Welcome to Tardis Point News. This blog is no longer running, as I started watching Parks and Recreation and am still mourning over the cancellation of Eureka. Don't stop watching Doctor Who though, which is and always will be the best TV show ever.
Like last year (which you can see on the links down near the bottom), Tardis Point will have an Advent Calendar from Wednesday, 1st of December to Saturday 25th to countdown to Christmas Day and A Christmas Carol, with "home-made" treats throughout. Click the link above to visit the page. Please take a look!
Visual Effects company The Mill won an award for 'Craft and Design' in digital effects from the Royal Television Society for their work on the Doctor Who episode The Pandorica Opens. Click here and here to read more.
“The judges were impressed by some beautifully integrated effects and by green screen. ‘This is about as good as it gets on TV’ they said.”
Edward Thomas was nominated for The Pandorica Opens in Production Design for a drama, but unfortunately lost out to Jacqueline Abrahams for 'Wallander II: The Fifth Woman'
The BBC has released promotional image of A Christmas Carol. Thanks to Den of Geek for the images. It features Matt Smith, Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins, with a flying shark in the background..
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of Lost in Time, aired on CBBC on the 8th and 9th of November. Part 1 attracted 0.984 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.684 million. The fifth episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.488 million viewers.
The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for A Christmas Carol, on BBC One and BBC HD at Christmas. Read below.
Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure, written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Amy Pond is played by Karen Gillan, Rory Williams by Arthur Darvill, The Doctor by Matt Smith and Kazran Sardick by Michael Gambon.
Doctor Who is simulcast in HD on BBC One HD on Freesat channel 108, Freeview channel 50, Sky channel 143 and Virgin Media channel 108.
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of The Empty Planet, aired on CBBC on the 18th and 19th of October. The story broadcast the week before, Death of the Doctor topped the CBBC channel as the highest rated programme, and this week part 1 of The Empty Planet has done the same. Part 1 attracted 0.993 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.808 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.493 million viewers.
After speculation, the latest Doctor Who Magazine has revealed that Matthew Graham (writer of Fear Her) will be the writer of the 2 part story of episodes 5 and 6 of series 6.
The inner 'Soap Opera Special' cover for Doctor Who Magazine, issue 428 has been released on Facebook. Click here to see the outer cover. It costs £4.20 and will be out on Thursday 18th November.
It features a double sided poster, a look at the future of Amy and Rory, Doctor Who guest Soap Actor stars, why Doctor Who is actually the greatest soap opera ever, Dimensions in Time look at Doctor Who meets EastEnders, series 6 news, a new comic strip, Production Notes, Gallifrey Guardian, Public Image, Galaxy Forum, Reviews, and The Wheel of Fortune, and more.
Part 1 of the sixth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith was broadcast yesterday at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast tomorrow on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
The outer cover for Doctor Who Magazine, issue 428 has been released on Facebook. It costs £4.20 and will be out on Thursday 18th November. It features a double sided a poster of a classic Dalek and a classic Cyberman, the inner cover will be released later this week with more details.
The BBC official Doctor Who site has revealed the title of this years Christmas Special to be 'A Christmas Carol'. Don't forget to watch the preview of the episode on this Friday's Children in Need, on BBC One. Click here to read more.
A Christmas Carol reunites Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, The Singing Detective) and Katherine Jenkins. Right now we don't know much about the special, but earlier in the year, Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favourite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And the Doctor. And a honeymoon. And ... oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything!'
Part 2 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Lost in Time was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 1 of Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith was shown. It will broadcast next Monday on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of Death of the Doctor, aired on CBBC on the 26th and 27th of October. They both attracted record breaking viewing figures for the CBBC channel. Part 1 attracted 0.92 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.96 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.388 million viewers.
I keep forgetting when I post these, but this is my 800th post! 136 days since my 700th, quite a bit longer than that of 600-700 but kind of average-slow for each 100 since the start. More on that through the links to 700. I'd like to thank Vortex who said back on my 400th "I look forward to the next 400!" Well here it is! Here's to the next 800!!
Part 1 of the fifth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Lost in Time was broadcast yesterday at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast today on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
2 new scenes, filmed especially for the series 5 Doctor Who box set, out tomorrow (RRP £69.99) can now be seen. They are filmed as scenes between The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below, and between Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice. Watch below.
Collider has had an exclusive interview with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, on the next series of Torchwood. A few small new details have been mentioned.
"The ambition is to shoot in Los Angeles, but that is yet to be confirmed. Any place can double up as a number of places. There will be scenes set in Washington, certainly, but we won’t go to Washington to shoot."
"Torchwood will have been off-air for two years, so I think it will feel like two years have passed," he explained. "The script isn't that specific about it, but I think that two-year gap feels right."
Click here to read the full interview. Torchwood: The New World will air next Summer.
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of The Vault of Secrets, aired on CBBC on the 18th and 19th of October. Part 1 attracted 0.731 millionviewers, while part 2 attracted 0.606 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.420 million viewers. The 2 parts of The Vault of Secrets was repeated on BBC One, with the overnight figures 0.420 million for Part One and 0.31 million for Part two.
Part 2 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, The Empty Planet was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 1 of Lost in Time was shown. It will broadcast next Monday on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
Part 1 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, The Empty Planet was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast tomorrow on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
Like last year (which you can see on the links down near the bottom), Tardis Point will have an Advent Calendar from Wednesday, 1st of December to Saturday 25th to countdown to Christmas Day and A Christmas Carol, with "home-made" treats throughout. Click the link above to visit the page. Please take a look! 
Visual Effects company The Mill won an award for 'Craft and Design' in digital effects from the Royal Television Society for their work on the Doctor Who episode The Pandorica Opens. Click here and here to read more. 
The BBC has released promotional image of A Christmas Carol. Thanks to Den of Geek for the images. It features Matt Smith, Michael Gambon and Katherine Jenkins, with a flying shark in the background..
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of Lost in Time, aired on CBBC on the 8th and 9th of November. Part 1 attracted 0.984 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.684 million. The fifth episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.488 million viewers.
The BBC Press Office has released the synopsis for A Christmas Carol, on BBC One and BBC HD at Christmas. Read below.
Children in Need is today and the telethon on BBC One showed a trailer of this years Doctor Who Christmas Special. Don't forget to donate here!
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of The Empty Planet, aired on CBBC on the 18th and 19th of October. The story broadcast the week before, Death of the Doctor topped the CBBC channel as the highest rated programme, and this week part 1 of The Empty Planet has done the same. Part 1 attracted 0.993 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.808 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.493 million viewers.
After speculation, the latest Doctor Who Magazine has revealed that Matthew Graham (writer of Fear Her) will be the writer of the 2 part story of episodes 5 and 6 of series 6. 
The inner 'Soap Opera Special' cover for Doctor Who Magazine, issue 428 has been released on Facebook. Click here to see the outer cover. It costs £4.20 and will be out on Thursday 18th November.
It features a double sided poster, a look at the future of Amy and Rory, Doctor Who guest Soap Actor stars, why Doctor Who is actually the greatest soap opera ever, Dimensions in Time look at Doctor Who meets EastEnders, series 6 news, a new comic strip, Production Notes, Gallifrey Guardian, Public Image, Galaxy Forum, Reviews, and The Wheel of Fortune, and more.
Part 1 of the sixth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith was broadcast yesterday at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast tomorrow on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
The BBC official Doctor Who site has revealed the title of this years Christmas Special to be 'A Christmas Carol'. Don't forget to watch the preview of the episode on this Friday's Children in Need, on BBC One. Click here to read more.
Part 2 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Lost in Time was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 1 of Goodbye, Sarah Jane Smith was shown. It will broadcast next Monday on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of Death of the Doctor, aired on CBBC on the 26th and 27th of October. They both attracted record breaking viewing figures for the CBBC channel. Part 1 attracted 0.92 million viewers, while part 2 attracted 0.96 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.388 million viewers.
Part 1 of the fifth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, Lost in Time was broadcast yesterday at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast today on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
2 new scenes, filmed especially for the series 5 Doctor Who box set, out tomorrow (RRP £69.99) can now be seen. They are filmed as scenes between The Eleventh Hour and The Beast Below, and between Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice. Watch below.
Collider has had an exclusive interview with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, on the next series of Torchwood. A few small new details have been mentioned.
BARB has released the official figures for parts 1 and 2 of The Vault of Secrets, aired on CBBC on the 18th and 19th of October. Part 1 attracted 0.731 millionviewers, while part 2 attracted 0.606 million. The second episode of Sarah Jane's Alien Files, aired after part 1, 0.420 million viewers. The 2 parts of The Vault of Secrets was repeated on BBC One, with the overnight figures 0.420 million for Part One and 0.31 million for Part two.
Part 2 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, The Empty Planet was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 1 of Lost in Time was shown. It will broadcast next Monday on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
Part 1 of the fourth story of The Sarah Jane Adventures, series 4, The Empty Planet was broadcast today at 5:15 on CBBC. A trailer for the next episode, Part 2 was shown. It will broadcast tomorrow on CBBC at 5:15. You can watch the trailer below:
