O:9:"magpierss":23:{s:6:"parser";i:0;s:12:"current_item";a:0:{}s:5:"items";a:25:{i:0;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:39:"This Week In Doctor Who - March 7, 2009";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyuupppkRjIIlBDV&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"This Week In Doctor Who March 7, 2009 - Vol 12, No 10 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts: Sunday 8 March: BBC Entertainment South Africa 7:01PM and 1AM CAT - 42e Lazarus Experiment Saturday 14 March: SPACE Canada 9PM EDT/6PM PDT - The Next Doctor (first showing on SPACE, see This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere for detai";s:7:"summary";s:500:"This Week In Doctor Who March 7, 2009 - Vol 12, No 10 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts: Sunday 8 March: BBC Entertainment South Africa 7:01PM and 1AM CAT - 42e Lazarus Experiment Saturday 14 March: SPACE Canada 9PM EDT/6PM PDT - The Next Doctor (first showing on SPACE, see This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere for detai";}i:1;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Euros Lyn Talks Torchwood, Tennant Farewell";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyupVFuVvWJinJyo&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Director Euros Lyn speaks exclusively to Wired.com about his two upcoming directorial projects: Torchwood: Children of Earth and the two-part finale for the Tenth Doctor. Speaking of the Torchwood shoot, Lyn said: "It's been an endurance test. It was a 16-week shoot for the Torchwood season - longer than most feature films. But the intensity keeps you focused on the work." "For the first time, we'll see Torchwood facing a threat from home while they're also investigating an alien invasion. Wh";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Director Euros Lyn speaks exclusively to Wired.com about his two upcoming directorial projects: Torchwood: Children of Earth and the two-part finale for the Tenth Doctor. Speaking of the Torchwood shoot, Lyn said: "It's been an endurance test. It was a 16-week shoot for the Torchwood season - longer than most feature films. But the intensity keeps you focused on the work." "For the first time, we'll see Torchwood facing a threat from home while they're also investigating an alien invasion. Wh";}i:2;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:10:"DVD Update";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyFyEyAEqHBRzbBj&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Various DVD sites are listing the 1976 Tom Baker story The Deadly Assassin for DVD release in early May. The story, written by Robert Holmes and directed by David Maloney, was the third of Doctor Who's fourteenth season. It features Peter Pratt as the Master, as well as Angus MacKay playing Borusa and Bernard Horsfall as Chancellor Goth. It is only serial of the original Doctor Who series in which the Doctor does not have a companion. Some sites also have the 1987 Sylvester McCoy story Delta";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Various DVD sites are listing the 1976 Tom Baker story The Deadly Assassin for DVD release in early May. The story, written by Robert Holmes and directed by David Maloney, was the third of Doctor Who's fourteenth season. It features Peter Pratt as the Master, as well as Angus MacKay playing Borusa and Bernard Horsfall as Chancellor Goth. It is only serial of the original Doctor Who series in which the Doctor does not have a companion. Some sites also have the 1987 Sylvester McCoy story Delta";}i:3;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:23:"Doctor Who Magazine 406";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyFuZVkVRCahfIaB&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"In this month's issue of Doctor Who Magazine, David Tennant, talks about presenting this year's Comic Relief. "I'm co-presenting this year's TV extravaganza, on BBC One on Friday the 13th, which won't be unlucky this year, I promise. Live telly is always exhilarating, but I'm sure this will be even more so, because I'm expected to be fronting it, well, the first hour or so, which does give me some more responsibility." Also in issue 406: The Daleks' Master Plan. Back in the 1960s, while the F";s:7:"summary";s:500:"In this month's issue of Doctor Who Magazine, David Tennant, talks about presenting this year's Comic Relief. "I'm co-presenting this year's TV extravaganza, on BBC One on Friday the 13th, which won't be unlucky this year, I promise. Live telly is always exhilarating, but I'm sure this will be even more so, because I'm expected to be fronting it, well, the first hour or so, which does give me some more responsibility." Also in issue 406: The Daleks' Master Plan. Back in the 1960s, while the F";}i:4;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:13:"News round-up";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyFkFZFlmiVSXKGs&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The Sarah Jane Adventures has been nominated for the Royal Television Society Awards, in the "Children's Drama" category. The series was also nominated last year, but lost to CITV's "My Life as a Popat". A full list of nominations can be found at Broadcastnow; the winners will be announced on 17 March 2009. The Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex blog has an overview of the current status of the Doctor Who world, with quotations from fans and writers in attendance at the recent Gallifrey One conv";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The Sarah Jane Adventures has been nominated for the Royal Television Society Awards, in the "Children's Drama" category. The series was also nominated last year, but lost to CITV's "My Life as a Popat". A full list of nominations can be found at Broadcastnow; the winners will be announced on 17 March 2009. The Los Angeles Times' Hero Complex blog has an overview of the current status of the Doctor Who world, with quotations from fans and writers in attendance at the recent Gallifrey One conv";}i:5;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:14:"Laurence Payne";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyFkplZkkdUswVDI&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The Stage reports that Laurence Payne, who appeared in three classic Doctor Who serials, has died at the age of 89. Payne played gunslinger Johnny Ringo in "The Gunfighters" (1966), dying Argolin leader Morix in "The Leisure Hive" (1980) and morally compromised scientist Dastari in "The Two Doctors" (1985). Beyond the world of Doctor Who, Payne had a distinguished stage career, including a long run at the Old Vic in the 1940s, and played Romeo in Peter Brook's 1947 production of "Romeo and Jul";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The Stage reports that Laurence Payne, who appeared in three classic Doctor Who serials, has died at the age of 89. Payne played gunslinger Johnny Ringo in "The Gunfighters" (1966), dying Argolin leader Morix in "The Leisure Hive" (1980) and morally compromised scientist Dastari in "The Two Doctors" (1985). Beyond the world of Doctor Who, Payne had a distinguished stage career, including a long run at the Old Vic in the 1940s, and played Romeo in Peter Brook's 1947 production of "Romeo and Jul";}i:6;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:25:"DVD Files magazine online";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyFElAyFMfDYtHTe&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Several issues of the Doctor Who DVD Files magazine have been released in the UK and Ireland since the magazine and DVD series was launched by publisher GE Fabbri in January. The content of the magazine has now been made available online for the benefit of fans who already own the DVD episodes or who live outside of Great Britain or Eire. "We were contacted by loads of people who already owned the DVDs but were interested in the new magazine," explains project manager at GE Fabbri, Ben Robinso";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Several issues of the Doctor Who DVD Files magazine have been released in the UK and Ireland since the magazine and DVD series was launched by publisher GE Fabbri in January. The content of the magazine has now been made available online for the benefit of fans who already own the DVD episodes or who live outside of Great Britain or Eire. "We were contacted by loads of people who already owned the DVDs but were interested in the new magazine," explains project manager at GE Fabbri, Ben Robinso";}i:7;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Cornell Adapts Banks for Radio 4";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFykVlEVudNNVYgPy&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:257:"Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell has adapted the Iain M. Banks short story The State of the Art for radio. The adaptation will air on Thursday, March 5th at 14.15 on BBC Radio 4. Afterward the programme will be available internationally via the BBC IPlayer. ";s:7:"summary";s:257:"Doctor Who writer Paul Cornell has adapted the Iain M. Banks short story The State of the Art for radio. The adaptation will air on Thursday, March 5th at 14.15 on BBC Radio 4. Afterward the programme will be available internationally via the BBC IPlayer. ";}i:8;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Dalek Found Submerged in Pond";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyEZuykySdGSUGsU&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"In a scene right out of a Doctor Who script, a team of volunteers clearing a pond of rubbish uncovered a long-submerged Dalek. The Telegraph reports that sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he found the object with its distinctive eye stalk. The 42-year-old said: "I'd just shifted a tree branch with my foot when I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. I got the shock of my life when a Dalek head bobbed up right in ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"In a scene right out of a Doctor Who script, a team of volunteers clearing a pond of rubbish uncovered a long-submerged Dalek. The Telegraph reports that sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he found the object with its distinctive eye stalk. The 42-year-old said: "I'd just shifted a tree branch with my foot when I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. I got the shock of my life when a Dalek head bobbed up right in ";}i:9;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:35:"Gardner joins BBC Worldwide America";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFyEpEZlZCtTgsQGh&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Outgoing Doctor Who executive producer, Julie Gardner, has joined BBC Worldwide's Los Angeles production studio as executive producer. She is the first appointment announced by Jane Tranter, recently-appointed executive vice president, programming and production, BBC Worldwide America. Gardner will be responsible for scripted projects, working with US and British writers including Russell T Davies to develop projects for the American market. Speaking to the BBC Staff magazine Ariel, Tranter s";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Outgoing Doctor Who executive producer, Julie Gardner, has joined BBC Worldwide's Los Angeles production studio as executive producer. She is the first appointment announced by Jane Tranter, recently-appointed executive vice president, programming and production, BBC Worldwide America. Gardner will be responsible for scripted projects, working with US and British writers including Russell T Davies to develop projects for the American market. Speaking to the BBC Staff magazine Ariel, Tranter s";}i:10;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:13:"News round-up";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFypkuZpVCeDBFsUl&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The Daily Mirror is reporting that the TARDIS interior will be redesigned for Matt Smith's arrival in the TARDIS and the move to HD filming. The Mirror also says that the designers will "improve the quality of the police box exterior", and credits the change to incoming showrunner Steven Moffat, who scripted a line in the 2007 episode "Blink" noting that the TARDIS's police box windows were the wrong size, an in-joke aimed at the Outpost Gallifrey Forum (now the Doctor Who Forum). The TARDIS re";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The Daily Mirror is reporting that the TARDIS interior will be redesigned for Matt Smith's arrival in the TARDIS and the move to HD filming. The Mirror also says that the designers will "improve the quality of the police box exterior", and credits the change to incoming showrunner Steven Moffat, who scripted a line in the 2007 episode "Blink" noting that the TARDIS's police box windows were the wrong size, an in-joke aimed at the Outpost Gallifrey Forum (now the Doctor Who Forum). The TARDIS re";}i:11;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:43:"This Week In Doctor Who - February 28, 2009";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVlkVAFkaKcEvTNT&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"This Week In Doctor Who February 28, 2009 - Vol 12, No 9 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts: Sunday 1 March: BBC Entertainment South Africa 7PM and Midnight CAT - The Lazarus Experiment Saturday 14 March: SPACE Canada 9PM EDT/6PM PDT - The Next Doctor (first showing on SPACE, see This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere for ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"This Week In Doctor Who February 28, 2009 - Vol 12, No 9 The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998. by Benjamin F. Elliott http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thisweekindoctorwho http://groups.yahoo.com/group/torchwood Upcoming Premiere Broadcasts: Sunday 1 March: BBC Entertainment South Africa 7PM and Midnight CAT - The Lazarus Experiment Saturday 14 March: SPACE Canada 9PM EDT/6PM PDT - The Next Doctor (first showing on SPACE, see This Week In Doctor Who Western Hemisphere for ";}i:12;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:16:"K9 Logo Revealed";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVZyAlApqWLTtAaz&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The new logo for spin-off series K9 has been revealed. Click on the thumbnail below for a larger version of the image, which has been taken from the title sequence. Paul Tams, the show's co-creator and co-associate producer, told The Doctor Who News Page: "As eagle-eyed people may spot, I based the new logo on K9's old-type font of Westminster, with an update. The font is also used on K9's new body." Principal photography on the series is due to finish on May 7 and the show should air on Netwo";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The new logo for spin-off series K9 has been revealed. Click on the thumbnail below for a larger version of the image, which has been taken from the title sequence. Paul Tams, the show's co-creator and co-associate producer, told The Doctor Who News Page: "As eagle-eyed people may spot, I based the new logo on K9's old-type font of Westminster, with an update. The font is also used on K9's new body." Principal photography on the series is due to finish on May 7 and the show should air on Netwo";}i:13;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Awards: effects win, Tennant nominated";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVyZVZZkvUorPFsC&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Doctor Who has won an international award for its special effects, and David Tennant has been doubly nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild awards. The Visual Effects Society, an international organization of visual effects professionals, nominated Doctor Who in two categories this year. Simon Wickers, Charlie Bennett, Tim Barter and Arianna Lago won the award for "Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial" for their work on "Silence in the Library" (click thumbnail ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Doctor Who has won an international award for its special effects, and David Tennant has been doubly nominated for the Broadcasting Press Guild awards. The Visual Effects Society, an international organization of visual effects professionals, nominated Doctor Who in two categories this year. Simon Wickers, Charlie Bennett, Tim Barter and Arianna Lago won the award for "Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Broadcast Program or Commercial" for their work on "Silence in the Library" (click thumbnail ";}i:14;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Doctor Who Adventures #104";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVyyplFFxKGXhUQw&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The newest issue of Doctor Who Adventures, issue #104 comes with a bumper Cyber pack -- with two different Cyber sets to choose from. One set includes a sinister Cyberleader mask and the other includes a Cybershade mask as seen in the last Doctor Who special. Both come with two different sets of Cyber badges, two sticker sheets and a massive double-sided poster of Dalek creator Davros on one side and the Doctor and Donna on the other. Also in the magazine is an interview with "the plucky girl ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The newest issue of Doctor Who Adventures, issue #104 comes with a bumper Cyber pack -- with two different Cyber sets to choose from. One set includes a sinister Cyberleader mask and the other includes a Cybershade mask as seen in the last Doctor Who special. Both come with two different sets of Cyber badges, two sticker sheets and a massive double-sided poster of Dalek creator Davros on one side and the Doctor and Donna on the other. Also in the magazine is an interview with "the plucky girl ";}i:15;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:31:""Fendahl" DVD released in April";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVyyppkVrCmAemMq&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"As previously announced on the news page, the classic Doctor Who series adventure Image of the Fendahl, starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson, will be released on Region 2 DVD (UK), with the now-confirmed date of release of April 6th. Meanwhile, a full listing of extras for the DVD have now been issued:Commentary -- With actors Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Wanda Ventham and Edward Arthur.After Image -- cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Louise Jameson, Edward Arthur, ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"As previously announced on the news page, the classic Doctor Who series adventure Image of the Fendahl, starring Tom Baker and Louise Jameson, will be released on Region 2 DVD (UK), with the now-confirmed date of release of April 6th. Meanwhile, a full listing of extras for the DVD have now been issued:Commentary -- With actors Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Wanda Ventham and Edward Arthur.After Image -- cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With actors Louise Jameson, Edward Arthur, ";}i:16;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:25:"The Next Doctor in Canada";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVuFyllVtNxvVhuS&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:459:"As noted in This Week in Doctor Who, the 2008 Christmas special comes to Canada in March when The Next Doctor is shown on the SPACE channel. The episode is scheduled to be shown on Saturday 14th March at 9pm Eastern Time. Previous episodes of the series have been shown on CBC. SPACE has also acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to Torchwood. The channel can be seen on satellite on Bell TV and Star Choice and is available on most Canadian cable systems.";s:7:"summary";s:459:"As noted in This Week in Doctor Who, the 2008 Christmas special comes to Canada in March when The Next Doctor is shown on the SPACE channel. The episode is scheduled to be shown on Saturday 14th March at 9pm Eastern Time. Previous episodes of the series have been shown on CBC. SPACE has also acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to Torchwood. The channel can be seen on satellite on Bell TV and Star Choice and is available on most Canadian cable systems.";}i:17;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:43:"This Week In Doctor Who - February 21, 2009";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVkElEuFTugMvFur&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Just got an alert from a friend in Canada who was watching SPACE. The best approach is to just quote his note. Thanks for the breaking news, Tom! SPACE's website is at http://www.spacecast.com . The forums are at http://forums.spacecast.com . The news is not there at this writing. ------------------------ "It's a good thing I wasn't eating my cereal while watching the repeat of "The Circuit" this morning. B) "It appears that SPACE will be once again picking up the CBC's slack by playing this y";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Just got an alert from a friend in Canada who was watching SPACE. The best approach is to just quote his note. Thanks for the breaking news, Tom! SPACE's website is at http://www.spacecast.com . The forums are at http://forums.spacecast.com . The news is not there at this writing. ------------------------ "It's a good thing I wasn't eating my cereal while watching the repeat of "The Circuit" this morning. B) "It appears that SPACE will be once again picking up the CBC's slack by playing this y";}i:18;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Torchwood comic strip online";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFVEEAZkpVbWBfdew&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"To tie in with the broadcast of Series Two of Torchwood on UK digital channel Watch, the broadcaster has teamed up with Torchwood Magazine to present a special online comic strip. Ice Monsters sees Captain Jack and the Torchwood team battling Ice Monster creatures who have the ability to change the weather. It is written by Torchwood's script editor/assistant producer Brian Minchin and illustrated by former Doctor Who Magazine comic artist Adrian Salmon. You can find the comic strip on the UKT";s:7:"summary";s:500:"To tie in with the broadcast of Series Two of Torchwood on UK digital channel Watch, the broadcaster has teamed up with Torchwood Magazine to present a special online comic strip. Ice Monsters sees Captain Jack and the Torchwood team battling Ice Monster creatures who have the ability to change the weather. It is written by Torchwood's script editor/assistant producer Brian Minchin and illustrated by former Doctor Who Magazine comic artist Adrian Salmon. You can find the comic strip on the UKT";}i:19;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:29:"End of the line for Dubai bus";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFuAlZkVucAdqmgdh&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Overseas filming for the Easter special episode Planet of the Dead has concluded, and Dubai-based newspaper 7DAYS has a (presumably) final report on the fate of the double-decker bus used in filming. The report contains minor spoilers for the special. According to 7DAYS, the bus (which was damaged in transit to the UAE) was able to be used in filming, but is no longer serviceable and will be crushed into a cube. Members of a Doctor Who fan club at Dubai's English College were able to see the ";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Overseas filming for the Easter special episode Planet of the Dead has concluded, and Dubai-based newspaper 7DAYS has a (presumably) final report on the fate of the double-decker bus used in filming. The report contains minor spoilers for the special. According to 7DAYS, the bus (which was damaged in transit to the UAE) was able to be used in filming, but is no longer serviceable and will be crushed into a cube. Members of a Doctor Who fan club at Dubai's English College were able to see the ";}i:20;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:10:"James Bree";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFuAluyFlSORjUZgr&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The character actor James Bree - who had three notable roles in Doctor Who - has died at the age of 85 after a long illness, reports The Stage. Bree's first appearance in Doctor Who was as The Security Chief in the 1969 ten-parter The War Games - soon to be released on DVD. He appeared again in the show in 1980, playing Decider Nefred in the four-part story Full Circle, which was recently released on DVD in the UK as part of The E-Space Trilogy. His final appearance in the show was as the Kee";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The character actor James Bree - who had three notable roles in Doctor Who - has died at the age of 85 after a long illness, reports The Stage. Bree's first appearance in Doctor Who was as The Security Chief in the 1969 ten-parter The War Games - soon to be released on DVD. He appeared again in the show in 1980, playing Decider Nefred in the four-part story Full Circle, which was recently released on DVD in the UK as part of The E-Space Trilogy. His final appearance in the show was as the Kee";}i:21;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Lindsay Duncan cast as companion - UPDATED";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFuAZAEkkBRQCjTPY&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The Daily Record newspaper is reporting that actress Lindsay Duncan has been cast as the Doctor's companion, named in the report as Adelaide, in the second of the forthcoming special episodes which will see out David Tennant's tenure as the Tenth Doctor. Duncan is well known for her roles in high-profile television dramas such as GBH and Rome. She is also appearing as Margaret Thatcher in next week's much-publicised BBC Two drama Margaret, concerning the former Prime Minister's final days in po";s:7:"summary";s:500:"The Daily Record newspaper is reporting that actress Lindsay Duncan has been cast as the Doctor's companion, named in the report as Adelaide, in the second of the forthcoming special episodes which will see out David Tennant's tenure as the Tenth Doctor. Duncan is well known for her roles in high-profile television dramas such as GBH and Rome. She is also appearing as Margaret Thatcher in next week's much-publicised BBC Two drama Margaret, concerning the former Prime Minister's final days in po";}i:22;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:27:"Captain Jack and the Selkie";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFuAVpFVySlcuLPrj&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Maintaining the comic theme, Titan Publishing have provided details on the John and Carole Barrowman-penned comic strip Captain Jack and the Selkie, which appears in Issue 14 of Torchwood Magazine (due out at the shops in the UK on 19th February and the US on 17th March). Carole E. Barrowman explains how the project took off: "When John and I were working on [John's autobiography] Anything Goes, we spent a lot of time together on the Torchwood set. In between our storytelling and moments of ins";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Maintaining the comic theme, Titan Publishing have provided details on the John and Carole Barrowman-penned comic strip Captain Jack and the Selkie, which appears in Issue 14 of Torchwood Magazine (due out at the shops in the UK on 19th February and the US on 17th March). Carole E. Barrowman explains how the project took off: "When John and I were working on [John's autobiography] Anything Goes, we spent a lot of time together on the Torchwood set. In between our storytelling and moments of ins";}i:23;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:22:"One Shot Dr. Who Comic";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFuAuEluurskkwPwR&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"Today's Sci-Fi Wire reports that IDW will release a special one-shot Doctor Who comic, "The Whispering Gallery," by artist Ben Templesmith and writers Leah Moore and John Reppion. In "The Whispering Gallery," the TARDIS lands in a maze-like gallery filled with thousands of talking pictures, and the Doctor and Martha discover they've come across a planet where showing emotion has been outlawed. The inhabitants have good reason for their suppression, but it wouldn't be like the Doctor to leave th";s:7:"summary";s:500:"Today's Sci-Fi Wire reports that IDW will release a special one-shot Doctor Who comic, "The Whispering Gallery," by artist Ben Templesmith and writers Leah Moore and John Reppion. In "The Whispering Gallery," the TARDIS lands in a maze-like gallery filled with thousands of talking pictures, and the Doctor and Martha discover they've come across a planet where showing emotion has been outlawed. The inhabitants have good reason for their suppression, but it wouldn't be like the Doctor to leave th";}i:24;a:4:{s:5:"title";s:32:"Russell T Davies in conversation";s:4:"link";s:99:"http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFulAyppykRvuGGzL&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle";s:11:"description";s:500:"The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will be presenting a special event on 17th March; Russell T Davies in Conversation will take place at the Princess Anne Theatre on Piccadilly, and will feature a talk from the writer on "his origins in children's programmes, his thoughts about the audience and his hopes and fears for kids' output in the future - including his view on the BBC's move to Salford." 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