Lily Cole Plays Monster in Doctor Who Series 6

The official Doctor Who site has announced that Lily Cole will act alongside Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in the third episode of the new series. In the story scripted by Steve Thompson, Lily plays a mysterious creature that haunts a pirate ship. Lily was reported saying “It is a great script and fun character and I'm glad to be involved!”

Lily Cole shot to fame as a supermodel but has recently starred in movies including St. Trinian's and Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

Christel Films: ARNIE – An Uncertain Future

The third story in Captin Franko’s Doctor Who spin-off series, ARNIE, has now been released on his blog. ‘An Uncertain Future’ sees Parris trying to rescue ARNIE and the rest of the human race from the sinister Editor, who is rewriting events with the Celestial Diary. This episode includes fantastic animation and ends on a very intriguing cliffhanger!

‘An Uncertain Future’ was created by Captin Franko, and is now available to watch on Christel Films.

Doctor Who Series 6 Charlestown Filming Video - Pirate Ship Storm

Doctor Who Series 6 Filming in Charlestown

The Sun newspaper reported about the recent filming at Charlestown in Cornwall for the third episode in Series 6, which saw Karen Gillan fighting with pirates and swinging from ropes. The article includes some high quality photos of the Doctor and Amy in action, and can be read in full here.

“The flame-haired companion, played by 23-year-old Karen Gillan, brandished a cutlass while dressed in a pirate costume, including a tricorn hat and military jacket, while filming last night. But Karen wasn't alone during the scenes shot on a tall ship in Charlestown, Cornwall - she was joined by co-star Matt Smith.

The 28-year-old, who plays time travelling alien the Doctor, seemed to be having an easier time during filming than Karen. While Matt - dressed in his usual Doctor's costume of tweed jacket and bow tie - stayed mostly on the ship's deck, Karen was forced to try swinging across the boat from its rigging. Later scenes seem to show the Doctor being forced to walk the plank by the scurvy seadogs.”

Doctor Who Series 6 Charlestown Filming - Sword Fight with Amy Pond

These videos were taken yesterday during the filming of Episode 3 for the new series, which is written by Steve Thompson. These videos show Karen Gillan rehearsing a sword fight onboard a pirate ship, as well as swinging from a rope to save either the Doctor or Rory.

Adrian Schiller and Elizabeth Berrington in Doctor Who Series 6

It has been announced that Adrian Schiller and Elizabeth Berrington are among the guest cast to feature in the third episode of Series 6, which was written by Neil Gaiman and directed by Richard Clark. Schiller is reported as playing the character of ‘Uncle’ in the story and Berrington is ‘Aunt’.

Adrian Schiller recently played Noah Zeitler in the BBC series ‘Silk’, and has also appeared in ‘Being Human’ and ‘Going Postal’. Elizabeth Berrington plays the regular character Ruby in ‘Waterloo Road’, and appeared as Nurse Nicola in ‘Psychoville’. Suranne Jones was previously announced as playing Idris in this episode by Neil Gaiman.

Doctor Who ‘Death on the Line’ Animations

Captin Franko has released images of two animated characters that will be appearing in my story for his second series, which has the title of ‘Death on the Line’. The character seen here is Arthur Renton, an upper class Austrian businessman, who plays an important role in the story along with his daughter Sheila.

Arthur and Sheila are father and daughter, and they have a very argumentative relationship. The animation of Sheila Renton can be seen on Captin Franko’s blog.

Doctor Who Series 6 – Mark Gatiss Rumoured to Play the War Chief

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine featured a Production Notes articles with Neil Gaiman, who revealed some small details about his upcoming story for Series 6. The most important notes he revealed about the episode were: “Now it all starts in void-space, with something – or someone – we have not seen since The War Games, and a knock on the TARDIS door…”

This has caused many fans to speculate that the returning “something” is the War Chief, who played an important role in the epic ten-part adventure The War Games. There has also been a picture posted online by Mark Gatiss of him wearing a moustache, which was titled “Return of the War Chief!”

All of this information combined has led to many fans believing that Mark Gatiss will be playing this role in Neil Gaiman’s episode for Series 6, despite Gatiss already having acted in Doctor Who when playing Richard Lazarus in Series 3. All of this is speculation at the moment, and has been denied by Mark Gatiss. However, the possibility of the War Chief returning is plausible.

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Doctor Who Series 6 Episode 3 Filming Photos

Photos from the filming yesterday at Taffs Well in Cardiff have been released online, and show the TARDIS prop amongst various pieces of debris in a quarry. This picture also shows the remains of two pillars, which appear to have been badly damaged.

This scene will appear in the third episode of Series 6, which was written by Neil Gaiman.

Doctor Who Series 6 - New Doll Monsters Images

A few pictures of sinister-looking dolls have emerged across the internet, and it is believed that they will feature in the Series 6 episode written by Mark Gatiss, currently entitled ‘What Are Little Boys Made Of?’.

These photos were released yesterday on Trek BBS, and it was previously revealed that one of the story’s settings is in a giant dolls house.

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Doctor Who Series 6 - Neil Gaiman's Episode Begins Filming

The Doctor Who production team have begun filming on Neil Gaiman's story for Series 6. The episode is the second of the series to be filmed under Block 1, and is directed by Richard Clark. Neil Gaiman commented:

“I am in Cardiff today and tomorrow. Doctor Who Confidential are going to interview me and I'm now going to (steal the TARDIS and explore the whole of space and time fighting evil wherever I encounter it) potter about the set for a bit and not look at all suspicious.”

Doctor Who Series 6 - Surrane Jones Confirmed to Play Idris

The official Doctor Who website has revealed that the former Coronation Street star Surrane Jones will appear as a young woman called Idris in Series 6, in the episode which is written by Neil Gaiman.

Jones previously appeared in ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’ episode ‘Mona Lisa's Revenge’, where she played an evil incarnation of the Mona Lisa. The filming for this episode of Doctor Who officially begins today.

Neil Gaiman commented: “Suranne is marvellous. She's beautiful, funny and strange. It’s the kind of role that people will remember forever, so we needed someone who was able to pull that off, and to keep up with Matt Smith. And bite him. Suranne does all three.”

Suranne revealed: “As an actor, it’s hugely exciting to be cast in Doctor Who. I'm a massive fan of the show and I was blown away when I read Neil's script and uncovered what's in store for my character. However, I'm sworn to secrecy so viewers will just have to wait until next year to find out any other juicy details!”

The Sarah Jane Adventures: 'Death of the Doctor'

The CBBC show TMI has released an exclusive clip from Series 4 of ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures’, which shows Katy Manning return to the role of Jo Grant in ‘Death of the Doctor’. This will be the third out of six stories to form the new series, which is expected to begin on 11th October 2010.

Richard Clark Reveals Set Image and Information

Richard Clark, who is currently directing two episodes of Series 6, has been posting many comments on the social networking site ‘Twitter’, teasing fans about what they can expect from his stories. He also exclusively released this image of one of the sets.

The latest tweets from Clark include: “I'm scared filming this. The kids are gonna freak”, and “Just rehearsed finale. Never laughed so hard as when 'bob' prepared to do battle”.

The episodes that Clark has been working on are the stories penned by Neil Gaiman and Mark Gatiss, rumoured to be the third and fourth of the series. Director of Photography Owen McPolin, who worked on ‘The Eleventh Hour’, and Designer Michael Pickwoad have joined him in the production of these stories.

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Neil Gaiman Praises Cast and Crew

Neil Gaiman has praised the cast and crew who are working on his forthcoming Doctor Who episode, which he confirmed is currently scheduled as the third episode of Series 6. The writer revealed that the show’s stars had recently assembled to read through his story.

“The table-read was pretty amazing. The guest stars will be fabulous, Matt Smith is great, Arthur Darvill is wonderful, and I never got to say hello to Karen Gillan, who was amazing.”

Gaiman also added to his notes that minor changes are still being made to the script as production continues.

“I had a meeting after the read-through with the producers and director, pin-pointing stuff that needs fixing or clarifying. But nothing that needs rewriting is anything other than cosmetic.”

'Sherlock: The Great Game' at 9 o'clock

The third and final episode in this series of ‘Sherlock’ is airing tonight on BBC One at 9 o’clock, and is titled ‘The Great Game’. This episode is written by Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, who is also an executive producer of the series along with Steven Moffat.


The success of this series will hopefully mean that another run of episodes will be made by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss for next year. The programme stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes, with Martin Freeman as his sidekick Dr John Watson.

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