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| Series Four premiere details confirmed. We're delighted to officially announce that Series Four of Doctor Who will commence with Partners In Crime at 6.20pm on Saturday 05 April 2008, BBC One. settle down for what promises to be the most spectacular series of Doctor Who yet! As always, Doctor Who Confidential will be going behind-the-scenes with the cast and crew, starting at 7.05pm on BBC Three. As always, we'll be supporting the show with extensive online coverage, both in the run up to and immediately after each episode. |
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| As well as the first full Series Four trailer, BBC One is also screening three monster-themed Coming Soon teasers. trailers |
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| New 'Doctor Who' timeslot causes controversy Thursday, March 27 2008, 16:04 GMT By Ben Rawson-Jones, Cult Editor The BBC's decision to broadcast the first episode of Doctor Who's new series in an earlier timeslot than usual has sparked a wave of complaints from fans. The science fiction show's fourth season will commence at 6.20pm on Saturday, April 5 as opposed to the usual 7pm screening. The audition-based reality show I'd Do Anything has instead been preferred for the later primetime slot, when more families are likely to be watching. Doctor Who fans have widely condemned the move on the Digital Spy forums, as viewing figures have fallen whenever the show has been broadcast before 7pm over the past three seasons. Forum member 'prking' from Weston-Super-Mare said: "6.20pm is too early. When its been on at an earlier time in the past few years the ratings have dropped. I'll have to record it as we don't get home home on a Saturday until 6.45-ish". 'Djonshore' from Wales added: "I guess before long it'll be at the 5.30pm timeslot like the old days." However, 'torchwood08' said: "Great news but isn't 6.20 really early?? Anyway who cares - He's Back." Last year, the programme's executive producer Russell T Davies told Doctor Who Magazine: "I don't like it being on before seven o'clock. It just feels "lesser" at that time of day." |
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| Davies: BBC has 'cocked up' 'Who' time Friday, March 28 2008, 12:35 By Dave West, Media Correspondent Doctor Who will lose 1.5m viewers per show because of BBC One's decision to move it from 7pm to 6.20pm, according to executive producer Russell T Davies. The drama will take up the new slot when it returns on April 5 to allow I'd Do Anything to air at 7.10pm. Davies said he was worried because the series is the last full run of Who before 2010. Next year there will be three specials. "At 6.20pm, it'll get 1.5m less viewers than it already has," he said, speaking at a Broadcast event in London. "I've told them this, but they won't shift at all. You need to maintain slots and they've gone and cocked it up now. Maybe they're right, but I think they're wrong." The producer, who was behind the revival of the show, also confessed to rewriting others' scripts if he did not like them. He said: "I'll rewrite 100% if I have to. With Steven Moffat's scripts, I don't touch a word, but anyone else's I do... "We're not there to experiment and we're not there to let someone fail. You've got to do everything you can to make it brilliant every week." |
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| This is going out on the tv at the mo, but if you haven't managed to catch it there is a new trailer up. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drwho |
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| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Friday 04 April 10:35pm - 11:35pm BBC1 Celebrity chat show. Guests include Dr. Who himself David Tennant, the tenth Time Lord to occupy the legendary Tardis, and his new permanent companion Catherine Tate. Plus British film icon John Hurt, talking about his new movie The Oxford Murders, and music from Radiohead performing live in the studio. |
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| 'Doctor Who' for 7pm return mid series Friday, April 4 2008, 16:41 BST By Dave West, Media Correspondent The new series of Doctor Who is to move to a later time after five or six episodes, its executive producer has said. Russell T Davies previously accused the BBC of "cocking up" by scheduling tomorrow's opening instalment for 6.20pm, rather than closer to its traditional 7pm. "It's not a time slot I agree with, but I know that no-one wants to damage the brand," he said earlier this week. "In the past we've got higher figures when it went later, but it will shift later on in the run, around episode five or six, which the BBC was going to do anyway." Episode two has already been rescheduled from 6.20pm to 6.45pm following Davies's comments. Anger over the earlier timing is the latest development in a long-running controversy over Doctor Who scheduling. |
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| I think the 7pm slot is better for Doctor Who, but that's because I was always literally running down the road to get back in time for earlier showings when I worked in the shop :lol:. Not long to go now. Can't say I'm as excited about this season as I have been for the others, slightly concerned about Donna since she annoyed me before :ermm: |
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I caught part of her interview last night with Johnathan Ross, in which she talked about how much she loves her pet cat, so I`m prepared to give her a go. ;) |
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| Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after she published knitting patterns for the sci-fi drama's monsters on the internet. The patterns of Ood and Adipose were removed from her website after the BBC's commercial arm complained that they breached its trademark. But the woman said the corporation was "making an example of her". BBC Worldwide said it acted because finished figures were being sold by others on auction website eBay. It also denied threatening legal action and said it had offered to consider marketing the designs itself. 'Ordinary fan' The 26-year-old, who does not want to be identified other than as her online moniker of Mazzmatazz, said: "All I want is the BBC to be fair." "I'm just an ordinary fan, who happens to like knitting and sci-fi, and everything has just gone a bit crazy," she said on her website. Her case is being publicised by the Open Rights Group, a lobbying organisation which specialises in digital rights issues. Executive director Becky Hogge told BBC News: "She doesn't feel she's doing anything wrong yet she's being threatened with legal action." "In the offline world, what she'd be doing would be fine. But because she's doing it online, which is a public space, it causes a problem. If you don't protect your trademark, it's taken away from you - and Doctor Who is massive for the BBC BBC Worldwide spokesman "The law is a blunt instrument - it doesn't recognise the difference between someone hawking fake Louis Vuitton handbags, and someone doing what Mazzmatazz is doing. She's not really infringing on the commercial interests of the BBC in any way. "I imagine the BBC's brand protection team are looking out all over the web for people infringing its trademarks and the e-mail they sent to Mazzmatazz was a stock one. "The ripple effect of that e-mail was quite upsetting." 'Unscrupulous people' A BBC Worldwide spokesman said it was not "heavy-handed" with "genuine fans of the show", but that it had to act in the interest of licence-fee payers by protecting the Doctor Who trademark. "If you don't protect your trademark, it's taken away from you. And Doctor Who is massive for the BBC. It's up to us to earn money from it so we can re-invest it in the BBC," he said. He added: "It's not that we don't admire creativity from fans - most of the time, we take the view that if it's small-scale and not for profit, then we turn a blind eye. "This lady, with the best will in the world, wanted to share with friends, family and fans. "But there were some unscrupulous people taking these patterns and using them on eBay to make profit for themselves. Unfortunately, we had to get to the source of the patterns - and that was her website." Flexibility He said that Mazzmatazz was still welcome to get in touch with BBC Worldwide to discuss the issue. "We were offering to take her ideas to our licensing team. While we don't have any plans to offer any knitted toys, in the future, who knows?" Ms Hogge said the case raised wider issues of intellectual property law, which is currently being reviewed by the government. "The BBC have got a difficult situation here - the fans are a very important part of Doctor Who," she said. "This situation shows there should be some flexibility in the law - both for fans and for the BBC." Story from BBC NEWS: |
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| As happened last year, Doctor Who will be taking a short break from our screen's after tomorrow's episode. This is to make room in the schedules for the BBC's coverage of the Eurovison Song Contest on 24th May, in which Andy Abraham will represent the UK in Belgrade. Silence In The Library, the first instalment of Steven Moffat's ultra-scary two-part adventure, can now be seen at 7pm on Saturday 31st May 2008. Here at the website, we'll try to make the gap bearable with some special bonus treats on the evening of Saturday 24th May. Make sure you come and check them out! |
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| As we're half way through Series Four, we thought we would remind you of the titles for the forthcoming episodes of Doctor Who. Unfortunately we're unable to reveal the title of episode 12 - as it's still top secret at the moment - but the rest of the episodes are as follows: Episode 8: Silence in the Library - by Steven Moffat Episode 9: Forest of the Dead - by Steven Moffat Episode 10: Midnight - by Russell T Davies Episode 11: Turn Left- by Russell T Davies Episode 12: TOP SECRET! Episode 13: Journey's End - by Russell T Davies Don't forget that Doctor Who won't be on this Saturday, but will return on Saturday 31st May. |
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| Appointment With Fear (UPDATED) Thrilling new trailer to debut next Saturday! Back To News List Tune into BBC One on Saturday 24th May, at the new time of 6.45pm, to see a special sneak preview of the rest of Doctor Who Series Four! Once you have seen the trailer, don't forget to head straight back here to watch it all over again online - and to check out our special web-exclusive Eurovision gap week treats! |
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| Cool, does that spoiler run in the same timeline as what we have already seen? |