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Wizards vs Aliens

January 24, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Doctor Who writers Russell T. Davies and Phil Ford are teaming up to write “Wizards versus Aliens Aliens vs Wizards” for CBBC. That’s the Children’s channel on BBC. The show is being backed by FremantleMedia Enterprises with the goal of taking the 12-part series international.…

David Tennant and the Doctor Who cast in “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

October 30, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This is all kinds of cool. We have David Tennant showing his fun side as his series of Doctor Who wraps up. We have dancing adipose looking very cute. We have dancing Ood looking very strange.…

BBC surrenders Doctor Who spin-off franchise to Starz

March 23, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m pleased that Starz picked up Torchwood. I watched the show simply because it was the Doctor Who spin-off franchise. I watched Children of Earth because it was horrible, good and horribly good.…

Photographs from the set of Torchwood

February 2, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve got quite a lot of information on the new Torchwood. The first episode is Miracle Day and we’ve even got a list of actors and characters (spoilers). Thanks to Who-watcher Alun Vega we also get photographs from the Cardiff set now and then.…

Torchwood: The New World

August 9, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The BBC and Starz will be working together on the next series of Torchwood. For many it might be the first series of Torchwood they’ve ever seen. This is the series of Torchwood that has to follow Children of Earth.…

Torchwood turns dark; stays dark

July 26, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There was a world of difference between the first Torchwood series and the Children of Earth mini-series. In some ways it was almost a set up; you were led to believe that Torchwood was this silly romp that was ‘adult’ only because of its sexual references.…

Are the rumours true: Johnny Depp to play Doctor Who?

July 1, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

There are rumours today that Johnny Depp may play The Doctor in a Russell T Davies penned Doctor Who movie for the American market. It’s certainly due that both Russel T Davies and producer Julie Gardener left the the series to work on projects for BBC America.…

BBC’s “Doctor Who Greatest Moments” snubs original Doctors

January 6, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This might be an over reaction. It might be – but it really rubs me the wrong way. After The End of Time part 2 had played on UK TV the BBC ran a series of follow up shows including Doctor Who confidential.…

Cause for concern? BBC backs Doctor Who

January 6, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Here in the UK whenever there’s a political storm the Member of Parliament knows they’re in trouble whenever the Prime Minister is forced to publically back them. It usually means the tide has turned against the errant politician and very soon they’ll be forced to step down.…

Did David Tennant quit Doctor Who? Or was he pushed?

January 1, 2010 by Andrew Girdwood 62 Comments

David Tennant announced that he was leaving Doctor Who in October 2008. He was quoted as saying; “I don’t ever want it to feel like a job, so I want to move on when it still feels exciting and fresh.”…

Wizards vs Aliens

David Tennant and the Doctor Who cast in “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”

BBC surrenders Doctor Who spin-off franchise to Starz

Photographs from the set of Torchwood

Torchwood: The New World

Torchwood turns dark; stays dark

Are the rumours true: Johnny Depp to play Doctor Who?

BBC’s “Doctor Who Greatest Moments” snubs original Doctors

Cause for concern? BBC backs Doctor Who

Did David Tennant quit Doctor Who? Or was he pushed?

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