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[Rappy Veteran]

The Nightmare Man

by Joseph Lidster

Part 1: Luke faces life-changing events, and Bannerman Road will never be the same again. But when Sarah Jane's son has his first nightmare, he's haunted by a dark figure from his dreams. A strange entity is reaching out to our world, with terrible consequences for the whole human race.

Part 2: With Luke, Clyde and Rani trapped in a bizarre dreamscape, Sarah Jane must fight alone! As the Nightmare Man grows stronger, only K-9 might hold the key. But can Luke summon the courage to face his adult life before the whole world is trapped in an endless nightmare?

The Vault Of Secrets

by Phil Ford

Part 1: When an old enemy, Androvax the Veil, returns to Earth, the gang face a dilemma ? should they trust him? Or does the legendary Vault hold an even greater terror? But a second threat arises, when android guardians threaten to destroy anyone who uncovers their secrets.

Part 2: As the battle between Sarah Jane, Androvax and the androids reaches its climax, Rani has to save her own mother from being caught in the crossfire. But as the Vault opens the destiny of the entire Veil species is at stake. Is it too late to save them?

Death Of The Doctor

by Russell T Davies

Part 1: When the Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant meet for the very first time, and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT HQ, Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the Time Lord in his hand ? quite literally!

Part 2: Old friends fight together to make one last stand against the sinister Shansheeth. But with Clyde and Rani trapped in terrible danger, Sarah Jane and Jo Grant realise their worst fears ? their friendship with the Doctor might be the very thing that dooms them.

The Empty Planet

by Gareth Roberts

Part 1: Clyde and Rani wake up one day to discover that they are the only survivors of the human race! The whole of Earth is empty ? even Sarah Jane has vanished. But a deserted London holds terrors of its own. Strange forces lurk in the shadows, as mysterious visitors approach!

Part 2: Clyde and Rani meet their enemy, as the Robots arrive on Earth ? but what do they want, and where has the human race gone? It's a race against time, but without Sarah Jane's expertise, Clyde and Rani must trust each other like never before if they're to save the whole world.

Lost In Time

by Rupert Laight

Part 1: A harmless investigation turns into an epic quest across time and space. Sarah Jane and the gang are separated by the enigmatic Shopkeeper, and find themselves in three different time-zones throughout history ? doing battle against ghost hunters, Nazis, Tudors and a mysterious parrot called Captain!

Part 2: While Sarah Jane tries to prevent a future tragedy, Clyde has to take on the Third Reich single-handed! But Rani discovers to her horror that the march of history cannot be stopped, as a greater danger from the Time Vortex threatens to consume them all.

Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith

by Clayton Hickman & Gareth Roberts

Part 1: Sarah Jane faces her saddest day, as she realises that no one can defend the Earth forever. She's saved the world so many times, but must now hand over the task to safer hands. Clyde and Rani are distraught, and the forces of darkness gather as the inevitable day approaches.

Part 2: Sarah Jane has gone ? but a new regime begins at Bannerman Road! Clyde and Rani must face the fact that nothing lasts forever ? but can they still unite as a team, to face a new and deadly threat from outer space? Or is the old gang finished for good?

[Rappy Veteran]

Filming is now well underway on episode three of Series 6. The episode, as previously reported, is written by Neil Gaiman.

This week the production team have been shooting scenes on location at Cemex quarry in Taff Wells and Mugimoe managed to get some pics of the action.

The location where the TARDIS lands shows broken pillars and other wreckage with interesting other broken architecture scattered around. It looks suspiciously like a crash site or perhaps a post-apocalyptic setting, like in Utopia. Of course Doctor Who has a history of using quarries for alien planets, so that?s another strong possibility.

[LOC Veteran]

You know, I haven't read it up, so maybe you know Rappy. But, are they planning on bringing back Jenny (the Doc's kid from Series 4) this year? I still think she should make an appearance. She rocked. And that regeneration/whatever where she popped back from the dead was neato!

[Rappy Veteran]

You know, I haven't read it up, so maybe you know Rappy. But, are they planning on bringing back Jenny (the Doc's kid from Series 4) this year? I still think she should make an appearance. She rocked. And that regeneration/whatever where she popped back from the dead was neato!

I haven't read anything about her returning, I have a feeling as its a RTD story the chances are slim

[LOC Veteran]

I haven't read anything about her returning, I have a feeling as its a RTD story the chances are slim

But it was Moffat's idea to bring her back from the dead :p

[Rappy Veteran]

But it was Moffat's idea to bring her back from the dead :p

then maybe...but not heard anything for Series 6 :unsure:

[Rappy Veteran]

Moffat: ?Old Daleks Coming Back?

Not content with giving us a truck load of teasers the other day, another interesting nugget has surfaced from Doctor Who: The Brilliant Book.

Steven Moffat reveals we haven?t have seen the last of the old Daleks which were (seemingly) destroyed and replaced by a rainbow coloured ?new paradigm? in Victory of the Daleks.

Says Moffat, ?The fact is, we?re not going to lose the old Daleks. We?re keeping them. They?re coming back. We?ll just use them all at once, and have different ranks. All I?ve done is give the Daleks an officer class.?

This sheds some new light on an earlier quote by Moffat who said when they return ?There will be lots of different kinds.?

Read more: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-old-daleks-coming-back-9953.htm#ixzz11KmcwwfV

[Corris Veteran]

Strange, thought we were told that the Daleks wouldn't be in this series, unless this decision was based aorund the spliiting on the next series into two parts and as such isn't going to part of the first or second half.

Still, I wouldn't mind a series without the Daleks.

[Growled Member]

Me either. The Daleks are waaay over used. Doctor Who has lots of enemies and if that isn't enough they can always create new ones.

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Strange, thought we were told that the Daleks wouldn't be in this series, unless this decision was based aorund the spliiting on the next series into two parts and as such isn't going to part of the first or second half.

Still, I wouldn't mind a series without the Daleks.

Yeah, I swear he said that. Oh well, I hope it's better than 'Victory of the Daleks'.

[Rappy Veteran]

Writer Neil Gaiman has dropped an intriguing hint about his episode of Doctor Who.

Last month was announced that actress Suranne Jones would play a character called Idris in episode three of Series 6. A role which Gaiman said ?people will remember forever.?

According to Ology, Gaiman revealed that the mysterious character ?may be an old friend of the Doctor?s with a new face.?

It?s a small hint but could obviously be a significant one

Read more: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/neil-gaiman-idris-hint-10049.htm#ixzz11PiSnFxy

[LightShadow]

Old Daleks - That will at least be good and stop people complaining about the new Daleks, but I prefer either :p

Idris - I think she is either a different version of River Song, or Jenny from Series 4. Or many people keep suggesting that it's susan. But the most unlikely but funny thing that could happen is that she is the master regenerated :p Since they have said Time Lords can change gender during regeneration (Just the Doctor has not).

[LOC Veteran]

Wait, when was it ever said a Time Lord could change genders during a regeneration? I don't remember that and I've been watching since the late 70's lol

Anyways, I'm guessing Idris is probably going to be the Doctor's Granddaughter (remember her from the first Doctor? lol) or possibly even his Mother (though that seems unlikely). It won't be Jenny, since if she ever comes back, she'll have the same face (unless they have to recast cuz the actor is busy) since she didn't die or regenerate (normally).

[Growled Member]

It might be Romana.

[Corris Veteran]

Wait, when was it ever said a Time Lord could change genders during a regeneration? I don't remember that and I've been watching since the late 70's lol

From memory it has happened once in an audio play or something a while back where The Doctor commited suicide to change his gender or some nonsense like that, as such isn't cannon by any means and chances are is never going to happen.

And looking it up now it was part of the Doctor Who Unbound series which are just made up stories that aren't part of Cannon at all, so no, there has never been a canonical scene or mention of a Time Lord changing sex.

[LOC Veteran]

From memory it has happened once in an audio play or something a while back where The Doctor commited suicide to change his gender or some nonsense like that, as such isn't cannon by any means and chances are is never going to happen.

And looking it up now it was part of the Doctor Who Unbound series which are just made up stories that aren't part of Cannon at all, so no, there has never been a canonical scene or mention of a Time Lord changing sex.

Yeah, not that I'm a DW snob or anything, but I've seen practically every single episode dating back to the 1963 series. I think I was the only loony American in my area who stayed up until 3 or 4 am to watch it on PBS every weekend :D Then I discovered VHS!

Anyways, I wouldn't MIND a gender change on regeneration. I don't really see why it's so "forbidden" and all that. But, then again, the Doctor still hasn't been "ginger" :)

[Corris Veteran]

Yeah, not that I'm a DW snob or anything, but I've seen practically every single episode dating back to the 1963 series. I think I was the only loony American in my area who stayed up until 3 or 4 am to watch it on PBS every weekend :D Then I discovered VHS!

Anyways, I wouldn't MIND a gender change on regeneration. I don't really see why it's so "forbidden" and all that. But, then again, the Doctor still hasn't been "ginger" :)

Lucky for some, I'm not old enough to have seen them all. :p

My girlfriends dad is a big Doctor Who nerd, he is trying to download all the episodes at the moment which are a couple of hundred gigabytes, you would need like a dedicated external hard drive for them all, lol.

[Richard Hammond]

2013, a little part of me just died inside, he is 'watchable' but he is no David Tennant, i dont know if i can put up with him for another 3 series.

[Rappy Veteran]

Coming up next month is the release of Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series on DVD and Blu~ray. Pictured above is the limited edition steel~book case version of the set - it's released in the UK on Nov 8.

Included here are the promotional pictures for the first story in Series Four of The Sarah Jane Adventures - click on them for bigger versions. The Nightmare Man airs in two parts on Mon 11th Oct and Tues 12th Oct on CBBC

[Rappy Veteran]

And here's a bunch of crazy teasers for "Death to the Doctor", Russell T. Davies's first (and perhaps only) time writing for the Eleventh Doctor. It looks like he might be using the opportunity to deepen the Doctor Who mythos in a rather big way:

1. Doctors 1, 2, 3, 4, 10 and 11 all make an appearance.

2. There's mentions of Axons, Azal and Aggedor.

3. "Smells like roast chicken!"

4. The Brigadier is still stranded in Peru, while Liz Shaw is on the Moon.

5. That's Groske, not Graske.

6. The Doctor doesn't have to be white. And he can regenerate more than 12 times - a lot more!

7. "You look like someone's baked you!"

8. Jo Jones (n?e Grant) has 7 children and (almost) 13 grandchildren.

9. The Doctor might never look back, but Sarah Jane has discovered some interesting things using Google.

10. "Accelerate the weave!"

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Looking forward to it! :)

[Rappy Veteran]

David Tennant is interviewed in the latest issue of the Radio Times and gets another cover dedication (his 21st since 2005!)

Of course, no Tennant interview would be complete without a few obligatory questions on Doctor Who.

So does Tennant regret leaving the show?

?No, it felt just right, actually. It still does. It felt right to pass the baton on and for it to continue to thrive. It was just wonderful and it created many, many more opportunities than it closed down. I think my life is in a very different place and my career is in a very different place to what it was before I did Doctor Who and that is 90 per cent positive.?

And the big question ? what does he think of the current series of Doctor Who and Matt Smith?

?Genuinely, I think it?s been brilliant. I?ve loved every second of it. It?s a thrill for me to be watching it as a viewer again. I knew Matt was going to be fantastic and he is. He?s a great choice and he?s knocked it out of the park.?

Fans can catch Tennant in new drama, Single Father, beginning this Sunday 10th October at 9pm on BBC1.

Read more: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/david-tennant-on-matt-smith-10068.htm#ixzz11VBj1A00

[LOC Veteran]

I think the more pressing question for Tennant, is whether or not he would be willing to return for the 50th anniversary in 2013 :)

[Rappy Veteran]

We have some spoilers for The Sarah Jane Adventures courtesy of The List which reveals what is really going on in Death of the Doctor.

Sarah Jane and Jo Grant pair up to rescue The Doctor after they are tricked into believing he has been killed, and invited to his funeral. But the pair quickly realise the ceremony is a trap, and learn that a group of aliens called The Shansheeth have captured the Tardis, leaving the Time Lord stranded on a planet. These vulture-like aliens then attempt to use a ?memory weave? to connect with the pair?s brains and past thoughts, and learn how to unlock the time-travelling machine through their past experiences with The Doctor. As they reminisce, viewers of the show will watch video flashbacks of previous Time Lords William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, whilst their iconic nemeses The Daleks, Sea Devils, Sontarans and Davros also make a return.

Death of the Doctor airs Monday 25th October at 5.15pm on the CBBC channel.

Read more: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/death-of-the-doctor-spoilers-10099.htm#ixzz11g2i6VZg

[DConnell Member]

Moffat: ?Old Daleks Coming Back?

Not content with giving us a truck load of teasers the other day, another interesting nugget has surfaced from Doctor Who: The Brilliant Book.

Steven Moffat reveals we haven?t have seen the last of the old Daleks which were (seemingly) destroyed and replaced by a rainbow coloured ?new paradigm? in Victory of the Daleks.

Says Moffat, ?The fact is, we?re not going to lose the old Daleks. We?re keeping them. They?re coming back. We?ll just use them all at once, and have different ranks. All I?ve done is give the Daleks an officer class.?

This sheds some new light on an earlier quote by Moffat who said when they return ?There will be lots of different kinds.?

Read more: http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/moffat-old-daleks-coming-back-9953.htm#ixzz11KmcwwfV

I'd like to see a series without the Daleks, thank you. If anything needs to come back, it's the real Cybermen. Some Ice Warriors would be cool, too.