April 2nd, 2013
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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!
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Anonymous
April 6th, 2013 - 9:46pmWish I was there
Anonymous
April 6th, 2013 - 7:49pmI hope so
doctorwholover
April 6th, 2013 - 5:31pmEeeeeeeeeeeeeek can not wait for new dw.bin reading 50th annerversry news omg rose comin back but if she is wouldn’t that mean somet bad really badis goin on. O dear. Davids comin back to its most probably the the doctor rose took to the parrellel world wiv her I wonder if karenarthur and alex r comin back 2
drjakeyoung
April 6th, 2013 - 4:56pmare you doctor stu from YouTube by any chance?
Helo
April 6th, 2013 - 4:55pmThey’re a reasonably good recreation and faithful to the original.
Helo
April 6th, 2013 - 4:53pmThe real reason to bring back the Zygons is that they’re shape-changing aliens and therefore can appear as anyone. This is the 50th Anniversary episode after all and we’ll be seeing the Zygons shape change into some familiar faces from the past.
Coming Full Circle
April 6th, 2013 - 4:50pmAnyway Chris’s 9th Doctor has no proper link to the present story, whereas the 10th (David) does due to him meeting River for the first time ever in his life (The library and her death).
Coming Full Circle
April 6th, 2013 - 4:49pmChris’s 9th Doctor has no proper link to the present story, whereas the 10th (David) does due to him meeting River for the first time ever in his life (The library and her death).
matt9982
April 6th, 2013 - 4:28pmCome again???
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:54pmSo excited for David Tennant and Billie Piper
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:40pmSorry my comment disappeared and then reappeared. You can delete this if you want booboo
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:38pmThe bells of St. John refers to the TARDIS having the St. John’s ambulance sticker and the bells refers to the TARDIS phone ringing when Clara called the Doctor.
drjakeyoung
April 6th, 2013 - 3:36pmtrust me and wait and see, they have something big planed…
drjakeyoung
April 6th, 2013 - 3:34pmthe rings of akhaten in a couple of hours!
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:30pmZygones not zygotes
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:30pmIt would be good if the zygotes disguise themselves as Amy and Rory or Clara to trap the Doctor
Doctor Stu
April 6th, 2013 - 3:27pmThe bells of Saint John was relating to the TARDIS having the St. John’s ambulance sticker. And the bells symbolised the ringing of the TARDIS phone when Clara called it. I also agree with the Statue of Liberty comment as when Amy and Rory were on the roof top you could see cars below. How didn’t they see it!! I also agree the new ice warriors look amazing.
mrewanwatson
April 6th, 2013 - 3:26pmI will admit, the Zygons look a bit cheap
Anonymous
April 6th, 2013 - 3:12pm“stuffed into another story with loads of other monsters, (as seems to be the case)”
What over monsters a are supposed to be in it then.
lepter
April 6th, 2013 - 3:00pmI do like it….my only issues is why do they have to reveal this nearly seven months before it airs. Also it looks a little foamy. The original looked organic. It should have had its own story too, not just stuffed into another story with loads of other monsters, (as seems to be the case)
My problem with moffats stories is that he is trivialising all the monsters. Roman humanised rory Autons, teletubby daleks, comedy nurse sontarons, human like lesbian silurians…now the zygons were brought in as a joke, (the hotel reference) There is little suspense anymore. I mean even his best creation the weeping angels got ridiculous. (no one saw the angel statue of liberty stomping through the city that never sleeps, (new york!!)
He is starting to ruin doctor who. What on earth was the bells of saint john? What did they have to do with the story?
I LOVE doctor who, and will continue to watch it no matter what but I feel that there needs to be a rethink on the use of the monsters. And cut back on the hype. If your going to use classic daleks in a story…USE THEM. Don`t just have them relegated to a blink an you will miss them role.
Dont mess up the zygons. Ice warriors look awesome though. A great update.
drjakeyoung
April 6th, 2013 - 1:08pm*50th*
Space Fish
April 6th, 2013 - 11:57amSomething as big as the 52th anniversary will be on Netflix, so you will probably be able to watch it on there or on BBC I player
Jeff & Donna Palmyra
April 6th, 2013 - 6:11amWe’d like to find out how we can see the 50th anniversary special. We live in North Central Florida, have no satellite or cable tv but use the internet & Roku with Netflix and Hulu as adjuncts, and just watch everything on our wide-screen tv monitor. Presently we watch Dr. Who through Netflix; they have 86 of the 2005-2010 episodes and 76 of the 1963-? episodes. We’d still like to be involved in watching the 50th anniversary special, if you can help us.
Thanks & be well.
booboo
April 5th, 2013 - 10:56pmLuke does all that, he has very little time at the moment
Thebadgerco
April 5th, 2013 - 10:55pmBooBoo I don’t know if you’re tied up with loads of stuff or not, but some of the pages need updated, like the Doctor Who feature, the River Song Timeline, and some other pages, but I would love to see the River Song timeline updated with the First/last night episodes and The Angels Take Manhatten…
Anonymous
April 5th, 2013 - 9:41pmIt was confirmed by the BBC that the story wasn’t true. Eccelston turned down the offer long before the script was finished. He never pulled out of it at all as he didn’t agree to d oit, althoguh he did speak to Steven Moffat at a few secret meetings as another Doctor who is interested in returning did interestingly enough.
Anonymous
April 5th, 2013 - 8:06pmWell Chris wouldn’t appear anyway if the BBC did ask him back. His said time and time again he don’t won’t to come back to Doctor Who.
random user
April 5th, 2013 - 5:58pmactually today in the doctor who news it has been confirmed that eccleston will not be appearing in the 50th.
Daryl
April 5th, 2013 - 4:00pmHi it said in the paper this morning (and it was confirmed by the BBC) that the 9th was in the script but decided not to do it at the last moment meaning it had to be re-written leaving out the 9th doctor!
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.