Apparently the series opener is going to be an extended episode, with a 65 minute run time

The other episodes in the run are due to last for 50 minutes each

RIP

September 6th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1929 - Clive Caves (Captain of the Guard in The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve)
1939 - Gordon Reid (Phillips in Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

1951 - Judith Byfield (Angela Clifford in Time-Flight)

1969 - Neill Gorton (founder of Millennium FX Ltd.; prosthetics on Doctor Who and the spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Episodes
1975 - Terror of the Zygons, Part Two (BBC One): 6.1 million viewers
1980 - The Leisure Hive, Part Two (BBC One): 5.0 million viewers
1986 - The Trial of a Time Lord, Part One [The Mysterious Planet, Part 1] (BBC One): 4.9 million viewers
1989 - Battlefield, Part One (BBC One): 3.1 million viewers
2002 - Real Time, Part Six (webcast)
2014 - Robot of Sherwood (BBC One): 7.28 million viewers

Introductions
1986 - Launch of the twenty-third series of classic Who
1989 - Launch of the twenty-sixth series of classic Who

Departures
2002 - Conclusion of the webcast Real Time, a collaboration between the BBC and Big Finish Productions

Releases
1990 - Issue 178 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1999 - The Blue Angel and City at World's End (BBC Books)
2004 - Doctor Who at the BBC: Volume One (BBC Audio); The Algebra of Ice (BBC Books)
2005 - The Mind Robber and Horror of Fang Rock (DVD - region 1)

2007 - Forever Autumn, Sick Building and Wetworld (BBC Books)
2010 - Series 5: Volume 4 (DVD - region 2)
2012 - The Dalek Project (BBC Books); The Empty House (AudioGO); issue 285 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); When's the Doctor? (Penguin Character Books)

2016 - The Genesis Chamber (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2002 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Church and the Crown took place
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio anthology Circular Time took place

2009 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code took place
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio box set The Fourth Doctor Box Set took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Spaceport Fear took place

September 7th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1917 - Ewen Solon (Chal in The Savages and Vishinsky in Planet of Evil)

1929 - T. P. McKenna (Captain Cook in The Greatest Show in the Galaxy)

1933 - Pamela Ann Davy (Janley in The Power of the Daleks)
1952 - Doug Bradley (Big Finish Productions actor - Talbot in Pier Pressure and Frost in the Bernice Summerfield story Secret Origins)

1966 - Toby Jones (Dream Lord in Amy's Choice and Kotris in the Big Finish audio Dark Eyes)

Deaths
1994 - Godfrey Quigley (Dortmun in the movie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD) aged 71

1997 - Alex MacIntosh (Himself in Day of the Daleks) aged 71

Episodes
1968 - The Dominators, Episode Five: 5.9 million viewers
1987 - Time and the Rani, Part One: 5.1 million viewers

Introductions
1987 - Launch of the twenty-fourth series of classic Who; Sylvester McCoy's debut as the Seventh Doctor

Releases
1992 - The Tom Baker Years and Earthshock (VHS)

1998 - Earth and Beyond (BBC Audio); The Scarlett Empress and Lat Man Running (BBC Books); Planet of Fire (VHS)
2004 - Pyramids of Mars and Earthshock (DVD - region 1)

2009 - The Twin Dilemma (DVD - region 2)
2017 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 216 (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
1999 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the Bernice Summerfield novel Dragons' Wrath took place
2005 - Rewrites to School Reunion were made
2006 - Recording of the Big Finish audio anthology Circular Time took place
2009 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Survival of the Fittest took place

2011 - Recording of the Big Finish box set The Fourth Doctor Box Set took place
2017 - Recording of the Big Finish box set The First Doctor Adventures: Volume Two took place

Pic of the Day # 592
 

Bill Bailey as a Droxil harvester in The Doctor the Widow and the Wardrobe (2011)

Pic of the Day # 593
 

A Kitling from 1989's Survival.

Hmmm!

Salem from televisions 'Sabrina: The Teenage Witch'

The first picture of Matt Smith in the role


Apparently the film has been panned by the critics, with Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian calling it 'oddly unambitious' and gaving it two stars, while Robbie Collen from the Telegraph's gave it three stars and said Smith was 'miscast' and that the movie was 'frustrating'.

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A new teaser


I can already hear both sides of 'fandom':

The haters - 'Pah! Typical woman. Enters a room and breaks everything'

The believers - 'Wonderful. The BBC, the programme and Jodie smashing the glass ceiling'

its the Guarding so it will probably be ok as there reviewers seem to be a bunch pretentious snobs. in some ways the remind me of Barry Norman if he hated a film i would probably enjoy it and if he loved it, it would be a good cure for insomnia !