Fans down under will soon be able to enjoy Doctor Who like never before with a special cinema event next month.
BBC Worldwide has announced they have teamed up with Event Cinemas and Village Roadshow in order to bring their “global exclusive” to fans in Australia and New Zealand.
On Thursday 14th March, for one night only, the Series 6 US two-parter The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon will be screened in select cinemas across the two countries.
The event begins on the day at 7pm, with an added ‘best dressed’ prize at every cinema for the fan sporting the most impressive Time Lord inspired costume – the episodes will hit big screens in HD for what will be the Doctor’s first ever multiple cinema screening.
“We’re building on the concept of ‘event television’ by creating simultaneous Doctor Who experiences on big screens in Australia and New Zealand for the first time.” commented BBC Australasia’s Sharon Wilson. “It’s an opportunity for fans to enjoy the programmes and participate in the whole experience in a way that they’ve not been able to before…”
To view a list of all the participating cinemas and to book your tickets ($20), click here.
Later this year the 50th anniversary’s special 3D adventure will be screened in cinemas.
The final round of voting for the 2013 National Television Awards is open… and Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Doctor Who have been revealed on the shortlist!
Once again, Matt Smith is up for Best Drama Performance: Male for his performance as the Eleventh Doctor. Karen’s portrayal of Amy Pond has landed the actress a nomination for the Best Drama Performance: Female award. Meanwhile, Doctor Who is shortlisted for Best Drama. Vote here now – voting closes at midday on 23rd January 2013.
The National Television Awards 2013 air on ITV1 on 23rd January at 7:30pm.
Last year Matt and Karen did us proud in their respective Best Performance categories.
Doctor Who’s prominently featured in a new trail showcasing the various dramas produced by the BBC in Wales.
Clips from Series 7 Part 1 make up a montage of the shows, also including Sherlock, Merlin and Being Human, which are made in Wales and loved all around the world.
Doctor Who is now filmed at Roath Lock studios, in Cardiff Bay, where it is a stone’s throw away from the new Doctor Who Experience.
The Experience moved from London to the Welsh Capital back in the summer and is as popular as ever. By the end of its first year it’s expected to have had 250,000 visitors.
Join us as we send our best birthday wishes to Karen Gillan!
The actress – best known to you and I for her portrayal of the Doctor’s companion Amy Pond – turns 25 today and we hope she enjoys her celebrations. Have a good one, Karen!
While Karen has left the TARDIS behind her fans can look forward to her film debut in Not Another Happy Ending in which she plays “quirky writer” Jane Lockhart. She will also appear as the lead in Oculus, a supernatural horror.
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Steven Moffat has reaffirmed that he has no plans to bring Amy and Rory back to Doctor Who.
The showrunner revealed the Ponds story is now “absolutely over” following the events of the latest episode The Angels Take Manhattan. “At the very beginning I said ‘Let’s make it a proper ending’,” he explained. “It is better to just end it and then get out. You can never eliminate the possibility of a dream sequence or a flashback. I have no plans, but will the Doctor ever see them again? No.”
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine goes on sale this week, and it includes one final goodbye to Amelia Pond…
The actress who played her – Karen Gillan – takes the cover, as inside she reflects on her time in the TARDIS, in what will be her final interview with the series’ mag. Then it’s time to look to the future – and we can look forward to some fresh Series 7: Part 2 news as the “full line-up for the 2013″ stories is set to be revealed! There is all of that, plus the latest in reviews, competitions and much, much more.
Doctor Who Magazine 453 is on sale on Thursday 18th October at its usual price, £4.50.
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Tomorrow will see the release of a new and exclusive short video which will answer some of our questions left over at the end of The Angels Take Manhattan.
P.S., written by Chris Chibnall, uses animated storyboards to reveal what happened to Rory’s dad Brian and specifically whether or not he ever found out the truth about his son and daughter-in-law’s fate. Arthur Darvill provides the voice over for the scene, which will be revealed on the official site tomorrow (Friday). Don’t miss it, folks!
“We are delighted we can present this lovely scene written by Chris Chibnall,” said Caro Skinner, Executive Producer. “People took Rory’s dad Brian to their hearts very quickly, so it is fitting that we can give the character a degree of closure in this poignant piece.”
Rate and discuss the Ponds’ heartbreaking swansong in our dedicated discussion, here.
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All week, we’ve been taking a trip down memory lane ahead of Amy and Rory’s finale in The Angels Take Manhattan tonight, and we’ve reached the final leg of our journey…
But which of the Ponds’ many moments have YOU chosen as your favourite memory? Well – rather fittingly – at the end of their era, we’re going straight back to the start, as you have picked the opening moments of The Eleventh Hour, as when the TARDIS crashed in Amelia’s garden, it was the start of something special – the ultimate Pond Moment!
Back then nobody could’ve predicted that the Doctor and Amy would go on to have such an impact on each other’s lives, but looking away from all the monsters, adventures and timey-wimeyness, it all began over a meal of ice cream… and fish fingers and custard…
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Tomorrow night we’ll be saying goodbye to the Ponds, but before they pop off, we have been taking a fond look back at their most memorable moments – as voted for by you!
Taking the title of the penultimate ultimate best bit is one of their more iconic scenes. This cliffhanger ending to A Good Man Goes to War (2011) put to rest years of speculation surrounding River Song’s true identity, and at the same time opened up a whole new can of worms about who – or what – she was. Typical Steven Moffat then, really.
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Matt Smith has revealed that Amy and Rory will bow out of Doctor Who “heroically” in Saturday’s episode.
The actor told TV Guide that The Angels Take Manhattan features “wonderful twists” and notes New York serves as “a great backdrop” to the story. “I’ve showed my mum some of the rushes of the last couple of scenes, and she was in tears,” he said. “That’s a good sign. It is a fantastic farewell. I think it is a fitting end to two of our greatest companions. You sort of want to go with a bit of a bang, don’t you?”
He goes on to talk about his first day of filming with Karen Gillan – on 20th July 2009. “The first day we were on a beach,” he reminisced. “It was me and Karen looking slightly confused, going ‘Are we in Doctor Who now? How did this happen?’ It forced us to bond because we were both placed in this strange and mad situation. It was pouring down with rain, the tide was coming in and suddenly we were here making Doctor Who.”
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