Dr Who 2010

brian s · 20-07-2009, 9:40 AM

Filming has begun today on next year's Dr Who. Here is Matt Smith in costume togrther with new companion, Amy Pond, played by Karen Gillan.

krish · 20-07-2009, 11:25 AM

very old-school-Who type costume ... I wonder if he has elbow patches too
- I do hope the ?s never return!
... just waiting for another pre-emptive Daniel Craigesque rant by someone (

) before the series has even started

Gillan looks much nicer in this presumably candid photo, than in the earlier slightly moody-faced publicity shots

soundstory · 20-07-2009, 11:55 AM

It's a bit dull isn't it??

d3moliti0n · 20-07-2009, 2:53 PM

Very Hartnell/Troughton-esque, I like the fact that they have gone old school with the costume this time.

Singh400 · 20-07-2009, 3:08 PM

Alex Kingston is also back according to some of the shots floating around on the web...

krish · 20-07-2009, 3:43 PM

is it me, or do ALL those photos seem to be photoshopped?
.. and I was right about the elbow patches

brian s · 20-07-2009, 4:34 PM

YouTube - Matt Smith new photo as the Doctor - discussion (Breakfast, 20.07.09)

brian s · 20-07-2009, 9:55 PM

Matt Smith's look reminds me of Indiana Jones as the teacher. Here's John Barrowman playing "the Doctor" in My Family. Coincidence?

YouTube - John Barrowman in my family

Bri

soundstory · 21-07-2009, 7:51 AM

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Originally Posted by brian s

Matt Smith's look reminds me of Indiana Jones as the teacher. Here's John Barrowman playing "the Doctor" in My Family. Coincidence?

YouTube - John Barrowman in my family

Bri

Yes Indiana Jones, he certainly does.......

brian s · 21-07-2009, 9:27 AM

brian s · 24-07-2009, 12:45 PM

This series is being referred as Series One. This will be the third Series One after Hartnell and Eccleston.

Bri

soundstory · 24-07-2009, 1:57 PM

Indiana Jones & The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Well couldn't be worse than the Crystal Skull !!

brian s · 24-07-2009, 1:59 PM

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Originally Posted by soundstory

Indiana Jones & The Dalek Invasion of Earth

Well couldn't be worse than the Crystal Skull !!

I sure hope not.

Bri

Nexus21 · 24-07-2009, 7:07 PM

Is Matt Smith wearing Mark McClure's old Jimmy Olsen outfit from Superman the Movie?

krish · 26-07-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by brian s

This series is being referred as Series One.

The new Tardis exterior harks back to Hartnell with the St John's Ambulance emblem on the other door

And there's some fan~~@#$%~~fiction floating about that there's some wibbley wobbley timey wimey sci-fi prequel/reboot type stuff going on with the Who story going full circle - Tennant bizarrely regenerating into his first incarnation, i.e. Matt Smith's doctor is a younger Hartnell

... was supposed to be a joke I believe

pics from On Set: Doctor Who Series 5 - Sky TV

A DS forum member posted

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The Tardis seems to have been "rebooted" (I mean that in the technical, not literary sense) to how it originally looked in the old, old series. We know they've had to rework the interior for HD anyway, so my guess would be that the new Doc has applied a new "desktop theme" to the inside, perhaps getting some momentary life out of the old, broken chameleon circuit, and in the process the exterior get's refreshed too. Cue some throwaway reference along the lines of "I wondered where you'd got to" and voila - a whole new range of merchandise.

UPLOADER · 26-07-2009, 12:31 PM

Is it just me or does matt smith look like a cyberman,

brian s · 26-07-2009, 4:23 PM

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Originally Posted by krish

The new Tardis exterior harks back to Hartnell with the St John's Ambulance emblem on the other door

And there's some fan~~@#$%~~fiction floating about that there's some wibbley wobbley timey wimey sci-fi prequel/reboot type stuff going on with the Who story going full circle - Tennant bizarrely regenerating into his first incarnation, i.e. Matt Smith's doctor is a younger Hartnell

... was supposed to be a joke I believe

Why not.

With the Time War and Gallifry no longer existing/never existed anything could happen. Maybe it's a degeneration rather than a regeneration.

Bri

krish · 02-08-2009, 11:00 PM

Just noticed Karen Gillan in Ch4's The Kevin Bishop Show (fast paced sketch show parodying TV shows/films/adverts, second series started on Friday, I've never caught it before)

I thought she was incredibly stunning and seemed quite versatile and rather good for what was quite a patchy sketch show
- so she'll be the first ever attractive colour TV era redhead companion, who can also act, and doesn't claim to be a "comedian"

raigraphixs · 07-08-2009, 10:35 AM

The Streets - Mike Skinner has revealed via Twitter he has landed a part in the new series of Doctor Who. A post on Twitter read: "You wouldn't believe the week I've had. I can't talk about it but let's just say I got a part in 'Doctor Who'."

Conspiracists may note that the Tweet has since been withdrawn with the comment: "and just like that. the tweet is deleted."

The Press Association: Mike Skinner's Doctor Who cameo?

brian s · 05-10-2009, 2:09 PM

Some nice shotts of Karen Gillan.

krish · 05-10-2009, 5:13 PM

New Matt Smith era logo is to be unveiled 8am tomorrow @ bbc.co.uk/doctorwho

- BBC - Doctor Who - New Logo - Coming Soon

I wonder if we'll also get the new opening titles and theme tune when ready?
- is Murray Gold still involved, and hasn't Moffat already said the the Doctor's face is set to return to the titles?

brian s · 05-10-2009, 5:27 PM

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Originally Posted by krish

I wonder if we'll also get the new opening titles and theme tune when ready?
- is Murray Gold still involved, and hasn't Moffat already said the the Doctor's face is set to return to the titles?

We'll have a new Doctor, Tardis and logo. I think there's a very good chance we'll get a new theme/arrangement and opening titles.

Regards
Bri

krish · 05-10-2009, 6:20 PM

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Originally Posted by brian s

We'll have a new Doctor, Tardis and logo. I think there's a very good chance we'll get a new theme/arrangement and opening titles.

Sorry Bri, I phrased that badly

- I meant I wonder if we'll get an official advance preview, just as we'll get with the logo tomorrow

David Arnold could be a good successor to Gold, has already done the Who theme for Big Finish, and has a great electronic/orchestral soundtrack pedigree, though may be too expensive and busy (unless he wants to do it), since he's the fairly well established Bond composer of the last decade. Or Gold's no. 2 and Torchwood composer Ben Foster could get a promotion, unless Moffat wants to clear the decks. Could also get Mark Ayres to return, since he's still involved with classic Who with the 'restoration team'.

scottsweapon · 06-10-2009, 7:05 AM

I'll start the ball rolling on the new logo- I don't like it.

brian s · 06-10-2009, 9:12 AM

YouTube - Brand New Doctor Who Logo for 2010!

That is bad.

Bri

krish · 06-10-2009, 9:26 AM

bit strange looking, but then again the current logo is just the name in arial inside a black taxi light and doesn't particularly grab you on its own when not viewed in the context of the opening titles

it is growing on me; I never warmed to McCoy's logo, or his opening titles with his silver face and the wink

raigraphixs · 06-10-2009, 9:45 AM

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That is bad.

Bri

Larger look

brian s · 06-10-2009, 11:08 AM

Some shots of Matt Smith.

krish · 06-10-2009, 12:04 PM

he's looking a bit Tennantish there Bri ... do you think that's post-regeneration?

brian s · 06-10-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by krish

he's looking a bit Tennantish there Bri ... do you think that's post-regeneration?

That's what I thought. The pics are almost certainly from the first episode. It squashes any ideas that Smith's reign is to be a total reboot. I can't wait to see the new Tardis interior. They'll have a hard job beating the present one or the McGann version.

All the best
Bri