BBC News - Doctor Who 'to be made into film'
Dr Who is to be taken to the big screen by Harry Potter director David Yates.
Yates, who directed the last four Potter films, told Variety that he is about to start work on developing a “Doctor Who” film with the BBC.
He told the showbiz magazine that the film would take a fresh approach to the cult sci-fi show.
“We’re going to spend two to three years to get it right. It needs quite a radical transformation to take it into the bigger arena,” he said.
“Russell T. Davies and then Steven Moffat have done their own transformations, which were fantastic, but we have to put that aside and start from scratch,” he said.
Yates is reported to be working with the head of LA-based BBC Worldwide Productions, Jane Tranter.
A BBC spokesman said: “A Doctor Who feature film remains in development with BBC Worldwide Productions in Los Angeles. T
“The project is unlikely to reach cinemas for several years and as yet there is no script, cast or production crew in place.”
Doctor Who began in 1963, and seven actors played the Doctor before the show was dropped in 1989.
After a TV movie in 1996 - starring Paul McGann - the TV series returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the lead role. David Tennant took over in the same year.
The sixth series of Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith as the Doctor, broadcast on BBC earlier this year.
Doctor Who - Sneak Peak - Info on Episode 9 - NIGHT TERRORS
The second half of Doctor Who’s current series continues next weekend with ‘Night Terrors’, as the Doctor receives a distress call from the scariest place in the Universe: a child’s bedroom.
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Every night George lies awake, terrorized by every fear you can possibly imagine - fears that live in his bedroom cupboard. His parents are getting desperate - George needs a doctor. Fortunately for George, his desperate pleas for help break through the barriers of all time and space and the Doctor makes a house call. But allaying his fears won’t be easy; because George’s monsters are real.
Written by Mark Gatiss, ‘Night Terrors’ airs at 7pm on Saturday 10th September on BBC One. In the meantime, here are some hints for the episode…
» ‘Fear Her’, ‘The Eleventh Hour’, ‘The Beast Below’ and ‘Amy’s Choice’ are all evoked here.
» Seriously? Did Rory just do that thing he does, again?
» Gatiss returns to a film reference he used in The League of Gentlemen.
» The Doctor loves a Sontaran story.
» A scene from ‘Rose’ is almost repeated.
» Rory thinks that The Doctor is in a long-running UK soap.
» A non-television Doctor Who story is directly referenced.
» Something that happened to Amy and Rory in ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ happens to them again.
» A flaw in the Sonic Screwdriver appears again.
» Is The Doctor thinking about ‘The Greatest Show In The Galaxy’?
(article and info via CULT BOX)
Doctor Who - The Girl Who Waited Story Details
The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine has a preview of episode 10, The Girl Who Waited, and there are some interesting plot details revealed.
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Matt Smith interview: ‘Doctor Who should be scary’ - Digital Spy
“It’s almost that time again! Yes, Doctor Who is back on our screens this weekend, and what better way to celebrate than to have a chat with the Doctor himself?
Well, we couldn’t quite manage that, but we’ve got the next best thing - Matt Smith! Yes, the current TARDIS inhabitant chatted to reporters recently about what we can expect from the new episodes of Doctor Who.
Read on to find out what he thinks of claims that Doctor Who is too complicated, what we can expect for Amy, Rory and River, and what’s coming up in ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’…”
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Doctor Who’s Global Takeover
Steven Moffat Interview: ‘Doctor Who’ Season 7, Amy Pond, River Song …
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Once a cult drama, British sci-fi show “Doctor Who” has become a worldwide phenomenon. Jace Lacob sits down with head writer Steven Moffat to discuss the state of the franchise and rumors about the seventh season.
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Steven Moffat and Karen Gillan on River Song, How Her Parents Met and Hitler. | TVGuide.com
Only in the world of Doctor Who can the time traveler you’ve seen as a maternal figure end up being your future, grown-up daughter.
That’s the rather absurd reality that Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) faced about the mysterious River Song (Alex Kingston) in the June midseason finale and will continue to cope with when the show returns with the episode “Let’s Kill Hitler” on Saturday at 9/8c on BBC America. “After that big revelation, it is going to change the dynamic between everyone,” Gillan tells TVGuide.com.
Showrunner Steven Moffat admits that he didn’t think of the time-bending twist when River first appeared two seasons ago, but once he decided he wanted Kinsgston, back he cast Gillan as the new companion to the 11th Doctor (Matt Smith) with that possibility in mind. “I used the name Pond for that reason, to create a link,” he explains. “It was Plan A for a long time … There is the new companion; she’s getting married the next day. My favorite dirty joke in Doctor Who is the title of Episode 13 in Series 5, ‘The Big Bang,’ the night when River began. I laughed a lot when I thought of that.”
Despite the flip-flopped ages, Amy and River have much more in common than their ginger-tinged hair. “I think that the moment that you actually see them together, it makes sense, how similar they are in certain aspects,” Moffat says. “That sort of devil-may-care attitude, how naughty they are. Either of them, without the presence of The Doctor, would just be wicked.”
“What we are going to really explore is that relationship between Amy and River,” adds Gillan. “Now, it is kind of flipped. Amy has these maternal instincts towards her daughter obviously. Me and Alex Kingston have so much fun playing around with that.”
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