Classic Nick Wed. – 50th Anniversary What We Know
May 1, 2013
Yesterday, April 30, 2013 marked the 40th anniversary for my favorite Classic Nickelodeon show “The Tomorrow People” however since I do not have anything to post for my usual Wednesday post I’ve decided to post the TP counter and talk about Doctor Who.
When the Tomorrow People first aired on ITV in 1973 it was ment to be a children’s counter to the BBC’s Doctor Who. Now with 2013 marking the show’s 50th anniversary I thought I would share this with you. But please keep in mind that I AM NOT a fan of head writer Steven Moffat.
The 50th
Anniversary: What We Know
Published April 30, 2013
A compilation of everything we know about the 50th
anniversary special(s) so far. This article will be continually updated as more
info emerges over the coming months until broadcast. For Series 7 in 2013 see
this post.
LAST UPDATE – 30 April 2013
The 50th Anniversary Special
Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Nick Hurran.
Airdate – 23 November 2013
Note: The episode will also be released in selected cinemas.
Exact details TBC.
Filming – Began April 2013.
Note: The episode is being filmed and broadcast in 3D
Cast
Matt Smith – The Doctor
David Tennant – The Tenth Doctor
Jenna-Louise Coleman – Clara Oswald
Billie Piper – Rose Tyler
Jemma Redgrave – Kate Stewart
Ingrid Oliver – Osgood
John Hurt – TBC
Joanna Page – TBC
Ken Bones – The General
Orlando James – Lord Bentham
Marshall Griffin – TBC
Philip Buck - TBC
Monsters – The Zygons
Format
1×60 minutes (according to this BBC poster). Moffat later
denied this.
The format of the anniversary is still to be confirmed by
the BBC. Steven Moffat originally said “Why talk in the singular?” Matt Smith also
hinted at multiple episodes, but more recent rumours seem to suggest a one-off
feature-length outing.
In another interview Moffat said: “I’ve got various plans,
but all I can say emphatically is it will be huge. It won’t be just one thing….
We’ll be doing lots of stuff. The plans are quite extensive, and changing all
the time. Oh my God, we will hit that year very, very hard indeed.”
Synopsis
Story details are next to non-existent so far. The only hint
given was from Matt Smith who teased the word “paintings.”
For filming reports:
Zygons pic from filming
50th Anniversary Filming (Day 1 round-up)
50th Anniversary Filming (Day 3)
Kate Stewart Returns
50th Anniversary Filming (Day 7)
50th Anniversary: On Location at Tower of London
50th Anniversary Trafalgar Filming (Day 8)
50th Anniversary: On Location at Trafalgar Square
50th Anniversary Filming: Back in Cardiff
50th Anniversary Filming: Doctors Unite
The Most Exciting 50th Anniversary Picture Ever*
Will any past Doctors return? – David Tennant is now
confirmed.
As for the other Doctors:
Chris Eccleston
A BBC statement said: “Chris met with Steven Moffat a couple
of times to talk about Steven’s plans for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary
episode. After careful thought, Chris decided not to be in the episode. He
wishes the team all the best.”
Paul McGann
“The anniversary doesn’t start until November. Whatever it
is that they’re planning and they are making, they’ve got time to do it. It’s
my feeling [and] this is just a personal thing, once they resolve Chris
Eccleston’s participation or non-participation either way, then they’re free to
[figure it out]… Being actors anyway, they’ll call us on the Friday and say,
‘You’re starting on a Monday’.”
Sylvester McCoy
“All the fan bases all over the world believe that [everyone
should be involved], but not the producers at the BBC.”
Colin Baker
“No [I have not been asked]. As far I know, neither of any
of my erstwhile colleagues have been asked either.”
Peter Davison
“I feel no need to turn my back on it, but I don’t feel like
it’s the kind of thing they’d do. I’d be very surprised if they tried to do
anything involving the old Doctors because it always takes a slight stretch of
the imagination anyway to figure out why the previous Doctors look older, but
I’m sure that can be done.”
Tom Baker
“I think if they ask me nicely or I can see what they want
me to do, I’d consider it. I think the fans have been so good to me, they’d
expect me to at least make an appearance.”
What about past companions?
Billie Piper (Rose) is now confirmed.
As for the other companions:
Carole Ann Ford will return as Susan Foreman
according to a rumor in the Express.
Louise Jameson (Leela): “None of
us knows yet what’s going on, just told to keep the days free.”
Sophie Aldred (Ace): “I’d love to. I’d drop
everything. I did find out that Russell T Davies had planned for Ace [to appear
in] the Sarah Jane Adventures… You never know. I’m waiting for a call.”
Noel Clarke (Mickey): “I’m sure if I was gonna
be there, I’d know about it already. If they called me, then I’m sure there’d
be a conversation, but I’m not calling them or chasing it.”
John Barrowman (Captain Jack): “Everyone
on Twitter tries to make it like it’s my decision, but the bottom line is I was
not asked. [The Powers That Be] don’t want to put Jack in it. And I know fans
are really upset about it, as was I.”
Freema Agyeman (Martha): “I’m doing two
things for the 50th but nothing to do with being in the drama. I got misquoted
hideously once saying that there are some rumblings going on about being
involved in the 50th in terms of the drama. It’s not. It’s in terms of
conventions and interviews and things like that, which we’re all doing stuff to
promote the 50th. We have to. It’s the ‘Doctor Who’ family and we want to.”
Karen Gillan (Amy): ”Whether Arthur Darvill
and I are involved, we’ll have to wait and see.”
Monsters & Villains
Moffat on bringing back classic monsters:
“One thing I’m slightly concerned about is that you get
something like the 50, people start talking like it’s a full stop. I want to
build for the future. I want to set up the next 50 years and to say: ‘Here are
the new monsters we’re introducing.’ Rather than doing something which might
seem like a farewell tour, because it certainly is not.”
The Express claimed that Master will be back,
but played by Benedict Cumberbatch. However Cumberbatch and Moffat later denied
it. Moffat said that John Simm is still the Master.