Doctor Who Christmas special: First look at Peter Capaldi’s final outing
July 24, 2017 by admin
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Details of Peter Capaldi’s final outing in Doctor Who have been revealed as the first trailer for the Christmas special was released online.
The one-minute clip for the episode, titled Twice Upon A Time, sees Capaldi and the First Doctor team up.
It features the return of Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts, who had seemingly left the show at the end of series 10.
The clip also showed a guest appearance from Mark Gatiss, who plays a World War One soldier called The Captain.
The release of the trailer coincided with the cast appearing at Comic-Con in San Diego on Sunday, where they talked about the upcoming episode, the last series and looked back at Capaldi’s time on the sci-fi drama.
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Gatiss described the Christmas special as being “a Christmas episode without being overtly Christmassy – it’s very happy-sad”.
He added: “[It's] a fantastic episode and we had a great time doing it. It was a lovely way out.”
It will be the third time the Sherlock actor and writer has appeared on Doctor Who, after previously starring in episodes in series three and six.
Mackie also confirmed the festive episode will be her last appearance on the show.
Analysis – Lizo Mzimba, Entertainment correspondent
Twice Upon a Time is the final episode for Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor and for outgoing showrunner Steven Moffat. Both have been huge Doctor Who fans for most of their lives, and their final story is clearly a love letter to a show that means a huge amount to both.
This first trailer begins with original footage of the First Doctor, William Hartnell, from 1966′s The Tenth Planet (episode two if you’re interested), which then mixes through to David Bradley who plays him in this story.
But it also shows a glimpse of a scene with the First Doctor and his assistant Polly from episode four – Hartnell’s final episode before Patrick Troughton took over. Sadly that episode is one of the dozens that are still missing from the BBC archives.
The minute-long teaser also makes clear that this Christmas story won’t just be accessible to long term fans. Bill will be back, after she was last seen heading off to travel the universe with student-turned-space and time traveller Heather.
The trailer also shows actor and writer Mark Gatiss making another Doctor Who appearance. In 2007 he played Professor Lazarus, and he also briefly popped up playing a different character in 2011.
Comic-Con fans were shown a three-minute goodbye video for Capaldi, thanking him for his time on the show, which led to a standing ovation.
The actor praised writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, saying: “Every shot you saw there came through his gentleman’s mind. The message of the show comes from his heart.”
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The team also addressed the casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor and first female to take on the role.
Capaldi called it “a great choice”, adding: “I think Jodie’s going to be amazing and she’s so full of excitement and full of passion about the show.
It’s really thrilling to know it’s in the hands of somebody who cares for it so deeply and is going to do exciting things with it.”
Meanwhile, Moffat criticised the “imaginary backlash” in the media on the issue.
“There’s so many press articles about a backlash among Doctor Who fandom against the casting of a female Doctor. There has been no backlash at all,” he said.
“[Jodie has] an 80% approval rating on social media. I wish every single journalist who is writing the alternative would shut the hell up – it’s not true.”
On Saturday, Capaldi told Empire he was both sad to be leaving the series and excited for its future.
“[The Christmas special] is a wonderful episode and I couldn’t have wanted for any more.
“It’s an emotional and moving end to my time as Doctor Who.”
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Linkin Park Sets Up Chester Bennington Tribute Site, #RIPCHESTER
July 23, 2017 by admin
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On Saturday, Linkin Park set up a tribute site for singer Chester Bennington, who committed suicide on Thursday. The site — which seemed to be having connectivity issues in its first few hours, possibly due to heavy traffic — is fairly simple. It features a photo of Bennington onstage, surrounded by the light from thousands of fans’ phones, with the hashtag #RIPCHESTER and the following message:
In case you or someone you know needs support, here are some resources:
Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK
Crisis Text Line, the free, nationwide, 24/7 text message service for people in crisis, is here to support. For support in the United States, text HELLO to 741741 or message at facebook.com/CrisisTextLine.
For support outside the US, find resources at http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
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The site also features an area for fans to post messages, which was filling rapidly at press time.
On Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles County coroner confirmed additional details about Bennington’s death. The 41-year-old singer’s body was found on Thursday at his home in a suburb of Los Angeles. A bottle of alcohol was also found in the room, though it was not near his body, Winter said. Investigators did not find a note in the room. An autopsy is pending.
Bennington had struggled with depression and substance abuse throughout his life. He also appeared to be deeply impacted by the loss of Soundgarden/Audioslave singer Chris Cornell, who died in May and was good friends with Bennington. The Linkin Park frontman died on what would have been Cornell’s 53rd birthday.
On Friday, the band’s tour promoter Live Nation announced that all dates on the band’s North American tour, which was scheduled to begin on Thursday, have been cancelled. The tour was scheduled to run from Thursday through Oct. 22, including two “Blinkin Park” co-headlining dates with Blink-182 at New York’s Citi Field and Hersheypark in Pennsylvania. Blink-182 cancelled its appearances at the shows as well, saying in social media posts: “blink-182 is wrecked by the loss of our friend and amazing musician Chester Bennington. We could never imagine playing blinkin park without his incredible talent and voice. It just would not be possible. We send our deepest sympathies to his family, bandmates, friends and fans. Refunds will be available at the place of purchase.”
“We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Chester Bennington,” a statement from the company reads. “The Linkin Park ‘One More Light’ North American Tour has been canceled and refunds are available at point of purchase. Our thoughts go out to all those affected.”