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[Rappy Veteran]

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: David Bradley Is First Doctor

The BBC has announced an impressive cast for An Adventure In Space And Time, the BBC docudrama about the creation of Doctor Who back in the early 60s, which will form part of Doctor Who?s 50th Anniversary celebrations.

Harry Potter?s David Bradley (Argus Filch) will portray William Hartnell, the first Doctor. Bradley appeared in Doctor Who last year as Solomon in ?Dinosaurs On A Spaceship? (and what a great performance that was). Intriguingly, he will be playing the role aged 70, whereas William Hartnell was a mere 55 when he first played the Doctor.

Former Hannibal Lecter Brian Cox will play the BBC?s Head of Drama Sydney Newman, who is credited with the creation of the show, while Doctor Who?s first producer, Verity Lambert, will be played by Call The Midwife?s Jessica Raine. Waris Hussein, the director of Doctor Who?s first ever episode ?An Unearthly Child?, will be played by Sacha Dhawan (History Boys, Last Tango In Halifax).

An Adventure in Space And Time has been written by Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Doctor Who), while the director is Terry McDonough (Breaking Bad, The Street). It will air in November to coincide with Doctor Who?s 50th anniversary.

?I?m absolutely thrilled,? says Bradley. ?I first heard about this role from Mark [Gatiss] while watching the Diamond Jubilee flotilla from the roof of the National Theatre. When he asked if I would be interested, I almost bit his hand off! Mark has written such a wonderful script not only about the birth of a cultural phenomenon, but a moment in television?s history. William Hartnell was one of the finest character actors of our time and as a fan I want to make sure that I do him justice. I?m so looking forward to getting started.?

Gatiss added, ?What a cast! I?m utterly delighted that everyone?s favourite Time Lord will be in such brilliant and stellar company. We have a terrific team who can?t wait to tell the fascinating and surprising story of how the Doctor began his journey through Space and Time.?

(http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/01/30/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-david-bradley-is-the-first-doctor/)

[Growled Member]

A great cast. I know this is nitpicking but David Bradley's hair needs more white in it.

[Rappy Veteran]

That was just a mockup :p but yeah I am sure he will look the part for time

[Skin]

I am so very giddy for this.

[insanelyapple]

I am surprised no one has thought maybe the new companion is the Dr Daughter from a previous episode. Does any one remember she said she was going to look for him after he thought she die.

lets play again "spot the difference" with bbc (??????? ???

[Skin]

I am surprised no one has thought maybe the new companion is the Dr Daughter from a previous episode. Does any one remember she said she was going to look for him after he thought she die.

I doubt they would do that... I mean she kissed him... ewwwwwww

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary: Adventure In Space And Time Filming Begins, Susan Cast

As filming commences on An Adventure In Space And Time, the drama about the creation of Doctor Who written by Mark Gatiss, the identity of the the actress who?ll be portraying Carol Ann Ford (who played Susan, the Doctor?s granddaughter Susan) has been revealed.

She is newcomer Claudia Grant who, ironically (as Doctor Who News points out) is represented by the agency run by William Hartnell?s real-life granddaughter Jessica Carney!

The first day?s filming took place in the lobby of BBC Television Centre itself, which had been redressed to resemble a BBC Club. Day two?s filming was on Wimbledon Common, where a Police Box prop was spotted during the day.

[Growled Member]

I can hardly wait. It's gonna be so awesome.

[Rappy Veteran]

Neil Gaiman confirmed the title of his Doctor Who Series 7 Part 2 episode and revealed some details about it. The Doctor's Wife author said:

"The episode is called The Last Cyberman. It?s about identity, it?s about responsibility and it?s about porridge.?

The Last Cyberman is the penultimate story of the series and stars Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders), Jason Watkins (Being Human) and Warwick Davis (Return of the Jedi). It is directed by Stephen Wolfenden.

[Rappy Veteran]

Doctor Who executive producer Caro Skinner has confirmed the rumours that a classic series monster will be returning.

Skinner told SFX: "We?ve got the most fantastic episode by Mark Gatiss, 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."

The exec added: "Mark is an enormous fan of the Ice Warrior stories and came up with the idea. The sense of a monster of that scale and that size trapped in a really small, contained environment such as a submarine was a really brilliant story to be able to tell ... Letting a huge Ice Warrior loose at the heart of a classic Hunt For Red October style submarine movie was exactly the kind of story that the Doctor should get mixed up in."

Apparently titled 'The Cold War', the episode is directed by Douglas Mackinnon and guest stars David Warner (The Omen) and Liam Cunningham (Merlin).

Steven Moffat previously teased: "Prepare to shiver in terror and gasp along the lines of ?Oh my goodness, is that a???"

The Ice Warriors were last seen in 1974?s 'The Monster Of Peladon'.

http://www.cultbox.co.uk/news/headlines/6124-doctor-who-returning-monster-confirmed

[Rappy Veteran]

The BBC Press office has just tweeted that the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will be broadcast in 3D.

According to the BBC press site in an article about BBC Drama chief Ben Stephenson?s plans: ?As part of the BBC?s blockbuster celebrations to mark the Doctor turning 50, fans will be able to see the Time Lord and his adventures like never before ? in 3D! To be broadcast using some of the BBC?s HD capacity, Steven Moffat, lead writer and executive producer, said: ?It?s about time. Technology has finally caught up with Doctor Who and your television is now bigger on the inside. A whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore.?

This actually won?t be the first Doctor Who special to be broadcast in 3D ? that honour goes to ?Dimensions In Time?, the (appalling) charity crossover with EastEnders for Children In Need in 1993 (the show?s 30th anniversary).

(http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/02/11/doctor-who-50th-anniversary-special-will-be-in-3d/)

[Growled Member]

Exciting times for all of us Doctor Who fans. :)

[Rappy Veteran]

[Growled Member]

At least the Daleks are nice and blue this time. :p

[thejohnnyq]

Are they not mistaking on the first Doctor? Was not Jon Pertwee the Doctor in the movies before the series? I have an Doctor Who Mag that talks about the movies and Jon being the first Doctor and the movies before the series.

[Rappy Veteran]

[Rappy Veteran]

Russell T Davies turned down 'Doctor Who' return, says Steven Moffat

Russell T Davies has turned down repeated offers to return to Doctor Who, Steven Moffat has claimed.

The sci-fi drama's current showrunner revealed, in an interview conducted at LA's Gallifrey 2013 convention, that his predecessor wants "a nice long rest" from the series.

"I do keep asking him [to write a new episode]," Moffat insisted. "The offer is continually made and I'm getting nowhere!"

Moffat added that he would have Davies - who served as Who's head writer between 2005 and 2010 - back on the show "like a shot", calling the Welsh scribe "the best writer breathing".

"I think he probably did his duty? for Doctor Who so he's maybe wanting a nice long rest from it," Moffat acknowledged.

Davies previously ruled out the possibility of returning to Doctor Who for the show's 50th anniversary this year.

"I have asked current boss Steven Moffat not to tell me what they are planning," he said, adding that he wants to enjoy the celebrations as a fan.

Doctor Who will return to BBC One with a new eight-episode run from Saturday, March 30.

[Rappy Veteran]

More "Adventure in Space and Time" Set Pics

[Growled Member]

Russell T Davies has turned down repeated offers to return to Doctor Who, Steven Moffat has claimed.

That's really too bad.

[Rappy Veteran]

Ray Cusick, the designer of infamous Doctor Who villains the Daleks, has died aged 84.

The BBC reports that he passed away on Thursday (February 21) of heart failure, according to his daughter Claire Heawood.

During his time at the BBC, Cusick was responsible for set design on the long-running science fiction show, and created the first versions of the extraterrestrial race for the second episode of the original 1963 series of Doctor Who, featuring William Hartnell as The Doctor.

He later went on to speak about the Daleks' design and how they were developed in a 2008 episode of Doctor Who Confidential.

After retiring as an art director for the BBC, Cusick contributed to several specialist magazines on the subject of battles from the Napoleonic era.

He leaves behind two daughters and seven grandchildren.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a461178/doctor-who-daleks-designer-ray-cusick-dies-aged-84.html

[Rappy Veteran]

Doctor Who's Steven Moffat has revealed details of the show's upcoming episode 'Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS'.

The writer revealed that the instalment will contain "great visuals" and that new sets have been built especially for the episode, Radio Times reports.

"We've built the rest of the TARDIS!" Moffat enthused.

He continued: "The idea is in the title; we're going to journey to the centre of the TARDIS. We've got some great visuals for that."

Ashley Walters, who guests star in the episode, added: "In our episode it'll be the first time people get to see so much of the TARDIS."

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[PsYcHoKiLLa]

Are they not mistaking on the first Doctor? Was not Jon Pertwee the Doctor in the movies before the series? I have an Doctor Who Mag that talks about the movies and Jon being the first Doctor and the movies before the series.

WTF?

Jon Pertwee was one of the Doctors in the series (the third), Peter Cushing was the Doctor in both movies (I don't count the 1996 "movie" as a movie, cos it was awful)

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1965)

Dr. Who and the Daleks (1966)

"..the first episode of the very first serial, was transmitted at 5.15 pm on 23 November 1963"

So William Hartnell was, indeed, the first Doctor, pre-dating both movies.

[Growled Member]

"We've built the rest of the TARDIS!" Moffat enthused.

It's about freaking time. I loved the old shows that showed a bit more of the TARDIS.

[Tuishimi]

I think the first two doctors were a little under rated. Patrick Troughton was fun to watch... but when I was a kid we did not get to see all of his episodes. I watched all the Pertwee and of course the Baker episodes when I was young. I thought Peter Davidson was... alright but never that good. I did NOT like Colin Baker. At all. Sylvester McCoy was good... but by that time I rarely got to watch Dr. Who and I missed 90% of the McCoy episodes until the reboot this century.