BBC One Christmas Idents: Sprout BoyBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
BBC One Christmas Ident: Sprout Boy meets the Doctor (Credit: BBC)This year's BBC One idents are based around a well-known icon of Christmas, the sprout. Launched after tonight's The One Show, a two minute video Sprout Boy introduces the eponymous star of the idents as he meets the characters of Christmas television - including the Doctor!

The video also features the voice of Peter Capaldi as the narrator.


In addition to Sprout Boy, a 40 second trailer for BBC One television over Christmas was also broadcast.



Full details of the Christmas season can be found on the BBC website.




FILTER: - BBC

BBC Adventure CalendarBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
BBC Adventure Calendar (locked item) (Credit: BBC)The official Doctor Who page on the BBC website will once again post a selection of images, clips, games and other goodies over the days leading up to Christmas in their Adventure Calendar.

The festive treats are unlocked at around midday daily, with the first being three wallpapers reflecting this Saturday's series finale, Hell Bent.





FILTER: - BBC - Miscellaneous - Online

BBC Christmas TrailerBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have released a video featuring the many highlights on television over the festive period including, of course, the Doctor and River from the Christmas Day special, The Husbands of River Song:


Full details of the festive line-up can be found via the BBC Media Centre.




FILTER: - Publicity - Series Specials

New Comics releasedBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Marcus
Wednesday 2 December sees the latest comic adventures released for the Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth Doctors

DOCTOR WHO: THE NINTH DOCTOR MINISERIES #5

WRITER: Cavan Scott - ARTIST: Blair Shedd

  • 'Weapons of Past Destruction' concludes!
  • Did we really just read last issue's staggering cliffhanger? Has one of the Doctor's beloved companions flipped sides?
  • The final conflict between the Unon and the Lect – will one of them take the Time Lords' place as the guardians of the universe?
  • Final outing with the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack! If you want more – let Titan know


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DOCTOR WHO: THE TENTH DOCTOR #2.3

WRITER: Nick Abadzis - ARTIST: Eleonora Carlini

Gabby's best friend Cindy remained on Earth at the end of her last adventure with the Doctor – a decision Cindy immediately regretted! Now, with only Gabby's sketchbook of unseen adventures to guide her, she must find her way back to the Doctor... but sinister forces already have her under surveillance!

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DOCTOR WHO: THE TWELFTH DOCTOR #14

WRITER: Robbie Morrison - ARTIST: Daniel Indro

THE STARS GO OUT, ONE BY ONE!

It's the penultimate part of 'The Hyperion War', and things are looking bad for the Doctor and Clara! With the returning Hyperions having laid waste to whole portions of the Earth, the Doctor attempts to regain the initiative by moving the battleground into space, aboard the Hyperions orbital armada... But these ancient solar entities are building a superweapon around the sun - and eternal darkness could be the result!

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FILTER: - Comics - Ninth Doctor - Tenth Doctor - Twelfth Doctor

The Husbands of River Song to be shown in Danish cinemasBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Doctor and River Song (Credit: BBC/Simon Ridgway)Cinemaxx in Denmark have confirmed that they will show this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, The Husbands of River Song, on Saturday 26th December, with two showings at 4:45pm and 7:00pm in their Copenhagen, Odense and Aarhus cinemas.

As well as the hour long special the performances will also include an additional thirty minutes of bonus material: though unconfirmed at the time of writing it is expected that this will be the Alex Kingston interview and behind-the-scenes footage that has already been announced for the US screenings of the Special on the 28th/29th December.

FEJR JUL MED ’DOCTOR WHO’ I BIOGRAFEN

Traditionen tro får alle Whovians også i år en ekstra julegave! ’Doctor Who’ er nemlig klar med sin Christmas Special 2015 –og som noget ganske særlig får du her i 2015 en enestående chance for at se dette særlige afsnit på det store lærred!

Det er juledag og the Doctor gemmer sig fra pynt og julesamler på en fjern menneske-koloni. Men heldigvis styrter et rumskib ned, og der er atter bud efter den kære doktor, som i samarbejde med River Songs hold kaster sig ind i en vild og hektisk jagt på tværs af galaksen.

Vil Nardole overleve? Og hvornår finder River Song ud af hvem the Doctor er? Alt dette og mere til vil blive afsløret, når the Doctor kaster sig ud i et rumeventyr af de helt store, som omfatter galaktiske superskurke og en destination, som the Doctor har forsøgt at undgå i rigtig lang tid…

Udover afsnittet, der er 60 minutter langt, vil der være 30 min. særlige ekstraoptagelser, der fordeles før og efter afsnittet, og som kun kan opleves i biografen, så husk at blive siddende til efter rulleteksterne.


Cinemaxx have previously shown The Day of the Doctor, Deep Breath and the 3D version of Dark Water/Death in Heaven in their cinemas.






FILTER: - Cinema - Denmark - Series Specials - Special Events

Advent Calendar - Day OneBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Willy Phantom


The Tardis has arrived to take us all away,
Up into the stars and all the way to Christmas Day!

We'll meet familiar faces and the odd monster or two,
Celebrating ten years since the return of Doctor Who.

Willy Phantom, 1st December 2015





FILTER: - Advent

TARDIS tours at the Doctor Who ExperienceBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Heaven Sent: The Doctor in the TARDIS (Credit: BBC)BBC Worldwide have announced that tickets will be made available from the 3rd December enabling visitors to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff to be able to also purchase a special TARDIS Studio Set Tour ticket in order to visit the existing TARDIS set, as seen in the current series of Doctor Who. Tours will run between the 9th December and New Year's Day.

Tickets may be booked from the Doctor Who Experience website.




FILTER: - Doctor Who Experience

Christmas Special title announcedBookmark and Share

Tuesday, 1 December 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The BBC have announced the title of the forthcoming Christmas Special, due to be broadcast on Christmas Day in the United Kingdom.

The Husbands Of River Song

The Husbands of River Song: the Doctor, River and Hydroflax (Credit: BBC/Ray Burmiston/Simon Ridgway)

It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax (Greg Davies) is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole (Matt Lucas) survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is?

All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.





FILTER: - Publicity - Series Specials

Home InvasionBookmark and Share

Monday, 30 November 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Peter Jackson reflects on Steven Moffat's attempts to woo him into directing Doctor Who ...

Home Invasion

This was an interesting weekend...

Posted by Peter Jackson on Sunday, 29 November 2015

The director is known to be a big fan of Doctor Who, and back in 2012 expressed an interest in directing the series following comments from then Doctor Matt Smith about filming in New Zealand. However, please note the above video does not confirm that Jackson will indeed be directing the series!





FILTER: - Miscellaneous

Publicity: Hell BentBookmark and Share

Monday, 30 November 2015 - Reported by Chuck Foster
A roundup of publicity for the Doctor Who series finale for 2015, Hell Bent.

If you took everything from him, betrayed him, trapped him, and broke both his hearts...how far might the Doctor go?

Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that will take him to the end of time itself. Who is the Hybrid? And what is the Doctor’s confession?

Writer / Steven Moffat
Director / Rachel Talalay
Producer / Peter Bennett

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Hell Bent: Known Broadcast Details (note: many schedules don't currently reflect the 65 minute running time)
United KingdomBBC OneSat 5 Dec 20158:00pm
United States of AmericaBBC AmericaSat 5 Dec 20159:00pm EST(2:00am GMT)
CanadaSPACESat 5 Dec 20159:00pm EST(2:00am GMT)
Asia PacificBBC EntertainmentSun 6 Dec 201510:00am SGT(2:00am GMT)
New ZealandPRIMESun 6 Dec 20157:30pm NZDT(6:30am GMT)
AustraliaABCSun 6 Dec 20157:40pm AEDT(8:40am GMT)
Europe (Benelux)BBC FirstTue 8 Dec 20159:00pm CEST
United KingdomBBC TwoFri 11 Dec 20151:45am(British Signed Language)
South AfricaBBC FirstSat 12 Dec 20156:00pm SAST
IndiaFXSun 20 Dec 201511:00pm IST
FinlandYLE2Mon 21 Dec 20156:05pm EET
DenmarkDR3Fri 8 Jan 2016~8:00pm CET(unconfirmed broadcast)
GermanyFOXThu 21 Jan 2016~10:00pm CETcurrently billed at 9:45pm (dubbed into German)






FILTER: - Publicity - Series 9/35