

HS: Had you seen Heroes at all before taking the role?

CE: When they offered me the role, they sent me the pilot to look at, and I was interested and intrigued, so I came on board.

HS: What other projects may be in your future, beyond Heroes?

CE: I shot a film in the Fall in New Orleans in which I play a New Orleanean doctor. That film is called New Orleans, Mon Amour, which is about post-Katrina, the rescue effort, and the emotional damage as well as the physical damage that was done to that great city. And I'm doing Heroes. In about two weeks I go off to Bucharest to make a film called The Dark Is Rising, which is from a series of fantasy books which were written in the Seventies.

HS: In an ideal world, what kind of acting do you enjoy the most - theatre, television, or movies?CE: I've been very fortunate through film and television to learn about screen acting. It's been my life for twenty years. If I had my choice, I would exclusively do theater, if I could justify it financially. Theatre is my country is by and large very lowly paid, so actors have to supplement it with television and film work, if they're fortunate enough to be able to do that. The main reason for that is theatre is an actor's medium. Film and television is primarily a director's medium. When you act in the theatre you get a four to six week rehearsal period, where you can build a character, and of course each evening when you give a performance, you have the final edit. So, theater acting is my great love. But, I've had some very interesting and rewarding experiences in front of the camera.

HS: Do you know if the writers intended any significance to the name "Claude," because of the name of the first actor to play an invisible man?

CE: The first time I appear as Claude, I make a joke about that, so it is a homage, I think, to Claude Raines.

HS: Does Claude have a last name?

CE: I don't know, no.

HS: What do you feel motivates Claude to do things or behave the way that he does?

CE: I think Claude has a conscience and a very good heart, and I think there is a kind of strain of psychology, almost, called the guilt of the survivor, and I think those three things are the main motivators for Claude.

HS: I believe I read in an early interview with Tim Kring, that Claude has been living with these powers for a while?

CE: That's right. I think it's reasonable to say that Claude belongs to a previous generation to our present heroes. He functions as a kind of paternal figure to Peter.

HS: Do you feel that his presence really helps Peter along in his journey?

CE: Yeah. That's very much the dynamic of their relationship.

HS: When you took the role, did the writers and producers lay out your character's general arc, or are you learning more as you go along?

CE: I knew that the role would be substantial and key. I had to have that up front. But obviously, details emerge as you shoot, which is the same for all of the ensemble cast.

HS: I've noticed in the trailer that Claude has a disheveled look. Is there a reason for this appearance, and as an actor, do you enjoy being able to change your appearance for a role?

CE: I think that it's something I bring naturally to the role. [Laughs] No, Claude lives a very solitary and marginal life, for very good reasons, so he doesn't have much time for facials and high fashion. But you may see a change.

HS: Is it a different feeling to be filming here in the States, where you might not be as easily recognized as you are in the UK?

CE: I moved to America on June the 8th of last year, and it's been like beginning my career again, and I'm loving the challenge. It's great, at 42, to give myself the kind of challenge I gave to myself when I was 19 and left Salford to go to London to start drama school.

HS: Have you done any theater here in the States yet, and would you like to?

CE: No. I'd love to. To work on Broadway would be a dream fulfilled.

HS: Have you been noticed or approached by any of your fans out here in L.A.?

CE: I occasionally get recognized for projects, but particularly Shallow Grave seems to register. 28 Days Later. And Elizabeth. Very occasionally.

HS: On HeroSite we have a Real Heroes page where we spotlight charities that are supported by individual people associated with the show. I believe I read that you were involved with some charities?

CE: Back home I'm patron of an extraordinary theatre company called Celebrity Pig, which is made up of people with a learning disability. I'm a patron of that company, and I've been involved in a couple of their productions, and I hope to do more. I'm an ambassador with [the learning disability charity] MENCAP, and I also went out to Banda Aceh for the Red Cross. [Banda Aceh was at the very center of the tsunami that occurred on Boxing Day 2004]
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HeroSite.net's Craig Byrne would like to thank Christopher Eccleston for taking the time to participate in this interview, and would also like to extend special thanks to the folks who made it happen.
Don't forget to watch Claude's debut episode... Monday, January 22 on NBC!

Paul Cornell at London Event

Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell will be a guest at the monthly meeting of the British Science Fiction Association, in London, on the evening of Wednesday 24th January, where he will be interviewed by science fiction critic and fan Graham Sleight. The meeting is upstairs at a pub called the Antelope on Eaton Terrace (nearest tube Sloane Square). The interview starts at 7pm, but fans will be milling about downstairs from 5pm.As well as being the writer of the episode "Father's Day" from the 2005 Doctor Who series and two episodes of the upcoming 2007 series Paul has written many Doctor Who books and audios as well as other novels and comic books.

Billie in the Charts again

Billie Piper could make a big impact return to the top 40 charts on Sunday, and all without singing a note.Radio 1 breakfast presenter Chris Moyles announced to his listeners on Monday that he was planning to conduct a test to see if he could exploit a change in the way the charts are counted, where downloads are included alongside singles.He played Billie's 1999 hit Honey to the Bee, which charted at number 3, to see if hearing the old hit would encourage people to download it and get it into the charts.And download sales have already picked up with the song making it into the Top 75 midweek chart and today climbing into the iTunes Top 20.This high profile marketing has somewhat eclipsed the similar promotional campaign we reported on last week. That campaign, started in our forums and echoed on many Dr Who sites since, is promoting downloads of the song Love Don't Roam, from the Dr Who Soundtrack album. Undeterred, and with all the enthusiasm of fandom, that purchasing drive continues all this week.

Raiders of the Lost Archives

ITV broadcast the first part of their new series, Raiders of the Lost Archive, last night; presented by Paddy McGuinness, the show features clips for famous television personalities that were thought to be lost to the archives.The programme has been made through searches through industry archives and private collections, and the show has also made an appeal for other shows to be returned, in a similar vein to the BBC's own Treasure Hunt appeal. This new more general initiative has its own website to accompany the show, and includes a section for the 50 most wanted television shows - of which Doctor Who is listed (number 12 in the alphabetical list). Says the site: "Over 100 episodes of this ever popular series are missing or part missing – all from the black and white 60s era of the show. Doctor Who fans are particularly interested in recovering “The Tenth Planet” Episode 4 which was first broadcast on October 29, 1966. It was the final story of the first Doctor, William Hartnell’s era and the first story to feature the Cybermen. Patrick Troughton also makes his first, uncredited appearance as the Second Doctor. Many classic gems now survive only as soundtracks and photographs. Additionally, some Jon Pertwee 70s episodes made in colour only survive in b/w. Do you have “The Web of Fear” episodes 2-6 or “Fury from the Deep”?"The next show will feature a very young David Tennant in an early television appearance!

The Gunfighters coming to CD soon

The TARDIS lands in the Wild West in the latest release from BBC Audiobooks.

Starring William Hartnell, with linking narration by Peter Purves, The Gunfighters sees the First Doctor visit Tombstone with toothache, only to find himself caught up in the most famous shootout in history.

Bonus material includes an interview with Peter Purves, who recalls making the television episodes, and a special 10-minute music segment featuring the original recordings of Lynda Baron singing The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon from the story.

This is the first time these recordings have been released, and we hope you'll be gathering around your pianos to sing along.

Future releases include The Dominators in May and Volume Four of Doctor Who At The BBC in September.

The Gunfighters is released on 5 February 2007.

Source: bbc.co.uk/doctorwho

Double disc release for final McCoy adventure.

BBC DVD/2Entertain have announced full details of the DVD of Survival. The final story of the original Doctor Who series, Survival is also the 40th Classic Doctor Who DVD release.
The two disc release will feature:
Disc 1
Main commentary withith Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and script-editor Andrew Cartmel.
Second commentary (episode three only). Fan commentary from the winners of a recent Doctor Who Magazine competition.
Cat Flap - a two-part documentary covering the making of Survival. Part One covers set-up and pre-production, Part Two covers shooting and post-production. With Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Lisa Bowerman, Will Barton, Sakuntala Ramanee and Adele Silva, script editor Andrew Cartmel, director Alan Wareing, visual effects assistant Mike Tucker, composer Dominic Glynn and costume designer Ken Trew. Narrated by Paul Ewing.
Deleted and Extended Scenes - material from the first edit of the story that didn't make the final cut, plus comparisons of some of the scenes before and after the video effects were added.
Out-takes and comedy moments from the production of the story.
Continuities and trailers from the original BBC1 transmission.
Photo Gallery - production and behind-the-scenes stills from the making of the story.
Isolated Score - option to view the story with synchronous isolated music.
Radio Times listings in Adobe pdf format for viewing on PC or Mac.
Programme subtitles and subtitle production notes.
Disc 2
Endgame - Why was Doctor Who cancelled at the end of Season 26? What might have been in store for the Doctor and Ace if the series had continued into Season 27? With Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred, script editor Andrew Cartmel, writers Ben Aaronovitch and Colin Brake, BBC Head of Drama Series Peter Cregeen, composer Mark Ayres and visual effects designer Mike Tucker. Narrated by Paul Ewing.
Search Out Science - a schools programme featuring the Doctor and Ace, with Stephen Johnson and K9.
Little Girl Lost - A retrospective look at the development of Sophie Aldred's character, Ace, from her first story, Dragonfire through to her last, Survival. With Sophie Aldred, creator Ian Briggs and script editor Andrew Cartmel.
Destiny of the Doctors - Anthony Ainley's last appearance as The Master, in these links from the 1997 computer game.
Survival will be released on 3 April 2007.

Source: bbc.co.uk/doctorwho

Who theme remix site

I would like to share with you a site which offers the best Who Remixes ever heard. Click here or the link below and enjoy the hundreds of remixes posted by artists from all over the world.

http://whomix.trilete.net/?wmid=music

DWO WhoCast with Colin Baker

On Saturday 13th January, Colin Baker joined the DWO Team for Episode #30 of the DWO WhoCast

Colin was on hand to take part in our live phone-in, where listeners had the chance to put their questions to the 6th Doctor himself.

During the hour-long episode, Colin answered a whole heap of questions including: how long he wanted to be The Doctor, his favourite episode, his current projects and many more.

The DWO Team would like to thank Colin and everyone who called in to be part of the show.

* Listen to the Podcast here.

New boyfriend 'clouded by Piper's fame'

Billie Piper's new boyfriend may have been attracted by her fame, suggests a friend.Laurence Fox left his ex-partner, whom he had been with for six years, to be with the actress just before Christmas. She had just split up with lawyer Amadu Sowe after a two-year relationship.The pair are said to be getting along well and have been spotted out together, but a friend of Fox has said he was shocked by his snap decision to leave his ex, Martha Swann. "It was so completely out of the blue," one told the Mail on Sunday. "One minute he was sharing a flat with Martha, seemingly happily, and the next minute he announced he wanted to split and promptly moved out."It is quite shocking that someone would leave a partner who they have spent years with for someone they have only known for a few months. It is fair to wander if his decision is clouded somewhat by Billie's fame."Another source also suggested Piper's fame may have been an added incentive for Fox. "Fox is a lovely, very talented and fun-loving bloke," he commented. "But there has always been a very steely determination to achieve success lying beneath the surface."

{ok i am tired of playing hard to get Billie. I submit to your love come n get it!!!!! lol}

Time meddlers celebrate 20 years

http://www.timemeddlers.org/


http://www.myspace.com/104079086

The Time Meddlers of Los Angeles is one of America's largest and most visible Doctor Who fan organizations who gather every month to socialize and celebrate all that is Doctor Who. Doctor Who is a British Science Fiction show, which ran from 1963 til 1989, holding the record for the longest Sci-Fi show ever, and in 2005 was revived and restarted in the UK. This page is mainly geared toward news and info about the Time Meddlers of Los Angeles, for more information on Doctor Who itself, including the new series please visit Outpost Gallifrey, edited by Shaun Lyon. Also, the new series is currently running over here on the Sci-Fi Channel, for information and schedule please visit their website. While we are based out of Los Angeles, our membership group spans the country and even overseas. We meet every third Sunday of the month, except in February when we're all at the Gallifrey One Convention. The majority of our meetings take place at the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society's Clubhouse at 11513 Burbank Blvd, in North Hollywood. Any meetings taking place offsite, are announced ahead of time, in our meeting schedule above. We also publish a monthly newsletter, the Interglactic Enquirer, featuring news and reveiws of not only Doctor Who but other Science Fiction and Fantasy media.

Season three episode info

1: Smith and Jones
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Charles Palmer
Cast: Adjoa Andoh (Francine Jones), Trevor Laird (Clive Jones), Anne Reid (Florence), Roy Marsden (Mr. Stoker), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Tish Jones), Reggie Yates (Leo Jones)
The Doctor faces the dreaded Judoon, intergalactic alien stormtroopers who have transported a hospital to the moon... including the young Martha Jones.

2: The Shakespeare Code
Writer: Gareth Roberts
Director: Charles Palmer
Cast: Dean Lennox Kelley (William Shakespeare)
Shakespeare gives the performance of his life to save the Earth from destruction at the hands of fearsome flying witches.

Episode 3
Writer: Russell T Davies
Director: Richard Clarke
Cast: Ardal O'Hanlon (Brannigan), Jennifer Hennesy (Valerie)
The Doctor returns to New Earth, and encounters the Face of Boe again.

4: Daleks in ManhattanEpisode 5
Writer: Helen Raynor
Director: James Hawes
Cast: Hugh Quarshie (Solomon), Miranda Raison (Showgirl), Ryan Carnes, Andrew Garfield, Eric Loren, Flik Swann, Alexis Caley, Earl Perkins, Peter Brookem, Ian Porter
Two-part story
The Doctor and Martha visit New York in the 1930s... and run into an experiment by the Daleks to disrupt the fabric of time!

6: The Lazarus Experiment
Writer: Stephen Greenhorn
Director: Richard Clarke
Cast: Thelma Barlow (Lady Thaw), Mark Gatiss (Dr. Lazarus)
The famed scientist Dr. Lazarus may have developed the fountain of youth

Episodes 9: Family of Blood
Writer: Paul Cornell
Director: Charles Palmer
Cast: Jessica Stevenson (Joan), Harry Lloyd (Jeremy Baines), Thomas Sangster (Tim Latimer), Tom Palmer (Hutchinson), Pip Torrens (Rocastle), Rebekah Staten (Jenny), Gerard Horan (Clark), Lauren Wilson (Lucy Cartwright), Matthew White (Phillips)
Two-part story
The Doctor settles down to lead a normal life in a boarding school, in an adaptation of Cornell's novel "Human Nature".

New releases due in feb for dr who

February 2007

NocturneBF Audio: 7thBy Dan AbnettRelease Date: February 2007
On the human colony planet Nocturne, there is suffering and blight, tragic symptoms of an ages-old war. Never the less, Nocturne is also one of the Doctor's favourite places in all of time and space, because it is here that a late, great flowering of human art - the High Renaissance - is taking place.
He has been back here, many times. It is a place of music and art which he finds inspirational and uplifting. It is a place he wants to share with Ace and Hex. It's always been a safe haven for him, a world of friends and laughter.
But with strict Martial Law imposed on the front-line city, and the brutal scourge of interstellar warfare vicing the system, how safe can anyone really be?
There is a note of death in the wild, midnight wind...
This story takes place after "Survival".
Starring Sylvester McCoy (the Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Philip Olivier (Hex), Trevor Bannister (Korbin Thessinger), Paul David-Gough (Will Alloran), Eric Potts (Lothar Ragpole), Ann Rye (Lilian Dillane) and Helen Kay (Cate Reeney). Directed by John Ainsworth.

Blood of the Daleks, Part TwoBF Audio: 8thBy Steve LyonsRelease Date: February 2007BBC Radio 7 and Big Finish Productions present eight monthly serials first broadcast on radio and then released on audio CD, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
"The crashed ship. The one Tom Cardwell saw all those years ago. And you borrowed its technology, didn't you? Maybe even found a Dalek or two in the wreckage. Dead, but intact. And you began to turn human beings into creatures like them. You did that? I'm right, arent I?"
Starring Paul McGann (the Doctor), Sheridan Smith (Lucie Miller), Katarina Olsson (Headhunter), Anita Dobson (Eileen Klint), Kenneth Cranham (Tom Cardwell), Hayley Atwell (Asha), Gerry O'Toole (Lowell), Nicholas Briggs (The Daleks).

Doctor Who: The GunfightersBBC AudioStarring William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie LaneRelease Date: February 5, 2007William Hartnell is the original Doctor in this soundtrack recording of a classic 1960s adventure. The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Steven and Dodo to the Wild West town of Tombstone, in the year 1881. In need of a dentist, the Doctor visits one Doc Holliday, who is engaged in a feud with the Clanton family. As tensions rise in the town, the TARDIS crew get caught up in a complex chain of events which culminates in the now-legendary gunfight at the OK Corral. A member of the original cast provides the linking narration for this CD, which also features a bonus interview recalling the making of the original production.

Doctor Who: The Soundtrack - North America ReleaseBBC AudioStarring Composed by Murray GoldRelease Date: February 13, 2007US/Canada release of the soundtrack album.

Second Flight: Back to the Vortex IITelos Reference - N America ReleaseEdited by J Shaun LyonRelease Date: February 2007Picking up where Back to the Vortex left off, Second Flight continues the story of the development of Doctor Who as David Tennant takes over the TARDIS from Christopher Eccleston and embarks on a 2005 Christmas special ('The Christmas Invasion') as well as a second series of adventures in time and space with Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), and featuring Noel Clarke as Mickey and Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler.
Second Flight reveals the background to the series, from the announcements, to the press releases, casting calls, the highs and lows, and the return of the dreaded Cybermen.
The book also features detailed analysis of the new adventures, facts and figures, and exclusive review commentary from an international panel of writers and critics.

Torchwood: Series One, Volume Two DVDBBC DVD: UKStarring John Barrowman, Eve MylesRelease Date: February 26, 2007Volume 2 of the exciting and leftfield DOCTOR WHO spin-off finds philanderer of the future, Jack Harness arriving in contemporary Cardiff and being inducted into Torchwood – a covert extra terrestrial and paranormal investigation agency.

The Dreamwatch is over

Subscribers of the UK magazine Dreamwatch are currently receiving a letter from its publishers Titan informing them that they have ceased publication of the title.The publication began life in the early 1980s as an amateur fanzine under the title Doctor Who Bulletin. In this form, it took a generally critical tone towards the then current era of the show, and at times its producer, John Nathan-Turner, personally. However, it became popular with some fans due to its frequent reporting of breaking news, offering an alternative to the officially sanctioned Doctor Who Magazine. When in 1989 Doctor Who was rested, the fanzine expanded to cover other genre films and TV series, and the title was changed to DreamWatch Bulletin so that the popular abbreviation DWB would remain intact. In 1994, it was turned into a professional news stand magazine: the title was shortened to simply Dreamwatch and the numbering of the magazine was restarted from issue 1. The final issue will be number 150, or 280 if you count from the original DWB, and is due to be published on 25th January.UPDATE: Brian J Robb, Editor of Dreamwatch, has announced in our forum that the title will be relaunched as a new website, functioning as both magazine and archive. It will be available from the address www.DWSciFi.com from 25th January.

BBC Online Drama Awards - clean sweep for Dr Who

The results have been published for the BBC website's Best Drama Awards for 2006. The awards have been comprehensively won by Doctor Who, where it won each category with a clear majority of votes cast. The site features quotes from voters and video clips. The votes are revealed over a number of pages, but are summarised below.
Best Drama:1: Doctor Who (31.33%)2: Robin Hood (19.38%)3: Jane Eyre (12.08%)4: Life on Mars (6.37%)5: Holby City (5.29%)
Best Actor:1: David Tennant (39.96%)2: Jonas Armstrong (13.25%)3: Toby Stephens (10.49%)4: Richard Armitage (4.97%)5: John Simm (3.09%)
Best Actress:1: Billie Piper (42.74%)2: Ruth Wilson (16.01%)3: Lucy Griffiths (11.03%)4: Amanda Mealing (5.65%)5: Lacey Turner (2.69%)
Favourite Moment:1: Rose's exit [Doctor Who] (27.25%)2: Jane and Rochester's Reunion [Jane Eyre] (4.11%)3: Daleks v Cybermen [Doctor Who] (4.08%)4: Ruth's exit [Spooks] (2.49%)5: Robin hears Marian accepting Guy's proposal [Robin Hood] (2.05%)
Best Drama Website:1: Doctor Who (36.90%)2: Robin Hood (18.17%)3: Spooks (6.79%)4: EastEnders (6.70%)5: Torchwood (6.45%)

Billie Piper's Treats

Actress Billie Piper appeared on Breakfast on BBC1 this morning to promote her west-end debut in the Christopher Hampton play Treats. Also featuring Kris Marshall (My Family, Murder City) and Laurence Fox (Lewis), the play opens at London's Garrick Theatre on 28th February (previews from the 20th) and runs until 26th May.The play is also on tour beforehand, appearing at the Theatre Royal in Windsor (16-27 Jan), Malvern Theatre (29 Jan - 3 Feb), Bath's Theatre Royal (5-10 Feb), and London's Richmond Theatre (12-17 Feb).More details on the play may be found at theatre.com and the London Theatre Guide.

New beginning boxset details

"New Beginnings Box-set"
4th & 5th Doctor's
RRP: £29.99 - DWO Price: £22.49
Released: 29th January

The Keeper of Traken
Commentary from actors Anthony Ainley, Matthew Waterhouse and Sarah Sutton, plus writer Johnny Byrne.
Being Nice to Each Other (dur. 30' 04") - a new documentary looking at the making of this story through the eyes of the cast and crew. Featuring actors Sarah Sutton, Sheila Ruskin, Geoffrey Beevers, director John Black, writer Johnny Byrne and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead. Narrated by George Williams.

The Return of the Master (dur. 08' 40") - Geoffrey Beevers, Christopher H. Bidmead and John Black talk about how they realised the return of the Doctor's arch-adversary.
Sarah Sutton on Swap Shop (dur. 11' 14") - Noel Edmonds interviews Sarah Sutton, with questions phoned in from young viewers.

Logopolis
Commentary from actors Tom Baker and Janet Fielding, plus writer Christopher H. Bidmead.
A New Body at Last (dur. 50' 20") - a new documentary covering the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davison. Featuring actors Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton and Adrian Gibbs, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, directors Peter Moffatt and John Black. Narrated by Denis Lawson.
Nationwide - Tom Baker (dur. 4' 30") - an interview with Tom Baker from the BBC news magazine show.
Nationwide - Peter Davison (dur. 3' 40") - an interview with Peter Davison on his forthcoming role as the Doctor.
Pebble Mill at One - Peter Davison (dur. 12' 00") - Peter Davison interviewed on the long-running BBC lunchtime show.
News Items (dur. 1' 55") - a selection of BBC News items, including reports on Tom Baker and Lalla Ward's wedding, the announcement of Tom Baker's departure and Peter Davison's arrival.

Castrovalva
Commentary from actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, plus director Fiona Cumming and writer Christopher H. Bidmead.
Being Doctor Who (dur. 13' 29") - Peter Davison discusses his casting and time as the Fifth Doctor.
Directing Castrovalva (dur. 11' 19") - Fiona Cumming talks about directing Peter Davison's debut story.
The Crowded TARDIS (dur. 11' 25") - by the end of Tom Baker's tenure, the TARDIS crew had grown from the usual one companion to three. This featurette examines the reasons behind this change of direction. Featuring actors Tom Baker, Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton, director John Black and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead. Narrated by George Williams.
Blue Peter - Peter Davison (dur. 9' 15") - Peter Davison interviewed on the popular children's magazine show.
Swap Shop - Peter Davison (dur. 20' 40" ) - Noel Edmonds interviews Peter Davison, with questions phoned in from young viewers.
Deleted Scenes (dur. 1' 34") - two deleted scenes from the story.
Theme Music Video (dur. 3' 34") - a brand new remix of Peter Howell's version of the theme music for the series, exclusively remixed from the original multitrack master. Option to listen to the music in either stereo (default) or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround versions.
Each story will also feature Programme Subtitles, Subtitle Production Notes, TV trails and continuity announcements, Photo Galleries, isolated synchronous music, PDF Material - the 1980 Doctor Who Annual, Radio Times listings and the BBC Enterprises Season 18/19 sales literature as Adobe pdf files for viewing on PC or Mac.

Torchwood Books summarized

"Another Life"
By Peter Anghelides
RRP: £7.99 - DWO Price: £5.59
Released: 11th January

A storm is brewing - the water levels of the Bristol Channel are inexplicably rising, and Cardiff Bay is under threat from the worst flooding in years. In the midst of the climate chaos, Torchwood is called to investigate a series of gruesome murders - vagrants found dead around Cardiff with their heads partially eaten.

When Owen goes missing following a session on a virtual reality game, Jack, Gwen and the team must discover what's really going on before the water claims them all. And they must face the terror that lies at the bottom of the bay - waiting, feeding, controlling ...


"Slow Decay"
By Andrew Lane
RRP: £7.99 - DWO Price: £5.59
Released: 11th January

A friend of Gwen's has recently done an impressive bit of slimming, thanks to a new Cardiff weight-loss clinic with a incredibly simple system, and now Rhys wants to give it a try. Elsewhere in the city, an ordinary woman with superhuman strength and a rapacious appetite attacks a group of teenagers.

Eight women have disappeared over the past few days, and the police fear they may have a serial killer on their hands, but as the body count rises and the hungers grow, the Torchwood team realise there may be something much more dangerous than a serial killer at work...


"Border Princes"
By Dan Abnett
RRP: £7.99 - DWO Price: £5.59
Released: 11th January

Something is here that shouldn't be here. Something is watching. In Cardiff's secret heart, the members of the Torchwood team struggle to define and locate the intruder, and contain it before anyone gets hurt. But this time, they are out of their depth.

How do you unlock a secret that can't be broken? How do you assess the facts when the facts change to cover all traces? How do you cope if people are already hurt and no one realises it? What do you do if you're one of them? The Border Princes are watching, and they play for keeps ...

Episode nine of season 3

Episode Nine is titled "The Family of Blood" , which is written by Paul Cornell and expected to be based on Cornells novel; Human Nature. No title has been given for the first part of this 2-part adventure. The novel Human Nature is an original novel written by Paul Cornell and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The novel was also serialised in e-book form on the BBC Doctor Who website. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Cornell, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine #226, and is also available on the BBC website. The plot of the book revoles around The Doctor becoming human to experience it for himself, and falling in love. Meanwhile, Bernice summerfield has to face the invading aliens without the assistance of a Time Lord.
Summerfield was 26th century archeologist, and became a hugely popular character amongst fans of the books, and was present right up until their end in 1997.
You can read the story online here. Rumours have long suggested that this story may be adapted for a two-part story in the 2007 series of Doctor Who, the second part of which is titled The Family of Blood.
The inclusion of several characters of the same names as those in Human Nature in Cornell's new story (namely Joan, Tim, Hutchinson, Rocastle and Lucy), and the setting of the story in 1913 as revealed to Jo Whiley on Radio 1 suggest these rumours may be correct.
In a poll run by Doctor Who Magazine to mark the 35th anniversary of Doctor Who (#265, June 1998), Human Nature was voted the readership's favourite novel of the New Adventures series.

It also stated that the episode will feature monsters known as "Jack Straws

Buy Doctor Who replicas

I found an awesome site that sells replicas like and ood, cyberman , cybercontroller, or clockwork droid heads. These look awesome in quality and now i will be saving every penny lol. Click the link here to see the site.

The Guardian, Outpost Gallifrey, and the Top 40

The MediaGuardian's Media Monkey diary column has featured Doctor Who for the second time this week (requires free registration to view). This time the reference is to Outpost Gallifrey, and specifically a plan apparently being put together by fans on this website's forum to use the new download rules of the UK pop music singles chart to propel Murray Gold's song "Love Don't Roam" into the Top 40. The song, which was sung by Neil Hannon of the band The Divine Comedy, featured in the recent Christmas special episode "The Runaway Bride", and as well as being included on Gold's Doctor Who soundtrack CD is also available to buy online from music downloading sites such as Apple's iTunes service."The world of Doctor Who fans is awash with plots and rumours at the moment," claims the report. "The Outpost Gallifrey fan site is cautioning that Monkey's suggestion on Wednesday that Jason Statham will be the next Doctor is mere speculation. Anyway, now a new conspiracy has been hatched: now that the singles chart takes account of downloads, Whovians have spied an opportunity to send a ditty of their choice into the charts."The report further quotes Outpost Gallifrey forum users "Christopher M Wadley" and "Perfecto" on plans to organise mass downloads of the song, before concluding that: "Given the power of these campaigns - remember the 390,000 people who classed themselves as Jedi in the 2001 census - expect Love Don't Roam to materialise into the top 40, or the hit parade as they called it in William Hartnell's day."

Photo novels

Doctor who photo novels from lost and missing episodes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/photonovels/index.shtml

Doctor Who Ebooks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/ebooks/

Full-text electronic versions of selected Dr. Who novels, including new artwork and notes from the original authors.

The Doctor on exhibit

http://www.drwhoexhibitions.co.uk/

Based in Blackpool, England. Includes the TARDIS console, Daleks, Cybermen, and a wide variety of characters and costumes from the program.

The fourth Doctors scarves

A great site that offers info on the fourth Doctors scarves......

http://www.doctorwhoscarf.com/
A knitting Doctor Who fan explains the history of the famous scarf and offers instructions to make your own.

Build your own Dalek

http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/

Interesting site.....

Eighth Doctor on BBC7

New season of radio adventures.
BBC7 have begun their season of new Eighth Doctor audio adventures starring Paul McGann.
Produced by Big Finish, the eight fifty-minute episodes see McGann joined by Two Pints of Lager actress Sheridan Smith, who plays unwilling companion Lucie Miller.
Lucie's been dumped onboard the TARDIS as part of a Time Lord witness protection programme. Neither she or the Doctor are happy with the situation and sparks fly immediately.
The Doctor and Lucie have already faced the dreaded Daleks in episodes one and two, and have these adventures to look forward to in the coming weeks:
Horror Of Glam Rock by Paul Magrs
Immortal Beloved by Jonathan Clements
Phobos by Eddie Robson
No More Lies by Paul Sutton
Human Resources by Eddie Robson (two-parter)
Future guest stars include Timothy West, Nerys Hughes, Ian McNeice, Elspet Gray, Ben Silverstone, Stephen Gately, Bernard Cribbins, Julia McKenzie, Nigel Havers, Roy Marsden and Nickolas Grace.
You can listen to these new Doctor Who episodes at 6pm each Sunday on BBC 7. Each episode is followed by a short 'making of' and can be heard for a further seven days online thanks to the BBC's Player's Listen Again option.
CD versions of the stories are also being released to tie in with the broadcasts.

Doctor Who conventions

Signing: Fielding
January 26Barking, UK
Gallifrey 2007
February 16-18, 2007Los Angeles, USA
A Day with Elisabeth Sladen
March 3Glasgow, Scotland
Invasion 2007
March 17Barking, UK
The Oncoming Storm
June 9Gloucester, UK
Sci Fi Sea Cruise 2006
July 14-21UK to Scandinavia
Bad Wolf 2007
July 21-22Birmingham, UK
Regenerations 2007
September 29-30Swansea, UK

MediaGuardian picks up Statham rumour

The MediaGuardian website's "Media Monkey" diary column (requires free registration to view) has picked up on the recent tabloid rumours about actor Jason Statham being a possible contender for the role of the Eleventh Doctor as and when David Tennant decides to leave the series."The BBC may still be denying speculation that David Tennant will leave his role as Doctor Who during the fourth series of the new generation Doctor - he is currently filming the third - but names have started to filter though as to who his replacement might be," reports the column. "Monkey has been told that a name under serious consideration within the BBC is that of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor Jason Statham. Apparently BBC controller of fiction Jane Tranter wants to "sex up" the sci-fi series once Tennant departs and thinks Statham - the former squeeze of model Kelly Brook - is the man for the job. Watch this space..."As with the previous reports regarding Statham, this appears to be nothing more than rumour, with no solid evidence available of when - and indeed, if - David Tennant currently plans to leave the series.

Return of the Master Box Set Delayed

2Entertain have advised that they're running a bit late with their New Beginnings set.

Originally due for release on 22 January 2007, the trilogy of tales will now materialise in the shops on 29 January.

As previously announced, the set comprise The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva - adventures that saw both the return of the Doctor's arch-enemy the Master, plus the transition from Tom Baker's Doctor to Peter Davison's.

Doctor Who nominated for Nebula Award

Steven Moffat's Doctor Who script "The Girl in the Fireplace" has been included in the Preliminary Ballot for the Nebula Awards for 2006. The awards, which have been run since 1965 by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), are due to be handed out in May. The SFWA has 1,400 members including some of the biggest names in science-fiction and fantasy.The season two Doctor Who script is up against the scripts for "Batman Begins", by Christopher Nolan and Steven S Goyer, and "Howl's Moving Castle", by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt.These nominations along with a dozen others are part of the preliminary ballot going to members of the SFWA who will help chop it down to a final ballot in March.

Billie scolded over school stories

Sylvia Young has attacked former pupil Billie Piper over "poisonous" stories about her famous stage school that appeared in the star's autobiography.
Young, 67, took the unusual decision to criticise one of her proteges following the publication of the book, Growing Pains, for which the actress signed a six-figure contract.
In the book, the former Doctor Who star writes that teachers ignored the fact that many of the pupils had serious weight problems and that she was constantly told she "should be lighter, smaller (and) thinner".
Piper, 24, whose success mirrors that of former Sylvia Young graduates Denise Van Outen, Emma Bunton and Nicole and Natalie Appleton, writes of the other students: "They had perfect fringes and perfect brows and talked about iambic pentameters with their perfect vowels."
She adds: "My nonchalance for my own appearance soon changed. I noticed after about a week of being there that the girls just didn't eat.
"In fact they'd go to the toilet to escape the smell of food wafting out of the canteen. There were kids walking around with ankle weights strapped to their legs and no-one would say anything."
The former singer said she was stifled by the school, where parents told their children to eat carrot sticks at lunch and where many pupils had super-rich parents who were living vicariously through their children.
Piper is one of Young's most successful pupils - becoming at the age of 15 the youngest artist ever to debut at number one in the UK singles chart.
Following her success as Rose in Doctor Who, the star, now split from husband Chris Evans, has been snapped up by broadcasters for lead roles in the likes of Mansfield Park and The Ruby in the Smoke.
But Young told Heat magazine: "I am very worried about Billie. I really wonder if there's something wrong, because to me, my staff and even Billie's former classmates, this sounds nothing like the girl we knew, nor the experiences we know she had here."

'Doctor Who' movie on the way?

Producers are planning to bring back Billie Piper for a Doctor Who movie, according to a report.The decision was prompted by the realisation that the show's budget was constraining it in terms of sets and effects, according to the Daily Star.A source told the paper that the proposed movie would also see assistant Rose Tyler, played by Piper, reunited with David Tennant."There’s been so much interest in Doctor Who since the show was sold to America that a film is the natural progression," said the source."Top of our list is to get Billie on board – not only was she amazingly popular, it would be really exciting to get her back with the Doc."

'Blue Peter' offers 'Doctor Who' role

Blue Peter viewers will be offered the chance to win a speaking part in the third season of the revived Doctor Who.The competition will be launched on Monday, according to The Sun, with aspiring young actors being encouraged to make an audition tape and send it in. These will then be judged by Tardis-dweller David Tennant and executive producer Russell T Davies. Only under-14's will be able to enter. Blue Peter has a long history of ties with Doctor Who. Former presenters Peter Purves, Sarah Greene, Janet Ellis and Christopher Wenner all had roles in the original run of the sci-fi drama, while many Doctors and monsters have appeared on Blue Peter.Last year, nine-year-old viewer William Grantham won a competition to design a monster for the revived series. This materialised in the episode 'Love and Monsters', where his Absorbaloff creation was portrayed by comedian Peter Kay. There were a total of 43,920 entries - the most for a Blue Peter competition since 1993.

Things in season 3 trailer

Irish comedian and actor Ardal O’Hanlon, known for his role as Father Dougal McGuire in the TV comedy “Father Ted” plays a male version of the cat people previously seen in “New Earth”:

There is more than one Dalek in Series 3 !Last but certainly not least - rather the most exciting for many fans - in episodes 4 & 5, the Doctor and Martha Jones will visit New York in the 1930’s, with the episode title unmistakenly named “Daleks in Manhattan”.
It’s impossible to miss Dalek Sec at the very end of the trailer. However what most people missed is the shadow in the bottom two corners of an eyestalk and plunger! So does the “Cult of Skaro” survive? Did Dalek Thay, Dalek Caan and Dalek Jast somehow survive as well? Or are they entirely different Daleks that Sec built? see it here: http://freemaagyeman.com/news/2007/01/01/ten-things-you-missed-doctor-who-trailer/10/

Two characters from the painting “American Gothic” are in the trailer!
This has to be the strangest thing ever spotted in a Doctor Who trailer. Two characters from the famous 1930 painting by Grant Wood, titled “American Gothic” appear in the ship that has an explosion and rolls over. The only tiny bit of logic to this is that the characters are also used in parodies by fans of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”

If you blink you’ll miss it, but for a single moment you can see Christina Cole who played Cassie Hughes in Hex, in the Doctor Who trailer!

Mr Saxon i presume????

Speculation on the closed-shop that is Doctor Who Series 3 continues, with focus shifting to the mysterious Mr Saxon.
The BBC themselves have encouraged this, with the Newsround website alerting younger fans to the Series 2 references to this "Saxon".
In the episode Love & Monsters in series two, a newspaper headline said 'Saxon leads poll with 64%'.
And last year, talking about the episode, Head Writer Russell T. Davies told fans to watch out for a headline.
In The Runaway Bride, just before the tank fired at the star shaped spaceship the driver said "Orders from Mr Saxon. Fire at will".
And posters saying 'Vote Saxon' have been spotted in other Dr Who related filming.
Theories range from a return by the Axons - originally seen in the Jon Pertwee-era The Claws of Axos - to a return of the series' original Time Lord rival to the Doctor. Not the Master, I should add. The Monk appeared in the 1966 serial The Time Meddler, and was played by Carry On actor Peter Butterworth. The link? The Time Meddler was set in Saxon England.

'Spaced' star Stevenson joins 'Doctor Who'

Former Spaced star Jessica Stevenson will appear in the third season of the revived Doctor Who.33-year-old Stevenson will play a character called Joan in two episodes directed by Charles Palmer - the son of renowned actor Geoffrey Palmer, who himself starred opposite Jon Pertwee in the 1970 Doctor Who story 'The Silurians'.An insider told The Sun: "The role will play to her comedy strengths."Simon Pegg, who starred alongside Stevenson in the cult Channel 4 comedy Spaced, played the malevolent role of The Editor in a first season episode of Doctor Who entitled 'The Long Game'.

Comapaanion Chronicles series coming soon

Big Finish has released full cover images and plot information for their upcoming Companion Chronicles series. This series sees Classic companions Vicki, Zoe, Liz, and Romana in brand new stories told from their point of view.

FrostfireRead by: Maureen O'Brien as Vicki, with Keith Drinkel as The Cinder. Vicki has a tale to tell. But where does it start and when does it end?Ancient Carthage. 1164 BC. Lady Cressida has a secret. She keeps it deep in the cisterns below the Temple of Astarte with only one flame for warmth. And it must never get out.Regency London, 1814 AD. The first Doctor, Steven and Vicki go to the fair and meet the fiery Dragon, the novelist Miss Austen and the deadliest weather you ever did see.But which comes first? The Future or the Past?The Phoenix or the Egg? The Fire or the Frost?Or will Time freeze over forever?Fear of the DaleksRead by: Wendy Padbury as Zoe, with Nicholas Briggs as the DaleksWhy has Zoe Heriot been having nightmares about the Daleks? Who is the Doctor, a mysterious man from her past? When an evil scientist hijacks her mind to control a galaxy-conquering weapon, Zoe must stop him. First, she and the Doctor will face an enemy they had thought destroyed forever.The Blue ToothRead by: Caroline John as Liz, with Nicholas Briggs as the Cybermen"I suppose that was one of the Doctor's most endearing qualities: the ability to make the bizarre and the terrifying seem utterly normal." When Liz Shaw's friend Jean goes missing, the Doctor and U.N.I.T. are drawn to the scene to investigate. Soon Liz discovers a potential alien invasion that will have far-reaching affects on her life… and the Doctor is unexpectedly re-united with an old enemy…The Beautiful PeopleRead by: Lalla Ward as Romana, with Marcia Ashton as KarnaPut all your worries behind you.Situated in fifty acres of relaxing sculpted gardens, the Vita Novus Health Spa offers a sanctuary from the stresses and strains of 32nd century life. Our exclusive programme of weight loss therapy is celebrated throughout the galaxy for its ease, simplicity and one-hundred-per-cent success rate. No matter how full-figured you may be, we can make you slimmer, healthier - and happier.In fact, you will leave Vita Novus feeling like an entirely new person. And that's guaranteed. We cater for all endoskeletal carbon-based life-forms. All major credit cards accepted. Parties welcome.

Visit David Tennants website

http://www.david-tennant.com/


I didn't even know he had one ......

Naoko Mori Interview

Interview with Torchwood star Naoko Mori


"One minute I'm running around chasing aliens, the next minute I'm singing to puppets!" Here's a New Year Quiz: What's the link between Miss Saigon, Absolutely Fabulous and new science fiction hit Torchwood? The answer - talented actor and singer Naoko Mori, who has appeared in all three shows. Before heading off to the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End where she is appearing as Christmas Eve in Avenue Q, she chats to Carole Gordon about her life on the stage and screen, filming Torchwood, and her enduring love for Kermit . . .
Japanese-born Naoko Mori is something of a nomad, having moved to the USA when she was a toddler, before returning to Japan at the age of 10 and then going to the UK two years later. With a family who were always going to the movies, plays and concerts, she started taking classical singing lessons at the age of 12 before her school drama teacher persuaded her to take dance and drama classes as well. She then joined the National Youth Music Theatre, whose former stars include a young Jude Law, before an audition for Miss Saigon led to her winning the leading role of Kim, following Lea Salonga. This role Mori cites as one of the highlights of her career, although she is reluctant to choose a favourite.
"Every job is really different and special," she says. "If I had to choose, the highlights were obviously Miss Saigon because it was my first job and I loved the character. AbFab was really special too. Topsy Turvy - it's been one of my biggest dreams to work with Mike Leigh and that was just an amazing experience. And of course Torchwood for me has been a brilliant experience! Torchwood was very special. I mean we had such a ball. It's just ridiculous!"
Mori laughs when she talks about the fun of filming Torchwood. "You know, I think a lot of people say that - you hear time and time again, 'Oh we had such a great time!' but I would put it in capital letters if I could - really it was ridiculous how well we got on. We are all quite different people, but we just really gelled as a team and I hope that comes across on-screen."
And here's another link - Mori played Kim in Miss Saigon opposite Torchwood star, John Barrowman - though she's not entirely sure when!
"We were trying to work this out. I was in it when John came in the first time, because I left and came back and so did John. I went into [British hospital drama series] Casualty and Absolutely Fabulous so I was in and out, but there was a time we were together. I think we said the first time we ever met was when he first came into the show. I've known John a long time - I just adore him. I actually said to him when we were filming, 'Oh my god, I really fancy you today!' and we had a laugh about it!"
Mori's character in Torchwood, Toshiko Sato, first appeared in the Doctor Who season 1 episode, 'Aliens of London'. Having moved to Torchwood, Tosh has her emotions laid bare in the episode 'Greeks Bearing Gifts', in which she develops a relationship with an alien, Mary. The storyline takes the vulnerable Tosh into dangerous territory when she is given a necklace that enables her to hear people's thoughts.
"I think Tosh, out of the rest of the team, is the most guarded and private person and she's not particularly good at expressing herself at the best of times. She can be frank and honest, but she's quite shy because she's a private person. So for her that episode probably turned her world upside down. It was a big learning curve for her - I think she's learnt that it's okay to feel these things and show emotions."
Mori is often asked about the sexual content of the episode. She feels that Mary was a friend first - and the sexual relationship developed from that.
"Mary was like a really good friend, an ally, someone she can talk to," she insists, "and if anything the sexual thing came as an afterthought. She didn't even realise it was happening."
In filming these scenes, Mori and Daniela Denby-Ashe, who played Mary, worked with the experienced director Colin Teague, who Mori says is "amazing".
"We were made to feel very safe, he's a real actor's director, and very open and communicative. We had a good couple of days of rehearsal beforehand because we wanted to make sure we pitched it right. That it didn't just become, oh a girl's kissing a girl. Because I think a lot of it is a deeper thing."
While some of the characters have been forming sexual relationships both within and outside the team, Mori agrees that there is some irony that Jack Harkness, who first appeared in the final five episodes of Doctor Who's first season as an omnisexual conman, seemed to be the only member of the crew who was celibate! But she has an explanation.
"I think everyone fancies Jack really, but Jack is probably being quite sensible, keeping it very professional. I think everyone's fond of him and he's fond of everyone. He has a very different relationship with every single character. For example with Tosh, I feel we have a very silent bond, full of respect. She's probably the most frank member of them all, she's quite honest with Jack; they are both mutually respecting each other."
Tosh's feisty side was brought out in the episode 'Countrycide', when the team were stalked by crazed Welsh cannibals - and Mori had to spend a lot of time running around the Brecon Beacons.
"She's a very practical person, she loves problem-solving. With 'Countrycide' I think it really shook her because it was so horrific. What can you do? Run?! I think I'm fairly fit but it was freezing, it was so cold. I'd sprained my ankle really badly about a month before that when we were filming Ianto's big episode. I tore a ligament, my tendon in my right ankle. So I was like 'Oh my god I have to run!' But it was all right."
While filming the episode, the cast and crew stayed in a hotel - which of course turned out to be haunted! Mori says that she doesn't tend to see ghosts; rather she feels them, especially when she is back in Japan. But she still had some eerie moments at the Welsh hotel, involving late nights, a rush of cold air and doors opening and closing. In fact, Mori says, the entire cast were somewhat spooked that night - to such an extent that Eve Myles spent the night in John Barrowman's room!
With Torchwood recently renewed for a second season, Mori will continue to be busy - not that she's stopped working since the show wrapped in early November. She can currently be seen in the huge Broadway and West End, Avenue Q, a show described as "Sesame Street for adults". Or, as Mori puts it "Sesame Street meets South Park meets Friends" - a musical comedy with puppets.
What's the attraction of doing a show like this after angsty science fiction?
"It's great to be doing something so different," says Mori. "We finished filming Torchwood on the 4th of November and I came back to London on 5th and on the Monday I was singing to puppets! One minute I'm running around chasing aliens, the next minute I'm singing to puppets. It's one of things when you stop and go 'What am I doing?'!"
Mori would like to do more theatre in the future, which she describes as her first love, but she hasn't found it easy as a non-Caucasian actor. Though, she says, she is careful not only to play parts written specifically for Japanese characters.
"There's not a lot of parts written for Japanese/oriental people but my biggest thing has always been not to just play parts that were written for Japanese people. Tosh was not written specifically for a Japanese person. Nor was AbFab."
So, is the theatre and TV becoming more diverse? Mori thinks it is, but is wary of tokenism.
"It shouldn't matter at the end of the day whether someone is black, white, yellow or brown or blue," she says, "so I think it is changing a lot in theatre and in TV and film which is great. It's been a long time coming. You don't want people to do United Colours of Benetton just for the sake of it - it's more about who we are."
One role in which Mori did play a Japanese character was in the BBC docudrama Hiroshima, which was recently awarded an International Emmy. This project, she says, was the one that affected her the most.
"It was such a challenge mentally and physically and psychologically," she says earnestly. "I was playing a real-life character who had a horrific life after being bombed and it really kind of changed my views on life and humanity. It just made me stop and realise how horrific things could be. Out of respect to Shige Hiratsuka, who is the person I portrayed, I wanted to do a really good job to tell her story. On a personal note, I think it really hit me hard and it kind of exhausted me mentally - it just really made me think about life."
As a Japanese Buddhist, Mori says she tries not to let things bother her, including the egos and personality clashes that occur in the acting profession.
"I've never had a really bad experience. Maybe I'm too philosophical about it. People have reasons for why they do things and why they say things and I live in the hope that people are essentially good. There's a saying in Japanese - everyone's the same but different, everyone's together but separate. Everyone has a different story to tell, everyone has a different history, everyone has different thoughts and that's why I love acting. I love people - people should be different."
Mori clearly loves what she does, and the people she works with, and has particularly warm things to say about Torchwood star, John Barrowman.
"The lovely thing about John is 'what you see is what you get!' she says with a laugh. He's so down to earth and I can truly, truly say he is one of the funniest and the most caring people I've known. He's just him - very warm and caring and very generous and funny. When you see him on TV, that's really who he is. Which is the great thing about John, because there's no airs and graces."
The other star Mori adores is the green-skinned one - Kermit the Frog. Mori giggles as she explains that she grew up watching Sesame Street, but has moved around so much she has never had a permanent base. While filming Torchwood, she splits her time between Cardiff, LA and Japan, living out of a suitcase. The one permanent feature of her life is her Kermit. Why, though, she is not quite sure.
"I don't know why," she says with a laugh. "To me he's real - he's not a frog, he's not a puppet. There's something about this particular Kermit; I've had him for nearly 12 years, I think. I had exactly the same one before. Then I left him, I think, on a train platform in Japan. I was devastated. I'd been looking around for the same one all over and I found the same one about 12 years ago. I was in Chicago in an airport lounge. In a shop, there he was, and I'm like 'Oh my god!' He's kind of a symbol - not only is he funny, he's intelligent and witty. And he just sits - he's sitting on top of my TV right now!"
And, of course, like Mori, Kermit sings. Would she like to do Torchwood the Musical? Apparently, between filming scenes, the cast have been coming up with some ideas.
"He'd probably do it!" she says of Russell T Davies, Torchwood writer and producer. "We were composing songs and talking about 'Shall we do Torchwood the album? Write songs about the Weevil?!' That would be hilarious!"

Big Finish Announces New US Subscriber Service

In a recent statement by John Ainsworth, Big Finish has announced Alien Entertainment as the new Offical Subscription service for Big Finish:
Big Finish are very pleased to announce that they have been able to agree terms on a new US subscription service. From 1st January 2007, Alien Entertainment will be offering subscribers the same, exclusive incentives currently enjoyed by customers who subscribe direct with Big Finish. Alien Entertainment subscribers will receive the Big Finish Magazine CD and the free subscriber special adventure scheduled for December 2007. Unfortunately, we are unable to backdate this service, and all free subscriber discs prior to January 2007 will not be available, except direct from Big Finish at www.bigfinish.com. In addition there will be a new magazine disc - Big Finish Update #1 - which will be available to all dealers due to be released in the Spring.Unfortunately, due to circumstances that cannot be discussed at this time, Big Finish are presently unable to supply Ministry of Sound and Vision. Existing MOSV subscribers and customers who are owed merchandise from MOSV should contact Big Finish direct at mailorderenquiries@bigfinish.com. Alien Entertainment can be found at www.alienentertainment.comToll Free Telephone number: 1-888-734-7386Customer Service Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 12noon – 7pm central time

Torchwood- Appreciation Index

The BBC2 showing of the final episodes of "Torchwood" Season one, achieved an Appreciation Index of 84. The Appreciation Index, or AI, is a measure of how much the audience liked the programme. It is a score out of 100, based on responses from a carefully selected panel. The average score for drama on BBC1 and ITV1 is 77The score of 84 is the highest the series has scored on BBC2. It was one of the most enjoyed programmes of the day, only "Desperate Housewives" on Channel 4 scored higher with 85. On BBC3 the Thursday night showing of "Captain Jack Harkness" had an audience of 233,100 viewers at 2100 which was a 1.2% share. At 0100 66,900 people watched, a 2.9% share.Meanwhile the Friday night 2100 showing at of "End of Days" was watched by 277,500 viewers, which was 1.4% of the total audience. At 0030 the show had 140,700 viewers a 3.3% share.

BILLIE LOSES POPULARITY POLL

Billie Piper has had a bad start to 2007.The Doctor Who star, fresh from a series of acting successes in 2006 culminating in her appearance on BBC1's The Ruby In The Smoke, has failed to win the hearts of her home town.She won just 14 per cent of Swindon's award for person of the year, losing out to the leader of the local council, Councillor Roderick Bluh.The victorious Cllr Bluh was magnanimous in victory but said that he thought his stirling work improving the Wiltshire town probably had something to do with it."It isn't usually middle-aged politicians who win these type of polls. To be honest I'm a little bit stunned, but I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to vote for me," he told the Swindon Advertiser newspaper, which carried out the poll.In contrast to his hard work, Billie failed to turn up to a book signing in the town recently, incurring the wrath of Swindoners who have shown their anger in the survey.It is not clear how Billie has responded to the news of her terrible defeat.

Doctor Who can help save science, says minister

Schools should use episodes from Doctor Who to teach children about science rather than technical and "boring" textbooks, according to the new science minister.
Malcolm Wicks, who was appointed in November following the resignation of Lord Sainsbury, believes that too many pupils are put off science during school.
He claims that popular television shows such as the hit BBC science fiction series and the Star Wars films provide children with an insight into real science that teachers can use to kick-start lessons. Science education campaign groups have warned, however, that shows such as Doctor Who often involve ideas that have little basis in science.
Mr Wicks said: "If you start a lesson with the chemical formulae you will lose 90 per cent of the class. If you start with something interesting or important, like something they read in the paper or saw on television, they will remain interested.
"It can be part of an entree to some of the more technical, important but slightly more boring parts of the subject. If I was a teacher I would start with a chunk from Doctor Who and Billie Piper and say, 'Actually, what was that all about and how is our textbook relevant to that?'
"Take R2D2 from the Star Wars films, for example. We are already doing that kind of stuff in robotics. I would show that, talk about how you would build a thing like that and its uses in the future in the home, in caring for people and for space exploration."
Mr Wicks believes that it is essential to produce a generation of children who are science-literate so that they can go on to help in making the decisions Britain is likely to face on issues such as climate change and medical research.
However, Derek Bell, the chief executive of the Association of Science Education, said: "We all enjoy programmes such as Doctor Who, but teachers would need to be careful to make it clear which bits are science and which fantasy."

Attack of the Graske

Attack of the Graske can now be played by those outside the UK(depending on the speed of your internet connection), and can be found in the games section at the official site:http://www.bbc. co.uk/doctorwho/ games/

More Series Three Dalek News

The BBC press office have issued a press release confirming the previously announced involvement of the Daleks in series three and the episodes they will appear in.The untitled story will span episodes four and five and is written by Helen Raynor and directed by James Strong, who also directed episodes eight and nine of series two.The press release (reproduced in full below) also contains previously announced casting for Martha's family which includes Trevor Laird as dad Clive and Adjoa Andoh as Francine, Martha's mum. The full release reads:"The most famous Doctor Who nemeses, the Daleks, are to battle The Doctor in a special two-part story set in Thirties New York...They are to feature in episodes four and five of the forthcoming third series of the Bafta award-winning BBC One drama.David Tennant as The Doctor and new companion Freema Agyeman, who plays medical student Martha Jones, will be joined in this story by Desperate Housewives actor Ryan Carnes, Miranda Raison, star of BBC One spy drama Spooks, and Holby City favourite Hugh Quarshie.The story is written by Helen Raynor and directed by James Strong, who also directed episodes eight and nine of series two.The production team has recently confirmed further casting details for series three, including Dean Lennox Kelly, Mark Gatiss and Anne Reid.Martha's family will include Trevor Laird, who will be playing her dad Clive, and Adjoa Andoh as Francine, Martha's mum. Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays her sister Tish and DJ Reggie Yates appears as her brother.Russell T Davies, lead writer and Executive Producer, says: "Every time the Daleks return we make them bigger and better than ever before and this time their plan is the most audacious Dalek scheme yet!"Even The Doctor finds himself out of his depth..."The new series of Doctor Who is scheduled to air in spring 2007.Writers for Doctor Who series three include Russell T Davies, Steven Moffat, Gareth Roberts, Paul Cornell, Helen Raynor, Chris Chibnall and Stephen Greenhorn.The directors include Charles Palmer, Euros Lyn, Graeme Harper and Richard Clarke. The producer is Phil Collinson; Executive producers are Head of Drama, BBC Wales, Julie Gardner and Russell T Davies."

Torchwood Audio Books

John Barrowman and co-star Eve Myles are to record audio versions of the recent Torchwood tie-in novels Another Life, Slow Decay and Border Princes.John's involvement was previously announced by his official site which lists the titles he's recording as Border Princes and Another Life. We understand that recording of the stories has yet to take place.The three titles are due for release on CD in April 2007 by BBC Audiobooks.

Spoilers for season 3

At least two new alien worlds should appear in series 3 - one called Malcassairo, the other as yet unnamed.
Episode 1 brings in both Martha and the Judoon with a bang, is called 'Smith And Jones' and involves a hospital being transported to the moon.
Episode 2 is called 'The Shakespeare Code'. Not too surprising really.Episode 3 is set on New Earth and is the one featuring Ardal O'Hanlon as the cat-faced pilot seen in the 'Runaway Bride' teaser (presumably from the same race as the cat nuns). This is also the one where the Face of Boe returns... so we may get to hear that four-word message sooner than expected.
Helen Raynor is writing the two-part Dalek story (episodes 4 & 5) which appears to involve a plot to "disrupt the fabric of time" (perhaps a Time War tie-in?).
Episode 4 is called 'Daleks In Manhattan'. If it's anything as good as her Torchwood episode it ought to be a good deal more than another yelling Dalek tale.
Episode 6, by Stephen Greenhorn, is called 'The Lazarus Experiment' and is the one with Mark Gatiss in it as the rejuvenated man.
Paul Cornell's two-parter (episodes 8 & 9) is set in a boarding school, and is also apparently based on his previous book 'Human Nature' (a Virgin New Adventure featuring the 7th Doctor and Bernice Summerfield - does the Doctor ever get deja vu, I wonder?). One of the two episodes is called 'The Family of Blood'. The monsters are apparently called "Jack Straws".
Steven Moffat's episode (number 10) features the line "life is short, and you are hot" and RTD thinks it has the "scariest concept yet." It also features the word (or name) "Banto". Did I see the ears of a few "One Doctor' fans perk up there?
This is also the relatively "Doctorless" episode of Series 3 (as 'Love & Monsters' was for Series 2)..
Captain Jack returns in episode 11, which is called 'Utopia' and apparently takes place immediately after the end of the first series of 'Torchwood', when the TARDIS has picked Jack up from Cardiff.

End of an era for historic open air market

ONE of Wales' most historic open air markets, which dates back to mediaeval times and was immortalised by Doctor Who, closed yesterday.
While farmers' markets across Wales are coming back into vogue, St David's Market in the heart of Cardiff has fallen victim to the opposing trend for consumers to shop under one roof in supermarkets.
And yesterday the market's only remaining stallholder, Keith "the fish" Twamley, prepared to relocate his fish stocks, including Penclawdd cockles that have been eaten in the capital since Roman times.
The market, that has moved around the capital for hundreds of years, has now gone to make way for the St David's 2 development under a compulsory purchase order.
He said, "The market used to have around 15 stalls and I was stallholder number six.

"I'm the last person trading here and now I have to go too after 11 years.
"It's going to be a big shame to see it all go, the market has been here a long time."
Keith has been a popular figure at St David's Market and he featured in the very first episode of the new incarnation of Doctor Who.
In the episode, as the Tardis materialised among the stalls, the Doctor asked Rose the crunch question, 'Do you want to come along with me?'
Keith added, "I was paid to appear in that episode and was filmed holding a salmon.
"Billie Piper who played Rose, stood at the end of my fish stand and was talking on her mobile phone."
Keith and the market also hit the headlines last summer over Buster the hungry seagull who dive-bombed his stall and stole his fish.
Buster learned where the best pieces of cod and salmon were on display and quickly became a local attraction at the open air market.
Keith added, "I'm going to set up a new trailer in Cathedral Walk at the back of M&S.
"I hope my old friend Buster will find me there when he returns from his annual holiday to Tenerife in March.
"He is a television celebrity and was featured on the news swooping down to the sound of the Dambusters soundtrack."
The open-air market behind the Hayes has been open from 7.30am until 4pm six days a week since it was opened in 1987.
It attracted a wide variety of loyal shoppers from around the city who enjoyed the banter, the good quality local "old Cardiff charm".
Keith Chadwick, who formerly ran a fruit and veg stall at the market, paid one last visit yesterday. He said, "The open air market can be traced back to mediaeval times.
"In recent decades it has moved around the city.
"But its popularity has gradually declined because of the supermarkets and a change in people's buying habits.
"Its closure marks the end of a long tradition.
"But we are hoping it will come full circle and people will soon have had enough of processed and packed food off supermarket shelves and go back to locally produced goods here too.
"These are better for you because they arrive fresh daily and involve few food miles."
As part of the St David's 2 development a new open-air market is to be built on the same site by 2010.