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K9: TimeQuake

Saturday, 24 October 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
K9Official have announced plans to take K9 to the big screen:

K9: Time-Quake (Credit: K9Official)"Move over R2D2 and C3PO"......

K9, the World's most famous robot dog traverses the dimensions of space and time to become the latest robot star of the big screen!

Having made his TV debut nearly forty years ago in the 1977 Doctor Who TV serial "The Invisible Enemy" K9 went on to become one of the most iconic characters from the BBC series.

A new look high tech K9 for today's cinema is being prepared for film stardom.

The film "K9-TIMEQUAKE" has been written by one of K9's original creators; Bob Baker, a renowned writer of classic Doctor Who serials. Bob went on to co-write with Nick Park the Oscar and Bafta winning Wallace & Gromit series of film shorts as well as the feature film Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

The new K9 will be appearing in a Multi-Million Dollar movie which promises to be a great action adventure set in deep Space. The film will be full of dashing heroes and heroines, Androids, monstrous Aliens and an ultimate foe who will also be familiar to Doctor Who fans everywhere; the megalomaniac OMEGA.

The film is to be a UK co-production with exteriors filmed overseas and studio work planned for the UK.

K9 is the perfect character to star in a movie with a whole new bunch of action heroes making this a home grown Star Wars come Guardians of the Galaxy style cinema must see film.

The film is currently slated for release in 2017 which will be K9's fortieth birthday!

K9: TimeQuake (Credit: K9Official)
The producers told Doctor Who News:
Bob and Paul are very excited about the project and having Omega in the Movie will bring a great new dimension to both characters as K9 faces his greatest challenge. The names of the Director and principle cast will be released in the new year. Regular updates will be posted over the next few months.


Competition

To be in with a chance to win a copy of the book The Essential Book of K9, courtesy of the authors, simply answer the following question:
In the television series, who was the original creator of K9?
Please send your answers along with your name, address and where you heard about the competition (news site, news app, other website, etc.) to comp-k9essential@doctorwhonews.net with the subject "Affirmative!". The competition is open world-wide, closing date: 8th November 2015. Only one entry per household will be accepted.




FILTER: - Competitions - K9 - Movies

The Woman Who Lived: Behind the Scenes

Saturday, 24 October 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released a number of videos going behind the scenes on the latest episode of Doctor Who, The Woman Who Lived:





FILTER: - Series 9/35

Nothing At The End Of The Lane - Issue 4

Friday, 23 October 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Nothing At The End Of The Lane - Issue 4 (Credit: Nothing At The End Of The Lane)The fourth issue of the magazine of Doctor Who research and restoration, Nothing At The End Of The Lane, will be published on Sunday 25th October.

In this edition:
  • Are We The Daleks? In a Nothing at the End of the Lane exclusive, we present a set of production design sketches unseen for over 50 years from the production of the first Dalek story in 1963. Drawn by Ray Cusick’s design assistant, Jeremy Davies, they reveal some of the early abandoned concepts for the famous creatures as well as how the end design gradually developed.
  • An Unearthly Studio: With the aid of existing archival material, Philip Newman examines in detail Peter Brachacki’s production design for the very first episode, An Unearthly Child and how things were subtly changed between the original pilot and the final recording several weeks later. The article is illustrated with CG recreations of the original studio layout by Rob Semenoff.
  • A Narrative of the Life of Peter Brachacki: To accompany the article on An Unearthly Child Philip Newman, with the aid of the Brachacki family, looks at the life of Doctor Who’s first production designer and how a man who had found himself imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp during the Second World War came to work at the BBC
  • Going on the Record – The History of Doctor Who Drama on Vinyl: In the 14 years between 1965 and 1979, several attempts were made to convert Doctor Who into a commercially available audio format. These ranged from the adaptation of existing television soundtracks to the creation of brand new adventures and whilst some ideas made it to the record shelves, others faded into obscurity. What was Dr. Who’s Diary and the Kinster project? What changes were made to The Pescatons prior to recording? How did the BBC scupper Argo’s plans to release a second Doctor Who LP in March 1977? We reveal all...
  • Regeneration? What Regeneration?: In August 2013, an early draft of Episode 4 of The Tenth Planet was discovered in Kit Pedler’s personal archive – one that was written before the concept of regeneration was introduced to the programme. What were the differences? We find out?
  • My Dad...Mervyn Pinfield: For many years, little was known about the programme’s first-ever associate producer. We talk to Mervyn’s son, Mike, about his father’s life and work.
  • Bob’s Fantasy Factory: Richard Molesworth looks at The Fantasy Factory, the script that Robert Holmes originally wrote for Episode 13 of The Trial of a Time Lord, completed shortly before his death and featuring a matrix inhabited by Jack the Ripper, the Duke of Clarence and the Doctor plunging to his death in the Thames... Illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
  • Are You My Mummy? Creature supervisor Dave Bonneywell takes us through his photographic record of the work done creating The Foretold from Mummy on the Orient Express.
  • The Repository of Incredible Things: Our ten-page feature provides a pictorial showcase of some of the many props, models and storyboards from the series that have made their way into private collections – from The Keys of Marinus through to Evolution of the Daleks.
  • Trouble in Store: For the first time, we present the full outline to the unused Second Doctor story, The Big Store, as Andrew Pixley looks at how the idea ultimately metamorphosed into The Faceless Ones. Illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
Plus:
  • We look at what is known about a First Doctor story that would have featured a new alien race, the Daggits.
  • What survives from the original abandoned recording of The Dead Planet?
  • We speak to Barry Letts’ secretary, Sarah Newman who tells us how Spike Milligan came to submit a script entitled Captain Scarlet’s Left Sock...
  • We talk to the programme’s first costume designer, Maureen Heneghan-Tripp as to what her inspirations where when working on the pilot episode.
  • How the lost TARDIS scene from Terror of the Zygons came to be recovered – twice!
  • Fantastic Facts and Memory Lane return!
  • And lots of other interesting stuff!

The full colour, 118 page magazine will be available to buy from the Nothing at the End of the Lane website from Sunday.

(with thanks to Richard Bignell)




FILTER: - Magazines - Production

Before the Flood - Chart Placing

Thursday, 22 October 2015 - Reported by Marcus

Doctor Who: Before the Flood, which finished with an official rating of 6.05 million viewers, has been confirmed as the 21st most watched programme of the week.

Consolidated figures give the episode a share of 26.7% of the total TV audience.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

This year Barb is reporting, for the first time, a 28 day figure, which gives an indication of how many watch the programme within four weeks of the original transmission. Data for the first episode of the series, The Magician's Apprentice, gave the episode a 28 day rating of 6.84 million viewers, 300,000 more than the initial 7 day figure.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Dispute over Downtime DVD Release

Wednesday, 21 October 2015 - Reported by Dan Collins and Marcus
Reeltime Pictures have announced the DVD release of the spin-off adventure Downtime, a direct to video production originally released in 1995 and featuring the character of Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart, as played by the late Nicholas Courtney.

The story was devised as a sequel to the second Doctor serials involving the Great Intelligence, The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear, and included the return of Victoria Waterfield and Professor Edward Travers, as played by Deborah Watling and her father Jack Watling; it also saw the return of investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith, reprised by Elisabeth Sladen. The video was also notable in introducing the character of the Brigadier's daughther, Kate Lethbridge-Stewart, now a firm favourite in the ongoing series of Doctor Who on television.

The character of the Brigadier was created in 1968 for the story The Web of Fear, written jointly by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, who authorised the original video production. However plans for Reeltime to release the drama on DVD have been contested by the Executor of the Haisman Literary Estate, Haisman's granddaughter Hannah Haisman-Hatt. She posted on Facebook:
It has been brought to my attention that Reeltime Pictures and One Media are releasing Downtime, the Doctor Who spin-off film made in 1995, on DVD. This is being done so without my consent or permission. As Executor of the Haisman Literary Estate, and thus copyright holder of Lethbridge-Stewart, Professor Travers, the Great Intelligence and the Yeti I should have been approached over this.

Attempts to negotiate have fallen on deaf ears, and my rightful claim has been refuted the producers. I have now been forced to take legal action to protect the copyright of my grandfather, Mervyn Haisman, after their refusal to renegotiate an agreement made twenty years ago for a film made for straight-to-video release only.
Reeltime Pictures have disputed her claim, with a spokesman informing Doctor Who News:
Reeltime Pictures has been approached by Hannah Hatt regarding the agreement we signed with her grandfather, Mervyn, in 1995. As we explained to her, the agreement is still in force and covers any exploitation that we might choose to undertake. Certainly no other party involved in the project has raised an issue with their agreements and we have assured her that no renegotiation is necessary.

There is little else we can do at this time other than to wait upon any legal representation she might make.

This is not the first time a dispute has arisen over characters and objects created for Doctor Who. In 2013 the son of Anthony Coburn, the writer of the very first story, claimed ownership of the TARDIS.
Downtime (Credit: Reeltime Pictures)Downtime
Starring Nicholas Courtney, Elisabeth Sladen, Deborah Watling and Jack Watling
Released by Reeltime Pictures, 16th November 2015 (pre-order)

We follow The Brigadier and Sarah Jane Smith of UNIT who investigate New World University; a sinister school run by old enemies Victoria Waterfield and Professor Travers. The technology obsessed University holds a gateway to Earth made by classic foe the Great Intelligence.

Fighting alone this time – without their famous time-travelling scientific advisor – The Brigadier and Sarah Jane are hard pressed to decide who is friend or foe as they search for a missing Locus, which binds the Intelligence’s power. The battle is broadened when the Brigadier’s own family is threatened and UNIT faces a powerful new breed of Yeti!


In addition to the film there is a second DVD containing extras which will include Behind the Lens (a behind the scenes look at the production with never before seen footage), and Post Production (a glimpse into the editing, sound and visual effects work).




FILTER: - Blu-ray/DVD

The Woman Who Lived: Publicity

Tuesday, 20 October 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
A roundup of publicity for the next episode in the current series of Doctor Who, The Woman Who Lived.

England, 1651. The deadly Highwayman 'The Nightmare' and his sidekick stalk the dark streets of London. But when they find loot that's not of this world, they come face to face with The Doctor.

Who is the Nightmare in league with? And can the Doctor avoid the hangman's noose and protect Earth from a devilish betrayal?

Writer / Catherine Tregenna
Director / Ed Bazalgette
Producer / Derek Ritchie
Cast / Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman

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Profile images of Ashildr (Maisie Williams), Sam Swift (Rufus Hound) and Leandro (Ariyon Bakare):

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The Woman Who Lived: Known Broadcast Details
United KingdomBBC OneSat 24 Oct 20158:20pm
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 24 Oct 20159:00pm EDT(1:00am GMT)
CanadaSPACESat 24 Oct 20159:00pm EDT(1:00am GMT)
Asia PacificBBC EntertainmentSun 25 Oct 201510:00am SGT(2:00am GMT)
New ZealandPRIMESun 25 Oct 20157:30pm NZDT(6:30am GMT)
AustraliaABCSun 25 Oct 20157:40pm AEDT(8:40am GMT)
Europe (Benelux)BBC FirstTue 27 Oct 20159:00pm CEST
United KingdomBBC TwoFri 30 Oct 20151:45am(British Signed Language)
FinlandYLE2Mon 26 Oct 20156:05pm EEST
IndiaFXSun 1 Nov 201511:00pm IST
South AfricaBBC FirstSat 31 Oct 20157:30pm SAST
GermanyFOXThu 17 Dec 2015~10:00pm CET(dubbed into German)





FILTER: - Publicity - Series 9/35

Neville Jason 1934-2015

Monday, 19 October 2015 - Reported by Marcus

The actor Neville Jason has died at the age of 81

Neville Jason appeared in the 1978 story The Androids of Tara where he played Prince Reynart in the Key to Time story, based upon The Prisoner Of Zenda and directed by Michael Hayes.

Recalling the story he said
Michael cast me as Prince Reynart because The Prisoner Of Zenda starred Ronald Colman and Michael thought if I put on a pencil moustache I’d look like Ronald Coleman
He appeared in many UK TV Dramas, including regular roles in Emergency-Ward 10, Maigret, Barlow, The Little Ship. Armchair Thriller, Goodbye Darling and Skorpion.

His theatre credits included Publius in Titus Andronicus various roles in The Knight of the Burning Pestle and playing John Fryer in the musical Mutiny!.

In later years he recorded many audio books, including the whole of War And Peace. His recoding of Proust's Remembrance Of Things Past, which he partly translated, comes on 120 CD's.

He is survived by his wife Gillian
Neville Jason RIP - Toby Hadoke




FILTER: - Classic Series - Obituary

Before the Flood - Official Rating

Monday, 19 October 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Before the Flood (Credit: BBC / Simon Ridgway)
Doctor Who: Before the Flood had an official consolidated rating of 6.05 million viewers.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

Doctor Who was the 8th most watched programme on BBC Television, and second overall on Saturday. Full data is not yet available for ITV+1, but Doctor Who is expected to be around 21st for the week.

Top of the week was the final of The Great British Bake Off with 15.05 million watching, the biggest audience for any programme this year.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

The Girl Who Died - AI:82

Monday, 19 October 2015 - Reported by Marcus
The Girl Who Died (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)
Doctor Who: The Girl Who Died had an Audience Appreciation or AI score of 82.

The Appreciation Index or AI is a measure of how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The score, out of a hundred, is compiled by a specially selected panel of around 5,000 people who go online and rate and comment on programmes.

With Sunday's overnight viewing figures now available, Doctor Who finished as the 27th most watched programme of the week. Consolidated figures will be published next week.




FILTER: - Ratings - Series 9/35 - UK

Australian overnight ratings for The Girl Who Died and final ratings for Under t

Monday, 19 October 2015 - Reported by Adam Kirk
The Girl Who Died has debuted in Australia, averaging 501,000 viewers in the five major capital cities. It was the second-highest rating ABC drama of the day and the thirteenth highest rating program of the day overall. These ratings do not include regional or time-shifted viewers.

Meanwhile, including time-shifted viewers, Under the Lake averaged 612,000 consolidated viewers in the five major capital cities. With 182,000 extra viewers, it was the highest time-shifted program of the day (the second highest time-shifted program only had an extra 95,000 viewers) and the eighth highest rating program of the day overall. These ratings do not include regional viewers.
Media Links: TV Tonight (The Girl Who Died ratings); TV Tonight (Under the Lake ratings)




FILTER: - Australia - Broadcasting - Ratings - Series 9/35
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