11th Doctor Busts

This beautifully-sculpted 8" Eleventh Doctor maxi-bust perfectly recreates Matt Smith's brilliantly quick-witted star-making performance as the fiercely cerebral, super-intelligent, utterly tireless eleventh incarnation of Dr Who. Released in April 2011 by Forbidden Planet.



Also available, This beautifully-sculpted 8" Amy Pond maxi-bust celebrates Karen Gillan's powerhouse debut as one of the Doctor's most popular assistants of all time: sassy, fearless style icon Amy Pond!

47 Year Ago Today...

The greatest TV series of all time premiered to this opening theme...



The countdown to 50 years continues.

Benedict Cumberbatch as the Master?

The rumor floating around that Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch might be playing the Master in a forthcoming Doctor Who adventure. But Steven Moffat on the other hand danced around the idea by saying: “No, there is no truth to that – unless suddenly there is. I mean, actually, honestly, there are no plans of that kind at all – I don’t guarantee that I’m not lying and I don’t guarantee that I won’t change my mind. So there you go. Hopeless answer.”

We'll keep you up to date.

Ingrid Pitt 1937-2010

LONDON (AP) — Ingrid Pitt, who survived a Nazi concentration camp and dodged Communist police to become one of Britain's best-known horror stars, died Tuesday, her daughter said. She was 73.

Steffanie Pitt said her mother collapsed while on her way to a birthday dinner due to be held in her honor over the weekend. The cause of death wasn't known, although Steffanie Pitt said her mother had recently been in poor health.

Known in Britain principally as the buxom bloodsucker in "Vampire Lovers" and "Countess Dracula," Ingrid Pitt's acting career very nearly wasn't.

Born to a mother of Jewish descent, Pitt was interned in a Nazi concentration camp at the age of five. She survived the war, but was forced to flee Communist Berlin on the night of her planned stage debut, plunging into the River Spree in a bid to escape East German authorities. In a twist which easily surpassed the drama of the camp horror films in which she starred, she was rescued by American soldier who would go on to become her husband.

Her movie career was jump-started by her role in the 1968 action-adventure movie, "Where Eagles Dare." The World War II drama would eventually lead to her being taken on by Britain's Hammer Films — home to Christopher Lee's "Dracula." She would play alongside the horror legend in 1971's "The House That Dripped Blood" and 1973's "The Wicker Man."

Steffanie Pitt told The Associated Press that her mother was a determined woman and that "acting was in her blood from the word 'go.'" It seems her mother would have agreed, writing in her autobiography, "Life's a Scream," that she had a "strong sense of the dramatic even before I was born."

Indeed, Ingrid's birth interrupted her parents' attempts to flee Nazi Germany via Poland in 1937, delaying their attempt to escape to Britain.

Snared by the Germans, Pitt and her mother were interned at the Stutthof concentration camp. She survived the war and joined the Berliner Ensemble, where she worked under actress Helene Weigel, the widow of German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

But the political climate in East Germany didn't suit her, and her outspoken criticism of the Communist officials didn't suit the government there either.

She left Berlin on the night of her planned stage debut, diving into (and nearly drowning in) the Spree, which runs through the German capital. Pitt was rescued by a handsome U.S. lieutenant, who she would later marry.

Pitt moved to America, and — following the breakup of her marriage — to Spain, where she starred in her first movies despite a limited command of the language. Discovered while watching a bullfight, a career in Hollywood and British horror would follow.

Although Pitt had a series of other roles in film and on television, it was her 1970s vampire films which drew a cult following, with fans crowning her "England's first lady of horror." Pitt embraced it, writing occasional columns for websites such as "Den of Geek" and making frequent visits to conventions and festivals.

"It's great meeting the fans," Pitt was quoted as saying on her fansite, "Pitt of Horror." ''They tell me that I am more beautiful now than when I was making films a quarter of a century ago. All lies, of course, but sweet."

Pitt is survived by her second husband, her daughter Steffanie, and a granddaughter. Funeral arrangements were still being worked out Tuesday.

Utah Driveby Filming

Tardis_Tara on her twitter post left the follow video of a drive by of the filming, in it, it shows Matt Smith in his Doctor Who costume and wearing a coyboy hat. Thanks to Tara and if you don't follow her on twitter you should.

Fez to Return

Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have confirmed that the Doctor’s beloved fez will also be back in his life at some point in the future!
Speaking to Assignment X about adventures to come, the showrunner promised lots of ”excitement” and “a roller-coaster of thrills and unimaginable joy”, while, more importantly, Gatiss, who has written a Series 6 episode, revealed that the fez will be back! “There will be a return of the fez,” Moffat reaffirmed.

A Christmas Carol Trailer 1

The BBC's Children in Need program on BBC1broadcast the first trailer for the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, A Christmas Carol.

The trailer is now available to watch online, via the BBC's official YouTube channel or you can just watch it below.

Birthday Wishes

Steven Moffat turns 49 today. The writer was responsible for some of Doctor Who’s 2005+ most acclaimed stories, including Series 2’s The Girl in the Fireplace and Series 3’s Blink, before he was announced as its new head writer in 2008. His first series was acclaimed by fans and critics alike, and now he’s busy working on his second as showrunner, which is to air next year in two parts. We hope he has a wonderful day!

March 2011 DVDs

tvshowsondvd is reporting that on March 8th 2011 two classic Doctor Who titles will be released. They include The Ark (starring William Hartnell as the 1st Doctor) and The Seeds of Doom (starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor).

BBCAmerica Airs Christmas Special on Christmas Night

BBCAmerica on its 's Twitter Account announced that this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, A Christmas Carol, is to be broadcast in the US on Christmas Day. This marks the first time that a Doctor Who Christmas special has aired in the United States on the same day as its UK premiere.

The episode will be broadcast at 9:00pm Eastern Time; the time of broadcast in the United Kingdom has yet to be announced.

Late Late Show Appearance

Matt Smith appeared on Craig ferguson's Late Late Show last night in what was his first ever US TV appearance. The show was a Doctor Who show, also a first for an American Talk show. It was a laugh a minute romp that really kept you wanting more. Check out the video below.

SFX Talks to Matt Smith

Matt Smith told SFX that his role is a "constant reference" when dealing with difficult situations.

"When I'm getting stressed about something, about a phone call or e-mail or whatever, I... try and be more like him," Smith explained. "He always gives people a chance. And I really have learnt a lot about myself from playing him, because when you spend time with someone who's so good, [you start] thinking in those patterns and those ways."

Smith also named Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat as another inspiration, describing the writer as "heroic".

"I definitely feel as though he's writing more and more for me," he claimed. "Which is really rewarding, to have a writer of that calibre writing for you. The rapidity and the craft with which he produces these scripts is quite heroic, I think."

Christmas Special Detail & More

The guys over at www.kasterborous.com turned us on to this interview with Doctor Who Executive Producer Piers Wenger has revealed that the 2010 Christmas special, A Christmas Carol, is not set on Earth…

The wide-ranging interview which mainly covers the Doctor Who filming in Utah Wenger reveals that the Christmas special – which guest stars Sir Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins – isn’t quite what we might be expecting:

It kind of riffs on the Dickens story. There’s no one called Scrooge in it and it’s not set on Earth, but there are familiar archetypes from that story within it that will please fans of Dickens’s original.

Wenger also reveals that in 2011, Doctor Who will feel very US-centric

This year, it’s all about America, it’s all about taking the show out to the States and seeing what Doctor Who will feel like set in America and in some very iconographic parts of the American landscape.

The team left the UK on Saturday and is traveling out to Utah, to Mojave, where they’re filming some scenes. There are scenes set in New York and San Francisco.

It is Doctor Who’s love letter to the States.

The Christmas special should air on Christmas day, stay tuned for the time.

Craig Ferguson VS a Dalek

Last Night Craig Ferguson had a lifeless Dalek on his show preparing for tonights Matt Smith/Doctor Who show. Here is the opening clip. Enjoy.

Series 32 Spoilers:

POSSIBLE SPOILER: From Doctor Who Spoilers: At the end of Series Five River Song was trapped in the TARDIS by an unseen force as a rasping voice declared that “Silence will fall”. This plot thread was left tantalisingly unresolved at the end of the series and Steven Moffat recently teased that in the forthcoming series “We’re going into the silence and what they are…”

Well it looks like that plot thread won’t be left dangling for long. Our sources suggest that 6’8” Dutch actor Marnix Van Den Broeke is appearing in the opening episodes of the 2011 series as the intriguingly named “The Silent”. While there’s nothing that definitively links Marnix’s role with last series’ unseen antagonist the name of the character surely can’t be coincidental.

According to this post Marnix was spotted on location at Troy House on Friday 29th October.

Marnix will probably be best known to television viewers for his portrayal of Death in the Sky Television adaptations of Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather and The Colour of Magic.

More Late Night News

The guys over at the Gallifreyan Embassy is confirming that Matt Smith is scheduled to be on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Tuesday the 16th of November 2010.

He is there for the 3:30 pm (PST) recording of the show in Los Angeles, CA.

There has been a good deal of confusion leading up this late night talk show appearance. As recently as last Thursday, the office of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson was sending out emails indicating that Matt Smith would not be appearing, meanwhile, that same day Craig Ferguson's Twitter account @CraigyFerg was tweeting that Matt Smith is to appear that night. In addition, there will be a Dalek there as well (which was tweeted the following day)!

stay tune.

Children in Need 2010

The BBC's Children In Need spectacular live appeal show returns on Friday 19 November at 7pm on BBC One with a variety of entertainment acts, all doing their bit to raise money for disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

Hosted by Sir Terry Wogan and Tess Daly, the seven-hour show comes live from BBC Television Centre and features some of the UK's top TV, musical and theatrical personalities and acts.

Highlights on the night include: A sneak preview of the Doctor Who Christmas special.

Matt Smith on US LAte Night?

According to the latest twitter posts by craigyferg (post 1, post 2) as well as other information floating around the Internet, it appears that next Tuesday 16th November on the Late Late Show Matt Smith and possibly a Dalek will be making a special guest appearance.

Even though the official site for Craig Ferguson's show makes no mention of the guest appearance, it does make sense given the upcoming filming of Doctor Who that is planned in Utah the following days (17 - 19 November). The official word on the street is that the entire Tuesday show will be dedicated to Doctor Who. I guess we'll all have to wait and see what happens next week to find out if the rumors are true.

Utah Filming

The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development has confirmed that principal photography for the previously announced US filming will take place in Utah from November 17 to November 19. The state's Motion Picture Incentive Fund has authorized a filming rebate of up to $30,000 for location filming in the state. The exact location of filming has not been revealed, and fans are not being encouraged to attend filming; a BBC representative told a member of the Utah Film Commission in a private email that he "feels that it would be doing the production a disservice to have fans of the show watching it being filmed as certain story arcs and plot lines could be exposed prematurely and be spread over the internet."

Christmas Title

From the BBC:

Back in July, Ben Stephenson, Controller BBC Drama Commissioning, revealed the story will be, 'Doctor Who's clever twist on the much loved A Christmas Carol' and now the title reflects that! We can enjoy a preview of the adventure on Friday, 19 November on BBC One for Children in Need and then there's less than six weeks until the episode airs.

If you can't wait until then, watch BBC One on Friday because apart from the preview of A Christmas Carol you can find out what happened when two young fans of Doctor Who had their dream come true... It's a very special treat featuring Matt Smith and continues Doctor Who's long tradition of supporting Children in Need.

A Christmas Carol reunites Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, The Singing Detective) and Katherine Jenkins. Right now we don't know much about the special, but earlier in the year, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And the Doctor. And a honeymoon. And ... oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything!'