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Don't Count The Tenth Doctor Out Just Yet
David Tennant could receive a record-breaking £1.3 million to stay on as the star of British time-travel action-soap Doctor Who. Not only that, but the BBC may offer him some other inducements, like plum roles in some of its other dramas. "Everybody assumes David is quitting, but that's not the case," a BBC source told Scotsman news. (Actually, I'd always assumed the show's 2009 "gap year" was to give Tennant some time off, thus making it more likely he'd be back in 2010.) What else could the Beeb offer Tennant to get him to stay on? We're thinking a fresh pop star in every episode, and no more Welsh food at the lunch truck. [Scotsman.com]
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Bet On Who The New Doctor Will Be
David Tennant hasn't definitively said whether he's going to stay in the Tardis beyond the guest-startastic end of this season's Doctor Who, but a little thing like reality isn't enough to stop the UK's bookies. They've starting giving odds on who's most likely to replace him. And, if you're a betting person, you might want to check out Trainspotting one more time... More »
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Old Doctor Too Grumpy For Madonna, Claims Barrowman
Is this the start of a Torchwood/Doctor Who rift? John Barrowman, whose Captain Jack has made a point of jumping between shows, has weirdly spoken out about Christopher Eccleston, the revamped Who's first Doctor, saying that he was too grumpy for his own good and comparing him to the more sociable current Doctor, David Tennant. More »
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Doctor Who Keeps Going Backwards In Time
Russell T. Davies has dragged Doctor Who, the BBC's veteran time-travel show, into the 1990s. His confessed influences include early Buffy, but the revamped Who has always reminded me of some other 90s shows, including X-Files and, more and more, of Lois and Clark, with its focus on a male-female couple and their romantic/sexual tension or lack thereof. It's too bad Doctor Who remains about a decade behind the times, even as it keeps mining its own past. Spoilers for the season opener below the fold. More »
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Who Will Be Who?
These days, it's almost easier to point out who isn't going to be the new Doctor Who instead of who is. Following news reports last week that Robert Carlyle (from Trainspotting and 28 Weeks Later, amongst other things) won't be taking on the role whenever David Tennant steps down, now we have Jekyll's James Nesbitt saying that he's not interested, either. More »
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Is The End Near For David Tennant On Doctor Who?
Rumors keep popping up about the BBC's time-travel show Doctor Who, including persistent reports that David Tennant will definitely leave the show before or during 2009's three TV movies, and a replacement has been named. (The show's fifth season doesn't air until 2010.) And now some drastic reports have popped up about the show's adult spin-off about a secret alien-hunting organization, Torchwood. Whether these reports have even a sliver of truth, major changes look increasingly likely next year. More »
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Is David Tennant The Worst Doctor Who Ever?
While almost all on io9 happen to be very big fans of Doctor Who's David Tennant - soon to be heard reading the latest Who audiobook from the BBC - it turns out that the Doctor Who faithful don't necessarily feel the same way. In fact, some are downright convinced that he may be the worst Doctor ever. More »
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Doctor Who's Future Bright, Uncertain
Just what is going on with Doctor Who? Following rumors surrounding the departure of producer/head writer Russell T. Davies and star David Tennant at the end of this summer's fourth season, Davies has taken to making cryptic comments in the opposite direction. Talking to UK website Digital Spy, Davies is quoted as saying that "a secret history of phone calls, dinners and face-to-face conversations" has made him a lot more optimistic about the show's future. More »
David Tennant's Ophelia-Wannabe Stalker
A crazy woman is stalking Doctor Who star David Tennant in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he's working on a production of Hamlet. She's left her husband for Tennant, and keeps writing him science fictional versions of Hamlet with herself as a futuristic Ophelia. She also leaves him pencil drawings of Tennant and herself "being friendly" in the TARDIS. Tennant is scared. Tennant image from The Stage. [DigitalSpy]
A crazy woman is stalking Doctor Who star David Tennant in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he's working on a production of Hamlet. She's left her husband for Tennant, and keeps writing him science fictional versions of Hamlet with herself as a futuristic Ophelia. She also leaves him pencil drawings of Tennant and herself "being friendly" in the TARDIS. Tennant is scared. Tennant image from The Stage. [DigitalSpy]
Doctor Who Without The Doctor
The last two Doctor Who seasons each featured one episode where the Doctor hardly appeared. Looks like this year's "Doctor-lite" episode may take place inside his time machine, the TARDIS. (Though we liked the Doctor-Lite episode last year, which followed an ELO cover band in London full of Whovians.) How are they going to pull it off? Simple: strand the doctor somewhere so his companions Rose, Martha and Donna can have crazy adventures in time and space without him.
The last two Doctor Who seasons each featured one episode where the Doctor hardly appeared. Looks like this year's "Doctor-lite" episode may take place inside his time machine, the TARDIS. (Though we liked the Doctor-Lite episode last year, which followed an ELO cover band in London full of Whovians.) How are they going to pull it off? Simple: strand the doctor somewhere so his companions Rose, Martha and Donna can have crazy adventures in time and space without him.
The Tenth Doctor Could Return In 2010
David Tennant took a break from groping Kylie long enough to deny rumors he's quitting the lead role in Doctor Who after 2009. He's already taking most of 2009 off, doing just three Who TV specials so he can play Hamlet. But he could still return in 2010, he says. [icWales]
David Tennant took a break from groping Kylie long enough to deny rumors he's quitting the lead role in Doctor Who after 2009. He's already taking most of 2009 off, doing just three Who TV specials so he can play Hamlet. But he could still return in 2010, he says. [icWales]
Doctor Who Says Bigger Is Better
The BBC will be attempting to prove that bigger is better when the Doctor Who Christmas Special, also known cheerfully as "Voyage of the Damned" airs on Christmas Day this year. It'll run longer than the previous Christmas episodes, and has an hour long documentary tacked onto the end of it. All in all, that's 131 minutes of Who-ville for your holiday enjoyment.
The BBC will be attempting to prove that bigger is better when the Doctor Who Christmas Special, also known cheerfully as "Voyage of the Damned" airs on Christmas Day this year. It'll run longer than the previous Christmas episodes, and has an hour long documentary tacked onto the end of it. All in all, that's 131 minutes of Who-ville for your holiday enjoyment.
Countdown to Doctor Who Christmas Special
Never mind Advent Calendars, December has become the time of year for the Doctor Who Adventure Calendar. Now in its third year, this twenty-five part countdown to the Doctor Who Christmas Special (this year, guest-starring tiny Australian pop songstress Kylie Minogue as Tardis-anagram Astrid) offers up daily new web content dedicated to the world's favorite time traveller. So far, we've got some behind the scenes cheese and the start of an uninspiring prose story taking part on a futuristic planet called "Winter Wonderland," but countless fans are doubtless holding their breath for pictures of David Tennent decking the halls with bows of holly before too long.
Never mind Advent Calendars, December has become the time of year for the Doctor Who Adventure Calendar. Now in its third year, this twenty-five part countdown to the Doctor Who Christmas Special (this year, guest-starring tiny Australian pop songstress Kylie Minogue as Tardis-anagram Astrid) offers up daily new web content dedicated to the world's favorite time traveller. So far, we've got some behind the scenes cheese and the start of an uninspiring prose story taking part on a futuristic planet called "Winter Wonderland," but countless fans are doubtless holding their breath for pictures of David Tennent decking the halls with bows of holly before too long.
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The new Doctor Who BBC series has a lot of fans who never watched the original. So why do the producers insist on hauling out more and more Thatcher-era crap? It's like they're trying to drain the freshness out of the show. The latest instance is the return of 1980s doctor Peter Davison in a mini-episode for a BBC charity night. When David Tennant tells Davison, "You were my Doctor," he's speaking for the fans-turned-writers. It's another stage in the descent of Doctor Who into self-referential fluff. More »
Doctor Who Hits The Nostalgia Crack Pipe
The new Doctor Who BBC series has a lot of fans who never watched the original. So why do the producers insist on hauling out more and more Thatcher-era crap? It's like they're trying to drain the freshness out of the show. The latest instance is the return of 1980s doctor Peter Davison in a mini-episode for a BBC charity night. When David Tennant tells Davison, "You were my Doctor," he's speaking for the fans-turned-writers. It's another stage in the descent of Doctor Who into self-referential fluff. More »
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New Doctor Who Star Could Be His Own Worst Enemy
Could the Master be the new Doctor? That's what one newspaper is claiming. John Simm, who danced rings around David Tennant as the psycho arch-villain, is the "hot favorite" to play the Doctor when Tennant leaves. But it's unclear how the show could get around the fact that we saw Simm's body being cremated:If Simm is to return in any guise, the show's writers would either have to explain his resurrection or add him in another way. And if he is indeed to return as the Doctor, an even more ingenious explanation will be required to account for his transformation from the Timelord's sworn enemy to the central character himself - unless, of course, their facial similarities are entirely glossed over.More »
