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The Zygons Return for the 50th Anniversary Special
The Zygons Return for the 50th Anniversary Special
From The Official Site…
We’re delighted to confirm that the Zygons are returning to Doctor Who for the show’s 50th anniversary special.
Aside from flashbacks these malevolent shape-shifters have only appeared once before, threatening Earth in the Fourth Doctor adventure, Terror of the Zygons. Despite the fact that their solitary outing was over thirty years ago they remain a popular old enemy and in the 2010 episode, The Pandorica Opens, they were amongst the massed aliens said to be gathering above Stonehenge. Later, in The Power of Three, we learnt that Zygons had one of their ships under the Savoy Hotel in 1890 and apparently replaced half the staff with imposters! But this time they really are back…
We’ve already confirmed that in the anniversary special Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman will be joined by the returning David Tennant and Billie Piper. Screen legend John Hurt is also in the cast and earlier today we revealed that Joanna Page (Gavin & Stacey, The Syndicate) would also be appearing in this eagerly anticipated adventure.
We’ll be brining you more news soon!
dalek eternal
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:12pmif anyones interested a member of the conicl of neth said dr who is filming there all this week and will be filming all around the city including a town hall there and if youre looking for where their filming follow the green signs attached to lamposts that say base and when u get to the base follow signs called loc for location
dalek eternal
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:48pmmean council
Anonymous
April 4th, 2013 - 2:58pmWhere is Neth?
dalek eternal
April 4th, 2013 - 6:24pmits in wales
Anonymous
April 6th, 2013 - 9:46pmWish I was there
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
April 3rd, 2013 - 11:10amsounds good!
Matt Hester
April 3rd, 2013 - 10:58amThis is great news. For the 50th anniversary, I want them bring back a few monsters from each doctors era
Joe
April 3rd, 2013 - 10:23amJust re-watched Ed Stradling’s interview with Moffat. He was asked “when are we ever going to see the return of the Zygons?” Moffat replies with “Who knows?……..well i know.” Clever *******!
Steampunk Doctor
April 3rd, 2013 - 9:17amLOVE THESE GUYS !
John Smith
April 3rd, 2013 - 9:06amHa HA! AWESOME! Glad to see another classic monster back!
Twelfth Cyber Legion
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:22amI love the slightly new faces, they make the zygon look more scary, no offence to the actor underneath.
Liason Ice
April 3rd, 2013 - 7:36amI hope they don’t rehash the 5 Doctors by just throwing in lots of popular enemies and old Doctors.
So far this looks so awesome though
Dalek The Supreme
April 5th, 2013 - 1:53pmI wouldn’t mind seeing a plot like The Five Doctors, only this time, we could have the monsters actually meeting eachother and fighting, imagine Daleks vs Autons, or Cybermen vs Zygons! 😀
Scott the Raptor
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:35amDavid Tennant must have been so excited when he heard that he’d encounter The Zygons in the 50th.
pathdw98
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:01amThe Zygons are back for the 50th. Any tiny doubts I had about the special are fast evaporating. Just hope all the doctors appear in this, then it truly will be the greatest event in who history. Can’t wait for November now.
LOVE PEACE AND THE TIME VORTEX
April 10th, 2013 - 2:43amDidn’t you hear?? The 9th doctor turned down the invitation!!
TheMadManWithABox1
April 2nd, 2013 - 11:11pmI personly don’t think this is trenzalore as I imagined the fields of trenzalore as possibly a battle field
Joe
April 3rd, 2013 - 9:59amif it is Trenzalore, they will probably add some CGI to it to make it look more authentic.
TheMadManWithABox1
April 3rd, 2013 - 11:54amOh yeah
dalek eternal
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:15pmi dont think its trenzalore as well i seen them filming yesterday there and it was set up as a medieval era with a stunt man riding a horse and tennants tardis on the other side of the field
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 10:26pmBooboo do you think that the daleks will return?
The Supreme Dalek
April 2nd, 2013 - 11:01pmTHE DALEKS ARE SUPERIOR! WE WILL RETURN! EXTERMINATE!
Space1999
April 3rd, 2013 - 6:22amDam right you will
Sorry I have trouble believing the daleks forgot the doctor
Dalek The Supreme
April 5th, 2013 - 1:54pmDOC-TOR?! WHO IS THIS DOC-TOR?! DOC-TOR WHO?!?
LOVE PEACE AND THE TIME VORTEX
April 10th, 2013 - 2:47amDALEKS are clearly one of my favorite monsters, along with the cyber men and the great intelligence
outnumbered
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:32pmno no no no. just no. why do they have to be back
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 10:15pmBeacuse its the 50th aniversary year and there a fan favorite
Dr who
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:18amYep I love the zygons….so no to you
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:46amI don’t. I think they look like horrid giant Fetuses.
drjakeyoung
April 3rd, 2013 - 1:00pmthey are based of woodlice!
Anonymous
April 3rd, 2013 - 4:18pmNo the tactators(frontios) are
Volcanic7383
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:29pmI love how they are keeping them very close to what they was in the classic series to change them too much would ruin it for fans and the 50th anniversary
Scott the Raptor
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:18pmThis small redesign looks amazing!
TARDIS
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:01pmIce Warriors, Cybermen, zygons all we need now are the Daleks and The Master 8)
GingerDoc
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:19amWell apparently some Daleks have been seen on set and it wouldn’t surprise me if they brought the Master back.
Anonymous
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:09amJohn hurt as the master
Joe
April 3rd, 2013 - 10:01amwe will DEFINITELY get the Daleks. The question is, which ones? hopefully not the paradigm, i still hate them. If the paradigm do appear, i hope they get destroyed by a special weapons dalek or something….or even better, Davros!
I wish Davros would appear, see the paradigm and have them all exterminated. “your design is inferior! you must be destroyed!”
Joe
April 3rd, 2013 - 10:01amand yes, John Hurt as the master would be amazing.
Anonymous
April 3rd, 2013 - 4:20pmHave you got pictures of the daleks on set?
sm17
April 3rd, 2013 - 4:28pmmoffat said that he has no plans to return the master any time soon, but i do hope that the master does return.
Dalek The Supreme
April 5th, 2013 - 1:57pmI’d like to see bronze and Paradigm like in ‘Asylum’, only with the Paradigm Daleks in proper action.
Prof Horner
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:11pmThe new zygon looks great . But how sad that Sarah and the brig are not here to face them again.
Dalek The Supreme
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:14pmPerhaps Lethbridge-Stewart’s daughter will aide the Doctor against this threat? It wouldn’t make sense to just use her in one episode and then she doesn’t appear again.
pathdw98
April 3rd, 2013 - 5:25pmI agree with you there. Hope Sarah Jane and The Brig are mentioned in the special though. And it would be a nice little nod to the Brig if Kate faced the Zygons.
Dr who
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:10pmThe special maybe called the first question
joe
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:19pmi think it will be called “Doctor Who?”
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:34pmDoctor Who
Doctor Who
by Steven Moffat
Lol
BisonTime
April 2nd, 2013 - 11:42pmWell technically, the Series finale of Series 7 is set on Trenzalore, so i dunno
Anonymous
April 3rd, 2013 - 9:40amI think it’s called ‘The Two Doctors – Yes I know there was one back in 1985 but this is our version!’ By Steven Moffat
This was a joke by the way. 😆
ZygonTerror
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:29pmI think the classic design looks slightly better but they look cool
drjakeyoung
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:16pmjust thought, could the tenth doctor and rose be the zygons in disguise?
Volcanic7383
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:31pmTrying to stop the doctor from ever discovering his greatest secret… I can’t wait until November 23rd!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:17amHis greatest secret is in the series finale, not the 50th special.
Dr who
April 3rd, 2013 - 8:20amNo it all continues I guess the question will be answered in the special but the finale may reveal what it is and the consequences may happen in the 50th
The Flying Shark
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:12pmThis is brilliant news!
drjakeyoung
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:09pmi have noticed since the beginning of the Matt Smith era, there have been many classic monsters and nods returning!
Dalek The Supreme
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:12pmActually, every season of the New Series has had at least one returning character from the Classic Series:
Series 1: Autons, Daleks, Emperor Dalek
Series 2: Sarah Jane, K-9, Cybermen, Cyber-Controller
Series 3: Macra, the Master, the Fifth Doctor (Time Crash)
Series 4: Sontarans, Supreme Dalek, Davros
2009 Specials: The Time Lords
Series 5: The Doctor’s dark side (Like, and yet unlike), Silurians
Series 6: Cybermats
Series 7/50th Anniversery: Ice Warriors, Zygons
The Silence
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:55pmYou forgot the Nestene Consciousness and the Great Intelligence.
Dalek The Supreme
April 3rd, 2013 - 1:45amOh, my bad 😳
drjakeyoung
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:08pmcool!
Eric Fortran
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:57pmWell, Zygons….whoop-de-doo. But really, am I the only one who’s disappointed that there is no inclusion of the older Doctors?? Dr Who has now been back 9 years, still no sight of Sly, Tom Baker, Colin Baker or Paul McGann. Wake up Beeb – this IS the anniversary that counts…where’s the old crew????
Esterath
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:55pmPlease, don’t say that. How do you know they’re not in it? It’s not been confirmed!
Dalek The Supreme
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:13pmI’d love there to be Tom Baker or Sylvester McCoy, but I’ll be extremely disappointed if the Daleks (Both Paradigm and bronze, like in ‘Asylum’) don’t show up.
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:50pmThere’s a new video uploaded today on YouTube featuring some pictures from today’s filming.
1 of them looks like the 9th / 10th Doctor Tardis Police Box prop.
Look for –
Doctor Who 50th Special | Filming Pictures in Neath | Tennants TARDIS spotted!
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:52pm3 times today now Ive ended up being called Anonymous 🙁
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:57pmWhat’s the video called
Matt smithy
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:04pmCan’t find it. Name?
Matt smithy
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:35pmOr link?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:39pmLike I said, Look for –
Doctor Who 50th Special | Filming Pictures in Neath | Tennants TARDIS spotted!
Matt smithy
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:52pmI did, didn’t get it :/ mabey a LINK?
DOCTOR WHO ONE
April 2nd, 2013 - 7:58pmTurns out the video has been deleted, that’s why you can’t find it.
Matt smithy
April 2nd, 2013 - 8:15pmDon’t worry, I was able to find another, just searched “50th annivercary filming”
Chris
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:46amHere’s the original video you were looking for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsKnncJz4w&feature=youtu.be
megawood100
April 3rd, 2013 - 12:47amHey! Sorry that original video was mine, I had to delete it because it had audio over it for another video but I’ve re-uploaded it now on my channel 🙂
Boodleoo
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:42pmThere is no excuse now for character to make a poor wave of figures
the astronaut of death
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:41pmvery happy they have not changed the zygon design they look so similar to the classic ones
http://www.nuclearsalad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zygon.jpg
DarkKnightDalek
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:30pmOMG!!!!
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:22pmYes the zygons are back at last the returning monster that has never returned has finaly returned 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 9:29pmYes I pray the other one of these one off great monster returns. SUTEKH!
Tardis’nt
April 2nd, 2013 - 6:17pmThis looks really scary, and true to the original design! lets hope that this is a scary episode like blink, and that the Zygons are not ruined by their dialogue like the slitheen in SJA!
Anonymous
April 2nd, 2013 - 10:20pmThey had to tone down the slitheen for the sarah jane adventures its a childrens program thats why they never used the daleks