Noel wrote:

The second episode of the new season of British scifi show Doctor Who, airing 22nd April on BBC1, has a plot involving a werewolf being used to attempt an assassination on Queen Victoria. More info and images here:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006160298,00.html

I too am a "Whovian" but I live across the pond over here in the colonies,the new series has just launched over here on the Sci-Fi Channel so it's only in the first season.
They just aired the episode where the Doctor comes face to uh "face" with the last remaining Dailek...great episode!
   Looking forward to the werewolf episode...will keep my eyes peeled for it.
                                                                   -Happy Easter , Peace

Yeah I was never much of a fan of the show. I do recall seeing a few episodes here and there when I was a kid. But this new version is starting to grow on me. Like Swamp Thing, I definitely liked that Dalek episode.

I'm very very curious about seeing the werewolf episode, especially after seeing some of the photos. I don't know about waiting till next year, so I may have to rely on a few of my online friends from across the pond to help me out, so I can get an early look. 

You can see the werewolf in action here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVc3nd4m … 20werewolf

Here's some behind the scenes info regarding the werewolf episode of Doctor Who:

Dave Houghton, visual effects supervisor on the BBC's SF hit series Doctor Who, told SCI FI Wire that his technicians broke ground to create a computer-generated werewolf for the upcoming second-season episode "Tooth and Claw," airing this week in the United Kingdom. "Our modelers and animators have worked on films like Harry Potter," Houghton said in an interview. "So they were very well aware of what they could achieve in the time allowed, and we planned the episode accordingly. We were in talks with [executive producer] Russell T. Davies quite early on, even before the script was written, to determine how much could be done, and what we've done is very good in terms of TV or even for film. I think our werewolf is the best creature we've done for the show so far. It's fantastic."

"Tooth and Claw" debuts on BBC1 on April 22. In it, the Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) travel back to 19th-century Scotland, where they encounter an aging Queen Victoria (Pauline Collins) en route to a local nobleman's estate, which has been taken over by a group of monks transporting a caged creature. When the werewolf emerges under a full moon, the Doctor has to uncover an ancient secret to defeat it.

"The great thing about doing a CG creature is you're obviously not mucking around with somebody on set in a costume, which takes ages, and time is something you just don't have on Doctor Who," Houghton said. "So there had to be a few ground rules. Once we got the script, our team basically animated to the script and what we thought would look good, and that really couldn't be changed. In film, a lot of noodling goes on after the fact. It gets animated, and then the producer or director comes in and changes it, so you have a lot of people giving their input, which we didn't have time to do. We had to take our cues as to what we thought was good and basically stuck to that, because we didn't have time to re-animate anything."

Houghton added: "Our werewolf was created with a new Maya [software] plug-in called Shave and a Haircut, which we used for the first time on this job, and it's worked very nicely. It all comes down to the guy who textures it, but our werewolf is very realistic. We've blown wind through it, we've thrown water on it, and it all looks rather splendid."

Now ,I'm a little confused!
               Over here in the States we are watching the first season of the new series which stars Billie Piper as Rose and David Ecclesston as the Doctor .
   In the second season currently being aired in Merry old England the doctor is being portrayed by a different actor.
   What happened to Eccleston? I know that over the years different actors have portrayed the Time Lord ,I'm just surprised that the role has been recast already , I thought Eccleston was doing a great job on the show.
   By the way thanks for the inside scoop on the "Tooth & Claw" episode.
The only concern I have for this new series is I hope they do not limit the doctor's adventures to earthbound travels or in the neighborhood. We're talking about a Time Lord who travels around in one of the most fantastic devices in Science Fiction...the TARDIS!
    The limits of his journeys are boundless....
                                                                             -one confused yet optomistic Yank!

Last edited by SWAMP THING (2006-04-23 01:21:14)

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Hebehbehbeh ba... *bibbles happily*

Wow, nice stuff!! *loved* the wolf looking down at his transforming claw, and the shot of the final wolf face as he looks through the bars, just before it goes to blue vision is *awesome*.

And BEST OF ALL!!! The Doctor says "That's beautiful!"! Man, I love the doc!   The expression of wonder on his face as the wolf is bursting out of the cage is just perfect.

*bounce* Thanks MarkOne

I've been watching the new season one (or is it series one? ) and have thoroughly enjoyed Rose as the Doctor's companion.  And Christopher Eccleston is a "fantastic" Doctor.  I'm sorry he only decided to sign on for one series, but actors have to make the decisions they feel right for their careers.

MarkOne wrote:

Yeah I find myself liking this show with the episodes I've seen so far.

And I hear Eccleston will be playing Number 6 in the new version of "The Prisoner" that they're planning over in the UK, so it didn't take long for him to land on his feet.

I also heard that they are planning on doing a feature film version of the Prisoner.
Eccleston would be a very good #6 ,It sucks to hear that he will not return as the doctor in seson two over here in the states but I can understand he wants to move on ...he does have a film career and other oppurtunities in the acting field.
   We just watched the "Father's Day" episode over here on the Sci-Fi channel, very well done and written episode...intelligently put together and executed!
                                                                     -bring back K-9!!!

*cheer!*

Here's hoping they've loved the new doc as much as the old one. (... the er.. rather new old one) And lets see more werewolves!!!