Following the recent announcement that The Sarah Jane Adventures will be on our screens until at least the end of 2011, its executive producer has promised that its exciting two-year renewal will bring ‘more stability’ to the CBBC spin off.
And with filming for its fourth series due to commence in South Wales in just under three weeks time, Nikki Wilson has also offered some tantalizing teases as to what fans can expect from the next run of adventures, to air this Autumn!
“The Nightmare Man is part of a really big emotional journey for Luke which involves him facing his fears and excitement about the future,” she told DigitalSpy. “The Shansheeth are vulture undertakers who get embroiled with the gang on a big adventure for the middle of the series.”
Series 4 will also see Sarah Jane and the gang visit their first alien world together. “London and Bannerman Road will always be the heart of the show,” she explained. ”We’re not Doctor Who, so we don’t go flying off around the universe, but this is an opportunity for us to get a glimpse of that.”
And producers aren’t ruling out another possible crossover with its parent show, following the success of the Tenth Doctor’s appearance in Series 3! “We will always maintain our links with the show but, Sarah Jane is a show in its own right,” she said. ”There will always be room for crossovers in the future but it won’t be a bigger feature than it has been in the past.”
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James Corden will be appearing on this week’s episode of Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, which airs tonight at 10:35PM on BBC One/HD.
While it’s not strictly Doctor Who related, the actor, best known for his role as Smithy in Gavin & Stacey, is currently filming his guest appearance in the forthcoming series, rumoured to be in Episode 11, so there’ll no doubt be a mention or two of that during his interview which may be worth tuning in for!
The Eleventh Doctor himself, Matt Smith, will be a guest on the show on 26th March.
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With Series 5 now just a few short weeks away, we’re getting ready for the Doctor and Amy’s new adventures in time and space with a much-needed site upgrade!
As a result, things might look a tad messy here over the next few weeks as we prepare for its launch. Rest assured, everything will be back to normal very soon, so please bear with us if you come across any broken links and such – we’re working on bigger and better things!
We’re extremely excited about the changes and can’t wait for you to see them! Thanks, and stay tuned for all the very latest!
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A brand new Doctor Who game is set to be released on the Nintendo Wii and DS platforms just in time for Christmas, if a report published by The Sun is to believed.
The tabloid today claims that the BBC have signed a £10million deal to create the game, which would feature the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) as well as some of his key enemies from the show, including the Daleks, the Cybermen and the Silurians!
“This has been in the pipeline for years, and we’re delighted to have finally nailed down a deal,” a source told the newspaper. ”We went with Nintendo as they have huge appeal for families and Doctor Who is very much a family brand, and the Wii console is key for us as it’s something families play together.”
The article goes on to suggest that various plans have been called off on several occasions because it’s difficult to develop a game out of the show’s format. The insider explained: “BBC Worldwide, which licenses BBC shows, has been trying to find some way of doing it, but you can’t have Doctor Who blowing things to bits with a laser gun. That would massively change the nature of the show.” Not if Captain Jack were involved…
This news may be linked to BBC Worldwide’s recent announcement that they were offering the Doctor Who branding license to any interested game partners. Stay tuned!
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US fans will no doubt be counting down the days left until BBC America’s Series 5 premiere on April 17th, however today it was confirmed that there’ll be an exclusive screening of episode one, The Eleventh Hour, two weeks earlier for lucky attendees of WonderCon 2010!
The screening will take place at the event on Saturday 3rd April. Hosted in Room 103, the episode will be shown from 6:30PM to 7:40PM, then repeated between 7:45PM-8:55PM.
Wondercon is an annual comic book, sci-fi and motion picture convention which takes place at the Moscone Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can find out more about this year’s convention by clicking here.
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Don’t forget that we’re still looking for a visitor to be named as our Fan of the Month for March 2010, so, if you think you’ve got what it takes, head over to our mini-section, here, to check out the latest batch of interview questions!
If you’ll be entering, please try and do so by 11:59PM (GMT) on Monday 28th March 2010 (there will be some leeway granted on the deadline depending on your geographic region!).
Our Fan of the Month section has been running since June 2008 and celebrates Whovianism in all its forms. If you live, breathe and dream Doctor Who and its spin offs, we need you! Best of luck from us!
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Justin Richards, the writer of various Doctor Who novels and reference books, including The Clockwise Man (2005), Aliens and Enemies (2006) and Martha in the Mirror (2008), has revealed that he has high hopes for the forthcoming series.
He isn’t worried about fans being let down by the changes, as he explains to The Coventry Telegraph: “I’ve read scripts for the new series and watched rough versions of some of the episodes in a darkened room in Cardiff. We’re all sworn to secrecy of course but I’m confident viewers won’t be disappointed.”
He added: “David Tennant was absolutely brilliant but what I have seen of Matt Smith is very good so it will be a very interesting new direction for the show.”
Series 5 is expected to begin on April 3rd. Stay tuned for the latest!
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The BBC have today released 4 new high-res pictures from episode one of the forthcoming series, The Eleventh Hour!
The images were first revealed inside issue #194 of SFX Magazine, out yesterday, and include two episode stills – one of the Doctor, Rory and Amy and one of the Doctor - as well as two on-set photos! You can check them out below:
Series 5 is expected to begin on April 3rd. Stay tuned for the latest!
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The Telegraph website has today published a great new interview with Matt Smith which was conducted over a period of 6 months.
In it, the Eleventh Doctor actor comments on everything from the high stakes surrounding the forthcoming series to his brand new sonic screwdriver, and you can read the feature here.
We’ve decided not to post any quotes as the majority of them carry potential spoilers (especially the description of the new TARDIS interior set!!!), so it’s probably not the article for you if you don’t want to find out any details regarding the new series. There’s also confirmation of the alien the Eleventh Doctor will be encountering in episode one!
Series 5 is expected to begin on April 3rd. Stay tuned for the latest!
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The official Doctor Who website has today posted details of several upcoming Doctor Who related programmes that will be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 this Spring as part of its 7th Dimension strand!
Starting at the end of the month, the station will be airing a recorded version of Barry Letts – Who and Me in 7 weekly parts. The fascinating autobiography tells the story of the late producer’s involvement with the series between the years of 1967 to 1981.
Meanwhile, April will see the transmissions of three novelized adventures, The Brain of Morbius (1976), The Creature from the Pit (1979), and The Giant Robot (a revised adaptation of the serial Robot from 1974). Each will be read by the Fourth Doctor actor, Tom Baker! The stories will be introduced by Nicholas Briggs, the 21st century voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen.
We’ll bring you the exact transmission times as and when. Stay tuned!
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