Moffat Explains Delay

In the 2012 edition of The Brilliant Book, Steven Moffat explains why we're waiting until Autumn for Series 7.

“The truth behind the delay next year is: why are we killing ourselves and risking compromising the show, in order to go out in the middle of summer? I’m sick of it. I’m sick of standing in the blazing sunshine, with a barbecue fork in my hand, knowing that Doctor Who is coming on any minute,” he said. “Six o’clock on a sunny Saturday is the middle of the afternoon, whereas six o’clock on a winter or autumn Saturday is dark and exciting”

Moffat also mentioned that Amy and Rory will be back in Series 7, but will not be in the 2011 Christmas special. More appearance from River Song is “Dependent on Alex Kingston”.

He also teased for the 50th anniversary. “Epic, huge, massive, indulgent… all your treats at once…I guarantee you it’s going to be the best year ever to be a Doctor Who fan. We’re going to be in production for longer than ever, just to do everything that we intend to do”.

Series 7 will be in Autumn

It seems there will be a long wait between the Christmas special and the start of the next series. According to the Doctor Who magazine, the first half of Series 7 will be airing in the autumn of 2012. The 2012 Christmas special will follow, with the second half of Series 7 airing in early 2013.

It would be almost impossible for Series 7 to be a split series like Series 6, as filming will not begin until Febuary 2012. If this happens, Series 8 will air in time for the 50th Anniversary.

Fan-Vid Friday (5)

Another trailer by LastWhovian, this one encompassing all of Doctor Who since it began in 1963.

Matt Smith on 3D for 50th Anniversary.

Matt Smith has expressed interest in having the 50th Anniversary air in 3D.

‘I love making Doctor Who and I get to be part of that 50th year which they’ll do something mental for. You know it will be brilliant.' He told Bang showbiz, ‘I'm interested in all the 3-D stuff. If it could be filmed for 3-D TV that would be fun, especially with 'Doctor Who', but it's very expensive. I don't know how they'd do it.’

And on his involvement in the show's future: ‘For me, it's just that I know that I'm going to shoot 14 episodes, of which I'll be in all of them. How they'll actually schedule it, I don’t know. But all I know is that we start in February.’

Steven Moffat on 50th Anniversary

During a recent interview with TVLine, Steven Moffat talked about the fast-approaching 50th Anniversary. The Anniversary comes in 2013, which Moffat says will be "an amazing year" for Whovians.

“I’ve got various plans, but all I can say emphatically is it will be huge,” Steven Moffat said. “It won’t be just one thing…. We’ll be doing lots of stuff. The plans are quite extensive, and changing all the time. We will hit that year very, very hard indeed.”

“There’s lot of decisions we’re making that are about making all that possible. It’ll be amazing.”

Moffat also addressed the many rumours that past Doctors may return. “Possibly…. It’s so far in the future, it’s only a set of notions,” he said.

Fan-Vid Friday 1 (Fixed)

Today is the first Fan-Vid Friday. Here is an amazing trailer by LastWhovian.(Update: Sorry, somehow I posted the wrong video)




Thanks to Random Who for sharing.

Fan-Vid Friday (1)

Today is the first Fan-Vid Friday. Here is an amazing trailer by LastWhovian.



Thanks to Random Who for sharing.

Captain Jack for 50th Anniversary?

John Barrowman, the actor portraying Captain Jack Harkness wants to see his character return to Doctor Who for the shows 50th anniversary in 2013.

He explained at the Torchwood: Miracle Day Comic-Con panel: “Torchwood and Captain Jack were born from the mothership,” he said. “I would love to do it… I think it would be disappointing for the 50th anniversary for a character like Captain Jack not to make some kind of appearance for the 50th anniversary show.”
Adding that there it would be interesting to see how the 11th Doctor gelled with Jack: “I think there would be a different kind of dynamic there with Jack and the [11th] Doctor.”

In response, Matt Smith said, “It’s the 50th year coming up, so maybe…”