Tin Dog Podcast
- Description:
- tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk The Tin Dog welcomes you to sit back and listen to his rants and ramblings about all that is best in modern SF and Television. Via the gift of the new fangled Podcast over the tinterweb. As you can probably guess Tin Dog mostly talks about Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sarah Jane Smith but that wont stop him talking about any other subject you suggest. Hailing from a non specific part of the northeast of England, Tin Dog is male and in his mid 30s. A life long fan of almost all TV SF. His semi-autistic tendencies combined with his total lack of social skills have helped him find a place in the heart of British SF Fandom. Even as a child the Tin Dogs mother told him that she can trace his love of SF TV back to his rhythmic kicking, while still in the womb, along to the beat of the Avengers theme music. From Gabriel Chase to Totters Lane, from the Bad Wolf Satellite to the back streets of the Cardiff, Tin Dog will give you his thoughts on the wonderful Whoniverse. Daleks and Cybermen and TARDIS ES Oh My If you enjoy these Tin Dog Podcasts please remember to tell your friends and leave an email tin-dog@hotmail.co.uk
Homepage: http://tin-dog.co.uk
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- Episodes:
- 2905
- Average Episode Duration:
- 0:0:10:09
- Longest Episode Duration:
- 0:2:09:15
- Total Duration of all Episodes:
- 20 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes and 36 seconds
- Earliest Episode:
- 1 May 2007 (6:54pm GMT)
- Latest Episode:
- 20 June 2025 (5:54am GMT)
- Average Time Between Episodes:
- 2 days, 6 hours, 43 minutes and 43 seconds
Tin Dog Podcast Episodes
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TDP 325: Destiny of the Doctors 5 Smoke and Mirrors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsThe Doctor answers a psionic distress call being sent from England in the 1920s. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. To Adric and Nyssa the name means very little, but to the Doctor’s companion Tegan he is a legend. Escape artist extraordinaire, Houdini’s reputation will last for decades. But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground’s fortune teller, who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. What neither the Doctor nor his friends realise is that, somewhere in the shadows, a far more sinister and familiar presence is lying in wait for them… Written By: Steve LyonsDirected By: John Ainsworth Cast Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Tim Beckmann
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TDP 325: Destiny of the Doctors 5 Smoke and Mirrors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsThe Doctor answers a psionic distress call being sent from England in the 1920s. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. To Adric and Nyssa the name means very little, but to the Doctor’s companion Tegan he is a legend. Escape artist extraordinaire, Houdini’s reputation will last for decades. But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground’s fortune teller, who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. What neither the Doctor nor his friends realise is that, somewhere in the shadows, a far more sinister and familiar presence is lying in wait for them… Written By: Steve LyonsDirected By: John Ainsworth Cast Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Tim Beckmann
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TDP 325: Destiny of the Doctors 5 Smoke and Mirrors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsThe Doctor answers a psionic distress call being sent from England in the 1920s. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. To Adric and Nyssa the name means very little, but to the Doctor’s companion Tegan he is a legend. Escape artist extraordinaire, Houdini’s reputation will last for decades. But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground’s fortune teller, who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. What neither the Doctor nor his friends realise is that, somewhere in the shadows, a far more sinister and familiar presence is lying in wait for them… Written By: Steve LyonsDirected By: John Ainsworth Cast Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Tim Beckmann
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TDP 324: TORCHWOOD:FRANKIE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 10 secondsThe series was first announced in May 2012 alongside three other new commissions forBBC One and BBC Three. Kate Harwood, the controller of drama series and serials for the corporation described the new drama commissions as "a tribute to the huge range of creativity and talent within the in-house drama teams in both London and Salford".[3] An initial synopsis described the series as "a modern and redemptive" introspection of the life of a district nurse "whose patients matter more to her than her personal life".[3] Further information was released in September in a BBC press release that described the aim of the series as "to build up a portrayal of the challenging, complex and ultimately life affirming world of district nursing".[4] Writer and creator Lucy Gannon wrote that she was "thrilled to be writing about strong modern people [...] who all - whatever their flaws, are determined to make a difference, to make life better".[4] The series is executive produced by Hilary Salmon, produced by Erika Hossington and directed by Mark Everest. It consists of six sixty minute episodes, both set and filmed in the English city of Bristol.[4]
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TDP 324: TORCHWOOD:FRANKIE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 10 secondsThe series was first announced in May 2012 alongside three other new commissions forBBC One and BBC Three. Kate Harwood, the controller of drama series and serials for the corporation described the new drama commissions as "a tribute to the huge range of creativity and talent within the in-house drama teams in both London and Salford".[3] An initial synopsis described the series as "a modern and redemptive" introspection of the life of a district nurse "whose patients matter more to her than her personal life".[3] Further information was released in September in a BBC press release that described the aim of the series as "to build up a portrayal of the challenging, complex and ultimately life affirming world of district nursing".[4] Writer and creator Lucy Gannon wrote that she was "thrilled to be writing about strong modern people [...] who all - whatever their flaws, are determined to make a difference, to make life better".[4] The series is executive produced by Hilary Salmon, produced by Erika Hossington and directed by Mark Everest. It consists of six sixty minute episodes, both set and filmed in the English city of Bristol.[4]
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TDP 325: Destiny of the Doctors 5 Smoke and Mirrors
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes and 4 secondsThe Doctor answers a psionic distress call being sent from England in the 1920s. There, in the environs of a fairground, he is reunited with an old friend: Harry Houdini. To Adric and Nyssa the name means very little, but to the Doctor’s companion Tegan he is a legend. Escape artist extraordinaire, Houdini’s reputation will last for decades. But how come Harry knows so much about Tegan herself? Is it really just guesswork, as he says? Is Harry right to be concerned about the fairground’s fortune teller, who claims to have supernatural skills? Both he and the Doctor suspect an alien influence they know of old. What neither the Doctor nor his friends realise is that, somewhere in the shadows, a far more sinister and familiar presence is lying in wait for them… Written By: Steve LyonsDirected By: John Ainsworth Cast Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka), Tim Beckmann
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TDP 324: TORCHWOOD:FRANKIE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 10 secondsThe series was first announced in May 2012 alongside three other new commissions forBBC One and BBC Three. Kate Harwood, the controller of drama series and serials for the corporation described the new drama commissions as "a tribute to the huge range of creativity and talent within the in-house drama teams in both London and Salford".[3] An initial synopsis described the series as "a modern and redemptive" introspection of the life of a district nurse "whose patients matter more to her than her personal life".[3] Further information was released in September in a BBC press release that described the aim of the series as "to build up a portrayal of the challenging, complex and ultimately life affirming world of district nursing".[4] Writer and creator Lucy Gannon wrote that she was "thrilled to be writing about strong modern people [...] who all - whatever their flaws, are determined to make a difference, to make life better".[4] The series is executive produced by Hilary Salmon, produced by Erika Hossington and directed by Mark Everest. It consists of six sixty minute episodes, both set and filmed in the English city of Bristol.[4]
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TDP 324: TORCHWOOD:FRANKIE
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 10 secondsThe series was first announced in May 2012 alongside three other new commissions forBBC One and BBC Three. Kate Harwood, the controller of drama series and serials for the corporation described the new drama commissions as "a tribute to the huge range of creativity and talent within the in-house drama teams in both London and Salford".[3] An initial synopsis described the series as "a modern and redemptive" introspection of the life of a district nurse "whose patients matter more to her than her personal life".[3] Further information was released in September in a BBC press release that described the aim of the series as "to build up a portrayal of the challenging, complex and ultimately life affirming world of district nursing".[4] Writer and creator Lucy Gannon wrote that she was "thrilled to be writing about strong modern people [...] who all - whatever their flaws, are determined to make a difference, to make life better".[4] The series is executive produced by Hilary Salmon, produced by Erika Hossington and directed by Mark Everest. It consists of six sixty minute episodes, both set and filmed in the English city of Bristol.[4]
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TDP 323: Regeneration Box Set
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 53 secondsProduct Description This beautifully-packaged individually numbered and limited edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000 minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully restored with the missing fourth episode now brought to life with stunning animation. Utilising the original soundtrack, off-screen photographs and a short surviving sequence of the Doctor’s regeneration the episode has been now reconstructed in animated form, incorporating the restored version of the surviving sequence. Stories included are: · The Tenth Planet · The War Games · Planet of the Spiders · Logopolis · The Caves of Androzani · Time and the Rani · Doctor Who: The Movie · Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways · The End of Time
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TDP 323: Regeneration Box Set
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 53 secondsProduct Description This beautifully-packaged individually numbered and limited edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000 minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully restored with the missing fourth episode now brought to life with stunning animation. Utilising the original soundtrack, off-screen photographs and a short surviving sequence of the Doctor’s regeneration the episode has been now reconstructed in animated form, incorporating the restored version of the surviving sequence. Stories included are: · The Tenth Planet · The War Games · Planet of the Spiders · Logopolis · The Caves of Androzani · Time and the Rani · Doctor Who: The Movie · Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways · The End of Time
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TDP 323: Regeneration Box Set
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 53 secondsProduct Description This beautifully-packaged individually numbered and limited edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000 minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully restored with the missing fourth episode now brought to life with stunning animation. Utilising the original soundtrack, off-screen photographs and a short surviving sequence of the Doctor’s regeneration the episode has been now reconstructed in animated form, incorporating the restored version of the surviving sequence. Stories included are: · The Tenth Planet · The War Games · Planet of the Spiders · Logopolis · The Caves of Androzani · Time and the Rani · Doctor Who: The Movie · Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways · The End of Time
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TDP 323: Regeneration Box Set
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 53 secondsProduct Description This beautifully-packaged individually numbered and limited edition coffee table book-styled collectors’ album is every Doctor Who fan’s dream possession. Individually numbered and boasting six DVDs with over 1000 minutes of Doctor Who footage, it brings together every Doctor’s regeneration episode: from the first Doctor, exhausted from battling the Cyberman, to Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor suffering from radiation unleashed by the Great One (a giant spider); and from the spectacular transformation of the Ninth Doctor to David Tennant’s emotional farewell as the Tenth. The album is adorned with superb photography from across the era and features detailed and informative accounts of every regeneration. And if that wasn’t enough, new to DVD is The Tenth Planet featuring the Doctor’s first regeneration – beautifully restored with the missing fourth episode now brought to life with stunning animation. Utilising the original soundtrack, off-screen photographs and a short surviving sequence of the Doctor’s regeneration the episode has been now reconstructed in animated form, incorporating the restored version of the surviving sequence. Stories included are: · The Tenth Planet · The War Games · Planet of the Spiders · Logopolis · The Caves of Androzani · Time and the Rani · Doctor Who: The Movie · Bad Wolf & The Parting of the Ways · The End of Time
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TDP 322: Big Finish 174 Lady of Mercia
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 0 secondsThe TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts… and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak. Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project – but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems? Present and past are about to collide – and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic! Written By: Paul MagrsDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Anthony Howell (Professor John Bleak), Abigail Thaw (Dr Philippa Stone), Rachel Atkins (Queen Æthelfrid), Catherine Grose (Princess Ælfwynn), Kieran Bew (Arthur Kettleson),
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TDP 322: Big Finish 174 Lady of Mercia
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 0 secondsThe TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts… and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak. Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project – but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems? Present and past are about to collide – and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic! Written By: Paul MagrsDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Anthony Howell (Professor John Bleak), Abigail Thaw (Dr Philippa Stone), Rachel Atkins (Queen Æthelfrid), Catherine Grose (Princess Ælfwynn), Kieran Bew (Arthur Kettleson),
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TDP 322: Big Finish 174 Lady of Mercia
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 0 secondsThe TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts… and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak. Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project – but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems? Present and past are about to collide – and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic! Written By: Paul MagrsDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Anthony Howell (Professor John Bleak), Abigail Thaw (Dr Philippa Stone), Rachel Atkins (Queen Æthelfrid), Catherine Grose (Princess Ælfwynn), Kieran Bew (Arthur Kettleson),
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TDP 322: Big Finish 174 Lady of Mercia
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 0 secondsThe TARDIS brings the Doctor, Tegan, Turlough and Nyssa to the University of Frodsham, close to where the warrior queen Æthelfrid fought a desperate and bloody rearguard action against the savage Danes. Over a thousand years later, in 1983, battle is still being raged, with student activists taking on savage funding cuts… and disrupting a conference about Æthelfrid convened by history professor John Bleak. Meanwhile, over in the Physics Department, Dr Philippa Stone is working night and day on a top-secret project – but can her theoretical time machine really be the solution to the university's problems? Present and past are about to collide – and the results, as the TARDIS crew is about to discover, will be far from academic! Written By: Paul MagrsDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Anthony Howell (Professor John Bleak), Abigail Thaw (Dr Philippa Stone), Rachel Atkins (Queen Æthelfrid), Catherine Grose (Princess Ælfwynn), Kieran Bew (Arthur Kettleson),
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TDP 321: Goodbye Mister Smith
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast talks about Matt Smiths Departure
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TDP 321: Goodbye Mister Smith
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast talks about Matt Smiths Departure
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TDP NEWS - Mr Smith is leaving.... (podcast to follow)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsreprinted from the BBC News Site Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News Lizo Mzimba reports on Matt Smith's time as the Doctor Continue reading the main story Related Stories Smith exit stokes Doctor speculation Matt Smith's time as Time Lord Spoiler plea after Doctor Who error Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to leave his role as the Doctor at the end of this year, the BBC has announced. After four years as the Time Lord on the BBC One show, viewers will see Smith's Doctor regenerate in the 2013 Christmas special. The 30-year-old actor said working on the show had been "the most brilliant experience". Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary in November with a special episode, which Smith has already filmed. The BBC said Smith's "spectacular exit" was yet to be revealed and would be "kept tightly under wraps". 'Extraordinary show' Smith first stepped into the Tardis as the 11th Doctor in the New Year's Day episode of 2010. Taking over from David Tennant, he was the youngest actor to play the role. Continue reading the main story Matt Smith's statement in full "Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. "I'm incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years. "Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It's been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven - he's a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor. The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I've never seen before. "Your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number 11, who I might add is not done yet - I'm back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt." Speaking after the announcement, he said he was "incredibly proud" of what the show had achieved over the last four years under Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer. Smith also thanked fans around the world for their "truly remarkable" dedication to the show. During his tenure, Smith's floppy-haired, bow tie-wearing Time Lord has fought enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and the Silence. His Doctor has shared his adventures with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and most recently, Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Referring to his time-travelling companions, Smith said: "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go..." Show runner Steven Moffat said: "Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me. The way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry - I just never knew what was coming next. "The Doctor can be clown and hero - often at the same time - and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him - sometimes literally - his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor." Moffat added: "Great actors always know when it's time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break as we say goodbye to number 11. Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler." The announcement of Smith's exit is likely to spark months of fevered speculation about his replacement. 'Still so exciting' "Somewhere out there right now - all unknowing, just going about their business - is someone who's about to become the Doctor," Moffat hinted. Continue reading the main story The 11 Doctors 1. William Hartnell (1963-1966) 2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) 3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974) 4. Tom Baker (1974-1981) 5. Peter Davison - pictured (1982-1984) 6. Colin Baker (1984-1986) 7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) 8. Paul McGann (1996) 9. Christopher Eccleston (2005) 10. David Tennant (2005-2010) 11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) "A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again. After 50 years, that's still so exciting." Smith's first adventure in April 2010, the Eleventh Hour, saw his newly-regenerated Doctor crash his Tardis into the garden of a young Scottish girl who was later to become his new companion - Amy Pond. In his most recent adventure, the Name of the Doctor - which aired two weeks ago - Smith's Time Lord visited his own grave on the planet Trenzalore. In 2011, Smith became the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta in the role. And he won the most popular male drama performance award at the National Television Awards in 2012. Born in Northampton in 1982, Smith studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He made his TV debut in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper. Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater. During his time in Doctor Who, Smith also appeared in BBC TV films Christopher and His Kind, in which he played novelist Christopher Isherwood, and in Olympic rowing drama Bert and Dickie
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TDP 321: Goodbye Mister Smith
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast talks about Matt Smiths Departure
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TDP NEWS - Mr Smith is leaving.... (podcast to follow)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsreprinted from the BBC News Site Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News Lizo Mzimba reports on Matt Smith's time as the Doctor Continue reading the main story Related Stories Smith exit stokes Doctor speculation Matt Smith's time as Time Lord Spoiler plea after Doctor Who error Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to leave his role as the Doctor at the end of this year, the BBC has announced. After four years as the Time Lord on the BBC One show, viewers will see Smith's Doctor regenerate in the 2013 Christmas special. The 30-year-old actor said working on the show had been "the most brilliant experience". Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary in November with a special episode, which Smith has already filmed. The BBC said Smith's "spectacular exit" was yet to be revealed and would be "kept tightly under wraps". 'Extraordinary show' Smith first stepped into the Tardis as the 11th Doctor in the New Year's Day episode of 2010. Taking over from David Tennant, he was the youngest actor to play the role. Continue reading the main story Matt Smith's statement in full "Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. "I'm incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years. "Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It's been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven - he's a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor. The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I've never seen before. "Your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number 11, who I might add is not done yet - I'm back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt." Speaking after the announcement, he said he was "incredibly proud" of what the show had achieved over the last four years under Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer. Smith also thanked fans around the world for their "truly remarkable" dedication to the show. During his tenure, Smith's floppy-haired, bow tie-wearing Time Lord has fought enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and the Silence. His Doctor has shared his adventures with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and most recently, Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Referring to his time-travelling companions, Smith said: "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go..." Show runner Steven Moffat said: "Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me. The way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry - I just never knew what was coming next. "The Doctor can be clown and hero - often at the same time - and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him - sometimes literally - his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor." Moffat added: "Great actors always know when it's time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break as we say goodbye to number 11. Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler." The announcement of Smith's exit is likely to spark months of fevered speculation about his replacement. 'Still so exciting' "Somewhere out there right now - all unknowing, just going about their business - is someone who's about to become the Doctor," Moffat hinted. Continue reading the main story The 11 Doctors 1. William Hartnell (1963-1966) 2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) 3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974) 4. Tom Baker (1974-1981) 5. Peter Davison - pictured (1982-1984) 6. Colin Baker (1984-1986) 7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) 8. Paul McGann (1996) 9. Christopher Eccleston (2005) 10. David Tennant (2005-2010) 11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) "A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again. After 50 years, that's still so exciting." Smith's first adventure in April 2010, the Eleventh Hour, saw his newly-regenerated Doctor crash his Tardis into the garden of a young Scottish girl who was later to become his new companion - Amy Pond. In his most recent adventure, the Name of the Doctor - which aired two weeks ago - Smith's Time Lord visited his own grave on the planet Trenzalore. In 2011, Smith became the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta in the role. And he won the most popular male drama performance award at the National Television Awards in 2012. Born in Northampton in 1982, Smith studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He made his TV debut in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper. Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater. During his time in Doctor Who, Smith also appeared in BBC TV films Christopher and His Kind, in which he played novelist Christopher Isherwood, and in Olympic rowing drama Bert and Dickie
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TDP 321: Goodbye Mister Smith
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast talks about Matt Smiths Departure
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TDP NEWS - Mr Smith is leaving.... (podcast to follow)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsreprinted from the BBC News Site Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News Lizo Mzimba reports on Matt Smith's time as the Doctor Continue reading the main story Related Stories Smith exit stokes Doctor speculation Matt Smith's time as Time Lord Spoiler plea after Doctor Who error Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to leave his role as the Doctor at the end of this year, the BBC has announced. After four years as the Time Lord on the BBC One show, viewers will see Smith's Doctor regenerate in the 2013 Christmas special. The 30-year-old actor said working on the show had been "the most brilliant experience". Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary in November with a special episode, which Smith has already filmed. The BBC said Smith's "spectacular exit" was yet to be revealed and would be "kept tightly under wraps". 'Extraordinary show' Smith first stepped into the Tardis as the 11th Doctor in the New Year's Day episode of 2010. Taking over from David Tennant, he was the youngest actor to play the role. Continue reading the main story Matt Smith's statement in full "Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. "I'm incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years. "Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It's been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven - he's a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor. The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I've never seen before. "Your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number 11, who I might add is not done yet - I'm back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt." Speaking after the announcement, he said he was "incredibly proud" of what the show had achieved over the last four years under Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer. Smith also thanked fans around the world for their "truly remarkable" dedication to the show. During his tenure, Smith's floppy-haired, bow tie-wearing Time Lord has fought enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and the Silence. His Doctor has shared his adventures with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and most recently, Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Referring to his time-travelling companions, Smith said: "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go..." Show runner Steven Moffat said: "Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me. The way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry - I just never knew what was coming next. "The Doctor can be clown and hero - often at the same time - and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him - sometimes literally - his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor." Moffat added: "Great actors always know when it's time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break as we say goodbye to number 11. Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler." The announcement of Smith's exit is likely to spark months of fevered speculation about his replacement. 'Still so exciting' "Somewhere out there right now - all unknowing, just going about their business - is someone who's about to become the Doctor," Moffat hinted. Continue reading the main story The 11 Doctors 1. William Hartnell (1963-1966) 2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) 3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974) 4. Tom Baker (1974-1981) 5. Peter Davison - pictured (1982-1984) 6. Colin Baker (1984-1986) 7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) 8. Paul McGann (1996) 9. Christopher Eccleston (2005) 10. David Tennant (2005-2010) 11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) "A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again. After 50 years, that's still so exciting." Smith's first adventure in April 2010, the Eleventh Hour, saw his newly-regenerated Doctor crash his Tardis into the garden of a young Scottish girl who was later to become his new companion - Amy Pond. In his most recent adventure, the Name of the Doctor - which aired two weeks ago - Smith's Time Lord visited his own grave on the planet Trenzalore. In 2011, Smith became the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta in the role. And he won the most popular male drama performance award at the National Television Awards in 2012. Born in Northampton in 1982, Smith studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He made his TV debut in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper. Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater. During his time in Doctor Who, Smith also appeared in BBC TV films Christopher and His Kind, in which he played novelist Christopher Isherwood, and in Olympic rowing drama Bert and Dickie
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TDP NEWS - Mr Smith is leaving.... (podcast to follow)
Episode Duration: 0 minutes and 0 secondsreprinted from the BBC News Site Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News Lizo Mzimba reports on Matt Smith's time as the Doctor Continue reading the main story Related Stories Smith exit stokes Doctor speculation Matt Smith's time as Time Lord Spoiler plea after Doctor Who error Doctor Who star Matt Smith is to leave his role as the Doctor at the end of this year, the BBC has announced. After four years as the Time Lord on the BBC One show, viewers will see Smith's Doctor regenerate in the 2013 Christmas special. The 30-year-old actor said working on the show had been "the most brilliant experience". Doctor Who marks its 50th anniversary in November with a special episode, which Smith has already filmed. The BBC said Smith's "spectacular exit" was yet to be revealed and would be "kept tightly under wraps". 'Extraordinary show' Smith first stepped into the Tardis as the 11th Doctor in the New Year's Day episode of 2010. Taking over from David Tennant, he was the youngest actor to play the role. Continue reading the main story Matt Smith's statement in full "Doctor Who has been the most brilliant experience for me as an actor and a bloke, and that largely is down to the cast, crew and fans of the show. "I'm incredibly grateful to all the cast and crew who work tirelessly every day to realise all the elements of the show and deliver Doctor Who to the audience. Many of them have become good friends and I'm incredibly proud of what we have achieved over the last four years. "Having Steven Moffat as show runner write such varied, funny, mind bending and brilliant scripts has been one of the greatest and most rewarding challenges of my career. It's been a privilege and a treat to work with Steven - he's a good friend and will continue to shape a brilliant world for the Doctor. The fans of Doctor Who around the world are unlike any other; they dress up, shout louder, know more about the history of the show (and speculate more about the future of the show) in a way that I've never seen before. "Your dedication is truly remarkable. Thank you so very much for supporting my incarnation of the Time Lord, number 11, who I might add is not done yet - I'm back for the 50th anniversary and the Christmas special. "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go and Trenzalore calls. Thank you guys. Matt." Speaking after the announcement, he said he was "incredibly proud" of what the show had achieved over the last four years under Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer. Smith also thanked fans around the world for their "truly remarkable" dedication to the show. During his tenure, Smith's floppy-haired, bow tie-wearing Time Lord has fought enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels and the Silence. His Doctor has shared his adventures with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan), Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) and most recently, Clara Oswald (Jenna-Louise Coleman). Referring to his time-travelling companions, Smith said: "It's been an honour to play this part, to follow the legacy of brilliant actors, and helm the Tardis for a spell with 'the ginger, the nose and the impossible one'. But when ya gotta go, ya gotta go..." Show runner Steven Moffat said: "Every day, on every episode, in every set of rushes, Matt Smith surprised me. The way he'd turn a line, or spin on his heels, or make something funny, or out of nowhere make me cry - I just never knew what was coming next. "The Doctor can be clown and hero - often at the same time - and Matt rose to both challenges magnificently. And even better than that, given the pressures of this extraordinary show, he is one of the nicest and hardest-working people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Whatever we threw at him - sometimes literally - his behaviour was always worthy of the Doctor." Moffat added: "Great actors always know when it's time for the curtain call, so this Christmas prepare for your hearts to break as we say goodbye to number 11. Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler." The announcement of Smith's exit is likely to spark months of fevered speculation about his replacement. 'Still so exciting' "Somewhere out there right now - all unknowing, just going about their business - is someone who's about to become the Doctor," Moffat hinted. Continue reading the main story The 11 Doctors 1. William Hartnell (1963-1966) 2. Patrick Troughton (1966-1969) 3. Jon Pertwee (1970-1974) 4. Tom Baker (1974-1981) 5. Peter Davison - pictured (1982-1984) 6. Colin Baker (1984-1986) 7. Sylvester McCoy (1987-1996) 8. Paul McGann (1996) 9. Christopher Eccleston (2005) 10. David Tennant (2005-2010) 11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) "A life is going to change, and Doctor Who will be born all over again. After 50 years, that's still so exciting." Smith's first adventure in April 2010, the Eleventh Hour, saw his newly-regenerated Doctor crash his Tardis into the garden of a young Scottish girl who was later to become his new companion - Amy Pond. In his most recent adventure, the Name of the Doctor - which aired two weeks ago - Smith's Time Lord visited his own grave on the planet Trenzalore. In 2011, Smith became the first actor to be nominated for a Bafta in the role. And he won the most popular male drama performance award at the National Television Awards in 2012. Born in Northampton in 1982, Smith studied drama and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. He made his TV debut in the 2006 adaptation of Philip Pullman's the Ruby in the Smoke, which starred former Doctor Who companion Billie Piper. Smith's stage work has included stints with theatre companies such as the Royal Court and National Theatre. His West End debut was in Swimming With Sharks opposite Christian Slater. During his time in Doctor Who, Smith also appeared in BBC TV films Christopher and His Kind, in which he played novelist Christopher Isherwood, and in Olympic rowing drama Bert and Dickie
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TDP 320: BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast discusses BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
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TDP 320: BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast discusses BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
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TDP 320: BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast discusses BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
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TDP 320: BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 10 minutes and 58 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast discusses BBC Points of View, Moff says thanks to the 210 and Big Finish Feedback
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TDP 319: The Name Of The Doctor - Smith 2013 Ep 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 33 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS Prologue [edit] "She Said, He Said" is a prologue to the episode, in which the Doctor and Clara each have a monologue about how little they know about each other and that they discovered each other's secret at Trenzalore. It was released on 11 May 2013 on BBC Red Button and on-line. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prequel between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on 18 May 2013.[4] Episode [edit] The Paternoster Gang (Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Commander Strax) are given information concerning the Doctor by a man convicted of multiple murders in 1893, who speaks to himself in rhyme about "Whisper Men". They use soporific drugs to bring themselves, River Song, and Clara Oswald across space and time to a dream realm as a sort of "conference call". Vastra repeats the man's words: "It is a secret he will take to the grave--and it is discovered," and reiterates the prophecy about the Doctor's name on the planet Trenzalore ("The Wedding of River Song"), as well as showing the planet's coordinates. During their conference, strange faceless humanoids called Whisper Men attack the gang and appear to kill Jenny in her trance. River shocks the others to wake them out of the dream to save themselves. Clara awakes in contemporary London to find the Doctor visiting her for their weekly outing. Clara retells the events from the conference call, and the Doctor, deeply shocked, decides he must go to Trenzalore to save his friends, even though visiting the location of his own grave is dangerous for a time traveller. The TARDIS resists the Doctor's efforts to pilot the machine, but they eventually arrive after a crash landing at Trenzalore. The planet is covered with tombstones, the result of a great war according to the Doctor, while a future version of the TARDIS, having deteriorated and grown to enormous size due to its failing transdimensional circuits, stands above the graveyard. The duo are attacked by Whisper Men. River, still telepathically linked to Clara but apparently unseen by the Doctor, helps direct the two to an escape route - disguised as her own grave - that leads to the giant TARDIS. River also reveals that she died saving the Doctor, and is now only the echo saved by him (in the episode "Forest of the Dead"). Meanwhile, Vastra and Strax awaken by the structure, and Strax revives the comatose Jenny. The three are surrounded by Whisper Men and meet their controller, the Great Intelligence in the form of Dr Simeon's body ("The Snowmen"). The Doctor and Clara arrive at the TARDIS, and the Great Intelligence threatens to kill the Doctor's allies unless he says his true name to open the TARDIS doors. The Doctor refuses but River, still only visible to Clara, says the Doctor's name (unheard by the viewer) and opens the doors. Inside, a pulsating column of light representing the Doctor's traversal of time and space sits where the console would be. Crossing his own time stream sends the Doctor into convulsions. The Great Intelligence sees the light as a wound in the fabric of space-time and enters it in order to undo the Doctor's past as revenge for all the defeats it's been dealt; though this will kill it, the Doctor will be "destroyed." The Great Intelligence and its Whisper Men disappear, and Vastra finds the stars above are going out. Jenny too disappears, followed by Strax after he forgets his association with Vastra. Clara, who has had recollections of the erased timeline from "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" due to the telepathic link with the TARDIS, realises that she has helped the Doctor in other places in time and space ("Asylum of the Daleks", "The Snowmen"). She decides to enter the column of light to restore the Doctor's timeline by helping to undo all the damage the Great Intelligence tries to do. The Doctor and River try to stop her, but she calls back "Run, you clever boy--and remember me" before disappearing into the light. Clara is seen falling through space-time and appearing throughout the Doctor's past incarnations. She now considers this the end of the "impossible girl." The Doctor, Jenny, Strax, and the universe are restored to normal. The Doctor prepares to enter the column to save Clara, instructing the others to get away in the TARDIS in case he fails to return, but River yells at him to stop, as it is perilous for him to enter his own time stream. The Doctor finally reveals that he could hear, see and even touch her all along but did not acknowledge it because it was too painful. They share a kiss, and River asks him for a goodbye spoken as if they will see each other again, which the Doctor grants her. After River disappears, the Doctor enters the column of light. Clara lands in a misty place and sees flashes of the various incarnations of the Doctor pass by her. Unseen, the Doctor calls out to her, telling her that she is caught in his timeline which is now collapsing on itself. He provides her with the leaf that was responsible for her existence ("The Rings of Akhaten") to guide her to him. After their reunion, Clara spots another figure in the shadows which she does not recognise from the Doctor's past. The Doctor reveals that this is another incarnation of himself, but not "The Doctor," explaining that his chosen name is a promise he made to himself, and that this incarnation is his secret: he is "the one who broke the promise." As Clara falls unconscious from exhaustion, the stranger defends himself, stating that his actions were done "in the name of peace and sanity", to which the Doctor replies angrily: "But not in the name of the Doctor!" As he leaves, carrying Clara, the figure (John Hurt) turns to look at them and the screen credits identify him as "The Doctor". Continuity [edit] Imagery of all the Doctor's prior incarnations is used during scenes in which Clara and the Great Intelligence interact with the Doctor. Archive footage of the First (colourised, from The Aztecs), Second, Third (both from The Five Doctors), Fourth (The Invasion of Time),Fifth (Arc of Infinity) and Seventh (Dragonfire) Doctors is utilised, with doubles used for some other brief appearances (including all the other Doctors) during the final scenes.[5] The opening scene also includes a representation of Susan Foreman and reference to the Doctor's original exodus from Gallifrey (as a globed city, previously seen in "The Sound of Drums", and later seen destroyed in The End of Time), with Clara directing him to steal the Type 40 TARDIS as it would be much more of an adventure. Audio of the First (from An Unearthly Child), Second (from The Moonbase), Third (from The Time Monster), Fourth (from Genesis of the Daleks), Fifth (from The Caves of Androzani), Sixth (from The Ultimate Foe), Ninth (from "The Parting of the Ways") and Tenth (from "Voyage of the Damned") Doctors is also heard. The Great Intelligence says that the Doctor has been cruel several times, telling about the leader of the Sycorax, whom the Tenth Doctor kills in "The Christmas Invasion" (2005), Solomon the merchant, whom the Eleventh Doctor sent to his death in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (2012), the Daleks and the Cybermen. The Great Intelligence also states that the Doctor will be known as the Valeyardbefore the end of his life. The Valeyard appears in the 1986 serial The Trial of a Time Lord, where he is described as an amalgamation of the darker sides of the Doctor's nature, somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnation.[6] He also mentions the Doctor will be called the Storm - one of the names the Daleks have for the Doctor is the Oncoming Storm. He also mentions that The Doctor will be referred to as the beast. The reason for this is unclear. Vastra mentions the Doctor dying on Androzani. This is a reference to The Caves of Androzani in which the Fifth Doctor regenerates. Production [edit] Lead writer Steven Moffat stated that he wanted to have a new monster in the finale, after the series had seen the reappearance of old monsters such as the Ice Warriors, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and the Daleks. The idea of the Whisper Men came from "the thought of stylish whispering almost faceless creatures" which seemed frightening and appropriate for "an episode that looks forward and back".[3] Broadcast and reception [edit] Leak [edit] On 12 May 2013, a week before the official premiere of "The Name of The Doctor", it was announced that a small number of Doctor Who fans in the USA had received their Blu-ray box set of the second half of the seventh series early due to a production error, and asked for those who had received the final episode early not to spoil it for other fans.[7][8][9][10] Ratings [edit] "The Name of the Doctor" received overnight ratings of 5.46 million viewers on the BBC.[11] Critical reception [edit] This section requires expansion. (May 2013) The episode received positive reviews. Mark Snow of IGN gave the episode 9.1/10, praising the final conversation between the Doctor and River Song, as well as the revelation about Clara, however he noted that the Great Intelligence was "a little underwhelming" and "not very threatening", and that while the Whispermen impressed initially, they did not "[make] a great villain."[12] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph said that the episode was "even better" than the previous two. He noted that it was "momentous, moving and thrilling". However, he also noted that the episode had "a tad too much clunking exposition, the odd spot of creaky CGI and some unconvincing metaphors about soufflés and leaves." Despite this, he called it a "breathless, brilliant finale".[13] References [edit] ^ "The Name of the Finale". British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. ^ "FIRST LOOK: The Vigil and the Whispermen". 26 March 2013. ^ a b "Steven Moffat on the Finale, New Monsters and More!". BBC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013. ^ Jones, Paul (3 May 2013). "Doctor Who finale prequel starring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman to screen via BBC Red Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ^ http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-past-references/ ^ Johnston, Rich (18 May 2013). "Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "Production error in US means DW bluray shipped early. Let's hope no one spoils it for those who want to enjoy it together on Sat. Please RT". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "BBC America Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013. ^ Rigby, Sam (12 May 2013). "'Doctor Who' finale 'The Name of the Doctor' leaked in US error". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 May 2013. ^ Golder, Dave (19 May 2013). "Doctor Who "The Name Of The Doctor" Overnight Ratings". SFX. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ Snow, Mike (18 May 2013). "Revelations, secrets and show-shaking twists". IGN. ^ Hogan, Michael (18 May 2013). "Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor, BCC One, review". The Telegraph. External links [edit] Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage The Name of the Doctor on TARDIS Data Core, an external wiki "The Name of the Doctor" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) "The Name of the Doctor"
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TDP 319: The Name Of The Doctor - Smith 2013 Ep 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 33 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS Prologue [edit] "She Said, He Said" is a prologue to the episode, in which the Doctor and Clara each have a monologue about how little they know about each other and that they discovered each other's secret at Trenzalore. It was released on 11 May 2013 on BBC Red Button and on-line. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prequel between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on 18 May 2013.[4] Episode [edit] The Paternoster Gang (Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Commander Strax) are given information concerning the Doctor by a man convicted of multiple murders in 1893, who speaks to himself in rhyme about "Whisper Men". They use soporific drugs to bring themselves, River Song, and Clara Oswald across space and time to a dream realm as a sort of "conference call". Vastra repeats the man's words: "It is a secret he will take to the grave--and it is discovered," and reiterates the prophecy about the Doctor's name on the planet Trenzalore ("The Wedding of River Song"), as well as showing the planet's coordinates. During their conference, strange faceless humanoids called Whisper Men attack the gang and appear to kill Jenny in her trance. River shocks the others to wake them out of the dream to save themselves. Clara awakes in contemporary London to find the Doctor visiting her for their weekly outing. Clara retells the events from the conference call, and the Doctor, deeply shocked, decides he must go to Trenzalore to save his friends, even though visiting the location of his own grave is dangerous for a time traveller. The TARDIS resists the Doctor's efforts to pilot the machine, but they eventually arrive after a crash landing at Trenzalore. The planet is covered with tombstones, the result of a great war according to the Doctor, while a future version of the TARDIS, having deteriorated and grown to enormous size due to its failing transdimensional circuits, stands above the graveyard. The duo are attacked by Whisper Men. River, still telepathically linked to Clara but apparently unseen by the Doctor, helps direct the two to an escape route - disguised as her own grave - that leads to the giant TARDIS. River also reveals that she died saving the Doctor, and is now only the echo saved by him (in the episode "Forest of the Dead"). Meanwhile, Vastra and Strax awaken by the structure, and Strax revives the comatose Jenny. The three are surrounded by Whisper Men and meet their controller, the Great Intelligence in the form of Dr Simeon's body ("The Snowmen"). The Doctor and Clara arrive at the TARDIS, and the Great Intelligence threatens to kill the Doctor's allies unless he says his true name to open the TARDIS doors. The Doctor refuses but River, still only visible to Clara, says the Doctor's name (unheard by the viewer) and opens the doors. Inside, a pulsating column of light representing the Doctor's traversal of time and space sits where the console would be. Crossing his own time stream sends the Doctor into convulsions. The Great Intelligence sees the light as a wound in the fabric of space-time and enters it in order to undo the Doctor's past as revenge for all the defeats it's been dealt; though this will kill it, the Doctor will be "destroyed." The Great Intelligence and its Whisper Men disappear, and Vastra finds the stars above are going out. Jenny too disappears, followed by Strax after he forgets his association with Vastra. Clara, who has had recollections of the erased timeline from "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" due to the telepathic link with the TARDIS, realises that she has helped the Doctor in other places in time and space ("Asylum of the Daleks", "The Snowmen"). She decides to enter the column of light to restore the Doctor's timeline by helping to undo all the damage the Great Intelligence tries to do. The Doctor and River try to stop her, but she calls back "Run, you clever boy--and remember me" before disappearing into the light. Clara is seen falling through space-time and appearing throughout the Doctor's past incarnations. She now considers this the end of the "impossible girl." The Doctor, Jenny, Strax, and the universe are restored to normal. The Doctor prepares to enter the column to save Clara, instructing the others to get away in the TARDIS in case he fails to return, but River yells at him to stop, as it is perilous for him to enter his own time stream. The Doctor finally reveals that he could hear, see and even touch her all along but did not acknowledge it because it was too painful. They share a kiss, and River asks him for a goodbye spoken as if they will see each other again, which the Doctor grants her. After River disappears, the Doctor enters the column of light. Clara lands in a misty place and sees flashes of the various incarnations of the Doctor pass by her. Unseen, the Doctor calls out to her, telling her that she is caught in his timeline which is now collapsing on itself. He provides her with the leaf that was responsible for her existence ("The Rings of Akhaten") to guide her to him. After their reunion, Clara spots another figure in the shadows which she does not recognise from the Doctor's past. The Doctor reveals that this is another incarnation of himself, but not "The Doctor," explaining that his chosen name is a promise he made to himself, and that this incarnation is his secret: he is "the one who broke the promise." As Clara falls unconscious from exhaustion, the stranger defends himself, stating that his actions were done "in the name of peace and sanity", to which the Doctor replies angrily: "But not in the name of the Doctor!" As he leaves, carrying Clara, the figure (John Hurt) turns to look at them and the screen credits identify him as "The Doctor". Continuity [edit] Imagery of all the Doctor's prior incarnations is used during scenes in which Clara and the Great Intelligence interact with the Doctor. Archive footage of the First (colourised, from The Aztecs), Second, Third (both from The Five Doctors), Fourth (The Invasion of Time),Fifth (Arc of Infinity) and Seventh (Dragonfire) Doctors is utilised, with doubles used for some other brief appearances (including all the other Doctors) during the final scenes.[5] The opening scene also includes a representation of Susan Foreman and reference to the Doctor's original exodus from Gallifrey (as a globed city, previously seen in "The Sound of Drums", and later seen destroyed in The End of Time), with Clara directing him to steal the Type 40 TARDIS as it would be much more of an adventure. Audio of the First (from An Unearthly Child), Second (from The Moonbase), Third (from The Time Monster), Fourth (from Genesis of the Daleks), Fifth (from The Caves of Androzani), Sixth (from The Ultimate Foe), Ninth (from "The Parting of the Ways") and Tenth (from "Voyage of the Damned") Doctors is also heard. The Great Intelligence says that the Doctor has been cruel several times, telling about the leader of the Sycorax, whom the Tenth Doctor kills in "The Christmas Invasion" (2005), Solomon the merchant, whom the Eleventh Doctor sent to his death in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (2012), the Daleks and the Cybermen. The Great Intelligence also states that the Doctor will be known as the Valeyardbefore the end of his life. The Valeyard appears in the 1986 serial The Trial of a Time Lord, where he is described as an amalgamation of the darker sides of the Doctor's nature, somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnation.[6] He also mentions the Doctor will be called the Storm - one of the names the Daleks have for the Doctor is the Oncoming Storm. He also mentions that The Doctor will be referred to as the beast. The reason for this is unclear. Vastra mentions the Doctor dying on Androzani. This is a reference to The Caves of Androzani in which the Fifth Doctor regenerates. Production [edit] Lead writer Steven Moffat stated that he wanted to have a new monster in the finale, after the series had seen the reappearance of old monsters such as the Ice Warriors, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and the Daleks. The idea of the Whisper Men came from "the thought of stylish whispering almost faceless creatures" which seemed frightening and appropriate for "an episode that looks forward and back".[3] Broadcast and reception [edit] Leak [edit] On 12 May 2013, a week before the official premiere of "The Name of The Doctor", it was announced that a small number of Doctor Who fans in the USA had received their Blu-ray box set of the second half of the seventh series early due to a production error, and asked for those who had received the final episode early not to spoil it for other fans.[7][8][9][10] Ratings [edit] "The Name of the Doctor" received overnight ratings of 5.46 million viewers on the BBC.[11] Critical reception [edit] This section requires expansion. (May 2013) The episode received positive reviews. Mark Snow of IGN gave the episode 9.1/10, praising the final conversation between the Doctor and River Song, as well as the revelation about Clara, however he noted that the Great Intelligence was "a little underwhelming" and "not very threatening", and that while the Whispermen impressed initially, they did not "[make] a great villain."[12] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph said that the episode was "even better" than the previous two. He noted that it was "momentous, moving and thrilling". However, he also noted that the episode had "a tad too much clunking exposition, the odd spot of creaky CGI and some unconvincing metaphors about soufflés and leaves." Despite this, he called it a "breathless, brilliant finale".[13] References [edit] ^ "The Name of the Finale". British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. ^ "FIRST LOOK: The Vigil and the Whispermen". 26 March 2013. ^ a b "Steven Moffat on the Finale, New Monsters and More!". BBC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013. ^ Jones, Paul (3 May 2013). "Doctor Who finale prequel starring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman to screen via BBC Red Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ^ http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-past-references/ ^ Johnston, Rich (18 May 2013). "Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "Production error in US means DW bluray shipped early. Let's hope no one spoils it for those who want to enjoy it together on Sat. Please RT". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "BBC America Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013. ^ Rigby, Sam (12 May 2013). "'Doctor Who' finale 'The Name of the Doctor' leaked in US error". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 May 2013. ^ Golder, Dave (19 May 2013). "Doctor Who "The Name Of The Doctor" Overnight Ratings". SFX. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ Snow, Mike (18 May 2013). "Revelations, secrets and show-shaking twists". IGN. ^ Hogan, Michael (18 May 2013). "Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor, BCC One, review". The Telegraph. External links [edit] Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage The Name of the Doctor on TARDIS Data Core, an external wiki "The Name of the Doctor" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) "The Name of the Doctor"
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TDP 319: The Name Of The Doctor - Smith 2013 Ep 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 33 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS Prologue [edit] "She Said, He Said" is a prologue to the episode, in which the Doctor and Clara each have a monologue about how little they know about each other and that they discovered each other's secret at Trenzalore. It was released on 11 May 2013 on BBC Red Button and on-line. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prequel between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on 18 May 2013.[4] Episode [edit] The Paternoster Gang (Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Commander Strax) are given information concerning the Doctor by a man convicted of multiple murders in 1893, who speaks to himself in rhyme about "Whisper Men". They use soporific drugs to bring themselves, River Song, and Clara Oswald across space and time to a dream realm as a sort of "conference call". Vastra repeats the man's words: "It is a secret he will take to the grave--and it is discovered," and reiterates the prophecy about the Doctor's name on the planet Trenzalore ("The Wedding of River Song"), as well as showing the planet's coordinates. During their conference, strange faceless humanoids called Whisper Men attack the gang and appear to kill Jenny in her trance. River shocks the others to wake them out of the dream to save themselves. Clara awakes in contemporary London to find the Doctor visiting her for their weekly outing. Clara retells the events from the conference call, and the Doctor, deeply shocked, decides he must go to Trenzalore to save his friends, even though visiting the location of his own grave is dangerous for a time traveller. The TARDIS resists the Doctor's efforts to pilot the machine, but they eventually arrive after a crash landing at Trenzalore. The planet is covered with tombstones, the result of a great war according to the Doctor, while a future version of the TARDIS, having deteriorated and grown to enormous size due to its failing transdimensional circuits, stands above the graveyard. The duo are attacked by Whisper Men. River, still telepathically linked to Clara but apparently unseen by the Doctor, helps direct the two to an escape route - disguised as her own grave - that leads to the giant TARDIS. River also reveals that she died saving the Doctor, and is now only the echo saved by him (in the episode "Forest of the Dead"). Meanwhile, Vastra and Strax awaken by the structure, and Strax revives the comatose Jenny. The three are surrounded by Whisper Men and meet their controller, the Great Intelligence in the form of Dr Simeon's body ("The Snowmen"). The Doctor and Clara arrive at the TARDIS, and the Great Intelligence threatens to kill the Doctor's allies unless he says his true name to open the TARDIS doors. The Doctor refuses but River, still only visible to Clara, says the Doctor's name (unheard by the viewer) and opens the doors. Inside, a pulsating column of light representing the Doctor's traversal of time and space sits where the console would be. Crossing his own time stream sends the Doctor into convulsions. The Great Intelligence sees the light as a wound in the fabric of space-time and enters it in order to undo the Doctor's past as revenge for all the defeats it's been dealt; though this will kill it, the Doctor will be "destroyed." The Great Intelligence and its Whisper Men disappear, and Vastra finds the stars above are going out. Jenny too disappears, followed by Strax after he forgets his association with Vastra. Clara, who has had recollections of the erased timeline from "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" due to the telepathic link with the TARDIS, realises that she has helped the Doctor in other places in time and space ("Asylum of the Daleks", "The Snowmen"). She decides to enter the column of light to restore the Doctor's timeline by helping to undo all the damage the Great Intelligence tries to do. The Doctor and River try to stop her, but she calls back "Run, you clever boy--and remember me" before disappearing into the light. Clara is seen falling through space-time and appearing throughout the Doctor's past incarnations. She now considers this the end of the "impossible girl." The Doctor, Jenny, Strax, and the universe are restored to normal. The Doctor prepares to enter the column to save Clara, instructing the others to get away in the TARDIS in case he fails to return, but River yells at him to stop, as it is perilous for him to enter his own time stream. The Doctor finally reveals that he could hear, see and even touch her all along but did not acknowledge it because it was too painful. They share a kiss, and River asks him for a goodbye spoken as if they will see each other again, which the Doctor grants her. After River disappears, the Doctor enters the column of light. Clara lands in a misty place and sees flashes of the various incarnations of the Doctor pass by her. Unseen, the Doctor calls out to her, telling her that she is caught in his timeline which is now collapsing on itself. He provides her with the leaf that was responsible for her existence ("The Rings of Akhaten") to guide her to him. After their reunion, Clara spots another figure in the shadows which she does not recognise from the Doctor's past. The Doctor reveals that this is another incarnation of himself, but not "The Doctor," explaining that his chosen name is a promise he made to himself, and that this incarnation is his secret: he is "the one who broke the promise." As Clara falls unconscious from exhaustion, the stranger defends himself, stating that his actions were done "in the name of peace and sanity", to which the Doctor replies angrily: "But not in the name of the Doctor!" As he leaves, carrying Clara, the figure (John Hurt) turns to look at them and the screen credits identify him as "The Doctor". Continuity [edit] Imagery of all the Doctor's prior incarnations is used during scenes in which Clara and the Great Intelligence interact with the Doctor. Archive footage of the First (colourised, from The Aztecs), Second, Third (both from The Five Doctors), Fourth (The Invasion of Time),Fifth (Arc of Infinity) and Seventh (Dragonfire) Doctors is utilised, with doubles used for some other brief appearances (including all the other Doctors) during the final scenes.[5] The opening scene also includes a representation of Susan Foreman and reference to the Doctor's original exodus from Gallifrey (as a globed city, previously seen in "The Sound of Drums", and later seen destroyed in The End of Time), with Clara directing him to steal the Type 40 TARDIS as it would be much more of an adventure. Audio of the First (from An Unearthly Child), Second (from The Moonbase), Third (from The Time Monster), Fourth (from Genesis of the Daleks), Fifth (from The Caves of Androzani), Sixth (from The Ultimate Foe), Ninth (from "The Parting of the Ways") and Tenth (from "Voyage of the Damned") Doctors is also heard. The Great Intelligence says that the Doctor has been cruel several times, telling about the leader of the Sycorax, whom the Tenth Doctor kills in "The Christmas Invasion" (2005), Solomon the merchant, whom the Eleventh Doctor sent to his death in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (2012), the Daleks and the Cybermen. The Great Intelligence also states that the Doctor will be known as the Valeyardbefore the end of his life. The Valeyard appears in the 1986 serial The Trial of a Time Lord, where he is described as an amalgamation of the darker sides of the Doctor's nature, somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnation.[6] He also mentions the Doctor will be called the Storm - one of the names the Daleks have for the Doctor is the Oncoming Storm. He also mentions that The Doctor will be referred to as the beast. The reason for this is unclear. Vastra mentions the Doctor dying on Androzani. This is a reference to The Caves of Androzani in which the Fifth Doctor regenerates. Production [edit] Lead writer Steven Moffat stated that he wanted to have a new monster in the finale, after the series had seen the reappearance of old monsters such as the Ice Warriors, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and the Daleks. The idea of the Whisper Men came from "the thought of stylish whispering almost faceless creatures" which seemed frightening and appropriate for "an episode that looks forward and back".[3] Broadcast and reception [edit] Leak [edit] On 12 May 2013, a week before the official premiere of "The Name of The Doctor", it was announced that a small number of Doctor Who fans in the USA had received their Blu-ray box set of the second half of the seventh series early due to a production error, and asked for those who had received the final episode early not to spoil it for other fans.[7][8][9][10] Ratings [edit] "The Name of the Doctor" received overnight ratings of 5.46 million viewers on the BBC.[11] Critical reception [edit] This section requires expansion. (May 2013) The episode received positive reviews. Mark Snow of IGN gave the episode 9.1/10, praising the final conversation between the Doctor and River Song, as well as the revelation about Clara, however he noted that the Great Intelligence was "a little underwhelming" and "not very threatening", and that while the Whispermen impressed initially, they did not "[make] a great villain."[12] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph said that the episode was "even better" than the previous two. He noted that it was "momentous, moving and thrilling". However, he also noted that the episode had "a tad too much clunking exposition, the odd spot of creaky CGI and some unconvincing metaphors about soufflés and leaves." Despite this, he called it a "breathless, brilliant finale".[13] References [edit] ^ "The Name of the Finale". British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. ^ "FIRST LOOK: The Vigil and the Whispermen". 26 March 2013. ^ a b "Steven Moffat on the Finale, New Monsters and More!". BBC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013. ^ Jones, Paul (3 May 2013). "Doctor Who finale prequel starring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman to screen via BBC Red Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ^ http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-past-references/ ^ Johnston, Rich (18 May 2013). "Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "Production error in US means DW bluray shipped early. Let's hope no one spoils it for those who want to enjoy it together on Sat. Please RT". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "BBC America Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013. ^ Rigby, Sam (12 May 2013). "'Doctor Who' finale 'The Name of the Doctor' leaked in US error". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 May 2013. ^ Golder, Dave (19 May 2013). "Doctor Who "The Name Of The Doctor" Overnight Ratings". SFX. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ Snow, Mike (18 May 2013). "Revelations, secrets and show-shaking twists". IGN. ^ Hogan, Michael (18 May 2013). "Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor, BCC One, review". The Telegraph. External links [edit] Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage The Name of the Doctor on TARDIS Data Core, an external wiki "The Name of the Doctor" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) "The Name of the Doctor"
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TDP 319: The Name Of The Doctor - Smith 2013 Ep 8
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 15 minutes and 33 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS Prologue [edit] "She Said, He Said" is a prologue to the episode, in which the Doctor and Clara each have a monologue about how little they know about each other and that they discovered each other's secret at Trenzalore. It was released on 11 May 2013 on BBC Red Button and on-line. Viewers using Red Button were able to access the prequel between 7:40 until midnight every evening, until "The Name of the Doctor" aired on 18 May 2013.[4] Episode [edit] The Paternoster Gang (Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint and Commander Strax) are given information concerning the Doctor by a man convicted of multiple murders in 1893, who speaks to himself in rhyme about "Whisper Men". They use soporific drugs to bring themselves, River Song, and Clara Oswald across space and time to a dream realm as a sort of "conference call". Vastra repeats the man's words: "It is a secret he will take to the grave--and it is discovered," and reiterates the prophecy about the Doctor's name on the planet Trenzalore ("The Wedding of River Song"), as well as showing the planet's coordinates. During their conference, strange faceless humanoids called Whisper Men attack the gang and appear to kill Jenny in her trance. River shocks the others to wake them out of the dream to save themselves. Clara awakes in contemporary London to find the Doctor visiting her for their weekly outing. Clara retells the events from the conference call, and the Doctor, deeply shocked, decides he must go to Trenzalore to save his friends, even though visiting the location of his own grave is dangerous for a time traveller. The TARDIS resists the Doctor's efforts to pilot the machine, but they eventually arrive after a crash landing at Trenzalore. The planet is covered with tombstones, the result of a great war according to the Doctor, while a future version of the TARDIS, having deteriorated and grown to enormous size due to its failing transdimensional circuits, stands above the graveyard. The duo are attacked by Whisper Men. River, still telepathically linked to Clara but apparently unseen by the Doctor, helps direct the two to an escape route - disguised as her own grave - that leads to the giant TARDIS. River also reveals that she died saving the Doctor, and is now only the echo saved by him (in the episode "Forest of the Dead"). Meanwhile, Vastra and Strax awaken by the structure, and Strax revives the comatose Jenny. The three are surrounded by Whisper Men and meet their controller, the Great Intelligence in the form of Dr Simeon's body ("The Snowmen"). The Doctor and Clara arrive at the TARDIS, and the Great Intelligence threatens to kill the Doctor's allies unless he says his true name to open the TARDIS doors. The Doctor refuses but River, still only visible to Clara, says the Doctor's name (unheard by the viewer) and opens the doors. Inside, a pulsating column of light representing the Doctor's traversal of time and space sits where the console would be. Crossing his own time stream sends the Doctor into convulsions. The Great Intelligence sees the light as a wound in the fabric of space-time and enters it in order to undo the Doctor's past as revenge for all the defeats it's been dealt; though this will kill it, the Doctor will be "destroyed." The Great Intelligence and its Whisper Men disappear, and Vastra finds the stars above are going out. Jenny too disappears, followed by Strax after he forgets his association with Vastra. Clara, who has had recollections of the erased timeline from "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" due to the telepathic link with the TARDIS, realises that she has helped the Doctor in other places in time and space ("Asylum of the Daleks", "The Snowmen"). She decides to enter the column of light to restore the Doctor's timeline by helping to undo all the damage the Great Intelligence tries to do. The Doctor and River try to stop her, but she calls back "Run, you clever boy--and remember me" before disappearing into the light. Clara is seen falling through space-time and appearing throughout the Doctor's past incarnations. She now considers this the end of the "impossible girl." The Doctor, Jenny, Strax, and the universe are restored to normal. The Doctor prepares to enter the column to save Clara, instructing the others to get away in the TARDIS in case he fails to return, but River yells at him to stop, as it is perilous for him to enter his own time stream. The Doctor finally reveals that he could hear, see and even touch her all along but did not acknowledge it because it was too painful. They share a kiss, and River asks him for a goodbye spoken as if they will see each other again, which the Doctor grants her. After River disappears, the Doctor enters the column of light. Clara lands in a misty place and sees flashes of the various incarnations of the Doctor pass by her. Unseen, the Doctor calls out to her, telling her that she is caught in his timeline which is now collapsing on itself. He provides her with the leaf that was responsible for her existence ("The Rings of Akhaten") to guide her to him. After their reunion, Clara spots another figure in the shadows which she does not recognise from the Doctor's past. The Doctor reveals that this is another incarnation of himself, but not "The Doctor," explaining that his chosen name is a promise he made to himself, and that this incarnation is his secret: he is "the one who broke the promise." As Clara falls unconscious from exhaustion, the stranger defends himself, stating that his actions were done "in the name of peace and sanity", to which the Doctor replies angrily: "But not in the name of the Doctor!" As he leaves, carrying Clara, the figure (John Hurt) turns to look at them and the screen credits identify him as "The Doctor". Continuity [edit] Imagery of all the Doctor's prior incarnations is used during scenes in which Clara and the Great Intelligence interact with the Doctor. Archive footage of the First (colourised, from The Aztecs), Second, Third (both from The Five Doctors), Fourth (The Invasion of Time),Fifth (Arc of Infinity) and Seventh (Dragonfire) Doctors is utilised, with doubles used for some other brief appearances (including all the other Doctors) during the final scenes.[5] The opening scene also includes a representation of Susan Foreman and reference to the Doctor's original exodus from Gallifrey (as a globed city, previously seen in "The Sound of Drums", and later seen destroyed in The End of Time), with Clara directing him to steal the Type 40 TARDIS as it would be much more of an adventure. Audio of the First (from An Unearthly Child), Second (from The Moonbase), Third (from The Time Monster), Fourth (from Genesis of the Daleks), Fifth (from The Caves of Androzani), Sixth (from The Ultimate Foe), Ninth (from "The Parting of the Ways") and Tenth (from "Voyage of the Damned") Doctors is also heard. The Great Intelligence says that the Doctor has been cruel several times, telling about the leader of the Sycorax, whom the Tenth Doctor kills in "The Christmas Invasion" (2005), Solomon the merchant, whom the Eleventh Doctor sent to his death in "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (2012), the Daleks and the Cybermen. The Great Intelligence also states that the Doctor will be known as the Valeyardbefore the end of his life. The Valeyard appears in the 1986 serial The Trial of a Time Lord, where he is described as an amalgamation of the darker sides of the Doctor's nature, somewhere between his twelfth and final incarnation.[6] He also mentions the Doctor will be called the Storm - one of the names the Daleks have for the Doctor is the Oncoming Storm. He also mentions that The Doctor will be referred to as the beast. The reason for this is unclear. Vastra mentions the Doctor dying on Androzani. This is a reference to The Caves of Androzani in which the Fifth Doctor regenerates. Production [edit] Lead writer Steven Moffat stated that he wanted to have a new monster in the finale, after the series had seen the reappearance of old monsters such as the Ice Warriors, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and the Daleks. The idea of the Whisper Men came from "the thought of stylish whispering almost faceless creatures" which seemed frightening and appropriate for "an episode that looks forward and back".[3] Broadcast and reception [edit] Leak [edit] On 12 May 2013, a week before the official premiere of "The Name of The Doctor", it was announced that a small number of Doctor Who fans in the USA had received their Blu-ray box set of the second half of the seventh series early due to a production error, and asked for those who had received the final episode early not to spoil it for other fans.[7][8][9][10] Ratings [edit] "The Name of the Doctor" received overnight ratings of 5.46 million viewers on the BBC.[11] Critical reception [edit] This section requires expansion. (May 2013) The episode received positive reviews. Mark Snow of IGN gave the episode 9.1/10, praising the final conversation between the Doctor and River Song, as well as the revelation about Clara, however he noted that the Great Intelligence was "a little underwhelming" and "not very threatening", and that while the Whispermen impressed initially, they did not "[make] a great villain."[12] Michael Hogan of The Telegraph said that the episode was "even better" than the previous two. He noted that it was "momentous, moving and thrilling". However, he also noted that the episode had "a tad too much clunking exposition, the odd spot of creaky CGI and some unconvincing metaphors about soufflés and leaves." Despite this, he called it a "breathless, brilliant finale".[13] References [edit] ^ "The Name of the Finale". British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013. ^ "FIRST LOOK: The Vigil and the Whispermen". 26 March 2013. ^ a b "Steven Moffat on the Finale, New Monsters and More!". BBC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013. ^ Jones, Paul (3 May 2013). "Doctor Who finale prequel starring Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman to screen via BBC Red Button". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 May 2013. ^ http://news.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/the-name-of-the-doctor-past-references/ ^ Johnston, Rich (18 May 2013). "Ten Thoughts About Doctor Who: The Name Of The Doctor". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "Production error in US means DW bluray shipped early. Let's hope no one spoils it for those who want to enjoy it together on Sat. Please RT". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013. ^ "BBC America Official". 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013. ^ Rigby, Sam (12 May 2013). "'Doctor Who' finale 'The Name of the Doctor' leaked in US error". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 May 2013. ^ Golder, Dave (19 May 2013). "Doctor Who "The Name Of The Doctor" Overnight Ratings". SFX. Retrieved 19 May 2013. ^ Snow, Mike (18 May 2013). "Revelations, secrets and show-shaking twists". IGN. ^ Hogan, Michael (18 May 2013). "Doctor Who: The Name of the Doctor, BCC One, review". The Telegraph. External links [edit] Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor "The Name of the Doctor" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage The Name of the Doctor on TARDIS Data Core, an external wiki "The Name of the Doctor" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) "The Name of the Doctor"
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TDP 318: ELDRAD MUST DIE! Big Finish Main Range 172
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 48 secondsSynopsis "A Doctor, curse his name, threw me down among the dead… but I endure. I am Eldrad… and I must live! A nuclear icebreaker, foundering in Arctic waters. Seabirds washed up in the fishing resort of Ambermouth, their wings encrusted with crystals. A shining artefact of uncertain provenance, up for sale on an auction site. All of these things are linked, as the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are about to discover. Linked to the rebirth of a genocidal tyrant, presumed dead many years ago… For the sake of the planets Earth and Kastria alike… Eldrad must die! Written By: Marc PlattDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Stephen Thorne (Eldrad), Nancy Carroll (Mulkris), Pip Torrens (Charlie Gibbs), Jessica Claire (Kate Sherrin), Brian Protheroe (Bob Gell),Mark Field (Jim)
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TDP 318: ELDRAD MUST DIE! Big Finish Main Range 172
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 48 secondsSynopsis "A Doctor, curse his name, threw me down among the dead… but I endure. I am Eldrad… and I must live! A nuclear icebreaker, foundering in Arctic waters. Seabirds washed up in the fishing resort of Ambermouth, their wings encrusted with crystals. A shining artefact of uncertain provenance, up for sale on an auction site. All of these things are linked, as the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are about to discover. Linked to the rebirth of a genocidal tyrant, presumed dead many years ago… For the sake of the planets Earth and Kastria alike… Eldrad must die! Written By: Marc PlattDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Stephen Thorne (Eldrad), Nancy Carroll (Mulkris), Pip Torrens (Charlie Gibbs), Jessica Claire (Kate Sherrin), Brian Protheroe (Bob Gell),Mark Field (Jim)
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TDP 318: ELDRAD MUST DIE! Big Finish Main Range 172
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 48 secondsSynopsis "A Doctor, curse his name, threw me down among the dead… but I endure. I am Eldrad… and I must live! A nuclear icebreaker, foundering in Arctic waters. Seabirds washed up in the fishing resort of Ambermouth, their wings encrusted with crystals. A shining artefact of uncertain provenance, up for sale on an auction site. All of these things are linked, as the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are about to discover. Linked to the rebirth of a genocidal tyrant, presumed dead many years ago… For the sake of the planets Earth and Kastria alike… Eldrad must die! Written By: Marc PlattDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Stephen Thorne (Eldrad), Nancy Carroll (Mulkris), Pip Torrens (Charlie Gibbs), Jessica Claire (Kate Sherrin), Brian Protheroe (Bob Gell),Mark Field (Jim)
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TDP 318: ELDRAD MUST DIE! Big Finish Main Range 172
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 9 minutes and 48 secondsSynopsis "A Doctor, curse his name, threw me down among the dead… but I endure. I am Eldrad… and I must live! A nuclear icebreaker, foundering in Arctic waters. Seabirds washed up in the fishing resort of Ambermouth, their wings encrusted with crystals. A shining artefact of uncertain provenance, up for sale on an auction site. All of these things are linked, as the Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan and Turlough are about to discover. Linked to the rebirth of a genocidal tyrant, presumed dead many years ago… For the sake of the planets Earth and Kastria alike… Eldrad must die! Written By: Marc PlattDirected By: Ken Bentley Cast Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough),Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Stephen Thorne (Eldrad), Nancy Carroll (Mulkris), Pip Torrens (Charlie Gibbs), Jessica Claire (Kate Sherrin), Brian Protheroe (Bob Gell),Mark Field (Jim)
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TDP 317: GET Angela CARTER - Free Play Download for the Kindle 20th - 25th May
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes and 53 secondsFeel Free to tweet this and spread the word - a free play on the kindle A Radio Play with werewolves, witches gangsters and booksellers.In an city that lies somewhere between Newcastle and Fairy land, A Red Clad social worker and witch, Mz. HOOD, meets her odd clients while being stalked by a book collector who happens to bare more than a passing resemblance to Michael Caine-This is a ‘Radio Play’ Ideal for reading in a group/classroom as well as performing for an audio recording project/ Broadcast. This play is a cross between the works of Angela Carter and the 1970’s Gangster Movie ‘Get Carter’ No infringement of any kind is intended. This play was originally submitted to BBC Radio 4. Below is a direct link to A FREE copy my kindle play - GET ANGELA CARTER. PLEASE TWEET/PASS ON THE LINK IT AS ITS FREE FROM 20TH MAY TO 25TH MAY http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Angela-Carter-booksellers-ebook/dp/B00CSS6R7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369032697&sr=1-1&keywords=gilroy-sinclair or tiny url http://tinyurl.com/mek37cz Enjoy. Michael M Gilroy-Sinclair
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TDP 317: GET Angela CARTER - Free Play Download for the Kindle 20th - 25th May
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes and 53 secondsFeel Free to tweet this and spread the word - a free play on the kindle A Radio Play with werewolves, witches gangsters and booksellers.In an city that lies somewhere between Newcastle and Fairy land, A Red Clad social worker and witch, Mz. HOOD, meets her odd clients while being stalked by a book collector who happens to bare more than a passing resemblance to Michael Caine-This is a ‘Radio Play’ Ideal for reading in a group/classroom as well as performing for an audio recording project/ Broadcast. This play is a cross between the works of Angela Carter and the 1970’s Gangster Movie ‘Get Carter’ No infringement of any kind is intended. This play was originally submitted to BBC Radio 4. Below is a direct link to A FREE copy my kindle play - GET ANGELA CARTER. PLEASE TWEET/PASS ON THE LINK IT AS ITS FREE FROM 20TH MAY TO 25TH MAY http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Angela-Carter-booksellers-ebook/dp/B00CSS6R7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369032697&sr=1-1&keywords=gilroy-sinclair or tiny url http://tinyurl.com/mek37cz Enjoy. Michael M Gilroy-Sinclair
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TDP 317: GET Angela CARTER - Free Play Download for the Kindle 20th - 25th May
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes and 53 secondsFeel Free to tweet this and spread the word - a free play on the kindle A Radio Play with werewolves, witches gangsters and booksellers.In an city that lies somewhere between Newcastle and Fairy land, A Red Clad social worker and witch, Mz. HOOD, meets her odd clients while being stalked by a book collector who happens to bare more than a passing resemblance to Michael Caine-This is a ‘Radio Play’ Ideal for reading in a group/classroom as well as performing for an audio recording project/ Broadcast. This play is a cross between the works of Angela Carter and the 1970’s Gangster Movie ‘Get Carter’ No infringement of any kind is intended. This play was originally submitted to BBC Radio 4. Below is a direct link to A FREE copy my kindle play - GET ANGELA CARTER. PLEASE TWEET/PASS ON THE LINK IT AS ITS FREE FROM 20TH MAY TO 25TH MAY http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Angela-Carter-booksellers-ebook/dp/B00CSS6R7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369032697&sr=1-1&keywords=gilroy-sinclair or tiny url http://tinyurl.com/mek37cz Enjoy. Michael M Gilroy-Sinclair
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TDP 317: GET Angela CARTER - Free Play Download for the Kindle 20th - 25th May
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes and 53 secondsFeel Free to tweet this and spread the word - a free play on the kindle A Radio Play with werewolves, witches gangsters and booksellers.In an city that lies somewhere between Newcastle and Fairy land, A Red Clad social worker and witch, Mz. HOOD, meets her odd clients while being stalked by a book collector who happens to bare more than a passing resemblance to Michael Caine-This is a ‘Radio Play’ Ideal for reading in a group/classroom as well as performing for an audio recording project/ Broadcast. This play is a cross between the works of Angela Carter and the 1970’s Gangster Movie ‘Get Carter’ No infringement of any kind is intended. This play was originally submitted to BBC Radio 4. Below is a direct link to A FREE copy my kindle play - GET ANGELA CARTER. PLEASE TWEET/PASS ON THE LINK IT AS ITS FREE FROM 20TH MAY TO 25TH MAY http://www.amazon.co.uk/Get-Angela-Carter-booksellers-ebook/dp/B00CSS6R7W/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369032697&sr=1-1&keywords=gilroy-sinclair or tiny url http://tinyurl.com/mek37cz Enjoy. Michael M Gilroy-Sinclair
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TDP 316: Nightmare in Silver - Smith 2013 Ep 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 7 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast Reviews Nightmare in silver. More to follow "Nightmare in Silver"[2] will be the twelfth and penultimate episode of the seventh seriesof the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and is scheduled to be broadcast on 11 May 2013. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Stephen Woolfenden. The episode will star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman asClara Oswald. It features the Cybermen, following their last appearance in the sixth seriesepisode "Closing Time". Production [edit] Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat contacted Neil Gaiman about writing for the series and asked him to make the Cybermen "scary again". Gaiman thought back to classic series serials The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and decided to "take the 1960s Cybermen and [incorporate] everything that's happened since".[3]Warwick Davis stated that it was a "thrill" to be in Doctor Who, especially in an episode with the Cybermen written by Gaiman.[4] Moffat stated that the Cybermen were redesigned because they did so often in the classic series, and yet had been consistent in the new series.[5] However the new series Cybermen are to make an appearance in the episode as shown in the trailer for the episode.[6] Some location filming took place in early November 2012 at Castell Coch.[7] During this time, a copy of the readthrough script was found in a taxi in Cardiff. It was marked as being Eve De Leon Allen's copy and had the working title of "The Last Cyberman", which has since changed. The script was found by Hannah Durham, who posted a picture of the script to Facebook with the caption: "found Dr Who script in the back of a taxi. Cheeky spoilers anyone?" It was then posted to Reddit by Dan Rowling with the caption: "Look what a Facebook friend found in a taxi in Cardiff on Monday".[8] Arrangements were then made by Hannah Durham and Dan Rowling to return the script to the BBC.[9][10] References
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TDP 316: Nightmare in Silver - Smith 2013 Ep 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 7 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast Reviews Nightmare in silver. More to follow "Nightmare in Silver"[2] will be the twelfth and penultimate episode of the seventh seriesof the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and is scheduled to be broadcast on 11 May 2013. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Stephen Woolfenden. The episode will star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman asClara Oswald. It features the Cybermen, following their last appearance in the sixth seriesepisode "Closing Time". Production [edit] Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat contacted Neil Gaiman about writing for the series and asked him to make the Cybermen "scary again". Gaiman thought back to classic series serials The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and decided to "take the 1960s Cybermen and [incorporate] everything that's happened since".[3]Warwick Davis stated that it was a "thrill" to be in Doctor Who, especially in an episode with the Cybermen written by Gaiman.[4] Moffat stated that the Cybermen were redesigned because they did so often in the classic series, and yet had been consistent in the new series.[5] However the new series Cybermen are to make an appearance in the episode as shown in the trailer for the episode.[6] Some location filming took place in early November 2012 at Castell Coch.[7] During this time, a copy of the readthrough script was found in a taxi in Cardiff. It was marked as being Eve De Leon Allen's copy and had the working title of "The Last Cyberman", which has since changed. The script was found by Hannah Durham, who posted a picture of the script to Facebook with the caption: "found Dr Who script in the back of a taxi. Cheeky spoilers anyone?" It was then posted to Reddit by Dan Rowling with the caption: "Look what a Facebook friend found in a taxi in Cardiff on Monday".[8] Arrangements were then made by Hannah Durham and Dan Rowling to return the script to the BBC.[9][10] References
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TDP 316: Nightmare in Silver - Smith 2013 Ep 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 7 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast Reviews Nightmare in silver. More to follow "Nightmare in Silver"[2] will be the twelfth and penultimate episode of the seventh seriesof the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and is scheduled to be broadcast on 11 May 2013. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Stephen Woolfenden. The episode will star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman asClara Oswald. It features the Cybermen, following their last appearance in the sixth seriesepisode "Closing Time". Production [edit] Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat contacted Neil Gaiman about writing for the series and asked him to make the Cybermen "scary again". Gaiman thought back to classic series serials The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and decided to "take the 1960s Cybermen and [incorporate] everything that's happened since".[3]Warwick Davis stated that it was a "thrill" to be in Doctor Who, especially in an episode with the Cybermen written by Gaiman.[4] Moffat stated that the Cybermen were redesigned because they did so often in the classic series, and yet had been consistent in the new series.[5] However the new series Cybermen are to make an appearance in the episode as shown in the trailer for the episode.[6] Some location filming took place in early November 2012 at Castell Coch.[7] During this time, a copy of the readthrough script was found in a taxi in Cardiff. It was marked as being Eve De Leon Allen's copy and had the working title of "The Last Cyberman", which has since changed. The script was found by Hannah Durham, who posted a picture of the script to Facebook with the caption: "found Dr Who script in the back of a taxi. Cheeky spoilers anyone?" It was then posted to Reddit by Dan Rowling with the caption: "Look what a Facebook friend found in a taxi in Cardiff on Monday".[8] Arrangements were then made by Hannah Durham and Dan Rowling to return the script to the BBC.[9][10] References
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TDP 316: Nightmare in Silver - Smith 2013 Ep 7
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 7 secondsDoctor Who Tin Dog Podcast Reviews Nightmare in silver. More to follow "Nightmare in Silver"[2] will be the twelfth and penultimate episode of the seventh seriesof the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who and is scheduled to be broadcast on 11 May 2013. It was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Stephen Woolfenden. The episode will star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman asClara Oswald. It features the Cybermen, following their last appearance in the sixth seriesepisode "Closing Time". Production [edit] Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat contacted Neil Gaiman about writing for the series and asked him to make the Cybermen "scary again". Gaiman thought back to classic series serials The Moonbase and The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) and decided to "take the 1960s Cybermen and [incorporate] everything that's happened since".[3]Warwick Davis stated that it was a "thrill" to be in Doctor Who, especially in an episode with the Cybermen written by Gaiman.[4] Moffat stated that the Cybermen were redesigned because they did so often in the classic series, and yet had been consistent in the new series.[5] However the new series Cybermen are to make an appearance in the episode as shown in the trailer for the episode.[6] Some location filming took place in early November 2012 at Castell Coch.[7] During this time, a copy of the readthrough script was found in a taxi in Cardiff. It was marked as being Eve De Leon Allen's copy and had the working title of "The Last Cyberman", which has since changed. The script was found by Hannah Durham, who posted a picture of the script to Facebook with the caption: "found Dr Who script in the back of a taxi. Cheeky spoilers anyone?" It was then posted to Reddit by Dan Rowling with the caption: "Look what a Facebook friend found in a taxi in Cardiff on Monday".[8] Arrangements were then made by Hannah Durham and Dan Rowling to return the script to the BBC.[9][10] References
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TDP 315: The Crimson Horror
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 47 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 237 – "The Crimson Horror" Doctor Who episode Cast Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswald) Others Diana Rigg - Mrs Gillyflower Rachael Stirling - Ada Dan Starkey – Strax Catrin Stewart – Jenny Flint Neve McIntosh – Madame Vastra Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Brendan Patricks – Edmund & Mr Thursday Graham Turner – Amos Olivia Vinall – Effie Michelle Tate – Abigail Jack Oliver Hudson – Urchin Boy[1] Production Writer Mark Gatiss Director Saul Metzstein Producer Marcus Wilson[2] Executive producer(s) Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner Incidental music composer Murray Gold Series Series 7 Length 45 minutes Originally broadcast 4 May 2013 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" "Nightmare in Silver" "The Crimson Horror" will be the eleventh episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Saul Metzstein.[3] The episode is also scheduled to be the 100th broadcast episode (not including mini-episodes) since the series was revived in 2005. [edit]Production "The Crimson Horror" will see the return of Vastra, Jenny, and Strax from "The Snowmen". Executive producer Steven Moffat told Radio Times that the story would be from their point of view, for the audience "to see them tackle a case of their own, and stumble across the Doctor's path, quite accidentally".[3][4] The episode was "specially written" for mother and daughter Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling.[5] It was the first time the two had worked together on screen.[5] Gatiss had worked on a play with Stirling, who mentioned that she and Rigg had never appeared in something together, and Gatiss offered to "tailor" them into his Doctor Who episode, of which he had the basic idea of.[6] Stirling said that Gatiss had written "an on-screen relationship between Ma and I that is truly delicious. We have never before worked together because the offers have not been tempting, but when such a funny and original script comes through you know the time has come."[7] Gatiss also stated that he wanted to write "a properly northern Who" and revealed that Rigg was able to use her native Doncasteraccent for the first time.[6] The episode began filming the week of 2 July 2012,[7] with location filming done in Bute Town, Caerphilly.[8] [edit]References ^http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wgxsc/doctor-who--the-crimson-horror ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/19/doctor-who-PI-week-19.html ^ a b "Doctor Who Series 7 News Accumulator". SFX. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013. ^ Moffat, Steven (30 March - 5 April 2013). Radio Times (Immediate Media Company). ^ a b Bowie-Sell, Daisy (2 July 2012)."Diana Rigg cast opposite her daughter in Doctor Who". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ a b Mulkern, Patrick (28 April 2013)."Doctor Who: Mark Gatiss sets the scene for The Crimson Horror".Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2013. ^ a b Golder, Dave (2 July 2012). "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg to Guest Star". SFX. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg Filming Pics". SFX. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013. [edit]External links
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TDP 315: The Crimson Horror
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 47 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 237 – "The Crimson Horror" Doctor Who episode Cast Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswald) Others Diana Rigg - Mrs Gillyflower Rachael Stirling - Ada Dan Starkey – Strax Catrin Stewart – Jenny Flint Neve McIntosh – Madame Vastra Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Brendan Patricks – Edmund & Mr Thursday Graham Turner – Amos Olivia Vinall – Effie Michelle Tate – Abigail Jack Oliver Hudson – Urchin Boy[1] Production Writer Mark Gatiss Director Saul Metzstein Producer Marcus Wilson[2] Executive producer(s) Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner Incidental music composer Murray Gold Series Series 7 Length 45 minutes Originally broadcast 4 May 2013 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" "Nightmare in Silver" "The Crimson Horror" will be the eleventh episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Saul Metzstein.[3] The episode is also scheduled to be the 100th broadcast episode (not including mini-episodes) since the series was revived in 2005. [edit]Production "The Crimson Horror" will see the return of Vastra, Jenny, and Strax from "The Snowmen". Executive producer Steven Moffat told Radio Times that the story would be from their point of view, for the audience "to see them tackle a case of their own, and stumble across the Doctor's path, quite accidentally".[3][4] The episode was "specially written" for mother and daughter Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling.[5] It was the first time the two had worked together on screen.[5] Gatiss had worked on a play with Stirling, who mentioned that she and Rigg had never appeared in something together, and Gatiss offered to "tailor" them into his Doctor Who episode, of which he had the basic idea of.[6] Stirling said that Gatiss had written "an on-screen relationship between Ma and I that is truly delicious. We have never before worked together because the offers have not been tempting, but when such a funny and original script comes through you know the time has come."[7] Gatiss also stated that he wanted to write "a properly northern Who" and revealed that Rigg was able to use her native Doncasteraccent for the first time.[6] The episode began filming the week of 2 July 2012,[7] with location filming done in Bute Town, Caerphilly.[8] [edit]References ^http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wgxsc/doctor-who--the-crimson-horror ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/19/doctor-who-PI-week-19.html ^ a b "Doctor Who Series 7 News Accumulator". SFX. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013. ^ Moffat, Steven (30 March - 5 April 2013). Radio Times (Immediate Media Company). ^ a b Bowie-Sell, Daisy (2 July 2012)."Diana Rigg cast opposite her daughter in Doctor Who". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ a b Mulkern, Patrick (28 April 2013)."Doctor Who: Mark Gatiss sets the scene for The Crimson Horror".Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2013. ^ a b Golder, Dave (2 July 2012). "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg to Guest Star". SFX. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg Filming Pics". SFX. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013. [edit]External links
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TDP 314: Babbleshere - Destiny of the Doctor 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 50 secondsThe violent, volcanic world of Hephastos is home to a colony of composers, painters, authors and poets, all striving to create the greatest works of art the universe has ever seen. But in pursuit of their goal, artistic collaboration has been taken a stage too far... When the Doctor and Romana arrive, they discover the colonists have neglected their well-being and their once beautiful habitat, which has now succumbed to decay, and they are enslaved to the Babble network which occupies their every waking moment. Every thought, however trivial or insignificant , is shared with everyone else and privacy is now a crime. The colonists are being killed and the Doctor and Romana begin to suspect that a malevolent intelligence is at work. With time running out, the two time travellers race to discover the truth before they too are absorbed into the endless trivia of the Babblesphere... PLEASE NOTE: THE CD RELEASE DOES NOT COME WITH A FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE STORY. Written By: Jonathan Morris Directed By: John Ainsworth Cast Lalla Ward (Romana), Roger Parrott (Aurelius)
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TDP 315: The Crimson Horror
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 13 minutes and 47 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 237 – "The Crimson Horror" Doctor Who episode Cast Doctor Matt Smith (Eleventh Doctor) Companion Jenna-Louise Coleman (Clara Oswald) Others Diana Rigg - Mrs Gillyflower Rachael Stirling - Ada Dan Starkey – Strax Catrin Stewart – Jenny Flint Neve McIntosh – Madame Vastra Eve de Leon Allen – Angie Kassius Carey Johnson – Artie Brendan Patricks – Edmund & Mr Thursday Graham Turner – Amos Olivia Vinall – Effie Michelle Tate – Abigail Jack Oliver Hudson – Urchin Boy[1] Production Writer Mark Gatiss Director Saul Metzstein Producer Marcus Wilson[2] Executive producer(s) Steven Moffat Caroline Skinner Incidental music composer Murray Gold Series Series 7 Length 45 minutes Originally broadcast 4 May 2013 Chronology ← Preceded by Followed by → "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" "Nightmare in Silver" "The Crimson Horror" will be the eleventh episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Saul Metzstein.[3] The episode is also scheduled to be the 100th broadcast episode (not including mini-episodes) since the series was revived in 2005. [edit]Production "The Crimson Horror" will see the return of Vastra, Jenny, and Strax from "The Snowmen". Executive producer Steven Moffat told Radio Times that the story would be from their point of view, for the audience "to see them tackle a case of their own, and stumble across the Doctor's path, quite accidentally".[3][4] The episode was "specially written" for mother and daughter Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling.[5] It was the first time the two had worked together on screen.[5] Gatiss had worked on a play with Stirling, who mentioned that she and Rigg had never appeared in something together, and Gatiss offered to "tailor" them into his Doctor Who episode, of which he had the basic idea of.[6] Stirling said that Gatiss had written "an on-screen relationship between Ma and I that is truly delicious. We have never before worked together because the offers have not been tempting, but when such a funny and original script comes through you know the time has come."[7] Gatiss also stated that he wanted to write "a properly northern Who" and revealed that Rigg was able to use her native Doncasteraccent for the first time.[6] The episode began filming the week of 2 July 2012,[7] with location filming done in Bute Town, Caerphilly.[8] [edit]References ^http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wgxsc/doctor-who--the-crimson-horror ^http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/19/doctor-who-PI-week-19.html ^ a b "Doctor Who Series 7 News Accumulator". SFX. 19 March 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013. ^ Moffat, Steven (30 March - 5 April 2013). Radio Times (Immediate Media Company). ^ a b Bowie-Sell, Daisy (2 July 2012)."Diana Rigg cast opposite her daughter in Doctor Who". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ a b Mulkern, Patrick (28 April 2013)."Doctor Who: Mark Gatiss sets the scene for The Crimson Horror".Radio Times. Retrieved 28 April 2013. ^ a b Golder, Dave (2 July 2012). "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg to Guest Star". SFX. Retrieved 24 March 2013. ^ "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg Filming Pics". SFX. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013. [edit]External links
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TDP 314: Babbleshere - Destiny of the Doctor 4
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 6 minutes and 50 secondsThe violent, volcanic world of Hephastos is home to a colony of composers, painters, authors and poets, all striving to create the greatest works of art the universe has ever seen. But in pursuit of their goal, artistic collaboration has been taken a stage too far... When the Doctor and Romana arrive, they discover the colonists have neglected their well-being and their once beautiful habitat, which has now succumbed to decay, and they are enslaved to the Babble network which occupies their every waking moment. Every thought, however trivial or insignificant , is shared with everyone else and privacy is now a crime. The colonists are being killed and the Doctor and Romana begin to suspect that a malevolent intelligence is at work. With time running out, the two time travellers race to discover the truth before they too are absorbed into the endless trivia of the Babblesphere... PLEASE NOTE: THE CD RELEASE DOES NOT COME WITH A FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE STORY. Written By: Jonathan Morris Directed By: John Ainsworth Cast Lalla Ward (Romana), Roger Parrott (Aurelius)
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TDP 313: Smith 2013 Ep 5 - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
Episode Duration: 0 days, 0 hours, 11 minutes and 0 secondsDOCTOR WHO TIN DOG PODCAST REVIEWS THE LATEST DOCTOR WHO EPISODE. UPDATE TO FOLLOW "Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS" will be the tenth episode of the seventh series of the British science-fiction drama Doctor Who. It will be broadcast on 27 April 2013, and will star Matt Smith as the Eleventh Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara Oswald. This episode was written by Stephen Thompson and is about an adventure in the TARDIS. The episode will also include three brothers from an intergalactic salvage crew, played by Ashley Walters, Mark Oliver, and Jahvel Hall. Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 References 4 External links Plot Clara is lost in the depths of the TARDIS which is invaded by an intergalactic salvage crew who want to sell it for scrap, but the Doctor threatens to destroy the TARDIS by putting it in lock down and activating the self destruct if the salvage crew doesn't help him find Clara. Production Lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat gave the concept of an episode discovering the centre of the TARDIS to writer Stephen Thompson. Thompson explained that this was because Moffat was "haunted" by the 1978 story The Invasion of Time, which was set on the TARDIS but used hastily-constructed sets.[1] Thompson was also interested in mathematics and remarked, "anything involving multi-dimensional geometry gets me excited".[1] Moffat left the rest of the story to be developed by Thompson.[1] The episode finished filming in September 2012[3] Guest star Ashley Walters was in trouble with the producers on the first day of filming when he tweeted a picture of himself in his costume in his trailer with the word "space". The picture was immediately removed.[3] References ^ a b c d "Stephen Thompson interview". Doctor Who Magazine (Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics) (454). 15 November 2012. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/18/doctor-who-pi-week-18.html ^ a b Lazarus, Susanna (22 October 2011). "Ashley Walters on his Doctor Who role: you'll see more of the Tardis than ever before". Radio Times. Retrieved 21 January 2013. External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Eleventh Doctor "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS" at the BBC Doctor Who homepage "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS" at Doctor Who: A Brief History Of Time (Travel) "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS" at the Internet Movie Database