The 2007 Doctor Who (and spin-offs) Thread

[2099net]

I'm not surprised 'Bod. Torchwood did have one of the strongest opening episodes in sci-fi - compare it to any of the Star Trek opening episodes and it's streets ahead (and in half the runtime too).

We'll see how they feel after seeing Cyberwoman.

More Series 3 Doctor Who extras!

n/a (DOCTOR WHO SERIES 3 - DVD EXTRAS - DAVID'S VIDEO DIARIES)
00:09:14:20 DAVID TENNANTS'S VIDEO DIARY - THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
00:28:52:00 DAVID TENNANTS'S VIDEO DIARIES PART 2 - SMITH AND JONES THE SHAKESPEARE CODE GRIDLOCK
00:34:37:12 DAVID TENNANTS'S VIDEO DIARIES PART 3 - THE LAZARUS EXPERIMENT - DALKS IN MANHATTAN - EVOLUTION OF THE DALEKS - THE WEAKEST LINK
00:05:22:10 DAVID TENNANTS'S VIDEO DIARIES PART 4 - THE FAMILY BLOOD HUMAN NATURE
00:27:01:08 DAVID TENNANTS'S VIDEO DIARIES PART 5 - UTOPIA - THE SOUND OF DRUMS

A total runtime of 105m 8s - that's over 1.5 hours. Let's just hope this year's are better edited (but I have a suspicion that now we don't appear to have the in-vision commentaries, content related each episode will be presented on the episodic disc.)

[ichabod]

From: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a75758 ... erica.html

'Torchwood' debuts to 500,000 in America

The first episode of Torchwood was watched by 496,000 viewers in the US, according to Nielsen Media Research.

The total viewer number represents a new record for a drama premiere on BBC America. The previous record was set by Robin Hood in March, although the digital cable channel has secured distribution to more households since then.

Only 297,000 viewers in the 25-54 demographic - BBC America's ad-friendly target audience - tuned in. The programme was up against a rerun of Disney Channel's smash-hit High School Musical 2, live college football - Virginia Tech against LSU - on ESPN, and tennis on CBS.

The numbers come despite a generally favourable set of reviews from the American entertainment press.

[2099net]

DVD! We love DVD!

The Complete Third Series has another exclusive retailer cover confirmed – this time for Woolworths.



This goes alongside the Amazon "Master" exclusive cover. (His promo changes to "I Am the Master" depending on the viewing angle)



Also the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has a huge interview with 2|entertain and the features are confirmed.

Disc One
* The Runaway Bride Commentary by writer Russell T Davies and actor David Tennant
* Doctor Who Confidential: Music and Monsters (presumably the full hour, like on the "vanilla" release)
* Freema Agyeman's Tour of the Studio
* Series Three Out-Takes
* Series Three Deleted Scenes
* David Tennant's Video Diary for The Runaway Bride

Disc Two
* Smith and Jones Commentary with Russell T Davies and David Tennant
* The Shakespeare Code Commentary with David Tennant and Lilith Actress Christina Cole
* Gridlock Commentary with Executive Producer Julie Gardner, Milo Actor Travis Oliver and Visual Effects Producer Marie Jones
* BBC One Trailers
* David Tennant's Video Diary for Episodes 1-3

Disc Three
* Daleks In Manhattan Commentary with writer Helen Raynor, Tallulah Actress Miranda Raison and Costume Designer Louise Page
* Evolution of the Daleks Commentary with David Tennant, Dalek Voice Nicholas Briggs and Visual Effects Producer Barney Curnow
* The Lazarus Experiment Commentary with Visual Effects Producer Will Cohen and Leo Jones Actor Reggie Yates
* 42 Commentary with Russell T Davies and Writer Chris Chibnall
* BBC One Trailers

Disc Four
* Human Nature Commentary with Director Chris Palmer, Writer Paul Cornell and Composer Murray Gold
* The Family of Blood Commentary with Producer Susie Liggat, Art Director Arwel Jones and Production Manager Tracie Simpson
* Blink Commentary from writer Stephen Moffat and Murray Gold
* David Tennant's Video Diary for Episodes 4-9 (and the Weakest Link Special) Note: No Blink Video Diary
* Easter Egg (Blink Easter Egg)
* BBC One Trailers

Disc Five
* Utopia Commentary with Russell T Davies and David Tennant
* The Sound of Drums Commentary with Julie Gardner and Producer Phil Collinson
* Last of the Time Lords Commentary from David Tennant, Actress Freema Agyeman and Actor John Barrowman
* David Tennant's Video Diary for Episodes 11-13
* BBC One Trailers

Disc Six
* 13 Episodes of Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown

They also revealed the contents of the Davros Boxset

* Previously released versions of Genesis of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks. Plus all-new Destiny of the Daleks and a new "Special Edition" of Remembrance of the Daleks

Bonus Disc (yes, just 1 apparently)
* Davros Big Finish Audio Play
* The Juggernauts Big Finish Audio Play
* Terror Firma Big Finish Audio Play
* I, Davros: Innocence Big Finish Audio Play
* I, Davros: Purity Big Finish Audio Play
* I, Darvos: Corruption Big Finiah Audio Play
* I, Davros: Guilt Big Finish Audio Play
* All-new Exclusive Big Finish Audio play The Davros Mission starring Terry Molloy as Davros and Miranda Raison as Lareen (reportedly set between Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks explaining how Davros became the Dalek Emperor)
* I, Davros Making of Documentary
* Davros Connections – 45 minute documentary on the character of Davros featuring Terry Molloy, David Gooderson, Peter Miles, Gary Russell, Ken Grieve, Eric Saward, Ben Arronovich, Gary Hopkins and Joseph Lidster. Narrated by Terry Malloy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:D ... udio_plays
Information on the Big Finish Audio Plays featuring Davros

Destiny of the Daleks
* Commentary with Actors Lalla Ward and David Gooderson and Director Ken Grieve
* Terror Nation - 30 minute documentary on writer Terry Nation with contributions from Barry Letts, Philp Hinchcliffe, Terrance Dicks, Richard Martin and Nicholas Briggs
* Directing Who with Ken Grieve
* CGI Effects – Optional
* Original Continuity Trailers and Announcements (Including a special shot one for the return of the Daleks)
* Photo Gallery
* Prime Computer Adverts starring The Doctor and Romana
* Coming Soon Trailer
* Easter Egg
* Radio Times Listings as PDFs
* Subtitle Production Notes (I assume – these are left off the announcement)

Remembrance Of the Daleks: Special Edition
* Existing Commentary with Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred
* Back to School – All-New 30 minute documentary on the making of the story
* Remembrances – All-New 15 minute featurette on the story's references to other Doctor Who adventures
* Extended and Deleted Scenes – now with Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred Introduction
* Out Takes
* Multi-Angle sequences – now multi-angle not sequential
* Original Continuity Trailers and Announcements
* Photo Gallery
* Isolated Music Track
* Easter Egg
* Radio Times Listings as PDFs
* Subtitle Production Notes

In addition, the missing incorrect special-effect shots on the current PAL release of this story have been corrected and most importantly, due to changes in UK licencing laws the original soundtrack has been restored too – including the snippet from the Beatles song!

This is presented in a special digi-pack and limited to 10,000 copies.

I'm still torn over this. I have the Davros set on order, but it’s a lot of money. I am a big fan of Big Finish, and the Davros plays alone would be over the asking price once the normal retailer discounts are applied. But would I want them enough to pay £70 or more for them? Probably not, as I haven't so far. But as a package, including the plays, the new Remembrance and the totally new Destiny, its not bad for around £70. I will still have to think about this though – I may yet cancel.

Finally the January Boxset has been announced! It's also the first non-sequential Doctor Who boxset! (But will contain three Aramay cases so the stories can still be put on your shelves in sequential order if that floats your boat).

Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea-Devils and Warriors of the Deep

I guess Doctor Who and the Silurians will be a 2 disc set with the story having 7 episodes. It also has issues with colouring – the VHS release was coloured by having a the colour taken from an NTSC off-air VHS copy and overlaid on the more detailed black and white PAL master. It will be interesting to see how technology has advanced since the VHS release. The Sea-Devils of course features the original Master (played by Roger Delgardo) and surprisingly is only the second DVD release to do so. It also features music made by having a cat run over a keyboard Warriors of the Deep – well, if you can sit-through TimeLash, you can sit though this. I actually rather like it – it is Davison after all.

[Loomis]

The Season 3 set is a no-brainer for me, as I will more than likely get that one as a birthday present when it arrives in Australia in December.

The Davros box set is a tricky one. I have two of the titles that will be in it (Revelation and Genesis), but the other two plus the audio stuff may make it a purchase if released locally. Still, price isn't all that attractive for a semi re-release.

Of course, the January PertweeVeeDee boxset is something I am VERY excited about now. If you look above, "Sea Devils" was one of my more anticipated titles, and I'm all for more DVDs (Delgado Video Discs).

[2099net]

I got my Key to Time set just now! And you'll never guess what my limited edition number is out of 15,000!

It's 2999! Almost, but not quite, 2099! Somebody will have 2099 somewhere.

It's a wonderfully presented set. The box isn't shiny like I imagined based on pictures posted on the internet, but it's firm and sturdy and almost IS the Key to Time. It has a clear plastic slipcover over it which has the logo and photos printed on (so you take that off and it looks like the completed Key to Time).

The individual case covers are all uniformly great too. After the disasters that were Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity, all six of these stand out like an oasis in a desert. The Power of Kroll one is probably the worst - let's face it, Kroll just look silly - but even this is redeemed by the little Doctor and Romana hiding in the reeds which I never noticed before.

A sticker on the box says it all: Contains the complete 26 episode story arc, plus 9 commentaries (over 16 hours) plus over 6.5 hours of additional special features.

My week is fully booked.

[2099net]

What a day it's been. First The Key to Time and now the first two episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures

TSJA is definitely "for kids". It's hard to think while these broad slapstick adventures are going on, all kinds of torment is being endured by the Torchwood crew in the same "universe". But its good the kids get a spin-off of their own.

It depends on your sense of fun how much you'll like TSJA. Fans will like some of the continuity references (such as a mention of the Jadoon), sly references sending up the series and out and out comedy moments and lines - "He's been vinegered" really made me laugh. And who can resist a spoilt child Slitheen? Pure genius.

It's strange, because TSJA sort of has a feeling of Graham Williams' Doctor Who era (especially season 17 - the one after the Key to Time season). So I went from watching a excellent hour long documentary on the Williams era from the DVD set, to seeing it virtually reincarnated on The Sarah Jane Adventures!

[MagicMirror]

I actually really liked SJA, particularly the young slitheen.

I'm really looking forward to this Davros set. I have seen many of Davros' stories but only own Genesis, so this is a good opportunity for me to fill in the gaps.

Not only will the DVD feature the new 'Davros Connections' documentary, but also all the Big Finish audio adventures featuring the character. According to many fans, the audios were where Davros was really given a chance to shine.

Davros fans may wish to see this brilliant youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnBNc9KA ... iece%2Ehtm

[Escapay]

I have a new respect for "Family Guy"...

Man, hyperspace always looks so freaky!

Of course, then someone will point out that "The Simpsons" did it first...

Send in the esteemed representatives of television!

Scaps

[2099net]

I have a new respect for "Family Guy"...

Man, hyperspace always looks so freaky!

Scaps

I see. A YouTube poster posts up a clip (which is technically small enough to be legally used for fair use and critisism and Fox lawyers get it pulled. Fox use a clip from the BBC and its legally OK because it's "parody".

Gotta love the corporate mentality. One rule for them, another for us.

[Escapay]

Hmm...what could this be for?

SARAH JANE SMITH: FROM JOURNALIST TO TIME TRAVELLER AND BEYOND

SARAH JANE SMITH: FROM JOURNALIST TO TIME TRAVELLER AND BEYOND Video Feature
Classified 27 September, 2007 . Run Time 41m 24s

N/A TITLE SLATE
00:04:25:00 1973
00:06:59:23 1974
00:01:34:06 1975
00:05:33:24 1976
00:02:15:03 1983
00:04:29:19 2006
00:03:31:22 2007
00:07:20:01 BBC.CO.UK (OPEN CAPTIONED)
00:05:14:04 NO TITLE ON SCREEN (OPEN CAPTIONED)

Is this for the Invasion of the Bane DVD release?

Scaps

[2099net]

Could be. But K9 and Company is coming out in early 2008, so it could be for that.

BTW K9 is to make another cameo in an episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures soon!

[2099net]

Front and Back covers for the Davros set.

[2099net]

[ichabod]

You know I can't find mention of this online, but yesterday's News of the World was claiming that Billie Piper is on the verge of signing for a 3 episode return to Doctor Who at the end of the next series.

Whether it's true or not will remain to be seen, quite frankly I'm still waiting for them to bring back Friends with Queen Elizabeth II in the role of Monica like they reported last week.

[2099net]

You know I can't find mention of this online, but yesterday's News of the World was claiming that Billie Piper is on the verge of signing for a 3 episode return to Doctor Who at the end of the next series.

Whether it's true or not will remain to be seen, quite frankly I'm still waiting for them to bring back Friends with Queen Elizabeth II in the role of Monica like they reported last week.

I don't know about Friends, but there is a rumour there will be a return to the Parallel World for Doctor Who. RTD has supposedly written the scripts. However, this would be for Tennant's swan song, and being as Tennant has signed up for the specials in 2009, it seems unlikely Rose (and Mickey and Jackie)'s return would be then.

Perhaps the 3 specials in 2009 will be set in the Parallel World, and end with a regeneration?

Personally though, I think Rose should just be left alone now - much as I want to see Jackie back - and the show should move on and look to the future.

[ichabod]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a76748 ... eturn.html

Digitalspy have got wind of the News of the World article.

To be honest £20,000 doesn't sound that much.

[2099net]

Sarah Jane Adventures: Eye of the Gorgon Pt 1

Wow! Wasn't this great. Much more traditional than the Slitheen story, and very WHOish - it would easily fit into a 70's Doctor Who season. I loved this - it was fantastic. Can't wait for part 2 next week.

[Nandor]

Wait, Eye of the Gorgon was today? But ceefax said it was Slitheen part two! Ah well, have to download it. Just as well, at least I'll get it in widescreen this way...

[2099net]

I recorded the "one week in advance" showing on the CBBC channel. It's great (and this time actually a little spooky for the young ones).Well worth watching!

And look out for the "Sontaran" reference! (More indications Doctor Who's S4 arc/big bad is the Sontaran/Rutan war?)

[Nandor]

Ah, that explains it. All hail the internet, I'll still be downloading the new ep ^^

Btw, Netty, I've never said it, but I enjoy reading your updates on everything Who. You're my main source of Who-info ^^