The second Doctor Who special, titled "Planet of the Dead", is scheduled to air on Saturday, April 11 at 6:45. My secret moles in the UK will no doubt get me my copy shortly thereafter, but until then, here is the trailer:
Hmm, a little bit of "Midnight" in there? I don’t recognize the music; it’s not from an earlier season as far as I can tell (it’s not on the soundtracks for sure).. and I like it. Moody. So this looks very cool. I can’t wait!
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April 1st, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Second special?
Don’t you mean first?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
This isn’t BSG – what’s all the fuss about?
April 1st, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Nope, the first was last year in December.
I’m a little skeptical about this one. But it does have Michelle Ryan so can’t be all bad.
April 1st, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Yummy!
April 1st, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Nice.
What time is 6:45 PM though – UTC, or MST? Need to set my Tivo
April 1st, 2009 at 1:54 pm
rjccj Says: “Nope, the first was last year in December.”
David Tennant says: “I’m back in Cardiff in January to film four special episodes which will take Doctor Who all the way through 2009″
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/misc/news/
April 1st, 2009 at 2:20 pm
A little bit of Midnight, yes, and I detect a touch of Stephen King in there too… What’s the name of the one where the airliner slips in time and is almost eaten by some really badly done CGI critters?
April 1st, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Kinda makes me think of ‘Pitch Black’ with the flying swarms of chompy things.
And ‘Langoliers’ was the one with the airliner that slips out of time.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Yes, it has ‘Pitch Black’ feel to it !!
April 1st, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Please! What is the name of the first special? I need to see if I can find it online to view. Thanks.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:56 pm
The Christmas Special was “The Next Doctor”; technically, that was special number one (although since there’s been a Christmas special every year so far for the new series, it doesn’t feel quite like part of the set, somehow). As to Pitch Black, that was pretty much my first thought on seeing this. Particularly given the prominent soundbite about “Three suns”. I’m betting the Doctor won’t be shanking any monstrosities with a personal grooming appliance, though…
April 1st, 2009 at 5:23 pm
I listened to all the Doctor Who soundtracks as I was running that little Marathon back in Feb… well, I listen to them all the time… well, not ALL the time, but most of the time, and especially when I’m running, and I do agree: That music is not on any of the existing soundtracks.
April 1st, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Holy awesome. Can’t wait!
Okay, it’s late so forgive me. Where have I seen that actress before?
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:14 am
The young lady you’re almost certainly thinking of is Michelle Ryan; known, on this side of the Atlantic, for being one of the Slater sisters on EastEnders, which is popular but which I can’t stand. Across the pond, though, she was the Bionic Woman in the short-lived remake… Which I’m guessing is where most folks here will know her from.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 am
Very Midnight… only with sand. And flying things.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:40 am
Given that he’s still travelling around in a 1960’s Police Box, a more fitting vehicle for interplanetary bus travel would have been a classic RouteMaster.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:30 am
They wouldnt have been allowed to destroy a RouteMaster – they almost destroyed the bus they had shipping it to dubai.
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:06 am
[Routemasters] is currently re-running on BBC Radio 7. If you’re allowed, I think you can play episode two. Lots of England-centred culture references from the 1990s that I barely remember, so good luck.
As far as I can make out, a pair of crazed museum curators from the future are interfering with great art and achievement in history so that the only place you can get that culture is their museum. They pick on their victim just as their gifts flower, and wreck things for them. One of their first victims was Chesney Hawkes.
This is in the story, I mean.
April 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
Scenery reminds me a bit of the Rub Al Khali ( the Empty Quarter) in south eastern Saudi Arabia.
Anticipating with baited breath,,,
GAry 7
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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