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The End of the Holiday

Hello. My holiday to Portugal is over at last! It was very difficult to not blog over the past week but at least I'm back... for now. Anyway, here is the news from the past week that I missed to blog:

>  The fifth Adventure Game will be called The Gunpowder Plot

>  The episode written by Tom MacRae (Episode Ten) is called The Girl Who Waited

>  The second episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Rendition, was broadcast

>  The broadcast date of Series Six Part Two has been announced for the USA (with the UK date being very soon after, hopefully) and it is the 27th August at 9pm

>  The main villain for Let's Kill Hitler (who is not actually Hitler) is called the Tessalecta (if that's how it's spelt)

>  Doctor Who went to Comic Con and a trailer was released with new, epic clips

>  Karen Gillan has confirmed that Amy Pond will return for Series Seven, but Arthur Darvill has not confirmed that Rory will too

>  Steven Moffat considered making a Madame Vestra/Jenny spin-off

Also, tonight at 9pm is the broadcast for the third episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Dead of Night. You can expect a whole load of Who Reviews including the reviews for The New World, Rendition and Dead of Night.

Finally, there are two more competitions opening up and they both have prizes!

The first is a Torchwood competition:

Torchwood: Miracle Day is the new series of Torchwood which involves the whole world becoming immortal. To celebrate the new series, this competition is about the series. All you have to do is answer three simple questions, then email me the answers at timelordeleven@gmail.com with your address so I can send you the prize if you have won. All addresses will be kept confidential and can you please include your name and (if you have one) a Google or Disqus username so I know who you are online. Once you have emailed me your entries, I will email you acknowleging your entry. The questions are below:

1. What is Torchwood an anagram of?

2. What is the name of the twelve year old girl who Oswald Danes murdered?

3. What type of poison was Jack poisoned with in Rendition?

As I said previously, email me the answers, your real name, your username and your address. The closing date is the 4th September 2011. The prize is the Torchwood book, Border Princes in mint condition. It is written byDan Abnett and you can read the blurb below:

The End of the World began on a Thursday night in October just after eight in the evening...

The Amok is driving people out of their minds, turning them into zombies and causing riots in the streets. A solitary diner leaves a Cardiff restaurant, his mission to protect the Principal leading him to a secret base beneath a water tower. Everyone has a headache; there's something in Davey Morgan's shed; and the church of St-Mary-in-the-Dust, demolished in 1840, has reappeared - though it's not due until 2011. Torchwood seem to be out of their depth. What will all this mean for the romance between Torchwood's  newest members?

Captain Jack Harkness has something more to worry about: an alarm, an early warning, given to mankind and held - inert - by Torchwood for 108 years. And now it's flashing. Something is coming. Or something is already here.

The next competition is a Doctor Who competition:

In the middle of the three month gap of Doctor Who Series Six, I have bought and read many of the Doctor Who books including Apollo 23, Paradox Lost and Dead of Winter. This competition involves you, the readers, creating your own monster, alien or villain of any kind. You must describe, in exact detail, your alien: what it looks like, what specialities it has, why it would want to defeat the Doctor and any weaknesses it has. You may include a picture of your monster to complete the creation. As in the Torchwood competition, please email me your entries at timelordeleven@gmail.com with your description, your address, your name and your username. The prize is two Doctor Who books, The Brilliant Book 2011 and Apollo 23, the first Doctor Who book starring the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond. This competition also ends on the 4th September 2011. Good luck!

Update:
Sorry folks, the Brilliant Book is off of the prize list for various reasons too complicated to describe! So now it's just Apollo 23, the first book of Doctor Who for Matt Smith and Amelia Jessica Pond.

Torchwood Miracle Day: Rendition Short Trailer

Hello. The BBC are showing short trailers for the next episode of Torchwood, Rendition. Some of the scenes we've seen before but some are completely new. You can watch it below:

Also, on a unrelated note, I will be in Portugal for the next week so there won't be any more news until then. Goodbye for now!

Feature: Will Doctor Who Become American?

Hello. On many Doctor Who websites, people have been debating whether or not Doctor Who is becoming too American. The debate has been going on since we first heard about filming in America last year and it has grown over the past few months. To clear things up, this article is to present to you why it is NOT becoming too American and in some cases, why it is.

To start off, a recent interview with Russell T Davies shows his side of the debate:

"No one at BBC Worldwide is looking at an American version of Doctor Who. I know everyone thinks we have secret plans. But we do have plans for new dramas, and non-science fiction. It's about time I got back to that material, 'cause I have a lot to say in that world. So our ambitions are endless - but not for that particular one!"

On the other hand, Torchwood was not expected to become an American TV show but look at it now. It's a co-production with the BBC and many of its stars are American. Also, the majority of the series will be set and filmed in America too. The difference is quite dramatic compared to the other series, but if you think about it, does it have to be a bad thing?
Doctor Who is a British show and in my opinion it always will be, even if it moves to the States, but what would happen if it did move over to the USA? Would it be a bad thing? If anything, the action scenes would be more exciting, the settings would be more effective and the special effects could be even greater than anything we have seen before. Think about the first episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, The New World. It had a completely different feel to it but this did not take away the fact that the show is outstanding and a brilliant drama. If anything, it added to it.

The first two episodes of Doctor Who Series Six was, of course, The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon. If you remember, in the first ever Who Review, I commented on the amazing settings and the beautiful scenery. These features were one of the main factors of the episodes and made the episode what it was. Would it be bad if every episode was full of these landscape shots?

Also, the viewing figures for Series Six so far have been as good as any other (these final viewing figures are compared to the final viewing figures of Series Five):

THE IMPOSSIBLE ASTRONAUT - 8.9 million viewers

DAY OF THE MOON - 7.3 million viewers
THE CURSE OF THE BLACK SPOT - 7.85 million viewers
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - 7.97 million viewers
THE REBEL FLESH - 7.35 million viewers
THE ALMOST PEOPLE - 6.72 million viewers
A GOOD MAN GOES TO WAR - 7.57 million viewers

These figures are very similar to the viewing figures of previous series and this proves that Doctor Who is not in danger of having to move to America due to lack of views.
We know that, at least until the 50th Anniversary, Doctor Who will still be in th UK, with Matt Smith and Steven Moffat. The Ponds are not confirmed to appear in the seventh series, let alone the 50th Anniversary in 2013.
In conclusion, there is no certain proof that Doctor Who will become American in the near future, but it depends on your side of the debate.

Torchwood Miracle Day: The New World Synopsis

Hello. The synopsis for the first episode of Miracle Day has been released by the BBC. You can read it below:

One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep ageing – they get hurt and sick, but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.

With all the extra people, resources are finite. It’s said that in four month’s time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got to be behind it. It’s a race against time as CIA agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking: “What is Torchwood?”, he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human … for ever.

In the launch episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Agent Rex Matheson is impaled in a car crash and miraculously survives, while his analyst, Esther Drummond, sets out to discover what Torchwood is.

Far away, in Wales, Gwen Cooper lives in hiding with her husband Rhys and daughter Anwen – she’s the last surviving Torchwood member and is determined to stay hidden.

In Kentucky, convicted murderer Oswald Danes survives his own execution. And when Esther meets the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, assassins are activated to kill them all…

The New World will broadcast on the 14th July at 9:00 pm. The series will continue for 10 weeks, each episode on a Thursday.

John Fay for Series Seven

Hello. In the last post, Series Seven was confirmed by the showrunner Steven Moffat. Today, John Fay is confirmed to write for Series Seven. Fay has written for Torchwood: Children of Earth and he is writing a few episodes of Miracle Day. In Children of Earth, Fay killed off one of the main characters Ianto Jones. Will he do something similar in Series Seven? We'll just have to wait a year to find out.

Torchwood: Miracle Day Titles Announced

Hello. Torchwood: Miracle Day is coming up soon and the titles have been announced. Torchwood is a spin-off series of Doctor Who which features Captain Jack Harkness after he was left on the Gamestation back in Series One.
It has now moved to America with new action, new characters, a new location and new aliens. The story of Miracle Day begins when, suddenly, it's not just Jack who can't die - it's the whole world. No one dies on the entire Earth. This provokes increasingly mixed reactions as the population increases and soars. As
I said earlier, the titles have been announced. You can read them below:

1. The New World

Written by: Russel T Davies

Directed by: Bharat Nalluri

2. Rendition

Written by: Doris Egan

Directed by: Billy Gierhart

3. Dead of Night
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Billy Gierhart

4. Escape to LA
Written by: Jim Gray and John Shiban
Directed by: Billy Gierhart

5. The Categories of Life
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Guy Ferland

6. The Middle Men
Written by: John Shiban
Directed by: Guy Ferland

7. Immortal Sins
Written by: Jane Espenson
Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton

8. End of the Road
Written by: Ryan Scott and Jane Espenson
Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton

9. The Gathering
Written by: John Fay
Directed by: Guy Ferland

10. The Blood Line
Written by: Russel T Davies and Jane Espenson
Directed by: Billy Gierhart

What to Watch During the Three Month Break

Hello. As you all know, Doctor Who will not be broadcast for three months and when it returns we will be greeted with Let's Kill Hitler. During those three months, you can expect A LOT of other shows to be broadcast. Some of these shows are to do with Doctor Who and sci-fi  and others are to written by the same writers. Take a look below:

• Torchwood: Miracle Day
• Sherlock Series Two
• Sarah Jane Adventures Series Five
• Torchwood Radio Plays
• Jago and Litefoot Series 3

As the Part Two of Series Six has not had a confirmed date to be broadcast, some of these shows may start after Part Two begins for example the last series of the Sarah Jane Adventures. But, these will all be broadcast in the next four of five months.

More information about the Torchwood Radio Plays will be coming soon.

Jago and Litefoot is an audio series which you can purchase or download. They feature Jago, Litefoot and Leela, reunited in four adventures and an extensive behind the scenes documentary.