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Friday, December 18

Reportageness on the End of Time screening

SFX were there to see part 1: Here is a niggle...

Best of all, the episode was amazing. Stunning. Brilliant. The best Christmas Day Doctor Who special yet. Not perfect, but hugely entertaining. But we’re not going to give too much away. We may have unwrapped this particular present early, but we're only going to let you shake it a bit. Trust us, this review is not going to spoil your fun; we had the pleasure of sitting there through so many, “Oooohhhhh!" moments it'd be a shame if you were robbed of them. In fact, try to avoid as many previews as possible in the papers and magazines, in case – by design or accident – they give away the last few minutes leading up the cliffhanger. It’s a doozy – one of Doctor Who's all time classic "out-there" concepts – and you really don't want to know it before Christmas Day. If you think that the masses of preview footage that has been released so far means that you’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect from this episode, then you’re wrong. There are plenty of surprises in store.

You'll also get to meet the Master unlike you’ve ever seen him before, physically and in terms of his character. You get to see a LOT of the Master and he’s magnificent throughout. If anything John Simm steals the show, but you get the feeling Tennant is going to steal it back big time in part two.

And talking of Wilf, Bernard Cribbins is just magnificent. He seems to hold a universe of sadness in his eyes and yet still cracks you up. Cribbins certainly deserves his name in the opening credits alongside Tennant and Simm.

Wednesday, December 16

Can you hear it?

Shown after Buzzcocks today!

Tuesday, December 15

Don't blink (again!)

The Moff has revealed that the Weeping Angels are returning, on his Radio 3 interview. This is well exciting! Does this mean we get Sally Sparrow back?

A massive thank you to Cameron over at Blogtor Who who recorded it for us!

Alien Armies Competition Winner

Very very sorry about the delay - school and exams have been taking up much of the time!

Congratulations to
Sean Olding
for his delightful entry for the competition!

What does Doctor Who mean to me?

To me, Doctor Who is everything the human race can do, can’t do, could do, will do, will never do. It is everything we dream. It is the opportunity to enjoy something so amazing, that given the chance, no matter what anyone says about the show, any human would take, in just forty-five indescribable minutes. Every adventure is another dream, every enemy is another nightmare, and every dramatic finale is the chance to glimpse what the soul of a God is really like. It is the most famous modern day British icon, next only to Winston Churchill, in my opinion, and it is gazed upon as cool, geeky, pathetic, awesome, funny - but to me, it is ALL of those things, because you can’t have a show without any of that. When I watched the return of the Master in Utopia, I was shivering because the story arc was so brilliant, and only an amazingly awesome show could grip me like that. Doctor Who is a chance to tell my family to shut up at Christmas because I want to watch it. To me, Doctor Who is the only story we’ll ever tell if we get out alive!

Your entry was descriptive and really enjoyable to read! Well done Sean! Check your email quickly :)

Christmas at the BBC!

Thanks to the marvellous Gallifrey Base News, who have complied this treasure; it contains every DW-related show over the Xmas period so you don't miss anything! 



As well as the fantastic idents over Christmas, the BBC have also released these two lovely things!





And, we have previews of Catherine Tate, David Tennant and Bernard Cribbins on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, to be shown TOMORROW on BBC TWO!

BEWARE: It has Jo Whiley's man voice, David Tennant's average performing and Catherine Tate's lack of knowledge! Haha! :P



Lovely!!