New Doctor Who Companion Announced

Who is going to be the next sidekick for the Doctor? Well it is going to be none other than the sultry Jenna-Louise Coleman. Things are definitely going to be heating up in the T.A.R.D.I.S this year. Jenna is twenty-five years old and hails from Blackpool. She made her big screen debut in the 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger, and soon to star as Annie Desmond in ITV1's Titanic. Jenna beat out hundreds of hopefuls to become the Doctor's new companion according to Steven Moffet.

"I'm beyond excited, I can't wait to get cracking; working alongside Matt I know is going to be enormous fun and a huge adventure." Jenna said.

The Doctor will meet his new friend in a dramatic turn of events as the show builds its way toward its enormous, climatic 50th anniversary year. Series 7 is currently filming, and will consist of 14 big, blockbuster-movie type of episodes. Each one being a brand new epic adventure in itself and featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you have never seen them before.

"It's not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it's about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that's all you're getting for now." Moffet stated today.

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Trailer

"The First Question", way too cool... Have a look don't forget to comment on this one.

Doctor Who News Oct. 16 2011

Although the 2011 Spike Scream Awards will not be broadcast until October 18th at 9/8c PM on Spike TV, I have learn that Matt Smith has won the Best Science Fiction Actor award. Not an easy task with competition like Daniel Craig (Cowboys & Aliens), Chris Evans (Captain America: The First Avenger), Harrison Ford (Cowboys & Aliens), and Jake Gyllenhaal (Source Code).

Doctor Who lost the Best TV Show to Game of Thrones, and Karen Gillan lost out to Milla Jehovah (Resident Evil: Afterlife) for Best Science Fiction Actress.

In further Doctor Who related news… I have to admit that I am behind once again. The final series of The Sarah Jane Adventures (series 5) started on October 3rd. The six episodes making up the fifth series were all filmed before the sad death of much-loved actress Elisabeth Sladen earlier this year. The series stars Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony, Anjli Mohindra, and Sinead Michael. I will do my best to get caught up on the series, and get some reviews up.

Now for the best news… Filming of the Doctor Who Christmas special is nearing its end, and if my sources are correct, will be airing in 69 days. Matt Smith will be joined by Claire Skinner, Bill Bailey, Arabella Weir, and Alexander Armstrong in what is being called an emotional festive special, packed full of Christmas thrills and chills.

The special is set during World War II… Madge Arwell and her two children are evacuated to an old house in Dorset, where the caretaker is a mysterious young man in a bow tie, and a big blue parcel is waiting for them under the tree. They are about to enter a magical new world, and learn that a Time Lord never forgets his depts.

I for one am counting down the days already…

Doctor Who: The God Complex, episode 11

The God Complex was an interesting, and emotional episode. I loved the "Shinning" feel to this episode. There for a minute I thought Stephen King had joined the writing staff. It was a good mix of science fiction, horror, and drama, that kept me on the edge of my seat through the entire hour. All the strange things in the rooms, the way the hotel changed at will, held the viewer in an eerie nightmare world that was oddly familiar.

Each guest has a room, a place to face their own nightmare. Or reflection of their life. The Doctor finds his, and surprisingly it is room eleven. Odd, the eleventh incarnation, the eleventh episode, and he faces his fear in room eleven? No, typical is more like it.

Then when Amy comes under the influence and the Doctor puts his plan into action, it is simply heart wrenching. But the real tear jerker comes at the end, after they defeat the prison cell and return to Earth. The Doctor had set up a surprise for Rory and Amy, A home of their own, and a shiny red car (Rory's dream car). Rory is so excited that he doesn't even think of why, but Amy has an idea, and she is right. Just like on a game show, they are parting gifts. When Amy asked the Doctor why, he simply replies: "Because you are alive." I hate to see Rory and Amy go by the way-side, I can't wait to see who is next. And besides, I don't think we have seen the last of Amy and Rory. From what I have heard through the grape vine they are on the guest list for River's Wedding.

Doctor Who: The Girl Who Waited

First I would like to apologize for my tardiness on this review, but my laptop took a crap on me.

So as for episode 10, for me it was a relief after Night Terrors. For the second time there was two Amy's in one episode, and that is always a plus. I love watching her confront herself, it's always entertaining. But I did feel for Rory in this one. Once again the Doctor is late getting to Amy, this time many years too late, leaving her fighting for her life alone for over thirty years. However they are able to find Amy from the proper time, but Rory is faced with choosing which one to save. I wouldn't want that decision. Luckily with another lie from the Doctor, and some rapid soul searching by older/tougher Amy, the decision is made for Rory, and the old Amy is lost forever - well wiped from existence really. Amy may never know everything, but Rory will, and that would be hard to live with.

Torchwood Miracle Day Episode 10

What... What... What? I'll tell you what... best Torchwood ever, that's what.

Jack, Gwen, Oswald, Rex, and Ester zeroed in on the 'Blessing'. The CIA headquarters gets blown up, and Jack's blood can reverse the blessing, but it has to be introduced into the blessing from both sides at the same time. No problem if Jack's blood that Rex and Ester had been caring around wouldn't have been blown up too. But Rex and Ester are the clever little duo, they transfused Jack's blood into Rex. Of course Ester gets shot in hopes they will not stop the blessing to keep her alive, but Gwen makes a rather moving speech, and Jack and Rex sacrifice themselves to bring mortality back to Earth. Guess what? They both live, and Oswald plays the hero and blows himself up along with one of the heads of the three families. Rex takes out another before collapsing. Unfortunately Gwen's father dies, and so does Ester. Yes, just as Gwen so elegantly said: "Death has come back."

After Ester's funeral the team talk about if they are going to keep Torchwood together, but before the question is answered Rex receives a text revealing the identity of the mole. When he tries to stop her, she shoots Rex in the chest, and then is shot down herself. Jack and Gwen comfort Rex as he dies in their arms, but just as Jack says that he is gone, Rex takes in a deep breath (much like Jack). Yep, that's right. Looks like Jack isn't the only immortal on Earth any more. The show ends with Rex say to Jack: "What did you do to me?"

Well Torchwood fans looks like we might have another season yet.

Doctor Who Companions: Amy Pond

It's a difficult task deciding which companion to do next, so I thought why not the latest, Amy Pond, the first companion to have a child or be married if I'm not mistaken. But then again Amy is nothing like any companion that came before her. First lets recap her beginning...

The TARDIS was spiraling out of control when it crashed into the backyard of seven-year-old Amelia Jessica Pond. The Doctor, still in the midst of his eleventh regeneration, bonds with the little girl over dinner, finding his new favorite meal... Fish sticks and custard. But little Amelia has a problem, an unusual crack in her bedroom wall. The Doctor must attend to the TARDIS which is going to blow, and promises to return in five minutes. Of course in true Doctor style he's late, by twelve years. Little Amelia is now Amy, a nineteen-year-old Kissagram-girl. Amy, dressed as a sexy police-woman, and the Doctor save the town, but the TARDIS was still unstable, forcing the Doctor to leave her once again and not returning until another two years later. This time he wastes no time asking her to go with him. Amy accepts, but must be back by morning. Unknown to the Doctor she is to be wed the following day.

Amy Pond is played by Karen Gillan, a twenty three-year-old actress/model originally from Inverness, Scotland. Here's a little trivia for you, Karen's cousin, Caitlin Blackwood portrayed the young Amy Pond, and Amy Pond was not the first character Karen Gillan portrayed on Doctor Who. She first appeared on the show the 2008 episode titled "The Fires of Pompeii" as the Soothsayer.

I wouldn't say that Amy (Karen Gillan) is my personal favorite companion, but she is definitely in the top five, and has to be one of the most complex companions ever.

Torchwood: Miracle Day, Episode 9

Episode 9 opens with Gwen busting into a pharmacy by driving a car through the front window. Why? Meds for her category 1 father that they have hidden away behind a fake wall in their basement. After the police arrive, looking for her father, finding nothing, the story takes an unusual turn. A delivery man arrives at Gwen's home. But it's no ordinary delivery, or delivery man, and here's one I didn't see coming at all. The delivery man is none other that Oswald Danes.

After Gwen beats the crap out of him with a pot for touching her daughter, he tells them he wants to trade information. What he said is enough for Gwen to call Jack, and soon he arrives. Of course as they work things out the police burst in the door once again, only this time they find her father, and take him away to the overflow camp.

After piecing the information from Oswald and the news reels of the stories that he mentioned, all fixed by Jillie, they believe that the Blessing is somewhere in Shanghai, China. But a little more info comes through, and they are forced to look at Buenos Aires, Argentina as well. But it is Gwen's husband, Reece, That puts two and two together. That they are not looking at one point, but two points that are one, Antipodes. It had been staring them in the face the entire time in the Phicorp logo. So the team splits up... Jack, Gwen, and yes Oswald head for China, while Ester and Rex meet in Buenos Aires. As the team heads out Gillie arives in China and is led to her destiny or fate which ever it may be. For the "Blessing" can kill as well as enlighten.

Jack isn't in Shanghai long before his gunshot starts bleeding again. A single drop of blood falls to the floor, unseen by Jack or Gwen, but it's actions draw Oswald's attention quickly. The blood, Jack's blood moves across the floor as if being pulled from a fixed point... The "Blessing" is calling to Jack, or at least his blood.

Doctor Who: Night Terrors

Wondering what happened on episode 9? Well here it goes...

The Doctor makes a house call. Yep a house call, or should I say an apartment call. He receives a cry for help from a young boy on Earth, and with out hesitation put the TARDIS on course. The Boy, poor little George has monsters in his bedroom cupboard. Or is it George that's the monster? As the Doctor tries to figure things out, Rory and Amy take a wild elevator ride to the other side of reality, where after running for their lives Amy is turned into a living doll made of wood. Soon the doctor realizes what he has been missing, and we learn that George isn't a monster, nor is he a little boy, well not a human boy anyway. George is a lost, terrified, and lonely alien child, wanting nothing more than to be loved. When his unknowingly adopted father shows the boy that he loves him, and always will, the alternate world he had created out of fear dissolves, restoring everyone within it to their proper state.

Not one of the best episodes I have seen, and a let down after "Lets Kill Hitler", but at least the moral is clear... Love conquers all, even in the Doctor's universe.

Doctor Who Companions: Sarah Jane Smith

The Doctor almost always shares his adventures with a companion(s), but never with more than three. Since 1963 more that 35 actors have been featured in these roles. So to start off the 'Doctor Who Companion' blog series I though who better than probably the most popular and beloved companion of all - Sarah Jane Smith.

Elisabeth Sladen portrayed Sarah Jane from 1973-1976, as the companion to Jon Pertwee (Doctor #3), and Tom Baker (Doctor #4). She returned in 1983 to stand at Peter Davison's side (Doctor #5) in the story "The Five Doctors", and then again in the 30th anniversary show "Dimensions in Time" in 1993. But that wasn't the end of Sarah Jane. Sladen reprised her role again in 2006, 2008, and 2010 starring with the 10th Doctor, David Tennant. In 2007 the BBC launched a spin-off series staring Elisabeth Sladen, 'The Sarah Jane Adventures. The show ran through 2011. Sadly Elisabeth Sladen past away on April 19, 2011. The final six episodes had already been finished, and aired as a tribute to Elisabeth.

The Doctor Is Back

Saturday night Doctor Who returned with one of its best episodes ever. "Lets Kill Hitler" answered so many questions. Such as: why River is in prison, where was she as a child, who killed the doctor, and where did River get her diary. Just to name a few. We had already learned that River Song was actually Melody Pond, Amy and Rory's daughter, but now we know that she could regenerate, she's in prison for killing the Doctor, but she is also the one that saved him by giving him her final regenerations to bring him back. It's crazy that Melody grew up with Amy and Rory, and know one was the wiser except for Melody. I have to say that season 6 episode 8 was in true Doctor Who style. If you haven't seen it yet, do so. Because I think the second half of this season is going to be nothing short of stellar.

Doctor Who Season 6 Recap

Doctor Who season 6 started out by taking us to the Utah desert in the good ol' USA. Amy, Rory, and River Song each receive a mysterious invitation from the Doctor. Why? As we quickly found out, to witness his death. The Doctor is zapped and killed before he can regenerate by someone or something in an old NASA spacesuit. The Doctor had also sent an invite to himself, a younger self that is. Oh yeah... and Amy is pregnant. After the younger Doctor arrives the four travel back to 1969 to stop an alien uprising with the help of a former FBI agent, Canton Delaware III. The fight begins against an enemy that no one can remember. The spaceman reappears, and when the helmet visor opens, we learn that it is a little girl inside. Amy shoots before the Doctor can stop her, using Canton's gun.

Episode 2 picks up with the Doctor locked away in the perfect prison (well it will be when finished) while Amy, Rory, and River Song are being hunted by the FBI and Canton Delaware III. One by one each of them is taken down and brought back to the Doctor, except River, whom jumps from atop a building. In the end the aliens are defeated by a hidden message broadcast through the media feed from the first moon walk, and the little girl is released from the spacesuit. Episode 2 ends in a New York City alleyway, 6 months later. A homeless man sees a little girl stumbling through the alley, clearly sick and dying. The little girl tells the man that she can fix that. She raises her arms out to her sides, concentrates, and starts to regenerate.

Oh and one other thing that we should remember... River kisses the Doctor, supposedly for the first and last time.

Episode 3 takes us off to the Atlantic Ocean aboard a 17th century pirate ship. A mysterious sea creature (a Siren) is stalking the crew. Once the black spot appears on a persons skin, they are doomed. Of course Rory gets the spot, it's always poor Rory. It is soon realized that beautiful yet deadly siren is actually a medical hologram from a future spaceship, and trying to save lives not destroy them. The remaining pirate crew take control of the space vessel, stuck there to stay alive, and head out for adventures that they can not comprehend.

In episode 4 a distress signal from... wait for it... a TimeLord, takes the Doctor to a junkyard planet in a bubble universe. It's a trap of course. When the inhabitants steal the soul of the TARDIS, yes the TARDIS is alive, and implant it inside their daughter, the Doctor has to work fast. However the TARDIS is much too powerful for a living body, and ends up back inside the police box, but not before expressing its true feelings for the Doctor.

Episode 5 takes us off to the world of dopplegangers. "Gangers" are used as manual labor, doing the jobs people don't want to do, or can't do. A solar tsunami frees the gangers, which not only gives them the peoples physical form, but their memories, emotions, and desires too. Soon the gangers rebel, wanting nothing more than to live their lives. As the episode reaches its end the Doctor's ganger steps from the shadows. The story finishes off in episode 6, as the humans fight the gangers for survival. The story finishes off with the Doctor's ganger sacrificing itself to save everyone. The surviving gangers are dropped off to make the company understand what's been happening to the gangers, and to stop it. As they watch, Amy clutches her stomach in pain. Once back inside the TARDIS the Doctor explains that Amy is going into labor. The Doctor, after a confusing explanation, addresses Amy, saying that they'll come for her, and rescue her no matter what it takes. When Amy says that she's already there, the Doctor says that she isn't, and hasn't been for a long time. He activates his sonic screwdriver and Amy melts into a pool of liquid flesh. Amy then wakes up on an operating table. A woman wearing an eyepatch opens a slot in the wall, and tells Amy it's time for her to give birth. She tells her to push, and Amy screams in pain and terror.

Episode 7, the mid season finally. The Doctor declares war on those that have kidnapped Amy. He assembles an army of allies to recover her. River realizes that the Doctor's darkest hour has come, and she must reveal her greatest secret. Eyepatch lady, Madame Kovarian takes the baby from Amy, places it in a pod, and Amy tells her child that her father, the Last Centurian, will find them. At that same time the Cybermen detect an intruder on their ship. The intruder turns out to be Rory. He tells the Cyberleader that he has a message from the Doctor, and a question of his own to ask. He knows that the Cybermen scan the entire system. Rory demands the location of his wife and daughter. When the Cyberleader ask what the Doctor's message is, Rory stands by the viewing port. Outside the entire 12th fleet of the Cybermen is destroyed. He then asks if the Cyberleader would like him to repeat the question. Soon the Battle of Demons Run begins. At the battles end, Kovarian has run off with Melody, Amy and Rory's daughter, and River Song finally arrives. When she is confronted by the Doctor for being late, she tells him that she couldn't have stopped what happen, and that it's the Doctor's fault. Finally having enough of River's banter, the Doctor demands to know who she is. River puts her hands on the baby cot and tells him to read the symbols. The Doctor looks at her, surprised, and introduces himself to her as if meeting for the first time. The Doctor asks River to get everyone home then leaves in the TARDIS before Amy and Rory can enter. After a brief confrontation with Amy, River tells them that everything is fine, and that the TARDIS translation matrix can sometimes take awhile. She tells Amy to concentrate, but not on the cot's symbols, but on the prayer leaf Lorna had stitched for the baby. River explains that in the language of the Gamma Forest People, there is no word for "Pond". The only water in the forest is a river. As the couple concentrates, the words "Pond Melody" translates for them into "River Song". River informs them that she is Melody - their daughter.

Make sure to catch episode 8 "Let's Kill Hitler" this Saturday.

Doctor Who Returns

This Saturday is the day... The Doctor returns with season six, episode eight, Let's Kill Hitler. I will be posting a brief review of the first seven episodes tomorrow sometime, as a recap, and to get us all geared up...

Doctor Who Episode 8 Prequel

This 1:46 clip comes straight from BBC America... Second half of season starts on the 27th, so get your Doctor fix now...

Doctor Who: A Blast From the Past

This post is more for the younger viewers of Doctor Who, and the ones that are new fans. So let me start by saying, Doctor Who did not start in 2005. The first episode appeared on the BBC on November 23, 1963, with William Hartnell as the Doctor. The series ran until 1989 with Sylvester Mc Coy controlling the TARDIS. There was a TV movie in 1996 when Paul Mc Gann took the reigns as the eighth Doctor.

The show took on new life as it was resurrected in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston taking over the role as Doctor number nine. A year later David Tennant became Doctor number ten, handing off the TARDIS key to Matt Smith in 2010.

The eleven Doctors:

William Hartnell (#1, 1963-1966), Patrick Troughton (#2, 1966-1969), Jon Pertwee (#3, 1970-1974), Tom Baker (#4, 1974-1981), Peter Davison (#5, 1981-1984), Colin Baker (#6, 1984-1986), Sylvester Mc Coy (#7, 1987-1989, 1996), Paul Mc Gann (#8, 1996), Christopher Eccleston (#9, 2005), David Tennant (#10, 2005-2010), and Matt Smith (#11, 2010-present)

Doctor Who is considered the longest running television science fiction show in the world. It is even in the guiness book of world records. Doctor Who has a total of 777 episodes to date, and it looks to have many more to come.

The TARDIS (an acronym for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), and as we all know is larger on the inside than the outside. The Doctor's blue Police Box is far more than just a time machine, but a timeless, ageless character in the series, and is as recognized by fans as well as the Doctor himself. Incarnations of the Doctor may come and go, but the TARDIS is the one constant through the entire series.

I will cover the Doctor's companions in a later Blog - so join up and keep checking back. If there is something that you would like to see, please let me know. And remember, I want to see your comments, so don't be shy.

Count Down...

That's right Doctor Who fans... only 5 more days until the Doctor returns. So tell me, who is your favorite Doctor?

Being Human, The Doctor Who Connection

There has been a couple hit shows that came from the Doctor Who line up... Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures. But how does Being Human tie in, you ask? Well let me start with Russell Tovey (George), the man of contradiction. Or should I say werewolf. A sweet but dull guy, that is until the full moon rises, and one of the stars of the hit show Being Human. But Being Human wasn't Russell's first appearance on a hit TV show. He had a guest role in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas Special 'Voyage of the Damned', and reprised his role as Midshipman Alonso Frame in the 2009/2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special 'The End of Time'. Russell T Davies, Doctor Who executive producer and lead writer, suggested Russell Tovey as a future replacement for David Tennant. Of course the role of the Eleventh Doctor went to Matt Smith instead, but can you imagine what kind of Doctor Tovey would have made.

Next we have Lenora Crichlow, who plays the lovely and sensual spirit, Annie. Lenora as found her way into the mad capped Doctor's world in 2007. She guest starred in the episode 'Gridlock', were the entire population of the city was stuck in a traffic jam, and had been for generations.

Now lastly, but certainly not least, we have Sinead Keenan. The fightsty girlfriend of George - Nina. Keenan also had a guest role in the 2009/2010 Doctor Who Christmas Special 'The end of Time' as Addams. I have to admit, she made a pretty darn cute Cactus.

It's Coming Soon....

The count down to the return of Doctor Who has started... 10 more days and the second half of the 2011 season begins...

Being Human vs Being Human

Title a little confusing? It won't be for long.

Early this year I caught a new Syfy series called Being Human. A tale of a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost living in the same home. And as the shows title depicts, their are all doing their best to resume normal human lives. Well we all know that's not going to work, opening many possibilities for the show. I liked what I saw right from the start, but again as has happened so many time to me, I missed the first episode. So like any true fan would I search out what I had missed. Not only did I find the pilot, but I found out that Being Human started in the UK on the BBC two year earlier. That's right, Being Human UK was on it's third season. So what would you do? If your like me, you watch the UK to get more of the story. But the problem was that it was a different story. The principles were the same of course. Vampire, werewolf, and ghost living together under the same roof, the vampire and werewolf even had the same jobs. The character personalities were nearly exact as well, but they were completely different characters at the same time. Here in the US Sam Witwer plays Aidan the vampire, in the UK it's Aidan Turner as Mitchell. Sam Huntington is Josh the werewolf in US, and Russell Tovey is George over the pound. Then you have the lovely and very talented Lenora Crichlow as Annie the ghost on BBC, where as on Syfy Meghan Rath is the tempting poltergeist Sally.

Parts of the story line parallel each other, but for the most part they are entirely different tales. Point in question. In the US version, Aiden befriends a young neighborhood boy that is being bullied. Of course things go wrong, and by the end the boy is dieing. Aiden turns down the boy's mother's request to save his live. But of course Aiden's vamp-girlfriend turns the boy anyway. At the end of the episode Aiden takes the boy out into the woods, to teach him to hunt, but in reality it is a one way trip for the young vampire. He kills the lad. Now this is much the same in the UK take, but Mitchell turns the boy himself, explains it all to the mother and then sends them off on a train to start a new life. That my friends is just one example of very many differences.

Most of my family has watched both Being Human series with me, and we all like both of them, but I have to be honest - We all lean towards the original UK version on the show. Watch it and you will see what I mean. There just seem to be more depth to the characters and the story, rather than relying on the violence to carry the show. Please let me know what you think.

Torchwood says farewell to Dr. Juarez

Dr. Vera Juarez goes down in flames, literally. Dr. Juarez played by the lovely and talented Arlene Tur, meets her untimely demise while investigating the goings on inside one of the overflow camps. Vera, Rex, and Esther all go in to find out what the module is, and what it is for. Vera pushes the leader of the camp to far, and finds her self inside the module with a bullet in her leg and hand. Of course Rex is the one that finds her just as the door locks and the burners come on. Mekhi Phifer plays the part to perfection as he watches his doctor and lover, burn alive. I have to admit that I am sad to see her go, but at least she went out in true Torchwood style. Rest in peace Dr. Vera Juarez, you shall be missed.