First News Round Up of 2010

News from the hungover-news desk.

Blogtor Who have found an extract of the End of Time Part 2 commentary on the Official Who Site. Couldn't spot it myself so its well hidden! Follow the link!

David Tennant's LAST interview before leaving as the Doctor! Have a look on the BBC news site - that leads us into the grump bandwagon against Tennant... read on!

Mail gets on the "Too Much Tennant" bandwagon. I wouldn't mind this topical complaint about the amount he's appeared on the BBC in the last few weeks if he was just appearing on chat shows and plugging Doctor Who. But he's a popular personality in his own right, who is big news for ending his role as an iconic character and people are interested in HIM - so where's the issue? He's not just been plugging the show, he's been presenting, acting, taking part in odd festive events. He won't be doing it much longer! Well, it makes a story, so if you want to listen to the Mail opinion whine, here we go.

High Appreciation for End of Time and Too Much Tennant?

Too Much Tennant?
Source: Kasterborus.com

Excerpt from Kasterborus.com:
"The BBC has come under attack from The Mail this week under accusations of populism as the public service broadcaster utilized the services of several actors in more than one show, including Doctor Who star David Tennant.
In the article entitled “How Doctor Who (with a little help from Hamlet) took over the BBC” (which interestingly took 3 people to write) the fascist rag noted that Tennant will have made 75 appearances on TV and radio by the end of the Christmas period December 14th to January 3rd, 2010. Interestingly many of these appearances are repeats, rather than Doctor Who promo work." Read more...


End of Time All Time High?
Source: The Doctor Who News Page:

"The End of Time Part One received an AI figure of 87. The Appreciation Index, or AI, figure is a measure of how much the audience liked a programme. A score over 85 is considered excellent. Doctor Who had the highest score of the day on BBC One or BBC Two. The only programme to score higher on the main five channels was the film Gladiator on ITV1, which scored 89 with a much lower audience."

While it seems fan reaction was a little mixed, for those the show was made for, RTD's epic first part finale was a GREAT success!

Doctor Who 3rd in Overnight ratings for End of Time

Overnights for top 3 shows of Xmas day were:

Eastenders: 10.9 (million)
The Royle Family: 10.2
Doctor Who: 10

Seems there was a drop in the overall numbers given Doctor got 13 million last year, but no show rated as highly this year. Still, third ranking with less than a million between it and the country's most popular soap isn't too bad at all!

These figures are only overnight ratings. Expect rating updates in a few days - and the all important appreciation figures!

Source: BBC

A Merry Christmas to all Doctor Who fans!

A merry Christmas to all in the Doctor Who communities from The Doctor Who Zone. We hope you all have a great Holiday - but don't forget we're not done for 2009 yet. We have our New Years Party on New Years Eve which if the Christmas Mega Party was anything to go by, will be a lot of fun!

In the meantime, watch out for the usual news. We'll be throwing up some comments from the Second Life Who Zone community after the End of Time part 1 airs - so watch out for that!

End of Time images and will the REAL Mk1 K-9 please stand up!

K9 - The TV Series has its full 26 episode listing. A new picture too. Also, if you go into their exclusive slideshow gallery, you'll find a picture of John Leeson and the orginal K-9 Mark1 who it looks like appears in the first episode prior to "regenerating"! In fact, check out the episode one photo gallery and indeed you see the original prop making an appearance!

Source: TheDoctorWhoSite

Some spoilerish pictures from Sky on End of Time. Quite few in slideshow form. Look if you dare!
(thanks to Dexter!)

Source: Sky.com

Repeats of End of Time/Dreamland will have commentaries

Lifted word for word from the awesome Doctor Who News page:

"The BBC has revealed that BBC Three repeats of The End of Time will have available an audio commentary from outgoing executive producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner.

The commentary for part one will be available on Freeview, Virgin and Sky on Sunday 27th December at 7pm, while the commentary for Part Two will only be on Virgin and Sky on Sunday 3rd January at 7pm. Neither commentary will be available on Freesat.

The commentaries are expected to be broadcast on BBC Radio 7 and thus will be available worldwide on the BBC i-player. Part One had been scheduled for 3am on 26th December, but Part Two has yet to be scheduled.

In addition, the Christmas Eve, 9am, BBC Three repeat of Dreamland will also have a commentary, this time with writer Phil Ford and the director Gary Russell."

End of Time Reviews from Test Screenings!

Non-spoiler review based on the recent test screening for End of Time. Very positive it seems. Encouraging from both sources. Shouldn't be any spoilers, but watch out if you're avoiding all details on this episode!


BBC review (UPDATE!)
LifeofWylie review
SFX review

Plus.. The Sun enjoys revealing in the pictures of the Master we put up yesterday.

Behind the Scenes video of End of Time!

As featured on the BBC News tonight.



Source: Blogtor Who (and several Second Life fans!)

David Tennant speaks to the BBC!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8418086.stm

A tip from the SL fandonm: David Tennant talks about his last episode once more! If you're hungry for more Tennant charm, click the link!

Source:
BBC

Claire Bloom and her mysterious role in End of Time!

Claire Bloom talks about her role in Doctor Who in an exclusive interview with The Times. Sounds VERY interesting? A relation to the Doctor?!


Except:
Now, at 78, she has been regenerated as a mysterious character in the two-part Christmas Doctor Who, which will mark the end of David Tennant’s stint as the Time Lord. The level of secrecy surrounding the programmes is such that when I arrive at Bloom’s neat terraced house in West London at the same time as the programme’s PR, I have to make myself scarce upstairs for a few minutes so that the PR can brief Bloom on what she can and cannot reveal about her role.

Full article

Source: The Times

Plus - another slight revision to the recent trailer (thanks to Dexter Ellison)

RTD speaks of End of Time and Spoilers!

Russell T Davies is again - this time speaking about his last ever episode and SPOILERS!

Question is, is he speaking directly to us?

"He added: “We do like keeping secrets. You should always watch it without knowing what’s going to happen and watch it unfold, brand new in front of you,” he says.

“My favourite moment on the job is when a new script arrives and I get to read it, turning the pages and experiencing it for the first time ever. And it should be like that for the audience.

“If you want to go online and look for all the spoilers then go ahead, but I know for a fact you are depriving yourself of enjoyment, which I think says a lot about the online experience. It ruins it when you know too much."

For the full article, click here.

Source: WalesOnline

New spoiler clip from End of Time!

From STV television 'programme', The Hour. Quite spoilery - so watch with your eyes half open - or even better, behind the sofa.



Source: Blogtor Who

June Whitfield clip of End of Time!

Again, thanks goes to our morning hero Dexter Ellisson for this - here we have a clip of June Whitfield on BBC news accompanied with new footage from End of Time. This clip seems quite entrenched in the story - watch at your spoiler-peril!

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CLIP AND INTERVIEW

End of Time clip emerges onto the internet!

New clip of End of Time featuring Wilf! Enjoy!

New End of Time trailer from the BBC!

New trailer - lots of revealing bits!

Christmas dates for Who confirmed!

The BBC Press Office has confirmed the scheduling of the two-part final adventure for David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor - The End of Time.

Part 1 will be shown from 6pm to 7pm on Christmas Day, Friday the 25th of December.

Part 2 follows from 6.40-7.55pm the following Friday, 1st January 2010 - New Year's Day.

Source: The Doctor Who News Page