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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead
- Thread starter Galahad
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Sindatur
Regular
You're getting it at Easter, right? And then 1 more between Easter and Christmas, and the final special at Christmas?
Sindatur
Regular
Kribu
Administrator
Everything I've seen says the remaining three will all b3eshown at and after Christmas. A pity for the long wait!
darth_librarian
Regular
Looks good. Michelle Ryan is pretty much viewable in anything.
GaribaldisHair
Regular
Apparently, the curent issue of Doctor Who magazine includes a quote from (I assume) RTD to the effect that the original plan was for all three to be shown over Christmas/New Year but that changed prior to filming and the second special is actually going out sometime in the "2nd half of 2009".
Of course, that could literally mean the week before Christmas, I suppose, but if that were the case I wouldn't have thought they would bother saying anything.
Galahad
Regular
I strongly believe they'll tie them into the Bank Holidays - Easter, late Summer, Christmas... it's how they do things here... and the Beeb will be counting on the Doctor as one of their ratings big guns at those crucial times.
The trailer is out, there's coverage in the official magazine... if the marketing is ratcheted up at this level, it would seem to indicate a more imminent release.
The trailer is out, there's coverage in the official magazine... if the marketing is ratcheted up at this level, it would seem to indicate a more imminent release.
Sindatur
Regular
IMDB believes Planet of the Dead will air April 11
Sindatur
Regular
Seems to be confirmed for the week of the 11th of April, if not the actual day
http://www.gallifreyone.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?id=EkFlplFFVyjyuFFJnK&tmpl=newsrss&style=feedstyle
GaribaldisHair
Regular
Nope ... the trailer confirms that it IS 11th April.
GaribaldisHair
Regular
I really can't see them putting one out on the August Bank Holiday Monday ... loads of kids and families will still be away on holiday. I wouldn't have thought that it was particularly crucial time in terms of TV ratings either for that matter, but since I am always at Greenbelt and never watching TV that day anyway, I stand to be corrected on that one.
Sindatur
Regular
Yea, it was confirmed the weekend after that article, I found out after posting that. I actually was only able to watch the trailer, not listen to it, so, didn't get to hear the date, I was mostly helping Kribu who seemed to believe one wasn't even being shown at Easter.
Kribu
Administrator
Er, no. I meant the last three (i.e. the one single and the two-parter) were to be shown on/around Christmas/New Year, not this one. This one has been confirmed as Easter ages ago, so I didn't think there was ever any confusion here!
Sindatur
Regular
OK, now, I'm confused, to my knowledge there's 4 specials total, that are 1 1/2 hours with commercials when played on American TV (roughly 1 hr of show). One aired Christmas 2008, 1 airing at Easter 2009, that leaves 2, no?
Sindatur
Regular
Ah, so 3 x 1 1/2 hours and 1 x 3 hours when shown on American TV with commercials, or 3 x 1 hr and 1 x 2 hours when shown with commercials? I wasn't aware of that, thanks.
Now, we just have to hope that American SciFi channel doesn't take too long to give us these episodes, I figure they'll wait until all are done so they can get at least a month of programming out of it. They may wait until after Matt Smith's first season is done, though, so they get 16-18 weeks of programming, and that will be a bummer of a wait.
