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BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Showrunner Promises “A Blockbuster Every Single Week”

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday August 25, 2012 @ 12:27pm PDTTags: BBC, Doctor Who

Joe Utichi is Deadline’s London contributor:

Doctor Who showrunner Stephen Moffat thinks the popular BBC series could run forever. “I truly believe it could be a show that outlives everyone in this room,” he told an audience this morning at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. “It doesn’t just make money now; it could make money forever.” He was scotching rumors of budgetary headaches, saying the show was “very well looked after” by the BBC. “I’m never going to say I’ve got enough money – that’s like asking, ‘Would you like to be more happy?’ But [the BBC] are very well aware of its crown jewel status.”

Stephen Moffat Doctor Who ShowrunnerAnd the BBC could channel some of those funds toward a long-anticipated movie version. Moffat treated a big-screen transition for the show as almost inevitable. “There’s often been talk about a movie. I’m sure we should do one [but] what I keep saying is it can’t ever be allowed to interfere with the television show. That’s the thing that will go on forever.” READ MORE »

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BBC America Sets Day-And-Date Return Of ‘Doctor Who’ On Sept 1

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday August 23, 2012 @ 6:45am PDTTags: BBC America, Doctor Who, Sherlock

As part of BBC America’s Supernatural Saturday, the net will air the first Doctor Who episode of season 7 at 9 PM ET on Sept 1. The show will also debut in the UK on BBC One … Read More »

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BBC Commissions ‘Doctor Who’ Movie Special For Show’s 50th Anniversary

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday August 9, 2012 @ 5:01am PDTTags: BBC, David Tennant, Doctor Who

Doctor Who fever continues. The long-running show, whose last season was the most-watched series ever on BBC America and the most downloaded on iTunes, is getting the TV-movie treatment. With its 50th anniversary fast approaching, the good … Read More »

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Richard E. Grant, Tom Ward Board BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday August 6, 2012 @ 5:04am PDTTags: BBC America, Doctor Who

Two more actors have joined the Doctor Who Christmas special that’s filming this week in Wales. Richard E. Grant is making his guest shot after playing the Doctor himself in the BBC’s 2003 online series Scream Of The … Read More »

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Hot TV Trailer: ‘Doctor Who’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday August 2, 2012 @ 9:03am PDTTags: BBC America, Doctor Who

Doctor Who returns to BBC One in the UK later this month and to BBC America in the fall. The trailer below is a first look at the episodes leading up to the departure of series regulars Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill. Matt Smith, the current … Read More »

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Comic-Con: ‘Doctor Who’ With Cowboys Out West And Dinosaurs In Space

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Sunday July 15, 2012 @ 1:46pm PDTTags: BBC America, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Wrap-Up, Diana Rigg, Doctor Who

Doctor Who is coming out West, to Ancient Egypt and taking dinosaurs to space it was revealed at Comic-Con today. The British series (seen here on BBC America) has a Western episode coming this season. Today’s panel showed a brief preview of that as well as longer clip with a Cleopatra character and dinosaurs from another episode. The Western clip had the Doctor stumbling into a saloon brawl. Like Clint Eastwood’s spaghetti Westerns, theDoctor Who Who episode was actually not filmed in the U.S. “We did the one thing you always have to do when shooting iconic American culture, we went to Spain,” joked the series lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat before playing the clip. Moffat, who was otherwise resolutely circumspect about the upcoming season, later revealed that the new Doctor Who would “have more Daleks that you’ve ever seen in one place and a new generation of Daleks,” He added, “I don’t think we’ve ever had a wider variety of episodes than what we are about to show you.” The panel included Who executive producer Caroline Skinner, Moffat, cast members Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill join and to huge applause the 11th Doctor himself Matt Smith.

Related: Comic-Con: ‘Once Upon A Time’ Season 2 Preview
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‘Doctor Who’ Star Karen Gillan To Star In Intrepid Pictures Horror Pic ‘Oculus’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 4:05pm PDTTags: Doctor Who, Intrepid Pictures, Oculus

Karin Gillan OculusKaren Gillan will play the lead role in Oculus, a horror film being produced by Trevor Macy and Marc D. Evans and fully financed by their Intrepid Pictures. Production is set for the fall in Alabama. The plot begins 10 years after a horrifying family incident left two young children orphans. Although authorities charged the brother with murder, his sister, Kaylie, believed that the true culprit was a haunted antique mirror. Now rehabilitated and in his 20s, the brother is ready to move on but Kaylie is determined to prove that the mirror was responsible for destroying their family. Anil Kurian will executive produce for Intrepid. U.S. distribution is being handled by FilmDistrict, and international by Focus Features International. Gillan, who currently stars on the BBC cult hit Doctor Who, is repped by UTA. Read More »

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2011 Comic-Con: ‘Doctor Who’ Goes Darker

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 24, 2011 @ 3:39pm PDTTags: Doctor Who

Deadline Comic-Con TV correspondent Gary Hodges files:

Geeks will be relieved to know that “Gleeks” didn’t overshadow the traditional Comic-Con crowd, the audience for the Doctor Who panel just as massive and twice as loud as Glee’s. The first new … Read More »

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TV BAFTA Awards: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Battles ‘Glee’ And ‘Mad Men’

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday April 26, 2011 @ 5:53am PDTTags: BAFTA, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boardwalk Empire, Doctor Who, Gillian Anderson, Glee, Mad Men, Martin Freeman, Steve Coogan, X Factor

Mad Men, which has won best international show at the Brit TV BAFTA awards for the past two years, is up against Boardwalk Empire, Glee, and Danish crime thriller The Killing. This year’s BAFTA TV awards will take place at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on May 22, fronted by chat show host Graham Norton. BBC1 will televise the show on the night.

Misfits, the sci-fi drama that U.S. broadcasters are sniffing around for a remake, leads the nominations in four categories. The BBC’s Sherlock has three nominations in total, as do Channel 4’s drama Any Human Heart and the BBC’s The Road to Coronation Street, the story of how the UK’s longest-running soap nearly never made it on air. Other names known in Hollywood up for awards include Steve Coogan and Gillian Anderson, and The X Factor is nominated for Entertainment Programme.

The BBC leads the broadcaster noms with 51 nominations in total, followed by Channel 4 (26), ITV (8) and Sky (6), the highest-ever number of nominations for Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV service, including the first-ever for a 3D program:

Philips British Academy TV Awards 2011 Nominations
Leading Actor/Programme/Channel
Jim Broadbent/Any Human Heart/Channel 4
Benedict Cumberbatch/Sherlock/BBC One
Daniel Rigby/Eric and Ernie/BBC Four
Matt Smith/Doctor Who/BBC One

Leading Actress/Programme/Channel
Anna Maxwell Martin/South Riding/BBC One
Vicky McClure/This Is England ’86/Channel 4
Natalie Press/Five Daughters/BBC One
Juliet Stevenson/Accused/BBC One

Supporting Actor/Programme/Channel
Brendan Coyle/Downton Abbey/ITV1
Martin Freeman/Sherlock/BBC One
Johnny Harris/This Is England ’86/Channel 4
Robert Sheehan/Misfits/E4

Supporting Actress/Programme/Channel
Gillian Anderson/Any Human Heart/Channel 4
Lynda Baron/The Road to Coronation Street/BBC Four
Lauren Socha/Misfits/E4
Jessie Wallace/The Road to Coronation Street/BBC Four

Entertainment Performance/Programme/Channel
Rob Brydon/The Rob Brydon Show/BBC Two
Stephen Fry/QI/BBC One
Harry Hill/Harry Hill’s TV Burp/ITV1
Graham Norton/The Graham Norton Show/BBC One

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‘X Factor’ Wins At Royal TV Society Awards

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 5:55pm PDTTags: David Tennant, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Simon Cowell, Steven Moffat, The Cove, X Factor

Simon Cowell and his X Factor producers won best entertainment show at tonight’s Royal Television Society awards in London. And BBC hit Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, beat ITV’s Downton Abbey to win best drama series. But Piers … Read More »

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David Tennant Reunites With ‘Doctor Who’ Co-Star

By TIM ADLER in London | Saturday January 8, 2011 @ 9:22pm PSTTags: David Tennant, Doctor Who, Theater, UK Theatre

Catherine Tate, who played Tennant’s mouthy companion Donna in the BBC sci-fi show, will play opposite the Doctor Who star in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. It’s the first time the 2 have appeared on stage together, although they get … Read More »

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‘Dr. Who’ In America For Pair Of Episodes

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 10, 2010 @ 8:40am PDTTags: BBC, BBC America, Doctor Who, Steven Moffat, TV, UK TV
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The BBC said this morning that the upcoming Season 6 of its flagship drama Doctor Who will open with a two-parter set and partly filmed in the U.S. It was written by Doctor Who head writer and showrunner Steven Moffat. The two-episode season opener will be co-produced by BBC America, with key scenes being filmed in Utah in November. The story is set in the late ‘60s and finds the Doctor (Matt Smith), Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) on a secret mission “that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah – right to the Oval Office.” In the U.S., the trio of Dr. Who actors will be joined by Alex Kingston who reprises her role as River Song. Read More »

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