Promo Images - Doctor Who Series 11 - Episodes 1 and 2

Apologies for my tardiness - promo images for Series 11, Episode 1 - "The Woman Who Fell To Earth" and Episode 2 - "The Ghost Monument" have now been uploaded.  Full size images are in the Who-Natic Gallery.  Thanks to farfarawaysite.com for the images.

"The Woman Who Fell To Earth."

Video - Matt Smith - "Mapplethorpe" - First Look Clip

A "first look" clip from "Mapplethorpe" starring Matt Smith has been released.  The film has been picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films in the US - but no word as yet for a UK release:

Doctor Who Series 11 - New Images & First Look Preview Clip

The BBC have released some new images from Series 11 plus a "first look" preview clip.  Full size images are in the Who-Natic Gallery:

Doctor Who - Series 11 - New Trailer

The BBC have released a new trailer for Series 11:

Photos - Matt Smith - Emmy Awards 2018

Unfortunately, Matt didn't win the "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series" Award (Congratulations to Peter Dinklage) but I think he won the red carpet.  He looked fantastic - and here are the photos to prove it.  The pics below are in the Who-Natic Gallery and are courtesy of zimbio.com.

Doctor Who Series 11 - New Image, Episode Title and Synopsis Revealed

The BBC have released the new image above together with some further details about Series 11 - which airs on BBC1 on Sunday 7th October 2018:

Episode One - The Woman Who Fell To Earth

“We don’t get aliens in Sheffield.” In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan and Graham O’Brien are about to have their lives changed forever, as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky. Can they believe a word she says? And can she help solve the strange events taking place across the city?

Guest starring Sharon D Clarke, Johnny Dixon and Samuel Oatley. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Childs.

Episode Two - The Ghost Monument

Still reeling from their first encounter, can the Doctor and her new friends stay alive long enough, in a hostile alien environment , to solve the mystery of Desolation? And just who are Angstrom and Epzo?

Guest starring Shaun Dooley, Susan Lynch and Art Malik. Written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Mark Tonderai.

Matt Smith - "Charlie Says" - Promo Images and Preview Clip

Epic Level Entertainment have released a couple of promo images of Matt Smith as Charles Manson in "Charlie Says".  Full size versions of both images are in the gallery.  There's also a new preview clip:

Photos - Matt Smith - 75th Venice Film Festival

Matt Smith has been attending the 75th Venice Film Festival this weekend - to promote his new film, "Charlie Says" in which he plays Charles Manson.  The photos below are courtesy of zimbio.com and are from the "Charlie Says" photocall, "Charlie Says" red carpet arrivals and "My Brilliant Friend" red carpet arrivals.  The photos are also in the Who-Natic Gallery.

"Charlie Says" Photocall:

"Charlie Says" Red Carpet Arrivals:

Report - Matt Smith Cast in Star Wars Episode IX

According to a report in "Variety", Matt Smith has joined the cast of "Star Wars Episode IX".

Further details - such as the character he'll play, whether he'll be on the side of the Rebels or the Empire - are unknown...

If this is true - and "Variety" do have a terrific track record - then it's great to see Matt just going from strength to strength.

"UNIT Revisitations" - Jemma Redgrave - Synopsis and Pre-Order Details

Big Finish have released the synopsis for "UNIT Revisitations" which is due in November:

Over the years, UNIT has faced hundreds of extra-terrestrial threats. The Black Archive holds relics of many such encounters, and UNIT’s files are filled with reports of strange and dangerous aliens. 

And sometimes, they come back. 

7.1 and 7.2 Hosts of the Wirrn by Chris Chapman
After the world’s strangest interview, UNIT’s latest recruit, Shana Siddiqui, hits the ground running to help Osgood with her latest assignment.
The Master left UNIT a parting gift – something alien and deadly. The Wirrn have come to Earth, and now they are free…

7.3 Breach of Trust by David K Barnes
An alien vessel arrives on Earth, its occupants seeking refuge, and Osgood takes them in.
But there is reason to mistrust this cry for help. The files show that UNIT has faced the Kalvyri before. What else they reveal will set Kate at odds with her most trusted friends.

7.4 Open the Box by Roy Gill
In the years since the Stangmoor Prison incident, Captain Chin Lee found a new calling. She now heads up an international organisation, dedicated to meditation and ‘mental fortitude’ training.

But there is a menace deep inside the Pandora Institute. And Kate, Osgood and Josh must face their darkest fears…

Deploying November 2018 

Directed By: Ken Bentley 

Cast
Jemma Redgrave (Kate Stewart), Ingrid Oliver (Osgood), James Joyce (Captain Josh Carter), Ramon Tikaram (Colonel Shindi), more details to follow 

Producer David Richardson
Script Editor Matt Fitton
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs

This boxset can be pre-ordered from Big Finish for £23 for the CD and £20 for the digital download.

Big Finish to Celebrate 20 Years of Audio Releases with Epic Boxset

Big Finish will celebrate 20 years of creating Doctor Who Audios with a quite epic boxset.  "The Legacy of Time" will see crossovers between Classic and New Who.  River Song meets Berenice Summerfield and, rather wonderfully, Kate Stewart travels back in time to Classic UNIT and meets the Third Doctor and Jo Grant.  "The Legacy of Time" is available to pre-order now, priced £45 on CD and £40 for download:

In 2019 Big Finish will celebrate 20 years of creating Doctor Who stories on audio, and it’s doing so in style with The Legacy of Time – the biggest audio crossover event ever! Six hour-long stories see characters from the entire history of Doctor Who crossing paths – some for the very first time – Classic and New Series Doctor Who will collide! 

Professor River Song (Alex Kingston) meets her predecessor, another time-travelling archaeologist, Professor Bernice Summerfield (Lisa Bowerman). Kate Stewart (Jemma Redgrave) travels back in time to classic UNIT and meets the Third Doctor (voiced by Tim Treloar) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning). 

As 2018 is also the 30th anniversary year of their first appearance in Remembrance of the Daleks, the Counter-Measures team will be reunited with the Seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred). And the Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and his companion Charlotte Pollard (India Fisher) once again meet Detective Inspector Patricia Menzies (Anna Hope) in a police procedural like no other! 

Plus we go to Gallifrey, and elsewhere we enter the Time War. Doctors will meet, and there will be Easter Eggs aplenty. 

Time is collapsing. Incidents of temporal chaos and devastation are appearing throughout the many lives of the Doctor and his friends – fallout from one terrible disaster. 

The Doctor must save history itself – and he will need all the help he can get. 

1. Lies in Ruins by James Goss
2. The Split Infinitive by John Dorney
3. The Sacrifice of Jo Grant by Guy Adams
4. Episode four by Matt Fitton (to be confirmed)
5. The Avenues of Possibility by Jonny Morris
6. Collision Course by Guy Adams 

The truth is revealed, and it will take more than one Doctor to save the day! 

Executive Producer and one of the founding members of Big Finish, Nicholas Briggs told us about this exciting new release: “The Legacy of Time will probably go down in Big Finish history as our biggest, most exciting production, ever! Celebrating 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish, it expertly pulls together all the strands from our many and varied Doctor Who ranges." 

“This is down to the brilliance of script editor Matt Fitton and producer David Richardson. They epitomise the creative strength, organisational expertise and leadership of the company. Quite simply, this is going to blow people’s minds! It’s got everything!” 

“How do you celebrate 20 years of Doctor Who at Big Finish?” questions the producer assigned this epic task, David Richardson. “How do you celebrate something that has meant so much to all of us who work here – the friendships, the freedom to be creative, the glory that is Doctor Who itself? That was the challenge facing myself and Matt Fitton, but once I’d had an idea for what this six-hour epic would be about (spoilers!) it was then relatively easy to start assembling the huge team of characters and actors who would take us on the journey."

“The Legacy of Time is quite possibly the biggest Doctor Who story we have ever told at Big Finish. It’s been so hugely satisfying to make – I hope everyone finds it just as satisfying to listen to!” 

Chairman and Executive producer of Big Finish, Jason Haigh-Ellery, “In July 1999 we released The Sirens of Time. In July 2019 we're releasing The Legacy of Time. Those two decades have been so fulfilling for us at Big Finish - a chance to work with so many great and talented actors, writers, production crews and all of our friends at the BBC. This is a celebration of it all, with lots of surprise returns and references. Think of it as one massive Doctor Who party - and everyone is invited…” 

Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time will be available from www.bigfinish.com on download and, as we're one of the last audio producers and distributors still making CDs, released in an eight-disc CD set with a limited edition of just 4,000. 

Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time will be released in July 2019, marking the 20th anniversary of Big Finish’s first Doctor Who release, The Sirens of Time. 

Doctor Who: The Legacy of Time will be priced at £45 on CD or £40 download, rising to £60 on CD or £55 on download on its general release. 

Or you can save in a bundle with Big Finish's special 50th anniversary of Doctor Who release, The Light at the End. Get the special editions of The Light at the End with The Legacy of Time, priced at £75 on CD or £65 on download.

Video - Matt Smith Interview - The Crown, Emmy Awards...

A new interview with Matt Smith - lasting almost 15 minutes - has been released by GoldDerby.  Matt talks about his first Emmy Nomination, "The Crown" and, of course, "Doctor Who"...