The Time Lord was given a special mission to tempt Hanks into the TARDIS

Peter Capaldi has revealed he asked Tom Hanks to guest star in an episode of Doctor Who.
The actor – who plays the titular Time Lord in the BBC series – was working alongside the Oscar winner recently when he was asked by the show’s producer to see if he could be tempted to make an appearance.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, he said: “I think Doctor Who is a great venue for any kind of actor, funnily enough they were trying to persuade me to … I was working with Tom Hanks the other night and the producer was on to me saying, ‘Try and persuade Tom to come and be in the show.’ ”

Although Capaldi asked the question, Hanks unfortunately rebuffed his offer as he has too many other work commitments.
The star added: “I did have a word with him but he is very busy at the moment.”

Capaldi has some ideas of his own for guest stars and would love to shoot some scenes opposite one of his rock idols.The actor – whose portrayal of the Twelfth Doctor has been seen playing the guitar this season – said: “I think it would be good to have some rock stars, I’d like to see Keith Richards or David Bowie [come on].”

The sinister Sandmen could be making a comeback.

If you enjoyed tonight’s Doctor Who, then the good news is that a sequel could be coming your way.

Mark Gatiss revealed to press including Digital Spy that Who showrunner Steven Moffat has asked for a follow-up to ‘Sleep No More’.

“Steven’s asked me if I’ll write a sequel – I’ll see if I can do that,” he said. “If I can think of one, I would certainly like to do it, because I think the idea is good and the monsters are great.”

The ambiguous climax to ‘Sleep No More’ certainly hints at a return for the sinister Sandmen, with Gatiss hinting at a very different setting for the sequel.”I suppose you’d have to think… where else would they go?” he said. “But the Doctor loses in this episode and that’s an unusual place to be, so it sort of needs some closure.”Having penned eight episodes of Doctor Who since the show’s relaunch in 2005, Gatiss insisted that he still has plenty of ideas for more scripts – though some are just “nuggets, tiny things”.

“I’d love to do a story about fracking – it seems to me like an incredibly Doctor Who idea,” he said. “Because it’s obviously a bad idea, no matter what the supposed rewards.

“As well as shale gas, maybe there’s something else lurking under there… I’d like to do that. I’d call it, ‘Frack Off and Die’!”

Gatiss also admitted he wouldn’t be adverse to adapting one of his previous Doctor Who works – the Big Finish audio play Invaders from Mars – for television.

“It’s set on the night of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds broadcast, and there’s a real invasion,” he explained. “It came out delightfully for Big Finish 13 years ago, but I think that’d be good. If you have a good idea, go back to it!”

Doctor Who continues next Saturday at 8.10pm on BBC One.

Apparently Doctor Who fans are so passionate about the series, they try to hack into the actors’ email accounts to access scripts.

New Doctor Who guest star Bethany Black said security is very tight on the show.
She told Pink News: “And also you should change your passwords on your email every week from the moment it’s been announced that you are going to be in Doctor Who.
“Because people will try and hack in and steal scripts and try and do all of these things.”

She said that people are “crazy obsessed” with the show.
“I was at the wrap party on Friday and one of the producers was saying ‘have you had any sniffers or lickers yet,’ I went ‘no, no’!
“He responded: ‘Ah, don’t worry, they’ll come, you’ll get them!'”

The 36-year-old actress and comedian will make a guest appearance in tonight’s (November 14) episode titled ‘Sleep No More’.

“There’s never been a male / male combination – you’d probably get fan fiction going crazy!”

Mark Gatiss has had his say on Doctor Who’s next companion – and he wants the long-running sci-fi series to “mix it up a bit”.
Gatiss – who has written this Saturday’s episode, ‘Sleep No More’ – told press including Digital Spy that he’d like the show to divert from the “younger female companion”.
“It’s not in my hands but I think it would be really interesting to mix it up a bit,” he said. “There’s never been a male / male combination – I think that would be quite interesting. You’d probably get fan fiction going crazy!

“To be honest, nobody knows anything – that’s the truth. There was this hard and fast rule about what the companions always had to be – in traditional sexist terms, ‘something for the dads’ – and then Catherine Tate came in.
“Here was the first companion who was actually older than the Doctor – in real life – with a very different style… and everyone loved it. So you can never tell.
“If you found a companion who is not at all what you think you might be looking for, but there’s an immediate spark [with their co-star], then the audience will respond to that.”

Gatiss also reiterated his support for a female Doctor, and a black Doctor, “but only when the right person comes along”.”I absolutely think there should be a female Doctor, there should be a black Doctor… but not because anyone’s trying to tick a box,” he said. “I suppose the same goes for companions – you just find the right person.”
Jenna Coleman, who plays Clara, will exit Doctor Who this series, with showrunner Steven Moffat insisting that the next companion will be a new character and not an established favourite like Osgood (Ingrid Oliver).

but no word on the UK yet…

Here’s your chance to see River Song on the big screen.

Doctor Who’s 2015 Christmas special will be beamed into US cinemas next month – but there’s no word on the UK yet.
BBC Worldwide North America and Fathom Events are teaming to bring this year’s festive episode to nearly 300 screens over two nights on December 28 and 29 at 7.30pm local time.
Each screening will also include a 15-minute behind-the-scenes featurette and an interview with Alex Kingston, who is returning as The Doctor’s wife Professor River Song.

A description for the Christmas special is as follows: “It’s Christmas Day in the future and the TARDIS is parked on a snowy village street, covered in icicles, awaiting its next adventure.”Time traveler River Song meets her husband’s new incarnation, in the form of Peter Capaldi, for the first time this Christmas.”
Tickets can be purchased for these screenings through Fathom, beginning on Friday (November 13) – again, only in the US.

Doctor Who’s Christmas episode will mark the first on-screen appearance for Professor Song since 2013’s series ender ‘The Name of the Doctor’.
Earlier this year, Alex Kingston signed up to reprise the River Song character further in Big Finish audio plays that pair her with Eighth Doctor actor Paul McGann.
No air date has yet been set for Doctor Who’s Christmas special in the UK. BBC America airs the special on Christmas Day.

Could the greatest ever sci-fi crossover become a reality?

Could the ultimate sci-fi crossover – Doctor Who meets Star Trek – ever happen?
Steven Moffat, showrunner on Who since 2010, has said he would do it “in a heartbeat” – though he has some conditions.
For one, he wouldn’t be satisfied by a crossover with the new Star Trek series being developed by CBS for launch in 2017.

“If it crossed over with Star Trek, it would have to be real Star Trek,” Moffat said. “It would have to be Captain Kirk and Mr Spock. It has to be the Doctor meets Mr Spock – that’s the one you want.”I mean, would I do it? Yes, in a heartbeat. I think you might find the Americans a little bit trickier to deal with!”
How about it, Paramount? Is there room for a Time Lord and his TARDIS on the Starship Enterprise?

News Source: Digital Spy

Doctor Who: The Zygon Invasion had an official consolidated rating of 5.76 million viewers.

The rating issued by the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, or BARB, includes all those who watched the programme within one week of transmission. It does not include those watching online via iPlayer

Doctor Who was the 11th most watched programme on BBC Television, and third overall on Saturday. The episode finished at 24th in the chart.

Top of the week was Strictly Come Dancing with 10.85 million watching.

News Source: BARB

The Doctor’s clearly going surfing on Bondi Beach…

To celebrate the upcoming Doctor Who Festival in Sydney a full-size LEGO® replica of the Doctor’s time travelling TARDIS will materialise on the grass behind South Bondi Beach on Tuesday 10November.

Fans and media will be invited to take pictures of the LEGO® TARDIS and comedian Rob Lloyd, who will be hosting the Science of Doctor Who at the festival, will be on hand for media interviews.

The LEGO ® TARDIS will then travel to the Zing Pop Culture Store in Macquarie Park where it will be on display from the 10-18 November. During this time there will be several social competitions held, with support from Warner Interactive Entertainment, where fans will be offered the chance to win tickets to the Doctor Who Festival.

About the Doctor Who Festival

The Doctor Who Festival, to be held on the 21 and 22 November at the Hordern Pavilion and Royal Hall of Industries in Sydney, will be attended by current Doctor Peter Capaldi, Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy, former companion Billie Piper, writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, Strax actor Dan Starkey and writer Mark Gatiss. Fans of all ages will be able to celebrate the heritage and magic of the show with exclusive access to props, costumes and talent from both in-front-of and behind the camera. Activities at the festival include:

Q&AS – see the writers and cast from the series as they talk about how to make an idea become reality on a series as big and bold as Doctor Who.
PRODUCTION VILLAGE – get a glimpse of life on set in the ‘Production Village. Learn about the different roles in television production and what it’s really like to work on set. How early are the call times? Who arrives first and who leaves last? Who has the most difficult role, and most importantly, who looks after the key to the TARDIS? In the Production Village these questions and more will be answered, as fans are offered an exclusive insight into the many parts involved in bringing them the world’s longest running sci-fi program.
SFX DISPLAY – witness first-hand some of the spectacular effects seen in the series such as explosions and fireballs, elemental and atmospheric effects, mechanical rigs and pyrotechnics.
MILLENNIUM FX MONSTER SHOW – see the work that goes into creating some of the iconic monsters from Doctor Who with a live monster make-up demonstration and, as a special treat for fans, a brand new never-before-seen series nine monster will also feature on stage.
DRAMA SCHOOL WITH THE MONSTERS – alongside Dan Starkey (Strax) and Jon Davey (monster actor), learn what it takes to be a monster on the set of Doctor Who in this hands-on drama school session.
SCIENCE OF DOCTOR WHO – on this amazing journey through space and time, comedian Rob Lloyd explores the scientific mysteries of Doctor Who. Featuring original scenes from the iconic BBC television series, this interactive session investigates the science of time travel, asks if regeneration is possible, and explains how the TARDIS can be bigger on the inside. Brought to you by RiAus.
ICONIC SET – direct from Cardiff a unique setting from this season’s Doctor Who will be coming to Australia for the first time ever.
PHOTO AND AUTOGRAPH OPPORTUNITIES – a limited number of opportunities for photos and autographs with selected talent.
WRITERS’ MASTERCLASS – ask Mark Gatiss how a Doctor Who script is crafted and discover the techniques behind the art of dramatic scriptwriting and how to get work published.
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT – a fantastic exhibition of costumes and props.
COSPLAYERS’ SHOWCASE– fans can showcase their impressive Doctor Who-themed outfits with a special prize awarded to the best dressed.
DOCTOR WHO QUIZ – this is the ultimate Doctor Who quiz, where fans can show off their in-depth knowledge of the Doctor, his adversaries and the many adventures he’s had through space and time.
THE FAN CHALLENGE – fans young and old can battle it out and test their Doctor Who knowledge.