March 1st, 2013
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Doctor Who to Return with The Bells of St John
Doctor Who to Return with ‘The Bells of St John’ – First Official Picture!
Doctor Who is to return to BBC One on 30 March in a modern day urban thriller announced today as ‘The Bells of St John’, as the first official image is revealed giving fans a sneak peak at what to expect from the epic new series.
Written by Steven Moffat, ‘The Bells of St John’ will mark the official introduction of the Doctor’s newest companion, Clara Oswald, played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. Having already made two appearances last year, the opening episode will be the first time fans get to see the Clara that will accompany the Doctor across the series’ eight adventures.
Set in London against the backdrop of new and old iconic landmarks, The Shard and Westminster Bridge, ‘The Bells of St John’ will also establish a new nemesis, the Spoonheads, who will battle the Doctor as he discovers something sinister is lurking in the Wi-Fi.
Steven Moffat, executive producer and lead writer, said:
“It’s the 50th year of Doctor Who and look what’s going on! We’re up in the sky and under the sea! We’re running round the rings of an alien world and then a haunted house. There’s new Cybermen, new Ice Warriors and a never before attempted journey to the centre of the TARDIS. And in the finale, the Doctor’s greatest secret will at last be revealed! If this wasn’t already our most exciting year it would be anyway!”
Featuring a movie a week from a ghost story to an underwater siege to a period drama, the new series will also introduce new monsters, as well as bringing back fan favourites the Ice Warriors and Cybermen.
Meanwhile the series’ stellar list of guest stars include: Celia Imrie; Richard E Grant; Warwick Davis, Jessica Raine; Dougray Scott and Tamzin Outhwaite, as well as for the first time on screen together, mother and daughter Dame Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling.
Images courtesy of BBC Pictures
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Alex (www.tzwhoworld.weebly.com)
March 7th, 2013 - 7:34amI’m seriously loving doctor who now. And missing it, why 4 weeks more wait! I’m in a mood 🙁
Alex (www.tzwhoworld.weebly.com)
March 7th, 2013 - 7:33amI thought that the pilot fish were a clever monster
Alex (www.tzwhoworld.weebly.com)
March 7th, 2013 - 7:32amDose?
Alex (www.tzwhoworld.weebly.com)
March 7th, 2013 - 7:31amYup 😉
Alex (www.tzwhoworld.weebly.com)
March 7th, 2013 - 7:26amHow dare you put mr.tennant last!!!! You deserve to be imprisoned!!!
Rumplestiltskin
March 7th, 2013 - 4:53amI read somewhere that in the time War, each Timelord was given another cycle of regenerations so they will be able to fight without dying and so they can win the war against the Daleks. That last bit, to win the war against the Daleks, didn’t go down so well.
Dalek The Supreme
March 6th, 2013 - 11:08pmI don’t want to sound rude or like I’m attacking you, but Jon Pertwee acted like the boss of his other incarnations too. In fact, they all did except for Peter Davison.
My Doctors from most to least favorite:
1. Matt Smith
2. Tom Baker
3. Patrick Troughton
4. Sylvester McCoy
5. Peter Davison
6. Christopher Eccleston
7. Paul McGann
8. William Hartnell
9. Jon Pertwee
10. Colin Baker
11. David Tennant
Dalek The Supreme
March 6th, 2013 - 11:04pmUnlikely since they just had a Dalek story, but I’m hoping for a Dalek season finale!
cyberman2
March 6th, 2013 - 8:08pmi know
lew
March 6th, 2013 - 6:58pmthe great intelligence might be an anagram of something
lew
March 6th, 2013 - 6:54pmremember what the doctor said in the snowmen he said that he fixed strax up but he has a short memory 🙂
lew
March 6th, 2013 - 6:33pmyour right it does look like slender :p
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 6th, 2013 - 8:20amSlenderman is from a game called Slender.
The objective is to get out of some dark woods alive without running into the Slenderman, otherwise he ends up killing you.
Scott the Raptor
March 5th, 2013 - 11:39pmA horror type character with no facial features. He has a close resemblance to the silence.
The Ice Warrior
March 5th, 2013 - 10:06pmi know this will sond thick but whats slenderman
davidtennant4eves
March 5th, 2013 - 9:32pmso am i 🙂
davidtennant4eves
March 5th, 2013 - 9:26pmthis may be that I’m american but in one of the photos it looks like slenderman,just saying
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 5th, 2013 - 5:42pmI am really looking forward to this now!!!!
Dalek of Doom
March 5th, 2013 - 4:56pmThis all comes from Russell T Davies, no longer in charge of Doctor Who, who added this in to SJA, without probably getting Moffat’s opinion. Don’t let it get to you. Imagine the complaints the BBC would get if they said that Doctor Who is ending because of a stupid line, said in a spin-off? Seriously.
Dalek of Doom
March 5th, 2013 - 4:53pmMatt Smith is probably my fave Doc.
Dalek of Doom
March 5th, 2013 - 4:53pmTypical Moffat.
Dalek of Doom
March 5th, 2013 - 4:52pmAnybody think two of them Monsters look like the Hoix and The Trickster? What’s that Pig like Alien?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 5th, 2013 - 8:57amSeeing as some of you guys have been saying recently that the Doctors new coat makes him look like the Joker from Batman [which I quite agree 😀 ] Ive just uploaded an edited version of the above picture of the Doctor and Clara on the bike, with the Joker kinda replacing the Doctor. You can view the upload on Deviant Art, just look for –
Doctor Who / Batman – Joker was here !.
Dalek Sec
March 5th, 2013 - 2:46amSea devils would be awesome. I also want something Daleky this year. 🙂
The Silence
March 4th, 2013 - 8:43pmThe robots disguised as Santas in ‘The Christmas Invasion’ and ‘The Runaway Bride’.
the astronaut of death
March 4th, 2013 - 8:01pmwell there is a st john ambulance sign on the tardis
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 4th, 2013 - 5:47pmSt.John can mean anything.
If you look up St.John on Google, the searches show it is the name of a restaurant, the name of the UK’s leading first aid charity [St.John’s Ambulance], a Church near the houses of Parliament, a reference to John the Apostle in the Bible, and also the name of a College in Cambridge, a Church in my hometown of Ilford, an institute of dermatology in Kings College in London, and also another Church located in Statford.
This is gallifrey, our childhood, our home
March 4th, 2013 - 5:13pmMaybe St,John means John Smith, like the Doctor!
Scott the Raptor
March 4th, 2013 - 4:58pmThe only similarity between them is the colour of their skin. These creatures and the silence look nothing alike.
DOCTOR WHO ONE
March 4th, 2013 - 4:54pmWell for one thing – Rule 1: THE DOCTOR LIES.
I don’t believe what he told Clyde in the Sarah Jane Adventures story ‘Death of the Doctor’, so rule 1 defiantly applies there.
From what we do know about regeneration –
A Time Lord can only regenerate 12 times, granting them 13 total incarnations.
Before the Time War, Time Lords could be granted a complete new life cycle of regenerations, so if you added a Time Lord used up number of 13 lives with 13 more given to them in a new life cycle, then you’d get 26 incarnations of a Time Lord in all
River Song has perhaps only used up 2 regenerations already as seen in 2 episodes of Doctor Who, and she then gave the rest to the Doctor, so by adding Rivers 11 final regenerations to the Doctors final 2, he should be able to regenerate 13 more times, allowing him to live up to a 24th incarnation – The 24th Doctor 😀