Behind the Sofa - an irrevant and occasionally adult collaborative blog:
Function at the Junction.Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day Five. Well, I’m spent. I have a standing rule when it comes to films and to an extent television programmes which I suspect most people also have in their heart of hearts. If a synopsis/preview...
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
Reviews: The Angel of ScutariDoctor Who has been many things. A Space Adventure Show; a Hardcore science fiction show; an Earth Invasion show; more recently a Love Story from Beyond the Stars show... even a James Bond from Space show. The one that seems to get little attention these days is the "Historical Adventure" show. So it’s at moments like this, just mere seconds after finishing the latest Big Finish play, The Angel of Scutari, that I feel the need to hop onto a computer and put my thoughts down...
News: TARDIS Shed WeekRegular Kasterborous readers will know how we like to champion the Doctor Who fan built projects whether they be Daleks, Cyberman cakes or TARDIS sheds. We featured one or two last year and as we reach the end of National Shed Week 2009 let's spare a thought for the superb TARDIS shed that lost out to what is to all intents and purposes a wooden chalet in the all-important Shed of the Year awards. Featured on WalesOnline earlier this week, Paul Williams's TARDIS shed looks the part and...
News: The Monster of Mars The release of BBC One's Autumn schedule highlights has brought with it the first close-ups of the horrific monster in the next Doctor Who adventure, The Waters of Mars. Isn't it horrific?! Played by Alan Ruscoe, "Andy Stone" is the name of the character that appears to have been taken over by sentient water. It's a frightening concept, but one which follows that of previous Doctor Who monsters - sentient suns, shop mannequins, etc. Helpfully the BBC Press Office have...
The peeps over at the official BBC site have just posted an update:
The Doctor Lands on the Moon!New Doctor Who short story
Behind the Sofa - an irrevant and occasionally adult collaborative blog:
I know what you did 44 summers ago...Children of Earth: Day Four Sweet. Mothering. Sunday. Towards the end, I suspect like most people, I was thinking that they're not going to gas the entire building - they're going to merely open the doors and quickly reveal in...
I'm Alright, JackTorchwood: Children Of Earth - Day Four Or John Fay sticks the boot in. Did you feel it repeatedly go into the already bloody and battered body of Labour's gloriously tarnished Third Way? Torchwood does politics in Day Four and...
Anglo Saxon Attitudes.Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day Four. "Six thousand, seven hundred units. Deal or no deal?" I didn’t cry. Not this time. This time I was shouting at the injustice of it all, as in “How dare they…†(‘they’ being the...
Should Have Gone To SpecsaversAlso known as "The Captain's New Clothes" or "Cup o'Beans, Mr Partridge?" Children of Earth: Day Three I do genuinely worry for some Doctor Who/Torchwood fans. After two series of what could, at the very least, be termed abuse and...
Not so many years ago a new Big Finish CD was pretty much the only new Who to look forward to. They've got news:
Big Finish at Bad WolfRepresentitives from Big Finish Productions will be attending the Bad Wolf Convention in Birmingham this coming Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 July. Lisa Bowerman will be on hand for the Saturday only, signing any copies of
Bernice Summerfield purchased from the BF table.
Big Finish MD and excecutive producer Jason Haigh-Ellery and
Companion Chronicles and
Lost Stories producer David Richardson will be manning the table, and will be selling many items at a once-only discounted price. Come along and say hello, let us know what you think of Big Finish - and grab yourself a bargain!
New Doctor Who fan fiction from A Teaspoon And An Open Mind:
Gwarcheidiol Seren by Time Lady Moony [Teen]*AU* A few months after Jack's return to Torchwood, Ianto Jones makes an interesting new friend.
The Lost Boy by Vicky Smith [All Ages]The Doctor is often surrounded by people - just not the one that he wants.
Five Ways Ianto Jones Should Have Died by SolarTorch [All Ages]Title says it all, really. (Children of Earth: Day Four spoilers)
Body Parts by frin tennant [Adult]Jack Harkness. Immortal. And now we know how he regrows, surely there are endless possibilities? Torchwood "season three" spoilers!
Surrender by Marcus S Lazarus [All Ages]When the TARDIS materialised in the middle of Martha's wedding, she never expected to find herself facing a race against time to save the Doctor's life
Behind the Sofa - an irrevant and occasionally adult collaborative blog:
Need His Moth :)Torchwood: Children Of Earth - Day Three That. Was. Scary. Scary Torchwood. I wonder if this is how we'll have to conduct diplomatic relations with the North Koreans when they decide to hold us to ransom by nuking the entire...
I Want to BelieveTorchwood: Children of Earth: Day Three Incredible. The best so far. The confrontation between Frobisher and the 456 halfway through the episode? Sweet Jesus that's intense! Oldest trick in the book, not showing the monster, but it's the way to...
Testimony of a Child.Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day Three. "Day Three in Thames House. Mr Frobisher is talking to the 456 about nominations." Riveting. It takes some very good writers (in this case Russell T Davies and James Moran) and excellent performances to...
Bits'n'PiecesIn a futile attempt to get something in the bag about Day Two here's a somewhat hopeless effort to slap a few entrails together, wrapped up as a blog post, in the hope that when I come back in 37...
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
News: Fans Rave over Iris WildthymeIris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus, the first book from Obverse, was released in May 2009, and has already sold sufficient copies to guarantee a second book in the series, The Panda Book of Horror. The Celestial Omnibus is a collection of short stories by some of the biggest names in Doctor Who prose fiction - as well as a few brand new writers - and features the adventures of Ms Iris Wildthyme, transtemporal adventuress, as she travels through time and space in her trusty Routemaster...
Blog of Paul Cornell - writer of Doctor Who (and other stuff, of course!)
Dark X-Men
Behind the Sofa - an irrevant and occasionally adult collaborative blog:
Well, I'll Be Breaking These Rocks...Torchwood: Children Of Earth - Day Two It's the little touches that impress in Torchwood. Mucking about with the sound design and giving us Gwen's POV is such a neat idea, so that the audience can share her disorientation and...
The Queen's Sister.Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day Two. Day Two was a demonstration of how a writer can get away with an awful lot if what they’re showing us is entertaining enough. In the main, this was the kind of episode Terrance...
Gone Fishin'Torchwood. Didn't that used to be on the radio? An every day story of Welsh folk. Designed by committee to fill a gap in the prestigious afternoon wireless schedules. Something to take the joint key demographics of starchy retired colonels...
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
News: St. Tennant's GoldDavid Tennant is adding a new post Doctor Who project to his CV - starring in the next St. Trinian's movie alongside Colin Firth and Rupert Everett in the follow-up film, The Legend of Fritton's Gold, reports BBC News. Also appearing will be Ashes to Ashes' Montserrat Lombard and Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding returns in an acting role, having appeared with her bandmates in the 2007 remake of the 1950s British movie which also starred Russell Brand and Gemma Arterton (pictured here). The...
Behind the Sofa - an irrevant and occasionally adult collaborative blog:
Kiddie FiddlingI haven't got enough time to review each and every episode of this week's Torchwood marathon. I've still got my head in the clouds and I spend most of my spare time these days getting Kilimanjaro out of my system....
The Chuckle Brothers In SpeedosTorchwood: Children Of Earth - Day One 'You're working for the Home Office and you've never heard of Torchwood?' Jesus, you mean they're not on Facebook? Not even Twittering? MI6 have got a lot of explaining to do this week....
The Technical Name is a Gizmo.I considered writing a review of the other Day One as a joke, but that'd be a bit cheap and annoying, wouldn't it? Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day One Torchwood's been a mixed bag. We all know it. Sometimes the...
The Thick of It.Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day One Blimey, that was good. Aren’t children terrifying? I’ve always thought so, which is probably why I haven’t become a teacher or helped to make any myself yet (well one of the reasons). Individually they’re...
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
News: St. Tennant's GoldDavid Tennant is adding a new post Doctor Who project to his CV - starring in the next St. Trinian's movie alongside Colin Firth and Rupert Everett in the follow-up film, The Legend of Fritton's Gold, reports BBC News. Also appearing will be Ashes to Ashes' Montserrat Lombard and Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding returns in an acting role, having appeared with her bandmates in the 2007 remake of the 1950s British movie which also starred Russell Brand and Gemma Arterton (pictured here). The...
News: Price of a DalekIf you're the owner of a 1960s classic series Dalekmania era Dalek, it looks as though the recent success of Doctor Who might just boost your bank balance a little. A recent question in the money section of The Mirror generated the following answer from a reader wondering how much their old toy Dalek was worth: The very first Doctor Who toys were the battery-powered Daleks made by Louis Marx in 1964. These make more than £200 in great condition today. You are lucky enough to own one...
News: Big Finish Eighth Doctor OfferFollowing the success of the smashing third series, a fourth series of Eighth Doctor Who adventures from Big Finish is set for release from December 2009 - with a special offer for the full series if purchased prior to the first episode! Kicking off in December 2009 with a Christmas special Death in Blackpool the series - starring Paul McGann as the Doctor and Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller - will continue after a few months off with nine new stories - including a second Christmas...
News: Euros Lyn Linked to MovieAs the rumours of a Doctor Who movie grow - with a possible announcement at the San Diego Comic Con on July 26th as Russell T Davies and David Tennant take centre stage - eminent Doctor Who director Euros Lyn has been linked to the film. Lyn has recently finished off the David Tennant TV era as well as helming all 5 hours of Torchwood: Children of Earth; his full list of Doctor Who credits are: The End of the World (2 April 2005) The Unquiet Dead (9 April 2005) Tooth and Claw (22 April...
New Doctor Who fan fiction from A Teaspoon And An Open Mind:
Want and despair by dr100 [All Ages]A set of good old fashioned drabbles to indulge in, concerning all eleven Doctors and their companions....of sorts.
Acceptance by IAmADalek [Adult]When Rose finds herself in trouble, the Doctor's going to have to step up, or lose her forever.
Rapture Cubed by lostwolf [Teen]Living a life is hard when you are very very pregnant - thank heavens for friends, old and new.
Shag Sories by scifiangel [Teen]Ianto needs more than he thinks Jack can give.
Join Us by Aibhinn [Adult]Rose and the Doctor have got to know this universe's version of Jack pretty well—and have decided they want more than just friendship. More or less PWP, really.
Not so many years ago a new Big Finish CD was pretty much the only new Who to look forward to. They've got news:
Eighth Doctor - Season Four Special Offer!We’re pleased to announce a special offer subscription is now available for the upcoming fourth season of Eighth Doctor adventures. The season begins in December 2009 with the Christmas special
Death in Blackpool (pictured left, with writer Alan Barnes and star Sheridan Smith behind the scenes). There will follow a few months’ hiatus until it returns with a run of nine stories, which will also include a second Christmas Special!
The offer, which is only valid until December 1 2009, is £70 for CDs or £65 for downloads, encompassing all 10 stories.
We hope to reveal more about the stories - including a few titles and guest stars - in the coming months.
Sock Puppets Phantastic!Big Finish is delighted to announce the winner of our
Phantom of the Opera video competition. Kev F Sutherland, alias the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, created a simply magnificent entry in which his high-pitched hosiery re-enact classic moments from the Big Finish audio adaptation, from the masked ball to the descending chandelier. £50 of free downloads will be winging their way to you, Kev. Many congratulations.
Other notable entries included several slick Hollywood-style trailers, two stop-motion Lego sequences, a brace of behind the scenes featurettes and even a beautiful hand-drawn animation. Thanks to everyone who entered the competition for their enthusiasm, dedication and brilliant imagination. Your videos will remain on our sister site
phantomaudio.co.uk for everyone to appreciate. As a special thank you, the two runners up will each be awarded £20 of free downloads. They are AJ (aka scurvymands) and Sam (aka Davros663). Well done, both of you.
But there has to be a winner and, with more than 50 views per day, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre's video becomes our official trailer for
The Phantom of the Opera. We Will Sock You!
You can view the winning entry
here.
Radio Free Skaro has the kind of irrevancy that makes it an essential listen for any iPod wielding space dustbin.
Radio Free Skaro #148 - Boom Town RatsThings took a turn for both the obscene and obsequious and Pedantor proved he could crawl even lower into the gutter he calls home and Warren was bested by Cracklor, a skypeovore that feasts on distorted, craptacular VOIP. Oh, and somewhere in this menagerie of madness the sometimes forgotten but certainly notable Boom Town was commented on by the Three Who Rule. Check out the show notes at www.radiofreeskaro.com
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
News: Movie Announcement SpeculationOkay... last week on the announcement that Russell T Davies and David Tennant would be attending the San Diego Comic Con in July, we speculated that this could be a great occasion to announce a Doctor Who movie. Since then several mainstream media sites have offered the same speculation - without any base other than "convenience". Yes, it is a convenient bit of speculation - we know that Russell T Davies is looking to move to the USA for work, he's got his visa and there is...
News: Cyberman BakerWell if you're feeling a bit peckish or looking for a suitable cake for a Doctor Who crazy kid (or adult!), then this superb bit of confectionary is for you! Produced by Linlithgow based Truly Scrumptious Cakes in Edinburgh, the Cyberman cake is the brainchild of cake designer Paul Bradford whose other creations include Edinburgh Castle and dragons. They've also produced a TARDIS cake in the past, and its only a matter of time before the world will see its first Truly Scrumptious Dalek! The...
Kasterborous often carries Who news which simply doesn't get covered anywhere else. Here's their latest:
News: Hamlet DVD Recording CompletedFilming on the David Tennant-starring Hamlet has finally finished, having taken up the majority of June - and once edits and post production are complete is expected to be screened on BBC TV later this year. Hamlet looks set t o become the highest selling educational DVD in UK sales history as it gets snapped up by consumers as well as finding its way onto both BBC TV and into teacher's cupboards across the UK. For foreign viewers, Hamlet looks set to be aired in the US - most likely on BBC...
