July 22nd, 2013
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Daleks’ Return For The 50th Special First official Images
Daleks’ Return For The 50th Special First official Image!
From the official site
The BBC has announced that the Doctor’s most famous foes, the Daleks, will return to Doctor Who in the show’s fiftieth anniversary special. We’ll bring you more news about the adventure as it emerges, but for now, here’s the latest press release in full:
MATT SMITH, DAVID TENNANT AND JOHN HURT TO FACE OFF AGAINST DALEKS IN 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
The Doctors, Matt Smith, David Tennant and John Hurt will battle the deadly Daleks, the BBC announces today, in the show’s 50th anniversary special.
Returning to BBC One on 23 November the highly anticipated adventure will star: Matt Smith; Jenna Coleman; David Tennant; Billie Piper; John Hurt and Joanna Page. In a surprise twist in the recent series finale it was revealed John Hurt would be playing a Doctor, alongside Smith and Tennant.
The Daleks are the second monster to be announced for the 50th and will join the shape shifting Zygons, which have only appeared in the show once before in 1975. The Daleks were one of the first monsters to terrify audiences in 1963, 50 years ago, cementing their place in British popular culture.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, said:
“The Doctor once said that you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies, so it’s fitting that for this very special episode, he should be facing the greatest enemies of all.”
The 50th anniversary episode was shot earlier this year at BBC Cymru Wales’ Roath Lock Studios in Cardiff and across South Wales. Filming also took place in iconic London locations the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square for a huge stunt, which saw Matt Smith dangling from a TARDIS alongside Nelson’s Column.
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spaceBUZZlite
July 24th, 2013 - 2:15amThe French got an adventure in space and time trailer
The Americans got a trailer for the 50th
And what does Britain get, the place where doctor who was made, the one that pays for who to be on, we get three pictures of daleks……..
Don’t go to overboard BBC…..:(
Doctor Stu
July 23rd, 2013 - 11:57pmBut why kill the remaining bronze, Daleks if only to create an army of more bronze Daleks. LOVE DALEKS SO MUCH
but let’s just hope they actually fire their weapons this time and seem menacing, we want to see death, danger and destruction
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 11:00pmWhy does stevan moffat think its a good idea NOT to include classic doctors I mean come on its the 50th aniversary not the 8th aniversary. They have the cast of an adventure in space and time so why not use them and anyway old doctors should at least make cameos
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:57pmHow do u know if it is betterit could be a short 30 second one
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:54pmEveryone stop complaining! A better trailer is probably on the way!!!
pug dalek
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:46pmI love the new daleks to
eddy
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:26pmdoctor who will never go to ITV, it would be also that thye would refuse adverts in doctor who, doctor who being on BBC 50 years, its not going to change, trailer now tomorrow or never
RYCBAR123
July 23rd, 2013 - 9:21pmWas I the only one that giggled at ‘Da-wrecked’?
Matt Smithy
July 23rd, 2013 - 8:25pmgive us the trailer BBC! We need to beg them enough!
The Supreme Dalek
July 23rd, 2013 - 7:53pmThis sounds brilliant! 😀
Even though I never really liked Rose, it will be nice to see her return for the anniversary. Clara sounds as if she isn’t used much in it. And I hope the Zygons are the main villains !
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 7:07pmThere must be classic doctors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JAMIE
July 23rd, 2013 - 5:55pmThe Daleks built a new empire when they escaped through the time corridor at the end of Victory of the Daleks. That’s where all the Daleks came from in Asylum of the Daleks.
David Jones
July 23rd, 2013 - 5:16pmWhy would he have to be involved? With cgi being the way it is as long as you could have access to past footage you could work something out.
Look what they did for The Name of the Doctor.
David Jones
July 23rd, 2013 - 5:14pmI am really think Moffat made the right choice to do more of a Three Doctor Episode and concentrate of the interplay. The Five Doctors (cough 4) had its charms but trying to give everyone something to do did hurt the plot a lot to the point you could drive a bus through the holes.
David Jones
July 23rd, 2013 - 5:08pmFinally the Daleks come back in a decent way. I got sick of them popping up in the thousands when they are all meant to be dead. Like the Time War never happened. The Asylum was the worst as were the hell did they all come from? Did they all escape through the window when the Time Lords attempted to in The End of Time?
Most people agree it is the real 10th Doctor and Rose and not the meta crisis Doctor.
I like the idea of Elizabeth 1st being John Hurts Doctors companion. I am interested to see if he becomes an actual regeneration between the 8th and 9th Doctor or like the Watcher and Valyard he is some form of projection. His clothes indicate he is an inbetween Doctor. Also seeing him regenerate into the 9th would be cool. With cgi this would not be hard to do even without Ecclestone.
The Moffat Paradox
July 23rd, 2013 - 3:14pmWhen it hits ALL bases ONE of the best science fiction series when it IS science fiction and isn’t Moffat spacey wacy timey whimy(you know I and others opinion on that here) but not quite the very best.”Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages” as a little clue as to what that is.
To start to seriously claim that you would have to equal or exceed that other series/movies budget and be a true multi billion dollar worldwide franchise with at least as many fans as that other series/franchise has in the US alone. Which is why a proper return post Peter Cushing’s 2 movies to the big screen would have to be really got right.
thedaleksdeath
July 23rd, 2013 - 3:05pmSounds great nice nod to troughton 😀
the astronaut of death
July 23rd, 2013 - 12:24pmI have found a description of the trailer on the internet…
The trailer starts out on a haunting, dark note — Matt Smith is walking in the TARDIS, while in voiceover he says, “I’ve had many faces. Many lives. I don’t admit to all of them. There’s one life I’ve tried very hard to forget.” And we glimpse the Doctor talking to Clara about his greatest secret.
And then — what looks like the Time War, between the Daleks and the Time Lords! Seriously. Daleks blowing up, flames everywhere, everything going to Hell. And in the middle of all the carnage, John Hurt as the non-Doctor, looking resolute. “Great men are forged in fire,” he says. And then something about being the man who lit the flames.
And then, we get Tennant and Smith. Tennant, in his TARDIS, yells “Allons-y,” while Matt Smith, in his, yells “Geronimo!”
Rose pops up and warns that “the moment is coming.” And John Hurt’s non-Doctor says that he is ready for what’s going to happen.
And then: the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors comparing their sonic screwdrivers, as Tennant looks possibly a bit jealous of Smith’s screwdriver. And then a shot of both of them wearing clever glasses, while Smith wears his fez and they look delighted with their cool gear. And then a glimpse of Rose, looking excited.
Oh, and the TARDIS being airlifted down to Trafalgar Square with the Doctor hanging down from it.
Smith is in the TARDIS, when he says, “I remember this. I pretty much remember.” And we see twinkly lights traveling across the Earth.
David Tennant and John Hurt are inside Matt Smith’s TARDIS. “Oh, you’ve redecorated. I don’t like it,” Tennant says, channeling Patrick Troughton in “The Three Doctors.”
A title appears: “This fall, the Doctor will face his darkest day: Himself.”
And we see Zygons, plural. Busting out of a glass case. And then some more shots of Daleks blowing up and being torn apart and generally being Da-wrecked.
Inside the TARDIS, Tennant tells Smith, “For once, I would like to know where I’m going.” Smith responds: “No, you really wouldn’t.”
And then, someone says, “I’m looking for the Doctor.” And the camera pans around to show Hurt, Tennant and Smith, with the two Doctors trying not to look at their unacknowledged predecessor. Tennant shrugs and says, “Well, you’ve certainly come to the right place.”
doctor4131
July 23rd, 2013 - 11:29amWell they have to release a trailer at some point
the astronaut of death
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:57amwhy dose this always happen
the French got an adventure in time and space trailer first
the Americans got a 50th anniversary trailer first
and what do the British (the home of doctor who) get first ….NOTHING!!!!
booboo
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:39amthey will show a trailer, and then all this will be forgotten by most, it has caused a lot of ill feeling though
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:34amThis is bad on the bbc on a mercindiseing stand point. If refuse to show the trailer they will lose a large percent of there audience
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:31amCome on bbc its just a trailer what have u got to hide. Would it kill stevan moffat and the bbc to post it online.
If the BBC don’t give us the trailer soon I’ll switch over to ITV at least they can keep a promis
the astronaut of death
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:29amdisappointing 🙁
booboo
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:24amUK fans exclusive content doesn’t work I’m afraid – 30 seconds and it will be copied worldwide.
the astronaut of death
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:17amguys where not getting a trailer
here is an article I found
As many of you are already aware, Sunday saw the premiere of the 50th anniversary trailer at Doctor Who’s Comic-Con panel.
Reportedly this trailer was going to appear online, but as yet has failed to materialise. Understandably many fans are disappointed and upset, wondering just what is going on.
The bad news then, the BBC today told the RadioTimes: “This was an exclusive Comic Con trailer made especially for the Doctor Who 50th panel.”
However, it’s not all bad news: “UK fans can look forward to exclusive content over the next few months,” they added.
Granted this isn’t what the fans want to hear as the internet doesn’t like to wait for anything, especially when the trailer sounds so mouth-wateringly incredible.
It would have been nice if the BBC had released for all at the same time, especially for this 50th anniversary year, but that’s just the way it is.
Many will remember that this exact same situation occurred last year when the Series 7 clips were not released. A couple of weeks later a new trailer was released online. So perhaps we won’t have long to wait.
thedaleksdeath
July 23rd, 2013 - 10:14amI love the 2010 Dalek’s but the RTD Dalek’s are only back in the picture is because it’s the Timewar and most people hate the 2010 Dalek’s (Eventhough I love them)
Dalek: the Supreme
July 23rd, 2013 - 4:16amI like the new Daleks and some others on this website I’ve seen also like them. Never assume what everybody does or doesn’t like.
Dalek: the Supreme
July 23rd, 2013 - 4:14amMoffat runs the longest running (and best) science fiction series, and he needs a life? I don’t think so!
The Moffat Paradox
July 23rd, 2013 - 12:24amHe’ll be back eventually. Just like the Master. Speaking of which what of other renegade Time Lords as well like the Ranni?