Doctor Who - The Ice Warriors Review

Doctor Who:
The Ice Warriors
By Brian Hayles

“Don't you understand? They're ruthless killers and they'll stop at nothing. Now please, listen to me. There's no time to lose.”

The TARDIS lands, more likes crashes, near Brittanicus Base.  Brittanicus Base is on an island near Great Britain and its job is to keep the glacier at bay by using the ioniser.  In the future Earth is facing a second ice age and bases using ionisers are what they have to try and keep the ice away to survive.  The Doctor Jamie and Victoria have stumbled upon the base in time to help them out with a problem with the ionizer.  By doing this The Doctor has gained the trust of Clent who is in charge of the base. 

Goodbye to 12 - Doctor Who - Empress of Mars Review

We celebrate the Peter Capaldi era by revisiting the 12th Doctor's adventures as we count down the days to his last adventure.

Doctor Who:
Empress of Mars
By Mark Gatiss

“There will be more, you idiot. The Hive is active. Don't you see? They'll do anything to defend their home planet.”

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole appear to be at the Florida NASA center to watch the incoming images from the Valkyrie space probe.  When they eventually see the words “God save the queen” under the polar ice caps it prompts them to head to Mars in the year 1881.  There they find, well The Doctor and Bill as Nardole is taken away by the TARDIS, a group of her Majesties army who have been aided by an Ice Warrior to take Mars in the name of Queen Victoria.  Friday, the Ice Warrior named after the character in the Robinson Crusoe book, has promised them jewels and riches in exchange for help to back to Mars.  But The Doctor is pretty suspicious of this and thinks Friday has a higher motive in hand and his hunch is about to become a reality once they find the area of the Ice tombs and the Empress herself.

Doctor Who - Cold War Review (Ssspoilersss)

Doctor Who:

Cold War

By Mark Gatiss

“Harm one of us and you harm us all.  By the moons this I swear.”

Cold War became a highly anticipated Doctor Who episode once it was announced that the Ice Warriors would be making their return to Doctor Who in that episode.  I know I was looking forward to it and seeing how they updated the classic Doctor Who villain.   The Ice Warriors have been one of those monsters that have a history with The Doctor and were a staple of the 60’ and 70’s most notably in the Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee eras. 

They weren’t as iconic as The Daleks and Cybermen but the Ice Warriors are one of the classic villains and deserved a comeback and to be updated for the new show.  So will Cold War make the classic Doctor Who fans all excited that an old classic is back and will it also make the newbies enjoy the natives from Mars?  Well read on if you want to find out what I think of Cold War.

Another Preview clip For Doctor Who "Cold War"

Doctor Who "Cold War" Preview Clip

Doctor Who "Cold War" Promo Pics

Two Trailers For Doctor Who "Cold War"

Cover For Doctor Who Magazine Issue 459

 

Doctor Who New Ice Warriors Revealed

SFX has the first picture of the new look Ice Warriors.  Here it is for you to all see and judge for yourself. I think it looks pretty good.

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

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.

SFX Confirms Ice Warriors Return In Doctor Who Series 7B

SFX has announced today that the Ice Warriors will be back in the second half of Series 7 of Doctor Who. Carol Skinner has made the announcement to SFX in an interview that they will be back in the story penned by Mark Gatiss and will be the 3rd episode shown. Here is her quote.

“We’ve got the most fantastic episode by Mark Gatiss,” executive producer Caro Skinner tells SFX, “where we are bringing back the Ice Warrior… on a submarine! It’s a really wonderful kind of ‘bunker’ episode, and a classic monster which Mark has brought his own inimitable twist to.”

This is awesome news for fans of the classic series as the Ice Warriors were last seen in Jon Pertwee's last season The Monster of Peladon back in 1974.  Well this is really starting to be an exciting second part of Series 7 with Cybermen and the return of the Ice Warriors.

You can read the full article here from SFX

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/02/11/sfx-exclusive-official-ice-warriors-return-to-doctor-who-this-year/

Doctor Who DVD Releases Announced. Kind Of Disappointed With One

The Doctor Who website has announced a list of upcoming DVD releases.  While some good news I was greatly disappointed with one and surprised by another.  We finally have confirmation for the last two complete Doctor Who stories Tom Bakers "Terror of the Zygons" and the colorized Jon Pertwee story "The Mind of Evil" which also has a great performance by Roger Delgado as The Master.

In what was a surprise they are releasing the web story "The Scream of the Shalka' which stars Richard E. Grant as The Doctor and quite before Utopia  Derek Jacobi as The Master.  This was an animated web episode that aired on the Doctor Who website back in 2003.

What I find to be greatly disappointing is the release of "The Ice Warriors".  Apparently they will not be animating the missing episodes 2 and 3 like they have before with "The Invasion" and this months release of "The Reign of Terror" but instead are reconstructing them with telesnaps and audio.  This is BS and inexcusable.  Why bother releasing it at all.  You take the time to animate the other two releases but go half ass with The Ice Warriors. Shame on you Doctor Who Restoration Team and BBC DVD.  That is just poor judgement on your part and I'm sure I'm not the only one who is pissed and disappointed with this news.

Plus of course we have the typical special editions along with the "Spearhead from Space" Blu Ray which will be the only classic blu ray release.  Here is the full list of releases and UK dates.

February 25: The Ark in Space: Special Edition
March 11: The Aztecs: Special Edition (plus Galaxy 4 reconstruction)
May 6: The Visitation: Special Edition
May 27: Inferno: Special Edition
June 3: The Mind of Evil
June 24: Terror of the Zygons
July 15: Spearhead from Space Blu-Ray
August 5: The Green Death: Special Edition
August 26: The Ice Warriors
September 16: Scream of the Shalka

Doctor Who: The Era of Monsters Part One By @Paul_Bowler

Dr Who: The Era of Monsters
By Paul Bowler


When William Hartnell transformed into Patrick Troughton during the final episode of The Tenth Planet (1966), a nation held its breath as a new Doctor emerged from a gleaming halo of light to whisk his companions Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills) away to the planet Vulcan, and their first encounter with the Doctor’s ach enemies - the Daleks! If any had doubted that the popular character actor, who was a master at utilizing costumes and make up to great effect (gaining him many staring roles during the 50’s & 60’s), would be able to make the transition of Doctor Who’s leading actor a success; their doubts must have been quickly dispelled as they became enthralled by the new Doctor who emerged from the TARDIS in Power of the Daleks.

As Doctor Who’s fourth season continued apace, Patrick Troughton’s impish “cosmic hobo” would become imprinted on the minds of children and adults for generations to come, battling evil and tyranny from every dark corner of the universe. This “renewed” Doctor was strikingly different to Hartnell’s grandfatherly wanderer of the fourth dimension; Troughton was more like a chaotic Charlie Chaplin. He may have acted like a bumbling fool who happily played his recorder, with his crumpled frock coat, baggy trousers, and a penchant for outrageous hats, but the fearsome intellect within was never far from the surface and nearly always one step ahead of his enemies.

Are The Ice Warriors Making A Return To Doctor Who???

Are the Ice Warriors set to make a return in Series 7 of Doctor Who.  Well that is the rumor going around.  It appears the rumor or red hearing is that they will be featured in Mark Gatiss story for the upcoming Series 7.  But then there was this. Last weekend Matt Smith was a guest at the 11th Hour Convention.  When asked about the Ice Warriors he might have slipped up. Here's what he said.

Organizer Sean Harry at 'The 11th Hour Convention' asked Matt 'Ice Warriors are one of the last classic monsters not to make a return to 'Doctor Who', Matt replied ''yes'' and turned to the audience and smiled broadly and knowingly at them before adding ''that's good to know, next question,'' leaving fans in hysterics.

Take that as you will but after talking to people who attended the convention they seem convince he let something slip as his facial expressions might have let it slipped.  Well I hope the Ice Warriors do make a return as it would be nice to see them update and back in the show.

Doctor Who "The Silent Stars Go By" Book Review

Doctor Who
The Silent Stars Go By
By Dan Abnett

Boring, complicated and not all that good are not the words that I would use to describe this book.  Exciting, very good and a great read are the exact words that best describe Dan Abnett’s Doctor Who book The Silent Stars Go By. Not only that but also this book heralds the return of The Ice Warriors. Yes, The Ice Warriors return to the Doctor Who universe and face off against the 11^th Doctor.