Top 5 Christmas Moments

Enjoy some clips of the best Doctor Who Christmas moments including The Unquiet Dead, The Christmas Invaision, The Runaway Bride, The Voyage of the Damned, and The Next Doctor.......

Series 4 Deleted Scenes

With the Series 4 boxset out now we are all able to enjoy some unaired scenes of Doctor Who. Hope you all enjoy....

Doctor Who Partners In Crime Geoff Noble Deleted Scenes (it is sad that Howard Attfield passed away but I feel that Bernard Crimmons, was better with his part in these scenes)


Unicorn and The Wasp Deleted Beginning


Unicorn and the Wasp Deleted Ending


Journey's End Deleted Goodbye Scene


Journey's End Deleted Ending leading up to The Next Doctor

Cut Scene.......

Journey’s End: Cut Scene
Location: Dårlig Ulv Stranden

The Doctor: Tell you what, here you go – (Throws them a chunk of CORAL – Doctor#2 catches it.) The doctor cont’d: This universe is in need of defending. Chunk of TARDIS. Grow your own.

The Doctor#2 : But that takes thousands of years.

The Doctor : No, because….

Donna : ….if you shatterfry the plasmic shell and modify the dimensional stabiliser to a foldback of 36.3, you accelerate the growth by 59!

The Doctor/Doctor#2 : We never thought of that!

Donna : I’m just brilliant

The Doctor : The Doctor. In the TARDIS. With Rose Tyler. Just as it should be.

Rose : (to the Doctor) But I didn’t think….what about you? You gonna be alright?

The Doctor : Oh, I’ve got madam.

Donna : Human with a Time Lord brain, perfect combination! We can travel the universe forever. Best friends! And equals, just what old skinnyboy needs, an equal!

FX: the TARDIS lamp flares, the box groans

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• Quiz: How much do you know about the Cybermen?
• Who’s where?: Find pieces of the Osterhagen Key aboard the Crucible!
• Secrets: Discover more about the Time Beetle on Donna’s back.
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• Doctor's Data: Peck the bubbling Hath.
• Comic strip: The Doctor and Donna arrive in London in the 1950s…
• Time Teasers: Scrambled Donna and Time Line!
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'Dr Who' director "blown away" by Davros

Graeme Harper has praised the casting of Julian Bleach as Dalek creator Davros for the recent two-part season finale of Doctor Who.

Speaking to TV Zone, veteran director Harper said: "I met him just after Christmas and was blown away... this bloke has got something that comes right through the mask.

"He's the Davros that we all know and have seen before and yet there is something fresh and different about him."He added: "Russell [T. Davies] said, 'I don't want him portrayed as an old professorial type. I want an elegant soldier, a military man. I want to know that this man was someone brilliant, who's now decaying, but he's someone who still has command'. That's what Julian brought to it."

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Digital Spy.............

'Doctor Who' Season Four: Cult Spy Awards

Before you can screech 'Allons-y Alonso' in a faux English accent, Cult Spy has rolled out the red carpet for our glittering awards ceremony to celebrate the best and worst of the revived Doctor Who's fourth season.

On to the first award we go...

Best Weight Loss Plan


Making Fern Britton's gastric band look like a string of liquorice, the Adipose cheerfully helped the masses shed those extra pounds - and a great deal more - in 'Partners In Crime'.

Atkins Diet - move over! In this Size Zero generation, Miss Foster's revolutionary weight loss pill could certainly find a market amongst those who don't read the small print (i.e. - the amount of weight lost is not conducive to living).

Worst Hair Restoral Plan


A thinning thatch has left many scientists scratching their bonces in search of a cure. A remedy they are unlikely to pursue is the one used by Mr. Halpen in 'Planet Of The Ood', where the ruthless human frequently imbibed a tonic provided by his Ood slave - unaware that it was poisoned. Still, at least he ended up gaining a few extra tentacles, if not follicles.

Most Inspired Bonkers Moment

The Doctor incapacitating a Sontaran in 'The Poison Sky' by hitting a squash ball onto its probic bent was hilarious, although traditionalists would rather a cricket ball have been deployed.

Similarly, the triumphant sight of the Tardis 'towing' the Earth back into position in 'Journey's End' also made for exhilarating viewing, as did the reinvention of Dalek Caan as a lunatic and Professor Peach being killed in the library with lead piping... by a giant wasp.

However, Wilf's attempt to thwart a Dalek with a paintball gun scoops the gong, bolstered by the subsequent fan-pleasing in-joke retort by the metal-encased mutant of "my vision is NOT impaired".

Best Shock

Billie Piper's cameo in 'Partners In Crime' came totally out of the blue, as we'd all been led to believe Rose Tyler would only be back in action towards the end of the series.

The scene in question was not included in any press screenings and Piper was left out of the published cast list, so it was totally unspoiled. This stroke of genius from the production team is a worthy winner.

Least Inspired Bonkers Moment


The Doctor once brought down Harriet Jones with six words. We can reveal the winner of this category in just three: Martha.Hath.Quicksand.

Worst Speech Impediment


In 'Forest Of The Dead', Donna's stammering sweetheart Lee tragically couldn't call out after the feisty temp upon returning from Dr. Moon's virtual world.
Supplying shivers rather than tears, the possessed character of Sky in 'Midnight' unleashed some fearsome mimicry and the vocal equivalent of predictive text messages.

However, making Dalek Caan's diction look inconspicuous, Billie Piper's lisping return to Rose Tyler in 'Turn Left' is the runaway winner. Just as well she didn't encounter the 'Slitheen'...

Most Random Pop Culture Reference


'The Stolen Earth' is a strong contender for not only featuring biologist Richard Dawkins (who happens to be married to former Doctor Who companion Lalla Ward), but also showing Captain Jack slating Ianto Jones for watching The Paul O' Grady Show.

A lovely Fawlty Towers reference cropped in 'The Fires of Pompeii', with The Doctor saying: "You must excuse my friend - she's from Barcelona". Yet nothing can beat the ingenuity of the Ood slave with a Homer Simpson preset function, barking out "D'oh". Utterly funny, yet also a poignant reminder of how the evil humans have sought to erode the identity of the Ood species in favour of commercialisation and commodification.

Most Upsetting Donna Noble Put Down

For rather tedious reasons, Donna's namecalling in 'Turn Left' included branding someone 'Vera Duckworth' - a Coronation Street character. Hardened old-school Whovians will remember when their beloved show was pitted against Coronation Street in a late 80s ratings battle that saw the time travelling show fall to as little as 3.1 million viewers. It still hurts... boo hoo!

Top Gross Out Moment

Mr. Halpen's transformation into Ood comes very close to winning, but he's already walked off with a shiny award. So give a round of applause to Davros for opening his leather tunic to reveal his startling meat-free ribs. Lopping off your pectorals to breed a new army of Daleks is certainly one way of avoiding manboobs in later years.

Most Eyebrow-Raising Cliffhanger


In 'The Sontaran Stratagem' The Doctor stands and surveys the fume-filled skies around him after failing to prise open the door to a car inside which Wilf is choking to death. Was it something he said? Fortunately Donna's mother used her brain and smashed the car window in with an axe to save the poor old man.

Character Most Worthy Of A Spinoff Show

Forget Jenny, The Doctor's dubiously spawned daughter. That would be far too contrived. Instead, we suggest a chatshow featuring the mighty and mental Dalek Caan himself, in which he predicts the future for his celebrity guests and regales them with his tales of unlocking the Time War (presumably Ctrl, Alt, Delete did the trick). Caan could be a cross between Russell Grant and Jonathan Ross. Meeting the latter's wages could be a slight stumbling block though...

10.5 MILLION..................

'Doctor Who' finale watched by 10.5 million

Over 10.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the fourth season finale of Doctor Who, it emerged today.Consolidated ratings from BARB show that 10.57 million witnessed the demise of Davros and emotional departure of Catherine Tate in 'Journey's End' on Saturday, July 5.

The figure includes 'timeshifted' viewers who recorded the programme and watched it shortly afterwards.This is the first time in the show's 45 year history that an episode has been the most watched programme on television during the week of broadcast, beating second placed coverage of the men's Wimbledon final by almost two million.

It is also the third occasion since the series was revived by the BBC in 2005 that it has broken the 10 million barrier. The opening episode 'Rose' garnered 10.81 million, while the 2007 Christmas Special 'Voyage of the Damned' reaped an audience of 13.31 million.

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'I never thought I would stand up for the cause'

Handsome, charming and openly gay, actor and presenter John Barrowman has become one of the best-loved faces on British television. But, as he explains to Alice Wignall, success has brought unexpected responsibilities

John Barrowman thinks that I fancy him. I'm not sure why - I said something complimentary about the male characters in Doctor Who, the series in which he makes occasional scene-stealing appearances as Captain Jack Harkness, and he appropriated it for himself, because he's gorgeous and used to people fancying him.

Now we're talking about the fluid nature of sexuality and attraction. "You could find Captain Jack attractive. Hey, you could find John attractive," he says, twinkling away at me like a rope of promenade lights on a gusty night, "and I could find you attractive. But that doesn't mean that anything's going to happen." I am suddenly hotly aware of the close confines of the dressing room buried beneath the BBC's Television Centre in which we are cocooned. "Right?" he says.

Too right - not least because of the new BBC1 show he's here to talk about. The Making of Me asked three celebrities to use scientific testing, psychology, brain science and genetics to investigate the origins of their defining characteristics, each in their own show. Vanessa Mae asks why she is musical, Colin Jackson wonders why he is fast, and Barrowman finds out why he is gay: a fact which I think is going to stand in the way of our blossoming mutual attraction. The results of the programme - is it nature, is it nurture? - are a closely guarded secret, though Barrowman has always been convinced that sexuality is not a choice. "I've always known who I am," he says. "That's what I believe. I feel I was born this way. I've never questioned that."

Until now, of course, and the issues that the programme addresses do raise one potentially uncomfortable point: if the conclusion is that homosexuality is a choice, learned behaviour or the result of a particular experience at a certain time, does that mean that gay people can choose again, or unlearn their preferences? Could he? "It's not going to change who I am," he replies, instantly. "I always said, if the outcome is you're born this way, I'm going to be ecstatic. If the outcome is that it's something that happens to you, a trauma or it's your choice, I will have to reflect and think about that, but it's not going to change who I am because I like who I am." If it is a choice, it's a choice he'd make again.

And why wouldn't he? As he tells it, Barrowman's experience of life as a gay man has been overwhelmingly positive. At 41, he has a supportive and devoted family, a 15-year relationship with his partner, Scott Gill, and a successful career (before starring in Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood, and graduating from there to appearances as a judge on the find-me-a-star reality shows Any Dream Will Do, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? and I'd Do Anything, he enjoyed a long and happy period as a leading man in the West End, mainly in musical theatre).

He mentions interviewing a Seventh Day Adventist "ex-gay" man while filming The Making Of Me, who believed that homosexuality was incompatible with a fulfilling life. "His idea was that you had to have the white picket fence and the farm and he was talking about it like it was something that I could never have," says Barrowman. "And I actually said to him, 'Yeah, but Ron, I have a partner, I have a dog, I have really nice cars, I have a beautiful home, I have a home by the sea and the beach. You can have that and be gay.' But he just couldn't see that."

Barrowman can see it. He and Gill are thinking about having children. "We're building a house in Cardiff on the beach. We're going to have six bedrooms in it and we feel like we've got a lot to offer." He says that from talking to different families for the show - both accepting of homosexuality and not - he learned that "a family unit is what you make a family unit".

Almost the first thing Barrowman does when he starts talking about the programme is insist that he's not a campaigner. "I never thought I would be like this," he says. "I never thought I'd be someone who would stand up for 'the cause'. I don't want to be a militant gay, because that's not me." But it's clear that he is naturally possessed of strong opinions. Since he and Gill became civil partners in 2006, Barrowman has always been adamant that it's not a "marriage". "I don't call it 'marriage' for my own reasons - and I would suggest to gay men and women that they don't call it a marriage, because it connotes religious organisations that don't like them, and why do we want to take that on board?"

But the recent escalation of his fame has put him in a position where he senses an obligation to do more. "I have to put it this way," he says. "There are some days that I sign, like, 400 pictures, autographs and stuff. And among those I generally get a bunch of, say, four, five emails and some written letters from young men and women who are struggling to come out of the closet and they don't know who to turn to because they're afraid of their family's reaction and they're afraid of their community's reaction. So when they approached me to do this [The Making of Me], I thought, 'Yeah, you know, I really kinda have to do it.' I do think I've got a responsibility to help change perceived attitudes or try to change them."

It's all a bit at odds with Barrowman's popular image, which starts with his showman's grin, an expert line in saucy banter and a reported fondness for showing everyone (especially co-stars who are trying to film a scene) his penis. His autobiography - Anything Goes, of course - tells stories of a carefree life in the limelight, hanging out with Claudia Schiffer on Valentino's yacht and having affairs with Spanish flamenco dancers called Paco. It's not that Showbiz John is a character that Barrowman plays for the public. Though he's clearly a born performer, there's no hint of concealed anguish beneath. It seems that he really is this upbeat, this positive, this happy, all the time. In TV appearances, he throws himself into the job with force: always eager to get the joke, make the joke, be the joke. It looks like uncontainable exuberance; sometimes it looks like he is having so much fun he may burst.

There is, actually, something slightly comic about Barrowman. He's so absurdly good looking, for one thing, and in such an obvious way: the teeth, the hair, the wide cheekbones and the blue, blue eyes. His American accent is almost too reassuringly warm (though he is able to segue into a broad Scottish brogue in seconds, a legacy of the first nine years of his childhood spent in Glasgow before moving with his family to Illinois, which is incredibly disconcerting; like being dragged across the Atlantic by your ears. He says both accents are his "natural" one) and his speech is peppered with phrases that, looking back, seem like fortune-cookie clichés: "I don't ask that you like me. I just ask that you respect me," is a favourite.

But at the time, and on him, it all works, because it's so patently sincere. He is just instinctively polite - waiting for me to turn over the tape in my Dictaphone before continuing a point, which hardly anyone ever does - and conscientious, diligently checking his notes from the programme to make sure he's getting it right. He is thoughtful and articulate, talking in long, seamless sentences, with passion and certainty. He might employ a hackneyed phrase every now and again, but it's because he believes them. And he has a natural solidity. You can see why he works on stage: he's tall and broad and booming; he's sure of what he's saying, and of himself.

In that, he's similar to his Doctor Who/Torchwood character, Captain Jack, who first appeared as a wayward interplanetary scoundrel who found friendship and redemption in the company of the timelord. On the one hand, he's cookie-cutter, old-school hero, all jutting jaw and big guns. On the other, he's a cheeky pan-sexual adventurer ("so many species, so little time") who landed a kiss on Christopher Eccleston's Doctor in the concluding storyline of the first series.

But - and this seems to be very Barrowman, too - Jack feels no tension or conflict about who he is. He lives in the confident expectation that the universe will order itself around him. Which it does. Captain Jack is one the best-loved of the returning characters - Torchwood was created pretty much to keep him on our screens - and his unapologetic eye for the gents as much as the ladies seems only to add to his appeal.

"I was doing a signing at a convention," Barrowman says, "and this father brought his son over and he said, 'Do you want Captain Jack's autograph?' and the kid said, 'Yeah, Dad, I don't care if he likes boys, he's still my hero.' And I thought, 'That's why I'm doing this.'

"I'd love to be a hero and that's why I love playing him, because he is a hero. But then, funnily enough, people have written to me and said I am their 'hero'" - he says the word with self-deprecating verbal air quotes - "because of standing up for what I believe in".

· John Barrowman - The Making of Me is on BBC1, July 24

Update......

BBC DOCTOR WHO SITE UPDATE

The BBC Doctor Who site have updated their homepage as a guide to series 4 of Doctor Who, the guide includes videos, wallpapers, games and other stuff from the entire series:

New DW Posters.....

My Top 5 ........

Ok So we saw Digital Spy pick on the top 5 episodes of series 4 Doctor Who.This is actually a pretty ruff thing to do because this has been a brilliant year for Doctor Who. I loved every episode, there is not one that I didn't like in some shape or form. They all had great qualities in each of them. RTD really out did himself this year!!! BRAVO!!!! So after really having to choose these are the ones that I came up with..lol:

5. "Partners in Crime"

In the first episode of the series You have Donna Trying to find the Doctor. When they do it is hilarious!!! The entire miming scene is what helps put it up in my top 5. Also the Adipose as well. All the monsters and aliens that have been scary and such. This time we get a cute bit of blubber that make you like them despite the massive damage they can do...lol

4. "The Doctor's Daughter"

In this episode the Doctor was forcefully made to give a sample of his DNA which produced well, his daughter Jenny. Even though it takes the Doctor awhile to accept her, he begins to care for her as a father. Even though the Doctor thinks Jenny has died and knows nothing of her regeneration. There is another Timelord out there and I feel he will find her again. Even though now he has been said that he is dating Georgia Moffet in real life...lol

3. "Midnight"

In this Psychological thriller of an episode, the Doctor finds himself instead of on a relaxing cruise, in the middle of a witch hunt. When a mysterious unseen parasite attacks a passenger, the Doctor tries to help but int he process winds up in a scary position and helpless when the other passengers try to kill him. This was the most frightful DW episode I can remember and it was because of the fact that the Doctor was so helpless.

2. "Turn Left"

Even though this was a Doctor Lite episode, it was fantastic! Just to see what the world would be like in the Whoniverse without the Doctor. Rose and Donna were great and I also think it really showed the type of person Donna actually was. A strong person even without the Doctor.

1. "Journey's End"

In this season finale there has been so many different thoughts on it. I on the other hand LOVED IT!!!! I think it was so far the absolute best season finale of DW yet!!!I loved that Davros was back to reek havoc across the universe, all the companions returned and were all together at once, that it was shown to the Doctor his soul. OMG there is really not much that I didn't like in this episode. Granted I think it could have been more extended then just 65 mins. I think it was in a way a but congested with way to many things happening at once but was still a great episode. I think it was great the fact that the Doctor knowing he could not spend the rest of his life with Rose, but gave her literally a piece of him that can do so. It was sad, but in another way great as well. The goodbye between the Doctor and Donna was especially sad with how that happened. He lost his best mate the same time he had to loose the woman he loves. Although on a happier note, I absolutely loved the entire sketch with the new Doctor and Donna!! That was Brilliant!!

Digital Spy......

This week on Doctor Who, erm... well... you see... I don't know what happens.

Yes, for the first time I've not been allowed a glimpse of the final episode. Can you believe it?!

Truth be told, I would feel more offended but this blackout is absolute. No-one in the media has been able to see the frighteningly-titled 'Journey's End', meaning we'll all be watching the season climax for the first time together this Saturday.

I can, however, have seen these rather curious pictures of scenes from the finale: As we can see, Sarah Jane doesn't die (but then, she was never going to, seeing as she has her own spinoff show and all). Plus, Jackie and Mickey return! There's no sign of Pete Tyler.

As it was so popular last week, time now for some of your Doctor Who-themed questions.

Hi Neil,I have a question regarding Doctor Who. He is a Time Lord and can travel in time, so if something bad is happening can he not go back in time to before the bad thing started and stop it happening?Sam Rao

Neil: Yes he could go back in time and do just that, but as we learned in the Pompeii episode this season, meddling with certain major events in history could have untold consequences. Such is the burden of a Time Lord.

Can you tell me why Doctor Who is not shown in HD when its spinoff series Torchwood is?Sameer Rao

Neil: Because Russell T Davies has flatly refused to, arguing that it costs more money (and he would rather spend his budget on special effects) as well as more time (which is already at a premium). Maybe when Steve Moffat takes over this will become a possibility.

Is Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) going to die in the finale of Doctor Who? plz plz tell me.doctorwhofan

Neil: When I spoke to her earlier this year about the finale, she said that the door had been "left open" for her character to return. Read into that what you will.

Just a quickie about the Doctor Who finale episodes. Will Rose and Gwen meet and will the Gweneth (The Unquiet Dead) / Gwen resemblance be addressed seeing as Gweneth was the first person to ever mention The Darkness and Bad Wolf. Or should we accept these are two completely different characters. Any chance of Eve Myles returning as companion for one of the 2009 specials?Chris Theed

Neil: It would be neat if they woved in a reference to the dearly departed Gwyneth, but I doubt it will be addressed. I doubt even more so that Ms Myles will be joining The Doctor in his big blue box any time soon.

how do fella..Do we have a start date for The Sarah Jane Adventures? And can you confirm mickey and martha are the Torchwood replacements for series 3 ? Take it easy.Lee Wilkinson

Neil: Sarah Jane season two is currently being filmed for an expected late September premiere on BBC One. I can't confirm anything about the new Torchwood additions, but personally, I'm hoping for newbies. Or a resurrected Tosh. Or even just the corpse of Tosh, I don't mind.

Hi. i would like to know, will Rose stay on planet earth with the Doctor or return to her universe after the finale?? Thank you!Tibbbzzzzz

Neil: What if she does neither?

Just finish watching Doctor Who 'The Stolen Earth'. Please tell me who the new doctor is. (P.S if its James Nesbitt I don't think I can watch Doctor Who even though i love it).Zahra

Neil: Probably the question everyone has been asking themselves this week. Let's just wait until Saturday, though, eh?Finally, a look at the trailer for the finale. Yes yes, Davros, we get that you're evil.

Doctor Who Adventures 71

Doctor Who Adventures 71

Doctor Who Adventures issue 71 was released today. Inside the issue you can read the top 5 moments from The Stolen Earth, and you can read a preview to the finale episode, Journey's End. Below is the press release;

Doctor what?

The Doctor’s regenerating! Just when we all thought the Doctor and Rose were about to meet again, a deadly Dalek appeared and blasted him – and what a shock that was (for the Doctor as well as us watching). And now he’s starting to change!

In this week’s Doctor Who Adventures we prepare readers for more shocks in the final episode of the current series – Journey’s End.

And don’t miss out on the chance to win a life-size Dalek in the first of our three-part competition. This Dalek will be friendly to the lucky winner… we think so, anyway.

The issue comes with a FREE Doctor Who Quiz Book with over 250 questions. How many can you answer?

PLUS:

• Three brilliant posters: Davros, The Stolen Earth and the Supreme Dalek.• The Stolen Earth: Check out the bits that shocked the world last week.

• Tales from the TARDIS: Eve Newton, who played Charlotte in Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead, tells us her favourite scene.

• Quiz: What do you remember about The Stolen Earth?

• Secrets: Behind the scenes on Midnight.

• Make: A creepy Davros mask for your face and turn yourself into a Library Node.

• Doctor's Data: Proper Dave and Other Dave facts.

• Comic strip: Part two of The Black Hole Gang.

• Time Teasers: Fun puzzles for you to enjoy

• Who knows!:Do all aliens have special phrases and why is the Doctor better at breathing than humans?

• Win: Goodies up for grabs.

• Subscription offer: Subscribe and you’ll get a FREE Doctor Who –Creatures and Demons book!

• ALL THIS AND LOADS MORE!

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