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Christopher Eccleston To Play John Lennon

8 hours ago | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »

Variety is reporting that former “Doctor Who” actor Christopher Eccleston will be playing John Lennon in “Naked Lennon,” to be produced by BBC Four, and written by Robert Jones. The film highlights the former Beatles’ life from 1967 to 1971, which included his divorce, the death of Beatles manager Brian Epstein, Yoko Ono, and the disintegration of the famous rock and roll band. Naoko Mori, (”Torchwood”, “Absolutely Fabulous”) is slated to portray Lennon’s second wife Ono. Rory Kinnear is also attached to star as Epstein, with Claudie Blakley as Cynthia Lennon, and Andrew Scott as fellow Beatle Paul McCartney. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more. By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: Variety.com) »

- Costa Koutsoutis

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Watch some classic Doctor Who on YouTube

15 hours ago | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Doctor Who fans can once again rejoice. Episodes of the classic series are now available on YouTube. These are officially sanctioned by the BBC, so there's no piracy in this instance.

In this case, it's a selection of a single episode from four of the ten existing Doctors. There is The Edge of Destruction with William Hartnell, The Krotons with Patrick Troughton, Carnival of Monsters with Jon Pertwee and The Caves of Androzani and The Twin Dilemma with Peter Davison and Colin Baker, respectively.

Classic episodes have been available online before. Netflix had a few in their library for subscribers. This is the first instance I recall in which the episodes are available to anybody in the world at any time.

I note that a bunch of the available stories are written by the fantastic Doctor Who scribe Robert Holmes. This guarantees quality writing to compensate for the poor special effects of the era. »

- Brad Trechak

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Old Doctor Who to Play John Lennon

15 hours ago | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

It looks like The Beatles are going to get a good dose of Doctor Who in the coming year. Variety reports that in a rather nice twist, the man who kicked off the Who revitalization, Christopher Eccleston, is slated to star as John Lennon for an upcoming BBC Four biopic called Naked Lennon. The story will focus on the big turning point for Lennon between 1967 and 1971 -- the dissolution of the band, death of manager Brian Epstein, the end of his first marriage, and then, of course, the entry of Yoko Ono into his life.

Naoko Mori, who played Toshiko in Torchwood, will play Yoko Ono. (For Hackers buffs out there, she also played the Tokyo Hacker back in the 1995 movie.) Rounding out the cast is Rory Kinnear as Epstein, Claudie Blakley as Cynthia, and Andrew Scott as Paul McCartney.

Now this is a BBC movie, but considering the reach of Red Riding, »

- Monika Bartyzel

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AfterElton Briefs: "Glee" Boys Reveal "Man-crushes", Stephen Gately Gets Sold Out and more!

15 hours ago | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Allan Hyde and his friend Hadleyk

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

Because we all previously enjoyed seeing Allan Hyde (Godric in True Blood) in his wolf T-shirts, above we have a still from a short film he did with his buddy Hadleyk called Smile. Hadleyk seems to film a lot of silliness and post it on his website. While Smile is safe for work, some of the videos he tweets definitely are not. And I'm not paying your therapy bills if you watch them. The abs in the teaser photo belong to Taylor Lautner, the 17-year-old werewolf from Twilight. He's had a weird week. His movie made another $66 million, setting another record. And he was on the cover of Rolling Stone, but the interviewer kept asking him if he was gay. And apparently, »

- lostinmiami

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Christopher Eccelston to play a ‘Naked’ John Lennon

20 hours ago | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Christopher Eccleston, “Doctor Who”, will star in a new John Lennon biopic called Naked Lennon, commissioned by BBC Four. The film covers a short chaotic period in Lennon’s life from 1967 to 1971 when his marriage to Cynthia was ending and his relationship with Yoko Ono was beginning. During that period Beatles manager Brian Epstein died and the group itself began to come apart. I like the choice to explore this transitional time in Lennon’s life. I’m not sorry they’re not going up through Lennon’s murder. That’s been covered enough and his assassin has gotten more air time than his victim. There’s plenty of drama in Lennon's life. Naoko Mori, “Absolutely Fabulous” plays Ono. Rory Kinnear portrays Epstein. The cast includes Claudie Blakley as Cynthia and Andrew Scott as Paul McCartney. No word on the casting of Ringo and George. The film was written by Robert Jones and is being filmed in »

- Robin Ruinsky

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News: Hornet's Nest: A Sting in the Tale

30 November 2009 2:06 AM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

The fourth installment of the Hornet's Nest series of audio dramas is released this week - catch Tom Baker as Doctor Who in A Sting in the Tale! Co-starring Richard Franklin as Mike Yates, Clare Corbett as the Nun, Susie Riddell as the Sister, Rula Lenska as the Swarm and Susan Jameson as Mrs Wibbsey, A Sting in the Tale is the fourth of five linked stories written by the acclaimed Paul Magrs. The Doctor arrives in a bleak English midwinter of long ago. Plunging into the snowy landscape... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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Right Now on TV Squad

28 November 2009 8:02 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy.

There are a lot of changes coming to Scrubs this season, and here's a video of cast veteran Donald (Turk) Faison introducing the new cast memebers. TV's first "modern" Dr. Who Christopher Eccleston will be playing the late Beatle John Lennon in a four-part BBC production focusing on the musician's life from 1967-1971. In response to the Pox News controversy on a recent episode of Sesame Street, Sherrie Westin, executive vice president of the Sesame Workshop recently appeared with Bill O'Reilly to introduce Spill O'Reilly the latest addition to the Grouch News Network. Fox has announced its mid-season lineup, and you can check it out right here. Turkey day may have already passed, but that doesn't make this classic Thanksgiving episode of Wkrp in Cincinnati any less hilarious. »

- Matt Bradshaw

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Doctor Who props from The Waters of Mars at Coventry exhibition

27 November 2009 8:51 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Props featured in TV special The Waters of Mars have now been added to the Doctor Who Exhibition at Coventry Transport Museum.

The exhibition has been extended until January 2010 because of its success and the new props arrived at the venue today.

They include water-zombie The Flood (pictured right), the costume of Captain Adelaide Brooke (played by actress Lindsay Duncan), the costume of Andy, and the robot Gadget! (pictured above and below)

Visitors to the museum's general display areas can also see Bessie, the Third Doctor's yellow roadster car, and Jon Pertwee's costume.

Gary Hall, chief executive of Coventry Transport Museum, said: "The Doctor Who exhibition has been a big hit, with visitors coming again and again to see the exhibition.

"Getting new props for Christmas provides our visitors with a fantastic opportunity to visit the exhibition during Christmas holidays. We would urge people not to miss out on »

- David Bentley

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Christopher Eccleston to play John Lennon in BBC4 drama

27 November 2009 7:12 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

Lennon Naked, a 90-minute one-off film, looks at Beatle's life from 1967 to 1971, with Christopher Eccleston in starring role

The former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to play John Lennon in a new BBC4 drama.

Called Lennon Naked, the one-off 90-minute film covers Lennon's life from 1967 to 1971.

It features the effect on Lennon of the death of the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, and the impact of re-establishing contact with his long lost father Freddie.

Lennon Naked also covers the break-up of his marriage to Cynthia Lennon and meeting Yoko Ono.

Ono is played by Naoko Mori, of Torchwood and Absolutely Fabulous, and Epstein by Rory Kinnear.

Other cast members includethe Cranford actor Claudie Blakley as Cynthia Lennon and Andrew Scott as Paul McCartney.

The BBC's controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said: "Securing Christopher Eccleston to play John Lennon is further testament to the calibre of drama on BBC4. The »

- Tara Conlan

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Doctor Who star to play John Lennon

27 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Former Doctor Who lead Christopher Eccleston will be playing John Lennon in an upcoming British television drama commissioned by BBC Four about the life of John Lennon between 1967 and 1971. To further the Doctor Who connection, former Torchwood star Naoko Mori (who played Tosh on the show) will be playing Yoko Ono.

There is a lot of crossover between Doctor Who fans and Beatles fans, so there is sure to be some interest in the series. The roles I know Eccleston best for are those of the Doctor and Destro from G.I.Joe: The Rise of Cobra, so the question is if he can pull off a Liverpudlian accent. Since in the aforementioned roles he's done a Northern British accent (I believe his natural one) and a Scottish accent, he's likely capable of it.

So what do you think? Is Eccleston a good choice for the role of John Lennon? »

- Brad Trechak

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Exclusive Clip from The Descent Part 2

27 November 2009 4:00 AM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

The Descent Part 2 has been described as ‘The Feel Sh*t Scared Film of the Decade‘ for a reason and when you see this clip you might start to understand why!

Pathé / Warner Bros Pictures UK have been kind enough to give us an exclusive clip for their latest movie, The Descent Part 2 which is released in cinemas December 4th (with previews on the 2nd & 3rd December). As you’ll see from the clip below, the movie takes you back underground where monsters can be lurking and where the most claustrophobic movie of all time is back for another round!

Synopsis: Shauna Macdonald (Mutant Chronicles, The Descent) returns as Sarah, continuing the story of 2005’s hugely successful horror thriller The Descent, in which a group of young women disappear during a caving trip in the Appalachian Mountains.

Emerging from the cave system alone, distraught and covered in the blood of her missing companions, »

- David Sztypuljak

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News: The Peladon Tales Boxset

27 November 2009 12:41 AM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

2 entertain’s first classic Doctor Who DVD of 2010 - The Peladon Tales Boxset - will be available from 4th January 2010. Featuring the two Jon Pertwee stories The Curse of Peladon (1972) and The Monster of Peladon (1973), the adventures co-star Katy Manning as Jo Grant and Lis Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith respectively, and take place 50 years apart on the feudal planet of Peladon whose diplomatic and economic situation mirrored that of the UK at the time of broadcast. The Restoration... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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New Doctor Who Matt Smith backs teenager's donor plea

26 November 2009 4:07 PM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Actor Matt Smith, who will become the next Doctor Who in forthcoming special The End of Time, has stepped in to help a childhood friend's donor campaign.

Matt Herbert, 15, from Northampton, has leukaemia and urgently needs a bone marrow transplant.

The Matt's Match campaign involves health clinics recruiting people to the donor register in the hope a suitable candidate can be found.

It has gained the support of top sporting stars as well as the new Doctor Who, Matt Smith.

The actor, writing on the Matt's Match website, said: "Matthew and I grew up in the same street in Northampton just three houses apart.

"Although he is younger, we both played ball games in that same street but his was a rugby ball and mine a football. We went to the same junior school and secondary school.

"Matthew is such a kind, intelligent and fun-loving young man and so it »

- David Bentley

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The Doctor visits 'The Nightmare Fair'

24 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

At the end of Doctor Who's 22nd season back in 1985, the iconic Time Lord was supposed to promise his young companion Peri a trip to Blackpool for their next adventure. The scene was filmed and scripts for the next story entitled 'The Nightmare Fair' were written, but the BBC mercilessly axed the enduring series and the word 'Blackpool' was omitted from the transmission. The show returned 18 months later, though the proposed 23rd season was aborted in favour of 'The Trial Of A Time Lord'. Audio company Big Finish, much to its credit, has since collected what remains of the scripts and reassembled Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant to revive the time travellers and give fans an aural sense of what should have unfolded on their screens in 1986 had Michael Grade not turned into The Master. But unlike Spandau Ballet, was this '80s revival a worthwhile (more) »

- By Ben Rawson-Jones

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News: The Judgment of Sutekh

24 November 2009 4:47 AM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Magic Bullet Productions are pleased to announce the release of The Judgment of Sutekh, the sixth and final instalment in our The True History of Faction Paradox CD audio adventures. The series features characters and concepts originally created for the BBC's Doctor Who novels. Written by Faction Paradox creator Lawrence Miles, and starring Gabriel Woolf reprising his Pyramids of Mars role as Sutekh, along with Edward de Souza (of Doctor Who, Sapphire and Steel and Coronation Street fame),... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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News: Doctor Who is Rewarding

23 November 2009 3:13 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Former Doctor Who companion Louise Jameson has described as "rewarding" the short period of time she spent working on the show in the mid 1970s. Speaking to Kent News, Jameson - who is based in Tunbridge and played the svage Leela opposite Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor in 1977-1978 - revealed that Doctor Who related projects have kept her going in fallow periods. “Obsessive is one word but actually they’ve been my life line to the business,” Ms Jameson said... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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News: Classic Who On YouTube (Legally!)

19 November 2009 5:31 AM, PST | doorQ.com | See recent doorQ.com news »

If you are tired of the great special effects, high production values and cool stories of the revamped Doctor Who currently airing on TV -- and I've seen the latest "The Waters of Mars" episode and it's quite, quite good -- then head on over to YouTube where you can catch some classic episodes from Who's 40 year history, spinning back to original episodes from the William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Peter Davidson eras of the series.

 

Sure, the special effects and the production values are shaky, forcing you to ramp up your imagination to smooth over the rough spots in the rubber suits and BBC backlot sets, but the stories from these classic era episodes remain just as cool as those in the modern eras. And the Doctors who headline these tales are just as compelling to watch as Tennant. 

Source: Watch Classic “Doctor Who” on You Tube »

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New Doctor Who DVD features new CG-enhanced episode

18 November 2009 12:02 PM, PST | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Many sci-fi fans wonder what classic Doctor Who might look like if the BBC bosses of the '70s and '80s could have budgeted more than £6 per episode for visual effects.

A new Who DVD set from BBC Video features a specially remastered episode that offers you just that experience.

Doctor Who: "The Black Guardian Trilogy" serves up a trio of 1983 Who episodes featuring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor in a life and death struggle against a supernatural evil force.

A team of restoration and digital effects artists took the final episode of that trilogy ("Enlightenment" -- a well-written, high-concept adventure featuring a simulated sailing race in deep space) and laid in 21st Century CG visuals.

Continue reading New Doctor Who DVD features new CG-enhanced episode

 

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- John Scott Lewinski

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News: Point of Entry Completed

17 November 2009 11:52 PM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Recording is complete on the first season of The Lost Stories, audio versions of unrecorded adventures from Doctor Who's past. Studio work wrapped on Thursday November 5, with the second and final day on Point of Entry, a dark historical thriller originally storyline by Barbara Clegg in the mid-80s, and now adapted by Marc Platt. “There was a real energy on that story,” says producer David Richardson. “Colin and Nicola were absolutely thrilled by the script, and the... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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News: Watch Androzani on YouTube!

17 November 2009 5:06 AM, PST | Kasterborous.com | See recent Kasterborous news »

Yes - you can watch Doctor Who classics The Edge of Destruction (1964), The Krotons (1968), Carnival of Monsters (1973) and The Caves of Androzani (1984) free and legally on YouTube! This is part of BBC Worldwide's final embracing of streaming Doctor Who via the web - recently we've seen MSN and Blinkbox offering classic episodes but neither of these sites has the reach and popularity of YouTube. Of course all of the adventures - the William Hartnell starring The Edge of Destruction, The... »

- Christian Cawley info@kasterborous.com

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