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The trailer for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, briefly appeared a day early on the BBC’s Latin Facebook page. Although subsequently removed, a copy of the trailer has been published on the Life, Doctor Who and Combom Blog. The blog has also posted a number of screen caps from the trailer. UPDATE: The trailer has […]
Further to the Doctor Who Mind Robber’s post on 7 November, the BBC Media Centre has now released videos to accompany the short interviews with key cast members of The Day of the Doctor. Blogtor Who has uploaded the David Tennant interview on YouTube. All interviews, and their transcripts, can be accessed from the BBC Media website, the links for which are as follows:
Steven Moffat – Writer of The Day of the Doctor and Executive Producer of Doctor Who
Matt Smith – Eleventh Doctor
David Tennant – Tenth Doctor
Jenna Coleman – Clara Oswald
Joanna Page – Queen Elizabeth I
The Tenth Doctor, David Tennant in The Day of the Doctor
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The BBC has released four new images from the forthcoming 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, together with interviews with Steven Moffat (Executive Producer) , Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor), David Tennant (Tenth Doctor), Jenna Coleman (Clara Oswald) and Joanna Page (Queen Elizabeth I). The photos and interviews can be accessed here. Vivien Fleming
BBC One has just announced on Twitter that the official trailer for the 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, will be broadcast on Saturday evening just prior to Atlantis at 8.00 p.m. Details have yet to appear on the BBC’s Doctor Who website.
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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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The BBC Doctor Who Facebook page has created a digital invitation to the 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, which allows you to put your name and face into the opening titles. You can then share it with all your friends. Access to the invitation generator can be found here.
In the meantime you can check out the Doctor Who Mind Robber’s invitation here.
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The Doctor Who 50 Years’ Trailer was tonight broadcast in Australia on ABC1. The 60 second teaser was aired after Kakadu and just prior to the 8.30 p.m. start of Luther. In all respects the trailer is identical to the one shown on BBC One seven days earlier with the exception of the final sting. As Australia’s time is ahead of Britain’s the simultaneous broadcast of the 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, on the evening of 23 November UK time will actually be early on the morning of 24 November 2013, Australian time. The sting on the Australian version of the trailer therefore states 24.11.13.
You can view the 50 Year’s Trailer here.
The UK sting for Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary. The Australian sting says 24.11.13
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The Doctor Who 50th Anniversary trailer was aired on BBC One on Saturday night and released online immediately after. Fan reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. Notwithstanding the BBC’s statement that the “trailer does not include any actual footage of the 50th anniversary episode”, fans have nonetheless dissected and deconstructed the trailer for any hints to The Day of the Doctor’s content.
A number of enlightening articles have been posted by fellow bloggers. Particularly commendable are Blogtor Who’s image breakdown of the trailer which includes 27 screen captures and their article on 50 things to notice. Also of note are Doctor Who TV’s“11 Things we Loved in the Doctor Who 50 Year Trailer” and their “50th Anniversary Trailer Who Did You Miss?” Also check out io9’s “24 Things you Missed from Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary Trailer”. Enjoy deconstructing the Trailer!
A scene from the 50 Years’ Trailer. Is this the Brigadier?
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The BBC has released a series of behind the scenes photographs from the 50 Years’ trailer which was aired in the UK last Saturday night. You can read our post on fan reaction to the trailer here. All photographs are the copyright of the BBC. No copyright infringement is intended.
A trailer for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special, The Day of the Doctor, was screened on BBC One this evening. The press release issued earlier today stated the following:
A specially created trailer celebrating the last 50 years of Doctor Who will air tonight on BBC One, as an exclusive image is revealed today featuring the 11 Doctors.
Travelling through time fans will be taken on a journey from the very beginning using state of the art technology. The special trailer is set to show all of the Doctors as they first appeared on screen, including William Hartnell in high res colour for the very first time, as celebrations ramp up to the 23 November.
A huge moment for the BBC, the 50th celebrations will culminate with the special episode, ‘The Day of the Doctor’, starring Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt. A whole range of shows have also been commissioned across TV and radio to mark the anniversary.
The minute long trailer will air after Strictly Come Dancing tonight on BBC One and will be also be available on http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho
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