Peter Jackson, another Peter, another Jackson

Sir Peter Jackson indicates he might be directing a Doctor Who story in an unusual manner. Bonus points for heading off the inevitable jokes about it going on too long.

Heaven Sent

Is it me, or was the music riffing on Beethoven’s 7th? (Not his 5th, as one might think.)

Anyway...

Face The Raven once more

The complete script, including material left out of the episode, is available here. Link via Alasdair Stuart.

Lucy the Australopithecus

Google Doodle today for the 41st anniversary of the discovery of Lucy the Australopithecus, the oldest hominid we know.

Doctor Who started with troublesome cave people, and Primeval did the obvious adventure of a time-travelling villain targeting humanity’s earliest common ancestors, but I wouldn’t let that stop me. And not just because I want to see mammoths and smilodons.

A bit further forward, you could use some of the prehistoric adventure hooks from this RPGnet thread. The secret of fire gets a mention in the sixth hook.

An Australopithecus on the TARDIS might be trouble...

It could have been rather different

Steven Moffat discusses how down-to-the-wire The Day Of The Doctor was.

I would be curious to see the version which had Clara and no Doctors...

Happy Doctor Who Day!

Happy 52nd anniversary, Doctor Who!

To celebrate, a clip from the first audio adventure for the War Doctor.

Sarah Dollard on writing (for Doctor Who and otherwise)

Following Face The Raven, the writer offers advice on writing in general and on writing Doctor Who in particular on her blog. Link thanks to Paul Cornell.

Face The Raven

Let me be brave...

Planet Of The Boys?

Maybe not... but Donna gets her hopes up in the first clip from her Big Finish debut.

Sleep No More

Actorly reference... now I want to see Peter Capaldi do Macbeth.

Four and Sarah Jane coming back to comics

A new miniseries from Titan announced, written by 2000AD regulars and Warhammer 40000 comic scribes Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby.

The Zygon Inversion

Are bleak but ultimately hopeful UNIT stories going to become an annual event around Remembrance Day? I’m okay with this.

Everything may be awesome

Negotiations are apparently going on to take the Doctor to the next Lego Movie.

Dispatches from the last great Time War

Big Finish sending the Eighth Doctor into The Time War.

Fingers crossed for the Couldhavebeen King and his army of Meanwhiles and Neverweres.

Lego Dimensions In Time

I don’t have Lego Dimensions, but I hear it’s great. And now it has is own Doctor Who episode.