The Doctor From Gallifrey 

News

- Check out these SHORT and I mean SHORT, but juicy clips from PART 2 of Series 6, from the new BBC Drama trailer! 

- The BBC has confirmed that it has cut a sex scene from an upcoming episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

The moment featured Captain Jack (John Barrowman) sleeping with a barman and is expected to be shown in the US on cable network Starz, The Sun reports.

However, the scene will be cut from the UK broadcast as it was allegedly deemed inappropriate for a primetime slot on BBC One.

"It wasn't that it was a gay scene that worried people, but just the fact that it was such an explicit sex scene full stop," a source said. "You can get away with scenes like that on American cable channels, but you can't on primetime BBC One.

"Even though the show airs after the watershed, it has a lot of young fans who would have been shocked at the graphic nature of the sex."

-Miranda Hart has reportedly been stopped from taking on a role in Doctor Who.

The actress has been prevented from signing up for the drama because BBC One controller Danny Cohen wants her to focus on her sitcom Miranda, The Sun claims.

Doctor Who creator Steven Moffat allegedly offered Hart a "significant role" that she was hoping to accept.

"Miranda was thrilled to be asked to be on Doctor Who," a source claimed. "Steven offered her a decent role and she felt, as it was on the BBC, there would be no problem.

"But the BBC One controller let it be known that he wants her focused on her show, which he has nabbed from BBC Two. Miranda's gutted as she feels she could do both."

Web

- WhovianNet has published it's Series 6 Part 1 awards. View them here. 

- Click here to update your Facebook status "via TARDIS".  

Actors

- The comedy series Twenty-Twelve is having a run of repeats on BBC2 from tonight. Among others it features former Doctor Who stars David Tennant, Hugh Bonneville and Jessica Hynes.

- Happy birthday Benedict Cumberbatch, star of Steven Moffat's other hit show Sherlock. 

- Welsh Actor Derek Crewe (Synge in The Sun Makers) has died according to the Stage and TV Today website.

News

- The premier of "Let's Kill Hitler", the next episode of series 6, sold out today in around ten minutes. It is showing at Filmhouse Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. 

- The first episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day "A New World" was given an appreciation index of 85.

The Appreciation Index or AI score measures how much the audience enjoyed the programme. The scores are based on the comments of a panel of around 5,000 people who rate and comment on programmes. A score of 85 is regarded as excellent.

TV

- The above mentioned episode of Torchwood is repeated tonight in the UK at 11.20pm on BBC Two & BBC HD. 

- Aussie Visitors, take note: The Australian Sci Fi Channel is to air Doctor Who episodes from the Tom Baker era, starting with his first story, Robot on 17 August. Full schedule here.

Internet

- The Doctor has sneaken into some travel posters... click here to see them.

- Comic Strip "The Daily Dalek" has been given a rest for a few days but it is back at Midnight tonight.

- Check out this rather awesome Doctor Who tatoo.

- Here are the Twitter names of some former Doctor Who actors:

@iancullentv (Ixta in The Aztecs) @chrissychong (Lorna in A Good Man Goes to War) @catistewart (Jenny in A Good Man Goes to War)

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- Matt Smith and Karen Gillan are going to return as guests to The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, appearing on 25th and 26th July respectively. This is after they will appear together at Comic Con on the 24th July.

- Former Doctor David Tennant appeared in Radio 4’s Saturday Play yesterday, an adaption of WH Hudson’s The Purple Land. You can listen to it on BBC iPlayer here.

- Click here to see a Doctor Who version of the London Underground Map.

- The Torchwood section of our site now has a guide to all the TW novels.

- Doctor Who Magazine 437# is at the printers and will be published this Thursday, RRP £4.50.

- TV Times Magazine’s competition to win Torchwood: Series 1 Part 1 on DVD closes today at 8PM UK time. To enter follow @tvtimesmagazineon Twitter and retweet the relevant tweet.

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Last night Matt Smith dropped into the immersive theatre production which is "The Crash of the Elysium". The show puts the audience at the heart of a Doctor Who adventure and are told it is up to them to save the world.

The Crash of the Elysium, created by theatre company Punchdrunk, has earned a series of five-star reviews in national newspapers.The audience members are told to wear chemical decontamination suits as they are led through a series of rooms by actors dressed as soldiers, looking for clues and being chased by the Doctor's enemies.

Smith said the show was "a marriage made in creative space heaven".

"I've always watched Punchdrunk shows and marvelled at their inventiveness and individuality," he said.

"Put that together with Doctor Who and there is a wonderful template to tell unique stories in unique ways. The Doctor would definitely approve."

The Crash of the Elysium is one of the highlights of the Manchester International Festival, which ends on Sunday.

And in other Matt Smith news, the current Doctor appeared on Alan Carr: Chatty Man on Channel 4 last night. You watch the interview and Matt "perform" the Doctor Who theme alongside pop group JLS here.

The first episode of Series 4 of Torchwood has now aired all over the world. And we can all agree it was absoloutely brilliant! Now the BBC have also been producing other things for Torchwood on the quiet and we have them all here on Gallifrey for you to enjoy.

Firstly there has been a series of three Torchwood Radio Plays played on BBC Radio 4 during the run-up to Miracle Day and you can listen AND download all three on the site. They see the return of Ianto which we all know is a good thing. You can listen to and download them here.

Alongside Miracle Day an online animated series called "Web Of Lies" is being shown, with a new episode being released every week. It sees Elizabeth Dusku join John Barrowman and Eve Myles for a new adventure based on the events happening in Miracle Day. We shall be putting them on the site as soon as they come online and you can watch the first one right here!

Now surely that's more than enough Torchwood-y stuff to be getting along with!

We now know a little more about the next episode of Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler", because it's synopsis has been released:

"In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in 1930s Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. The Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities - and in so doing, learns a harsh lesson in the cruellest warfare of all."

The next exciting thing in the Whoniverse is series 4 of Torchwood, Miracle Day. There are a load of exciting promo pics to see here and three clips from Episode 1 to watch in this video. Episode 1 airs in the US on 8th July, Australia and Canada on 9th July and the UK on 15th July.

There will be no full series of Doctor Who in 2012 says BBC1 controller Danny Cohen.

"There will be some episodes, but there won't be a full series, so we won't have a 13-part run [in 2012]," he said. "There'll be more episodes again in 2013, for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. So that's a big year."

Now Mr. Cohen said that it was because Moffat was too busy with his other hit-show, Sherlock. Moffat denied this saying on Twitter: "The scheduling of Dr Who has got NOTHING to with Sherlock. On the plus side THE BBC SPELLED MY NAME RIGHT!!!!" 

It appears that the real reason is a typical Moffat plan, probably to do with the 50th anniversary. There is no word on how many episodes will be shown in 2012 yet though.

The Impossible Astronaut: 10.65 million

Day of the Moon: 8.48 million

The Curse of the Black Spot: 9.06 million

The Doctor's Wife: 9.19 million

The Rebel Flesh: 8.45 million

The Almost People 7.56 million (note that the iPlayer rating for this episode was only over four days)

So there you have it. Those are staggering figures for a UK drama show and these are still not the final figures. Plus they don't include international views. And the Daily Mail said that Doctor Who was in trouble...

Hello! Wasn't " A Good Man Goes to War" brilliant? We are not going to do a review thing this time but we can all agree it was absolutely amazing. Our Series 6 Page is bang up to date with all the latest info about the second-half of the series as well as synopsis' and links for the episodes we've already seen! It look awesome!

So what else has been happening on the site? Well the calendar stays up to date with all latest Who-events and news and until the second-half of the series that will mostly consist of releases of Classic Who DVDs and other Who products. The videos page has now been made to look much more exciting with each video now having an image rather than being blank. Also on there is a little teaser that was shown for the second half of series 6 which is well worth a look for all 20 seconds of viewing pleasure.

And just because we have no Doctor Who for a few months doesn't mean that the Whoniverse goes quiet. The fourth series of Torchwood, subtitled Miracle Day, starts in July and we have been treated to a whole host of exciting promo pics which you can see here. And we have yet to see Elisabeth Sladen's last moments as Sarah Jane Smith as a short series of The Sarah Jane Adventures is coming soon. You can read the first details of this here.

Don't forget to keep checking the site throughout the summer break! We will have all the latest news on the second half of Series 6 and will also be launching a new seperate Torchwood site very soon! 

 Later in the year the episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures which were filmed before the death of Elisabeth Sladen will be shown. The first details including titles are below.

Episode 1: ‘Sky (Part One): Written by Phil Ford

Episode 2: ‘Sky (Part Two):Written by Phil Ford

Episode 3: ‘The Curse Of Clyde Langer (Part One): Written by Phil Ford

Episode 4: ‘The Curse Of Clyde Langer (Part Two): Written by Phil Ford

Episode 5: ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There (Part One): Written by Gareth Roberts

Episode 6: ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There (Part Two): Written by Gareth Roberts

Guest stars will include Christine Stephen-Daly (Casualty), Peter Bowles (The Avengers) and James Dreyfus (Gimme Gimme Gimme).