Friday 8 July 2011

Article roundup 1st-6th July 2011

In the last few days The Crash of Elysium has opened to good reviews at the Manchester International Festival, plus Matt Smith and Karen Gillan's appearances in the USA for SDCC2011 and a DVD signing in Hollywood. Plus Matt Smith is due to play rower Bert Bushell in a new BBC drama before re-assuming the role as the Doctor for the Christmas Special. Meanwhile, Big Finish's audio adventures for the Time Lord's earlier incarnations will continue until 2014. 


Series Coverage
Screenrant(6th) - ‘Doctor Who’ Season 6 ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ Plot Revealed
TV Overmind(6th) - Doctor Who 6.08 "Let's Kill Hitler" Synopsis Released
Telegraph [AU](6th) - Fans confused about Dr Who
Airlock Alpha(6th) - Is 'Doctor Who' In Trouble? Fans Demand Answers
TV Overmind(5th) - Wibbly-Wobbly, Scheduley-Weduley: A Full Season of Doctor Who in 2012?
TV Overmind(4th) - Doctor Who: All Those Rory Deaths to Pay Off?
Cultbox(8th) - 'Doctor Who': Series 6 news summary
NME(4th) - More confusion surrounds 'Doctor Who' 2012 broadcast plans
Wales on Sunday(3rd) - BBC denies Doctor Who is in crisis

Broadcasting
Futon Critic(6th) - BBC America - August Highlights

Worlds in Time
Online PR News(3rd) - Doctor Who: Worlds in Time

The Crash Of The Elysium
BBC News(4th) - Doctor Who show, The Crash of the Elysium, hits Salford
Telegraph(4th) - The Crash of Elysium, Manchester International Festival, review
Guardian(3rd) - The Crash of the Elysium
Manchester Confidential(3rd) - Crash Of The Elysium Reviewed: MIF 2011
Guardian(1st) - Manchester International Festival highlights why city leads the way
Guardian(1st) - Just what the Doctor ordered: family theatre at its scary, exhilarating best

Events
BBC America(6th) - Matt Smith, Karen Gillan Set for ‘Doctor Who’ Signing at Amoeba in Hollywood (July 26)
io9(6th) - 2011: The Year Television Owns Comic-Con
Daemon's TV(6th) - DOCTOR WHO and BEDLAM Heading To Comic-Con 2011
Independent(5th) - Comic-Con schedule: television previews
ATV Today(1st) - Doctor Who and Bedlam actors for Comic Con
SFGate(1st) - Comic Con 2011: Doctor Who, Bedlam, Underworld 4, Bellflower
UGO(1st) - Comic-Con 2011: Doctor Who Coverage and Panel

Local Events
Nailsea People(6th) - Nailsea carnival - the full story
Get Bracknell(6th) - Dr Who stars take time out for fundraiser (Lesley Sharp, Toby Jones)
Weston Worle and Somerset Gazette(5th) - Picture gallery: Carnival is huge success
Fenland Citizen(5th) - DODDINGTON CARNIVAL: Gallery of pictures from the day
Malvern Gazette(3rd) - Church has unlikely visitor

People
Deadline(6th) - Russell T Davies Drama Series 'Cucumber' In Development At Showtime
Scotsman(6th) - Interview: Noel Clarke, actor
Hollywood(6th) - Barrowman receives honorary doctorate
Contact Music(6th) - John Barrowman - John Barrowman Receives Honorary Doctorate
Comic Book Movie(6th) - Fancast: The Amazing Spiderman (Andrew Garfield)
STV(5th) - Call me Doctor: John Barrowman receives honorary drama degree
Express and Star(5th) - Davison keeps Doctor Who in family
BBC America(5th) - Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Peter Davison’s Grandson Wants to be The Doctor
io9(5th) - David Tennant shows off his big vampire-slaying gun in new Fright Night stills
Anglotopia(5th) - David Tennant: New Pictures from Fright Night Released
Belfast Telegraph(4th) - Davison keeps Doctor Who in family
Glasgow Evening Times(4th) - Pirates panto fans go mad for Barrowman and The Krankies
Inverness Courier(4th) - Dr Who star is surprise guest at Eden Court Theatre
BBC News(4th) - Actress Karen Gillan surprises Inverness arts students
Express(3rd) - Why we'll never know the naked truth of Karen Gillan's NY hotel shame
Daily Mail(2nd) - Keeping Doctor Who in the family: How Former Time Lord Peter Davison's granddaughter also has an ex-Doctor - David Tennant - for a father...
The List(1st) - Matt Smith to star in Olympics drama
What's on TV(1st) - Doctor Who's Matt Smith to star as Olympic champ
BBC America(1st) - Matt Smith Hits The Rowing Machine For New BBC Drama
Metro(1st) - Matt Smith to star in 1948 London Olympics BBC film Bert and Dickie
Daily Mail(1st) - Doctor Who's Olympic past: Matt Smith to star as gold-winning rower from 1948
Wenatchee World(1st) - Pegg memoir celebrates dreams come true
...ology(1st) - First Look: David Tennant Will Hunt Vampires
Stage(5th) - Nicholas Courtney: a splendid chap
Best British TV(29th) - Matthew Graham Interview – Part Two

Merchandise
Saffron Walden Recorder(5th) - Audio Review: Doctor Who: The Eye of the Jungle
DVICE(5th) - Doctor Who TARDIS soap will transport you into a cleaner dimension
Cultbox(4th) - 'Doctor Who': 'The Sun Makers' DVD extras announced
Toy News(4th) - Ride-in Dalek demand increases by 230 per cent
Licencing Biz(4th) - Underground Toys introduces Doctor Who plush
Technabob(3rd) - TARDIS: Time and Relative Dimension in Soap
Village Soup(2nd) - A lot of chasing going on (recent DVD releases)
CNET(1st) - Life-size pet Daleks roll and rotate
Pop Culture Zoo(1st) - Underground Toys Gets Plush With Doctor Who

Episodes/Reviews
Shadowlocked(6th) - Doctor Who Complete Reviews: 42
Shadowlocked(4th) - Doctor Who Complete Reviews: The Lazarus Experiment
AV Club(3rd) - "Castrovalva"
Shadowlocked(1st) - Doctor Who Complete Reviews: Daleks in Manhattan
Stuff [NZ])(1st) - Doctor Who's mid-season finale
PopStar(1st) - Doctor Who - Episode 5.03: "Victory of the Daleks"

Miscellaneous
Blastr(6th) - 19 sci-fi trials to take your mind off that Casey Anthony verdict
SFX(6th) - Doctor Who Superfans Required
SFX(6th) - Doctor Who Spotting Week
Time(6th) - Online Shopping Guide to Geek Chic
Den of Geek(6th) - Doctor Who: a celebration of Jon Pertwee
My San Antonio(6th) - Free papercraft ‘Doctor Who’ Doctors, TARDIS, etc. to print out
flick filosopher(5th) - ‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Hire a TARDIS.com
IT World(5th) - Evolution of Doctor Who Title Sequences
Wired(5th) - Ask Doctor Who: Quiz Eleventh Time Lord Matt Smith
The Football Network(5th) - Is there a Doctor in the house?
BBC America(2nd) - A Companion To The Doctor’s Companions: Jo Grant
Digital Spy(1st) - Friday Fiver: Best TV Aliens
Anglotopia(1st) - Doctor Whooligan: Looking Back At The 5th Doctor, Torchwood News, Colin Baker On Stage, Eccleston on HBO??

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Guardian(4th) - BBC spends 37.8% of production budget outside of London
Gloucestershire Gazette(3rd) - Oldbury Power Station starts to shutdown (The Hand of Fear)
NWBusiness(30th) - Making the most of our popular TV shows

Passing Mention
Telegraph(6th) - Paris Haute Couture: Jean Paul Gaultier autumn/winter 2011
Wales Online(6th) - Robotic football team treated to performance of national anthem ahead of World Cup trip
Daily Mail(6th) - How to get the measure of a shifty man... check out the width of his face
Mirror(2nd) - Be prepared to have some fun in Dorset
Supply Management(1st) - You failed to engage in competitive tendering, go back two spaces