SPACE Blog Post – David Tennant is this Generation’s Tom Baker
That may seem like a bold statement until you take a step back and look at Doctor Who’s storied history in a larger context. When Tom Baker took the role in 1974, he was something of an unknown quantity, a tall and gangly question mark poised to fill the shoes of Jon Pertwee, the “man of action” Doctor who ably rang the show into the Seventies. Likewise, Tennant took over for the broody and intense Christopher Eccleston, who ably shepherded the show back into existence in 2005.
And once Tennant had the role he ran with it. It didn’t hurt that Tennant grew up as a massive fan of the classic series, able to drop the most obscure references to Mandrels and Sensorites at the drop of a hat.
SPACE Blog Post – David Tennant is this Generation's Tom Baker
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Previous investigations by the Radio Free Skaro crew into the names of Series 5/1/31 writers yielded a nearly perfect list now confirmed in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 417. While our efforts showed two episodes from the pen of Gareth Roberts, it is now known Roberts is writing but one episode with Men Behaving Badly writer/creator Simon Nye taking the other slot.
In no particular order, here are the Series 5/1/31 writers:
Steven Moffat (6 episodes)
Chris Chibnall (2 episodes)
Mark Gatiss (1 episode)
Toby Whithouse (1 episode)
Gareth Roberts (1 episode)
Simon Nye (1 episode)
Richard Curtis (1 episode)]]>
Doctor Who – The End of Time & The Specials Box Set Region 1 Art
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On February 2, we will see a standalone release of The Waters of Mars, a standalone release of The End of Time and a box set containing all the gap year specials, including the previously-released The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead. All releases will be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray (except The Next Doctor which was not shot in HD and will be unavailable on Blu-Ray). The US packaging carries an “As Seen on BBC America” notation; we can but assume the Canadian packaging will carry an “As Seen on SPACE” notation. Edit: Per Steve Manfred, The Next Doctor will be upconverted to 1080i and be on Blu-Ray as part of The Specials Box Set. |
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Gallifrey One Final Guest Update
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The good folks at Gallifrey One have announced the final big guest update for the upcoming convention. Added to the guest list are Bob Baker (co-creator of K-9 and scriptwriter), writers Kate Orman and Jonathan Blum and some non-Who guests to go along with previously announced notables such as Sarah Sutton, Katy Manning, Graeme Harper, Phil Ford and so many others.
The convention runs from February 26-28 in Los Angeles and the entire Radio Free Skaro crew will be in attendance to bring you reports, interviews and daily podcasts as is fast becoming an annual tradition.]]>
Radio Free Skaro #175 – The End of The End of Time
< It’s the End of Time and the end of an era, and the Three Who Rule were all over the map in their praise and derision of David Tennant and RTD’s swan song. One thing they all did agree on was their palpable excitement over Matt Smith’s new Doctor and Steven Moffat’s upcoming stewardship of Doctor Who, and that it’ll be a long few months indeed before Spring 2010. Geronimo! |
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Doctor Who – Series 5 (Matt Smith) Trailer
<![CDATA[Behold the shape of things to come – a superb trailer for Series 5/1/31, starring Matt Smith, to be broadcast in Spring 2010:
SPACE Podcast – December 31, 2009
<![CDATA[On the latest SPACE Podcast, released in time for the Doctor Who marathon on SPACE on January 2, the Three Who Rule discuss the impact that David Tennant has left on the Doctor Who universe, both on screen and off. Also featured is an interview that SPACE podcast host Mark Askwith conducted with Russell T Davies! Have a listen for yourself!]]>
Radio Free Skaro #174 – The Beginning of The End of Time
< So it’s come to this. More than a year after David Tennant announced he was leaving the role of the Doctor, through endless speculation, theorizing and fanwank, we’ve finally reached the Tenth Doctor’s penultimate adventure, and….the results are not good. In fact, they’re disastrous. The Three Who Rule were moved to anger, bile, and sadness at Russell T. Davies’ constant and unnecessary need to outdo himself, at The Master’s penchant for leaping and lightning, exacerbated by the fact that all three of your august hosts were in the same room at the same time. In fact, there may have been a monkey knife fight, you’ll just have to listen to find out. Allons-sigh. |
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The End of Time Part Two BBC One Trailer
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To help whet the appetite for David Tennant’s swan song, we present here the BBC One trailer for The End of Time Part Two. The usual spoiler alerts apply, and anyone who’s waiting to see the episode on BBC America or SPACE — or delaying for any other reason — will definitely want to give this a miss for the time being.
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