Matt Smith and Karen Gillan took a short break from filming the new series over the weekend to represent Doctor Who at the BBC Showcase in Brighton alongside its showrunner Steven Moffat!
The event, now in its 34th year, serves as a selling point for the BBC to interest worldwide buyers with their various programming. Gareth David-Lloyd, who played Ianto Jones in Series 1-3 of Torchwood, was also reportedly in attendance.
At the television market BBC Worldwide announced that they have signed a brand new deal with Sony Pictures Television to continue to broadcast Doctor Who, Torchwood and Primeval in countries across Central and Eastern Europe, including in Romania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Montenegro.
BBC Audio have released the cover and details for their upcoming release of the Torchwood radio plays complete boxset!
The collection includes the four adventures which have aired over the past two years, comprising of Lost Souls by Joseph Lidster, Asylum by Anita Sullivan, Golden Age by James Goss and The Dead Line by Phil Ford. You can check out its artwork below:
Torchwood: The Radio Adventures is due to be released on 8th April 2010. Stay tuned!
It has been revealed that a sci-fi music event appropriately named Out of this World will be hosted at the famous Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool next month!
Liverpool Echo reports that classic space themes from iconic programmes including Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars will be peformed by the acclaimed Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the event, and that the concert will be presented by regular family concert host Alasdair Malloy.
Out of the World will take place on Sunday 7th March and tickets - priced £5 for children and £7-£12 for adults – can be ordered via 0151 709 3789.
Yesterday we brought you the news that an updated version of the new Series 5 promo had confirmed the start date of the new series to be Saturday 3rd April, however it now appears that the broadcast details may not be set in stone after all!
Even though it’s a likely launch date, considering we already know it will begin over the Easter 2010 period, it is believed that, for whatever reason, the BBC transmitted the tweaked trailer by mistake.
They have since made no official announcements regarding the matter, so presumably it’ll be left unexplained.
We’d just like to apologize to all our visitors for posting the news as fact when it transpires that this may not be the case. We were just going from what we had been told and having seen the trailer ourselves we had no reason to doubt its reliablity. We’ll, of course, keep you updated as more news comes through!
According to an article from The Sun newspaper today, the BBC have cast James Corden to appear in the upcoming fifth series of Doctor Who.
The report suggests that the actor, best known for his role as Smithy in Gavin & Stacey, was recently spotted on a train to Cardiff reading over his scripts for the episode.
“We normally keep our guest stars under wraps but you can’t hide a bloke like James,” an insider said. “And now he’s not coming to Wales for Gavin And Stacey any more, it’s pretty obvious why he is here.”
They added: “He’s a great actor and he’ll be a perfect fit for the new Doctor Who.” Stay tuned!
Huge congratulations are in order for Carey Mulligan, who has reason to celebrate after being named the Best Actress at tonight’s Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards!
The actress (Sally Sparrow from Blink) won the gong for her acclaimed portrayal of Jenny Miller in An Education, a coming-of-age film directed by Lone Scherfig. She was up against the likes of Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan and Audrey Tautou.
“I really didn’t expect this at all, so I didn’t think of anything to say,” she said during her acceptance speech. ”Thank you so much. I was here a year ago and didn’t imagine in a million years that this’d happen.” From all at WhovianNet, well done, Carey!
Warning! This article and its comments may contain spoilers...
As promised, the second official trailer for Series 5 of Doctor Who, a specially-shot CGI sequence to promote its imminent launch, has had its nationwide debut! Not only did it bring us some new and intreguing shots of the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond whirling through the time vortex (as your do!), but it also came with a dollop of reassurance that the new series is definitely on its way!
What did you think of tonight’s thrilling trail? How many times have you replayed it? Has watching it made you even more excited for their upcoming adventures, or is it just a painful reminder that the show as we know it is changing before our very eyes?
Feel free to leave your thoughts and discuss your outlandish theories in the comments of this post! Have your say today! Geronimo!
Our first look at Series 5 was unveiled on New Year’s Day following the broadcast of The End of Time, Part Two.
They say that time flies when you’re having fun, and we can certainly vouch for that because today marks the one year anniversary of the WhovianNet news mini-site!
On this day last year, we opened the doors to our new new news section after our previous system went - to put it bluntly - kaput!
And since then we’ve brought you over 650 articles and recieved over 2,300 of your comments, so we’d just like to thank you all for your support, feedback and input and for getting this latest incarnation of our news coverage to 365 days online!
And to celebrate the landmark, and as we await tonight’s brand new new series preview, we’ve put together an exclusive wallpaper featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond which you can download below!
There are certainly exciting times ahead, not only for the series itself but also for us! We’re currently in the stages of planning some great things for the rest of 2010, and of course we’ll be here bringing you the very latest on everything from the Whoniverse!
Thanks again, and don’t forget to join us from 6:30PM this evening, straight after the Series 5 promo has been screened on BBC One, to leave your thoughts in our live discussion. The trail is also set to have its official debut on the BBC HD channel at around 7:15PM. Stay tuned!
The nominations for the 2010 Saturn Awards have been unveiled this morning, and both Doctor Who and Torchwood are featured in the shortlist!
Firstly, David Tennant is up for Best Actor in Television for his portrayal of the Tenth Doctor. He’s up against the likes of Matthew Fox and Josh Holloway, both from Lost, and True Blood’s Stephen Moyer.
Meanwhile, will Bernard Cribbins beat John Lithgow from Dexter and Leonard Nimoy from Fringe to the Best Guest Starring Role in Television for his peformance as Wilfred Mott in the Christmas specials, The End of Time?
Elsewhere, the 2009 Easter special, Planet of the Dead, and Torchwood Series 3, Children of Earth, are included in Best Television Presentation, as is The Tudors and Alice, and the DVD releases of both are up for the Best DVD Television Release gong alongside Lost: The Complete 5th Season, Primeval and Life on Mars: The Complete Series. Best of luck from us!
Founded by Dr. Donald A. Reed in 1972, the awards are presented annually by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honour and celebrate sci-fi, fantasy and horror in film, TV and home video. Stay tuned for the latest!
It has been announced that David Tennant has been nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Best Actor award for his acclaimed portrayal of the Tenth Doctor!
He faces fierce competition from James Nesbitt, who is shortlisted for his performance in BBC One’s drama series Occupation, and David Morrissey, for his appearance in Red Riding for Channel 4.
Morrissey is also recognised by Whovians as Jackson Lake from the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special, The Next Doctor.
The winners are selected by TV and radio journalists and will be announced at the ceremony which is due to take place at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on March 26th 2010. We’d like to wish David the very best of luck!
Last month his role in Doctor Who won him the Best Drama Peformance gong at the 15th National Television Awards.
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Matt Smith and Karen Gillan took a short break from filming the new series over the weekend to represent Doctor Who at the BBC Showcase in Brighton alongside its showrunner Steven Moffat!
It has been revealed that a sci-fi music event appropriately named Out of this World will be hosted at the famous Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool next month!
Yesterday we brought you the news that an updated version of the new Series 5 promo had confirmed the start date of the new series to be Saturday 3rd April, however it now appears that the broadcast details may not be set in stone after all!
According to an article from The Sun newspaper today, the BBC have cast James Corden to appear in the upcoming fifth series of Doctor Who.
Huge congratulations are in order for Carey Mulligan, who has reason to celebrate after being named the Best Actress at tonight’s Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards!
They say that time flies when you’re having fun, and we can certainly vouch for that because today marks the one year anniversary of the WhovianNet news mini-site!
The nominations for the 2010 Saturn Awards have been unveiled this morning, and both Doctor Who and Torchwood are featured in the shortlist!
It has been announced that David Tennant has been nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Best Actor award for his acclaimed portrayal of the Tenth Doctor!