Category: Doctor Who

Doctor Who – The Doctor calls in sick – Season 1 delayed
Earlier today we received a report that Doctor Who may be delayed from the planned Feb 14 release date.
We checked with the BBC PR company, and they checked with BBC and were told that there were “complications” with the set, and it wouldn’t meet the release date.
This doesn’t surprise us since nothing with this release has gone according to every other BBC title.
The release was announced, yet the Warner Home Video (their distributor) press site had nothing about it for weeks, then once it was added to the press site it still wasn’t available to purchase.
It could be that the delay was simply caused by the slow process of getting the title information out to retailers, or it could have been delayed due to ongoing negotiations with a US broadcaster (the series hasn’t been shown in the US yet).
We called Warner Canada to find out if the title will be delayed as well, and while Warner Canada hadn’t received a delay notice, they expected to receive one given the delay in the US.

Doctor Who – Region 1 Release of the New Doctor is Planned for Canada
We’ve been looking at the possibility of Canada receiving a set of the 2005 Doctor Who series for awhile now, and it’s finally paid off. The BBC posted a press release talking about their sales successes in Canada, and there’s a mention of a Canadian season one set scheduled for February 14, 2006.
There aren’t any plans to release the set in the US at this time, since no US broadcaster has picked up the rights to air the series. The good news is that Canada and the US are both region 1, so you’ll have no problem picking it up if you live South of the border.
We’ll have more information when it becomes available. Canadians will be able to watch the second season of the series on CBC, as well as a Christmas special, hosted exclusive by Billie Piper (companion “Rose Tyler”), which will air on Boxing Day (12/26).

BBC Confirms New ‘Doctor Who’
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) Although Christopher Eccleston’s first season as the star of “Dr. Who” is drumming up huge audiences on The BCC, the popular sci fi franchise has already moved forward. The BCC has confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in fandom, announcing that David Tennant will be the 10th actor to star in “Doctor Who.”
“Christopher Eccleston has given an exceptional performance as the ninth Doctor,” Julie Gardner, BBC head of drama, Wales says. “David Tennant is a great actor who will build on the excellent work already done by Christopher in establishing ‘Doctor Who’ for a new generation.”
Tennant and Eccleston appeared together in Michael Winterbottom’s 1996 adaptation of “Jude.” The Scottish actor is a British television veteran, but he’s probably an unknown to American viewers who haven’t caught his performances in features including “Bright Young Things.”
“I am delighted, excited and honored to be the tenth Doctor,” Tennant says. “I grew up loving ‘Doctor Who’ and it has been a lifelong dream to get my very own Tardis. Russell T. Davies is one of the best writers television has ever had, and I’m chuffed to bits to get the opportunity to work with him again. I’m also really looking forward to working with Billie Piper who is so great as Rose.”
Clearly, many parts of that statement make more sense if you’re British or a “Doctor Who” fan. Davies, writer and executive producer on the most recent “Who” is also, um, chuffed.
“Christopher Eccelston’s wonderful Doctor has reinvented the role, so that it now appeals to the best actors in the land,” Davies says. “I’m already writing David’s first new adventure on board the Tardis. Regeneration is a huge part of the program’s mythology, and I’m delighted that new, young viewers can now have the complete ‘Doctor Who’ experience, as they witness their hero change his face.”

They Are Back!
Sci Fi Wire is reporting that despite announcing previously that the Daleks would not be included in the new DR WHO series, an agreement has been reached after all that will bring Christopher Eccleston’s WHO up against the robotic menaces.