Red Nose Day is back this month and so is their auction, which is offering a once in a lifetime opportunity for Doctor Who fans.
Seriously, it’s the stuff that Whovian dreams are made of.
In the not too distant future, seven Doctors – Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi – will be sitting down for a full English breakfast at The Wolseley in London, and there are four unreserved seats up for grabs…
Two of them will be claimed by the highest bidders, while the other two will be picked at random from a prize draw of ticket holders, for those of us who don’t have a spare £10,000 (and then some!) lying around. A single ticket can be purchased now for £5, with multiple packages on offer to increase your odds. All of the money will go towards Comic Relief and its associated charities to help people who are living difficult lives across the UK and Africa.
Good luck to those who will be bidding, and may the odds be forever in your favour if you’ll be entering the raffle. Red Nose Day is on Friday 24th March. Find out more about it, here.
Two boxsets compiling all of the previously released Tenth and Eleventh Doctor audio adventures will be released later this year, it has been revealed.
The original stories – written exclusively for audio – are read by various members of the show’s cast and have been brought together for the first time as part of these special collections. The Tenth Doctor set includes Pest Control,The Forever Trap, The Nemonite Invasion, The Rising Night, The Day of the Troll, The Last Voyage and Dead Air, and will go on sale on 4th August 2016.
The Eleventh Doctor collection, meanwhile, contains The Runaway Train, The Ring of Steel, The Jade Pyramid, The Hounds of Artemis, The Gemini Contagion, Eye of the Jungle, Blackout, The Art of Death, Darkstar Academy, Day of the Cockroach, The Nu-Humans, The Empty House, Sleepers in the Dust and Snake Bite. It’ll be available from 6th October 2016 and you can check out the packaging for both below…
Above – Tenth & Eleventh Doctor Tales, released 4th August and 6th October, respectively.
Matt Smith and Billie Piper will both be returning to the West End stage this summer in two separate productions that have been announced today.
As BBC News reports, the Eleventh Doctor actor will be treading the boards at the Royal Court as an obsessive film director.in “Unreachable” by Anthony Neilson, while the Rose Tyler actress will portray a woman whose inability to have a child tears her life apart in a play – based on Federico Lorca’s “Yerma” – at the Old Vic. Both productions will open in their respective theatres in July.
Are you planning on seeing Matt and/or Billie on stage? Let us know if so in the comments!
Just in case US fans haven’t picked up Series 5 of Doctor Who on DVD yet (if not, where have you been?!), you’ll now be able to get your hands on it in two parts.
That’s because Matt Smith’s first string of adventures as the Eleventh Doctor are being reissued across the pond as two separate 2-disc DVD boxsets, in a similar fashion to Series 6, Series 7 and Series 9.
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Matt Smith has revealed that he owes “a great debt” to Doctor Who fans for supporting his subsequent success.
The actor bowed out as the Eleventh Doctor in 2013 and has since gone on to enjoy a string of high profile roles, including his latest appearance in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, released in cinemas this week. Promoting the film, the former Time Lord affirmed that he isn’t “trying to actively shed” his association with the world’s longest running sci-fi franchise. “Doctor Who was always going to sit on my ether for a bit,” he said. “But it’s something that I’m very proud of.”
He continued: “The Who fans are wonderfully loyal and that character was a fantastic part, one that has been played before but allowed me to reinvent. So I will be forever grateful.”
You will also be able to catch Matt on Netflix later this year when he takes on the guise of Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in the original 10-part period drama “The Crown”.
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Matt Smith’s latest role has been revealed by Deadline.
The Eleventh Doctor actor will be starring in a new biopic as Robert Mapplethorpe, the avant-garde photographer known for his black and white nude portraits who died of AIDS in 1989, aged 42.
The film – simply titled “Mapplethorpe” – will be directed by Ondi Timoner when filming begins in the summer. Zosia Mamet co-stars as singer-songwriter Patti Smith, Mapplethorpe’s one-time lover and best friend.
Are you looking forward to seeing Matt take on his new project? Speaking of which, he’ll be coming to a big screen near you next month in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, while the new drama The Crown, in which he stars as the Duke of Edinburgh, will be arriving on Netflix later this year. He will also appear in Patient Zero, coming to cinemas in September.
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Matt Smith has shared his reaction to the news that Steven Moffat will be stepping down as Doctor Who’s showrunner at the end of the next series.
The Eleventh Doctor actor helped Moffat to relaunch the show following the departure of David Tennant and Russell T Davies in 2009, and told The Anglophile Channel that he still feels “very privileged” to have been given such a once in a lifetime opportunity. “Steven pretty much is Doctor Who, so I’m sad he’s leaving,” he said. “He’s done so much for the show, and for me, but it will always endure.”
He continued: “There’s a wonderful writer starting, and it’s always been about reinvention.”
Steven’s last Christmas Special will air in December followed by Series 10 in spring 2017, after which Chris Chibnall will take over the reigns for Series 11, set to hit our screens in 2018. Read the full press release and share your own thoughts in our dedicated poll, here.
Matt is currently promoting his new film Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, in which he stars as Mr Collins, ahead of its international release into cinemas on 5th February 2016.
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Netflix have released a new trailer for “The Crown”, their original series charting the inside story of Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street during World War II, which features a familiar face for Doctor Who fans.
Former Eleventh Doctor star Matt Smith takes on the role of Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the 10 part period drama, which has been adapted from a play by Peter Morgan. It will co-star Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill and will premiere on the streaming service later this year.
Are you looking forward to seeing Matt back on our screens? He will also be appearing in Prisoner Zero, a pandemic thriller, the first still from which was recently released online.
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Matt Smith has been cast in a new Netflix original series charting the inside story of Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street during the aftermath of World War II, it has been announced today (Thursday).
The Eleventh Doctor actor, who bowed out of the TARDIS in 2013, will star as Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, in the 10 part period drama, The Crown, which has been adapted from a play by Peter Morgan. It will co-star Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill and is set to premiere on the streaming service in 2016.
Good luck to Matt as he embarks on his latest project! Are you excited to see his new role?
The BBC has released an epic new trailer containing highlights from Series 1 to 8 of Doctor Who.
Under the tagline ‘The adventure begins’, the trailer is being used to promote the show around the globe ahead of its imminent arrival in India. David Tennant’s episodes also have a new home in the US, airing on Disney XD, while a special event celebrating 10 years of time and space is taking place in New York today (Thursday). Next stop, everywhere!
Take a trip through time below. It’s been a blast, hasn’t it?
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