First Trailer for Series 7!
Today BBC America released the first trailer for series 7, this coming a day after the official Convention in Cardiff wraps up, where they debuted the trailer. Check it out below:
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New Companion Ident Confirmed
** The following article contains SPOILERS **
Jenna-Louise Coleman was announced as the new companion to the Doctor today by the BBC and Steven Moffat. We’ve known since Christmas that Amy and Rory would be making an exit from the show sometime this season, and that the Doctor would find a new companion. Well the details are here (at least some of them, so wait no longer.)
The 25 year old from Blackpool has already made a name for herself on the soap Emmerdale, having been nominated for a National Television Award, British Soap Award, and TV Choice Award.
More details can be found here, from the official BBC Doctor Who Page, and BBC America has a fun selection of clips of some of her other work. An interview with the actress about being chosen for Doctor Who can be found on the BBC News page.
Here’s the tweet stream from the official BBC Doctor Who Twitter Page:
Jenna-Louise Coleman announced as the new Doctor Who companion. More to come….
“I want to get started already” says Jenna. “I’m a huge fan of the show”. Of her favourite companion “Between Billie Piper & Karen Gillan”
“Matt Smith did my audition with me. It was fun and I felt like we were in it together” says Jenna.
Steven: “We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt – he had to keep up!”
There will be 6 episodes this year, including the Xmas Special. Then 8 next year. Jenna’s character will first be seen at Xmas.
No announcement on plans for the 50th anniversary given today.
Steven “Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with the Weeping Angels in ep 5. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time”
Jenna has asked us to remind you that she does not have and doesn’t plan to have a Twitter account. Beware of imposters!
The Doctor and Amy pick up NTA awards
From http://www.atvtoday.co.uk
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have won National Television Awards for their roles in Doctor Who.
The press may have claimed – not entirely accurately – that ratings for the sixth season of Doctor Who were in decline but it seems the fans were satisfied with and the performances of lead actors Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. The two have picked up awards at this year’s National Television Awards.
To read more click here!
Doctor Who Video Game!
We’re all gamers here at Traveling the Vortex, and have often spoke of a LEGO Doctor Who game. Well it may not be LEGO but BBC Worldwide has teamed up with Supermassive Games to release a console based game called “Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock” exclusively for the Playstation 3, PC and Sony’s new handheld device, Vita.
It looks like it won’t be disk based, bu a downloadable title. The game will also feature the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) and River Song (Alex Kingston). And according to the press release “Gamers must learn to master the complexities of time travel with exceptional time based game play, changes made in one time will impact another creating multiple possibilities and challenging players to solve puzzles across the centuries.”
Supermassive Games is no newbie to the Console either…they have created user packs for Little Big Planet 2, as well as Start the Party, and Start the Party 2. The game is set to be released early 2012. Below is the first teaser trailer for the game.
Happy Belated 29th Birthday, Matt Smith!
Once again I have missed a birthday announcement, not from lack of effort, miss-information or Cyberman invasion, but simply running out of time before the day ended to get it posted. It’s October 28th for those of you keeping track, and our sincerest apologies to Matt for missing it, but happy belated one anyway!
Keith & Shaun’s Doctor Who Shrine
As Chrissy pointed out we spent a lot of time in episode 42 of Traveling the Vortex talking about the new Doctor Who acquisitions and we should post pictures of them. Well as we promised in Episode 43 here they are! First up is the entire “shrine”
We also have a nice collection of Doctors with a TARDIS bank
And how can you have Doctors without their adversaries?
Then the adorable Character Building Mini Figures Cybermen and Amy Pond.
And to wrap up this long post pictures of the new action figure additions (Silence, 11th Doctor with Stetson, and Nephew) and a picture that I got while in Omaha for Contagion Outbreak.
Episode 42 – Life, the Universe, and Steven Moffat
Series Six is “in the can”, as they say, and now a chance to fondly look back over the Matt Smith/Steven Moffat era thus far.
In this episode we review the last two years and take an over all look at Series Five and Six as a whole, and the state of Doctor Who with Moffat at the helm.
Also, a Galley and Chicago Tardis update, news, and of course your feedback.
Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 40 - Life, the Universe, and Steven Moffat [ 2:38:14 | 144.92 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEpisode 40 – Who Knows What Evil Lurks
After a terrific 13 week run, Series Six finally wraps with The Wedding of River Song. We’ll let you know what we thought about this year’s season finale.
Plus, another finale as well for The Key To Time series with The Armageddon Factor.
Also, news about the end of Doctor Who Confidential, and of course your feedback.
Links from this show:
Save Doctor Who Confidential – The Petition
Save Doctor Who Confidential – The Twibbon
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 40 - Who Knows What Evil Lurks? [ 2:39:01 | 145.65 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEpisode 38 – Hotel California
“You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!”
This week we “check in” to the latest episode of Series Six with a review of The God Complex. But, before that, it’s medieval sword play, colorful costumes, and robot impostors, oh… and our review of The Androids of Tara, the fourth part to the Key to Time series.
And as usual, news and your feedback. Enjoy!
Mentioned in this weeks show:
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 38 - Hotel California [ 2:16:24 | 124.94 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEpisode 37 – New and Improved!
Here we are this week, and as the title suggests, we are new and improved. Or, perhaps we should just say cleaner and clearer?
This week we continue our review of the Key to Time series with The Stones of Blood. Then the most recent installment of series six with The Girl Who Waited. Hopefully you won’t have to.
Links mentioned in this week’s show:
GQ.com – Matt Smith’s Most Stylish DJ
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 37 - New and Improved! [ 1:36:28 | 88.38 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEpisode 36 – Don’t Panic!
“A plank. The theory is very simple: You walk along it. At the end, you fall off. Drop one thousand feet… dead.”
In this week’s episode we review the next installment in The Key To Time series – The Pirate Planet as well as the newest Eleventh Doctor outing with Night Terrors.
Links mentioned in the week’s show:
Dragon*Con 2011: Sylvester McCoy Reads From ‘The Pandorica Opens’
Doctor Who: Adventures in Time, Space, and Music
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 36 - Don't Panic! [ 2:18:26 | 126.81 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEpisode 35 – Of Tyrants and Dictators
Back again right on the heels of the return of Series Six. This week we review Let’s Kill Hitler, and then head back through the vortex for a review of the first story in the Key to Time series – The Ribos Operation.
And of course we have your feedback and I’m sure we got off on a number of tangents this week so enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
*I’m pretty sure the Big Finish Audio that featured the “black rectangular hole” chasing the Tardis (the time scoop, from “The Five Doctors”) was within the second season of the Paul McGann 8th Doctor Adventures. I belive it was episode 2.7 “Sisters Of The Flame”, but bewarned! This is the first of a THREE PART story arc, which continues in the season 2 finale 2.8 “Vengenance Of Morbius” and the season three premier, 3.1 “Orbis”. A fantastic tale, but does feature some characters from previous 8th Doctor audio adventures. – Shaun
Traveling the Vortex - Episode 35 - Of Tyrants and Dictators [ 2:05:15 | 114.73 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadDoctor Who Variety Hour
Artwork By Andy Lambert
Here on Traveling the Vortex we tend to discuss the variety that Doctor Who brings on the show. From actor’s different takes on the Doctor to the tone of various stories.
With Doctor Who returning this Saturday the great folks over at io9 wrote up an interesting article about how there are almost as many different shows within Doctor Who as there are regenerations. They even include video examples.
io9.com: 10 Totally Different TV Shows that Doctor Who Has Been Over the Years
NO Full Series In 2012?
The following comes directly from Anglotopia.net:
June 14, 2011 By jonathan
There were rumors last week that Doctor Who would not be returning in 2012 for a full series and would probably have a series of specials as they did with David Tennant. That rumor was quickly quashed by the BBC who immediately announced that they had renewed Doctor Who for 14 episodes (a full season and a Christmas Special).
Well, today the plot thickened.
According to many sources now – the BBC’s Danny Cohen stated that there won’t be a full series airing in 2012 but that they’d be saving some episodes for a special run in 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. We’re not really sure what to make of this news yet – the BBC really needs to release more details on what they’re planning here. They made a big deal about renewing for 14 episodes but won’t be in any particular hurry to air them.
My speculation is that we have the rest of series 6 this fall, followed by a Christmas special. Then I bet we’ll get an Easter special and series 7 will start in fall 2012 and then finish off in Spring 2013.
Whatever happens, we should cherish our new episodes of Doctor Who as they’re going to get increasingly sparse after this year.
Episode 23 – Good Man and the Indebted Friends
Once again this week a warning: We are reviewing the latest episode from Series Six to air in the UK, A Good Man Goes To War.
Also a review of last week’s Friday Night Who and Seven Weeks For Seven Doctors finale – Delta and the Bannermen.
And of course news and feedback.
Hope you enjoy!