The Eleventh Hour Sat 3 Apr 2010 18:25

Looks official enough although yet to be confirmed in any BBC press release.

From BBC programmes… Series 5 Adventures in time and space with the Eleventh Doctor and his companion Amy Pond.


The Eleventh Hour:

The Doctor has regenerated into a brand new man, but danger strikes before he can even recover. With the TARDIS wrecked, and the sonic screwdriver destroyed, the new Doctor has just 20 minutes to save the whole world – and only Amy Pond to help him.

Source www.bbc.co.uk/programmes

The 11th Doctor embarks on his maiden voyage… with a whistle-stop tour presenting five regional premiers across the UK

From The BBC Press office…

Belfast, Inverness, Sunderland, Salford, Northampton


Doctor Who will begin an exciting national tour across the UK in March, introducing the new Doctor to fans of the series in five different locations spanning the length and breadth of the British Isles.

The tour will introduce the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith, and his Companion, Karen Gillan, to fans of the BBC One show and offer them a unique chance to meet the stars.

Each location will also host a regional premiere of episode one, The Eleventh Hour, for local children, working alongside BBC Outreach to enable kids to get a first look at the new Doctor in action.

Matt and Karen will travel around the UK on a specially themed Doctor Who tour bus, featuring the new TARDIS logo and iconic imagery.

BBC Outreach proactively takes the BBC into specific communities and sections of society, and has been integral in organising and supporting the tour.

The focus of the tour is to reach relatively under-served communities by the BBC.

The Doctor’s maiden voyage will commence on 29 March in Belfast, and then travel to Karen Gillan’s home town, Inverness, for a screening on 30 March.

The bus will then move on to Sunderland that afternoon and Salford on Wednesday 31 March before finishing later that day in Northampton – Matt Smith’s hometown.

Following the tour, from 1 to 3 April, the BBC will also hold events for three days at selected BBC Big Screens across the UK giving Doctor Who fans in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Plymouth and Swansea the chance to interact directly with the show in their home towns.

The events will feature exclusive footage – including the chance to see the Doctor Who trailer in 3D – and giveaways, and fans can also get their photo taken tumbling through the giant vortex.

Visitors will be able to meet some of the scariest monsters that have had viewers watching from behind their sofa for generations as well.

Piers Wenger, Executive Producer, and Head of Drama, BBC Wales, said: “This is a great opportunity for the new Doctor and his Companion to interface directly with the people who matter most to Doctor Who: the fans.

“The chance to visit them in their hometowns will ensure that the 11th Doctor’s maiden voyage is an utterly magical one.”

Alec McGivan, Head of BBC Outreach, added: “Outreach is all about getting face to face with people so they can get involved and experience the BBC in a different and exciting way – we’re delighted to be able to take one of the BBC’s best loved brands out to its audience.”

Filming continues on the up-coming series 5 of Doctor Who.

Matt Smith has been spotted playing football and on-site set reporters say this does appear to be part of the storyline.

Some images below appear to show the 11th Doctor collecting junk.The Blue peter competition perhaps?

Above images and video thanks to mugim0e

Above images thanks to Scooty

Above images Thanks to Alun_Vega. Original larger images can bee seen Here (some rights reserved )

Above images thanks to Brian_Damage

A celebration of the TV sidekick
Tuesday, 21:00 on BBC Four

Narrated by Catherine Tate (Donna Noble to David Tennant’s Dr Who), Sidekick Stories looks at the role of the assistant/companion on television, from drama to sitcom, and light entertainment to children’s programmes.

What are the literary antecedents of the TV sidekick – and who’s the greatest of them all? What’s the dramatic function of the game show hostess? Did the That’s Life reporters feel emasculated? How do you create a memorable robot? And what’s it like playing straight man to a puppet?

We examine the role of the companion in Dr Who (the man with the most sidekicks in TV history) and reveal the hidden talents of the magician’s assistant. There’s Edward Hardwicke on how to play Dr Watson; Andrew Sachs on the enduring appeal of Manuel, and Isla St Clair on life as ‘principal boy’ to Larry Grayson’s ‘dame’.

The show also features Ian Carmichael (Lord Peter Wimsey; Jeeves and Wooster) in his last ever television interview.

Credits

Narrator Catherine Tate
Participant Andrew Sachs
Participant Edward Hardwicke
Participant Tony Robinson
Participant Elisabeth Sladen
Participant Robert Llewellyn
Participant Marshall Lancaster
Participant Isla St Clair
Participant Matthew Corbett
Participant Roy North
Participant Debbie McGee
Participant Matthew Sweet
Participant Kim Newman
Participant David Quantick
Participant Val McDermid

Director Rachel Boyd
Producer Rachel Boyd
Executive Producer John Moulson

Sarah Jane returns to CBBC for two further series of adventures

From the BBC Press office…

CBBC Controller Damian Kavanagh has commissioned two new series (24 x 30-minutes) of hugely successful Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures, which will see the intrepid investigative journalist and her gang of young sidekicks continue to enthral children for the foreseeable future.

Created by Russell T Davies, and featuring one of Doctor Who’s most famous companions, Sarah Jane Smith, The Sarah Jane Adventures is made by BBC Cymru Wales and has been a huge hit on CBBC since its debut in 2007, with viewing figures continuing to grow year on year.

The fourth series, set to air this autumn, will again star Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane. Young actors Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony and Anjli Mohindra return as popular regulars Luke, Clyde and Rani.

The new adventures will feature the usual mixture of thrills, scares and fun with enemies old and new, including the terrors of the Nightmare Man, the sinister Shansheeth, the series’ first visit to an alien world, and even a dangerous journey back into history.

The series will go into production in Cardiff later this month with series three producer Nikki Wilson stepping up alongside Russell T Davies as executive producer and new producer Brian Minchin joining the team.

Damian Kavanagh says: “We are thrilled to be making many more episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures.

“It is been a huge ratings and critical success on CBBC and we hope our viewers are going to be hooked on Sarah Jane’s action-packed adventures for some time to come.”

BBC Wales Head of English Language Programmes, Clare Hudson, says: “The idea for The Sarah Jane Adventures sprang from the success of Doctor Who and it has since rocketed in popularity in its own right, thanks to the vision, talent and hard work of the show’s brilliant cast and crew.”

The fifth series will go into production in 2011 for transmission later that year.

Writers on the fourth series include Phil Ford (also co-producer), Joseph Lidster, Rupert Laight, Gareth Roberts and Clayton Hickman.

The Sarah Jane Adventures is a BBC Cymru Wales/Children’s BBC Production.

The press release can be seen Here

More Series 5 Episode Titles

Issue 419 of Doctor Who Magazine has revealed 3 more Titles form the up-coming series 5 although these will probably come as no surprise.

Like everything these are however subject to change.

They are as follows…

The Time of Angels
Flesh and Stone
Vampires in Venice

These add to the already known

The Eleventh Hour
The Beast Below
Victory of the Daleks

February News Summary

Each month we will now be adding a summary covering all the main news from Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures and K9.

Merchandise will also be included.

You will be able to see at a glance all the news on one page with links back to the main article on the site.

February’s news summary is now online Here

Today saw various Doctor Who costumes and memorabilia from the BBC Archive go under the hammer at Bonhams Auction house.

One of the most anticipated lots, An Imperial Dalek from Remembrance of the Daleks which had an estimate of £5,000 – 7,000 sold for £15,600

A Remembrance Dalek, altered for Exhibition purposes Sold for £20,400

Other highlights included…

Torchwood SUV Land Rover

Sold for £18,000

A Vacform/Steel frame section of Tardis,

Sold for £3,840

The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) complete costume from Voyage of the Damned

Sold for £5,040

The Next Doctor Jackson Lake (David Morrissey) complete costume

Sold for £3,120

Astrid Peth (Kylie Minogue) complete waitress costume from Voyage of the Damned

Sold for £3,120

Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) Tooth and Claw two-piece costume

Sold for £1,560

The Curse of Fenric Naval Haemovore costume

Sold for £900

Silver Nemesis Cyberman costume

Sold for £4,080

The Kandyman from The Happiness Patrol

Sold for £1,920

Remembrance of the Daleks altered for Exhibition purposes

Sold for £20,400

Remembrance of the Daleks Battle Chair

Sold for £6,600

Ace (Sophie Aldred) complete principal costume from Dragonfire

Sold for £3,240

The Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) collection of accessories from Time and the Rani

Sold for £1,440

Sharaz Jek’s headpiece from The Caves of Androzani

Sold for £4,800

1988 A Cyberman costume from The Five Doctors and Silver Nemesis

Sold for £4,080

A Cyberman costume from The Five Doctors and Silver Nemesis

Sold for £8,400

A Cyberman form The Five Doctors and Silver Nemesis

Sold for £9,600

Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) complete costume from Castrovalva

Sold for £3,360

The Pirate Captain costume

Sold for £3,840

A Sarcophagus Cover from Pyramids of Mars

Sold for £4,800

All prices include buyers premium

Full details and final values of all items can be seen on the Bonhams website Here

Bonhams Costumes and Props Auction

The widely reported Auction of Doctor Who Costumes and Props from the BBC Archive takes place on Wednesday 24 February 2010.