Matt Smith talks about the 12th Doctor

Firstly Matt Smith isn't quitting, there was some confusion over a statement he made backstage at the NTAs where he said:

“I’m here for the future, I love making the show. I have no plans to leave. I’ve got a year of Who and I’ll take it from there really."

Which left a number of people and MANY 'Tweeters' under the assumption that Smith was only here for another year.  In a more recent interview Smith commented on his earlier statement by saying, the future isn't set in stone, however he doesn’t think he’ll be beating Tom Baker’s 7 year record: “I don’t think I’ll be doing it as long as Mr Baker” he remarked.

In an interview with the UK Press Association: “I think there will need to be a younger, cooler person than me, or maybe an older, cooler person, who knows?”

Way to take a stand there Matt...

Filming for the season 7 begins mid February where Matt will be accompanied by his new companion following Amy and Rory's departure 

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Sources:
UK Press Association
http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/

Episode Review: Tooth and Claw

Episode:                      Tooth and Claw

Original Air Date:        April 22^nd 2006 (UK)

October 6^th 2006 (US)

Directed by:                Euros Lyn

Written by:                  Russell T. Davies

Starring:                      David Tennant, Billie Piper and Pauline Collins

Our story starts with the Doctor attempting to take Rose (his companion) to see Ian Dury and the blockheads in concert in 1979 however, the TARDIS has other plans and they land in the Scottish moors in 1879 where they encounter a carriage and armed guard, due to a fallen tree on the train line Queen Victory is forced to take the roads to Balmoral Castle.  This is actually the third time the Doctor has encountered Queen Victoria, in the television story ‘The Curse of Peladon’ , the third Doctor mentioned having been in attendance at Queen Victoria's coronation, and in the novel ‘Empire of Death’ the Fifth Doctor met Queen Victoria and was even appointed her Scientific Advisor. None of this however is mentioned within this episode.  The Doctor claims to have been appointed the royal physician and joins Victoria to her overnight stop, The Torchwood Estate, home of Sir Robert MacLeish and his wife lady Isobel (interestingly, the Doctor introduces himself as James McCrimmon which was actually the name of the Second Doctors Companion Jamie.)  At this time the Royal party are all blissfully unaware that the house has been overrun by a brotherhood of monks whom tuned from God to worship the Wolf.  The monks force Sir Robert to play into their ruse as they take the place of the house's servants and guards. It was in fact these same monks who arranged for the fallen tree in order to direct the Queens travels to the Torchwood Estate where they intend to infect her with the curse of the werewolf.  With them the Monks have brought a ‘person’ already affected with lycanthropy, hoping to pass its nature to the Queen and create a new "Empire of the Wolf”. 

As the Doctor, Sir Robert and Queen Victoria sit down to dinner the Doctor becomes aware that this is all a trap, that the Monks led by Father Angelo have drugged the Queens guards and imprisoned the house staff and Rose in the basement with the affected ‘person’.  As the moon initiates this creatures transformation from man into beast Rose and the others break free of their shackles and escape into the estate.  Joining the Doctor, Rose, Sir Robert and Victoria take refuge in the estates library, armed with books the Doctor and others set about trying to find more information of this beast and more importantly how to fight it.  While there a question arises as to why the Werewolf hasn’t attempted to break into the library, what is it about this place that halts the creatures attack?  The Doctor discovers that the woodwork surrounding the room is coated with mistletoe.  Mistletoes use as a Werewolf repellant dates back to the fourth and fifth century were ‘magicians’ would not only sell the repellant but also herbs that “guaranteed” the werewolf transformation.  During their study of the libraries books, they discover evidence collected by Sir Robert's father and Prince Albert that indicate the werewolf is actually the current form of an alien species that fell to earth in 1540 near St. Catherine's Glen, surviving the ages by passing its lycanthropic form from human to human. The Doctor also realises that the Torchwood  Estate its self was designed as a trap for the werewolf, by the use of a strange telescope designed by both Prince Albert and Sir Roberts father, along with the Queen's Koh-i-Noor diamond, they can force the werewolf to revert to human form and destroy the alien symbian.

As the Doctor prepares the telescope, Sir Robert attempts to fend off the Werewolf allowing the Doctor more time, the wolf breaks into the observatory as the Doctor configures the telescope in such a way to concentrate the moons light and traps the werewolf, the now trapped creature which has taken human form once again begs the Doctor to increase the light and kill him, the Doctor reluctantly obliges.  The Queen appears to have a small cut from this ordeal which she claims to have been a splinter from the door when the werewolf burst into the room, however the Doctor explains to Rose that history (her history) notes that all Queens Victoria’s children will carry a strange form of hemophilia, and that perhaps this was a Victorian explanation for lycanthropy.

The Next day the Doctor and Rose are knighted by Queen Victoria which is actually the second time the Doctor has been knighted, although this was his first official knighthood, the fifth Doctor was knighted in the story The Kings Demons by his future companion Kamelion who posed as King John the first while under the control of the Master.  Due to their ‘unholy’ lifestyle the Queen then banishes the Doctor and Rose from the British Empire, and in tribute to Sir Robert and his father she creates the Torchwood Institute, taking the name from the estate, with the express duty to investigate paranormal events such as the werewolf in this episode.

What has season 7 of Doctor Who got in store for us?

It looks like the Doctor is getting a little creative, I just found out about a new line of toys from Character that'll be coming out later this year.  Apparently there was quite the Doctor Who collection at the London toy fair this year. I did managed to get hold of some photos, which I think  could also be quite a good clue as far as whats to come in season 7.

The first is called the Dalek/Cyberman Anti Time device which looks to be a combination of canibalised Dalek and Cyberman parts:

In addition to this pretty neat looking contraption there's also a 'Personal TARDIS', what happens to the TARDIS??

Now this looks like something that's worn on the wrist, much like Captain Jacks Vortex Manipulator, but seeing as River used in 'Big Bang 2' there's got to be more to it. Something I particularly like is just how Steampunk'd everything is. 

Lastly I want to show you the new Trans Temporal Sonic Screwdriver...

with all these new toys giving us some sort of hint as to whats going to happen there seems to me that something is going to happen to the TARDIS maybe it breaks down, gets lost or even stolen.  I'm also guessing that we will be seeing the Daleks and the Cybermen based on the Anti Time Device. Also note the the Dalek eye is from the older style Daleks and not the newer style...

What ever is going to happen its gonna force the Doctor to come up with some new gadget...

Who knows?  All I can say is its gonna be interesting and fun to find out

What the Cool Geeks are Wearing: Time Warp by Everdream

Todays $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at Teefury is this Time Traveller themed design - themed shirt called “Time Warp" by Everdream 

The sale began this morning at 00.01 EST and will continue until midnight tonight where this design will no longer be available on this site.  And like most DW themed shirts its already become a 'Popular Item' based on only the sales of the past few hours.

Heres what the artist had to say:

Who doesn’t like time travel in all its complexity. I’ve seen so much material devoted to characters, ships, and weapons that I thought I’d give some love to those miraculous marvels that twist the hands of the clock.

I managed to figure out 7 of these, can you do any better?

Gillan has mixed emotions about life after the Doctor

Karen Gillan has now become a house hold name thanks to her role as Amy on Doctor Who and with her departure already set in motion what will the future hold for this 24year old from Inverness?

Karen has played Amy Pond alongside Matt Smith since Smith became the Doctor in 2010 and now relishes what life has to offer her next

 “My greatest fear is saying, ‘what if?’" she admitted. "Being in Doctor Who has been so amazing. I don’t think I will ever have a job quite so fun ever again. I feel sad because I am going to leave, but with any story, it has to come to an end.”  She explains “It was a mutual decision with me and Steven Moffat. We had this lovely dinner and decided when the best time for me to go was. So I’m excited and slightly scared.”

Both Karen and Arthur Darvil (her on screen husband) will leave the show this year after “a few really good episodes”.

Doctor Who made her a star but we will see there’s more to her than just a sidekick, when she plays 60s model Jean Shrimpton in BBC 4’s “We’ll Take Manhattan.”

We’ll Take Manhattan is about Shrimpton’s relationship with photographer David Bailey and a wild 1962 Vogue photo shot in New York. Which may not be that big aleap for Karen as she used to be a model and she recently split from her long term photographer boyfriend Patrick Green.

 “I know what it’s like to be a model and go to castings where some people like what they see and others look at you with distaste.

“It’s a strange sensation to be completely judged on how you look and that’s something I can ­understand because I used to be in that situation.”

Karen studied Acting in Edinburgh at 16 and at 18 continued her studies in London where she was offered a job that meant she would leave collage, however, once the job finished she had no income, no collage and had to work in a pub to make ends meet.

Which is why, as she contemplates a life without the  financial security and celebrity status the Doctor Who brought her, Karen knows she is doing the right thing.

She says: “It’s good to go with your gut instincts.

“You just should. Even if it doesn’t work out, something good will come out of it.”

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Sources:
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
news.whoviannet.co.uk

Ceramic TARDIS Teapot

So I had a thought a little while ago about make a teapot using one of the TARDIS ceramic mugs... 

However, today I found out that there are plans to release one this year, where as I've yet to find out the exact date I figure rather than spending the money on the mug and attempting to modify it Im just gonna wait...

the perfect companion to the mug:

The best place that Ive found to get a hold of the mug is here: Who North America: Ceramic TARDIS Mug

Doctor Who Papercraft projects

In addition to the cyberman cubies I found a few other papercraft projects that I wanted to share, figured it could be something fun to do with the kids and such...

If you do happen to make some of these, be sure to send me a photo and Ill post it on the blog

Paper Cybermen 'Cubies'

I've not written in nearly a week because I've been working on my Cyberman helmet, collecting reference photos, talking to people and researching the various styles stc.

While collecting photos and such I came across a bunch of images called 'Cubies' and thought it would perhaps be fun to share these with everyone: