DOCTOR WHO just ended and I’m still wiping the snot and tears from my face after losing David Tennant as The Doctor. But, just as the Time Lord must move on, so must we. Here is the first preview featuring the new Doctor, Matt Smith.
DOCTOR WHO Series 5 Preview:
Um, I spy River fucking Song! I spy the Weeping Angels! OMG ss that a vampire? GAH!
I’m super excited to see what Steven Moffet does with a new Doctor - fingers crossed he doesn’t fuck it up. Until Spring 2010, I’ll be in mourning. Please send me all of your black clothes because I have a limited amount of suitable black attire.
After last year’s Comic-Con I was worn out, my flight to and from San Diego had been canceled and rescheduled, I was ready to slap anyone wearing a costume and I may or may not have made a commitment then and there to not attend this year. My partner in crime, Kath from Give Me My Remote felt the same way and so we went about our year not planning on returning to San Diego for 2009.
When I was laid off, the decision seemed like perfection. I would have less money for one and if I got a new job, chances were it would be closer to the Con and I wouldn’t have the time off available to me that I’ve had in the past. Obvious, right?
Flash-forward to the middle of July and I start regretting my decision. I’m still unemployed and with the Press Pass and a probable free flight I started wondering why the frak I didn’t go. The answer was simple though, I was competing in my first triathlon and that was Comic-Con weekend. It was a distraction for the actual weekend but not the time leading up to and during the start of SDCC09.
Once all of my blogger friends, PR folks from the networks and shows started plotting their schedules, the interviews, the press rooms, etc. I really started to have mini-panic attacks that I would be missing out on all the fun and yes, even the chaos.
Here are the things I’ll have missed most about not having been at Comic-Con this past weekend:
My friends/comrades in all things Con (esp. Rae, Amrie, Holly, Winson, Susan, Jen G. and my girl Moira)
Being in a hotel for 5 nights but only for a couple hours of sleeping and lots of laughing our asses off.
Our annual trip to Bucca!
The Press Rooms (its always fun to have some alone time with my fave TV stars/writers/creators)
People watching, esp. seeing all the people in costumes!
Making fun of people!
Eating only one not-so-square meal a day
Jockeying for positions (though I don’t miss that at the same time)
Walking the floor or rather hanging out atop the floor in the WB lounge.
The GLEE panel and my chance to rape Cory Monteith’s face!
Seeing David Tennant at the Doctor Who panel. The one year I don’t go his ass shows up…
The Torchwood panel
The True Blood panel (after last years snore fest, I hear this year was much better)
The Supernatural panel and meeting Mischa Collins (I will always regret that one)
The Big Bang Theory gang (last year they were so fun both in press and panel)
Zachary Quinto (in any shape/form)
The Nightmare on Elm Street panel
The Prisoner redux panel
Jeffster performance and the Chuck panel (though I bet GMMR is more upset than I - seeing how she got a shout out and all)
Cheese Sticks
The New Moon panel (yes, I said it)
Waiting in that ridonk Starbucks line
The Middleman panel (and the hotness that is Matt Kesslar)
The Caprica panel
The final Lost panel
Obviously the list could go on for days but off the top of my head these are the things that annoyed me while I was at home all weekend. There are more online friends and PR people that I didn’t give a shout out to but I would have loved to hang with all of you as well and maybe next year we’ll be back in full swing! SDCC2010 or Bust!
It makes me so sad that our time with David Tennant as The Doctor is almost up but it makes me super frakkin’ excited to see this new teaser trailer for DOCTOR WHO “The Waters of Mars” airing sometime later this year.
You state your name and rank sista! I cannot wait…
Did anyone see the Doctor Who “Planet of the Dead” Easter Special with Michelle Ryan this past week? How was it? Do I need to see it NOW?
*Update: Just now the BBC announced that MATT SMITH (IMDB info) will take over Time Lord duties from David Tennant. Everyone welcome our 11th Doctor and tell me what you think about their choice - if you want.
He’s 26, the youngest to play the Doctor and he kinda looks like the guy from Mask or maybe a lion? This might take some getting used to because its so not what I expected. Glad the wait is over though.
Original Post:
Tomorrow (Saturday, January 3rd) the BBC will announce the 11th incarnation of DOCTOR WHO and I can’t stand the anticipation.
I’ve tried to not put much stock in the choices that have been batted around because I don’t want to think of one actor being better than the other as a replacement for the irreplaceable David Tennant but the inevitable will happen, I realize this. A new Doctor will be chosen and we’ll see how I feel about it after the announcement - in the meantime I need pills or something to cope with the loss.
I believe if my math is correct that at 12:35pm (EST) it will be revealed so some time after that I should have updated this post. Come back tomorrow to see who the new Doctor is!
This is a sad sad day for DOCTOR WHO fans around the globe… what we’ve expected would happen has happened sooner than what I’d hope would be later.
The fraktastic David Tennant will step down as The Doctor after this years Christmas special and 4 more episodes that will air in 2009.
As you know, I was never a Doctor Who fan as a kid but when the reboot happened in 2005, I was hooked immediately and have been absolutely swooning over it ever since. While Christopher Eccleston was great, I truly feel in love with The Doctor when Tennant stepped in and I can’t imagine the show without his quirky adorable face. I can’t and I won’t… denial is the best method of coping.
I woke up to this news and refused to read it until I’d have time to process it and it still hurts - I will admit the video helped soften the pain a couple hours later so you too should check it out once you’ve gotten over the shock.
I’m so excited to get some DOCTOR WHO Series 5 news, even if it has something to do with Star Trek (a show I didn’t watch)…
According to The Sun (UK), Patrick Stewart has signed on to Doctor Who for a multi-episode arc as a Time Lord. Some sites are saying that he’ll play Mad Monk, a renegade Time Lord who hasn’t been on Doctor Who since the 60’s.
I don’t have any knowledge of Mad Monk but I’m sure my Partner Jon does… he was a hardcore Doctor Who fan since his early childhood. I’ve only been a fan since the reboot in 2005 so I don’t even try to be an expert on anything Doctor related. If it’s any consolation, I frakkin’ love the show now and can’t imagine my life without it! Does that make it any less annoying to you hardcore Tom Baker or earlier fans?
Well it’s been a couple weeks since I saw Capt. Jack and Ianto at Comic-Con and since Gwen went gangsta on a Dalek so it’s about time we heard something about TORCHWOOD Series 3.
Yesterday I got this tidbit in my email from Titan, the folks behind the Torchwood Magazine, and I screamed like a little girl to have anything to wrap my hands around related to Cardiff and that silly little riff of theirs. Here’s the information I got, relish.
Russell T Davies has revealed the title of series three’s arc story exclusively to Torchwood magazine. Torchwood: Children Of Earth is the tantalising name of the five-part story, set for broadcast over one week on BBC1 in spring 2009.
Russell outlined his vision for the new series at a top secret ‘tone meeting’ last month, where writers, producers and key crew get together to thrash out the details of the script before production begins. “I usually give you all one or two tone words when we have a meeting like this,” the executive producer told the assembled team, “But if I were to give you two words this time, they would be ‘Euros Lyn’. More than ever before, this series of Torchwood will be director-led, and it will look absolutely amazing.”
Euros Lyn is known to Doctor Who fans for directing such varied stories as The End Of The World and The Girl In The Fireplace. Most recently, he oversaw the Steven Moffat two-parter Silence In The Library/Forest Of The Dead. Children Of Earth will be his first foray into the world of Torchwood, but promises to be every bit as ambitious in its scope.
Principal photography on series three began on August 18, and is set to continue until November – in Cardiff and beyond.
The Torchwood panel was one of the funniest and raunchiest panels I’ve ever witnessed. You can totally tell that the cast is just enamored with each other and that it truly killed them to lose Tosh and Owen at the end of Season 2.
As previously mentioned in my Doctor Who recap, Barrowman had to make an entrance and it was hilarious! He mounted the table like a total rock star and when co-star Gareth David-Lloyd walked out, he grabbed him and they totally made out. It was hilarious and hot and just simply perfect. When Naoko Mori entered (to huge fanfare) he made out with her too! Capt. Jack to the end!
Barrowman was a total rockstar on stage and he owned that panel. If he wasn’t touching Gareth non-stop he was threatening the sound engineers for turning down his mic when they should know he’s got a comment for everything or making taking every opportunity to throw in some sexual innuendo. Those are some dirty birds (not pterodactyls) those Torchwood kids.
Barrowman’s family were in the audience including his parents, niece and Partner which was damn-dorable.
He pimped his book a couple times which, why the frak not? He did his best Rosie doing an impression impression which was sooo not right (but brilliant just the same).
He kept telling the crowd that Gareth looked amazing naked and was “big.” He said that their naked hide and seek scene led to Gareth accidentally sticking his hand down John’s pants. Deleted scenes please?
He told us how he freaked out when he finally read that he was in fact The Face of Boe and how it changed the dynamic between The Doctor and Capt. Jack.
They discussed their theories about Capt. Jack being buried alive for 2000 years and how he survived. In Barrowman’s mind, he put himself into a trance knowing that someone someday would eventually find him. Seeing how he can’t die, did he really have a choice?
They talked about how Season 3 will only be 5 episodes long with one huge story involving a big event early on that pushes the Torchwood gang into new territory. A lot will change for Torchwood
Season 3 begins shooting in 4 weeks!
Season 3 takes place after the events of the Doctor Who Series 4 finale and will feature more with Mr. Hot ASs Ianto Jones!
Barrowman would be up for auditioning for the role of Captain America if it presented itself to which the audience went batshit.
They gave huge props to Freema Agyeman for being able to fit in with the cast, the life of the show and for just being plain awesome for having a pre-existing relationship with Jack which in turn both infuriated and energized the cast.
Well aside from the making out and talking about reaching down each others pants, it was fun to see the entire group rip on each other. Remember how I said that it was a pretty dirty panel?
Read some of my favorite comments and moments after the jump… (more…)
Last year I missed out on the Torchwood panel and I wanted to scream because you know I love me some Capt. Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh! Today I made sure I was in the room an hour early so that there was no chance of me missing all the Cardiff riff fun which started with Doctor Who!
DOCTOR WHO
Exec. Producer Julie Gardner joined Doctor Who’s new showrunner Steven Moffat to discuss this past season as well as the direction of Series 5 under Moffet’s control. In the house were old school Doctor Who fans, new school enthusiasts, and numerous versions of the Doctors over the years.
The panel started with a Season 4 clip reel that got the crowd amped up, which was much needed after Gardner informed us that Russell T. Davies wouldn’t be in attendance because he was chained up in Cardiff writing Season 3 of Torchwood. Boooooo. We were also treated to a Moffat clip reel and seriously he has created some of my faves (Blink anyone?).
Here’s some tidbits from the panel:
Moffat was hilarious and semi-vulgar which was brilliant.
He’s always been a Who fanboy and thinks its amazing that in the UK they’ll let fans just take over their favorite shows, or as he put it who’s been “given a big toy to play with.”
Moffat spent his flight over writing Series 5 episode 1.
For those worried that he’ll try to make Doctor Who more scary than funny, he said you should be (but he was joking)
“Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey” is an explaination just because
River Song has met David Tennant’s Doctor before but its not the only version of the Doctor she’s met.
People wondered if River Song could be The Doctor’s wife?
Gardner talked about how Cardiff has just opened their arms to the cast and crew, letting them take over the city and blow shit up.
We got a spoiler about the finale that’s airing tonight and next week which made me want to scream. I won’t divulge it here but I will say it involves a certain someone and a certain someone else and a parallel dimension.
Moffat’s favorite episode is Christmas Invasion while Gardner’s is Utopia.
Gardner and Moffat fought over having River Song with Donna’s kids at the end of Forest of the Dead. Moffat thought it was ridonk to have them there and that it was confusing, Gardner now agrees to some extent.
The Doctor never obeys rules so we shouldn’t be concerned that the series would end once we get to his supposed last regeneration.
Gardner and Moffat have a great relationship but you can tell that she’s hardcore and can probably fight with the best of them. There were so many moments when Moffat was speaking that I could hear the voice of The Doctor, I loved that. He’s a hoot!
The panel ended with an extended preview of the Christmas 2008 episode which features the return of the Cybermen, plus Cyber monkey’s and much more. It was banoodles and the crowd loved it so much that they played it twice.
Actually they played it twice to give Torchwood’s John Barrowman time to make his big gay entrance!
For those of you not going to COMIC-CON this year, consider yourselves lucky because if you knew the anxiety and rage the scheduling has caused me and my fellow TV Bloggers, you’d be fine just staying home. There are so many TV panels this year and so many things I want to do that either overlap each other or run too close to ever hope of getting in, so trying to decide what to see is like Sophie’s Choice up in this place.
Here are the panels I’m interested in attending and as you’ll see, it’s nearly impossible to attend half of the things I’m excited about.
*Item’s in BOLD are panels I’m currently planning on seeing but I promise you, it will change before leaving next week.
THURSDAY 10-11am Kings
12-2pm Doctor Who/Torchwood
2-3pm The Middleman 4:30-5:30pm True Blood
5:45-6:45pm Dexter
FRIDAY 10:15-11:15am Big Bang Theory
12:30-1:15pm Spaced 1:30-2:30pm Joss Whedon
1:45-2:45pm EW Showrunners 3:30-4:45pm Family Guy
4:30-5:30pm Bones 5:30-6:30pm 24
6:30-8:00pm Kevin Smith Makes Porno
6:30-7:15pm Prison Break
7:15-8:15pm MST3K
10:15-11:45pm Spaced Screening 10:45-Midnight Dr. Horrible Screening
SATURDAY 10:45-11:45pm Heroes
11:30-12:30pm Sarah Connor Chronicles
12:00-1:00pm Lost
12:30-1:30pm Kyle XY
12:45-1:45pm The Office 1:00-2:00pm Dollhouse 2:15-3:15pm Battlestar Galactica
3:15-4:15pm Pushing Daisies
3:30-4:30pm Chuck 4:45-5:45pm Fringe
6:00-7:00pm TV Guide Panel
7:15-8:15pm Sarah Silverman
SUNDAY
10:00-11:00am Smallville
10:30-11:30am It’s Always Sunny 11:15-12:15pm Supernatural
11:30-12:00pm Hamlet 2 1:00-1:30pm Friday the 13th
4:00-5:00pm Buffy the Musical
Do you see how agonizing it is to try and plan your days? Saturday is seriously OOC and I’m sure many decision will change in the spur of the moment. What you don’t see on here are the parties we’re RSVP’d for and the Press Rooms we’re hoping to do as well. Add press rooms for most shows on Saturday and you’d have to have 3 Buffy Bots to help you cover it all.
Regardless, I’ll be there with many blogger friends and we’ll be podcasting every day and recording as many panels as possible to post here on Ducky Does TV so stay tuned!
We threatened to never do another TV Talk Podcast if you didn’t flock to iTunes and leave us comments… well I’m happy to report that you love us as much as we love you! Thanks to your generosity, we are back and this week’s podcast is a lot of fun!
We revise our thoughts on Swingtown now that we’re both completely caught up (and loving it), we talk about my chat with Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) and her stint on Burn Notice plus some scoop on her new Fox pilot Inseparable.
Next we tackle one of the most talked about Fall pilots, J.J. Abrams FRINGE! Kath and I will review the plot, the mystery and the hotness that is Josh Jackson but don’t worry we don’t spoil anything for you! We’re good like that!
Then it’s time for some listener emails because you guys are cramazing!
Who wants to talk Comic-Con? No? Tough because we run down the shows that will be in San Diego and vent our frustrations over the scheduling. If you’re going to be in town for Comic-Con and you’re a reader or listener, let us know… we’d love to see you!
Before wrapping up this week we have a little fun with our TV version of F, Marry, Kill! That’s right, we each pick one we’d boink, one we’d marry and one we’d go Dexter Morgan on. join in the fun and leave us some comments about who you’d F, Marry and Kill based on our choices. We’ll read some of them on the air in our next podcast.
Having just returned from the PTown Film Festival last night, I’m glad to be home but sad that I missed so much in the world of television. I caught 10 films over 3 days, not too shabby… the weather was amazing so I had to make concessions here and there to just be outside in the glorious Cape weather. Good times.
Being away meant that I missed the results show of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE! You know that was killing me! I didn’t even know who got kicked off until last night when I got home. You’ll be happy to know that SYTYCD was the first thing I tuned into and while Tranny Mess Susie Garcia and her partner Marquis Cunningham went home I still have a feeling of, eh… I don’t care that much. Sure Marquis was good but he didn’t showcase much personality at all and in this competition you need more than skill to win us over.
The opening number by Shane Sparks (dude, we miss you) was incredible and it was great watching Comfort Fedoke hold her own with the big boys out there. As for the solos, I wasn’t that impressed by any of the 6 kids dancing for their lives. I was happy to see that Mary toned down the Oompa Loompa-ness from the night before but sad to see that Mia was still in her douche-zone.
After SYTYCD I settled in for DESIGN STAR 3 and NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR which last year because summer obsessions of mine. Design Star is just a great show and some of the charactes they’ve got this season are OOC! It cracks me up that they once again kicked out one of the “non-confrontational” males in order to keep one of the dippy females. I’m not complaining because the unstables they’ve kept for the last 2 weeks *Tracy and Stephanee I’m looking at you*
I started watching this week’s Next Food Network Star and fell asleep It’s not because the episode was boring or anything, it was because I was spent and it was late. I’ll finish it tonight so no one spoil me on who got kicked off.
I’m behind on SWINGTOWN, DOCTOR WHO and IN PLAIN SIGHT and hope to catch up sometime early this week.
I’m so excited for the season finale of LOST tonight that I might piddle. Seriously, I cannot even imagine what they have in store for us and what direction they’re going to throw the show for Season 5; the anticipation is almost too much.
Will we find out if a bunch of the castaways died? Will we find out if Claire is really pushing daisies with her Father or if she’s been part of the plan all along? Will we find out if Penny is still searching for Desmond? Will we find out if others left the island with Ben but without being part of the Oceanic 6 (Juliet I’m looking at you)? Will someone finally kill that rat bastard Keamy? I don’t care for his ways or that rat face of his.
Also tonight is yet another night of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE auditions! Sure, yesterday I posted pics from DC thinking that they were going to be shown last night - look at them now and pretend they’re new to you because tonight the show really does go to DC.
In case you’re wondering… No, there are no prospects yet for the newest SYTYCD TV Boyfriend. It’s hard to concentrate on the boys when I know My BF Travis Wall is going to show up at some point. It almost feels like cheating.
Now for the sad news… Jon and I are moving into our new place tomorrow and sadly I’m going to be without cable and the internet until Tuesday night. Wha-wha-what?! I’m sick over it, honestly. I’ve tried everything I could to reason with Comcast but they’re not really budging. I got them to move up the appointment by 24 hours and I’ve made it onto their weekend “cancellation” list - fingers crossed someone cancels!
My luck its going to be Saturday while I’m at the starting date of the TRUE COLORS TOUR. No one gets between me and my Cyndi Lauper!
That means I’m going to miss BATTLESTAR tomorrow night as well as DOCTOR WHO. I can’t even TIVO them because I’ll have no service. I’m going to cry myself a river of tears now so pardon me.
Have a great weekend if I don’t blog again until next week!
DOCTOR WHO won’t return in the U.S. until next month (Titanic much?) but thanks to BBC One, we’ve got a promo video of greatness to tide us over. You’ll hopefully recognize Catherine Tate’s return as Donna (The Runaway Bride) who’s searching for The Doctor. I’m freaking out because not only will we get Donna and Martha this season, we’ll see the return of my beloved Rose Tyler (Billie Piper). It’s going to be magical.
*Sci-Fi will air the 90 minute Season 3 to Season 4 bridging Christmas episode (”Voyage of the Damned”) on April 18th. The following week will be the official Season 4 premiere.
Hey gang, as a bunch of our favorite TV Shows are only a week or two (or 5 months) away from returning after their WGA Strike imposed hiatus, a handful of TV Bloggers got together to share their favorite characters currently on television.
Below is a list of the Top 25 Characters of Television! Did your favorite make the cut? Share your Top 10 in the comments section below if you like!
1. Kara “Starbuck” Thrace (Battlestar Galactica)
2. Tami Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
3. Barney Stinson (How I Met Your Mother)
4. Benjamin Linus (Lost)
5. Dexter Morgan (Dexter)
6. Coach Eric Taylor (Friday Night Lights)
7. Landry Clarke (Friday Night Lights)
8. Dwight Schrute (The Office)
9. Lily Rush (Cold Case)
10. Omar Little (The Wire)
11. Gaius Baltar (Battlestar Galactica)
12. Olive Snook (Pushing Daisies)
13. Shawn Spencer (Psych)
14. Sheldon Cooper PhD (The Big Bang Theory)
15. Dr. Juliet Burke (Lost)
16. Michael Weston (Burn Notice)
17. Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood)
18. Dr. Miranda Bailey (Grey’s Anatomy)
19. Chuck Bartowski (Chuck)
20. Brenda Leigh Johnson (The Closer)
21. Emerson Cod (Pushing Daisies)
22. Ned “The Piemaker” (Pushing Daisies)
23. Liz Lemon (30 Rock)
24. Stephanie Lane (My Boys)
25. Stewie Griffin (Family Guy)
It’s not because the episode was boring or anything, it was because I was spent and it was late. I’ll finish it tonight so no one spoil me on who got kicked off.
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