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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Glyn Talbot
July 25th, 2013 - 12:39pmAfter reading all the messages there no 8th Doctor being mentioned anywhere in the Time War because he was in the thick of it any way.
the astroanout of death
July 25th, 2013 - 12:09pmin an interview matt smith has let slip that in the 11th doctors final story he will be going back to trenzelor
ROB STATE
July 25th, 2013 - 11:30amit’ll be worth the wait, when we finally see the trailer. i think its fair enough that the Who fans who pay a premium at the San Diego Comic con get an exclusive, or it would lower the value of the experience.
MasterKasterborous
July 25th, 2013 - 12:49amIt’s a trailer…
We’ll see it soon!
Matt Smithy
July 24th, 2013 - 9:45pmyea, but it was IN America. Usually, when you decide where to show something, there will be more of that nationality there, so they clearly aimed for Americans. What’s that? No British Comic Con? Then just release it online an hour or so later!
Calli Arcale
July 24th, 2013 - 6:00pmHe hasn’t actually explicitly said, and anyway, the Moff Lies. I would say anything is on the table. The only ones who actually *have* expressed an opinion are some of the classic Doctors themselves. The two Bakers in particular have expressed the sentiment that they themselves would be very difficult to bring back as they look so different now.
Calli Arcale
July 24th, 2013 - 5:58pmIf it helps at all, Americans as a whole are not getting the trailer either. Just the lucky few who went to Comic Con (which, by the way, is not restricted by nationality, just the ability to actually get a ticket in the hour or so after they go on sale) and who managed to squeeze their way in to the Doctor Who panel. Everybody else is just as SOL as you are. Faint consolation, I’m sure.
Anonymous
July 24th, 2013 - 5:48pmIn the latest issue of Radio Times (27th July to 2 nd August) it says they have heard one of the classic doctors will be returning
lisa
July 24th, 2013 - 4:14pmI did think of starting an online petition, but don’t know how to..we should voice our concerns though but what email address do we send them to?
Matt Smithy
July 24th, 2013 - 4:02pmI know how you feel :/
The Moffat Paradox
July 24th, 2013 - 3:21pmIf we are all dissatisfied by the preferential showing of trailers abroad then there is only one answer which is complain en masse to the BBC about it so that a formal response has to be given. Although actual series episodes being screened elsewhere before in the UK would be a far greater transgression.
Doctor Stu
July 24th, 2013 - 11:47amThis is what we can tell from previous episodes if we are hardcore fans but Steven Moffat should have written in the script something like the Dalek priminister says “the paradigm travelled the universe, advancing the Dalek race in numbers and power” something like this would of at least helped keep fans up to date rather than letting them assume as to why all of these Daleks have appeared
Doctor Stu
July 24th, 2013 - 11:40amKeep coming back to this page trying to see if first official images changes to first official images + trailer. I must see it along with everyone else.
space1999
July 24th, 2013 - 10:30amthis is the time war it pretty much is you can see a time lord symboal in the background in one of the pictures and lets hope in the 50th the havent forgot who the dr was
lisa
July 24th, 2013 - 10:08amit makes me feel sad that other countries are prioritised first. I do feel a bit let down by the marketing of the 50th (apart from this site) as it seems that there is a certain attitude towards british fans that things are rushed and it all feels a bit last minute. I am also getting really stressed about pre orders as well, being able to order something and then having to wait a couple of years for stock (which is always due in but never arrives), I would rather we were told straight by these companies and the bbc.
Radburn
July 24th, 2013 - 10:01amGALLIFREY!
Anonymous
July 24th, 2013 - 9:56amTrue but the bbc don’t care about us
booboo
July 24th, 2013 - 9:53amthat’s, as long as they dont forget the people who have been paying for it for the last 50 years
Anonymous
July 24th, 2013 - 9:51amThe bbc will never listen to us all they care about is the opionion of people that just kiss there boots and say we love the product
Anonymous
July 24th, 2013 - 9:48amIts because the bbc want to expand dr who. If they succsesfully sell the show over sea’s they will make lots of money
Anonymous
July 24th, 2013 - 9:45amWhy are the bbc putting other contries first I mean we are the ones who actualy pay for the show
Professor When
July 24th, 2013 - 9:23amIf you’re going to make this big deal about the new ‘Pure Daleks’, then please use that concept instead of using the tired old bronzies. I am SO SICK OF THESE THINGS. I loved the paradigm design, I really hope they get to show their new colours (geddit). 😀
It felt like that just because a few butt-hurt fanboys complained, the new Dalek design was scrapped. I don’t see how this is any better than, I don’t know, bringing back David Tennant as the Doctor when Matt leaves. Fans would hate that, so why must they support the ‘Bronze Decision’? :/
cyberman2
July 24th, 2013 - 9:10amthey get all the trailers first, they get exclusives and all. ive read some comments about america getting the 50th anniversary trailer first and austalia getting an adventure in time and space trailer first. AND GUESS WHAT WE GET? NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cyberman2
July 24th, 2013 - 9:07amim getting quite angry at bbc after reading about other countries getting doctor who stuff first even though the uk is where doctor who belongs. WHY BBC WHY!!!!!
The Big Blue Box
July 24th, 2013 - 8:18amMaybe… 🙁
The Big Blue Box
July 24th, 2013 - 8:17amWhy is everyone else getting trailers (America and France) and we only get a couple of images? I mean, they are amazing images but ‘Doctor Who’ is British after all!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
July 24th, 2013 - 7:35amThe Dalek Asylum existed long before the Time War, only during the classic series, it was completely unknown to us.
Over the years, the Daleks no doubt sent ships containing their damaged and insane Daleks to the Dalek Asylum, and just left them there.
Dalek: the Supreme
July 24th, 2013 - 5:05amI wanna see it! It sounds like the King, Queen, Supreme Dalek, Lord President, Mr. President, and Czar of all trailers!
Dalek: the Supreme
July 24th, 2013 - 5:02amThe actual Dalek mutants were impure, not the travel machines. The New Dalek Paradigm are higher ranking Daleks.
booboo
July 24th, 2013 - 4:37amwe don’t know he hasn’t yet