Thursday, February 28, 2013
Doctor Who The Ice Warriors Missing Episodes 2 and 3 To Be Animated
DoctorWho.TV which is the official Doctor Who website has announced that the missing two episodes of The Ice Warriors will indeed be animated. It was announced before that it would be like the VHS release with audio and telesnaps. This is good news and I am happy they will be animating episodes 2 and 3 of The Ice Warriors and look forward to the release of this DVD later this year. Here is a quote from Dan Hall who is in charge of the making of the DVD and who works for and is the Managing Director of Pup Ltd Media Consultancy.
“We’ve been discussing the various ways Qurios could reconstruct these episodes for over three years. So it’s really, really satisfying to finally see them animated. Qurios have a great track record in excellent and innovative animations”.
This is good news for all fans of Doctor Who and the classic era and hopefully we get more animated stories to go along with this years releases of The Reign of Terror, The Tenth Planet and The Ice Warriors. Enjoy a video from the upcoming release below.
Source: doctorwho.tv
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Spearhead From Space
Doctor Who:
Spearhead From Space
By Robert Holmes
“You really believe in a
man who has helped to save the world twice, with the power to change his
physical appearance? An alien who travels though time and space, in a police
box!”
The newly regenerated 3rd
Doctor has arrived on earth the worst for wear as he has been traumatize by
being forced to regenerate by the Time Lords after his trial. His exile on earth hasn’t started off all
that well as he is hospitalized and almost kidnapped and then grazed by a
bullet from a UNIT soldier. Not a very
good start in your new body. Over
shadowed by those events was a mysterious asteroid shower with quite a few of
them making their way to earth. But the
problem is these are not your ordinary space debris as The Nestene Intelligence
is was part of that and that act was the first salvo fired in the invasion of
Earth. With the control of plastic and
the plastic creatures the Autons to control its up to The new Doctor and his
new companion Liz Shaw to stop them with the aid of UNIT and the
Brigadier.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Doctor Who: The Nameless City eBook Review (Spoilers)
Doctor Who:
The Nameless City
By Michael Scott
The TARDIS is broken and
The Doctor has sent Jamie out to get some material to help with repairs. While out he comes upon a stranger who is
being robbed in an alley and promptly goes to his aid and fends off the mugger. In gratitude the stranger gives Jamie a book
as a reward. Jamie returns to the TARDIS
and gives the book to The Doctor. The
book turns out to be evil and it turns out to be the Necronomicon which is an
old book that has power. Lots of power
as it was able to pilot the TARDIS to the edge of universe where the Nameless
City resides. There resides The Archons
who is older than time themselves and what they want is the TARDIS so they can
take over the universe.
This is the second eBook
released to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who. This time we are treated to a Second Doctor
adventure and if I had to guess takes place between Fury From the Deep and The
Wheel in Space. For the most part I
enjoyed the story even though it didn’t feel like a Second Doctor story. For the most part it felt more like a story
for one of the later Doctors as it just didn’t have the feel. Sure the author used his catch phrases and
had Jamie as a companion but it just didn’t grab that era. It felt like it could have been better if it
was for another Doctor.
With that said I do have a
pretty big problem with it. For one the
messing with the origins of the TARDIS and the Time Lords just did not set well
with me. In the first book we had the
Doctor get a new hand by cloning it and having it surgically put on his
arm. Now in The Nameless City we find
out that the Archons actually invented the TARDIS by growing them from seeds
and that the Time Lords stole that technology and knowledge from them. WHAT!!! OK I know they are doing something
special by having prominent children’s authors coming on board and writing a
short story for Doctor Who to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary
but letting them rewrite the mythos of Doctor Who is just wrong.
I know this is just a book
and probably not canon but could they at least stay true to the history of the
show. Even if you think it’s a good idea
to explore this tthen that fine but doing it in a short story is just wrong as
you should be able to explain more than what you can do in a short. I just didn’t like what they did in this
story and felt it should not have been mentioned. Plus it made the overall story not as
enjoyable as it was to that point. Even
with the problems I had with it the story was enjoyable but then that happened
and I was so put off. Hopefully the
other stories in the series will try and stay true to Doctor Who and be
enjoyable to read.
Doctor Who Nominated For TV Guide Fan Favorites Award
The US TV listing magazine TV Guide Magazine has nominated Doctor Who in it's Fan Favorites Awards. Doctor Who is nominated in the Sci - Fi category. You can start voting at the link below and Doctor Who is some strange company as some show's kind of make you wonder if they are sci - fi or not. The other nominees are Game of Thrones, Being Human US, Grimm, American Horror Story, The Walking Dead, The Vampire Diaries, Tru Blood, Once Upon A Time and Supernatural. Wished Fringe was nominated but oh well.
https://www.facebook.com/TVGuideMagazine/app_489874481074750
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Blu-ray
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| The Standard set with extras |
A single disc release will include the movie only.
Other versions include the following
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| The 3-D version is the same as the 2-D combo set |
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| Walmart has an exclusive Digibook |
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| Target has an exclusive 2 pack with a Lego figure |
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| The WB Shop has an exclusive as well. |
There is also a Best buy exclusive with a Golem cover and numerous foreign covers as well.
BUT WAIT - the extended edition with 20 minutes extra footage will be out by the Holidays of this year so you may want to wait. Also, there is no word on if there will be a High Frame Rate version released.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The War Games
Doctor Who:
The War Games
The War Games
By Terrance Dicks & Malcolm Hulke
“NO!!!! Stop! You're
making me giddy! No, you can't do this to me! No! No! No! No! No!”
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe
land on what they think is Earth during World War One in the year 1917. What has The Doctor concerned is how the
General is able to convince everyone that they are German spies even though the
officers earlier proclaim that they are not. But everything isn’t what it seems as Zoe
finds a communications unit which shouldn’t be in 1917. After escaping a firing squad and many
recaptures after freeing Jamie from military prison The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe
with the aid of Lady Jennifer and Lt. Carstairs drive through a fog and appear to
have driven out of No Man’s Land. Where
they end is utterly impossible as they are attacked by Roman soldiers. The Doctor suspect that they are no longer on
Earth and that something strange is definitely going on. Thus begins the last adventure of The Second
Doctor and his companions Jamie and Zoe.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
L.I. Who Adds Another Doctor Who Guest
The Long Island Doctor Who Convention has added Daphne Ashbrook to the guest list. She Joins Frazer Hines and there is more announcements this week with another companion and a Doctor.
http://longislanddoctorwho.com/guests-3/
New Spiderman 2 Filming Photos
The Spiderman costume has been redesigned a bit and looks better. (comingsoon.com)
Below are some photos from Aintitcoolnews.com and Just Jared.com of Spiderman in action and Mary Jane Watson, played by Shailene Woodley.
Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon Issue 2 Review
Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool
Demon Issue 2
By Leah Moore and John
Reppion
Art by Matt Triano
Holmes is now curious
about the Demon that seems to be terrorizing Liverpool and decides to postpone
going back home to London to see if he can figure out what is actually doing
the terrorizing. Holmes goes to the coroner
and looks at the body to see if he can find anything out of the ordinary.
Satisfied with that he heads to St. Mary’s Church the scene of the crime and
does a look around where things appear pretty strange. Holmes is pretty satisfied with what he saw
in the church and seems to have come up with a couple of ideas. Then there is the thing with the strange man
called Drummond who spends his time with the dog fights and seems to have a peculiarly
looking dog with big claws.
The second part of The
Liverpool Demon takes delves deeper into the mystery that was started with the
1st issue. I really enjoyed
the Holmes and Watson part of the issue as I felt that was the strongest part
of the story. The part with Drummond was
well kind of strange and the whole dog fight scenes seemed to be excessively
gory but I’m sure as the story unfolds in the next issues it will make more
sense.
I had a problem with the
art with this issue. It seemed to be pretty sloppy in parts mainly with the
part that involved Drummond. Plus with
the scenes in a dark area it made it look a bit worse than it should have. Put the art on the book besides those scenes
are pretty good. Overall I have been
enjoying the story so far and hope the rest of the mini-series turns out to be
pretty good but so far so good for Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon.
Doctor Who 10th Planet Animated Scenes Pictures
The Doctor Who News Page posted some pictures of the animation for the missing episode 4 of The Tenth Planet. They were released at a convention in Australia Whovention: Gold where Dan Hall of the Doctor Who DVD range was a guest along with some of the animators.
Source: Doctor Who News Page
Source: Doctor Who News Page
Doctor Who 50th Anniversay: The Second Doctor
“I am not a student of
human nature. I am a professor of a far wider academy of which human nature is
merely a part.”
In 1966 Patrick Troughton
took over the role of The Doctor from William Hartnell. It has been said that William Hartnell
approved of this choice and saying “There's only one man in England who can
take over, and that's Patrick Troughton" well in my mind he was right as
Patrick Troughton was an excellent choice to take over and in no time at all
made the role his own.
Monday, February 25, 2013
L. I. Who Convention Announces First Doctor Who Guest
Frazer Hines has been announced as the first guest for the Long Island Doctor Who Convention which takes place on the weekend of November 8,9 and 10. Frazer Hines is a wonderful guest and tells a lot of great stories about Patrick Troughton and the Second Doctor era of Doctor Who.
http://longislanddoctorwho.com/about-3/
NY Post Leaks Batman Inc. Issue 8 Ending (Major Spoiler)
The New York Post and now confirmed by DC Comics has given away the ending to Batman Inc. Issue 8. If you want to know what it is then continue after the bump if not stop reading now.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Tomb of The Cybermen by @cheezypeas
Doctor Who:
The Tomb of The Cybermen
Reviewed By Nicky Pugh
"You belong to us. You shall be like us".
As we are still reviewing the Second Doctor’s era for the 50th Anniversary, you can’t help but feel sadness, due to the many incomplete or lost stories. As much as we all keep our fingers crossed that some of these missing gems will be discovered in some dusty attic, we have to be realistic that as time goes on, the chances of finding anymore in playable, restorable condition diminishes.
However, we are lucky to have some stories and
episodes that survived the infamous BBC “junking” of the 60’s, one of which,
Matt Smith himself has disclosed as his all-time favorites.
And what a fantastic story to pick, Mr. Smith!
Out of the many encounters the Doctor has had
with the Cybermen, this story is one that many fans agree with Matt on, and
consider it as arguably one of the best.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
The First and Official Game of Thrones Series 3 Trailer
Yesterday HBO released the first of probably many trailers for Series 3 of Game of Thrones. It returns on Easter on March 31st. Seems like Easter weekend is goimg to be a busy one.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
The Adventure in Time and Space - Doctor Who Docu-Drama Photos
Found on Aintitcoolnews - some photos from the upcoming docudrama about the early years of Doctor Who.
Dalek Designer Dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21563344
Friday, February 22, 2013
Primeval New World Canceled by Space
Canada's Space channel has canceled Primeval New World after one series. The reason of course is weak ratings which translates to that no one was watching the Primeval spinoff of the UK show. If you asked me the UK show was far better so this was not surprising.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Top Ten Patrick Troughton Stories
Last month I gave you my
top 10 William Hartnell Stories and now it is time to delve into The Second
Doctor’s Era and pick out the ones that I like the best. So here we go the Top 10 Patrick Troughton Doctor Who stories
Thursday, February 21, 2013
DC Brings Back Batman/Superman Comic Book
In June DC Comics will be bringing back the team up book Batman/Superman and give it a fresh look for the New 52. The book will look at how the two iconic characters first met in The New 52. The series will be written by Greg Pak and on art duties will be Jae Lee.
Source: Newsarama
New Creative Team Announced For Green Lantern
DC Comics has announced the creative team that will be following Geoff Johns and his incredible run on the comic book. They will be Robert Venditti and Billy Tan on art duties. In fact all the Green Lantern books will be a new creative team also and those people are Joshua Hale Fialkov will be writing Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns with Bernard Chang and Alessandro Vitti. Green Lantern: New Guardians will have Justin Jordan and Brad Walker and DC will be adding a new book also as Orange Lantern Larfleeze will get his own book with by Keith Giffen and Scott Kolins.
Source: CBR
Doctor Who Nominated For A Saturn Award
The nominations for this years Saturn Awards have been announced and this time around Doctor Who only got one nomination. Doctor Who was nominated in the Best Youth Oriented Series on Television. Doctor Who will go up against Merlin, Arrow, Beauty and the Beast, Teen Wolf and The Vampire Diaries. No date on when the awards will be but if you want to see a list of all the nominees then hit the link below.
http://sciencefiction.com/2013/02/20/the-hobbit-leads-2013-saturn-awards-nominations/
Steven Moffat on Doctor Who From Gallifrey One
I found this over at Blogtor Who and found it to be pretty interesting but as always remember the Moff lies.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Seeds of Death By @Blackadder345
Doctor Who:
The Seeds of Death
Reviewed
By
Will Barber
"Your leader will be angry if you kill me. I'm a genius."
At the end of the
twenty-first century, a teleportation technology called "T-Mat" has
replaced all traditional forms of transport, allowing people and objects to
travel instantly anywhere on Earth. Manned space exploration has ceased due to
the ease of life on Earth. The Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Herriot
arrive in a museum on Earth run by Professor Daniel Eldred dedicated to the
obsolete technology of rockets. However, something goes amiss at the T-Mat
vital relay station on the Moon and the system breaks down. With communications
out and no way to reach the Moon without T-Mat, those responsible for the
system, Commander Radnor and his assistant Gia Kelly, turn to Professor Eldred
to help. He has been privately building a rocket in hope of re-igniting
interest in space travel. In the absence of a space programme to provide
trained astronauts, the Doctor and his companions volunteer to crew the rocket.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Krotons by @Paul_Bowler
The Krotons
By Robert Holmes
Reviewed by Paul Bowler
"Of course he can. The Doctor's almost as clever as I am."
When the TARDIS brings the Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe to a strange unnamed planet they encounter the Gonds, a race of subservient humanoids who are controlled by ruthless crystalline aliens called the Krotons. The Doctor leans how the Krotons spaceship, the Dinatrope, crash landed after sustaining damage in a conflict in deep space. The Krotons remained in suspended animation, while their machinery searches for the mental energy they need to absorb to restore themselves. Tests are carried out at regular intervals on the population, with the two most intelligent Gonds sent to the Dynatrope to become companions of the Krotons - whey they are secretly drained of their mental energy and killed. When the Doctor and Zoe take the tests their immense intellects are enough to revive the Krotons. The Doctor works with the Gonds to try and find the Krotons weakness, but with the TARDIS under attack and Jamie a prisoner, the race is on to destroy the Krotons and their ship.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
September Sees A New James Bond Novel
September sees the release of a new James Bond novel and it will be written by William Boyd and will hit the shops on the 26th. The book takes place in 1969 and features a 45 year old Bond. There is no titled announced yet but the book is being released to mark the 60th anniversary of the first Ian Fleming James Bond novel Casino Royale.
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Invasion
Doctor Who:
The Invasion
By Derrick Sherwin
“Oh I'm not joking, Jamie.
Underneath all that charm there was something odd. Sinister. Almost inhuman.”
Following the events that
happened in The Mind Robber and the quick escape of a missile shot at them
while in space near the dark side of the moon the TARDIS seems to have landed
in a field filled with quite a bit of cows.
With the TARDIS visual stabilizer not working the 3 travelers head off
to present day London to find Professor Travers and see if he can help them fix
it. With no luck there The Doctor ends up meeting
Brigadier Lethbridge - Stewart who is investigating Tobias Vaughn and his
company International Electomatics. What
The Doctor and Brigadier will find out is that Tobias Vaughn and his company is
in fact in league with an invasion force.
An invasion force made up of Cybermen who are based on Earth and also
hidden on the dark side of the moon.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Space: 1999 Aftershock and Awe Review
Space: 1999
Aftershock and Awe
Comic Book Compilation
Review by Ken Parker
On September 13, 1999 an accident
caused an explosion which knocked the moon out of the Earth's orbit.
The people on Moonbase Alpha survived and went on to have many
harrowing adventures in deep space. What of Earth? Was it
devastated beyond all repair? Did anyone survive? Now in this comic
book continuation of the original Space: 1999 TV series we have our
answers.
Mild Spoilers
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Mind Robber
Doctor Who:
The Mind Robber
By Peter Ling
“Who are you? Who are you? Where are you? What do you want with me?
No, no, I must fight. I must fight! I will fight!”
The Land of Fiction is a magical place where anything that is written becomes a reality to those who inhabit it. Where the TARDIS is blown to pieces and Jamie has a different face. Where the White Robots are like police and wooden soldiers walk among us. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe have gotten themselves in a pickle and the ending might have already been written for them if The Master of the Land of Fiction has his way it won’t be a happy ending.
Reece Shearsmith Cast as Patrick Troughton For Doctor Who "An Adventure in Time and Space"
I found this over at Kasterborous and it appears that "An Adventure in Time and Space" will be going as far the turn over from William Hartnell to Patrick Troughton. As news has come out today that former League of Gentlemen star Reece Shearsmith has been cast as Patrick Troughton. Mark Gatiss had this to say about it.
I first asked Reece about 12 years ago when I started thinking about this project. We were in the midst of League of Gentlemen and I just remember thinking, if anyone plays Patrick Troughton, it should be Reece. Like the second Doctor, he’s small, saturnine and a comic genius. The complete package. He thought it was a fantastic idea and I’ve kind of nurtured it all this time. “Reece has a funny relationship with Doctor Who – mostly to do with impressions of the Borad from Timelash! He and a friend were obsessed with season 22 [Colin Baker’s Doctor, 1985]. One of my earliest memories of Reece is him going, ‘I am the Borad!’ He’ll do the whole of Timelash at the drop of a hat. Which is a strange qualification.Sounds like "An Adventure in Time and Space" is going to be a pretty interesting special when it come out later this year.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Nick Hurran Tapped to Direct Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Story
It's being reported on sites like Blogtor Who and Kasterborous that Nick Hurran has been tapped to direct the 50th Anniversary story. The story which is in pre production will start filming sometime in April. Nick Hurran announced the news himself while at the Glasgow Film Festival. Of course he did not spill the beans on what the story would be about. Nick Hurran has directed a number of Doctor Who stories mostly for Matt Smith on such stories as The God Complex, The Girl Who Waited, The Asylum of the Daleks and The Angels Take Manhattan.
Doctor Who Dalek Invasion Earth Scene Recreated For An Adventure in Time and Space
The BBC Doctor Who Website released a video with Mark Gatiss very excitedly showing us the recreation of the Daleks on Westminster Bridge from The Dalek Invasion of Earth which we'll see in the Docudrama "An Adventure in Time and Space"
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: The Dominators
Doctor Who:
The Dominators
By Norman Ashby
“An unintelligent enemy is far less dangerous than an intelligent one, Jamie. Just act stupid. Do you think you can manage that?”
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe fresh from their little break after taking on the Cybermen in the Wheel decided to take an even longer break. They land on an island on the planet Dulkis. Dulkis is a peaceful planet that has sworn off violence and has no use for weapons anymore. Also on the island another ship also landed and inside that ship is The Dominators. The Dominators need a slave force to help get radioactive material to fuel their spaceship. Also on this ship are the robots that serve the Dominators which are the murderous Quarks. So it’s up to The Doctor to save the pacifist Dulkians to rise up and resist The Dominators and save the planet.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Doctor Who The Tenth Planet Missing Episode 4 To Be Animated
The missing episode 4 for William Hartnell's last story The Tenth Planet will be animated. The DVD release is scheduled for later in 2013 and snippets of the animation was shown at the Gallifrey One convention taking place right now in Los Angeles. The Tenth Planet is of major historical significance to Doctor Who as the first regeneration took place in that story and it was also the first appearance of the Cybermen. Good news indeed for classic Doctor Who fans.
You can see pictures of the animation at the link below.
http://www.doctorwho.tv/whats-new/images/the-tenth-planet-animation
Source: Doctor Who TV BBC
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