Posted on 10/11/2010 3:36:47 AM PDT by tlb
The BBC announced today that season six of Doctor Who, which delivered record ratings for BBC AMERICA earlier this year, will open with a spectacular two-parter set in the U.S. and penned by ‘Who supremo’ Steven Moffat.
In the special two-parter co-produced with BBC AMERICA, key scenes will be filmed in Utah for a story set in the late ‘60s in which the Doctor, Amy and Rory find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah – right to the Oval Office itself.
Production on episodes one and two of the new season starts in Cardiff this month and Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will then travel to America in mid November to shoot pivotal scenes. They will also be joined by Alex Kingston who reprises her role as River Song.
Showrunner and lead writer, Steven Moffat, said: “The Doctor has visited every weird and wonderful planet you can imagine, so he was bound get round to America eventually! And of course every Doctor Who fan will be jumping up and down and saying he’s been in America before. But not for real, not on location – and not with a story like this one! Oh, you wait!”
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This should be good. I wonder if Dr Who joins the Mormons.
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I haven’t watched Dr. Who since that shaggy-haired guy was in the lead role in the early ‘70s.
Maybe the Doc is just trying to get back to the Last Chance in Tombstone:
So fill up your glasses,
And join in the song.
The law’s right behind you,
And it won’t take long.
So come, you coyotes
And howl at the moon,
Till there’s blood upon the sawdust,
In The Last Chance Saloon.
Now I know where Glen Beck got that fashion statement from.
Dr. Who?
He's on first ...
Who’s on first?
Naturally.
if you haven’t seen it yet... you must watch the doctor who episode ‘blink’. excellent episode and a great introduction / re-introduction to the series
here’s what i could find on youtube (part 1 seems messed up):
part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1Ku1XpGyA
part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVkUXxlg2mA
part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEi0weBgLjM
part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cjNipPTL8
part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrMXwOkOMg0
Coolness!
David Tennant quickly became my favorite Doctor.
Naturally who?.
Yes.
Matt Smith just does not cut it. Can’t wait for the next regeneration.
He's been to America three times that I can think of off the top of my head. Hartnell went to the Empire State Building. Troughton went to the Wild West, and Eccleston went to an alien museum in Arizona.
They come across the pond to film in... Utah? Oh well. BTW, anyone else who follows the current Dr. Who find that it’s hard to follow what’s going on? It seems like they have 60 minutes worth of lines to say in 45 minutes. (Of course, now that I’m getting old, I find everyone is talking quieter and quieter just to piss me off).
Additionally, Tennant’s Dr Who went to NYC with Martha Jones. The Dalek’s had taken over the building of the Empire State Building during the Great Depression.
Is that faggy dude still the lead Dr.? If so, pass.
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