Press Launch Video

Tonight in Wales, the press launch for The Eleventh Hour is taking place. Here is the news coverage on it:

Big thanks to Blogtor Who!

As you can see, it includes a clip from The Eleventh Hour of the Doctor and young Amy. Similar to the Doctor`s relationship with Reinette in The Girl in the Fireplace.

But now, there is the danger of spoilers. And once the UK tour of The Eleventh Hour begins, it will be almost impossible to avoid them. I hope no one ruins the surprise of the TARDIS interior (But no doubt someone who goes to the tour will)!

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Series Five News

There is a news report on the BBC website which included some interesting facts:

- Six of the thirteen episodes are written by Steven Moffat

- His biggest challenge is the climax to the series which he is currently writing

- The Tardis has undergone a significant makeover and is based on the Peter Cushing movie version.

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Design a TARDIS

Blue Peter have now launched their "Design a TARDIS" competition I reported a while back.



This is what the BBC says:
"Children aged between six and 12 are invited to create the new control panel which operates the time machine. The winning design, to be chosen by new Doctor Matt Smith, will appear in one episode of the sci-fi show next year."

So it's only in one episode. Presumably, The Doctor's fiddling around with the desktop theme.
Entries must include household items such as teapots and lightbulbs which is rather intriguing.

Entries must be sent in by 2 November and unfortunately, 12 is the age limit.
More details can be found on the Blue Peter website along with a template.

Elizabeth Sladen was also in the studio that day and an interview with her can be seen below:



Get designing!

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Series Five TARDIS Console - It`s Up To Us

We`ve been left wondering for a long time now what the inside of the TARDIS will look like.
Well, it turns out it`s up to us to decide that - or atleast to decide what the console will look like.
The BBC Press office has announced that on Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 7th October, Blue Peter will launch a Doctor Who competition which will see one lucky viewer design a TARDIS console that will feature in the new series.

You can see the article here.

How exciting!

However, there`s no proof that it`s the Doctor`s TARDIS yet. It could be a different TARDIS (Perhaps The Master is back with a TARDIS or something along those lines). It would be very cool if it is the Doctor`s TARDIS though!

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An early start for Series Five?

In an interview on the Dreamland blog, Russell T Davies claims that a new era for Doctor Who starts in January.

What does this mean?

Does it just mean the obvious answer that Russell`s era ends?

That is what I assumed despite some people believing that it means Series Five will air in January.

However, Richard Curtis who recently announced that he is writing an episode of Series Five of Doctor Who, has said his story will air around February in this interview.

So is Series Five going to be aired early whilst the exit of David Tennant is still fresh in our minds?
Does this mean that the series will be split into two halves and released at different times of the year as old rumours suggest?
Or did Richard just say "around then" when Lizo mentioned February because he has been told it will air in Spring?

I never thought I`d say this but I hope it`s not going to be aired early.
We`ve already seen what it`s like without much Who for most of the year and this will repeat that.

The interview also reveals that the story will be set in the past with someone famous (Following the Dickens, Queen Victoria, Shakespeare, Agatha Christie chain) and something very scary. It is also going to be very dramatic with humour and very touching...
Or atleast he hopes it will be.

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Matt Smith or John Smith?

Did The Doctor enjoy being human back in series three and based his new outfit on his human self?



An interesting similarity.

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