Tardis Travels: 07/01/2009 - 08/01/2009

New Waters of Mars Trailer

27 July 2009

A New Trailer for the next Doctor Who Special was released at the San Diego Comic Con! This Trailer features some scenes that we have already seen in past Trailers and a lot more we havn't already Seen! The Trailer can be seen here (Sorry I couldn't post it because it wouldn't work)!

This Trailer makes The Waters of Mars a whole lot better and more exciting! I just can't wait for it! Also there was a Trailer for the Last Special, which will be named The End of Time(Hilight Gap to reveal)! But I thought I wouldn't post that because I'm getting quite sick of all theys spoilers and I spoiled myself when I watched it, so if you wan't to watch it you can find it yourself!

Torchwood To Continue!

26 July 2009

A Representative for BBC America recently confirmed that the Doctor Who Spin off, Torchwood will be continuing for a Fourth Series! It was said that it would only continue if the viewing rating were good for the latest Series, Children of Earth! Which we saw earlier were very good so here we are with a fourth Series coming back to our screens soon! No other information on this topic has been released but a press release is surely expected some time soon!

Russel T Davies was asked how the Series would continue with Ianto dead, Jack gone and Gwen with a baby! Russel T Davies said that he had absolutely No clue how it would continue! If no scripts or anything ready does this mean a 2 year wait maybe? What do you think?

San Diego Comic Con Revealed...

San Diego Comic Con recently held revealed a few things to us about the Doctor Who Movie and David Tennants Final! All these speculations and rumours around a making of a Doctor Who movie were recently denied by our 10th Doctor David Tennant! David said that there is No current news regarding a Doctor Who Movie! Also Tennant Final Confirmations. John Simm, to us known for playing the Master is definitely returning as once again The Master, and Timothy Dalton making an appearance! Euros Lyn confirmed that he'd shown the re-generation scene Tenant to Smith to Murray Gold, who "bawled like a baby." Russel T Davies also confirmed that when Steven Moffat takes over, there will be no Matha Jones, Mickey Smith or Wilfred Mott being seen! What do you think of that, do any of those three die?

Credit to Tardis Base for the Icon!

New K-9 To Be Voiced By John Leeson

The Latest Issue of Doctor Who Magazine released on Thursday, told us that The New K-9 in the New Upcoming K-9 Series will be Voiced by John Leeson. John Leeson has been the Voice of Doctor Who's K-9 for many years now. Fans were told previously that it would be a different person providing the voice of K-9 for the series so its come as quite a shock! The Series contains 26 episodes and will air in 2010!

Summer Award Results

25 July 2009

The Results are now in for The Tardis Travels Summer Awards, We had more entry's than we ever thought, so thank you to everyone who entered, it is appreciated so much! Unfortunately only 11 could win an Award, but do come back next time if you didn't win one, you never know anyone can win an award! To see the Results click Here!

Russel T Davies Interview

24 July 2009

Entertainment Weekly recently released an Interview with current Doctor Who writer(Soon not to be) and Torchwood writer, Discussing the latest Torchwood Series, Children of Earth. You can see the Full Interview Below:

Q: Why'd you kill Ianto?
A: The threat to the world was just so great it simply would have been unlikely if everyone had survived. Torchwood is an adult show. We have killed off leading members of the cast before. Those have always been the stakes. Poor Ianto was defeated by a greater evil, I'm afraid.

Q: So this wasn't something that resulted from Gareth wanting to leave?
A: No, it was my decision.

Q: What do you make of the fan backlash?
A: It's not particularly a backlash. What's actually happening is, well, nothing really to be honest. It's a few people posting online and getting fans upset. Which is marvelous. It just goes to prove how much they love the character and the actor. People often say, 'Fans have got their knives out!' They haven't got any knives. I haven't been stabbed. Nothing's happened. It's simply a few people typing. I'm glad they're typing because they’re that involved. But if you can’t handle drama you shouldn’t watch it. Find something else. Go look at poetry. Poetry’s wonderful.

Q: Can you confirm that Ianto is, in fact, dead?
A: I’m afraid so. He’s a wonderful actor. I've worked with him before. I’m a big fan of his and I [look forward to] watching his career prosper. But death is death in this case. It would devalue the entire plot if we brought him back.

Q: But it's a risky thing to kill off such a popular character.
A: Absolutely. There’s a risk that some people won’t come back to watch now that Ianto’s gone. I thank them for watching the show and I recommend they go watch Supernatural, because those boys are beautiful. And don’t tell me they’re brothers. [Laughs] Not in my mind.

Q: One of my readers wondered if you were under pressure to de-gay Torchwood and that's why you killed him off.
A: I think you can forget about people picking up gay rights as an issue. It's rather like children picking up nursery blocks and waving them in the air but having no idea what it entails. We’re talking about issues in my entire life here, not just one small television program. If they did research they’d go and look at the history of gay and lesbian characters that I have put on screen. They should simply grow up, do some research, and stop riding on a bandwagon that they actually don’t know anything about.

Q: What was Gareth's reaction when you told him you were killing Ianto?
A: Oh, he’s a lovely, professional man. He completely understood. He’d seen two major characters disappear the year before. It’s a job. It’s a very straightforward process. He loved filming that great big death scene.

Q: With half the cast dead, where does Torchwood go from here?
A: We don’t yet know about our fourth series, but I’m fairly confident [it will continue] in some shape or form. I will just sit down and invent new stories and characters. That’s what I’ve spent my entire life doing. It’s not difficult at all. I could write the first 10 scenes in an episode right now.

Q: Will Jack continue to be the centerpiece?
A: Oh, I would think so. I would hope so. He’s absolutely fundamental to Torchwood.

Q: Do you think you'll stick to the miniseries format?
A: It’s hard to say. It’s been pretty successful. We were the number one show for five nights running [in the UK], which was amazing. Everything’s looking good, but it’s hard to say. We’re in a recession so no one gets easy money to make television. I like continuous story. I like doing new things. In many ways, Torchwood was designed as a digital weapon. It’s kind of multi-purpose, multi-adaptable, shape-shifting weapon that can become anything. I’m kind of excited what we’ll do next.

Q: What about a feature film?
A: Oh, God. Raising money for that would be harder than a television show. But anything is possible.

Q: Any hints about where the story will go next?
A: No, it’s literally too soon. I don’t know yet.

Credit to Whovian-Guy for this interview. What do you think of this interview, it most certinely interested me!

The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 Boxset

23 July 2009

BBC DVD have now comfirmed that The Sarah Jane Adventures Series 2 will be released on DVD soon. The Box Set will contain all six episodes with each one made up of two-parters. The Series stars Elizabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony, Anjli Mohindra. BBC DVD have not released any more details like the cover or release date, but I will inform you as soon as possible when this infomation is released. Credit to Doctor Who Hideout for this news!

Children of Earth Final Ratings

BARB have now released the final viewing ratings for Torchwood Sereis 3, Children of Earth. You can see the ratings below for BBC One. Do you think this means a Series 4, I think quite possibly because theys rating are pretty good!

Day One: 6.47 million viewers, 4th most watched of the day
Day Two: 6.14 million viewers, 9th most watched of the day
Day Three: 6.40 million viewers, 7th most watched of the day
Day Four: 6.76 million viewers, 4th most watched of the day
Day Five: 6.58 million viewers, 5th most watched of the day

More Series 5 Filming

22 July 2009

Well Series 5 filming is still getting pictures, and I should be posting them, but as there is another site out there posting literally all of them then whats the point in me doing it! To see Series 5 filming Pictures visit Life, Doctor Who, and Combom! I'll still be updating everything else and some very interesting things from filming of Series 5, just not so many pictures!

New Award

We've won another Award in the Eye of Harmony awards. I am really so chuffed to have been given the 2nd Blog of the Year! I just can't believe it, thank you so much Whovian-Guy it was so kind of you to give us it! You can visit his website, The Eye of Harmony by clicking here. You can view our Award below:

Thanks so much Whovian-Guy, it will be on the Award wall in no time!

New Sonic Screwdriver

21 July 2009

Well there are quite a few new things in Series 5 now including...A NEW SONIC SCREWDRIVER! It looks so cool and a picture was recently captured of it. You can see the picture with Matt Smith throwing it up below:

Do you like the new sonic screwdriver or do you prefer the old one? I most certainly like the new one!

Series 5 Press Release

The official BBC Doctor Who Site have now released a Press Release for series 5 of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillian. The Press Release Can be seen below, enjoy:

Filming has at last started on the next series of Doctor Who! New showrunner and long-running Doctor Who fan Steven Moffat has developed this series and, as Lead Writer and Executive Producer, will be responsible for the overall creative direction of the show, as well as plot and character arcs. His previous episodes of Doctor Who, including the BAFTA-winning episode Blink, have garnered widespread acclaim from critics and fans alike. Discussing the series, Moffat commented:"And here it is, the big moment - the new Doctor, and his new best friend. And here's me, with the job I wanted since I was seven. 40 years to here! If I could go back in time and tell that little boy that one day all this would happen, he'd scream, call for his Mum and I'd be talking to you now from a prison cell in 1969. So probably best not then. Matt and Karen are going to be incredible, and Doctor Who is going to come alive on Saturday nights in a whole new way - and best of all, somewhere out there, a seven-year-old is going to see them, fall in love, and start making a forty year plan..."Piers Wenger, Executive Producer and Head of Drama, BBC Wales added, 'The scripts for the new series are every bit as funny, thrilling, scary and imaginative as you'd expect from the man who brought us The Empty Child and Blink. There's a strange and perfect alchemy between Steven and Matt Smith and the next few months are going to be riveting as that relationship starts to emerge on screen. Steven always says he's been waiting to do this job since he was seven. But it's actually the Doctor who has been waiting for him.'The new series follows on from three Doctor Who specials starring David Tennant which will transmit later this year.Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning says: "I am thrilled that a whole new generation of children will forever say that their Doctor was the wonderful Matt Smith." The series was co-commissioned by Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning for BBC One and Jay Hunt, Controller of BBC One and will be produced by Tracie Simpson (Doctor Who) and Peter Bennett (Torchwood). Steven Moffat is Lead Writer and Executive Producer (Jekyll) with Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales and Beth Willis (Ashes to Ashes), also Executive Producing.Filming is taking place in Cardiff right through to March, 2010 and we'll be here to bring you the production news as it happens. So stay tuned. The journey starts right here!

Big Series 5 Update

20 July 2009

Well havn't posted any news for a bit and soon after filming started for Series 5 of Doctor Who, starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillian as the 11th Doctor and his new companion whose name was recently confirmed as Amy Pond! Also the 11th Doctor's costume has also been confirmed which you can see in the pictures along with a slightly new looking Tardis! Below you can see a load of pics from filming and a few interesting ones that I'll comment on:

Contains Spoilers!

The Doctor and Amy standing by a different looking Tardis!

Matt in the new Costume

Smoke? Some sort of explosion maybe?

What do you think of these pictures? Do you like the changes? And mostly do you like the Costumes and new Tardis look? Please comment!

New Torchwood Novels

17 July 2009

Three new Torchwood Novels have confirmed a release. The covers and synopsis for each book has now been released and you can see below:Saving the planet, watching over the Rift, preparing the human race for the twenty-first century… Torchwood has been keeping Cardiff safe since the late 1800s. Small teams of heroes, working 24/7, encountering and containing the alien, the bizarre and the inexplicable.But Torchwood do not always see the effects of their actions. What links both the Rules and Regulations for replacing a Torchwood leader to the destruction of a supermarket? How does a witness to an alien’s reprisals against Torchwood become caught up in a night of terror in a university library? And why should Gwen and Ianto’s actions at a local publisher’s affect Torchwood more than a century earlier?For Torchwood, the past will always catch up with them. And sometimes the future will catch up with the past...

'Are you trying to tell me, Captain Harkness, that the entire staff of Torchwood Cardiff now consists of yourself, a woman in trousers and a tea boy?’Agnes Havisham is awake, and Jack is worried (and not a little afraid). The Torchwood Assessor is roused from her deep sleep in only the worst of times – it’s happened just four times in the last 100 years. Can the situation really be so bad?Someone, somewhere, is fighting a war, and they're losing badly. The coffins of the dead are coming through the Rift. With thousands of alien bodies floating in the Bristol Channel, it's down to Torchwood to round them all up before a lethal plague breaks out.And now they'll have to do it by the book. The 1901 edition.

The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back. They’re suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century, and they won’t tolerate any efforts to repel them. An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness.It’s been a busy week in Cardiff. The Hub’s latest guest is a translucent, amber jelly carrying a lethal electrical charge. Record numbers of aliens have been coming through the Rift, and Torchwood could do without any more problems.But there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night-time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn’t want to be buried.Torchwood should be ready for anything – but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering be the Undertaker’s gift to planet Earth?

Thanks to Doctor Who Online for these covers. These novels are due for release on the 1st of October, at the RRP of £7.99 in the UK and Ireland.

Doctor Who 2010 Calender and Pocket Diary

The Cover and Details for the 2010 Calender and pocket diary have now been released. With no full series this year the calender will have a few Changes in it, as it use to feature every episode on each month. The Calender is due to release on the 1st of September, this year. You can See the Calender and synopsis below:

Doctor Who is a national treasure which gets better with age. Re-live some of David Tennant’s finest moments with our 2010 calendar celebrating his reign. With his lamented departure, this calendar will at least help with the withdrawal symptoms.

Also the 2010 Doctor Who Pocket Diary cover and details have been released. The 2010 pocket diary follows on from the previous ones. It is due to be released on the 2nd of September, this year. You can see the Cover below:

July Awards Open

15 July 2009

The July Awards have now opened. Anyone with a blog on Doctor Who, Torchwood or SJA can enter. To enter go over to the Awards page or click here. There are quite a lot of awards up for grabs, anyone of you could get it so please enter. The Awards Entrys will end on the 31st of July. For more information see the awards page!

Awards

13 July 2009

We entered Tardis Travels into the Laser-Screwdriver awards. Unfortunately we didn't win an award in it. Maybe next time we might. You can see are 'Thank You for Entering' Award below:
Thank you anyway Laser-Screwdriver.

Torchwood Children of Earth DVD

The Torchwood Children of Earth DVD was released today in all good retailers. The DVD features all five parts of Children of Earth, including special features; Torchwood Declassified and Torchwood In the Shadows, an Audio Clip read by Eve Myles. You can see the cover and synopsis below:

An ordinary day becomes a world of terror, as every single child in the world stops. A message is sent to all the governments of Earth: ‘We are coming’. But as a trap closes around Captain Jack, sins of the past are returning, as long-forgotten events from 1965 threaten to reveal an awful truth.
Torchwood are forced underground, as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down, Britain risks becoming a rogue state, with the mysterious and powerful 456 drawing ever closer. Captain Jack, Gwen and Ianto are helpless, as events escalate until mankind faces the end of civilisation itself. Guest Starring: Kai Owen (Rhys), Peter Capaldi (Mr Forbisher) & Paul Copely (Clem)

Torchwood Children of Eath will be released at the RRP of £24.99 today in all good retailers.

Sorry For Lack of Updates

11 July 2009

I am

very sorry for the lack of updates. I havn't had any time to do anything. Last week I w

as away so I couldn't do anything about Torchwood! I missed all the episodes, but now I have seen most of them. Updates should be back now unless I say otherwise. But I will warn you, there will be a few times when I will be away and won't be able to post this summer! Anyway, I'm going to do some big updates to the Torchwood page. I hope you all enjoyed Torchwood, I thought it was FANTASTIC! Also I thought that the site needed a bit of brightening up so I have done some colour changes. A few updates are going to be happening so look out for them!

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