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This weekend saw the start of recording on Love and War, a special Doctor Who audio play produced by Big Finish Productions.
The novel by Paul Cornell was originally released in 1992 in the early days of the New Adventures novel range, which took the series in a more complex and adult direction, aimed at older fans. The book's major contribution to the series' legacy was the creation of Bernice Summerfield, an archaeologist from the 26th century who would become the Doctor's companion and go on to have her own spin-off series of books and audios which continue to this day.
The play will star the classic team of Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, with Lisa Bowerman as Bernice. Bowerman has portrayed Bernice throughout the character's own audio series and had previously joined McCoy and Aldred in the Doctor Who plays The Shadow of the Scourge and The Dark Flame, set in the New Adventures universe.
The play will be released in October for the twentieth anniversary of the novel.
Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has announced that next season will see the story of companions Amy and Rory come to an end. The duo will rejoin the Doctor in the upcoming season, but the couple's story will come to "a heartbreaking end" sometime during the season.
He also confirmed that a new, yet-to-be-cast companion will be joining the Doctor.
Check The Doctor Who News Page for the full story.
Two missing episodes of Classic Doctor Who have been recovered!
Galaxy Four Episode 3 "Air Lock" starring William Hartnell, and Episode 2 of The Underwater Menace starring Patrick Troughton (making this the earliest missing complete Troughton episode ever recovered). They had been in the possession of a fan who bought them at a school fete back in the 1980s. Both episodes were screened at the British Film Institute's "Missing Believe Wiped" event, the first time either has been viewed since their original transmissions on Sept. 25, 1965 and Jan. 21, 1968 respectively.
While neither one completes their stories (Galaxy Four was missing entirely, while only Episode 3 of The Underwater Menace still remained), its always a cause for celebration when missing Doctor Who material is found. Following restoration, the episodes could be commercially released in the future.
This is the first time complete episodes have been recovered since 2004 when the Hartnell episode "Day of Armageddon" from the 1965/66 serial The Daleks' Master Plan was found.
The tally of missing Doctor Who episodes now stands at 106.
UPDATE:
A clip from each episode has now been released for viewing. You can watch them HERE.
It's happened before, and once again rumors are rolling about a potential big-screen adaptation of Doctor Who, this time helmed by director David Yates (Harry Potter).
As usual, a ton of names have been thrown out as to who might play a feature film incarnation of the Doctor. Radio Times has suggested people from Hugh Laurie, Colin Firth, and Ricky Gervais, to incredibly odd choices such as William Shatner, Lady Gaga, and even Justin Bieber.
As usual, these are just rumors (thankfully). Personally I've never been keen on a movie adaptation of Doctor Who. The two Dalek movies of the 60s starring Peter Cushing were more than enough for me. Doctor Who works best at the level its at, as a TV series with an already expansive mythology, and room enough to continue to grow and expand that mythos. And knowing Hollywood these days and their propensity to butcher our childhoods, I never ever want them to get their hands on it.
The title for this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special has been revealed as... The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe.
As the title suggests, the story takes a lot of inspiration from the first of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia books.
And as a bonus, here is the 2011 Children in Need skit, starring Matt Smith.
And as a bonus bonus, have a half naked Matt in suspenders. :V
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