Bill Nighy in new series

Digital Spy have reported that the legendary British actor Bill Nighy will appear in the next series in an episode also featuring Van Gogh.

Bill has regularly been associated with the possibility that he might end up playing the good Doctor himself one day so it will be great to see the great man in an episode.

Now, I have my fingers crossed for Patrick Stewart!!

Dalek Storm Filming report - Part One

On Saturday 30th January 2010 filming began for a new short film featuring the legendary Dalek Storm.

It had been discussed and decided that the only way to raise the profile of Storm would be to have some high quality footage and pictures to show the rest of the world (and the BBC) that Storm should be taken seriously.

To this end Alan Clark (Storm's creator), Steve Dutton ( professional photographer and cameraman), Alan's partner, Raymond Hyde (Dalek builder) and myself all met up at Magna in Sheffield which had been booked by Ray as the location for the shoot.

Steve & I drove down together and arrived at about 10:20am where we met Alan and co in the car park still assembling Storm. It was cold, very cold so Steve & I decided to grab a hot drink and look at possible area's within Magna which would be good to film in.

20 minutes later we all convened in the entrance and were told that Storm was too big to fit in any of the lifts and therefore the only way we could film on the upper levels would be to take Storm apart and then re assemble - a process totaling 1 hour. Therefore we decided to attempt to get all the footage shot downstairs and outside the building.

The first set of shots were taken against a brightly lit background with Storm performing various maneuvers and we made sure that we had enough to create some special effect which would be added later in post production.

Part Two to follow..............

Dalek Storm Fan Trailer

Timelord50 has created a short trailer for the Storm film and uploaded it to YouTube. How exciting that someone has taken the time to do this in order to promote Storm. Lets hope that the BBC takes notice of Storm sooner rather than later.

So, here it is...... please enjoy!!

Dalek Storm Filming

Storm, the hardest of all Daleks is to appear in a short promotional video featuring some original music specifically written for Storm. The filming took place today in High Definition at a secret location and will be edited over the next month. When the final edit is done it will be off to a top London studio for the final finishing process.

There will be regular updates on this site so please check back so you can follow it's development. We're hoping that this will be the start of many good things for Dalek Storm.

A brand new era - Matt Smith Is the Doctor

So thats it then - a new Doctor, new production team, new logo, new Tardis, new companion. We welcome you all and I for one can't wait!!

Leeds Doctor Who Fan Group

Yesterday's monthly meeting at the Adelphi pub in Leeds was a little quieter that normal due to the adverse weather conditions. When I say "quieter" I mean in terms of number of people turning up..... however, "quiet" would certainly not be an appropriate word to describe the event itself. Amongst other topics discussed, there was a lively debate about The End Of Time parts 1 & 2 which proved to have made an impression on all concerned.

At around 5pm we all moved onto another pub as it was happy hour which meant cheap drinks. The conversation soon moved away from Doctor Who to subject matters which I would certainly not want to discuss an a family friendly Blog such as this.....

All in all it was a fantastic day spent in the company of good friends and everyone was on really good form.

The next meeting is on Saturday 6th February at 1pm....... Please call Neil on 07525 336580 or email here for more details.

Leeds Doctor Who Fan Group

This Saturday the 9th January is our regular monthly meeting at the Adelphi pub in Leeds at 1pm. Everyone is welcome and it really is a great day out. See you there!!

Dalek Storm Fan page on Facebook

Become a fan of Dalek Storm on Facebook and find out more about the "Super Dalek". There will be regular updates and news about appearances and forthcoming events.....

End of Time reviews

Here are a few random reviews of the End of Time. Most seem to love it and echo what I said in an earlier post.

TV Overmind
Anglotopia
Coventry Telegraph

The End of Time part 2 ratings

The Sun have reported that last night's episode got over 12 million viewers.

I still want to know who the mysterious Time Lady was who was advising Wilf..... answers on a postcard please.

Nice new picture

The New Doctor

The End Of Time Ends......

Well, what can I say? It was brilliant, so very very good but I was expecting so much more. RTD delivered a fantastic script, David and Bernard and James Bond and John Simm were amazing but where were the really big plot twists.....?

I can't complain really - we should be thankful for a brilliant piece of television once again. Ring out the old and ring in the new!!

2010 Trailer....

A new era, here is what we have to look forward to and doesn't it look amazing...??

Farewell to David and Russell....

And so, the end is near.

It is 17:56 with less that an hour to go before the finale begins. It is the end of an era in which Doctor Who has changed television in so many ways. So many people are responsible but surely top honours should go to RTD and DT?

I want to say thanks guys for giving me, my son's and millions of people so much pleasure over the last 5 years and good luck in everything you do for the future.

There will be a post later on tonight after the Confidential episode.

I hope you all enjoy the biggest episode since Rose....