Drama on BBC One takes another big leap in 2013 in the shape of some major event dramas, including The Village, Ripper Street, Luther, The White Queen and the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special. These shows will bring a rich range of tones and worlds to BBC One's fiction.
Christmas Eve 1892 and the falling snow is the stuff of fairy-tales. When the fairy-tale becomes a nightmare and a chilling menace threatens Earth, an unorthodox young governess, Clara, calls on the Doctor for help. But the Doctor is in mourning, reclusive and determined not to engage in the problems of the universe. As old friends return, will the Doctor really abandon humankind or will he fight to save the world – and Christmas – from the icy clutches of this mysterious menace.
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We are offering three pairs of tickets to A Shepherd’s Delight on Monday 3 December 2012 hosted by Matt Smith, NYT’s newest Patron and Britain’s favourite Doctor Who at Shepherd’s Restaurant, Westminster, London SW1. This exclusive dinner for only 80 people (or 79 and Matt) will raise funds for National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, the world’s first youth theatre. If you want to help NYT continue to discover epic talent or you want to mingle with NYT alumni including Matt, Luke Treadaway (Attack The Block) and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, these tickets are for you.
This one-time-only experience will begin at 6.30pm with a champagne and cocktails reception. A three-course dinner will be served at 7.30pm and the evening will include an auction of brilliant prizes, entertainment from current NYT stars and a DJ set by Mr and Mrs Jones (aka Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Richard Jones of The Feeling). Please note that these tickets can only be used by those aged 18 and over.
The three highest bids will each win one pair of tickets.
BIDDING WILL CLOSE AT 08:00 ON WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2012
To place a bid please email tickets@nyt.org.uk
Your email should include:
- Your maximum bid. Your bid must equal or exceed the reserve price of £350 (per pair of tickets). If you are one of the three highest bidders, your bid will be executed in an amount not exceeding the maximum amount you specified.- Your name, address and daytime phone number.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Please note that this Lot may only be used by someone aged 18 or over.
We will be updating the website regularly with the highest bidder information so keep checking back to see where it stands.
Email bids will close at 08:00 on Wednesday 28 November 2012.
The winning bidders will be notified by National Youth Theatre by 18:00 on Wednesday 28 November 2012. Payment will need to be received by National Youth Theatre of GB by close of business on Thursday 29 November 2012 to secure your Lot. Payment can be made by MasterCard, Visa or bank transfer only.
If you are one of the winning bidders and National Youth Theatre is not able to contact you by 18:00 on Wednesday 28 November 2012, you may forfeit your prize.
Acceptance by National Youth Theatre at the end of the silent auction of a bid made by each winning bidder made in compliance with the relevant requirements forms a binding contract between National Youth Theatre and each bidder for the purchase of the relevant Lot. The winning bidders have no right to withdraw from the contract once his/her bid has been accepted by National Youth Theatre.
Due to the spontaneous nature of the event, National Youth Theatre reserves the right to make any alteration to the Lot without prior notification to the winning bidder and without incurring any liability to the winning bidder consequent upon any such discontinuance or variation.
Starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and introducing Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, his new companion, this year’s Christmas Special is called The Snowmen and follows their adventures as they battle the villainous Doctor Simeon (Richard E Grant) and his army of sinister snowmen.
It promises to be a movie-scale episode and aside from Clara’s debut and the return of Strax, Vastra and Jenny, The Snowmen introduces a new look for the Doctor and a new monster that will have families shivering behind their sofas.
Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, said, ‘The Doctor at Christmas is one of my favourite things - but this year it's different. He's lost Amy and Rory to the Weeping Angels, and he's not in a good place: in fact, he's Scrooge. He's withdrawn from the world and no longer cares what happens to it. So when all of humanity hangs in the balance, can anyone persuade a tired and heartbroken Doctor that it's time to return to the good fight? Enter Jenna-Louise Coleman…’
Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, commented, ‘For this year’s Christmas Special we have the wonderfully villainous Richard E Grant as Doctor Simeon. As well as lizards, Victorian assassins and deranged warriors from the future all return to convince the Doctor that he should board the TARDIS again and save the world. Add to that Jenna-Louise Coleman and so begins the Christmas Special, 2012. I hope everyone enjoys it!’
Last week Alex Kingston recorded Doctor Who: The Angel's Kiss by Melody Malone in London.
In the most recent TV episode, The Angels Take Manhattan, River Song adopted the nom de plume of Melody Malone and wrote the book The Angel’s Kiss. It’s that book which she is now reading! We'll be releasing the audiobook soon.A quick look at amazon.co.uk will show you that they have a scheduled release date of 7 February 2013.
Date of Birth: 8th June 1943Phobias: Heights, standing at the edge of a cliff rather than jumping out of planes. Not too fond of spiders eitherMissing any special occasion: Half of the rehearsals for my role as Nanny Nelly in pantomime at Bournemouth.Miss most: My familyDream camper: Derren Brown. He can hypnotise me into thinking I am eating steak and chips rather than witchetty grubs!Relationship status: MarriedOne of the most famous actors ever to play Dr Who, Colin Baker is looking forward to his stint in the jungle because he hopes to lose a stone and a half in weight.Smiling, the 69-year-old star, who was the 6th incarnation of Dr Who between 1984 and 1986, admits he'd love to walk out of the camp thinner than when he entered. "I am a rather large gentleman and I adore my food," he says. "I could give up booze with a drop of a hat but food, my gosh there is not even a fridge I can raid in the middle of the night!
"But I am seeing this as an opportunity to lose weight. I am aiming for at least a stone and a half and it would be fabulous if I can. I just then hope I can keep it off once I am out!"It's thanks to Colin's four daughters that he is doing I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!"My children decided I should do this," he says, chuckling. "They are fans of the show and the programme is on incessantly every year. They told me I had to go on and they are so excited."They keep telling me that they can't wait to see me eat something disgusting. It's not something you would expect to hear from your children is it?!"Now I am about to go in the jungle, I wouldn't say I am excited. It's a mixture of intrigue, a feeling of resigned and interested to see how I am going to react. I haven't a clue as I have not done anything like this ever before. For me, this is pushing back the boundaries."And yet whilst he is happy to go in the jungle for his family, the actor admits he will miss them terribly. "It's the one thing I am going to find hard," he adds. "I don't think I will break down in the jungle but I am going to miss my wife and children a lot. I am the one that when things go wrong in the house, I deal with it. Even if I am out of the country I will sort it out. The fact that I am not going to be contactable is hard. I know I will worry."As the oldest member, Colin hopes he will be able to bring some wisdom to the camp. "I want to be kind to the people who are having a tough time, " he explains."And I will be stern with people who are not pulling their weight. I am only worried about being one of the oldest contestants in the sense that I will worry about matching the energy of the younger ones."Colin, who has enjoyed a distinguished acting career over several decades, starring in dozens of theatre shows including Privates on Parade and Run for Your Wife, says he would be chuffed if his stint on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! did lead to more TV work.He explains: "I am intrigued to find out what happens. It won't be weird going in as me rather than as a character because I still go to a lot of Dr Who conventions as myself. I still watch the show and I think the new Dr Who, Matt Smith, is brilliant."I don't think I would have done this if I was younger but at my time of life, I would be delighted if it did lead to more television."
The show starts on Sunday 11 November 2012 at 9pm - and ITV would miss a trick if they didn't have 06 as Colin's number...Keen to stress he definitely does not have a game plan, Colin admits it would be the icing on the cake if viewers voted him as their King of the Jungle. "I would like to win it," he says. "I am a tad competitive and if I do anything, I always want to win. But I wouldn't want to ever give myself an advantage over others. I would want to win it fair and square. It would be lovely if viewers thought I was alright and a good camper."
The Doctor will come face-to-face with some old enemies…We can confirm that the Cybermen will be menacing the universe once again when Doctor Who returns for a run of eight epic episodes in spring, 2013.The iconic enemies will feature in an adventure directed by Stephen Woolfenden and written by the acclaimed Neil Gaiman whose previous episode was the Hugo Award-winning, The Doctor’s Wife.
Starring Matt Smith as the Doctor and Jenna-Louise Coleman as the new companion, the episode co-stars Warwick Davis (Life’s Too Short and Harry Potter), Tamzin Outhwaite (EastEnders and Hotel Babylon) and Jason Watkins (Being Human and Lark Rise to Candleford) as a band of misfits on a mysterious planet…
Steven Moffat, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, told us, ‘Cybermen were always the monsters that scared me the most! Not just because they were an awesome military force, but because sometimes they could be sleek and silver and right behind you without you even knowing. ’ He added, ‘And with one of the all-time classic monsters returning, and a script from one of our finest novelists, it's no surprise we have attracted such stellar names as Tamzin, Jason and Warwick.’
The Cybermen last appeared in 2011’s Closing Time but debuted in 1966 opposite William Hartnell’s Doctor in the classic The Tenth Planet. Over the years they have proven constant in their attempts to terrorise the Time Lord, invade our planet and destroy humanity… Secrecy surrounds all future adventures but we can’t wait to find out more about the Cybermen’s latest deadly gambit!
I know collectors of Doctor Who memorabilia are very serious about it so I will be VERY SERIOUS in my description, too.
This is an exclusive Cast & Crew T-shirt created by Griffrig Rigging for the episode 'Curse of the Black Spot' (note the skull & crossbones above the Doctor Who logo), in which I played Captain Avery. The shirt has never been worn, you'll be relieved to hear, and I have signed it with a silver marker. I suspect the signature wouldn't survive a wash, so this is for the genuine collector rather than for someone who desperately wants to walk round town in a Doctor Who t-shirt with a signature on it and 'Griffrig Rigging' on the back.
I will add a signed photograph of me as Captain Avery, dedicated as directed by the winner of the auction.
Proceeds are going to a local education project, The Singing Bird School Trust - Reg. Charity 1045051.
Thanks for bidding!To bid, go to: Curse of the Black Spot signed cast and crew tshirt plus signed photo
A Doctor Who item passed to me by The Audio Adventures of Doctor Who Writer and Doctor Who Dalek, Barnaby Edwards. Now let's face it, not many people can claim to be both.
This is a CD of an episode written and signed by Barnaby, The Emerald Tiger, starring Peter Davison. It's not in its wrapper due to being autographed but otherwise is in pristine condition.
Also, a signed 10 x 8 photo of Barnaby Edwards and 'his' Dalek.
I'm really grateful to Barnaby for his allowing the proceeds of this auction to be put towards an education project for which I've been raising funds, The Singing Bird School Trust - Reg. Charity 1045051.To bid, go to: Doctor Who CD and Signed Photo
You are bidding on a SIGNED Doctor Who figure, signed TWICE by Matt Smith. This would make a great present for a Who fan.
I have met Matt a number of times through my job as a journalist and asked him to sign a couple of items for charity when he attended the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff on October 12. He initially signed the plastic and because I was worried it might come off I asked him to sign it again, so it is signed twice! Both are clean bold signatures.
You are bidding on a SIGNED Doctor Who postcard, signed by Matt Smith. This would make a great present for a Who fan.
I have met Matt a number of times through my job as a journalist and asked him to sign a couple of items for charity when he attended the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff on October 12. As well as the signed postcard there is also a rare Who laminate included that I got for attending the press day and the contents of a goody bag, with a fact sheet, magazine and a programme from the Experience in a Doctor Who bag.Once again, these are both charity lots to raise money for a very good cause so if you can't bid then please consider a small donation by following the link below:
