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SCI-FI series Doctor Who could be heading for the big screen, its new boss revealed yesterday. Writer Steven Moffat told the Edinburgh TV festival: "I would say yes, as long as it never gets in the way of the show. "It would be great to see it at the cinema. It's been there before, so it would be good to see it again. "I don't think it's the most important thing for Doctor Who. "A movie is 90 minutes - that's not that different from making a single episode, so I'm not against it."...
By CAROLYN CHURCHILL and AMANDA MACMILLAN HE is a good, if not a great, Dane. That was the verdict yesterday after Doctor Who star David Tennant made his longawaited appearance as Hamlet in a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) production. The casting of the 37-yearold Scot as the young Danish prince had sparked some barbed comments about theatre companies using big names to fill seats. But Tennant's performance at The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford- upon-Avon, has been roundly praised by both...
By Jill Lawless STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England - It's "Hamlet," but not as we know it. The Royal Shakespeare Company usually draws genteel, theater- loving crowds to the serene town of Stratford, the playwright's birthplace. It has never seen anything like the fan frenzy surrounding a new production of "Hamlet" that stars not one but two science fiction icons: David Tennant, hero of the British Broadcasting Corp.'s beloved "Doctor Who," and Patrick Stewart of "Star Trek: The Next Generation."...
DOCTOR Who's arch-rival Davros took centre stage at the Proms yesterday. The special concert featured music used throughout the BBC Wales- filmed show, as well as classical favourites from composers including Holst and Wagner. The Prom was based on the theme of space and time. Actress Freema Agyeman, who played one of the Doctor's assistants in the show, which is filmed in Cardiff, hosted the event at London's Royal Albert Hall. Russell T Davies wrote a special scene for the Prom...
DOCTOR Who star David Tennant was left wishing he could really travel back in time after an embarrassing tape of an early audition turned up. The 15-year-old tape shows Tennant, from Bathgate, auditioning for a part in BBC comedy drama Takin' Over The Asylum, wearing a baggy purple sweater and sporting swept-back hair. Despite his embarrassment, Tennant agreed to allow the footage to be used on a new DVD of the series. (c) 2008 Evening News; Edinburgh (UK). Provided by ProQuest...
Doctor Who may think he's beaten the Daleks but he hasn't got them all licked, as design and textile students from New College in Ponfefract demonstrate with a creation that even the Timelord's arch enemy Davros would be proud of. The students used more than 110lb of liquorice to produce Daliq - a sweet incarnation of the sci-fi baddie - to promote the town's annual liquorice festival. They spent a month working with design technician Steve Jefferies and textiles tutor Amanda Bird to create...
Nearly 10m people crept out from behind the sofa to find out whether David Tennant would survive the series finale of Doctor Who. At its peak, 9.8m people - an impressive 47 per cent of the total TV audience - tuned in to see the Time Lord defeat the Daleks on Saturday night, according to BBC figures. The average viewing figure of 9.4m is 300,000 more than watched the first episode of the series in April. The figures for Doctor Who followed days of intense speculation over Tennant's future...
NEARLY 10million people tuned in to find out whether David Tennant would survive the series finale of Doctor Who. At its peak, 9.8million people - 47 per cent of Saturday's total TV audience - tuned in to see the Time Lord defeat the Daleks, according to BBC figures. The average viewing figure of 9.4million is 300,000 more than watched the first episode of the series in April. But Tennant's long-term future as the Doctor remains uncertain. The Scot will star in a Doctor Who Christmas...
MILLIONS of TV viewers were last night asking - Doctor Who? The identity of the Timelord for the next outing of the popular BBC sci-fi show was up in the air at the series finale. A trailer for the Christmas 2008 return showed both current Doctor David Tennant and the bookies' favourite to replace him, David Morrissey. Earlier yesterday, bookies were kept on their toes after punters overwhelmingly backed Morrissey to succeed Tennant. William Hill cut the price six times in the space...
Actor David Tennant appears to be retaining the title role in Doctor Who, the storyline of the British TV series' season finale portends. While there had been speculation Tennant was preparing to leave the science fiction series, his character survived Saturday's finale and all indications were he would be returning next season, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The British newspaper said in previous season finales, the actor playing Doctor Who typically exits the show after his character...
