Paul McGann chats about how tough it was keeping The Night Of The Doctor mini- episode a secret, what it’s like being part of Doctor Who in the 50th Anniversary year, finally getting his regeneration scene, whether Peter Calpadi is the final incarnation of the Doctor, how the Doctor Who audioplays are now part of the canon, the teaser clip for the 50th Anniversary Special, what he thought of his new Doctor Who costume and wig & why he wants fans to donate their hair for future Doctor Who wigs.
A fantastic animation by Richard Swarbrick celebrates 50 Years of Doctor Who.
DWO’s informal interview with the charming Paul McGann about Steven Moffat’s great Birthday gift to him, “The Night of the Doctor”.
Today marks the beginning of BBC America’s “Doctor Who Takeover Week”. You can access the BBCA Schedule here.
The BBC has released a five and a half minute slideshow on the history of Doctor Who. As the presentation’s precise tells us, “Five decades in five minutes – take a whistle-stop journey through time and space with all 11 regenerations of planet Earth’s best known Time Lord, his Tardis and his numerous travelling companions”.
You can access the slideshow production here.
You could hear the squees of delight reverberating down the old copper cables to your ADSL internet connection when one of the best kept secrets of Doctor Who leapt onto our screens. Yes, the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, had returned. Released earlier than anticipated, The Night of the Doctor sent the internet into a spin and Doctor Who trending on Twitter in the UK. Newspapers around the world reported on the significance of this mere 6 minute and 49 second adventure.
Fans had previously been advised that only one Doctor would appear in the mini episode prequel to the 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor. The Radio Times ran an article suggesting that single Doctor could be one of only the Tenth, Eleventh or then un-named John Hurt Doctor. Whoever would have thought it would be the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann ? Not only did we get the long wished for regeneration of Eighth Doctor but also the return of the Sisterhood of Karn, last seen in the Fourth Doctor Adventure, The Brain of Morbius.
The Sisterhood of Karn’s Ohila
BBC America has published a very comprehensive article entitled ‘Doctor Who’: Making Sense of ‘The Night of the Doctor’ which neatly and precisely summarizes the continuity issues. It makes excellent reading for those with little knowledge of Classic Series Who. Other insightful posts on The Night of the Doctor include:
Doctor Who TV – A Few Thoughts on the Night of the Doctor
Radio Times – Doctor Who: Steven Moffat clears up confusion around the number of John Hurt’s Doctor
WhatCulture! – Doctor Who: 6 Amazing Things About ‘The Night of the Doctor’
Metro – Doctor Who: 10 Amazing Things That Happened in the Night of the Doctor Minisode
WhatCulture! – Doctor Who: 5 Things We Learned From ‘The Night of the Doctor’
Den of Geek – The Night of the Doctor: A fan reaction to the Doctor Who mini-episode
Mirror – 9 amazing surprises to be found in The Night of the Doctor mini episode
You can read the BBC’s article on the acclaim for The Night of the Doctor here and their interview with Steven Moffat here.
“I’m a Doctor, but probably not the one you were expecting”. The Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, surprises fans by appearing as the star of The Night of the Doctor
Arising from The Night of the Doctor should we anticipate a regeneration of the War Doctor, John Hurt, to the Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston in The Day of the Doctor? Perhaps Steven Moffat’s propensity to lie will bring forth more unbridled glee if any previous Doctors appear in 3D in the Anniversary Special?
Having chosen his fate, the Eighth Doctor drinks the potion provided to him by the Sisterhood of Karn
As to the relevance of this article’s title, the quote of course comes from the Eighth Doctor’s response to Ohlia when she advises him that he’s been restored to life and has a little under four minutes left:
4 minutes? That’s ages. What if I get bored or need a television, couple of books. Anyone for chess? Bring me knitting.
Clearly the Fourth and the Eleventh Doctors aren’t the only incarnations with a keen interest in woolen crafts 🙂 You can read a transcript for The Night of the Doctor here.
The Fourth Doctor with his famous knitted scarf
The Eleventh Doctor continues the knitting tradition
I’m off to watch the Brain of Morbius!
The Doctor, Sarah and members of the Sisterhood of Karn in The Brain of Morbius
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Thanks to Blogtor Who we now present this gallery of screen caps from the Doctor Who mini episode, The Night of the Doctor. How wonderful it is to have a whole new collection of Eight Doctor pictures.
The BBC has posted a 20 minute video of An Evening With Steven Moffat, a BBC Cymru Wales event in which the Executive Producer and Lead Writer of Doctor Who discusses 50 Years of the show. A clip from each of the 11 incarnations of the Doctor is shown and Moffat discusses the defining characteristics of every actor’s tenure. You can access the video interview here.
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UKTV (Australia and New Zealand) has announced a bumper schedule of Classic Series Doctor Who to celebrate the show’s 50th Anniversary this month. Doctor Who News has listed the entire month’s programmes which includes a 36 hour marathon on the weekend of the 23rd and 24th November. Starting on Saturday morning at 5.30 a.m. in Australia, UKTV will broadcast the BBC America produced Doctor Who Revisited: The First Doctor followed by the first Doctor Who serial, An Unearthly Child. For the next day and a half every Doctor Who Revisited special for each of the 11 Doctors will be shown, followed by one complete serial from each Doctor’s era.
Full details are available from Doctor Who News here.
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©Vivien Fleming, 2013.
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