Friday 27 May 2011

Article roundup 23rd-27th May 2011

This week sees lots of coverage for last and this week's episodes of the series, plus the Doctor's jacket comes under sales scrutiny, and executive producer Piers Wenger has announced he's leaving the BBC. Meanwhile, more details from Torchwood come to light courtesy of SFX.


The Almost People
Telegraph(27th) - Doctor Who, episode 6: The Almost People, preview
Digital Spy(27th) - 'Doctor Who': Ten teasers about 'The Almost People'
Standard(27th) - Is this the end for Rory?
Den of Geek(26th) - Doctor Who: who is the woman with the eyepatch?
Anglotopia(26th) - Doctor Who: The Almost People Introduction with Karen Gillan – SPOILERS!!!
Blastr(25th) - Watch 4 awesome, hilarious clips from Doctor Who episode 6
Digital Spy(25th) - 'Doctor Who' star teases "biggie" cliffhangers (Arthur Darvill)
Boomtron(25th) - Doctor Who – The Almost People Promo Pics
BBC America(24th) - Matt Smith Promises Next ‘Doctor Who’ Episode Will be a ‘Whopper’
Den of Geek(24th) - Doctor Who: fresh pictures from The Almost People
Digital Spy(24th) - 'Doctor Who': 'The Almost People' in pictures
Cultbox(23rd) - 'Doctor Who': Series 6 Episode 6 trailer
Cultbox(23rd) - 'Doctor Who': Series 6 Episode 6 teasers
Digital Spy(22nd) - This Week's Must-See TV: 5 Shows You Shouldn't Miss

The Rebel Flesh
Big Shiny Robot(26th) - Doctor Who 6.5 – Thoughts and Speculation
Belfast Telegraph(26th) - Doctor Who series 6 blog: The Rebel Flesh
AbbyShot(24th) - AbbyShot Reviews Doctor Who 6.5: The Rebel Flesh
BBC America(24th) - Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Matthew Graham Shares His ‘Rebel Flesh’ Secrets
TV Pixie(24th) - Doctor Who - The Rebel Flesh
The Yorker(23rd) - Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh
Hollywood(23rd) - ‘Doctor Who’ Recap: The Rebel Flesh
Chud(23rd) - Tag Team Review: Doctor Who - "The Rebel Flesh"
Geeks of Doom(23rd) - TARDISblend 27: The Rebel Flesh
Cultbox(23rd) - 'Doctor Who': What did you think of 'The Rebel Flesh'?
Cultbox(23rd) - 'Doctor Who': Are you a Ganger?
Newsarama(23rd) - Post Game TV Recap: DOCTOR WHO S6E5 "Rebel Flesh"
Daemon's TV(23rd) - DOCTOR WHO “The Rebel Flesh” Review
flick filosopher(23rd) - ‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “The Rebel Flesh”
This is Staffordshire(23rd) - TV Review: Doctor Who, BBC 1, - review by John Woodhouse
Shropshire Star(22nd) - Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh review
Cultbox(21st) - 'Doctor Who': 'The Rebel Flesh' review

Series Coverage
Anglotopia(27th) - Doctor Whooligan: BAFTA Roundup, The Almost People, Torchwood On DVD
Geeks of Doom(27th) - TV Review: ‘Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Wife’
Wired(26th) - Exclusive: The Doctor Answers Your Doctor Who Questions
Den of Geek(26th) - Doctor Who: want to know who returns next week?
io9(25th) - An unexpected guest star returns for Doctor Who’s big cliffhanger episode! Plus casting updates for the Hunger Games and World War Z!
What's on TV(25th) - Doctor Who's Arthur: Rory's a proper companion now
Popstar(25th) - Doctor Who - Episode Recap 6.04: "The Doctor's Wife"
Den of Geek(24th) - Doctor Who: why does Rory keep on dying?
Popstar(23rd) - Doctor Who - Episode Recap 6.03: "The Curse of the Black Spot"

Torchwood
Entertainment Weekly(27th) - 'Torchwood' scoop: How Starz handles Capt. Jack's love life
Digital Spy(27th) - 'Torchwood' creator: 'New series is US/UK clash'
The OSP(27th) - The Return of Another Captain Jack this Summer
SFX(26th) - Torchwood: Miracle Day “Not A Reboot” Says Russell T Davies
Cinema Blend(26th) - Torchwood's Captain Jack Harkness Sporting A New Look For Miracle Day
Blastr(26th) - How Torchwood plans to gross us out by going all Walking Dead
TV Scoop(26th) - The new series of ‘Torchwood’ will see Captain Jack Harkness battling zombies
The List(26th) - Torchwood's zombie battle
AolTV(25th) - Exclusive First Look: Captain Jack's 'Torchwood: Miracle Day' Makeover

Broadcasting
New Zealand Herald(26th) - TV Eye: Doctor Who, Sherlock offer embarrassment of good TV
Holy Moly(25th) - TV Review: Four Rooms
Daily Star(24th) - FOUR ROOMS

Awards/Nominations
Independent(23rd) - Caught & Social: ‘Who’ and ‘Holmes’ – no early end to the debate
The Sun(23rd) - Doc and Sherlock get shock
Sky News(23rd) - Only Way Is Essex Wins Audience TV Bafta
Metro(22nd) - Doctor Who and Sherlock go head-to-head for TV Bafta award

People
NewsOK(27th) - David Tennant: Nerdage’s #12 actor with geek appeal
Digital Spy(27th) - 'Scott & Bailey': Q&A with Suranne Jones
Holy Moly(27th) - The Prime of Miss Jean Shrimpton (Karen Gillan)
Express(27th) - Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing
Standard(27th) - Much Ado About Nothing
Guardian(27th) - Much Ado About Nothing – review
Gibraltar Chronicle(27th) - Dr Who and Much Ado About Gibraltar
Independent(27th) - Can David Tennant and Catherine Tate make Shakespeare the year’s hottest ticket?
Guardian(25th) - Much ado about 1980s Gibraltar
Express(27th) - Matt Smith can't keep his hands off Daisy Lowe
Mirror(27th) - Doctor Who Matt Smith squeezes girlfriend Daisy Lowe's bottom
Metro(26th) - Matt Smith can't resist giving girlfriend Daisy Lowe a squeeze
Daily Mail(26th) - That's unbecoming of the Doctor! Matt Smith gets to grips with his gorgeous girlfriend Daisy Lowe
The Sun(26th) - Who's pinching Daisy's bum?
East Anglia Daily Press(23rd) - Growing interest in Dereham man’s Doctor Who stories (David Fisher)
Observer(22nd) - Bafta TV special/Mark Gatiss: "Television is my great friend and teacher"

Obituaries
Independent(25th) - Bill Hunter: Actor known for archetypal, gruff Australians in films like 'Gallipoli' and 'Strictly Ballroom'
Guardian(23rd) - Bill Hunter obituary
Toby Hadoke(23rd) - Memoriam Loss

Merchandise
Financial Times(27th) - The Man Who Invented the Daleks
IGN(27th) - Doctor Who's Deadly Day of Daleks
TV Shows on DVD(27th) - Doctor Who - Finalized List of Extras, Packaging for 'Story #060: Day of the Daleks'
Games On Net(27th) - Free 1-hour trial for the second episode of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games.
Ely Standard(26th) - Audio Review: Doctor Who – The Hounds of Artemis
Monsters & Critics(26th) - Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons – DVD Review
Monsters & Critics(26th) - Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders - DVD Review
Den of Geek(22nd) - Doctor Who: Frontios DVD review

Miscellaneous
The Age(28th) - Just what the Doctor ordered (also Sydney Morning Herald)
Bleeding Cool(27th) - Daleks, Divas And Dickheads – Bleeding Cool At MCM London Expo
Anglotopia(27th) - Doctor Who: The 11 Doctors as Muppets
WalesOnline(27th) - Love where you live event is all about the environment in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Shadowlocked(27th) - What made Christopher Eccleston unique
Den of Geek(27th) - Doctor Who titles in the style of the Super Nintendo
Indie Wire(26th) - TV Vs. Film: Ten Shows Worth Skipping The Multiplex For
Anglotopia(26th) - Doctor Who: The Opening Titles Re-imagined as a Super Nintendo Game – Video
io9(26th) - 10 Dirt-Cheap Aliens Who Still Look Awesome
Seenit(26th) - Review: Doctor Who Experience
Blastr(26th) - 18 sci-fi drunk scenes funnier than anything you'll see in Hangover 2
Jackson Free Press(25th) - Doctor Who
BBC America(25th) - Hats Off To Oprah: Five British Celebrity Farewells (End of Time)
Shadowlocked(25th) - Doctor Who Complete Reviews: New Earth
Bournemouth Echo(25th) - Bournemouth University student invents new Doctor Who computer game
This is Somerset(26th) - Tardis lands for Somerset Dr Who fan's birthday
Daily Mail(26th) - Are you old enough to be a Doctor? Five-year-old gets his very own full-size Tardis
Chard & Ilminster News(25th) - Who's a lucky time traveller in Chard?
SFX(24th) - Top 10 Resurrections
The List(24th) - Five interesting things about... Dylan Moran (#4)
Concord Patch(23rd) - Update: Enjoying DNA; Traveling Through Time in the Tardis
CBC(26th) - N.L. company tangled up in Doctor Who controversy
Canadian Press(25th) - Canadian replica of 'Doctor Who' tweed jacket at centre of international row
The Mark(24th) - U.K. Tweed Off Over Canadian Dr. Who Jacket Supplier
Vancouver Sun(24th) - Scots uproar follows Canadian company's Dr. Who deal (also Calgary HeraldGlobalMail)
Daily Mail(23rd) - What a stitch up: BBC infuriates Scots by sourcing Doctor Who's 'Harris Tweed' jackets in China
Anglotopia(25th) - Doctor Who: Adam Savage Does Doctor Who with Massive Tesla Coils – Video
Mashable(25th) - Tesla Coils + Doctor Who + Mythbuster’s Adam Savage = Music To Our Ears [VIDEO]
io9(23rd) - See a Mythbuster cage dance to the Dr. Who theme while being blasted by Tesla coils
Sonic State(22nd) - The Dr Who Theme, Played On Tesla Coils

Related News
BBC News(26th) - Doctor Who executive Piers Wenger leaves BBC for Film4
ATV Today(26th) - Doctor Who producer Piers Wenger to join Film4
Variety(26th) - Film4 taps Wenger
Guardian(26th) - Doctor Who producer Piers Wenger joins Film4
C21Media(26th) - Wenger scores Film4 role
Screen Daily [registration](26th) - Film4's Commissioning team grows with addition of Piers Wenger
Hollywood Reporter(25th) - Chris Hardwick Reveals Details of BBC America Deal

Passing Mention
Wheels(27th) - The Tardis of the car world
Washington Post(24th) - Barack Obama is a Time Lord!
Guardian(24th) - Alan Moore's comic: a masterpiece of SF art