Here in the UK,tonight at 7.00pm (19:00 GMT),see's the return of Dr Who,with Christopher Eccleston as the doctor,and Billie Piper as his assistant Rose.

Everyone I talk too seems to be waiting for it with baited breath,as although an episode was leaked onto the internet (the person who did it has now been sacked),most people did'nt bother to 'cheat' and are instead waiting to view it on it's original medium of television.Will it be as good as the others.It is apparently high tec,with no more 'wobbly' sets.

What is it about Daleks,Cybermen,and odd-looking aliens which appeals to all walks of society?

(I will be watching as well. :D )

Nez.

DR Who links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4348237.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/video/index.shtml


Watched episode 1 and thought it was brill.Slick,fast paced,good script,British sci-fi at it's best.Here in the UK,the show is a legend,and last night's 'opener' did not disappoint.The chemistry between Chris Eccleston and Billie Piper was spot on.Bring on episode 2! :D

Update 31st March,2005.


Christopher Eccleston has quit after just one series.He will now appear in the remaining 12 episodes.His given reason is that he is afraid of becoming typecast.A second series will begin filming later this year.Rumours flying around are that Bill Nighy,or Richard E.Grant are in the running to take up the role of the Doctor.I for one am disappointed,as Eccleston is one of the UK's top actors.

[For UK viewers.If you dont want to know the xmas plot,dont read anymore!!!]



Update 16th April,2005.


For UK fans,David Tennant has been confirmed as the new DR Who.He will regenerate into the tenth doctor during this year's xmas special,where Christopher Eccleston will be injured while saving Rose from the Daleks!



Update 21st May,2005.


Rumours circulating,but as yet unconfirmed are that Billie Piper (Rose),will only make a maximum of seven episodes during season two.More as soon as I can confirm this edit.What is confirmed, is that Christopher Eccleston will NOT be appearing in the xmas special,as I'd stated previously,and that episode 13 of season one, will see him bow out of the series.



Update 11th June,2005.


Now confirmed that Billie Piper (Rose) WILL be appearing in all season two episodes,to co-star with the new doctor,David Tenant.




Update 24th August,2005.


K9 will return in season two,along with Elizabeth Sladen,as Sarah Jayne Smith.Both will appear in an episode with ex Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Anthony Head.See the link below for more details:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertain...io/4179702.stm

The link below includes updates on the latest Dr.Who series,series 2,plus news on the xmas special.It also includes xmas spoilers.You have been warned:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/

A damn fine first series return, but I can't wait for the next one as my fave enemies are in it.
The Cybermen Return
Now they look like they'll kick some serious buttttt

Good grief.Who gave you my school photo? :eek:

I have watch a couple of episodes when it was last on - but I was not really all that impressed if I am honest!

I hope season two will live up to its expectations. Season one was quite good, although I still like the old series better.

I remember watching Dr Who at least 20 years ago. Is this the same Dr Who you guys are talking about? I think he had curly brown hair. I used to watch it but, unfortunately, like other shows I usually don't remember a lot about them like you guys do.

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I remember watching Dr Who at least 20 years ago. Is this the same Dr Who you guys are talking about? I think he had curly brown hair. I used to watch it but, unfortunately, like other shows I usually don't remember alot about them like you guys do.

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More or less.

The series was off the air for about 15 years, and is now back.

Do any of the faces on http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/tv.html look familiar?

Yep, the fourth doctor is the one I saw. I think I was in kindergarten when I used to watch it. :D Wow, that brings back memories. I guess that was more than 20 years ago (28 to be exact). I didn't quite understand the concepts but it entertained me and kept me out of my mother's hair before I went to school. I didn't think it was that long ago with so many different doctors.

Yes, not high tech by any means, but I loved the show. I watched every one they showed here in the U.S.

I wish they would get it out on DVD here in the US

I really love the new series! I'm disappointed though that Christopher Eccleston left after only one season. I think he made a much more interesting Dr. Who than David Tenant.

Er,David Tenant will be seen fully,as the brief Children in Need sketch doesn't count in my book,for the first time on Christmas day,in the Christmas Invasion,so we'll have to wait and see whether he will be as good as Chris Eccleston.I too was a bit disappointed that Eccleston quit after season one,but he claimed that he did'nt want to be typecast as "The Doctor".He is currently filming the DaVinci Code,with Tom Hanks.
David Tenant will bring a different style to the series.He will be "mad",a clown,and his closeness to companion Rose results.. dare I give the game away... oh damn,yes I will... in a "screen kiss" between the two of them.Might upset Who purists,again.
Unsure whether Elizabeth Sladen,returning as Mary Jayne Smith in later episodes will be a good idea though.If she turns up with K-9,I hope the Cybermen tear it to shreads :D

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dare I give the game away...oh damn,yes I will...in a "screen kiss" between the two of them.Might upset Who purists,again.

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Yeah... myself included.

Not to mention I really hate Billie Piper. Can't she stop smiling? All the way through the entire episode, all she does is grin and make stupid comments. ;)

You mean,like this::D

Dr Who has been a favorite in our house for more than 30 years and will be for another 30 years,The music still sends goosebumps down my spine!:cool:

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You mean,like this::D

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I have to admit in the Doctor who series her acting is so crap & false.

DJ,DJ,DJ... the ex wife of Chris Evans,not talented.Surelly no...

Billie Piper was born in Swindon on 22nd September 1982. She has a brother Charlie and two sisters, Harley and Ellie.

An interest in acting led her to enrol at the Sixth Sense theatre company in 1990, which led to acting roles in several television commercials and an episode of EastEnders. More studies at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London followed.

When Billie was chosen as a spokesmodel for the British pop music magazine Smash Hits in 1997, scouts for the new Virgin Records subsidiary, Innocent Records, spotted her and signed her to their label.

Her first single, Because We Want To, propelled Billie to the status of the youngest solo artist to debut at number one on the UK charts. With the help of the follow-up number one single Girlfriend and the release of her debut album, Honey To The B, Billie named the UK's Pop Princess and Best Female Star at that year's Smash Hits Poll Winners party.

Billie took a break from singing when she married media mogul Chris Evans in 2001, but recently relaunched her acting career with a string of critically acclaimed performances in projects such as The Canterbury Tales and Bella and the Boys.

Don't you think the image of her,looks cool:D

I know all of that. Being from Wiltshire it's hard not to. Swindon is only 20minsutes away from my home town. Her songs were absolute crap - the only one worth listening to was "Day & Night".

She was quite good in that Drama thing she was in (cannot remember for the life of me what it was called). I know she was given the songs to sing so it's not her fault - it was her managers fault and the record company's fault and she was lucky that it appealed to the kiddie generation. I mean "Honey Bee" OMG and "Girlfriend" OMG - but I will give it to her when she changed her image and got a little older "day & Night" was a catch tune.

I just don't think the role she has in Doctor Who suits her. From the episodes that I watch she just seemed a little OTT with the acting and it did not come across as realistic.

Sorry I am a dramatist & a singer so I can be critical - but I will say fair play to her - she got into the indusrty!! I am just not her biggest fan.

Now she can sing.She's as mad as a March hare,but what a talent.Thought her latest album,Arial,was a little self indulgant though.No tracks were about Daleks,but one,interestingly,was about her washing machine.Er,Kate Bush's,and not Billie Piper's,if you see what I mean.

At this link you can see the first interview with Dave Tenant,talking about his new role as the Doctor.You will need to click-on the "player" link,to watch.It is a cool eight minutes worth.But be warned,it is a spoiler for the Christmas Invasion episode,due to be shown on BBC 1,at 7:00pm,xmas day.
I don't know if anyone outside the UK will be able to view the interview,due to the paranoid mind-set of auntie-BBC,the licence fee,and all that,etc.But you can still read what he has to say about his role,plus other acting bits he has done.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4524180.stm

I am here in the US and I do not find the series available on DVD or tape.

My web searches have not lead too much luck, anyone know where some of the older versions may be avaialbe.

My wife has never seen it and has no idea what I am talking about.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/...30/27788.shtml

The above link is for the United States.

The link below is for Canada:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/...18/26079.shtml

I hope that helps :)

I tried to order some DVD but they said they were not shipable to the US

On Europe. I have a friend in England I will see if he will buy a couple for me.

Guess he will want me to pay him back, but hey never know.

Season one,with Christopher Eccleston,will be available all over the United States and Canada,at all good stores,from February 14th,2006.

I believe your in Sparta,Tennessee? So you should have no problems ;)


Don't know where,or if,you can purchase any back catalog of previous incarnations of the Doctor in the US,but the new stuff,you will certainly be able to get,after it's been available in the UK for a few months on dvd.

I have that one ordered, but I am trying to get some of the much earlier ones, I see them on the BBC store, but they won't let me order them from the US

Can you not order them from Canada, Fr Chuck? Or is it one of those stupid laws where they are not allowed to be distributed in the US? I know that happens with books sometimes. Anyway let me know if I can help in some way.

Press Releases
Captain Jack to get his own series in new Russell T Davies drama for BBC THREE:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pre...17/torch.shtml


How I forgot to put this link in,I shall never know.John Barrowman (capt.Jack) is to star in the Dr.Who spin-off series,Torchwood,due on UK screens,late autumn 2006.Described as a sort of X Files meets This Life,the 13 part series involves investigations into alien and human crime.Family viewing it is not,apparently.Should be fun then... :D

Certainly looks interesting, should be worth watching anyway.

So what did everyone think of the Xmas special.
Personally I think it shows promise, we'll just have to wait and see ;)

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I have that one ordered, but I am trying to get some of the much earlier ones, I see them on the BBC store, but they won't let me order them from the US

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If you're talking about the remastered BBC DVDs, I have seen them in a lot of stores over here.

They're also available on amazon.com

Ben,watched The Christmas Invasion.For the first 30 minutes,thought "hmnn",but then it got better.Thought the sward fight,was terrible.Tennant's accent was bizarre.Things can only improve.I must admit,I loved his Lion King speech,and the reference to Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (Arthur Dent).Watched it again the other night,on bbc 3,and seemed to enjoy it better.First time must have been the xmas pud! :D

Bring on the Cybermen...

Play the Dr Who detective game,with your mouse.You will hear David Tenant tell you to use your remote control.Dont.This is a BBC Broadband test.Might only work for UK viewers,but you won't know till you try.So what are you waiting for.Try the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/


Oh yes,nearly forgot.You will need a fast Broadband connection for it to work.

Slightly off thread, but this is the best place for it:

Doctor Who reads out your TXTs

Time to get the txting finger out ;)

With the new series due to start on BBC in April.
I thought I would post an excellent Cybermen site.
I can'tr wait for their return :D

Cool site Curlyben :) I jumped out of my skin lol when it loaded because my speakers where full blast;).

Marc Warren and Shirley Henderson have joined the cast of episode 10 of season two of Doctor Who, working alongside the previously-announced Peter Kay.Mark Warren is currently in season three of Hustle (BBC1) Friday 9pm.He was previously in Band of Brothers,and State of Play.

Also appearing will be Shirley Henderson,who was in Hamish Macbeth and the recent adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

Other guest stars in season two of Doctor Who will include Pauline Collins, Maureen Lipman, Anthony Head, Sophia Myles, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Andrew Hayden-Smith, Will Thorp and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

The Doctor was on here in the US last week and it was great, I had been a fan from years ago on the earlier shows. I do not know why it is so appealing, but I fell in love with it all over again.

It's almost time for the new series to start.
Have a look here.
First new episode is 15th April at 7pm for us lucky Brits ;)
The rest of you will have to wait :P

It's nearly time:
Saturday,April 15th,7pm,BBC1:
Season Two begins:

http://www.eyeofhorus.org.uk/content/home.html


Nice to read that David Tenant,and Billie Piper,will both be doing the whole of season two,and season three. :D

Damn.Beaten by two minutes.My tardis must be playing up...

Hehehehehe Nez I see great minds think alike ;)
But you're just tooooooo slow

I find the political correctness issue thrown in as an afterthought distracting.
Also, the mystery of the original Doctor Who seems to be gone. Maybe because the inside of the time machine is too brightly lit, or maybe because
Of the flippant way in which this new Doctor goes about his buisiness.
In short, if he's not worried or concerned about where he places his machine or where he winds up or who he encounters, then whay should we the viewers be?