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Doctor Whooligan: Season 10 Filming Begins, Torchwood At Dragoncon, Tom Baker News

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We are at an exciting time of the year! There’s finally a lot of news coming out about Series 10 and there’s plenty of interesting happenings for alumni of Doctor Who.

The big rumor of the week was about Matt Smith while Tom Baker scored a choice part!

MATT LUCAS RETURNS

BBC America has announced the return of Matt Lucas for Season 10. Lucas will reprise the role of Nardole whom he played in the 2015 Christmas special, The Husbands of River Song.

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It will be interesting to see how he is introduced this season following the unfortunate events that befell him at the end of the special.

Lucas began filming his scenes on June 20th and is said to be a series regular.

Matt Lucas commented on  his return.
I’m chuffed to bits that Nardole is returning to the TARDIS for some more adventures. I loved acting with Peter and I’m excited to work with Pearl.

Steven Moffat also chimed in. Delighted and slightly amazed to be welcoming Matt Lucas back on to the TARDIS  and this time it’s not just for Christmas, he’s sticking around. One of the greatest comedy talents on planet Earth is being unleashed on all of time and space.

SEASON 10 NEWS

Filming on Season 10 is well underway and although we don’t have a deluge of information we do have some bits and pieces.

The season will consist of the following: The 2016 Christmas Special, a season of 12 episodes, and then the  2017 Christmas Special.

Peter Capaldi hinged that Clara’s story may not be finished. He spoke about her possible return at Awesome Con 2016.

I’m not sure how successfully Clara was able to wipe his mind. In fact I just did a… I was about to tell you something I can’t tell you.

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Ralf Little of The Royale Family has been cast as Steadfast in Season 10. Little was spotted onset this last Friday filming for the upcoming season. Details of his character have yet to be revealed. Little could also be playing Guy Fawkes whom he was played before in the Doctor Who video game back in 2011.

Michelle Gomez is returning as Missy and there are rumors that she could regenerate during the season. Gomez may be seen in the  season finale.

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Stephanie Hyam will guest star as Bill’s friend Heather in the new season. She has worked with Steven Moffat before when she portrayed Lily Clarke in Jekyll & Hyde.

Sarah Jane Adventures alum Mina Anwar has been cast as a character named Goodthing in the new season.

Kaizer Akhtar is playing a character named Praiseworthy.

The opening episode of season 10 and the final three episodes of the season are being written by Steven Moffat.

Lawrence Gough is directing Episode 1.

Mark Gatiss has written as sequel to his Season 9 story, Sleep No More.

The second episode of Season 10 has been crafted by award-winning screenwriter Frank Cottrell-Boyce.

Other announced writers for the season are Sarah Dollard (Face the Raven) and Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster) who is debuting as a writer for the show.

Peter Capaldi will have another new coat this season. His latest is a very 3rd Doctor black velvet frock coat.

Link:http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-07-12/does-peter-capaldi-have-a-slightly-different-look-in-doctor-who-series-1

The Season will consist mostly of standalone episodes.

Location filming has been done at Cardiff University which is doubling for St. Luke’s University, Bristol. This  leads to some innuendo that Bill is a student.

PEARL MACKIE NEWS

With filming underway Pearl Mackie is now firmly in it as Bill, the new companion.

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Mackie received flowers from former companion Jenna Coleman during her first day of shooting.

Mackie’s intro clip may be part of the new season.

MATT STREVENS NAMED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

It’s a little early to be talking about Season 11 but the BBC and new show runner Chris Chibnall are already making plans.

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The BBC has announced that Matt Strevens will take the mantle of executive producer in 2017. Strevens previously served as a producer for the docudrama,  An Adventure in Space and Time and the series Misfits.

EVE MYLES JOINS TORCHWOOD REUNION AT DRAGONCON

Dragoncon has announced the addition Eve Myles to their guest lineup for 2016.

Myles joins Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori who have previously been announced as guests.

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Dragoncon, the largest pop culture convention in the United States is being held from September 2-5, 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Team Torchwood will be on hand for panels, autographs and photo opportunities.

Link: www.dragoncon.org

JOHN BARROWMAN TRYING TO BRING BACK TORCHWOOD

There is a lot of activity San diego Comic con this week. but perhaps the most interesting early bit of news concerns John Barrowman and his attempt to being back the Doctor Who spin-off.

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Speaking at a panel on Friday he addressed his efforts to bring back the show.

I have a phone conversation on Monday to see how we can get it back on television. The fans know me well enough, I’m only going to say it if I mean it and believe it.

Barrowman adamantly insisted he was not joking around.

While in San Diego the Arrow star is hard at work promoting his new Torchwood comic series from Titan.

Despite Barrowman’s comments there has been no word of Torchwood returning from the BBC

WHOLANTA 2017

The folks at TimeGate have announced that they have regenerated and are now known as Wholanta.

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The Atlanta-based Doctor Who convention is already making plans for next years show, held  from May 5-7, 2017 at Marriott Century Center.

Announced guests so far include the 6th Doctor Colin Baker, and 4th Doctor companion Louise Jamison, who played Leela.

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In addition to guest activities the con boasts panels, Q&A’s, podcasts, cosplay, a cabaret, and games.

Link: https://timegatecon.org

LALLA WARD DIVORCING

Lalla Ward is best known to Doctor Who fans as the 4th Doctor companion Romana II. But to many others she has been known as the spouse of author Richard Dawkins.

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Sadly, this weekend it was announced that after twenty-four years of marriage Dawkins and Ward are splitting.

The couple issued a joint statement.

Our marriage, like everyone’s, is a private matter and we are not prepared to share any details. Suffice to say it is true that we recently separated entirely amicably.

Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3694202/Britain-s-highest-profile-atheist-Richard-Dawkins-announces-end-24-year-marriage-Dr-actress-Lalla-Ward.html

APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME ON DVD

Appointment With Crime, a 1946 British film noir starring William Hartnell and directed by John Harlow has been released on DVD.

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Synopsis

Leo Martin (William Hartnell), a smash & grab thief working for crime boss Gus Loman (Raymond Lovell), is caught by the police during a robbery gone wrong that leaves his wrists broken. Abandoned by Loman at the scene of the crime, Martin vows revenge against the boss who left him to shoulder the blame in the stylish British noir Appointment with Crime. Directed and written by John Harlow (Dangerous Cargo), Appointment with Crime co-stars Herbert Lom (A Shot in the Dark) as the reptilian crime lord Gregory Lang and Joyce Howard as Carol Dane, a woman drawn to the dangerous Leo Martin.

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Stylish, suspenseful and loaded with great acting, the film is a good representation of British film noir. Although it borrows many of the trademarks of American noir it remains uniquely English. Seventy years later Appointment with Crime has left its mark on the Brit gangster film genre.

William Hartnell is terrific in it. Those who have only seen him as The Doctor will be surprised to see how active and aggressive he is here. His acting is superb and gritty.

In his early career as an actor Hartnell established himself as a go to guy for gangsters and soldiers in many of his films. It was this typecasting that made the role of The Doctor on a children’s television programming so interesting to him.

Sadly the DVD contains no extra features.

THE WEEPING ANGELS ON DVD

BBC America has announced the release of a new two dic compilation DVD featuring The Weeping Angels on October 18th.

Doctor Who: The Weeping Angels includes

Blink, The Time of Angels ,”Flesh and Stone,The God Complex, The Angels Take Manhattan, The Time of the Doctor and Hell Bent.

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A Blu Ray edition of the new collection has yet to be announced.

Information on extra features is yet to be announced.

LOUISE JAMESON IN MOUSETRAP

Louise Jameson can currently be seen starring in a new touring production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. The tour celebrates  the 60th anniversary of the play.

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Jameson stars as the tough Mrs. Boyle in the production which is coming to Venue Cymru from July 25-3 before moving on to Jersey and Bristol.

Link: http://mousetrapontour.com

TOM BAKER’S NEW GIG

Tom Baker is poised to take over the Star Wars universe.

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Baker has been announced as playing The Bendu in the forthcoming Star Wars Rebels. 

MATT SMITH RETURNING?

Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of hullabaloo about Matt Smith returning to the show after Peter Capaldi leaves.

The frenzy began with an interview in The Mirror. 

Link: http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/can-matt-smith-first-doctor-8382104

This is utter nonsense and balderdash.

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For starters Smith’s new series, The Crown, will keep him very busy. Second, he’s spoken repeatedly of not being typecast and a permanent return to then show would be career suicide. Third, it’s a stupid idea, even for Steven Moffat.

What may be more likely, if he returns at all,  is that we see a cameo or flashback of Smith in Season 10.

Smith put an end to the speculation in an interview with The Guardian.

No it’s not true. I miss everything. I miss Steven, I miss Karen, I miss Arthur, I miss Jenna. I miss time travelling. And I miss my friends in Cardiff. But onward goes the march. It’s Peter’s Tardis now. And I love what he does. So I watch as a fan.

Link: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/live/2016/jul/08/matt-smith-webchat-unreachable-royal-court

So for now, Smith is not returning and we can all return our chairs to the upright position.

THE COLLECTION

Michelle Gomez has a new series for Amazon Prime UK entitled The Collection coming in September. It is about a prestigious fashion house in Postwar France. It co-stars Richard Coyle of Downton Abbey.

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The show was written and produced by Oliver Goldstick (Ugly Betty, Pretty Little Liars, Desperate Housewives).

Gomez will play a fashion editor in the show.

Next time….Comic Con 2016, big Finish and more season 10 news.

 

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