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Video Blogging Week on Viewpoint - Day 6 of 7

It's day 6 of Video Blogging Week here on Viewpoint, and we somehow manage to go from Doctor Who and Michelle Ryan in a catsuit, to the conservative press.



Tomorrow, we round up the week long experiment and look back over what the experiment has shown me so far.

Matt Smith is the 11th Doctor

Matt Smith, who starred alongside Billie Piper in The Ruby In The Smoke, is to be the new Doctor, the 11th Doctor.

He also appeared with Billie in Secret Diary Of A Call Girl in one episode, as well as roles in Moses Jones, The Street, The Shadow In The North, and Party Animals.

Viewpoint welcomes Matt Smith to an exclusive club with only 11 members. William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Ecclestone, David Tennant, and now, Matt Smith, all of whom are, The Doctor.

The 11th Doctor will be...

...revealed tomorrow, Saturday 3rd January 2009 at 1735 GMT during a special edition of Doctor Who Confidential, airing on BBC1 in the UK

We'll let you know exactly who it is, as soon as we know ourselves. Stay tuned!

New version of Dominic Glynn Doctor Who Theme

I've discovered a new remix of the 1986 Dominic Glynn version of the Doctor Who theme. It was apparently released in the Trial Of A Time Lord boxset. For those of you who don't know it, here's the original version.



Now, sample the new remixed version.



I have to say, I liked the original version, even though it was a weak theme really, but the new version has improved on it, and does strengthen it somewhat. It still won't top the Delia Derbyshire, Murray Gold or Peter Howell versions, but if it makes it better, then I'm happy with that.

Kylie Minogue loves the leather biker chick look

The Sun reports that Kylie Minogue seems to like her new leather biker-chick look. She's not the only one who likes it.

Kinky Gerlinky has photos of her from the Nobel prize shindig that was held recently. I have to admit I like the look too, it actually works well for her. Not everyone could get away with it, but she can.

And in just under a couple of weeks, she will be co-starring alongside David Tennant in a new Doctor Who adventure, playing the role of Astrid, a waitress on board the Titanic. The episode, Voyage Of The Damned, airs first on BBC1 in the UK on Christmas Day at 6.50pm.

Verity Lambert 1935-2007

Verity Lambert is best known to those of us who follow the media and media history as the original producer of Doctor Who from 1963 onwards. But she started her career at Granada, then went to ABC before joining the BBC in 1963.

She later produced for London Weekend Television before becoming Head of Drama at ABC's successor, Thames Television. 1985 saw her creating her own company, Cinema Verity.

But to all Doctor Who fans, and to a lot of people around the world, she will be seen as the original producer of Doctor Who. In fact, in the recent revivial series, in an episode called Human Nature, the Doctor, under his human name of John Smith, refered to his parents by name. Sydney and Verity. She will forever be the mother who gave birth to Doctor Who, and steered it through it's early years becoming a very popular and successful science fiction drama series.

News Roundup: Sunday 4th November 2007

NY1: Paula Radcliffe wins the New York Marathon.

Press TV: A democratic congressman has indicated he will bring forward a resolution to impeach Dick Cheney.

Al Jazeera: Guatamalans are voting in a tight presidential run-off election.

Al Jazeera: Japan's opposition leader has offered to resign over an offer to form a coalition with the ruling party.

And Finally...

BBC News: The Sontarans will return to challenge The Doctor in the new series of Doctor Who.

Doctor Who rumour shows newspapers struggling for scoops

ITN is reporting that the BBC is denying rumours Doctor Who will be axed after 4 seasons. The basis for this specualtion is a story in a newspaper that Russell T Davies wants to free up time for other projects.

Well, there's no reason why another executive producer with a vision for the show couldn't be brought in to guide the show on past season 5. In the original run of the show, producers seemed to change every 2 or 3 years, until John Nathan Turner took over and basically ran the show for 9 years til it was put on it's "extended hiatus", which lasted until 2005,minus one made for TV movie in 1996.

This is the usual tabloid way of hyping something to make it successful, which Doctor Who has become, and then taking pot shots at it until they make it fall. I'm sure I'm not the only person who dislikes this tabloid obsession with building people and things up to knock them down when they get bored with them, which they seem to do incredibly quickly.