Until then...

Hello!
Right, I mentioned in my last post about hibernation, and its that time I'm afraid. I'm going away to Costa Rica for 5 weeks and wont be back until the end of August (29th)

But its okay, in terms of the Whoniverse, there isn't much to cover anyway:

• There are the special Doctor Who proms on July 27th
• The next Doctor Who episode is the Xmas one
• Theres no filming until January
• See here for latest "2009 specials" update
  

The only new things that will arise may be more rumors about the specials, and general cover on the media side of Doctor Who

So, if you want to keep up to date with all the Whoness, then I suggest these sites:

• The Doctor Who Forum - easily the best place for whoness since it covers everything. All you need to do is register and theres everything you need.
  
  
• Blogtor Who - Cameron does a fantastic job keeping up with all the news and whatnot, plus he has pretty picture and clever wit as well.
  
  
• Life the Universe and Combom - Definitely a fun place to visit, got lots of random Who stuff, plus crazy speculation and general joy.
  
  

PlanetGallifreyTV will remain active!

Since its got other Admins, rather than just me, then there will continue to be updates. Its here that Mac will cover anything he hears about the Sarah-Jane Adventures as well.

In terms of classic Who episodes another great site to visit is YouWhoTube, which brilliantly archiving all the old episodes.


Other good sites:

• Who-transcripts - For transcripts of all the New episodes
• Time-and-space - For fantastic screencaps of all the episodes
• Doctor Who Wiki - A wikipedia entirely dedicated to Who
• The 10 Doctors - Easily one of the greatest fan comics ever
  

Right, and a few final things:
I'm going to close the Cbox while I'm away, theres not much point keeping it open since theres little Who to talk about at the moment

And finally, I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who ever came on this site. I never thought it would get as popular as it did and it truly does mean quite a lot to me that people continue to comment saying how useful they found it.

One last thought...



Thanks all! And until August, "Have a fantastic life"

Sarah-Jane Adventures

Hey hey, just a quickie for anyone who is interested in the Sarah-Jane Adventures and whats going on there. Well, Mac has wonderfully compiled all the info he can find for you on PlanetGallifreyTV, right here.

You can also peruse Life the Universe and Combom for more Sarah-Jane/Torchwood related joy.

And a quick warning, soon PlanetGallifrey will have to go into hibernation for a while, but more on that nearer the time. Anyway you don't need to worry about that, not yet.

Whats going on?

First weekend with no Who... strange aye?
Ha, and no updates for a week either. Sorry, my fault, life keeps getting in the way of things and its very unstable at the moment.

Anywho! Thanks to the wonderful people on the DWF I present you with the most recently updated info on whats happening in Whodom.

2009 SPECIALS AND SERIES 5

Filming Schedule:
Filming has wrapped for the 2008 Christmas special. Filming for the 2009 specials will commence in January 2009 (Tennant will begin filming on the 9th Jan) with the filming for series 5 starting later that Spring.

Format
The Christmas Special for 2008 has already been filmed. In 2009 there will be either three or four hour-long specials, one of which will broadcast at Easter and another of which will broadcast on Christmas 2009. Two will be written by RTD, and the rest will be co-written by him

And as for how many specials there are:
Three specials were mentioned in the original press release. DT confirmed four on the Andrew Marr show. DWM 397 also confirmed four specials for 2009. The Guardian said there were five in total. The latest information from Julie Gardner mentions four specials (including Christmas 2008) then mentions DT coming back to film them.

Speculation:
One of the Specials may be taking place partially or entirely in a location outside the UK.

For the Christmas Special:
Many have speculated this is based on the audio "The One Doctor" - according to "very good, close sources", this episode is indeed based on that audio, and is a light comedy after the tearjerker of the finale. DM is the fake Doctor, and the Cybershades are fakes made by Morrissey's character, only for the real Cybermen (and the real Doctor) to show up...

Casting

• Ace (Sophie Aldred)
• McGann rumoured to return in the second 2009 special, in an episode directed by Graham Harper (heard by a few people but apparently the "latest sources" say this is not happening)
  
• Brian Blessed may make his return to the show
  
• Agynes Deyn is reported as being in one of the specials.
• Rumour on IMDB that Bad Girls star Alicia Eyo has been offered a companion role for one of the specials; a role that may play into full-time companion for series 5
  
• John Simm - instead of a small cameo in series 4, plans were changed to bring the Master in a much bigger way in the specials
• Georgia Moffet may also be returning as Jenny.
  

Heroes and Villains

• Sea Devils. "The return of The Sea Devils is definitely planned and all preliminary work has long since been concluded."
• Winston Churchill (for specials or series 5) - reputedly TV people asked for his removal from "Revenge of the Judoon" so he could be kept in reserve.
• According to Julie Gardner, characters and storylines from last series will not necessarily be picked up for the specials
  

SERIES 5

RTD is leaving and Moffat taking over for series 5. It'll be back to the original 13 episodes format. As for writers of the episodes, there are rumours abound that Neil Gaiman and Rob Shearman may be writing episodes for series 5

When asked what he knew about the rumour Rob Shearman replied "Only that it's news to me!"

Gaiman says on his blog that Gaiman HAS had dinner with the Moff but "if it ever gets to the point where I know that I'm actually, definitely, for certain, writing an episode of Doctor Who, I'll post it here. In big red letters. Or green. You'll know when it happens, trust me."

According to DWM, apparently "THEY'RE BACK"
Although we don't actually know what or who "They" are.


The Doctor
RTD refuses to say whether Tennant will return for series 5. RTD says he "knows when David is leaving..." DT has made his decision and the BBC knows what it is. He then went on to say that he blatantly lies about the future of Doctor Who....

According to the Sun, DT will leave after the four specials "and a movie"

A rumour from "a fairly good source" says that Andy Pryor has cast DT's replacement. There was a short list of names - including one woman. The rumour also suggested DT would not be in all specials...

There is also a rumour that the last special is being filmed with two endings to allow DT maximum time to consider his return (they did this for Parting of the Ways as well)


Supporting Cast

• Kylie to return? Old rumours from early 2008
  
• Negotiations in train to get back Alex Kingston (River Song) and Georgina Moffett (Jenny) for series 5?
  
• Tom Baker?!

Much thanks to everyone who shared these tidbits, and for Canterbury who put it all together. I salute you!

This is it!

I've never before made such a strange high pitched noise when we had the Bad Wolf Bay scene... madness! This may well be considered the ultimate in Doctor Who episode thats been so far... Journey's End has come and gone!


And everythings was pretty much resolved: Regenerations, double Doctors, Davros, Daleks, Caan, the Darkness, Rose's world hopping, who or what the hell Donna really is, a companions death, reinstalling the Earth, saving the universe.

There were no real explanations for Bad Wolf though... and there wasn't really a death, was there? Would the fate of Donna be considered a death? I suppose in a way...

View episode:
From youtube you can see it here, here, and here
From Surf the Channel you can see it here


Oh, and heres a German translation for you (straight from the BBC site I might add, blame them for any bad translations)

DALEKS: Exterminieren! Exterminieren! Halt! Sonst werden wir Sie exterminieren! Sie sind jetzt ein Gefangener der Daleks! Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
Exterminate! Exterminate! Stop! Or you will be exterminated. You are a prisoner of the Daleks. Exterminate! Exterminate!

OLD WOMAN: Hier ist niemand. Was immer Sie wollen, gehen Sie fort. Lassen Sie mich in Ruhe.
There's no one here. Whatever you want, just go away. Leave me alone.

MARTHA: Ich heisse Martha Jones. Ich komme von UNIT. Agentin fuenf sechs sechs sieben eins, von der medizinishen Abteilung.
I'm called Martha Jones. I come from UNIT. Agent 5, 6, 6, 7, 1. Medical officer.

OLD WOMAN: Es hiess Sie kaemen vorbei.
They said you might come.

******

OLD WOMAN: Sie sind der Albtraum. Nicht die anderen, Sie! Ich sollte Sie umbringen, am besten gleich jetzt!
You are the nightmare. It's not them, it's you! I should kill you right now!

MARTHA: Then do it.

OLD WOMAN: Marta. Zur Hoelle mit Dir.
Martha. You're going straight to Hell.


And what now? Its a long wait until Christmas...
Jingle Bells...
Jingle Bells...

Tateness

Catherine Tate was on the Graham Norton show last night in preparation for Journey's End and whatnot.

I haven't found the whole episode yet, but for now heres a mini segment of it for you. They be talking about regenerations and whatnot.


I don't think there was any new preview clips and such, but I'll still try and get the whole thing up for you Tate lovers.

The last BBC update!

Are we getting a little teary eyed? Meh, maybe not then, but this time it really is the end, the time really is nigh! Anywho, yes, BBC site update... UK people can view it here


And other people can just stay here, hello!
Well, unfortunately, they're STILL not giving much away at all really. The preview clip is basically the same as the Blue Peter one, and theres no Fear Factor...

Ah well, still got the jigsaw

And this script extract:

FRANCINE: What are all those numbers?
MARTHA stands, starts hoisting the Indigo Project
MARTHA: Grid reference. Now Jack's explained the base code, I know how this teleport works. I think. But you stay indoors, theres no Daleks on this street, you should be alright, just keep quiet.

Here's the preview clip:



And, although theres no fear factor, DigitalSpy kindly gave us these pictures to speculate over. Thats something at least.




The Journey's End page has now been updated with all the new info.
Only 3 more days to wait people!