Tonight's The Night...for Doctor Who

John Barrowman has been hosting a six-part talent series called Tonight's The Night, a show allowing talented people to fulfill their wish of performing in some way on stage, and for the last three weeks, has run a talent contest within the show, attempting to find a brand new unique Doctor Who monster. Now, the search is over, and tonight (23rd May) is truly the night for the winner (who will be revealed in the show) to shine. The winner will star in a 5-10 minute mini-episode of Doctor Who, set in the TARDIS and starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. Since Jack isn't currently travelling with the Doctor, it's reasonable to assume the "monster" will find a way of getting them together on the time ship.

Captain Jack last appeared in the Whoniverse in Who episode Journey's End, where he teamed up with several of the Doctor's Series 1-4 companions to defeat Davros and his armada of Daleks. He was last seen walking away from the Doctor, with Mickey Smith and Martha Jones, who he suggested "having something else to do than UNIT". Jack will appear in this scene sometime after 7.20pm, when the show is set to start, and then next month in his own spin-off with the last remaining members of Torchwood Three, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Will you be watching the episode?

Doctor Who: 200 Golden Moments- Out Now

The latest special edition of Doctor Who Magazine, dubbed 200 Golden Moments, is now available at all good newsagents and retailers. It has an RRP of £6.99, and is 148 pages long. I've now recieved my copy via DWM subscription, and can safely say that if you are either a new or classic Who fan, this special should really be on your shelf by now. For viewers who fall into the former category, it offers an intriguing look into the 150 or so classics that you've not been around to witness, along with a nice recap of Series One-Four, and for viewers who fall into the latter and are still watching the sci-fi, it offers a wonderful nostalgia tour. So, unless you've randomly stumbled upon this blog and hate Doctor Who (in that case, watch Torchwood.), every reader of this blog pretty much has an obligation to buy this magazine. So, just wondering, will you be buying this special?

Rose is coming back...no matter how bad things are, can't that be good?

Billie Piper, known for her role as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who, was recently spotted filming alongside David Tennant and Camille Coduri [playing her on-screen mother Jackie] for David Tennant's two final episodes, combining to make a (at least) 2 hour special to be shown over Christmas time 2009, culminating with the Doctor's regeneration into his eleventh incarnation, played by Matt Smith, who will star as the Time Lord in Series Five in Spring 2010.

Rose Tyler was the Doctor's companion for all 27 episodes of Series One and Series Two, including the first ever Christmas special, The Christmas Invasion. At the end of Series Two's Doomsday, Rose was trapped on a parallel Earth, where she made frequent attempts to contact the Doctor as the Daleks threatened all universes with their reality bomb. She then used a Dimension Cannon, thus gaining entry to our Earth in Partners In Crime and Donna Noble's "Turn Left" Earth in Turn Left. It wasn't until the final two episodes of Series Four that she rejoined forces with the Doctor and the rest of his companions. In Journey's End, Rose found her soulmate in a human clone of the Doctor, and remained with Jackie Tyler and him on the parallel Earth.

So, if Rose did this, then why has Billie Piper been spotted filming Who? The explanation for this comes from an email recieved by Who fans. In it, it's stated that the Doctor will somehow travel into his own past (2005, to be precise) without knowing, and see Rose in early 2005 before she meets his ninth incarnation. She doesn't recognize him, so he asks what year it is, and she says "2oo5, mate.". The Time Lord then states that it will be a good year for her, the best of her life, and then leaves Rose and Jackie to wander off in the snow.

Personally, I think this last sight of Rose for the Doctor will be lovely, giving him some happiness before his regeneration. What do you think of this possible finale scene?

Also, an image by the Daily Mail website shows that not only will Ood Sigma return for The Waters Of Mars, but also for the finale two-parter. In the image, we see the Tenth Doctor kneeling in pain, with a possessed (red-eye) Sigma standing over him.

These two revelations are brilliant, but leave me with some major questions:

• If Rose sees the Tenth Doctor, at the time not recognizing him, then why does she not recognize him when the Ninth Doctor regenerates?
• How on Earth can Ood Sigma be possessed after the events of Planet of the Ood?
• Presuming both this and The Waters of Mars take place after the above mentioned story then how can Ood Sigma visit all these times in the past before the Ood events?

Hopefully, we'll find out all this and more this Christmas time!

The Sarah Jane Adventures News

The third series of The Sarah Jane Adventures will air this autumn, featuring Elisabeth Sladen as former Who companion Sarah-Jane Smith, Thomas Knight as Luke Smith, Anji Mohandra as Rani Chandra and Daniel Anthony as Clyde Langer. After an announcement at a recent "Vortex" event in Belfast, this blog can now confirm Sarah Jane favourite the Trickster will return in Series Three. The Trickster is a time meddler, who has tempered with the Whoniverse three times: in SJA episodes Whatever Happened To Sarah-Jane Smith? and The Temptation Of Sarah-Jane Smith, plus in the first part of the Doctor Who Series Four finale (in my opinion, all three episodes are connected), Turn Left, via one of his brigade, in the form of a time-changing beetle. In all three stories, a small change in someone's life changes the whole Earth, for example when Sarah-Jane stops her parents from dying at first in Temptation, present day Earth lay in ruins when Luke returned to see what effects the change had. The last time we properly saw the Trickster (Temptation), he vanished, screaming, into thin air as Sarah-Jane thwarted his plan, but we did NOT see him die. Could this mean he will wreak havoc in SJA Series 3 for Sarah-Jane and K-9? For more info on the latter's return, see the earlier post.

Doctor Who: 200 Golden Moments- Delayed

Planet of the Dead was (probably) the 200th ever episode of Doctor Who, and to commemerate this milestone, Doctor Who Magazine are releasing a special edition magazine, also filling the gap left by the now traditional New Series Guide, named 200 Golden Moments. The special takes a look at each and every episode of Doctor Who so far, along with minor thoughts from some writers as to the best episodes, and what is to come in upcoming stories. The magazine was due to be released on Thursday 14th May, but due to some problems with the gold foil packaging the magazine has been delayed and will be available in stores next Wednesday (20th) at the latest. When it does release, though, it's sure to be a brilliant read, and I thoroughly reccomend you buy it at the great price of £6.99.