Doctor Who - Scream of the Shalka DVD Review

Doctor Who: 

Scream of the Shalka 

By Paul Cornell 

Starring Richard E. Grant, Sophie Okendo and 

Derek Jacobi

Way back in 2003 there were two Doctor Who things going on.  Firstly and the one most people remember is the news that Doctor Who will be returning to television being helmed by Russell T. Davies in a 13 episode series.  What a way to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Doctor Who with the news that the show was returning and would begin filming sometime in 2004.  The other was the BBCi planned Doctor Who series of webisodes featuring a Ninth Doctor.  Scream of the Shalka was supposed to be the beginning of a new series and was all set to go but well a certain piece of news derailed it and Scream of Shalka would end up being a one shot and well it was new Doctor Who for the 40^th but just not what we really wanted but that would come in a few years.

Paul Cornell Pens A Unique Doctor Who Comic Book

Paul Cornell has written a Doctor Who comic book for IDW that has The Doctor arriving in our world where he meets Matt Smith along with a real life Whovian.  Here is a short description.

In this special one-shot story, a strange force flings the TARDIS and the Doctor into our own universe! Once here, the Doctor encounters a 10-year-old girl who happens to be a huge fan of the Doctor Who TV show. The Doctor grapples with being a fictional character as well as and a monster lurking at the girl’s school on the way to coming face-to-face with the actor who portrays him, Matt Smith!

"Doctor Who Special" is out December 2013.