Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Article roundup 2nd-9th March 2011

Plenty of coverage of the latest episodes to be filmed, including guest stars James Corden and Lynda Baron and director Steve Hughes. Meanwhile, Piers Wenger is moving into a more creational role in BBC Wales. Comic Relief is approaching, and perhaps most importantly so is Series Six, with the date now confirmed as 23rd April in the USA!


Series Coverage
BBC America(9th) - New ‘Doctor Who’ Season Premieres April 23 on BBC America
Entertainment Weekly(9th) - 'Doctor Who' premiere date, plot details, poster revealed -- EXCLUSIVE
Cultbox(9th) - 'Doctor Who' Easter return date confirmed
Cultbox(9th) - David Walliams' 'Doctor Who' episode details revealed
ATV Today(9th) - Details of Toby Whithouse episode of Doctor Who revealed
What's on TV(9th) - First look at James Corden in Doctor Who (VIDEO)
Metro(9th) - Cybermen return to Doctor Who to fight James Corden
Unreality TV(9th) - Cybermen and Cybermats for Doctor Who this spring
The List(9th) - Cybermen return with pets
Bleeding Cool(9th) - Doctor Who Meets An Old Friend, A New Friend… And An Old Enemy?
ATV Today(9th) - Old enemies returning to Doctor Who
Den of Geek(9th) - Doctor Who series 6: which monster might be returning?
The Sun(9th) - Return of Doctor Who pet hate
The Sun(8th) - Who's the daddy now, James?
Unreality Shout(8th) - Lynda Baron to star alongside James Corden in sixth series of 'Doctor Who'.
Cultbox(7th) - 'EastEnders' star Lynda Baron joins 'Doctor Who' Corden ep
SFX(7th) - Doctor Who – That Gaiman Episode
Unreality TV(7th) - Lynda Baron to star in Doctor Who?
The Sun(7th) - Who's Open All Hours for Lynda
Digital Spy(7th) - Lynda Baron for 'Doctor Who' role?
Wales on Sunday(6th) - Gavin and Stacey star Corden returns to Doctor Who
ATV Today(5th) - New Doctor Who Director Confirmed
Metro(3rd) - Doctor Who turns romantic as Amy Pond gives the Timelord a special kiss
The Sun(3rd) - (Dr) Who loves ya?
Daily Mail(3rd) - Is there trouble ahead for Amy and Rory? The Doctor gets close to his companion
AOLTV(2nd) - Exclusive: James Corden on reprising Doctor Who role

Torchwood
Nerdles(6th) - Upcoming Torchwood Season Will Feel American
After Elton(5th) - Exclusive! Meet Brad, Captain Jack's One Night Stand on "Torchwood: Miracle Day!"
...Ology(4th) - 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' To Have American Feel
Cultbox(4th) - 'Torchwood' writer: Series 4 is 'almost all written'
Airlock Alpha(4th) - Anyone Can Die In 'Torchwood'
Liverpool Daily Post(3rd) - Maghull-based Torchwood screenwriter John Fay answers Liverpool Daily Post readers’ questions for LiveRead 2011
Comic Book Movie(3rd) - Torchwood Recruits Former 'Ghostbuster' Ernie Hudson For "Miracle Day"!

Comic Relief
What's On TV(9th) - Doctor Who add some cosmic relief to Red Nose Day
Monsters & Critics(7th) - David Tennant travels to Uganda for Comic Relief
Anglotopia(7th) - David Tennant: Videos of David’s Appearance on Blankety Blank – Red Nose Day Special
BBC(6th) - David Walliams completes 24 hour live broadcast
Bleeding Cool(2nd) - What’s Better Than One Comic Relief Doctor Who Minisode?

Broadcasting
Broadcast [registration](4th) - Doctor Who heads to Italy

Worlds in Time
Digital Spy(4th) - BBC: 'Doctor Who MMO will embrace wit'
Big Download(3rd) - Interview: BBC Worldwide's games head gives us hints about Doctor Who: Worlds In Time

Awards/Nominations
Monsters & Critics(2nd) - David Tennant and Jim Broadbent nominated for RTS awards

People
Digital Spy(9th) - Mark Sheppard: 'Doctor Who was dream job'
Unreality TV(9th) - Doctor Who: Mark Sheppard “Matt [Smith] is my favourite Doctor”
Independent(8th) - Christopher Isherwood: A singular talent laid bare
Cultbox(7th) - Matt Smith: 'I'd like to play Ted Hughes'
Digital Spy(7th) - Freema Agyeman ('Law & Order: UK')
Press Association(7th) - Freema denies engagement rumours (also Milngavie Herald)
Buddy TV(7th) - Nicholas Brendon, James Marsters, Clare Kramer Talk 'Buffy' Memories at Seattle Comicon
Comic Book Movie(6th) - VIDEOS: James Marsters Talks Three Inches, Torchwood & Smallville!
Coventry Telegraph(6th) - Doctor Who actor Arthur Darvill joins Harry Treadaway and Emma Booth in Pelican Blood
Daily Record(6th) - Doctor Who star David Tennant tells of moving mission for Comic Relief
Newsarama(4th) - Life After WHO: The Fifth Doctor on Past, Present, & Future (Peter Davison)
ATV Network(3rd) - Queenie's Showbiz News (John Barrowman)
BSC Review(3rd) - Six Feet Under and Torchwood’s Lauren Ambrose Takes Weekends at Bellevue
Digital Spy(3rd) - 'Six Feet Under' star boards Fox pilot
Television Blend(2nd) - Lauren Ambrose In For Weekends At Bellevue

Obituaries
Sydney Morning Herald(8th) - Stiff-upper-lip actor played sidekick to a who's who of Doctor Whos (Nicholas Courtney) (and Brisbane Times)

Merchandise
Cultbox(9th) - 'Doctor Who': The BBC Radio Episodes boxset announced
Cultbox(8th) - 'Doctor Who': A Christmas Carol soundtrack CD review
flick filosopher(8th) - ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: balloon TARDIS
Cinema Blend(7th) - Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol [Blu-Ray]
UGO(7th) - Idiots Boxed! The Best TV-on-Blu-ray Gift Ideas (Doctor Who)
UGO(7th) - Idiots Boxed! The Best TV-on-Blu-ray Gift Ideas (Torchwood)
Den of Geek(6th) - Doctor Who: Mara Tales DVD review
SFX(4th) - Doctor Who: Mara Tales – DVD review
ATV Today(4th) - Doctor Who - The Reign of Terror to be released on DVD
Ely Standard(4th) - Audio Review: Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation (and Herts Advertiser)
ABC Shop [AU](3rd) - Doctor Who A Christmas Carol - 2010 Christmas Special
Starpulse(2nd) - TV on DVD: 'Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol'

Miscellaneous
flick filosopher(9th) - ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “Doctorin’ the TARDIS” music video
Anglotopia(9th) - Doctor Whooligan 3-9-11: Latest Doctor Who Series Six News, Casting News, Book News and More!
Digital Spy(9th) - Wire tips Sheen for 'Doctor Who' script
Bleeding Cool(8th) - Doctor Who Comics To Go Digital At C2E2
Anglotopia(8th) - Doctor Who: Fun Video – Dog vs. a Dalek
Shadowlocked(2nd) - Doctor Who Complete Review - Terror of the Vervoids
Shadowlocked(7th) - Doctor Who Complete Reviews - The Ultimate Foe
Blastr(7th) - 16 weird, what-were-they-thinking sci-fi movie and TV food tie-ins
Henley Standard(7th) - Novelist talk on romantic heroes
Anglotopia(5th) - Doctor Who: Fun Image – The Daleks Were Unable to Exterminate Today
ATV Today(5th) - Which other incomplete Doctor Who stories would you like released on DVD?
South Wales Echo(5th) - Doctor Who bus tour unveiled in Cardiff
SFX(4th) - Sci Fi Classics - 6 Doctor Who “The Androids Of Tara”
My San Antonio(4th) - MDA walk w/Doctor Who & Star Wars fans Saturday, March 5
...Ology(4th) - TARDIS Purse Will Hold Pretty Much Anything
Anglotopia(4th) - Doctor Whooligan: Doctor Who Series Six News, Latest Torchwood News and Classic Who New Bits
Crikey [AU](3rd) - [TV Diary] Friday 4 March 2011 (Daleks: Invasion 2150AD)
South Wales Echo(3rd) - City within a city marks out its boundaries
Western Mail(3rd) - Time Lord enjoys the smack of the present

Related News
Digital Spy(9th) - BBC Wales appoints new drama head
Nouse(9th) - The slow death of American imports
After Elton(8th) - Special Report! Why Doesn’t Hollywood Cast More Gay Actors in Leading Roles?
BBC News(8th) - Doctor Who executive Piers Wenger in new BBC Wales role
C21Media(8th) - BBC Wales poaches Kudos creative
ATV Today(8th) - Piers Wegner steps down as Head of Drama at BBC Wales
VAdvert(7th) - BBC Cymru Wales Appoints New Head of Drama
Stage(7th) - Piers Wenger to step down as head of drama at BBC Wales
Daily Mail(5th) - A nation of secret telly addicts: Brits watch FOUR hours of TV a day... but we think we only watch three

Passing Mention
Daily Mail(9th) - Mockery was once Hague’s weapon. Here he was stung
Contact Music(9th) - Katie Price - Katie Price Up For Mum Of The Year Award
Indie Wire(8th) - “Bigger and Badder” ActionFest 2 Set For April
TV Squad(8th) - Sci-Fi TV's Most Memorable Female Characters
This Is Hampshire(7th) - Echo readers show how they would 'pimp their bin'
Coventry Telegraph(7th) - Curtain up on RSC costumes drama
Telegraph(7th) - The Fitness Workshop: Speedskating
Press Association(7th) - Father preserves voice for son
Daily Mail(5th) - Attack of the flying saucers! How six 'UFOs' sparked a nationwide panic when they landed in Britain in 1967
Dover Post(4th) - Happy Hour Q&A with Joseph "Peaches" Mujica
Montreal Gazette(4th) - Geeks assemble!
Falkirk Herald(4th) - Family mourns Falkirk sailor
Sun Chronicle(4th) - REILLY: Getting into 'Gear'
This is Tamworth(4th) - Lambs ace to remember friends with race challenge
BBC News(3rd) - Harris Tweed centenary celebrated in V&A London event
Village Voice(3rd) - UK UFO Files Released
Reuters(3rd) - Screen shot: The limits to connectivity