Torchwood Magazine - Issue 22

The cover and info on the latest edition of Torchwood Magazine:

Check out the latest action-packed edition of Torchwood magazine for all the latest news and gossip from the Hub! Their exclusive interview with Russell T Davies discloses more about the new series, plus read all about fan events, discover if you’re man (or woman!) enough to be Captain Jack, and much more! Read on for all the details.

Russell T Davies reveals new series!
At long last Torchwood magazine can unveil details about the brand new series to the show’s ardent followers. In the latest issue’s interview, Russell T Davies reveals his excitement about series four, declaring that it ‘isn’t a reboot or a different version of Torchwood. It’s the same show, with the same continuity, moving on to the next phase. The danger facing them is unlike anything anyone has ever seen before.’

Plus…

The Complete Radio Adventures Guide
Lost Souls, Asylum, Golden Age and The Dead Line come under the microscope.

Andy Pryor
Torchwood’s casting director talks about some of his beg decisions on the show. Comic Extra Shrouded artist Pia Guerra interviewed, original sketches, and your chance to win some original Torchwood artwork.

The T-Files: Reset
Archivist Andrew Pixley looks back at the making of this classic episode.

Jack in the Box
Logging Captain Jack’s travels in the TARDIS from the very beginning.

Beyond the Hub: Bugging Out!
The real life crawlies that make the Mayflies from Reset seem like a walk in the park!

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Doctor Who Episode Guide: Series Five - 2010

Series five of Doctor Who is the start of an new era of the show, now led by Steven Moffat. Starring Matt Smith as the Eleventh incarnation of the Doctor and Karen Gillan as feisty companion Amy Pond, the pair visit Starship UK, search for the last of the Weeping Angels in the Maze of the Dead and form a bond with distressed artist Vincent van Gogh. However, a new threat is enclosing around the Doctor and his friends; the universe is cracked. The Pandorica will open. Silence will fall.

EPISODES

5.01: The Eleventh Hour

5.02: The Beast Below

5.03: Victory of the Daleks

5.04: The Time of Angels - Part 1

5.05: Flesh and Stone - Part 2

5.06: The Vampires of Venice

5.07: Amy's Choice

5.08: The Hungry Earth - Part 1

5.09: Cold Blood - Part 2

5.10: Vincent and the Doctor

5.11: The Lodger

5.12: The Pandorica Opens - Part 1

5.13: The Big Bang - Part 2

SPECIALS

5.S1: City of the Daleks

5.S2: Blood of the Cybermen
5.S3: Tardis
5.S4: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 1
5.S5: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 2
5.S6: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
5.S7: A Christmas Carol

5.S7: A Christmas Carol

This is: Doctor Who: 2010 Christmas Special
Title: A Christmas Carol
Mon/Vil: Karzan & Shark
Synopsis: Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure, written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Toby Haynes
Producer: Steven Moffat
First Broadcast: 25th December 2010
Ratings: 12.11 Million
Duration: 61.47
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
Old Kazran Sardick/ Elliot Sardick - Michael Gambon
Abigail Pettigrew - Katherine Jenkins
Ship Captain - Pooky Quesnel
Adult Kazran - Danny Horn
Young Kazran- Laurence Belcher
Co-Pilot - Micah Balfour
Eric - Nick Malinowski
Older Benjamin - Steve North
Chief Servant - Tim Plester
Young Isabella - Laura Rogers
Pilot - Leo Bill
Boy - Bailey Pepper
Benjamin - Bailey Pepper
Old Isabella - Meg Wynn-Owen

5.S6: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada

This is: Doctor Who Adventure Games: Series 1 - Episode 4
Title: Shadows of the Vashta Nerada
Mon/Vil: Vashta Nerada Suit Creatures & Shark
Synopsis: The Doctor and Amy discover a sub-aquatic base that's been attacked by a sea monster from another world, but its crew are living in fear of something else - a voracious horror that hides in their shadows. The Vashta Nerada.
Writer: Phil Ford
Director: Sean Millard
Producer: Charles Cecil
First Broadcast: 22nd December 2010
Ratings: None
Duration: Varies
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Martin Flanagan - Barnaby Edwards
Jones - Sarah Douglas
Osward Fox - Nicholas Briggs
Dana Tanaka - Eleanor Matsuura

5.S5: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 2

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - DVD Boxset Extra 2

Title: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 2

Mon/Vil: None

Synopsis: Having failed in her attempt to snog the Doctor, the over-amorous Amy is put out by his behaviour as a 'typical bloke' sending out mixed signals. The Doctor explains that he invited Amy to join him because he has grown blasé with the universe, and wants to re-experience all the wonders of time and space through her eyes. Realising that she isn’t the first person the Doctor has travelled with, Amy tricks him into allowing her access to the Tardis data bank, and sees all the entries for the women he has travelled with. In desperation, the Doctor decides to go and get Rory…

Writer: Steven Moffat

Director: Euros Lyn

Producer: TBC

First Broadcast: 8th November 2010

Ratings: None

Duration: 03.54

Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

5.S4: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 1

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - DVD Boxset Extra 1

Title: Meanwhile, in the Tardis... - Scene 1

Mon/Vil: None

Synopsis: After entering the Tardis, Amy is overwhelmed and gabbling. Why does the Doctor travel in a wooden police box? What is a 'Police Box'? Why is he wearing a bow tie? Is he an alien? After explaining that “Bow ties are cool”, the Doctor tells Amy about the Tardis' malfunctioning camouflage ability, and remarks that to him, she is an alien. The Doctor then shows Amy the view of the universe beyond the Tardis doors - and then shoves her outside!

Writer: Steven Moffat

Director: Euros Lyn

Producer: TBC

First Broadcast: 8th November 2010

Ratings: None

Duration: 03.17

Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

5.S3: Tardis

This is: Doctor Who Adventure Games: Series 1 - Episode 3
Title: Tardis
Mon/Vil: Entity
Synopsis: With the Tardis caught in a time riptide, it's up to Amy to save the day or leave the Doctor trapped in the void forever. Meanwhile, a dangerous entity is roaming the Tardis corridors and it hasn't been fed for a very long time...
Writer: James Moran
Director: Sean Millard
Producer: Charles Cecil
First Broadcast: 27th August 2010
Ratings: None
Duration: Varies
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Entity - Sarah Douglas

5.S2: Blood of the Cybermen

This is: Doctor Who Adventure Games: Series 1 - Episode 2
Title: Blood of the Cybermen
Mon/Vil: Cyber Lord, Cybermen, Cyberslave Meadows, Cyberslaves & Cybermats
Synopsis: The Doctor and Amy materialize in the Arctic - where members of a survey team are turning from flesh to metal and digging something sinister from under the ice that's been waiting thousands of years - an army of Cybermen!
Writer: Phil Ford
Director: Sean Millard
Producer: Charles Cecil
First Broadcast: 26th June 2010
Ratings: None
Duration: Varies
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Chisholm - Barnaby Edwards
Professor Meadows - Sarah Douglas
Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs

5.S1: City of the Daleks

This is: Doctor Who Adventure Games: Series 1 - Episode 1
Title: City of the Daleks
Mon/Vil: Dalek Emperor, Daleks & Varga Plants
Synopsis: The Tardis materializes in 1963 - and London is in ruins. The Daleks have seized control of time and the only chance of saving Earth lies in a desperate quest to Skaro, the Daleks' home planet - before time catches up with Amy, the last survivor of the Human race!
Writer: Phil Ford

Director: Sean Millard
Producer: Charles Cecil
First Broadcast: 2nd June 2010
Ratings: None
Duration: Varies
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Sylvia - Sara Carver

Daleks - Nicholas Briggs

5.13: The Big Bang

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 13
Title: The Big Bang
Mon/Vil: Stone Dalek & Auton Rory Williams
Synopsis: The Doctor is gone, the Tardis has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all reality is a little girl who still believes in stars, as this series of Doctor Who concludes.
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Toby Haynes
Producer: Peter Bennent
First Broadcast: 26th June 2010
Ratings: 6.12 Million
Duration: 53.46
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
Dr River Song - Alex Kingston
Young Amy/ Amelia Pond - Caitlin Blackwood
Sharon Pond - Susan Vidler
Tabitha Pond - Karen Westwood
Augustus Pond - Helco Johnston
Dalek Operator - Barnaby Edwards
Christine - Frances Ashman
Dalek Voice - Nicholas Briggs

5.12: The Pandorica Opens

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 12

Title: The Pandorica Opens
Mon/Vil: The Alliance, Autons/ Roman Soldiers, Auton Rory Williams, Dorium & Aliens in Maldoverium Bar
Synopsis: The Doctor's friends unite to send him a terrible warning; the Pandorica - which is said to contain the most feared being in all the cosmos - is opening, as the time travelling drama continues. But what's inside, and can the Doctor stop it?
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Toby Haynes
Producer: Peter Bennent
First Broadcast: 19th June 2010
Ratings: 7.57 Million
Duration: 48.46
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Dr. River Song - Alex Kingston
Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill
Vincent Van Gogh - Tony Curran
Edwin Bracewell - Bill Paterson
Winston Churchill - Ian McNeice
Liz 10 - Sophie Okoned
Dr Gachet - Howard Lee
Guard - Joe Jacobs
Dorium - Simon Fisher Becker
Claudio - Marcus O'Donovan
Commander - Clive Wood
Marcellus - David Fynn
Dalek Operator - Barnaby Edwards
Cyber Leader - Ruari Mears
Sontaran Commander Stark - Christopher Ryan
Judoon Captain - Paul Kasey
Dalek & Cyberman Voices - Nicholas Briggs

5.11: The Lodger

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 11
Title: The Lodger
Mon/Vil: Auto Pilot
Synopsis: There's a house on Aickman road, and a staircase that people go up, but never down, as the time-travelling drama continues. To solve the mystery of the man upstairs, the Doctor faces his greatest challenge yet - he must pass himself off as a perfectly normal human being, and share a flat with Craig Owens.
Writer: Gareth Roberts
Directer: Catherine Morshed
Producer: Tracie Simpson
First Broadcast: 12th June 2010
Ratings: 6.44 Million
Duration: 42.36
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Craig Owens - James Corden
Sophie - Daisy Haggard
Auto Pilot - Darrell Heath
Steven - Owen Donovan
Sean - Babatunde Aleshe
Michael - Jem Wall
Sandra - Karen Seacombe
Clubber - Kamara Bacchus

5.10: Vincent and the Doctor

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 10

Title: Vincent and the Doctor
Mon/Vil: Krafayis
Synopsis: Terror lurks in the cornfields of Provence, but only a sad and lonely painter can see it, as the time-travelling drama continues with an episode written by Richard Curtis. Amy Pond finds herself shoulder to shoulder with Vincent Van Gogh, in a battle with a deadly alien.
Writer: Richard Curtis
Director: Jonny Cambell
Producer: Tracie Simpson & Patrick Schweitzer
First Broadcast: 5th June 2010
Ratings: 6.8 Million
Duration: 46.41
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith
Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Vincent Van Gogh - Tony Curran
Maurice - Nik Howden
Dr Black - Bill Nighly
Mother - Chrissie Cotterill
Waitress - Sarah Counsell
School Child 1 - Morgan Overton
School Child 2 - Andrew Byrne

5.09: Cold Blood

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 9
Title: Cold Blood
Mon/Vil: Silurian Restac, Silurian Alaya & Silurians
Synopsis: It is the most important day in the history of Earth: the dawn of a new age of harmony or the start of its final war. In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, the Doctor must face his most difficult challenge yet. It is a battle in which he cannot take sides and a day when nobody must die...
Writer: Chris Chibnall
Director: Ashley Way
Producer: Peter Bennett
First Broadcast: 29th May 2010
Ratings: 7.5 Million
Duration: 45.40
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Silurain Alaya/Silurain Restac - Neve McIntosh

Nasreen Chaudhry - Meera Syal

Tony Mack - Robert Pugh

Ambrose Northover - Nia Roberts

Mo Northover - Alun Raglan

Elliot Northover - Samuel Davies

Silurian Malohkeh - Richard Hope

Silurian Eldane - Stephen Moore

5.08: The Hungry Earth

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 8
Title: The Hungry Earth
Mon/Vil: Silurian Alaya & Siluran Malokeh

Synopsis: It's 2020 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth's crust than man has ever gone before - but now the ground itself is fighting back. In the latest episode of the time-travelling drama, the Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age.
Writer: Chris Chibnall
Directer: Ashley Way
Producer: Peter Bennent
First Broadcast: 22nd May 2010
Ratings: 6.5 Million
Duration: 43.21
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Silurian Alaya - Neve McIntosh

Nasreen Chaudhry - Meera Syal

Tony Mack - Robert Pugh

Ambrose Overnorth - Nia Roberts

Mo Overnorth - Alun Raglan

Elliot Overnorth - Samuel Davies
Silurian Malokeh - Richard Hope

5.07: Amy's Choice

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 7
Title: Amy's Choice
Mon/Vil: Dream Lord/ Psychic Pollen & Ekodine
Synopsis: It's been five years since Amy Pond last travelled with the Doctor, and when he lands in her garden again, on the eve of the birth of her first child, she finds herself facing a heartbreaking choice - one that will change her life for ever.
Writer: Simon Nye
Director: Catherine Morshead
Producer: Tracie Simpson
First Broadcast: 15th May 2010
Ratings: 7.5 Million
Duration: 44.13
Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Dream Lord - Toby Jones

Mr Nainby - Nick Hobbs

Mrs Hamill - Joan Linder

Mrs Poggit - Audrey Ardington

5.06: The Vampires of Venice

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 6
Title: The Vampires of Venice
Mon/Vil: Rossanna, Francesco, Saturnynians/ Vampires & Carlo
Synopsis: Dessicated corpses, terror in the canal and a visit to the sinister House of Calvierri - the Doctor takes Amy and Rory for a romantic mini-break, as the Tardis touches down once again. But 16th-century Venice is not as it should be. The city has been sealed to protect it from the Plague, although Rosanna Calvierri may have other plans...

Writer: Toby Whithouse

Director: Jonny Campbell

Producer: Tracie Simpson

First Broadcast: 8th May 2010

Ratings: 7.7 Million

Duration: 48.11

Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan

Rory Williams - Arthur Darvill

Rosanna Calvierri - Helen McRory

Guido - Lucian Msamati

Isabella - Alisha Bailey

Francesco - Alex Price

Vampire Girl 1 - Gabriella Wilde

Vampire Girl 2 - Hannah Steele

Vampire Girl 3 - Elizabeth Croft

Vampire Girl 4 - Sonila Vieshta

Vampire Girl 5 - Gabriela Montaraz

Inspector - Michael Percival

Steward - Simon Gregor

5.05: Flesh and Stone

This is: Doctor Who: Series 5 - Episode 5
Title: Flesh and Stone
Mon/Vil: Angel Bob & Weeping Angels
Synopsis: There's no way back, no way up and no way out. Trapped among an army of Weeping Angels, the Doctor and his friends must try to escape through the wreckage of a crashed space liner, in the fifth episode of Doctor Who. Meanwhile, in the forest vault, the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond, finds herself facing an even more deadly attack.

Writer: Steven Moffat

Director: Adam Smith

Producer: Tracie Simpson

First Broadcast: 1st May 2010

Ratings: 8.5 Million

Duration: 42.42

Cast: Eleventh Doctor - Matt Smith

Amy Pond - Karen Gillan
Dr River Song - Alex Kingston
Father Octavian - Iain Glen
Cleric Marco - Darren Morfitt
Cleric Pedro - Mark Monero
Cleric Phillip - George Russo
Angel Bob Voice - David Atkins