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Entries from January 2009

Bionic Woman to be Next Companion?

The Daily Mail is reporting that actress Michelle Ryan has been cast as the Doctor’s companion in the upcoming Easter special, Planet of the Dead. Ryan may be best known as the star of the 2007 remake of The Bionic Woman (or not, seeing as the show got canned…). Ryan previously auditioned to be […]

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John Simm Injured in Car Crash…

The Daily Mail reported that actor, John Simm, was injured on the M1 Motorway while driving to see Manchester United play against Chelsea last Sunday. Simm injured his wrist in the crash but luckily there were no fatalities and he did not wake up in 1973 (ok… bad joke, but you know it was […]

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PvP and the TARDIS and the Doctor! Oh, my!

Over at PvP, Scott Kurtz is in the middle of running a Doctor Who themed story arc where Brent has ordered and received his own replica TARDIS (Thanks Chimina). This story first began on January 12 and since then the Doctor, himself, has arrived and it’s definitely beginning to get interesting.
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MarsCon 2009…

This past weekend we here at Who-Philes attended MarsCon in lovely Williamsburg, VA. I was on the Doctor Who panel as well as two of the webcomic panels along with Steve. The Who panel was a lot of fun. Though because of traffic, I arrived fifteen minutes late (would have been a good time […]

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Who From Who Is In Tin Tin And Who From Who Is Out…

Ain’t It Cool News has confirmed a rumor that fan fave actor Simon Pegg, who played the Editor in the 2005 Doctor Who episode The Longest Game will be playing one of the Thomas’ in the Steven Spielberg/ Peter Jackson Tin Tin film. Pegg’s friend and frequent partner, Nick Frost will be playing the […]

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Who Will Be Who

Today is the big day! Today is the day that we find out who will step into David Tennant’s Chucks. The BBC is airing a special one hour Doctor Who Confidential today at 5:35pm (London time of course). Now, as the Who-Philes is based in the US, we are not going to be able […]

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Doctor Who Proms…

So yesterday saw the television premier of Doctor Who at the Proms. For those of you not in the UK, the proms is a series concerts. The proms was originally held in July and broadcast live on BBC Radio. The show was hosted by Freema Ageman with an appearance by Catherine Tate. The televised show […]

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