tardisconsolenews: tom baker

TOM Baker has branded his Doctor Who predecessor Jon Pertwee a tight-fisted, “insufferable know-all”.

Liverpool-born Baker, who took over the Tardis from 1974 to 1981, also made an off-colour joke that he triggered the heart attack which killed Pertwee in 1996.

Baker, 76, said: “Jon Pertwee was an insufferable know-all… Jon found it physically impossible to buy a drink.”

He added: “He liked the idea of big sums of money for voiceovers, so I would say in Jon’s earshot that someone had offered me £15,000 for a voiceover, but I turned it down because it was going to take a whole hour.

“This wasn’t true, but I could hear Jon’s heart pounding. In fact, he died of a heart attack shortly after that. I think that’s why.”

Baker also told Dr Who Magazine how he failed to persuade the BBC to let him snog his female co-stars, or to have a “talking frog or badger” assist the Time Lord.

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Thursday, 2 December 2010

Piers Wenger on 'Doctor Who'

CraveOnline: What is your earliest "Doctor Who" memory?

Piers Wenger: My earliest "Doctor Who" memory was watching the show during the Tom Baker era. He was my first Doctor. I vividly remember being scared by the creatures.

CraveOnline: Do you have a favorite Doctor, a favorite companion or a favorite villain?

Piers Wenger: Well, when I was a kid - my favorite Doctor is Tom Baker - but when I was a kid it was still Tom Baker. I didn't really have a favorite companion. I wasn't as much into the companions as I was for the Doctor, but I did love K-9. And I was utterly terrified of The Master. I thought that the idea of this body-snatching [villain] after the Doctor was [frightening].

CraveOnline: You started working on "Doctor Who" back in 2009, right?

Piers Wenger: That's right, yeah. I actually started working on it during 2008. We started filming in 2009 but from September 2008 we were prepping the scripts.

CraveOnline: Why did you decide to work on "Doctor Who"?

Piers Wenger: I didn't pick it, it picked me. I was offered the job by Jane Tranter, who was the controller of BBC of fiction at that time. She knew I was an avid "Doctor Who" fan. And of course I completely jumped at it.

CraveOnline: For season 5, what were your favorite moments?

Piers Wenger: Well, I guess "The Eleventh Hour," which I just love the first ten or fifteen minutes which [reintroduces] the Doctor. I love the scene where [Amy] saw the Tardis. There was a [Weeping Angels] two-parter that I just find so compelling and it takes "Doctor Who" to a new place. But my happiest moments were watching the finale, the final two-parter at Stonehenge and seeing the Doctor really drop his [defenses] and say goodbye to Amy. They both felt very connected and they were both the focus of the series up to that point.

CraveOnline: What can you tell us about the "Doctor Who" Christmas special coming out in December?

Piers Wenger: It's called "A Christmas Carol" and you know Steven [Moffat's] obsession with timelines to drive a story is very well documented. It's based on the iconic Christmas story that does that. It's very much a "Doctor Who" "Christmas Carol." He meets a character named Kazran Sardick played by Michael Gambon who is similar to Scrooge and the Doctor appears to him as the Ghost of Christmas Past and takes him back to his childhood and tries to show him the error of his ways while trying to save Amy and Rory who are trapped on a [space] train.

CraveOnline: After the Christmas special, what's coming up in season six?

Piers Wenger: Well, season six... you know we've got the pressure up after the success of the last season. We really have to raise the bar. Steven has written a two-parter, which will be the first season opening two-parter since the series came back in 2005 and it's all set in the [United States]. The [production] went to the states to film the American locations for that two-parter. I'm particularly dying to see that one. I think it's going to be the most ambitious season opener that "Doctor Who" has seen for the last five or six years.

CraveOnline: Are we finally going to learn who River Song is in that two-parter?

Piers Wenger: No. We're probably not finding that out quite yet, but stay tuned. I think you'll get really great clues in the coming season.

CraveOnline: Will "Doctor Who" be shooting anywhere else besides Britain and the U.S. in the upcoming season?

Piers Wenger: Not currently. Although, we are nothing if not opportunistic. If an opportunity to do so would arrive, we would probably take it. Or if it would bring something new to an episode and give it a completely new landscape. We're open to that because we're always pushing it.

CraveOnline: What was the rationale for splitting season six into two parts next year?

Piers Wenger: I think it was basically driven by the story that Steven had in his head. It had a big [story] in the middle of it and I think [Steven] spoke to the drama commissioner of the BBC about that where he figured "why not build a [structure] that really built to it?" It was an excellent opportunity to really get the audience hooked by making it an end of season cliffhanger. We get a three month hiatus between the first part and the second part in the U.K.

CraveOnline: So, it'll be seven episodes in the spring, with six episodes and the 2011 Christmas special in the fall, right?

Piers Wenger: That's right, yes. You're never more than three months away from the next "Doctor Who."

CraveOnline: Will that be the schedule going forward even beyond this year?

Piers Wenger: We don't know that yet. As I said, it was driven by a story thing, by a two-parter from Steven.

CraveOnline: Can you tell us about any guest stars coming up in season six?

Piers Wenger: Well, we tend to do it on a rolling basis when the scripts are ready. But we've got some really exciting negotiations going on at the moment. We've got Alex Kingston returning for several episodes this year. But at the moment, there's no one I can actually reveal other than Alex.

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Saturday, 27 November 2010

Bit and bobs big update Dr who,sarah jane adventures and More!!!!!!!!

The Doctor Named Ideal Lollipop Man Doctor Who

Doctor Who Classics Return In February

'Doctor Who' Actress Visits Mineola for Fan Club’s 25th Anniversary

The Sarah Jane Adventures - Lost in Time Viewing Figures

Making a Pandorica out of BBC iPlayer images

The Happiness Patrol SPECIAL EDITION: Doctor Who in the USA

Doctor Who — Who Killed Kennedy?

New Official Doctor Who Game for Christmas Download from iTunes

Hammer Horror actress Ingrid Pitt dies aged 73

An Interview with Katy Manning & Finn Jones - Part One

Support Make-A-Wish Foundation via WhoNews #2

Colin Baker: "We’re the ghosts who haunt hotels"

Type 40 TT Soap

Win! Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver Wii Remote

TARDISblend 17: From Doctor Who To Sarah Jane

Well Behaved Nerds Rarely Make History

Masterpiece Collection Maxi Bust:

An Interview with Katy Manning & Finn Jones - Part Two

DWO - Tom Baker - Doctor Who Interview (Audio)

Doctor Who Big Finish Audio: Relative Dimension

Sarah Jane Adventures Live Q&A with Danny and Anjli Part 2

Sarah Jane Adventures Live Q&A with Danny and Anjli Part 3

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Dr who 47 years today

47 Years ago today Dr who was born on the 23rd of November 1963 the first ever episode (unearthly child) was shown on BBC 1 at 17:15.

In the first episode saw 2 school teachers Ian Chesterton. and Barbara Wright travel with the doctor and his granddaughter Susan. It ran for 4 episodes and was 25 minutes long

Dr who ran for 26 series 1963 - 1989 and in 1996 their was a Dr who film staring Paul McGann But Dr who returned in 2005

Their have been eleven doctors so far and they have been played by William Hartnell,Patrick Troughton,john Pertwee,tom baker,peter Davidson,Colin baker,Sylvester McCoy,Paul McGann,Christopher Eccelston,David Tennant and Matt smith

If you want to read more about Dr who Go Here

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Sunday, 21 November 2010

The Tom Baker Calendar 2011. Available now.

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Saturday, 20 November 2010

Bits and bobs big update Dr who,Art,in the past and more!

WhoviansUSA - TARDIS Scanner Sunday: Diary Of A Whovian

TARDIS Jump by Sabrea

76 Totter's Lane — Doctor Who Oddity: Children in Need Auction

Doctor Who Artwork — "11th Doctor" Running

Chuckle Brothers Shameless Doctor Who Parody

Moths ate my Dr Who scarf

If I fail, Ercos will become a Dalek missile, Destination Earth!

Doctor Who Dead Ringers Parody — Fourth Doctor on the Eurostar

Cirencester Barnado's raffle off life size David Tennant cut-out

Fan Art Contest Finalists

In The Past– So Many Doctors In 1 Place

Dalek 2010 by ONTV

In The Past - A Glittering Cover Version!

In The Past–Peter Davison Looking Like A Girl

76 Totter's Lane — Doctor Who Oddity: Pendants

ZYGON by Sallow

Doctor Who Adventures 182

Doctor Who iPhone app WhoNews donates profits to charity for a month

Omegas Gauntlets Doctor Who

all the doctors and there best mates

Doctor Who Artwork — "The Master" by Draculasaurus

Doctor Who's Jon Pertwee Tortures Turtle

Doctor Who Dalek Spotted in Los Angeles!

Awkward - The Doctor, Amy, Rory by AmandaTolleson

Doctor Who Artwork — "The Doctor Meets Newton"

Doctor Who Dead Ringers Parody — Fourth Doctor Shops for Wardrobes

World’s Greatest TARDIS Cake

Win Tickets to See Doctor Who Stars at Memorabilia Convention

An Ode to Dr. Who's Matt Smith by Emily V. Gordon

Doctor Who DVD Card Art 1

Doctor Who DVD Card Art 2

Fear Of Axos by mickmoart

Cybermen by Sallow

What's my name?

Doctor Who Sound Effects Talk at National Media Museum

Doctor Who Adventures - Issue 193

The Snow Dome of Terror by jlfletch

Doctor Who: Shada To Be Released on DVD

DAM Productions - Pudsai the Revisit

Rare Tom Baker Doctor Who Signed Book

Doctor Who: The Ark DVD Cover

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

The 100 Greatest Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Shows

Science fiction has been a regular fixture on television since the early days of the medium itself. In the US, kid-orientated space shows like Captain Video and his Video Rangers (1949-1955) and Space Patrol (1950) swiftly amassed a cult following, while Britain was treated to the altogether more grown-up The Quatermass Experiment in 1953.

By the 1960s, science fiction was big business. The shows varied both in tone and content, from The Twilight Zone to Star Trek and from Doctor Who to The Prisoner, but all dealt with our fascination with what lies beyond the limits of known human existence. It’s a trend that continues today, with genre television now an integral part of the schedules…

1) Doctor Who (1963-present)

It had to be, didn’t it? No other sci-fi show combines the breadth of storytelling with such consistency of tone and character. Like the best anthology shows it can take you to any time and any place from week to week, yet like the best continuing dramas it has at its heart a dependable, recognisable hero. The Doctor’s face may change but his archetypal qualities of bravery, decency and fair play remain. For nearly 50 years, we have seen his universe through the eyes of his everyday travelling companions, encountering alien races so enduring that the modern show does not shy away from them, but celebrates them anew. Silurians, Sontarans and Cybermen threaten and thrill children now as much as they did in the 1970s, while the Daleks and the TARDIS are such a part of our cultural landscape that they can be found in dictionaries around the world. The format is so flexible, yet always so distinctly Doctor Who, that it is sure to run for another 50 years.

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Friday, 22 October 2010

Doctor Who: five Doctors join forces in Sarah Jane Adventures

Or rather in cameo

William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker are all about to appear in the Doctor Who spin-off show, The Sarah Jane Adventures.
All four actors are previous incarnations of the Doctor, who is currently played by Matt Smith, 27. Three of them – Hartnell, Troughton and Pertwee – died some years ago, but will be seen in the story via video footage taken from old episodes of Doctor Who, as will Baker, 76, who recently reprised the role he left nearly 30 years ago in a series of BBC audio plays written by Paul Magrs.

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Friday, 17 September 2010

Classic Doctor Who DVD Release for 2011

The fourth Doctor story Meglos has been revealed that it will be the first release in 2011 it will be released in UK and US simultaneously. The company also revealed the story will be released New Zealand/Australia at the same time.

Friday, 13 August 2010

Meglos nearly returned!

A villain from the original series of Doctor Who was nearly revived for the most recent series of the BBC Sci Fi starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. Writer Gareth Roberts, speaking to the Doctor Who Magazine, revealed that while writing the episode The Lodger the first draft of the script included an original series monster - Meglos! The Cactus villain appeared in the 1980 Tom Baker story Meglos with Baker playing the dual role of the Time Lord and the villainous shape-shifting villain - the story isn't exactly highly regarded though.

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