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Darth Vader faces his greatest challenge; a pink clad Dark Lady of the Sith. He didn’t stand a chance.

Doctor Who 2009 has just released Fire and Ice. Doctor Who 2009 is a fan based production group “making a series of short films celebrating the BBC TV series Doctor Who.” The production quality of Fire and Ice is amazing. The acting is a little forced at times, but never distracts from the story. Overall, it’s extremely impressive for a fan created project. Kenneth Raymond Moore stars as The Doctor and Jennifer Richman as Alice Hemingway. Doctor Who 2009 provides a Bit Torrent link of the entire episode in DVD quality format.

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Stumbled across this video by BabelColour, listing all Doctor Who stories from 1963-2008. I would dispute placing the 1993 Children’s in Need special, Dimensions in Time, as part of the regular story list. I have never seen the special, but everything I’ve read indicates to me that it was more a spoof than anything that should be considered canon. Regardless, a nice tribute to the long history of a great show.

Starting out as a manga, Astro Boy first hit Japanese television screens in the 1960’s. It was a major influence, helping shape anime as we know it. I never was fan of the original, only seeing a few excerpts from the manga and/or clips of the television series. As a result I carry little, or no, baggage with me about this CGI update. Does it over Americanize the concept? I don’t know and I don’t care; not as long as I find it a fun movie experience come October.

David Tennant and Russell T. Davies interview; a nice follow-up after ComicCon.

Just discovered this production clip of a Doctor Who anime. Impressive work by Paul “OtaKing” Johnson. The story is highlighting the Jon Pertwee “Man of Action” Doctor, with fantastic new designs for the Cyberman and Davros. Perfect choices for an anime style Doctor Who.

Okay the quality is poor, but here is a recording of the Doctor Who trailer that was shown at Comic-Con. For a description of the trailer check out io9.com. With any luck BBC will release an official trailer soon.

Originally shown at Comic-Con, here is the new trailer for the next special. Remember the knock four times is from Planet of the Dead, prophesying the Doctor’s song is ending. Which in turn was referenced earlier by the Ood back in Planet of the Ood.

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Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Euros Lyn and Julie Gardner answer questions from the audience at Comic-Con. The four parts don’t line up perfectly and sound is an issue at points, but this seems to provide the majority of the Q&A. No previews are included.

David Tennant, John Barrowman and Russell T Davies at Comic-Con International; introductions the day before the Doctor Who panel.