After the Doctor’s battle with the new paradigm of Daleks last week, you’d have thought the Universe might give our beloved Time Lord a break, but tonight he’ll only have to deal with the blinkin‘ Weeping Angels!
Last seen in Series 3’s Blink, the terrifying statues will be even more so this time round, and, as if they weren’t enough to get your head around, the Doctor will also be encountering the enigmatic River Song. But can she be trusted? Timey wimey!
So, tune in to The Time of Angels for all the answers and plenty of surprises tonight at 6:20PM on BBC One/HD, and join us for our live episode discussion straight afterwards – from 7:05PM - to dissect the latest adventure, including its cliffhanger, which will no doubt be as antagonizing as we’ve come to expect! See you then, folks!
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BBC schedules for the first week of next month have been finalized, so we now know that Episode 5, Flesh and Stone, will air on BBC One/HD at 6:25PM on Saturday 1st May!
The episode - the concluding instalment of the highly-anticipated Weeping Angels/River Song two-parter – sees the Doctor and his friends trapped among an army of the statues, and they must make their way through the wreckage of a crashed space liner in order to escape. But Amy finds herself facing an even more deadly attack…
The episode will be preceded by its accompanying instalment of Confidential, airing at 7:10PM on BBC3 and an hour later at 8:10PM on the BBC HD channel. Its title and plot details include potential spoilers, so we’ve hidden them below – highlight the white space to reveal the details!
Blinded by the Light Karen Gillan explains the mysterious ‘Crack in Time’ story arc and head writer Steven Moffat reveals its origins. Plus, the cast and crew examine River Song’s character, Karen gives a tour of Amy Pond’s bedroom, and there are interviews with Matt Smith and Alex Kingston.
Part one, The Time of Angels, airs tomorrow night at 6:20PM on BBC One/HD.
Just in case you weren’t excited enough already for The Time of Angels, below you’ll find one more episode still to add to the collection that was previously unveiled on the official website earlier this week!
The adventure will air tomorrow at 6:20PM on BBC One/HD, and will mark the returns of the enigmatic River Song as well as the Weeping Angels! When the Doctor is recruited by Father Octavian, he must track the last of the statues through the terrifying Maze of the Dead…
Don’t forget you can now also check out its introductory video with director Adam Smith and actress Alex Kingston - as well as 3 preview clips - here. Spoilers ahoy!
What’s On TV have posted a new interview with Alex Kingston, in which she discusses her return as River Song in this week’s episode, The Time of Angels.
“When she was introduced two years ago, she’s a time-travelling archaeologist, and I think she only travels in time through the Doctor. She has a very close relationship with the Doctor from the future,” she explains. ”When he requires her to or when she feels the need, she will travel back in time to one of his previous incarnations.”
She added: ”In terms of her relationship with the Doctor right now, she has travelled back into his past, but it’s also her future… It’s a little complicated! She has met this Doctor before, although he hasn’t met her yet in his incarnation, except that he remembers when he was David Tennant. He remembers seeing her die - so he knows her future. He knows the bit she doesn’t know. God, it’s so complicated!”
Steven Moffat has posted a blog entry to BBC Blogs in which he shares his own personal account of the very first day of filming – 20th July 2009.
On that day, the eyes of the world turned to Southerndown Beach in South Wales, as Matt Smith and Karen Gillan kicked off production for Series 5, joined by returning guest star Alex Kingston as River Song! Time really does fly, as the scene they filmed that day appears in this Saturday’s episode, The Time of Angels!
In the blog, the showrunner reveals: “I vividly remember arriving on that beach. I saw the TARDIS in the distance, which was very much the culmination of all that time waiting to get started – which you could argue was two and a half years, or 40 years for me.”
In addition, the official Doctor Who website has now been updated with the introduction video for the episode, as well as 3 tantalizing preview clips!
The Time of Angels airs this Saturday at 6:20PM on BBC1/HD. Roll on Saturday!
As part of the build up for this Saturday’s broadcast of The Time of Angels, the official Doctor Who website has today been updated with a new homepage for the episode!
In addition, they’ve released a gallery of stills from the story, which you can check out here.
The Time of Angels airs Saturday at 6:20PM on BBC1/HD.
There’s a great Doctor Who cover on this week’s of TV & Satellite Week, and inside the edition there are interviews with Steven Moffat and Alex Kingston ahead of the return of River Song and the Weeping Angels in this Saturday’s episode!
“The weight of evidence seems to be in the favour of River being the Doctor’s wife,” the showrunner teases, “but things will be revealed about her that suggest the truth might not be as simple as both the viewers and the Doctor assumed.”
He also comments on the positive critical response the new series has recieved so far, promising that the best is still yet to come! He explains: ”I was braced for it to take several weeks for the public to adjust to a new Doctor, because that’s been the case in the past. I was avoiding reviews in the papers and, when I saw several of them describe Matt as the best Doctor ever, it was delightful. But he has got so much more to show everyone – just wait until the finale, in which he is quite magnificent…”
You can read the full article in this week’s TV & Satellite Week, out now.
DigitalSpy have released an interview with Alex Kingston, who talks exclusively about her return to the Doctor Who universe as the enigmatic River Song.
“When I first accepted the role, I thought it was just going to be those two episodes, but when I read these two new scripts it made total perfect sense why she’s back,” the actress tells the website. “She’s just been released from prison on this mission because there’s nobody else who can do it, and she needs help from the Doctor.”
You can watch the full interview here, but beware of spoilers! The Time of Angels airs this Saturday at 6:20PM on BBC One/BBC HD.
DigitalSpy have released their ten teasers for this Saturday’s episode, The Time of Angels!
Naturally, there’s quite a few tidbits of fresh information included in them, so, as the enigmatic River Song herself would say, watch out for those pesky little spoilers!
Now that the Daleks have been and gone (but gone for how long?), our attention swiftly turns to the next adventure, which will come in the form of The Time of Angels!
The episode, part one of our first two-part adventure of the year, is written by Steven Moffat and will mark the highly-anticipated returns of yet more familiar faces – River Song and the Weeping Angels! The Doctor is recruited by Father Octavian to track the last of the statues through the terrifying Maze of the Dead…
As part of the build up, the BBC are now airing a second teaser for the episode, which airs Saturday 24th April at 6:20PM on BBC One/HD. Check it out below:
Keep up to date with the latest episode news here, and whatever you do… don’t blink!
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