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Welcome to the Thursday the 4th of May edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: .

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

The Gallifrey Times has a set of promotional images for Knock Knock, a preview of DWN 512 (Doctor Who News also does this, here), confirmation of the broadcast time for Oxygen, and news of two new special edition magazines (also in Blogtor Who here).
Doctor Who News has an obituary of Moray Watson and news of a Doctor Who Skype bot (also in Den of Geek here).
Blogtor Who has a preview of Titan Comics Doctor Who: Ghost Stories #2.
muccamukk has a review of Thin Ice and more speculation about what might or might not be in The Vault.
Den of Geek has a "spoiler free" review of Knock Knock and a feature on Steven Moffatt talking about Christopher Eccleston and Peter Jackson.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Verity! (audio podcast) Episode 135 discusses Thin Ice.
MarkWho42 (audio podcast) Episode 180 discusses Thin Ice.
Coal Hill AV Club (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 67 discusses Thin Ice.
Arrow of Time (audio podcast) Episode 131 also discusses Thin Ice.
Gallifrey Public Radio (audio podcast) discusses Thin Ice too.
Playing Doctor (audio podcast) discusses The Pilot.
Discussing Who (audio podcast) Episode 44 discusses Thin Ice.
Earth Station Who (audio podcast) Episode 155 discusses Thin Ice as well.
Doctor Whooch (audio podcast) Episode 111 discusses Thin Ice.
The Doctor Who Show (audio podcast) discusses DWM 511.
The official BBC doctor Who YouTube channel trails that Skype bot.

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Whovian Feminism has a GIFset of That Speech from Thin Ice.

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Welcome to the Wednesday the 3rd of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Blogtor Who has news of the Synopsis and air date/time for Oxygen and a preview of DWM 512 (also covered in The Gallifrey Times here).
The Gallifrey Times has news of a new guest star and a Whole Team Review of Thin Ice.
purplecat has reviewed The Ambassadors Of Death.
Doctor Who News has the official BARB ratings for Smile and news of the binaural edition of Knock Knock.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Whovian Feminism (tumblr audio content) discusses Thin Ice.
Mutters Spiral (audio podcast) Episode 127 discusses Thin Ice.
Who's On Target (audio podcast) Episode 42 discusses The Space Pirates.
Who's Doing What Now? (audio podcast) Episode 51 covers Vengeance on Varos.
Tin Dog Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 666 * makes the sign of the evil eye * discusses Thin Ice.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) preview Knock Knock
The official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel trails that Breakfast with the seven surviving Doctors competition that the Beeb are running for Red Nose Day.
A blast from the past: Kevin Jon Davies has the Colin and Nicola Outtakes reel from the 30th anniversary show

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks -

traycer announces a new round of het_bigbang in fandomcalendar.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

penaltywaltz has Sweets for My Sweet in dwfiction (also in everything_who and in crossovers). (G; Pre-Sherlock Holmes/Amy Pond)
I posted the first three of my one sentence Brig/Benton challenge fics in dwfiction. (PG-13; Brig/Benton)

Fanart:

Cacao Pets has made TARDIS cat houses (via The Mary Sue).
Whovian Leap has a slightly disturbing and somewhat hypnotic Regeneration Cycle.

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

allhailthemightyquattro has a Warriors ~~on the Cheap~~ of The Deep GIFset.
Whovian Feminism has Bill sticking her tongue out at The Doctor.

Welcome to the Tuesday the 2nd of May edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: .

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

The Gallifrey Times has the AI scores for Thin Ice (also covered in Doctor Who News here), the final viewing figures for Smile, and a book review of T is for TARDIS.
Doctor Who News has an image gallery from Knock Knock (also covered in Blogtor Who here).

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube Channel has a discussion of That Punch (in which Peter does a fabulous Jon Pertwee impression), and a feature about fake snow.
Metebelis 2 (audio podcast) Episode 40 discusses Thin Ice.
Zeus Plug (autoplaying audio podcast) discusses Thin Ice too.
Doctor Who: the 20MB podcast (audio podcast) Episode 339 also discusses Thin Ice, among other things.
Night of the Living Geeks (audio podcast) Episode 89 is called "Punch ALL the racists".
Roy's Rocket Radio (audio podcast) has a report on Eastercon.
Who's He? (audio podcast) Episode 267 discusses Thin Ice.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

clocketpatch recs The Children of the Moon are as Heavy as Stones in calufrax. (adult; Miss Quill/Twelfth Doctor, Miss Quill/Ballon)

Welcome to the Monday the 1st of May edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: Happy May day, everybod. Sumer is icumen in, etc.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Thin Ice reviews, reactions, etc.
- Phil Sandifer Fanboys Sarah Dollard.
- Frank Collins gives it four out of five.
- Doctor Who News has the overnights, the Australian overnights and a round-up of the press reactions.
Blogtor Who has a report on Calgary Expo and a review of Big Finish: Fourth Doctor: The Helm Of Awe.
The official BBC Doctor Who website has a feature on how Knock Knock will be in binaural audio (also in The Gallifrey Times here).
Stephadoo has some theories as to who or what might be in the Vault.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has Pearl's Guide to the Frost Fair and a preview clip of Knock Knock.
Doctor Who: The Highlanders (audio podcast) discuss Thin Ice.
The Cultdom Collective (autoplaying audio podcast) have some news and a review of Thin Ice.
Trust Your Doctor (audio podcast) appear to be discussing an episode of something but the summary is unclear as to what it actually is. It might be Bang Bang a Boom; equally, it might be Flight Through Eternity, which is an episode of the First Doctor story The Chase. If you fancy solving a mystery, do let me know.
Starburst Magazine's Blue Box podcast (audio podcast) Episode 255 discusses Thin Ice.
Doctor Who: The Target Files (audio podcast) Episode 31 discusses Thin Ice.
The Pharos Project (audio podcast) Episode 211 discusses Smile.
(audio podcast)Radio Free Skaro Episode 580 discusses Thin Ice.
Time Scoop Podcast (audio podcast) discusses Thin Ice too.
Doctor Who Brasil (audio podcast) Episode 57 discusses Thin Ice (Ice Baby).
Who 37 (audio podcast) Episode 103 discusses Smile.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) review Thin Ice.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

I posted Jamie's Cinematic Leanings in dw100 (All Ages; Two, Jamie, and the former director of the BBFC James Ferman)
lferion has Sparrow in who_allsorts (G; ???)

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has Come to the Frost Fair, Whitewash and TARDIS love.
MlleBennet has Bill Sticking her tongue out & Twelve's reaction thereto.

Welcome to the Sunday the 30th May edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: Crap! Forgot the Podcasts! Have edited them in now...

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Thin Ice Reaction Posts:
- doctorwho Reaction Post and Poll.
- nostalgia has a short approving post with lots of discussion in the comments and then more to say here.
- jjpor asks for your thoughts in who_at_50.
- The Gallifrey Times has their discussion and poll here.
- Blogtor Who has a round up of fan reactions.
Thin Ice Reviews:
- Ars Technica really liked it.
- Blogtor Who says a meaningful allegory lurks below Thin Ice (I see what they did there).
- beccaelizabeth has cautious yay.
- The Grauniad says it was visually stunning.
- Den of Geek approved of Peter and Pearl's acting skills
- Doctor Who News has a long and very detailed review.
- jesuswasbatman thought it handled some important things well.
- I did a bit of reviewing in list form, and then a big rant about people who complain about SJWs ruining Who.
- lizbee liked it so much she's thinking of getting a Twelfth Doctor icon.
Thin Ice Extras:
- The BBC Website have their episode page with quizzes and factfiles and stuff up.
- Blogtor Who has a list of continuity references here.
- Den of Geek has a list of Easter Eggs and geeky spots here.
- The Gallifrey Times has the overnight viewing figures.
purplecat has a discussion about a story in the 1978 Doctor Who annual.
Blogtor Who has a Report of Peter Capaldi at Calgary Expo; reviews of Titan Comics Tenth Doctor Y3 #4, BIG FINISH: The Omega Factor S02; and talks about what will happen next time on Knock Knock.
The Gallifrey Times have their final poll results for Smile.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Doctor Who The Fan Show (YouTube channel) has an aftershow chat with Sarah Dollard and Hayley Nebauer
The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has Peter and Pearl on Going Period and the Next Time trailer for Knock Knock.
42 to Doomsday (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 66 discusses Underrated Monsters.
The TARDIS Tavern (audio podcast) Episode 161 discusses The Ribos Operation.
Doctor Who: Time and Space (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 209 discusses Smile.
The Doctor Who Show (audio podcast) has another one of their You and Who features, a review of Thin Ice and a discussion of The Month In Who.
Tin Dog Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 664 reviews Alien Heart Dalek Soul from Big Finish.
Tim's Take On (audio podcast) Episode 381 reviews Thin Ice.
Flight Through Entirety (audio podcast) Episode 108 reviews Trial of a Timelord: The Mysterious Planet.
Terminus (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 25 discusses The Pilot.
Doctor Who: The Sonic Toolbox (audio podcast) Episode 233 discusses Thin Ice.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

glinda links to 20 of her own fics on AO3 (4 of which are Who-related)
Classic Doctor Who Facts is back with number 1137.
clocketpatch recs (Not Quite) Relativity in calufrax. (All Ages; Ten, Donna)

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has the punch and the speech from Thin Ice.
Likewise, Whovian Feminism has GIFfed has the punch, but also Bill's TARDIS love and "history is a whitewash".
the BBC America Tumblr account has GIFfed "it's worth the wait".

Welcome to the Saturday the 29th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: lots of fic announcements today!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Blogtor Who has a "spoiler-free" preview of Thin Ice (note that their definition of Spoilers might vary from yours).
The Gallifrey Times has Steven Moffat on tackling race in Thin Ice and the official synopsis of Oxygen.
Doctor Who News has a round up of the Thin Ice videos and details of broadcast times across the world.
cosmolinguist has a discussion of a plot hole in Smile.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Reality Bomb (audio podcast) Episode Episode 45 discusses The Pilot and Smile.
Doctor Who: Fifty Years Ago (audio podcast) Episode 33 covers The Faceless Ones Episode 3: The Crime of Comedy
Voice of Gallifrey (audio podcast) Episode 94 from the title they seem to be having some issues with their hosting, but as it's in Russian I can't say for sure.

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

prisca promotes fffc's Froday Fanfiction Challenge: May Prompt-per-day fic fest in fandomcalendar (I've signed up for it, prob'ly to my doom).
alafaye is doing a Spring Prompt Fest in torchwood_fest. You can enter prompts here.
redwolf has dw100's prompt for this week.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

selenay has Three variations on Truth in dwfiction. (General Audiences; Bill Potts, Twelfth Doctor)

Welcome to the Friday the 28th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Blogtor Who has a review of Titan Comics 9th Doctor #12 and news of Steven Moffat at The Hay Festival (also in Doctor Who News here).
The Indy has details of that deleted scene from The Pilot
Cultbox has The ‘Doctor Who’ Emergency Fanw*nk Hotline Week 2: ‘Smile’

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

A Disused Yeti (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 25 discusses the twelfth Doctor.
(audio podcast)Mark Who 42 Episode 179 discusses Smile.
Wanderers in the 4th Dimension (audio podcast) Episode 266 discusses Smile.
The Arrow of Time (audio podcast) Episode 130 is also a discussion of Smile.
Outpost Skaro (audio podcast) Episode 119 is a discussion of Smile too.
Zeus Plug (autoplaying audio podcast) chats to Andrew Ellard.
Big Blue Box podcast (audio podcast) Episode 139 discusses Smile.
DiddlyDum (audio podcast) Episode 75 discusses The Pilot AND Smile.
The Ood Cast (audio podcast) discusses Smile too.
Eyes of Harmony (YouTube channel) have the 2nd part of their review of Revelation of the Daleks.
The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel have Steven Moffatt introducing Thin Ice, Peter and Pearl introducing Thin Ice, and a preview clip of Thin Ice.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

clocketpatch recs Sailing On in calufrax (all ages; Vicki, Vick/Troilus)

Welcome to the Thursday the 27th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

nostalgia shares that video of Michelle Gomez reading Doctor Twelfth in doctor_and_master (and also in her personal DW here)
Doctor Who News has news of a freebie for people ordering from Candy Jar Books and a review of Classic TV Adventures Collection One.
Blogtor Who wishes Jenna Coleman and Russell T Davies happy birthday, and reviews TITAN COMICS Twelfth Doctor Y3 #2 and Titan Comics Ninth Doctor #12
Karen Pollock on Why LGBT+ representation on Doctor Who matters.
Den of Geek have an interview with Lawrence Gough about directing Doctor Who, their "Spoiler free" review of Thin Ice and a deleted scene from The Pilot.
The Gallifrey Times has a review of The Unofficial Doctor Who Limerick Book and confirmation of the broadcast time for Knock Knock.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Verity! (audio podcast) Episode 134 reviews, and definitely doesn't argue about, Smile.
Doctor Who: The Impossible Girls (audio podcast) Episode 59 discusses Smile.
Gallifrey Stands (audio podcast) Episode 159 has interviews with Darren Shan, Martyn Croft, & Jimmy Vee.
Tin Dog Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 665 discusses Smile.
The Coal Hill AV Club (autoplaying audio podcast) discusses Smile.
The Cultdom Collective (autoplaying audio podcast) also discusses Smile.
Whocast.de (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 341 discusses Smile in German.
Earth Station Who (audio podcast) Episode 154 also discusses Smile.
Discussing Who (audio podcast) Episode 43 reviews Smile.
Transmissions From Atlantis (audio podcast) Episode 123 reviews Smile, previews the WHOlanta con and interviews R. Alan Siler (Co-Director of WHOlanta con), and discusses various casting rumours, among other (non-Who) things.
Talking Timelords (audio podcast) Episode 67 discusses Smile.
(audio podcast)Doctor Whooch Episode 110 discusses Smile.
The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube Channel has a video of Ralf Little being happy about his character in Smile.

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

nonelvis is doing a recruitment drive for calufrax (also publicised in doctorwho here)

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has a Happiness Will Prevail GIFset.

Current Mood: cold

Welcome to the Wednesday the 26th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Mr Men/Doctor Who mash-up stuff:
- Michelle Gomez Reads Doctor Twelfth and narrates a special episode of Doctor Who: The Fan Show about it, which also features an interview with the author/artist Adam Hargreaves.
- The Grauniad a feature about it too.
Blogtor Who have a contention that Blink proves that a female Doctor can work, a a preview of Titan Comics Twelfth Doctor Year 3 # 2, and a report about the Doctor Who Experience classic monster restoration project.
Doctor Who News has a round up of the publicity items and broadcast times for Thin Ice
Whovian Feminism reviews Smile.
The Gallifrey Times has a full team review of Smile.
purplecat reviews The Pilot

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Travelling the Vortex (audio podcast) Episode 327 discusses Smile.
Night of the Living Geeks (autoplaying audio podcast) episode 88 also reviews Smile.
Voice of Gallifrey (audio podcast) #93 "Soft Reboot" appears to be in Russian...
Starburst Magazine's Blue Box Podcast (audio podcast) reviews The Pilot and Smile
The Watch-a-thon of Rassilon (audio podcast) Episode 54 covers Inferno.
The Old Doctor Who Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 41 is about The Visitation.
Mostly Harmless Cutaway (audio podcast) Episode 146 reviews Smile.
Who's Doing What Now? (audio podcast) Episode 50 discusses Planet of the Ood.
Via Mashable (YouTube channel) a corgi dressed as 13 Doctors (his Colin is ADORABLE)
Eyes of Harmony (YouTube channel) reviews Revelation of the Daleks part 1.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) preview Thin Ice

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

The BBC have launched an official Fan Fiction platform.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

clocketpatch recs Honest Mistakes in calufrax

Icons

muccamukk has made 2 Smile icons

Fanart:

Phil Pagett has a Doctor Who version of that FaceApp thing that's been doing the rounds.

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo compares cyrogenics chambers.

Podfic and Fanvids

Five Who Fans (YouTube channel) have Alternative Doctor Who: Smile.

Welcome to the Tuesday the 25th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: .

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Blogtor Who has various bits of news about Knock Knock, reviews of Titan Comics: 11th Doctor #3.4 and JAGO & LITEFOOT SERIES 13 – A Celebration of 40 Years, and some new production images from Thin Ice (as a garment geek, I am utterly in love with the aesthetic of Thin Ice)
Doctor Who News has a review of Zaltys, the AI figures for Smile (also covered in The Gallifrey Times, here), and the final BARB ratings for The Pilot.
The Gallifrey Times has a rumour about a potential guest star later this series and a set of behind the scenes photos from Smile.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Tin Dog Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 662 discusses The Pilot.
Metebelis 2 (audio podcast) Episode 39 discusses Smile.
Doctor Who: The 20MB podcast (audio podcast) Episode 338 discuss Love and Monsters.
Geek Syndicate (audio podcast) discuss Terry Nation Vs Greg A Larson.
Mutter's Spiral (audio podcast) Episode 126 discusses Smile.
Gallifrey Public Radio (audio podcast) discusses Smile.
Outpost Skaro (audio podcast) Episode 118 discusses The Pilot.
Doctor Who: Zeus Plug (autoplaying audio podcast) discusses Smile.
Who's He Podcast (audio podcast) Episode 266 discusses Smile.
The official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has Peter and Pearl meeting fans in Spain, Actor Kaizer Akhtar discussing what it was like working with Peter and Pearl and Pearl on eating jelly.

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Timelordinaustralia has a GIFset of Five and his hat.
Whovian Feminism has a GIFset of their favourite moment from Smile.
Stephadoo has an evacuees from Earth GIFset.

Current Mood: tired

Welcome to the Monday the 24th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Smile reviews and reactions:
- Frank Collins on Frame-rated gives it 3.5/5.
- jesuswasbatman liked it overall, although they thought the plot was pretty basic.
- Doctor Who News has a round-up of the press reactions and the Australian overnights.
The Doctor Who/Mr Men Mashup shop is now open, and Blogtor Who has a report on the launch of the books (also covered in Doctor Who News here).
Blogtor Who also has a review of Torchwood: Dollhouse.
The Gallifrey Times has the final viewing figures for The Pilot

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

A preview clip for Thin Ice has gone up on the official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel.
Pearl Mackie talks about the location used for Smile, also on the official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) review Smile.
Doctor Who: The Highlanders (audio podcast) review Smile.
The Cultdom Collective (audio podcast) Episode 319 reviews Smile
Decorative Vegetable (audio podcast) reviews the Big Finish audio play Storm Warning
Doctor Who: The Target FIles (audio podcast) Episode 33 and Episode 34 review Smile (the feed put these up as seperate episodes; I haven't actually had time to listen to them, so I don't know if they're the same...)
Radio Free Skaro (audio podcast) Episode 579 reviews Smile too.
Bad Wilf (audio podcast) Episode 172 also reviews Smile.
The Pharos Project (audio podcast) Episode 210 reviews The Pilot.
Doctor Who Brasil (audio podcast in Portugese) reviews Smile.

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

darjeeling announced a new multifandom challenge comm, fandomweekly in fandomcalendar
thisbluespirit announced a new multifandom challenge comm, tic_tac_woe in fandom_on_dw
mad_jaks announced challenge 650 in dw100
ratcreature is looking for new reccers for fanart_recs

- Fanworks -

Icons

spectral_color made 219 icons (6 Doctor Who)
fuesch made 38 Doctor Who icons (7 classic Who Sarah Jane) (this is where my lovely new Bill came from - thanks fuesch!)

Fanart:

TinFoilRobot drew some dalek tourists in London.
Migueldelicado drew some Smile fanart

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has a seatbelts GIFset.
Captainnagata has a Bill taking photos GIFset.

Current Mood: busy

Welcome to the Sunday the 23rd of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: lots of episode reactions today. I have tried not to be spoilery in the text of the link; apologies if I have failed in any way.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Smile reaction and discussion posts
- doctorwho has a reaction post with a poll
- Blogtor Who's reaction post is here.
- who_at_50's reaction post is here
- The Gallifrey Times has a reaction post with a poll
- nostalgia's reaction post is here
- such_heights wants you to share your squee.
- and my reaction post, with Carlton happy dance GIF and everything, is here
Smile reviews:
- Ars Technica mostly liked it
- Doctor Who News has a long and detailed review by sir_guinglain of this parish (I adore the phrasing of the last sentence of paragraph 3)
- Blogtor Who have entitled their review 😀 = 👍
- Den of Geek preferred it to the writer's previous outing.
- The Grauniad says it's a solid win, and feature it in their Week's Telly In Review feature (THAT one contains spoilers to lots of Not-Who shows as well; proceed with caution).
- beccaelizabeth thinks she liked it, but has some reservations about The Doctor's behaviour
- lizbee loved the characterisation, but thought the plot was a bit of a mess.
Peter Capaldi went on the march for science yesterday. Here's a smattering of the news coverage about it: London Evening Standard, Radio Times, Gizmodo, and HuffPo (my favourite science march sign was this one)
Den of Geek has a long list of references and easter eggs in Smile; Blogtor Who's version of this is here.
The Gallifrey Times has the final results of their poll on The Pilot
purplecat reminisces about The Tides of Time fanzine.
Blogtor Who reviews April's Fifth Doctor double bill from Big Finish.
Doctor Who News has The Overnight viewing figures for Smile (also in The Gallifrey Times, here)
I ask, in doctorwho, is Capaldi more Tom-like this season?

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

Doctor Who: The Fan Show (YouTube channel) has an aftershow discussion with Peter Capaldi and Brian Minchin.
The Next Time trailer for Thin Ice is up on the Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel.
Geek Syndicate Episode 282 discusses Black Widow, Hammerhead, Power Man and Iron Fist, Into the Badlands, Dr Who, Lethal Weapon and Train to Busan.
The Doctor Who Show discusses The You and Who books and reviews Smile.
Staggering Stories Episode 261 reviews The Pilot.
Tin Dog Podcast reviews Dethras from Big Finish.
The Tardis Tavern reviews Survival.
Tim's Take On... Episode 380 is a review of Smile.
Talking Timelords Episode 66 is a review of The Pilot.
Doctor Who Fifty Years Ago Episode 32 reviews The Faceless Ones Episode 2: The Sound of Spies
The Sonic Toolbox Episode 232 is a review of Smile.
Who New has a season overview of season 2 (Ten & Rose, not Hartnell era)

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

alafaye is planning the next 7-8 months in torchwood_fest

Welcome to the Saturday the 22nd of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: New episode day! *happy dance*

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

There's more about various Casting Rumours in The Gallifrey Times and The Mary Sue
Blogtor Who have a Spoiler-Free preview of Smile (as always, bear in mind that your definition of spoilers might differ from that of the site linked), a preview of The Flaming Soldier, and a review of the BFA Dethras.
mengu has a discussion of the character of Bill with lots of reference to her dialogue in doctorwho
The Mary Sue interviews Class's Sophie Hawkins.
Doctor Who News reviews the Unofficial Doctor Who Limerick Guide

- Podcasts and Audiovisual Discussion -

A video about Casting Rumours in The Nerdist (autoplaying video)
There's a new clip from Smile on the BBC Doctor Who YouTube Channel.
The Eleventh Hour (audio podcast) discuss The Pilot
Doctor Who: Time and Space (autoplaying audio podcast) Episode 208 discusses The Pilot too.
As does Mostly Harmless Cutaway (audio podcast) Episode 145.
... and The Oodcast, (audio podcast) here.
The Oncoming Storm (audio podcast) episode 197, meanwhile, includes discussion of The Diary of River Song: The Unknown by Guy Adams; A Thousand Tiny Wings by Andy Lane; Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Clements; and Torchwood: One Rule by Joseph Lidster
The Untempered Schism (audio podcast) episode 160 discusses Cold War.

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has a GIFset comparing professor Chronitis with the twelfth doctor
Cleowho has a Romana GIFset

Welcome to the Friday the 21st of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

The Indy has an item about the casting of the next doctor and the language of it has made me very cross.
Doctor Who News has a whole host of pictures from Smile and a review of two big finish short trips.
The Gallifrey Times has news of three new twelfth doctor novels and of this year's record store day release, a whole team review of The Pilot and a synopsis of Knock Knock.
purplecat has rewatched and reviewed Talons of Weng Chiang.
The Mary Sue discusses Smile (with video and wallpapers).
Cavan Scott has a competition to win Signed Who Stuff.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

Doctor Who (YouTube channel) has Peter and Pearl introducing Smile.
Transmissions From Atlantis (audio podcast) episode 122 covers The Pilot and a bunch of other genre stuff.
Gallifrey Stands (audio podcast) Episode 158 has interviews with Chris Barrie and Peter Purves among others.
Wanderers in the 4th Dimension (audio podcast) has a review of The Pilot.
Who 37 (audio podcast) episode 102 is also a review of The Pilot.
As is Big Blue Box (audio podcast) Episode 138.
Eyes of Harmony (YouTube channel) have part two of their review of The Underwater Menace

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has a cellars GIFset
Drmottershead has a lot of Sarah Jane Smith GIFsets

Welcome to the Thursday the 20th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Blogtor Who reviews Spare Parts and Titan comics 10th doctor year 3 issue 4, and talks about the release of Doctor Who Memorabilia: An Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who Collectables by Paul Berry
Doctor Who News reviews Torchwood: Visiting Hours and has news of forthcoming Doctor Who comics.
Whovian Feminism reviews The Pilot
The Gallifrey Times confirms the broadcast time for and length of Thin Ice (also on Blogtor Who, here)
The Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff is running a public vote on which classic monster they should restore (again).
purplecat has rewatched and reviewed The Happiness Patrol
Den of Geek has a 'Spoiler-free' review of Smile (their definition of Spoilers might not accord with yours; proceed with caution).

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

Verity! (audio podcast) discuss The Pilot
Whovian Feminism (tumblr audio content) discusses the Pilot too.
The Penguin Books Podcast (audio podcast) is a Doctor Who Special featuring Jon Culshaw and Meera Syal
The Impossible Girls (audio podcast) Episode 8 discusses The Pilot.
The Cultdom Collective (audio podcast) have a commentary track for The Pilot
Earth Station Who (audio podcast) episode 153 discusses The Pilot.
The Arrow of Time (audio podcast) episode 129 discusses The Pilot too.
Doctor Whooch (audio podcast) also discuss The Pilot in their 109th episode.
Steven Moffat (YouTube video) introduces Smile on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.

- Fanworks -

Fanart:

Adelelorienne posted A Rose With A Thorn (8th Doctor)

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Twelfthdoctvr has a "let me remember" GIFset
Stephadoo has a scorchmarks GIFset
Paradoxymora has an ergonomics GIFset feat 12 and 2

Welcome to the Wednesday the 19th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: wow, politics exploded in the UK yesterday, and I had to wear my other hats a lot. This is therefore a tad late. Sorry.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

The BBC are doing another Doctor Who/BBC Micro:bit thing for schools.
Den of Geek have some potentially spoilery rumours about the Christmas Special.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube Channel (YouTube channel) have uploaded a new trailer.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) have an episode preview for Smile.
42 to Doomsday (audio podcast) episode 65 discusses Doctor Who computer games.
Zeus Pod (audio podcast) discusses The Pilot.
Doctor Who: The Target Files (audio podcast) also discusses The Pilot.
The Coal Hill AV Club (audio podcast) discusses The Pilot too.
Travelling The Vortex (audio podcast) episode 326 is also a discussion of The Pilot
Gallifrey Public Radio (audio podcast) are discussing The Pilot too.
As are Discussing Who (audio podcast), in their 42nd episode.
Who's He Podcast (audio podcast) number 265 is also about The Pilot.
Who's Doing What Now (audio podcast) Episode 49, however, is about The Fires of Pompeii.

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

thisbluespirit shared Gothic Romance (Teen; Scaroth | Count Scarlioni/Clara Splinter, Great Intelligence Splinter) and Unconsidered Trifles (general; Eighth Doctor/Charley Pollard) in dwfiction
paynesgrey recs Sleep and the Single Timelord in calufrax

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo has a GIFset of first reactions to the TARDIS
TillTheNextTimeDoctor has a Heather GIFset
Aleithio has a Dr Liz Shaw GIFset
DeadHPool has a GIFset of Bill's reactions to the TARDIS.

Fanvids

Five Who fans have uploaded Alternative Doctor Who: The Pilot.

Current Mood: busy

Welcome to the Tuesday the 18th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: There's a fair few links to me today. Sorry. It's not just ego: I posted a LOT about Doctor Who yesterday. I think this is a good sign about how excited I am for the new series :)

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Doctor Who News has the Aussie overnight ratings and the AI figures for The Pilot (AI figures also discussed in The Gallifrey Times here).
I posted a poll asking what counts as spoilers, some (potentially very spoilery) speculation riffing off jesuswasbatman's speculation here, and about the rumoured casting of That Actor as the next Doctor (also covered in The Grauniad here, among many other places)
The Mary Sue discuss Why Bill Potts is amazing.
Blogtor Who celebrates David Tennant's birthday and has a big set of production stills from Smile (also in The Gallifrey Times here).
Framerated has a review of The Pilot containing many interesting musings.
The AV Club review The Pilot too (they're mostly positive).

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

Metebeleis 2 (audio podcast) Episode 38 discusses The Pilot.
Mutter's Spiral (audio podcast) Episode 125 also discusses The Pilot.
Night of the Living Geeks (audio podcast) Episode 87 discusses The Pilot too.
Terminus Podcast, meanwhile (audio podcast), are on The Return of Doctor Mysterio.
The Who Addicts (YouTube channel) discuss That Casting Rumour
The Eyes of Harmony (YouTube channel) review The Underwater Menace

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

thisbluespirit posted about the community moving from LJ to DW and other admin announcements in who_guestfest

- Fanworks -

Fic: (rating; characters/pairings)

paynesgrey recs Silence Fell by nerdowl in calufrax (All ages; The War Doctor)

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo GIFs The Out of Order sign, the Movellans.
Corefenellie has a nomenclature of the TARDIS GIFset.

Welcome to the Monday the 17th April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: well this all seems to be going quite well, doesn't it? Lets try to keep it up...

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Reactions to and reviews of The Pilot:
- The BBC's official page for The Pilot is now up, so if you're in the UK you can watch the episode here (also featuring clips, music, quiz and factfiles).
- marginaliana liked the episode in general and Bill in particular.
- The Grauniad have another review up. Yes, a different one from yesterday.
- Doctor Who News has The Overnights (also discussed on The Gallifrey Times, here) and a roundup of the dead tree press's views.
- Matthew Kilburn for The Event Library goes into some depth about how much he liked the episode in general and Bill in particular.
Former Doctor Colin Baker Has Views on that United airlines news story.
nostalgia hosts a discussion of the Twelfth Doctor's sartorial choices.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

Trust Your Doctor Episode 163 covers the 1996 TV movie (audio podcast).
Bad Wilf Episode 171 covers The Pilot (audio podcast).
Radio Free Skaro Episode 578 covers The Pilot (audio podcast).
Doctor Who: On Target covers The Pilot (audio podcast).
The 20MB Doctor Who Podcast Episode 337 covers The Pilot (audio podcast).
The German Doctor Who podcast has a new episode but I don't speak German so I can't tell you what it's about (audio podcast).
The Brazilian Doctor Who podcast covers The Pilot (Audio podcast - I don't speak Portugese either, but I could tell what this one was about from the url ;) )
The Who Addicts review The Pilot (YouTube video).
The Official BBC Doctor Who YouTube channel has a How to dress like Bill featurette and a featuretee on the special effects around Heather (YouTube videos)

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Stephadoo GIFs Bill and Heather and Susan.
SuckItNerds has a quite large Bill GIFset.

Fanvids

Five Who Fans present Alternative Doctor Who: The Darkest Timeline

Welcome to the Sunday the 16th of April edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: yesterday was new episode day! Woo! Today's edition is therefore reaction/review heavy and fanwork light. Spoilers abound, so proceed with caution if you are spoilerphobic and haven't seen the episode yet.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

Community Reactions to last night's show on:
- Blogtor Who here
- doctorwho here.
- The Gallifrey Times here.
- who_at_50 here.
Short reaction posts by individuals:
- Here's mine (I liked it). I also did a poll.
- Here's nostalgia (she liked it too).
- such_heights also liked it
Full Reviews (obvious spoiler alert is obvious):
- Ars Technica liked some bits of it but not others
- Den of Geek thought it was a solid start to the series.
- Blogtor Who thought it was blooming brilliant
- beccaelizabeth was uncomfortable with how the character of Heather was handled.
- jesuswasbatman really enjoyed it.
- lizbee thought it was DELIGHTFUL.
- Doctor Who News thought it was a strong opener to the series
- The Grauniad thought it was one of the freshest series openers in years
Lists of easter eggs and continuity references:
- On Blogtor Who, here
- On Den of Geek, here
The OED blog about their decision to add "sonic Screwdriver" to the dictionary
The Mary Sue comment on the OED story.
The Gallifrey Times share two trailers for next time.

- Podcasts and Audiovisual -

Doctor Who: the Fan Show have an Aftershow discussion with Pearl Mackie and Steven Moffat.

- Challenges, Prompts and Announcements relating to Fanworks

alafaye is trying to revive torchwood_fest and has updated the rules here. In all hopefulness I have therefore moved it from the Inactive comms list to the Active comms list.

- Fanworks -

GIFsets, Caps, and Photosets:

Lissy Strata has some caps with infotext from the 1996 movie.
Stephadoo has GIFfed the Doctor running
MlleBennet has a Bill GIFset.
Capadliiful has GIFfed the "do you know any scifi" moment.

Welcome to the Saturday 15th April 2017 edition of Gallifrey Times!

Editor's Note: This is basically a test post for formatting the actual newsletter, and as such it will be light on content. I just want to make sure I'm getting it right before the new episode airs. Also, this post is obviously not going to link to everything since the last edition, which is our normal practise. It will be a bookmark in our watch list for the next edition, though.

- Discussion, Reactions, Reviews and News -

The official BBC Doctor Who page reports that throughout this series Twitter users will be able to hashflag with a TARDIS materialising and dematerialising.
Blogtor Who report that The OED are planning to add "sonic screwdriver" to the dictionary.
I (miss_s_b) posted about my new episode excitement in doctorwho

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