Sunday, 20 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Official Charts have been published for this week, and the "TV on Video" chart reveals the William Hartnell adventure The Ark, released last Monday, has entered the charts straight in at number one, knocking off the two popular Vampire genre series from the top spots, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood.
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The Ark (BBC)
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30 Rock - Series Four (Playback)
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The Vampire Diaries - Complete Series One (Warner Home Video)
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True Blood - Complete First Season (Warner Home Video)
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Not Going Out - Series Four (Playback)
The Doctor's Christmas adventure, A Christmas Carol (released 24th January), remains in the chart at number 37, down five places from the previous week.
The Official Charts Company has compiled the United Kingdom's media charts since 1998, which are sourced from over 4000 retailers. The charts are updated every Sunday at 7:00pm.
Sunday, 20 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Series Five of Doctor Who continued on France 4 on Saturday, featuring Le labyrinthe des Anges (1+2) and Les Vampires de Venise. The shows achieved 375,000 viewers, 2% of the total viewing audience at that time (8:35pm onwards). Whilst this is a drop in the total viewers from last week (453,000), the audience share has remained the same.
The evening also saw a repeat of Torchwood: Les Enfants de la Terre on NRJ 12 in the same time slot - the five episodes achieved a rating of 219,000 viewers (1%).
Audience figures for Saturday can be viewed at Premiere, which shows that Danse avec les stars on TF1 was once again the highest show on French television that day.
The first three episodes of Series Five - Le Prisonnier Zéro, La bêtes des bas-fonds and La victoire des Daleks - are repeated on Tuesday evening, from 10:00pm (local time).
Saturday, 19 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
Back at the beginning of the month, David Walliamsrevealed that he would be appearing in an episode of the next series of Doctor Who; more details have now been released regarding his role by the BBC and other media outlets:
It's been confirmed that David Walliams will appear in the new series. He'll feature in a spooky episode playing a character called Gibbis.
Walliams said, "I am a huge fan of Doctor Who and am so looking forward to working with Matt Smith and running up and down some corridors with him."
His episode has been written by Toby Whithouse, whose previous contributions include The Vampires of Venice and School Reunion.
Further casting details for episodes have been revealed through agencies over the course of February.
Spotlight lists a number of guest stars under the direction of Peter Hoar. Actress Frances Barber plays a character named Kovarian; recent roles include Elizabeth in the BBC Christmas Tale Nativity, and Janice in ITV's The Fattest Man in Britain. Christina Chong plays Lorna Bucket - she will feature as an Interpreter in the forthcoming film sequel, Johnny English Reborn. Meanwhile, Joshua Hayes takes on his first television role as a character named Lucas.
Actor Geoffrey Burton has been listed as "Nasa Man" - though no director has been listed, this credit would seem to tie in with the American-themed opening two-parter for the series written by Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes. Burton is better known for stage roles, but has appeared in Law and Order and Family Affairs.
Michael Begley has been listed as appearing as Mulligan in the just finished episode three written by Steve Thompson and directed by Jeremy Webb (coverage below); the actor has recently featured as Mark the hospital chaplain in Being Human, and as Orson in the revived Minder.
Edmond Moulton appeared in the two-part story written by Matthew Graham and directed by Julian Simpson, playing a character named Adam.
Oscar Lloyd's character has yet to be revealed; he appeared in the BBC's Lark Rise to Candleford as the original Sidney, and has since been prominent as Will Wylde in ITV's Emmerdale.
In Production
After the media-intensive, public-friendly filming for Doctor Who in Charlestown at the beginning of the month, February has since seen the production crew retreat from sight back into studio and other private locations to continue work on the Steve Thompson-penned episode three.
Though 'over the horizon', Hugh Bonneville continued to regale us with tweets on the 'high seas' during the course of his filming schedule:
07 19:07 Skulduggery on the high seas was knackering today. Talk about poop-decked. Well done crew. 08 12:00 *gallops up hill on charger, grabs fluttering flag, brandishes it aloft* BRING BACK #JustWilliam #BBC ! 08 12:08 I get about *gallops off towards Tardis, horse gets wedged in Police Box door, hat falls off* 08 17:58 Am having a fab time running around the Tardis at the mo. Congrats on the wonderful body of work. Hx 08 22:47 me gunwales have been awash with them pirates. And none of them rinse. 08 22:53 My buckle has never felt so swashed. Having fabblass time thanks. It's Dr Who - what's not to love?! 09 07:40 I'm here all weak, folks. 09 09:56 Today is a load of old bilge water. In a good way. 12 13:54 Thanks to Steven Moffat & the brilliant #DrWho crew for a fantastic fortnight on the high seas. #BeardGone #ColdFace 12 14:51Steven Moffat: What, you've shaved ALREADY?? What if we've forgotten a bit?? 12 15:01Hugh Bonneville: Too bad, land-lubber! Mwahahaha *sets sail for horizon* 12 15:03Hugh Bonneville: Some pirates are extremely fast. I'm one of them. I came top in my class at Pirate Academy. 12 15:35Steven Moffat: That's not the horizon, shipmate. That's the CONVENTION CIRCUIT. 12 15:38Hugh Bonneville: yikes!
Work on the episode continued until Tuesday last week, as reported by Director of Photography Dale McCready:
13 22:46 last two days shooting on this show, it's been a nice short blast. 15 20:18 Wrapped tonight on a fun show with a lovely crew. Start tomorrow planning and scheming for Merlin IV |
Next Time ...
Production on the next block is now under way, with a base being set up in Porthcawl this weekend in readiness for filming.
Reviews; We have reviews both by myself [Andrew Weston] and by my esteemed colleague Mr Joe Ford, covering all the latest releases in the worlds of DVD and audio.
The Evelyn Escapades; A look at the Big Finish audios in the manner of ‘The Time Team’, taking one character at a time. No prizes for guessing who’s first up!
Fiction; There’s fiction in the form of The Shadow Makers, part 1 of a 3 part tale, this month featuring the First Doctor and written by yours truly.
A Matter of Perspective offers a new look at the world of Who in print, as I quiz Joe this month about Steve Lyons’ The Witch Hunters.
Interviews; We have not one but two exclusive interviews this month with Big Finish producer David Richardson, and Bernice Summerfield actress and director of Big Finish audios Lisa Bowerman.
Debate The Seventh Doctor’s era comes under the spotlight in our debate section this month.
Who Online takes a look at ‘The History of the Doctor’.
Non-Who Opinion; as both mine and Joe’s other half watch a Doctor Who story and share their thoughts. Be warned, there may be some colourful language!
Essay Last, but by no means least, Joe has written an essay on the joys of the Hartnell historicals – and if that doesn’t convert you, nothing will!
We hope you enjoy reading issue 1 as much as we enjoyed putting it together. Any comments can be added on the site or be sent to thethirdzone@hotmail.co.uk, and we’ll post some next issue.
Having started in 1976 the Society has accumulated over the years a huge library of material, and in this part of the website we will make the best parts available for you to view, with a new theme added each month.
Wherever possible we have presented the selected articles in their original format, to give a true flavour of what those old publications were like. In the coming months we will present a selection of items drawn from Society publications - Celestial Toyroom, TARDIS, Cosmic Masque, STINFOs and more, including correspondence and photographs you may not have seen.
Although we have an almost complete set of DWAS publications much of what has been printed over the years was 'of it's time' and is unlikely to be of general interest today. Therefore, in order to present the best of what is available we have selected articles, features and interviews based around specific themes and will bring them together here in different categories. There are also a small number of Society publications that we can present in their entirety and some will also be available to view online in due course.
Ian Scoones Interviewed - Ian Scoones (1940-2010) contributed Visual Effects to many Doctor Who stories inclusing City of Death, Curse of Peladon and The Invisible Enemy.
Interview - Gerry Davis - Gerry Davis (23 February 1930 - 31 August 1991) was a British television writer, best known for his contributions to the science-fiction genre. He also wrote for the soap operas Coronation Street and United! From 1966 until the following year he was the script editor on Doctor Who, for which he co-created the popular cybernetic monsters the Cybermen.
Interview - Verity Lambert - Verity Ann Lambert, OBE (27 November 1935 – 22 November 2007) was an English television and film producer. She is best known as the founding producer of Doctor Who and for her many credits including Adam Adamant Lives!, The Naked Civil Servant, Rock Follies, Minder, Widows, G.B.H., Jonathan Creek and Love Soup.
Michael Craze - Ben Jackson - Michael Craze (29 November 1942 – 8 December 1998) was a British actor noted for his role of Ben Jackson, a companion of the Doctor, in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. He played the part from 1966 to 1967 alongside both William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton.
The Direction - Peter Moffatt - To tie in with the 20th Anniversary special The Five Doctors the DWAS produced a large format commemorative booklet called The Making of the Five Doctors. This is an interview with director Peter Moffat about taken from that publication.
The John Wiles Interview - Part 1- John Wiles (20 September 1925-5 April 1999) was a television writer and producer, now best known for being the second producer of Doctor Who, succeeding Verity Lambert. He was credited as producer on four serials between 1965 and 1966, namely The Myth Makers, The Daleks' Master Plan (which lasted for twelve episodes), The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve, and The Ark.
The Tides of Time started publishing in 1990, just as BBC Video turned their attention towards releasing more Doctor Who on VHS and also increased the proportion of black and white serials in their schedule. This context, combined with fannish curiosity about the early years of the programme and a scholarly drive to seek the essence of Doctor Who in the origins of the series, meant that Tides has never neglected the first Doctor. I’ve now uploaded some fiction featuring the first Doctor published over the years, as well as a few story reviews and our tribute to Sydney Newman.
All the articles are scans from the original photocopied or inkjet-printed fanzines, except for the reviews of The Aztecs and The Dalek Invasion of Earth where the quality of the originals was too poor. These have been reset.
All the articles remain the copyright of the contributors.
Brought to Book by David Bickley - Susan’s reading matter was even less innocent than it appeared. From Tides 27 (2001)
The Picture of Doctor Who by Matthew Peacock - Ben and Polly begin to discover the complexity of the relationship between the Doctor and his craft. From Tides 28 (2002)
Doctor Who News is offering readers the chance to win a copy of The Ark, starring William Hartnell as The Doctor.
The Ark Written by Paul Erickson and Lesley Scott Directed by Michael Imison
The TARDIS arrives some ten million years in the future on a giant spaceship carrying all the Earth's surviving plant, animal and human life (much of it miniaturised and in suspended animation) on a 700 year voyage to a new home on the planet Refusis II. Dodo is suffering from a cold - an unknown affliction in this era - and as the human Guardians of the ship and their servant race the Monoids have no resistance, a plague breaks out.
Released: 14th February 2011 (available to buy now from our Amazon Shop)
We have three copies up for grabs of the DVD courtesy of 2|Entertain. To be in for a chance of winning the competition, simply answer this question:
During The Ark, the First Doctor is assisted by the invisible Refusians to defeat the Monoids; many years later the Third Doctor encounters more invisible beings in Planet of the Daleks - name this race.
Closing Date: Friday 4th March 2011
IMPORTANT NOTICE:This competition is open worldwide - however PLEASE NOTE that the prize is a REGION 2 DVD and will only play on machines that can accept that region.
K9 Competition winners
The answer to the question "In which David Tennant episode did K9 make his first appearance for over 20 years?" is of course School Reunion.
Congratulations to Gary Lewin of Yeovil, Neil White of Worksop, and John Collins of Stockton on Teme who have all won a copy of K9 Series One Volume One.
Thursday, 17 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
This weekend sees UK newspaper The Guardian giving away two audio adventures of the Eleventh Doctor:
Saturday's Guardian will come with a free copy of The Hounds of Artemis, written by James Goss and narrated by Matt Smith and Clare Corbett. This CD has yet to be released commercially (currently listed as for the 7th April).
Sunday's Observer will come with The Ring Of Steel, written by Stephen Cole and read by Arthur Darvill. This CD was previously released commercially in August last year.
In addition, throughout next week readers can find out details on how to download free episodes from the Hornet's Nest audio series, starring Tom Baker and Richard Franklin.
For more details see the Guardian website; the promotion is also being featured on commercial television and radio.
Thursday, 17 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
The Audit Bureau of Circulations have now released statistics relating to the distribution figures of magazines for the second half of 2010, which includes details relating to both official publications, Doctor Who Magazine(Panini) and Doctor Who Adventures(BBC).
When compared to previous periods, the data reveals how the average circulation trends have fared:
The figures show that both DWM and DWA saw a surge in circulation during the first half of last year - tying in with Matt Smith's debut as the Eleventh Doctor! The latter half saw DWM's readership tail off a bit, whilst DWA continued to increase (the latter offering a free gift every week to its readers!).
Jaynie Bye, joint Managing director for BBC Children’s Magazine told the BBC Press Office:
"In this digital age it is really heartening to see that our top brands continue to have huge appeal with the pre-teen audience. In particular, I am delighted with the performance of Doctor Who Adventures magazine – up by an impressive 26.8% year on year – demonstrating the continuing strength of the title and the increased interested generated by Matt Smith in his role as the Doctor.
Publication certificates provide further breakdowns on circulation; for instance 14% of DWM's and 17% of DWA's sales are through subscription, whereas figures for general sci-fi magazine SFX over last year show a much higher subscription rate of 31% (total average circulation 31,360).
The figures for the next six months are expected on 18th August 2011.
Thursday, 17 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
2|Entertain's Classic Doctor Who have released a trailer for their upcoming Tweetview3 for the William Hartnell adventure The War Machines, which takes place this coming Saturday (19th) at 8:00pm (UK time).
The War Machines: Tweetview trailer via the Classic Doctor Who YouTube channel
Tweetviews are an organised viewing of a particular Doctor Who story on DVD, where everybody can participate by tweeting comments as they watch the show simultaneously. Previous Tweetviews have seen Earthshock and The Horror of Fang Rock viewed and discussed in this fashion.
More details can be found by following @classicdw on Twitter.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster
France 4 have released a new trailer for this Saturday's episodes, Le labyrinthe des Anges (1+2) and Les Vampires de Venise; they will be broadcast from 8:35pm (local time).
Doctor who saison 5 tous les samedis à 20h35, via YouTube.
You can also follow France 4 via their Facebook page and Twitter feed.
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 - Reported by Harry Ward
The actor T.P. McKenna has died, aged 81.
He appeared in the Season 25, seventh Doctor story, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, playing the intergalactic explorer, Captain Cook.
Born Thomas Patrick McKenna, he made his stage debut in Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin 1954. He continued to appear in therater productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre Company.
Following several years on the stage with, he began appearing in popular television dramas from the 1960s including Dangerman, Adam Adamant, The Avengers, The Saint, Jason King, The Sweeney, Blakes 7 and Minder.
He also featured prominently in other television dramas including The Duchess of Malfi, The Changeling, Napoleon and Love, Holocaust, The Manions of America, To The Lighthouse, Bleak House, Strong Medicine, Jack the Ripper, and the final episode of Inspector Morse. McKenna had fulfilled a long-held ambition to appear with John Thaw in Inspector Morse.
He had film roles in Ulysses, Straw Dogs, and A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man. In 1985 he appeared in The Doctor and the Devils alongside Timothy Dalton (Rassilon, The End of Time).
He died on 13th February in London following a long illness. He will be laid to rest in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland alongside his wife May, who died five years ago. He is survived by his sons Rafe, Killian, Breffní and Stephen and his daughter Sally.
Thomas Patrick McKenna (7th September 1929 – 13th February 2011)
The Official Charts have been published for this week, and the "TV on Video" chart reveals the William Hartnell adventure The Ark, released last Monday, has entered the charts straight in at number one, knocking off the two popular Vampire genre series from the top spots, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood.
Back at the beginning of the month, David Walliams 
Further casting details for episodes have been revealed through agencies over the course of February.
Actor 
Having started in 1976 the Society has accumulated over the years a huge library of material, and in this part of the website we will make the best parts available for you to view, with a new theme added each month.
The Tides of Time started publishing in 1990, just as BBC Video turned their attention towards releasing more Doctor Who on VHS and also increased the proportion of black and white serials in their schedule. This context, combined with fannish curiosity about the early years of the programme and a scholarly drive to seek the essence of Doctor Who in the origins of the series, meant that Tides has never neglected the first Doctor. I’ve now uploaded some fiction featuring the first Doctor published over the years, as well as a few story reviews and our tribute to Sydney Newman.
2|Entertain's 
The actor T.P. McKenna has died, aged 81.
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