DISCUSSION - THE FINALE AND SERIES 6

Warning, this post may contain spoilers!

So, it's all over! The Doctor died (kind of), the wedding happened, and silence fell.

Over the past year, Series 6 of Doctor Who has travelled places never before seen. We've been to America, we've been on board a pirate ship, we've seen the Doctor's wives (both of them), and we've battled The Silence.

It's time to get your thoughts about out the whole of Series 6 (and the finale). Did you like it, or was it a miss for you? (The best comments will have the chance to be featured in Issue 2 of Tardis Base Magazine).



‘SKY’ PREVIEW CLIP AND BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO

Check out this new preview clip for “Sky”, the opening story of The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5 which premieres on Monday on CBBC, as well as a behind the scenes video from the BFI screening of the episode.





IT’S FINALE DAY – ARE YOU READY?

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At last. Tonight has been a long awaited night as it sees the premiere of the Doctor Who series 6 finale, The Wedding of River Song! We are promised answers for most of the questions raised throughout this series, as well as answers to questions asked back in the beginning of series 5! This Silence arc has been ongoing for quite some time, so this finale is set to be big…

Check out 3 new images from the episode released by the BBC below:

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And here are two preview clips to get you excited!



The Wedding of River Song airs at 7.10pm on BBC One and at 9/8c on BBC America, followed by the last ever episode of Doctor Who Confidential on BBC Three in the UK.

Are you doing anything to celebrate the premiere, like having a friend gathering or a party? Tell us in the comments below!



INVASION OF TIME ACTION FIGURE SET

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A new Forbidden Planet exclusive classic figure set has been unveiled, based on the “Invasion of Time” story. This figure set includes Leela with Dagger, Sontaran Commander Stor with weapon and helmet, and De-Mat gun accessory.

It is due for release on November 24th, pre-order HERE.



THE GOD COMPLEX AND CLOSING TIME: YOUR VERDICT

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Voting has now closed for our “The God Complex” and “Closing Time” polls, and the results are in! Most of you enjoyed The God Complex as 65 of you said you loved it, 26 people said it was worthy of high praise, 21 thought it could have been better, with 10 people not liking the story.

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Closing Time was a runaway success with 71 people loving the episode with a 54% share of votes! 34 people gave it high praise, 21 thought it could be better whilst merely 4 people didn’t like the Cybermen story.

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Come back after The Wedding of River Song tonight to leave your vote!



DOCTOR WHO INSIDER ISSUE 7

Winston Churchill joins the Doctor on the cover of Doctor Who Insider issue 7, the American version of Doctor Who Magazine made by Panini. Read more below:

In This Issue…

Doctor Who Insider #7

“I did a lot of research that included going to various locations and hearing a lot of his tapes which have all his speeches on it so that I could get some of his cadences together.”
– Ian McNeice on playing Winston Churchill

CHURCHILL’S VICTORY
Following his return to Doctor Who as Winston Churchill in The Wedding of River Song, Ian McNeice reveals his delight at being part of the extended Doctor Who family.

ACE IN THE 80’S
Sophie Aldred shares her memories of playing groundbreaking companion Ace opposite Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy.

THE DOCTOR’S WHEELS
Whilst exiled on Earth in the 1970’s, the Doctor acquired two very different vehicles to transport him too and from his adventures – Bessie and the Whomobile. Insider investigates the real life story of both cars, revealing their origins and attempting to find out where they are now.

DORIUM’S DELIGHT
Simon Fisher‐Becker couldn’t be happier to be playing blue man, Dorium Maldovar. Insider finds out why.

I WAS… ADOLF HITLER
Albert Welling tells Insider what it was like to play the most hated man in history in Let’s Kill Hitler.

NEXUS POINT
Whilst on trial by his own people, the Time Lords, the Sixth Doctor is slightly surprised to discover that his prosecutor, the Valeyard, is in fact a future version of himself!

DATA FILE
We take a look at the life of the whimsical Second Doctor and his companions.

TIME SCOOP
Insider follows the Doctor and his companion Romana on their quest for the six segments of the Key to Time.

MERCHANDISE
Previews of the latest Doctor Who merchandise, including the special edition of The Talons of Weng‐Chiang on DVD. Authors Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie tell Insider how they wrote Big Finish Productions’ new audio drama The Doomsday Quatrain,
featuring the Seventh Doctor. And writer Naomi Alderman explains how she plays tricks with time in her new Doctor Who novel, Borrowed Time.

FAN ZONE
Insider presents a special report on this year’s Comic‐Con event in San Diego where Doctor Who was featured in a big way!

PLUS! The latest official news and a giant, double‐sided poster of the Eleventh Doctor with Winston Churchill and the Second Doctor.

Don’t miss the seventh issue of DOCTOR WHO INSIDER, out October 6, priced just $6.99!



POLL: MIRACLE DAY - YOUR VERDICT

Over weeks of voting, the results are in for our poll on Miracle Day.

As you can see from the results, you gave Miracle Day a very mixed response.

The majority of you voted that you "thought it was really good" with 29% of the votes. That was then followed by 24% of you called it the "best series yet". That was closely followed by 23% of you calling it "not the best series, but still good", followed by 13% calling it "okay", 10% calling it "rubbish" and 7% saying you "didn't really like it".

Do you agree with these results?



IT'S A FANDAMONIUM! WE NEED YOU

After the success of Tardis Base Magazine Issue 1, which had over 3000 readers (and counting), Issue 2 is just around the corner!

In Issue 2 of the magazine, we will be starting a brand new feature called FANDAMONIUM, which is dedicated to you and your fandom!

Do you have any pictures of yourself and your friends cosplaying as characters from the show? Maybe some Doctor Who drawings you have done? Or maybe pictures of you with stars from the show? Maybe you've built your very own Doctor Who monsters?

Whatever it is, send them along to tardisbasemagazine@gmail.com and the best ones will be featured in the magazine! Hurry!

We've already received some amazing pictures, so don't delay, and send in your submissions for your change to be featured in the magazine.

(Come back on Saturday straight after the finale for the reveal of the cover, plus the full press pack for the issue as well as the release date).



THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES “SKY” PROMO PICS

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Check out these new episode stills and behind the scenes on set pictures from episode one of The Sarah Jane Adventures series 5, “Sky”, plus five new character promotional pictures for the fifth series.

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“Sky” premieres on Monday October 3rd on CBBC.



DOCTOR WHO AND TORCHWOOD NOMINATED FOR NTAS

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The long list for this years National Television Awards have been revealed! Doctor Who and Torchwood: Miracle Day are up for “Best Drama” whilst Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, John Barrowman, and Eve Myles are all up for the “Outstanding Drama Performance” award for their roles as the Doctor, Amy Pond, Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper. John Barrowman is also up for the “Most Popular Entertainment Presenter” for his work on Tonight’s the Night. On the 17th of October we will find out who made the shortlist, so get voting now!

Click HERE to vote.



THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS SYNOPSIS

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The BBC have released a press pack for series 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures, which includes interviews with writer Phil Ford and new guest star Sinead Michael, as well as revealing the synopsis for “The Man Who Never Was”, the final ever story of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The Man Who Never Was – Episode One
Joseph Serf has launched his new SerfBoard, the must-have computer that no one can resist owning. Intrigued, Sarah Jane takes Luke and Sky to investigate what’s so compelling about Serf and his business. Clyde and Rani meanwhile take a SerfBoard to pieces, suspecting alien technology may be the answer...

The Man Who Never Was – Episode Two
The truth behind Joseph Serf’s company is out – alien Light Sculptors, slaves kept beneath his office building. As Luke and Sky try to find a way to free them and get them home safely, Sarah Jane needs Clyde and Rani to come and help her – and get married along the way...
See the press pack HERE. SJA series five premieres Monday October 3rd on CBBC.



THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FILMING PICTURES!

Warning, this post may contain spoilers!

Digital Spy have released some new images from the set of this year's Christmas Special! See a selection of the pictures below, or click HERE to view the full gallery.




BREAKING NEWS: DOCTOR WHO CONFIDENTIAL IS AXED!

It seems that it's curtain call for Doctor Who's behind the scenes spin-off show, Doctor Who Confidential.

Zoe Rushton today confirmed the end of the series via her Twitter.

The show will end after the final instalment airs after this year's Christmas Special.

Doctor Who Confidential has been documenting behind the scenes since the show returned in 2005.

In an official statement, the BBC said:
The Doctor Who spin-off series, Doctor Who Confidential, has been a great show for BBC3 over the years, but our priority now is to build on original British commissions, unique to the channel.
In other words, they can't afford to make the show anymore. Are you sad that there will be no Doctor Who confidential from 2012?



COMPLETE SERIES 6 BOXSET COVER

2|Entertain have revealed the cover and details for the Doctor Who series 6 complete boxset and have also unveiled details on a limited edition set! Check out the cover and for the standard boxset below and see what extras are included:


The Doctor, Amy and Rory return to face monsters, mysteries and adventures all across time and space in the the action-packed sixth series.

Together they find themselves in Sixties America, battling the invasion the world forgot, then journey on the high seas of 1696 aboard a pirate ship, to solve the mystery of the Siren. In a bubble universe at the very edge of reality, the Doctor meets an old friend with a new face, and in a monastery on a remote island in the near future, an industrial accident takes on a terrible human shape. They also venture across centuries and galaxies, where they encounter the greatest war criminal in all of history - and Hitler. They'll also discover there's no scarier place in the universe than a child's bedroom and a visit to an alien quarantine facility will reveal to Rory a very different side to his wife. In a hotel where walls move, corridors twist and rooms vanish, death lies waiting. But the Doctor's time has yet to come. He has one last stop to make on his final journey - an old friend needs his help and an old foe must be defeated. But time catches up with us all and the Doctor can delay no more.

The DVD set includes all 13 episodes of series 6 plus the Christmas special "A Christmas Carol" and the Comic Relief special "Space and Time", plus commentaries on four of the stories, including: The Impossible Astronaut, The Doctor's Wife, A Good Man Goes To War, and The Wedding of River Song. There will also be a Confidential Cutdown to accompany all 13 episodes and a collection of The Monster Files and 4 prequels. There will also be 5 mini-episodes included titled Night and the Doctor written specially by Steven Moffat for the boxset, with an exclusive Confidential episode for it called The Night's Tale.

The limited edition of the set includes an exclusive Silence cover and cool 4 lenticular prints which can be seen below!

(Play.com release includes exclusive micro figure)

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The set will be released on November 21st on DVD and Blu-ray.


DOCTOR WHO COVERS THIS WEEKS RADIO TIMES

Doctor Who takes the cover of this weeks Radio Times magazine, on sale tomorrow. This issue of the UKs biggest TV guide includes interviews with Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Steven Moffat! See the cover below:

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SFX 21 TEASERS FOR THE WEDDING OF RIVER SONG

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Check out SFX.co.uk’s exciting 21 teasers for The Wedding of River Song below!

1 First, a heads-up. We didn’t get an office preview of this one because, at Steven Moffat’s request, no previews were sent out. Instead, I had to go to the show’s London PR office for a private screening. But one thing’s for sure – if we had had a preview version in our office, I would have watched the whole thing over again straight away. Sadly, I was a little too embarrassed to ask the PR guys if I could do that there and then. Now I wish I’d gone, “Sod professionalism…”

2 The reason I’d want to watch it again straight away is not because it’s massively complicated and you need to rewatch it to make sense of it. In fact, it’s a surprisingly simple tale, though told in a clever way. No, I wanted to watch it again because a) it’s so rich with detail and b) it’s enormous fun.

3 There is technobabble, but that’s largely a red herring

4 The teaser looks like it was more expensive than the rest of the “back six” put together. It’s a visual and conceptual delight

5 It does answer a lot of questions, but some old ones (from Matt Smith’s first series) are still left open, and some new ones are posed

6 There are many, many glorious special effects sequences

7 The denouement is bound to cause some debate. If you like the episode, you’ll be able to rationalise it, but if you don’t you’ll be going, “But hang on, in that episode…?” But that’s Doctor Who fandom

8 You’ll discover a whole new meaning to the phrase “Live Chess” that has nothing to do with Harry Potter

9 The Doctor wonders if he could be the fifth member of something

10 Wi-fi comes in handy

11 There’s the return of an old look for the Doctor

12 There are some unexpected (truly unexpected) returning characters

13 There’s a moving tribute to an old friend

14 The Doctor offers and eye for an eye patch

15 A big revelation may remind you of Little Britain

16 There are some peculiar postmen

17 Somebody’s portrait looks nothing like them

18 The episode title may not be as much of a red herring as you might think. But then again…

19 Bow ties are not just cool, they’re useful on occasion

20 It’s a bit of a gamechanger

21 The eye patch is explained.

The finale airs this Saturday at 7.10pm on BBC One!



THE GOD COMPLEX - OFFICIAL RATINGS

The official ratings for The God Complex have been revealed by the BARB.

6.77 million people watched Doctor Who, meaning it had 28.3% of the final auidience share for Saturday night.



DOCTOR WHO SERIES 6 PART 2 ACTION FIGURES

Ikon Collectables revealed images of new action figures from series 6. Figures include: 11th Doctor with beard, Peg Soldier, Cyberman with face damage, pack of 20 Cybermats, and Cyberman with chest damage.

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They will be released within the next few months!

Will you be buying any of these?



THE WEDDING OF RIVER SONG TV TRAILER

Airs next Saturday at 7.10pm on BBC One!



CLOSING TIME OVERNIGHT RATINGS

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Last nights premiere of Closing Time was watched by 5.3 million, according to unofficial overnight ratings, with an audience share of 24.6% during the timeslot, becoming the third most watched show of the day, and the most watched show BBC One. The episode was beaten by All Star Family Fortunes on ITV1 (5.6 million viewers) and The X Factor (10 million viewers). Final ratings will be released in 10 days.