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Doctor Who: Guinness World Record for The Day of the Doctor | Articles | Doctor Who
Guinness World Record for The Day of the Doctor
After a spectacular night of global celebration for Doctor Who?s 50th Anniversary, Executive Producer and Head Writer Steven Moffat was presented with the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama, following a global campaign from BBC Worldwide that saw The Day of the Doctor broadcast in 94 countries across 6 continents.
The award was presented by to Steven ahead of his first panel appearance today at the Doctor Who Celebration, a special three-day event spanning the anniversary weekend at London?s ExCeL. Cast members Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman were also in attendance along with thousands of fans from across the world.
On receiving the award, Steven Moffat says: ?For years the Doctor has been stopping everyone else from conquering the world. Now, just to show off, he's gone and done it himself!?
Tim Davie, CEO BBC Worldwide (the BBC?s commercial arm) says: ?We knew we were attempting something unprecedented in broadcast history, not only because Doctor Who is a drama, unlike a live feed event such as a World Cup football match or a Royal Wedding, but because we had to deliver the episode in advance to the four corners of the world so that it could be dubbed and subtitled into 15 different languages. If there was any doubt that Doctor Who is one of the world?s biggest TV shows, this award should put that argument to rest ? and how fitting for it to receive such an accolade in its 50th year.?
Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief, Craig Glenday, who presented the award, added: "Who else but the time-twisting Doctor could appear in 94 countries at once?! This outstanding achievement is testament to the fact that the longest running sci-fi TV show in history is not just a well-loved UK institution but a truly global success adored by millions of people.?
In addition to the TV broadcast, over 1500 cinemas worldwide, including in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia, will show the episode in spectacular 3D with over half a million tickets sold.
In the run up to the 50th Anniversary, fans of the show across the world have been out in full force to be part of a global event. In Sweden and Norway where the programme has no client broadcaster, fans successfully petitioned to get their local cinemas to screen the episode. Similarly, fans in Argentina pushed a major cinema chain into showing the special simultaneously. In the US, an initial 10,000 cinema tickets sold out in 28 minutes without any marketing or advertising and in Germany, Cinemaxx, one of the largest cinema chains reported that the special had been the fastest non-movie pre-sale in their history.
Guinness World Record for The Day of the Doctor
After a spectacular night of global celebration for Doctor Who?s 50th Anniversary, Executive Producer and Head Writer Steven Moffat was presented with the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama, following a global campaign from BBC Worldwide that saw The Day of the Doctor broadcast in 94 countries across 6 continents.
The award was presented by to Steven ahead of his first panel appearance today at the Doctor Who Celebration, a special three-day event spanning the anniversary weekend at London?s ExCeL. Cast members Matt Smith and Jenna Coleman were also in attendance along with thousands of fans from across the world.
On receiving the award, Steven Moffat says: ?For years the Doctor has been stopping everyone else from conquering the world. Now, just to show off, he's gone and done it himself!?
Tim Davie, CEO BBC Worldwide (the BBC?s commercial arm) says: ?We knew we were attempting something unprecedented in broadcast history, not only because Doctor Who is a drama, unlike a live feed event such as a World Cup football match or a Royal Wedding, but because we had to deliver the episode in advance to the four corners of the world so that it could be dubbed and subtitled into 15 different languages. If there was any doubt that Doctor Who is one of the world?s biggest TV shows, this award should put that argument to rest ? and how fitting for it to receive such an accolade in its 50th year.?
Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief, Craig Glenday, who presented the award, added: "Who else but the time-twisting Doctor could appear in 94 countries at once?! This outstanding achievement is testament to the fact that the longest running sci-fi TV show in history is not just a well-loved UK institution but a truly global success adored by millions of people.?
In addition to the TV broadcast, over 1500 cinemas worldwide, including in the UK, US, Australia, Canada, Latin America, Germany, Russia and Scandinavia, will show the episode in spectacular 3D with over half a million tickets sold.
In the run up to the 50th Anniversary, fans of the show across the world have been out in full force to be part of a global event. In Sweden and Norway where the programme has no client broadcaster, fans successfully petitioned to get their local cinemas to screen the episode. Similarly, fans in Argentina pushed a major cinema chain into showing the special simultaneously. In the US, an initial 10,000 cinema tickets sold out in 28 minutes without any marketing or advertising and in Germany, Cinemaxx, one of the largest cinema chains reported that the special had been the fastest non-movie pre-sale in their history.
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Matt Smith on stage again: Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (musical)
American Psycho A new musical thriller | Almeida Theatre, London
American Psycho A new musical thriller | Almeida Theatre, London
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Here is the new Doctor Who trailer
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WHEN THE HELL IS IT COMING ON
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Every Doctor From ‘Doctor Who’ Drawn in the Cutesy Style of ‘The Powerpuff Girls’
Graphic designer Lumos5001 illustrated every version of the Doctor from Doctor Who ? including the upcoming Twelfth Doctor played by Peter Capaldi and the War Doctor, John Hurt ? in the cutesy style of The Powerpuff Girls.
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Julia Lepetit of Dorkly has created ?The 12 Days of Doctor Who,? a fun version of ?The Twelve Days of Christmas? filled with friends and enemies from Doctor Who. Visit Dorkly to read the comic in its entirety, and be sure to mouse over each panel for a festive surprise.
The 12 Days of Doctor Who - Dorkly Comic
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TheFlixx took Richard Swarbrick?s amazing ?50 Years in Time and Space? Doctor Who animation and added ?Take on Me? by A-ha because of the animation?s resemblance to the song?s sketchy music video. It fits perfectly, transforming the haunting animation into upbeat fun with the power of 80s synthpop.
Amazing ‘Doctor Who’ Animation Mashed Up With the Song ‘Take on Me’ by A-ha
Amazing ‘Doctor Who’ Animation Mashed Up With the Song ‘Take on Me’ by A-ha
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http://www.nerdist.com/2014/01/doctor-who-peter-capaldis-costume-revealed/
DOCTOR WHO ? Peter Capaldi?s Costume Revealed
We?ve only just said goodbye to Matt Smith and we?re still over half a year away from the first full episode featuring the Twelfth (or Fourteenth, depending on how pedantic you are) Doctor, Peter Capaldi, but we now have our first glimpse at what his costume will be and? it?s pretty awesome.
He?s wearing a dark blue Crombie coat with red lining (a bit like Jon Pertwee?s cape in his first season in 1970), blue trousers, blue vest, white shirt, and black Dr. Martens in a look created by costume designer Howard Burden.
From the official press release, here?s what Capaldi and executive producer Steven Moffat have to say about the outfit:
?He?s woven the future from the cloth of the past. Simple, stark, and back to basics. No frills, no scarf, no messing, just 100 per cent Rebel Time Lord.? While lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: ?New Doctor, new era, and of course new clothes. Monsters of the universe, the vacation is over ? Capaldi is suited and booted and coming to get you!?
Filming of the new Doctor?s first episode began earlier this month, and Moffat has promised us 12 or 13 uninterrupted weeks of Doctor Who, so it looks like Autumn will be all about Capaldi. I, for one, think if I were ever going to cosplay (which is very unlikely), this would be the one I?d do because, damn. Would you dress up as this Doctor?
DOCTOR WHO ? Peter Capaldi?s Costume Revealed
We?ve only just said goodbye to Matt Smith and we?re still over half a year away from the first full episode featuring the Twelfth (or Fourteenth, depending on how pedantic you are) Doctor, Peter Capaldi, but we now have our first glimpse at what his costume will be and? it?s pretty awesome.
He?s wearing a dark blue Crombie coat with red lining (a bit like Jon Pertwee?s cape in his first season in 1970), blue trousers, blue vest, white shirt, and black Dr. Martens in a look created by costume designer Howard Burden.
From the official press release, here?s what Capaldi and executive producer Steven Moffat have to say about the outfit:
?He?s woven the future from the cloth of the past. Simple, stark, and back to basics. No frills, no scarf, no messing, just 100 per cent Rebel Time Lord.? While lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat added: ?New Doctor, new era, and of course new clothes. Monsters of the universe, the vacation is over ? Capaldi is suited and booted and coming to get you!?
Filming of the new Doctor?s first episode began earlier this month, and Moffat has promised us 12 or 13 uninterrupted weeks of Doctor Who, so it looks like Autumn will be all about Capaldi. I, for one, think if I were ever going to cosplay (which is very unlikely), this would be the one I?d do because, damn. Would you dress up as this Doctor?
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https://www.nerdist.com/2014/02/artist-paul-hanley-shows-us-the-infinite-doctor/
Artist Paul Hanley Shows Us ?The Infinite Doctor?
We thought there were only 12 Doctors, but with the last few episodes of Doctor Who, we learned that there was a War and a Handy and that they counted as regenerations. How many more of them are there out in the ether? Luckily for us, the brilliant artist Paul Hanley has decided to include everybody in a piece he?s titled ?The Infinite Doctor.? That?s right; all of the different faces (or voices) the Doctor has had since 1963. ?Canonicity? be damned! It?s like a fun Where?s Waldo? page, but everybody is Waldo. Hanley?s included close-but-no-cigar Doctors like Richard E. Grant?s from Scream of the Shalka and the Dalek movie?s Peter Cushing, some audio Doctors like David Warner and Nicholas Briggs, and even some ones we?re still scratching our heads about like Michael Jayston?s Valeyard, Toby Jones? Dream Lord, and Tom Baker?s Curator. He?s even included, quite prominently even, some of the Doctors from The Curse of Fatal Death, the Comic Relief sketch written by Steven Moffat in the ?90s.
I won?t list them all, but name the ones I missed below if you?d like! Some Morbius Doctors and stage play Doctors are in their too, just to be tricky. And why not show Paul Hanley some love, seeing as he?s the genius who took the time to do this great work in the first place?
Artist Paul Hanley Shows Us ?The Infinite Doctor?
We thought there were only 12 Doctors, but with the last few episodes of Doctor Who, we learned that there was a War and a Handy and that they counted as regenerations. How many more of them are there out in the ether? Luckily for us, the brilliant artist Paul Hanley has decided to include everybody in a piece he?s titled ?The Infinite Doctor.? That?s right; all of the different faces (or voices) the Doctor has had since 1963. ?Canonicity? be damned! It?s like a fun Where?s Waldo? page, but everybody is Waldo. Hanley?s included close-but-no-cigar Doctors like Richard E. Grant?s from Scream of the Shalka and the Dalek movie?s Peter Cushing, some audio Doctors like David Warner and Nicholas Briggs, and even some ones we?re still scratching our heads about like Michael Jayston?s Valeyard, Toby Jones? Dream Lord, and Tom Baker?s Curator. He?s even included, quite prominently even, some of the Doctors from The Curse of Fatal Death, the Comic Relief sketch written by Steven Moffat in the ?90s.
I won?t list them all, but name the ones I missed below if you?d like! Some Morbius Doctors and stage play Doctors are in their too, just to be tricky. And why not show Paul Hanley some love, seeing as he?s the genius who took the time to do this great work in the first place?
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New Character to Join DOCTOR WHO
When Peter Capaldi?s escapades as the Twelfth Doctor (also known as the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord currently known as the Doctor? so confusing) kick off this fall, it won?t only be Jenna Coleman?s plucky Clara Oswald that he will deal with on a regular basis; a new character has been announced who will play a recurring role in the Doctor?s adventures.
BBC America revealed this morning that actor Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin and Stacey) will join the cast as the character of Danny Pink, a recurring character who also teaches at the Coal Hill School along with Clara. The Coal Hill School, you may well remember, is the place the Doctor?s granddaughter, Susan, was a student when her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright became unwilling companions back in 1963.
In the press release, Anderson (no relation) said, ?I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It?s a quintessential part of British culture and I can?t believe I?m part of it. It?s an honor to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can?t wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo!?
Executive Producer and Lead Writer Steven Moffat had his own traditionally-cryptic explanation for the character of Danny Pink: ?For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the TARDIS. In 1963 teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright accompanied the First Doctor. These days it?s the turn of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. And very soon now, Sam Anderson as Danny Pink will be entering the world of the Doctor. But how and why? Answers are coming later this year in Peter Capaldi?s first season of Doctor Who!?
I guess we?ll just have to wait and see how Danny Pink fits in to everything.
New Character to Join DOCTOR WHO
When Peter Capaldi?s escapades as the Twelfth Doctor (also known as the 14th incarnation of the Time Lord currently known as the Doctor? so confusing) kick off this fall, it won?t only be Jenna Coleman?s plucky Clara Oswald that he will deal with on a regular basis; a new character has been announced who will play a recurring role in the Doctor?s adventures.
BBC America revealed this morning that actor Samuel Anderson (The History Boys, Gavin and Stacey) will join the cast as the character of Danny Pink, a recurring character who also teaches at the Coal Hill School along with Clara. The Coal Hill School, you may well remember, is the place the Doctor?s granddaughter, Susan, was a student when her teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright became unwilling companions back in 1963.
In the press release, Anderson (no relation) said, ?I was so excited to join Doctor Who I wanted to jump and click my heels, but I was scared I might not come down before filming started! It?s a quintessential part of British culture and I can?t believe I?m part of it. It?s an honor to be able to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman and I can?t wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo!?
Executive Producer and Lead Writer Steven Moffat had his own traditionally-cryptic explanation for the character of Danny Pink: ?For the fourth time in Doctor Who history, Coal Hill School is coming to the aid of the TARDIS. In 1963 teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright accompanied the First Doctor. These days it?s the turn of Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald. And very soon now, Sam Anderson as Danny Pink will be entering the world of the Doctor. But how and why? Answers are coming later this year in Peter Capaldi?s first season of Doctor Who!?
I guess we?ll just have to wait and see how Danny Pink fits in to everything.
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http://www.nerdist.com/2014/03/meet-ms-delphox-keeley-hawes-to-guest-on-season-8-of-doctor-who/
Meet Ms. Delphox: Keeley Hawes to Guest on Season 8 of DOCTOR WHO
More casting news from the Doctor Who world! Less than a month after the announcement of Samuel Anderson?s casting as the mysterious Danny Pink comes the news of another character. Actress Keeley Hawes, of MI-5, Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty, and the 2010-12 remake of Upstairs Downstairs, has been cast as a one-off character in the fifth episode of Season 8. Hawes will play the mysterious Ms. Delphox, ?a powerful out of this world character with a dark secret? whom the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald will come across when they arrive on a ?strange and puzzling planet.?
The episode?s title hasn?t been released yet, but it?s been written by Steve Thompson (also of Sherlock) and directed by Douglas Mackinnon.
Of her role on the show, Hawes said, ?I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I?ve had a lot of fun playing.?
And Steven Moffat, of head writer fame, added, ?Anyone watching Jed Mercurio?s amazing Line of Duty will know that Keeley Hawes is having one hell of year. And now it?s about to get even better as she achieves the greatest villainy yet attempted on Doctor Who: she plays a banker.?
A banker? She does look like a banker, I suppose. She also kind of looks like Madame Kovarian from Series 6. A little bit. I truly have no idea what the episode will be about with a character description like that, but I?m very intrigued. Hawes has been excellent in everything I?ve seen her in, especially 2008′s Ashes to Ashes.
Meet Ms. Delphox: Keeley Hawes to Guest on Season 8 of DOCTOR WHO
More casting news from the Doctor Who world! Less than a month after the announcement of Samuel Anderson?s casting as the mysterious Danny Pink comes the news of another character. Actress Keeley Hawes, of MI-5, Ashes to Ashes, Line of Duty, and the 2010-12 remake of Upstairs Downstairs, has been cast as a one-off character in the fifth episode of Season 8. Hawes will play the mysterious Ms. Delphox, ?a powerful out of this world character with a dark secret? whom the Twelfth Doctor and Clara Oswald will come across when they arrive on a ?strange and puzzling planet.?
The episode?s title hasn?t been released yet, but it?s been written by Steve Thompson (also of Sherlock) and directed by Douglas Mackinnon.
Of her role on the show, Hawes said, ?I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I?ve had a lot of fun playing.?
And Steven Moffat, of head writer fame, added, ?Anyone watching Jed Mercurio?s amazing Line of Duty will know that Keeley Hawes is having one hell of year. And now it?s about to get even better as she achieves the greatest villainy yet attempted on Doctor Who: she plays a banker.?
A banker? She does look like a banker, I suppose. She also kind of looks like Madame Kovarian from Series 6. A little bit. I truly have no idea what the episode will be about with a character description like that, but I?m very intrigued. Hawes has been excellent in everything I?ve seen her in, especially 2008′s Ashes to Ashes.
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http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20140330/EU--Britain-Obit-Kate.O_Mara/
Former 'Dynasty' star Kate O'Mara dies at age 74
LONDON (AP) — British actress Kate O'Mara, best known for her role in the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty," died Sunday at the age of 74, her agent said.
Phil Belfield said O'Mara died in a nursing home in southern England after a short illness.
The actress, who began her television career in the 1960s, became a household name for playing Cassandra "Caress" Morrell, sister to Joan Collins' Alexis Colby, in "Dynasty."
In Britain she is often remembered for her role in "Triangle" — a soap opera set aboard a North Sea ferry that is often cited as the worst piece of British television.
She also appeared in the original run of British series "Doctor Who" and BBC drama "Howards' Way." In the 1990s she starred in the comedy show "Absolutely Fabulous" with Joanna Lumley.
More recently she appeared in a 2012 stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile."
She is survived by her sister, actress Belinda Carroll.
Former 'Dynasty' star Kate O'Mara dies at age 74
LONDON (AP) — British actress Kate O'Mara, best known for her role in the 1980s soap opera "Dynasty," died Sunday at the age of 74, her agent said.
Phil Belfield said O'Mara died in a nursing home in southern England after a short illness.
The actress, who began her television career in the 1960s, became a household name for playing Cassandra "Caress" Morrell, sister to Joan Collins' Alexis Colby, in "Dynasty."
In Britain she is often remembered for her role in "Triangle" — a soap opera set aboard a North Sea ferry that is often cited as the worst piece of British television.
She also appeared in the original run of British series "Doctor Who" and BBC drama "Howards' Way." In the 1990s she starred in the comedy show "Absolutely Fabulous" with Joanna Lumley.
More recently she appeared in a 2012 stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile."
She is survived by her sister, actress Belinda Carroll.
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Ben Miller to guest star in new series of Doctor Who
Ben Miller is set to guest star opposite Peter Capaldi when the new series of Doctor Who returns this autumn.
Commenting on his role, Ben Miller said: "As a committed Whovian I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures. My only worry is that they'll make me leave the set when I'm not filming."
Miller achieved fame as half of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller before success in dramas, including Primeval and more recently, as DI Richard Poole, the central character in the first two series of the BBC’s Death in Paradise.
Miller’s partner in comedy, Alexander Armstrong, appeared in Doctor Who’s 2011 Christmas Special, playing Reg Arwell, but it’s Miller’s first time on the show and he’ll be starring in an episode written by Mark Gatiss.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, added: “Mark Gatiss has written us a storming villain for his new episode, and with Capaldi in the TARDIS, we knew we needed somebody special to send everybody behind the sofa. And quite frankly, it's about time Ben Miller was in Doctor Who!”
Other familiar faces confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which will tramsit later this year, include Tom Riley and Keeley Hawes.
Ben Miller to guest star in new series of Doctor Who
Ben Miller is set to guest star opposite Peter Capaldi when the new series of Doctor Who returns this autumn.
Commenting on his role, Ben Miller said: "As a committed Whovian I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures. My only worry is that they'll make me leave the set when I'm not filming."
Miller achieved fame as half of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller before success in dramas, including Primeval and more recently, as DI Richard Poole, the central character in the first two series of the BBC’s Death in Paradise.
Miller’s partner in comedy, Alexander Armstrong, appeared in Doctor Who’s 2011 Christmas Special, playing Reg Arwell, but it’s Miller’s first time on the show and he’ll be starring in an episode written by Mark Gatiss.
Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, added: “Mark Gatiss has written us a storming villain for his new episode, and with Capaldi in the TARDIS, we knew we needed somebody special to send everybody behind the sofa. And quite frankly, it's about time Ben Miller was in Doctor Who!”
Other familiar faces confirmed to join Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the new series, which will tramsit later this year, include Tom Riley and Keeley Hawes.
Saw a car today with a license plate frame that said "My other car is a TARDIS". I was like "My other car has an Infinite Improbability Drive...
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Fantastic! But I do not have this freaking channel.
http://www.nerdist.com/2014/06/classic-doctor-who-to-air-on-retro-tv/
Classic DOCTOR WHO to Air on Retro TV
Fans of Doctor Who who haven’t gotten a chance to watch the Classic Series yet can quit spending many sleepless nights worrying about when and if you can. (I assume that’s what all of you are doing, right? Probably there’s sweating and gastrointestinal problems as well. Yeah, let’s go with that.) Late last week, syndicated network Retro TV announced that here in the U.S., almost 500 episodes of Classic Doctor Who will beginning running regularly, spanning all the way from William Hartnell’s first episode, “An Unearthly Child,” to the final Sylvester McCoy episode, part 3 of “Survival.” That’s 26 years’ worth of Time Lord action for you to enjoy, all on a daily basis beginning this summer.
Matthew Golden, the Vice President of Production for Luken Communication, the parent company for Retro Television as well as the broker of the deal, had this to say in the official statement: “We couldn’t be more excited to make legendary classic episodes of Doctor Who available nationwide. The series is an institution, and we’re proud to give fans new and old the opportunity to experience this groundbreaking series from the very beginning.”
Now, the deal is for “nearly 500″ episodes. In total, there are 694 episodes of the Classic Series. There are 97 currently missing from the archives following the recovery of nine last year, leaving 597 extant. But they aren’t going to get to show all of these. Fans took to the channel’s Facebook page to ask about this as well as if the ones screened will be the remastered DVD release versions or the VHS versions that are on Netflix currently. Their reply in the vast comment thread to both of these questions was thus:
“The short version is that we have licensed all episodes for which licenses were currently available: almost 500 episodes total. They will be remastered versions.” The episodes for which licenses were not currently available include those written by Terry Nation, which sadly includes all of the original Dalek stories that still exist as well as a few others.
They also mentioned cuts being made to the episodes to fit in commercial time for the 30 minute timeslot. Retro’s representative said it shouldn’t be much of a problem given the average length of an old Who episode was right around 23 minutes anyway. “We’re preserving everything possible, and not a single frame will be cut that isn’t absolutely necessary. Generally, the episodes should time out as-is for our purposes. This is for fans, by fans, and we’re a protective lot.”
These episodes will begin airing this summer, along with other newly-acquired cult favorites like Mystery Science Theater 3000 which will begin running in July. Check your local listings or go to Retro’s website to find what channel it is in your area.
http://www.myretrotv.com/affiliates--schedules.html
http://www.nerdist.com/2014/06/classic-doctor-who-to-air-on-retro-tv/
Classic DOCTOR WHO to Air on Retro TV
Fans of Doctor Who who haven’t gotten a chance to watch the Classic Series yet can quit spending many sleepless nights worrying about when and if you can. (I assume that’s what all of you are doing, right? Probably there’s sweating and gastrointestinal problems as well. Yeah, let’s go with that.) Late last week, syndicated network Retro TV announced that here in the U.S., almost 500 episodes of Classic Doctor Who will beginning running regularly, spanning all the way from William Hartnell’s first episode, “An Unearthly Child,” to the final Sylvester McCoy episode, part 3 of “Survival.” That’s 26 years’ worth of Time Lord action for you to enjoy, all on a daily basis beginning this summer.
Matthew Golden, the Vice President of Production for Luken Communication, the parent company for Retro Television as well as the broker of the deal, had this to say in the official statement: “We couldn’t be more excited to make legendary classic episodes of Doctor Who available nationwide. The series is an institution, and we’re proud to give fans new and old the opportunity to experience this groundbreaking series from the very beginning.”
Now, the deal is for “nearly 500″ episodes. In total, there are 694 episodes of the Classic Series. There are 97 currently missing from the archives following the recovery of nine last year, leaving 597 extant. But they aren’t going to get to show all of these. Fans took to the channel’s Facebook page to ask about this as well as if the ones screened will be the remastered DVD release versions or the VHS versions that are on Netflix currently. Their reply in the vast comment thread to both of these questions was thus:
“The short version is that we have licensed all episodes for which licenses were currently available: almost 500 episodes total. They will be remastered versions.” The episodes for which licenses were not currently available include those written by Terry Nation, which sadly includes all of the original Dalek stories that still exist as well as a few others.
They also mentioned cuts being made to the episodes to fit in commercial time for the 30 minute timeslot. Retro’s representative said it shouldn’t be much of a problem given the average length of an old Who episode was right around 23 minutes anyway. “We’re preserving everything possible, and not a single frame will be cut that isn’t absolutely necessary. Generally, the episodes should time out as-is for our purposes. This is for fans, by fans, and we’re a protective lot.”
These episodes will begin airing this summer, along with other newly-acquired cult favorites like Mystery Science Theater 3000 which will begin running in July. Check your local listings or go to Retro’s website to find what channel it is in your area.
http://www.myretrotv.com/affiliates--schedules.html
