Torchwood is Back!
Gwen and Captain Jack
With all the new faces on Doctor Who it was never entirely clear what would happen with it’s spin off show, Torchwood. However, the Beeb have announced today that Torchwood will be back, and it’s gonna be bigger then ever!
Dispite handing over the reins of Who to Stephen Moffat, Russell T Davies has retained his head writer/show-runner status on Torchwood, heading up a team of writers for the new series. One major change this time though is that the show won’t all be coming from Wales. Plans are afoot to give the show a more global look, with filming scheduled to take place in the US, and other locations around the world. John Barrowman and Eve Myles will be back as Captain Jack and Gwen, along with a new set of Torchwood recruits.
The new 10-episode series will be a co-production between BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Worldwide and US network ‘Starz Entertainment.’
Doctor Who Adventure Games Coming To PC and Mac
Doctor Who Adventure Games!
Control The Doctor
I’ve always wondered why we’ve never had a decent Doctor Who game before, and now the BBC have taken the time to create, not just 1 game, but 4!
Being released for free from the BBC website in June, you’ll be able to guide The Doctor (in new Matt Smith guise) and lovely assistant Amy Pond through 4 Doctor Who based adventure games. All the voice over work is being provided by the original actors, the music provided by Who composer Murray Gold, the stories written by Who writers Phil Ford & James Moran, and the whole thing overseen by Who head-honcho, Steven Moffat. It’s all genuine Who.
Who Exec Producer Piers Wenger is quoted as saying “There aren’t 13 episodes of Doctor Who this year, there are 17 – four of which are interactive. Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe: we’ll be taking you to places you’ve only ever dreamed about seeing – including locations impossible to create on television.”
The Doctor and Amy
And the games aren’t some cheap, dodgy, browser based affair, but full blown, downloadable adventures. Development of which has all been controlled by game guru Charles Cecil – the man behind classic adventure games such as ‘Beneath a Steel Sky‘ and the ‘Broken Sword‘ series.
If your hoping for the games to appear on consoles, sorry to say, don’t hold your breath. They’ll only be available on PC and Mac because console releases would result in the BBC having to fork out for Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo licensing, which understandably, they won’t do.
So, free Doctor Who PC games, from the BBC, developed under the watchful eye of a adventure gaming giant? That can’t be a bad thing!
Writers and Directors For Doctor Who Series 5!
With Doctor Who – series 5 (aka series 11/1… aka series 31… depending on which numbering system your using…) premiering in Wales last night, there’s lots of Who related stuff on the web today! Along with the clip above, the beeb have also releases a full list of writers, directors, and a list of some of the guest stars. They’ve also confirmed the release date as 3rd of April 2010.
Guest Stars (in alphabetical order)
James Corden, Tony Curran, Arthur Darvill, Iain Glen, Alex Kingston, Helen McCrory, Ian McNeice, Sophie Okonedo, Bill Paterson, Meera Syal, Nina Wadia
Executive Producer and Lead Writer
Steven Moffat
Writers
Steven Moffat (ep 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 13)
Mark Gatiss (ep 3)
Toby Whithouse (ep 6)
Simon Nye (ep 7)
Chris Chibnall (ep 8, 9)
Richard Curtis (ep 10)
Gareth Roberts (ep 11)
Directors
Adam Smith (ep 1, 4, 5)
Andrew Gunn (ep 2, 3)
Jonny Campbell (ep 6, 10)
Catherine Morshead (ep 7, 11) Ashley Way (ep 8, 9)
Toby Haynes (ep 12, 13)
2010 UK Air Dates for Geeky Shows!
2010 UK Air Dates for Cult Shows
Click here for the new updated list of UK air dates!
As we head into Feb of 2010 a number of our favourite shows are finally starting to come back to the screen, so I thought a list of air dates might be handy to a few of you out there!
If there’s any more show’s you’d like uk air dates for, just leave them in the comments and i’ll see what we can find out!
UK Air Dates for Cult Shows in 2010
24, Day 8 – Sky 1 – 9pm, Sun 24th January 2010.
First 2 episodes will be back to back at 9pm and 10pm!
Caprica, Season 1- Sky 1 – 9pm, Tues 2nd February 2010.
Lost, Season 6 - Sky 1 – 9pm, Fri 5th February 2010.
Supernatural, Season 5 – Living TV – 9pm, February 10th 2010.
First 2 episodes will be run back to back.
Legend of the Seeker, Season 2 - SciFi Channel – 8pm, Mon 15th February 2010.
NOTE: The first 4 episodes are running nightly on the 15th to 18th February at 8pm, and then will run weekly on Thursday nights at 8pm from 25th Feb.
True Blood, Season 2 - FX – February 26th 2010.
House, Season 6 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 7th 2010.
Fringe, Season 2 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 9th 2010.
Bones, Season 5 (continued) - Sky 1 – March 2010.
FlashForward, Season 1 (continued) - Five – Monday March 22nd at 9:00pm
Back with a double bill at with Revelation Zero Part 1 at 9pm and Part 2 at 10pm.
Stargate Universe, Season 1 (continued) - Sky 1 – 13th April 2010 at 8pm.
V, Season 1 – SciFi – 13th April 2010.
Doctor Who, Eleventh Doctor, Series 1 - BBC1 – 3rd April 2010 (13 episodes)
I’ve given up trying with Series numbers on Who. It’s Series Five of new Who, but DW Mag are referring to it as Series One… Although if your proper old school, it’s also series 31… 
Ashes To Ashes, Series 3 - BBC1 – Friday 2nd April at 9pm, 2010.
Last series of Ashes to Ashes, promising to answer questions and round off the Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes story (8 episodes).
Castle, Season 1 - Alibi (sky 132, virgin 130) – Wednesday 7th April at 9pm, 2010.
Ladies, get your Captain Tightpants fix, as ‘Castle’ reaches the UK! Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Firefly, Serenity) stars as Richard Castle – a famous mystery novelist who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes.
Smallville, Season 9 – E4 – Best guess at the moment is ‘when E4 can be bothered…’ (usually around May 2010 if they’re true to form)… and they have the gall to complain about people downloading episodes, when it started airing in the US in Sept 09! UPDATE: Latest word from E4 is ‘sometime next month (JUNE 2010)’ after it finishes airing in the US on 14 May 2010… UPDATE 2: Latest rumour is June 1st 2010 for Smallville, Season 9‘s return to British TV!
Trying not to go off on another major rant about E4 and their ridiculous scheduling policies…
Dexter, Season 4 – FX – Friday August 27th 2010 at 10pm
Click here for the new updated list of UK air dates!
Matt Smith’s Doctor Who Series 5 Trailer!
As we wave a sad farewell to David Tennant after this evening’s Doctor Who ‘End of Time – Part 2′, we say hello to the eleventh Doctor – Matt Smith. The BBC have just released this frankly awesome looking trailer for Matt’s first outing, due Spring 2010! Much as i’m sorry to see David go, i’m looking forward to Who taking a new direction with its new lead and new show runner in Steven Moffat. I’ll reserve proper judgement till i see series 5 of Doctor Who in full, but looking at this, i think we’re in safe hands!
Doctor Who Christmas BBC Idents 2009
Christmas is coming, and as we all know David Tennant‘s Doctor is going, and to help promo Doctor Who‘s double outing this festival period (, the Beeb have worked up a few Who related idents.
Main BBC Doctor Who Christmas Ident
Other BBC Doctor Who Christmas Idents after the jump…
