Doctor Who at the Proms

On Saturday at the Royal Albert Hall there was a special event to celebrate the music of Murray Gold for Doctor Who. You can listen to it from BBC iPlayer or the BBC Proms website and the pictures have been released. You should be able to watch it on TV later this year, but here are the pieces that were played:




Murray Gold: Music from Doctor Who
- The Madman with a Box (Prologue)
- An Untimely Arrival
- I am The Doctor
- Battle in the Skies

Other classical pieces
Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Walton - Portsmouth Point Overture
Holst - Mars (from The Planets)




Presenters and guests from the showThe Doctor (Matt Smith)
Amy Pond (Karen Gillan)
Rory (Arthur Darvil)
The doctor (Matt Smith)

Singers
Mark Chambers
Yamit Mamo


Murray Gold Band
London Philharmonic Choir
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Ben Foster (conductor)
Grant Llewellyn (conductor).

Here is a link to the slideshow of pictures

BBC Request more of Steven Moffat's 'Sherlock'

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

The idea of an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes is not exactly a new idea, but with this version it feels so much more gripping - so much so that the BBC want more than the initial 3 episodes originally proposed.

The first episode, when first aired on Sunday got a total of 7.5 million, more than the Top Gear special in which A-list stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz were on.

The BBC took note of this success and reports are saying that the BBC are asking Steven Moffat to make a whole series for it!

Karen Gillan drunk

Somehow Karen Gillan managed to get this..."wonderful" picture of her on the internet. Of course I decided to spread it on some more!

Pictures of Doctor Who filming crew

The filming crew have been pictured filming the Christmas Special at the Coal Exchange in Cardiff. All pictures are courtesy of Alun Vega on Flickr. Thanks for the exclusive pics!

Matt Smith wearing his new jacket

The crew with their cool Doctor Who t-shirts!

A close-up on his jacket

The Coal Exchange on Mount Stuart Square -
this was previously seen in 'Voyage of the Damned' (2007)
as the interior of the ship

Is Toby Whitehouse writing for Series 6 of Doctor Who?

Toby Whitehouse at SFX's Comic
Con Panel

Toby Whitehouse, the script writer for 'School Reunion' and 'Vampires of Venice' may have accidentally admitted to writing an episode in Series 6 of Doctor Who while at SFX's San Diego Comic Con.

One audience member asked whether either he or Paul Cornell will consider writing for Doctor Who again, to which he replied that they're not allowed to say contractually.

However fellow panelist and novelist China Mieville then said: "We can apply a bit of detective work here. If Toby’s contractually advised not to say anything, that must mean he’s under contract." Could this mean a future story by him will materialise in the near future?

Some very ridiculous rumours

Ok, I was interested in any REAL INFO on what was going to happen with the Christmas special this year, but instead I found some very ridiculous rumours, courtesy of Scyfilove
Here are some ok ones that have been confirmed by BBC:

1. Michael Gambon
2. Katherine Jenkins

But here are some absolutely strange ones:

• Matthew Waterhouse will be playing the ghost of Adric, a companion who died!
• Nick Briggs will be voicing ...wait for it... the Cyber daleks! (is this half dalek, half cyberman?)

There are also some uncredited roles (that could mean they appear in flashbacks...)

• John Simms as the Master 
• Alex Kingston as River Song (maybe something might be revealed about her mysterious line in the last episode about how 'when they next meet that's when everything changes'?
• Also (take a deep breath before reading this...) TOM BAKER as THE DOCTOR!

So what do you think of these then? True or just attention grabbing?

Matt Smith as a Simpson character!

I was just looking up some pictures for the blog because I haven't updated it in quite a long time, and I found what Matt Smith would look like if he was in the Simpsons! Also, note how he's in his old costume - there have been pictures taken of him in a new outfit that I will put up shortly...

Also coming up soon is some VERY strange rumours about the Christmas special...