Dr. Who - Photo courtesy of BBC America
Doctor Who is coming to America in a spectacular two-part season premiere on BBC AMERICA. Whargarbl TV was at the panel and press event for WonderCon ’11 in Downtown San Francisco, and we’re bring the news right to you through the internet. Pictures and Videos courtesy of BBC America.
Part one, “The Impossible Astronaut,” premieres Saturday, April 23 at 9/8c. The mysterious time traveler, the Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah – right to the Oval Office in 1969. The two-parter is penned by lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Jekyll) and Mark Sheppard guest stars. The new season features an episode written by Neil Gaiman and Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward) returns as the irrepressible River Song.
Last year, Doctor Who delivered record ratings for BBC AMERICA and was the #3 top selling TV series on the iTunes Store in the U.S. Doctor Who is recognized by Guinness World Records as “the most successful sci-fi series on television” and “TV’s longest running sci-fi show.”
The Iconic Dr. Who - courtesy of BBC America
Whargarbl TV had a chance to sit down at a round table with writer, Neil Gaiman (Coraline, Sandman). Gaiman spoke a bit about the episode he wrote for Dr. Who which will be “the fourth episode, originally the eleventh in the last season” but got pushed back to the fourth episode in season 6 for budgeting reasons. “This may be my only opportunity ever to write an episode of Dr. Who, so I’m going to put everything I’ve ever loved about Dr. Who into this one episode.” He went on to further explained, “and I got to put .. uhm… all of the things that I loved about Dr. Who into it.”
Gaiman’s episode will be in Season 6 as the fourth episode titled “The Doctor’s Wife” … “It’s called the ‘Doctor’s Wife’ and I intend to comment on that no further” He jokes around with the press, but really doesn’t go on to explain the rest of the episode. “[The episode] begins on a junkyard planet,” which Gaiman said he thought worked well since after all, Doctor Who started out in a junkyard with low budget props and a whole lot of imagination. The cast includes Suranne Jones who plays Idris, a character who may turn out to be an old acquaintance of the Doctor’s with a new face. Also staring is Michael Sheen who plays as “a mysterious baddie” called The House.
Following are a couple videos, including an exclusive WonerCon trailer that all fans can now view through the internet provided by BBC America as well as Behind The Scenes footage that was also shown during the Dr. Who panel on Sunday during WonderCon 2011. Enjoy and if you’re a Dr. Who fan, let us know what you think and what you’re looking forward to, or even just talk to us about Dr. Who in general. Enjoy!
DOCTOR WHO 2011 EXTENDED TRAILER:
BEHIND THE SCENES EXCLUSIVE:
