'Incredible' Series 9 news thread

[duncan]

Yes, it looks OK. You can't see the join so to speak.

[Dirk Gently]

The wig looks fine.

And Jenna looks very fine as well.

[Martin Curnow]

And Jenna looks very fine as well.

I was thinking much the same thing lol

[Martin Curnow]

Very little news out there if my last post was the last post, which it was!

[Rob McCow]

They announced a new actor to play the part of 'The Doctor' but that's about it.

[SiHart]

Well filming has apparently finished now on the Christmas Special, so I guess we're just waiting for them to get started on the series proper now.

[Dirk Gently]

So long Matt, and thanks for all the fish fingers.

[SiHart]

First director of the Capaldi era announced:

The BBC's official Doctor Who website has announced that acclaimed British film director Ben Wheatley is to helm the opening two episodes of series eight in 2014. This means that Wheatley will be in the chair for the first episodes to star Peter Capaldi, ushering in the era of the Twelfth Doctor.

Wheatley began his career creating short films and animations and internet "virals." He then moved into television, working on comedy programmes such as BBC Three's Ideal (written by Big Finish actor and author Graham Duff). His debut feature film, Down Terrace, was made in just eight days in 2009, and he has followed this with the features Kill List (2010), Sightseers (2012), A Field in England (2013) and the forthcoming Freakshift, a $15 million American film. He is also working on a science-fiction drama series called Silk Road for the American cable network HBO.

Wheatley, who will be one of the most high-profile directors ever to have worked on Doctor Who, told the BBC:

I am very excited and honoured to be asked to direct the first two episodes of the new series of Doctor Who. I've been a fan since childhood (Tom Baker is my Doctor if you are asking). I've been watching the current run of Doctor Who with my son and have discovered it all over again. The work that has been done is amazing. I'm really looking forward to working with Peter Capaldi and finding out where Steven Moffat is planning to take the new Doctor.
News of the hiring of Wheatley has generated some excitement online, with the website Den of Geek describing him as "...one of British cinema's best working directors. Throw in the Peter Capaldi factor, and this is, in our humble view, quite brilliant news."

[Dirk Gently]

It looks like it'll be a September showing for series 8 then.

I like an Autumn time slot. 9 months to wait though.

[Rob McCow]

Filming has begun! Photos have been taken!

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-...-filming-today

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/series-...aldi-57633.htm

Looks like there's some familiar faces too.

[SiHart]

They've definitely toned down his hair!

And isn't that a Pertwee-esque point?

[SiHart]

Phil Ford is writing episode 2. Hope it maintains the standards he set with his SJA scripts

[SiHart]

Photos from the filming...

[SiHart]

Is the new series coming sooner than we anticipated?

[SiHart]

Ben Wheatley - who is directing Peter Capaldi's first two episodes - has been talking about working with the actor.

"With someone like Capaldi, he's a massive Who fan. He knows Who inside out. And everything he does is very, carefully planned and thought about. I remember when they first started talking to me about doing it, and I was very nervous for just those reasons. How do you shape this performance? But then when I heard who was going to do it - when they told me it was Capaldi, [I thought] that's not really a problem. He's so good. I was relieved, pretty much. It would have been a very different situation if it had been another kind of Matt Smith character. A guy who you don't know. Moulded from the start. But with Capaldi, you look at his career and you look at his performances they are all so brilliant, and all so different as well. It was a lucky break for me, I think that." He added: "It seems to me the episodes that we're doing now seem more like classic Who. We're going back to that style. But you'll have to wait and see."

[Dirk Gently]

He added: "It seems to me the episodes that we're doing now seem more like classic Who. We're going back to that style. But you'll have to wait and see."

Ooh, sounds good for us oldies.

[Jon Masters]

Ooh, sounds good for us oldies.

Heresy !! There is no classic Who and NuHoo, there is only WHO !!

Maybe he means classic like that old episode Fear Her

[Rob McCow]

It seems to me the episodes that we're doing now seem more like classic Who. We're going back to that style

Muscling in on Big Finish's turf. This lot are playground bullies!

Expect lots of stories like 'The Trial of The Valeyard'.

[Dino]

LOOK OUT!!! According to another forum, tonight has seen a big press thing for Doctor Who.
So tomorrow, watch out for spoilers in the papers!

[Dave Tudor]

To announce Keeley Hawes as a villain in the new series:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26566092

Great casting.

[Dirk Gently]

There's something very Matron Cofelia (Miss Foster) about her in that picture.

Good casting though.

[SiHart]

Look who's been on location this week!

[Dirk Gently]

Guest appearance or just a visit? The latter probably, but it would be nice to see Tegan again*.



Briefly.

[SiHart]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho...by-Mark-Gatiss

[Antony Cox]

Look who's been on location this week!

Good to see her looking well!