August 27th, 2012
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Doctor Who Pond Life Part One Now live
Doctor Who Pond LifePart One Now live
The first episode of Pond Life is available now official BBC website at noon.
From the official site…
Whilst the Ponds enjoy life at home, the Doctor has been having some unplanned adventures… Available from Monday, 27 August at noon.
Matt Smith returns as the Doctor and called Asylum of the Daleks ‘a cracker’, adding, ‘Steven [Moffat] has written an absolute belter and we have made the Daleks scary again’. But before that, we have Pond Life to look forward to!
Featuring the Doctor, Amy and Rory, this five-part mini-adventure premieres on this site at noon on Monday with parts 2-5 stripped daily across the week. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Saul Metzstein, the omnibus version of Pond Life will be shown on the BBC’s Red Button on Saturday, 1st September.
Chris Chibnall commented, ‘Pond Life provides us with a lovely opportunity to catch-up with Amy and Rory since we saw them at the end of the last series. It opens with the Ponds at home and gives us an insight in to just what happens when the Doctor drops in and out of their lives. Travelling with the Doctor is one of the greatest things you can do, but it’s fun to spend a few moments looking at the chaos he can also bring.’
Caroline Skinner, Executive Producer, said ‘Chris has written a beautiful, heartfelt and wickedly funny piece about the adventures the Ponds have been having with the Doctor since we last saw them on-screen. It’s not long till the series itself will be back with a vengeance – but in the meantime, Pond Life is a truly heart-warming piece about our best-loved companions and their madcap relationship with their raggedy Doctor.’
We’ll be bringing you more about the new series and Pond Life soon!
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The Time Lord of Doom
August 27th, 2012 - 7:38pmYes, I enjoyed it, but will the rest actually be 10 minutes? I was wondering because on YouTube, BBC have put it as a prequel. 🙂
Give me a Dalek any day
August 27th, 2012 - 7:32pmThe Doctor “laying down some backing vocals”? I’d cringe, but it’s done so well and it’s played really well by Matt Smith. 🙂
A truly wonderful little mini episode with lots of wonderful little moments played superbly by Matt Smith. I look forward to the rest of them! 😀
“Oh dear! I appear to have collided with Ancient Greece!”
tom
August 27th, 2012 - 4:39pmthat was it, it said “Duration: 10 minutes” on the dr who site but there was no video so i went on youtube and watched it on there. it was really short but good.
Give me a Dalek any day
August 27th, 2012 - 7:23pmAll 5 episodes added up makes 10 minutes!
tom
August 27th, 2012 - 8:12pmyeah, i thought about that after i sent the comment lol
tom
August 27th, 2012 - 8:15pmso the other episodes need to be at least 2.15 each
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
August 27th, 2012 - 9:49pmi thought each one was 10 mins! this is way too short.
daleksean
August 27th, 2012 - 4:21pmit was good but not what i expected
anonymous
August 27th, 2012 - 3:32pmi can not wait until saturday. asylum of the daleks. woohoo
Proffesor When
August 27th, 2012 - 1:25pmIt was great! Very Funny :Grin:
Adam
August 27th, 2012 - 12:56pmyes!!!!!!!!!!!
the TARDIS
August 27th, 2012 - 12:27pmLooking forwards to Pond Life, I’m just about to watch it on the website. And I really like the new look, but I wish the blue box at the top would go away.
BOOBOO JR
August 27th, 2012 - 12:10pmJust watched it, wonder what else is going to happen throughout the week?
dalek eternal
August 27th, 2012 - 12:10pmjust watched it it was quie good tught it would be longer
the astronaut of death
August 27th, 2012 - 12:07pmjust watched it thouht it would be a bit longer but it was still brilliant
my fav part was when the doctor was a rapper
the astronaut of death
August 27th, 2012 - 12:11pmand do you think that will be the new title squence
Jim
August 27th, 2012 - 4:06pmI noticed two things about it one it didn’t even have the logo in it. And the words “pond life” we’re in an awful font
jack
August 27th, 2012 - 12:04pmJust watched really funny my fav bit is when the doctors doing a crumpit and a women strips off lol
Matthew Littledyke
August 27th, 2012 - 11:37amWow can’t wait
Tardis’nt
August 27th, 2012 - 10:17ami can’t wait, it seems as though everything is turning orange recently, the official site, now this. I do like this new layout though 😀
BOOBOO JR
August 27th, 2012 - 8:38amJust a few hours to go until Pond Life! Can’t wait!!!
Matt smithy
August 27th, 2012 - 10:10amI am going camping in wales at 11 so I will have to wait until the afternoon to see it! D:
Give me a Dalek any day
August 27th, 2012 - 7:37am😀 😀 It’s today!!! 😀 YAY! 🙂 😀
pathdw98
August 25th, 2012 - 5:51pmdoes anyone know what time pond life will be on the red button on freeview on saturday? because i want to record it. not waiting for dvd box set as who knows when it will be released
Commander Strax
August 28th, 2012 - 6:01pmIt will be on 6:10-7:20pm 🙂 (From Radio Times)
kera
August 25th, 2012 - 2:21amWell goodbye being bored. Hello fun!
the astronaut of death
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:45pmguys some pics of a a pond life have been relesead there are three pics
pic 1. the doctor is holding some sort of metal stick with a crumpet on the end of it
pic 2. amy in rory are in bed with there eys open
pic 3. the doctor is standing there pulling a weird face and behind him are three sontarnans
booboo
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:50pmyes they are here http://tv.uk.msn.com/drama/doctor-who-to-return-in-mini-series-entitled-pond-life
Give me a Dalek any day
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:51pmWill you put them on the site booboo?
booboo
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:55pmif they go on BBC pictures
Give me a Dalek any day
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:57pmOk. 🙂
Adam
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:52amcool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
11matt
August 23rd, 2012 - 9:08amsounds good hope this becomes a spin-off
whovianmaster
August 23rd, 2012 - 7:17amthe sontarans are going to be in one the five part episodes 😀 can’t wait!
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
August 22nd, 2012 - 6:44pminteresting
Anon
August 22nd, 2012 - 4:40pmHmm…….. Does anyone else notice that Chris Chinball is writing these? Just because he’s writing episode 4 which is meant to be an insight into the Pond’s life as well…..
Give me a Dalek any day
August 22nd, 2012 - 4:26pmYAY! 😀
Jason doctorwhoone
August 22nd, 2012 - 4:02pmSounds like a spin-off to me, looking at the lives of the Doctor’s companions when his not around, much like Jack’s life in Torchwood and Sarah’s life in K9 and Company and the Sarah Jane Adventures.
Anonymous
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:41pmWill it have monsters?
Commander Strax
August 22nd, 2012 - 5:39pmI dont think so.
Jim
August 27th, 2012 - 9:57amThe sontarans are in one of the parts
Doctor Stu
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:27pmsounds good
Matt smithy
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:04pmThe day after my birthday! 😀
So much news! A new Rory figure, the first episode date, this! Do you have any more infomation on this? I would love to know more about this and it will be a brilliant birthday present rather than Dr who that we thought would be on the 25th!
Matt smithy
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:06pmoh, you do have more infomation on it, I was just looking befor you had the chance to add it 😀
jack
August 26th, 2012 - 8:16pmhappy bday
charliec3po
August 22nd, 2012 - 3:02pmsounds great i will look forward to it