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‘Doctor Who’ Fans Angered To Find Fake Mobile Number Is NOT The Doctor’s Personal Line
2:30PM Clem Bastow | God, sometimes I love nerds so much I just want to eat them up – and this is one of those instances. The current season of Doctor Who had its finale this past weekend, which was cause enough for excitement and debate amongst the Who fans as it was – 10 million viewers tuned in – but approximately 2500 of them found something else to get het up about.
In short: they were angry that a mobile number that appeared on screen numerous times during the cliffhanger was not a direct line to the TARDIS.
More than 2,500 fans – whipped into a frenzy of anticipation after a cliffhanger ending in which it appeared that star David Tennant might be leaving as the Doctor began regenerating – dialled it before the last episode aired on Saturday.
One fan complained: ‘They showed that number so many times, as if they were asking for it to be called.’
But their attempts to contact their hero on his personal number – 07700 900461 – came to nothing when they discovered that it would not connect-Writing on the BBC’s website, one disgruntled viewer said: ‘Grrr – I phoned the Doctor’s phone number but there was just an annoying network message.
‘What’s the point in showing a phone number if you’re not gonna use it?!’
Ofcom, the TV industry watchdog, said the number was simply one reserved for use in television dramas.
A spokesman added: ‘It wouldn’t have cost anything to call these numbers because they are not real.
Oh god, it’s almost too much! “Grr – I phoned the Doctor’s number”!
It’s like the bit in Galaxy Quest where the nerds find out that the show’s universe was real after all – except here, it isn’t real. Damn you, BBC!! More » 
Vale Tristram Cary, Aka AAP Don’t Know Their Arses From Their ‘Doctor Who’ Composers
4:22PM Clem Bastow | The geek in us shed a little tear this morning when we read that Tristram Cary had passed away aged 82.
The British born Australian resident was an electronic music composer and pioneer, musique concrète exponent, academic, and designer of sythesisers (he also had possibly the greatest 80th birthday cake ever).
But the geek in us also shed a little tear when we read the intro to this AAP piece that news.com.au were running:
Tristram Cary, the composer of the Dr Who theme tune and a pioneer of electronic music, has died in Adelaide aged 82.
Plenty of other news outlets have run with the story, including The Age.
Science fiction history, AAP, you’re doing it wrong!
Firstly, it’s Doctor Who, and secondly, the Doctor Who theme song was composed by Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire. Cary did compose for Who, but it was incidental music.
Honestly, do AAP know who they’re dealing with? Did they think the geeks just wouldn’t notice this sort of stuff up? Is it too much to ask for “The National News Agency” to get their facts straight before they offer them up for distribution and syndication?
Or do we just need to stop playing with our Dalek toys? More » Kylie Plants A Kiss On Doctor Who In Thanks For Gift Of Cosmic Dildo
10:00AM Clem Bastow | Being big fans of both Our Kylie and Doctor Who (that’s just how we roll), we’ve been eagerly anticipating this year’s Christmas special (Doctor Who: Voyage Of The Damned), starring Kyles, for some time.
In an effort to ruin the surprise get everyone even more excited, the Daily Mail has run a few stills from the special. All good and exciting, except for this one:
Just what, exactly, is Kylie’s character Astrid holding in her hand?
We’re guessing (and we may be wrong, and often are, but again, that’s just how we etc) that the good Doctor has given Astrid the gift of orgasm this year, since he has – as ninth doctor Paul McGann’s agent advised him – “two hearts, no dick”.
We now return you to your normal, non-nerd programming. More » 
Doctor Who Will Not Be Treated To A Bit Of Jennifer Saunders
3:36PM Clem Bastow | Who nerds everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief after David Tennant has reassured them that he will not be hanging up his coat as the Gallifreyan Time Lord.
The confusion came about after Catherine Tate (who will be the Doctor’s new companion in 2008) opened her pie hole and reckoned that Tennant would be filming “his last season”, leaving the UK press scrambling with ideas for replacements, from the reasonable (James Nesbitt) to the outrageous (Jennifer Saunders!).
Tennant, speaking at the launch of the Christmas episode, said: “Catherine Tate stitched me up good and proper.”
“I started getting all these phone calls on Saturday lunchtime saying apparently you’re leaving Doctor Who,” Tennant told the BBC. “Catherine Tate’s just announced it on Radio 2 – thanks Catherine!”
He added: “I said to her on Monday morning did you know you’ve caused a minor diplomatic incident? She was completely oblivious that the phone had been ringing off the hook.”
Tennant confirmed he was doing four Doctor Who specials in 2009, but there was no decision about the next series in 2010.
“I’m doing four more specials and beyond that no one’s asked me to make any decisions and I’m quite happy to be enigmatic for as long as possible,” he said.
And, just to further meld the furiously frothing saliva of various dedicated fan bases, Kylie Minogue will be appearing in the Christmas episode, Voyage Of The Damned (pictured above), as a waitress onboard the Titanic, Astrid Peth.
Maybe she can do a gig at G.A.Y. with the Daleks, then? More » 
Jason Donovan Desperate For Attention
10:00AM Busty St Clair | Ahhahahahahahaha. Poor Jason Donovan. He must still be so cut up that Little Miss Minogue is, like, way more famous than he is, even though once upon a time in Ramsay Street folklore they were both on equal footing. Apparently he’s desperate for a role on British sci-fi show Doctor Who. The former Neighbours actor and eighties pop hunk is hoping the show’s producers give him a call when the current doctor David Tennant leaves. He says, “I would love to play the doctor. It’s a great show. “Can you imagine an Aussie doctor?” Oh Jason, you poor pathetic soul. When Kylie does it, it’s cool. When you do it, it’s not. End of story. You lost the battle in 1993. ED: He will have his time to shine (again)! We are a fickle bunch here at Defamer Australia headquarters. Eleven days ago, we worshipped the Donovan. Now we mock him. Next week we will probably touch him inappropriately and then punch him in the nose before listening to Ten Good Reasons on repeat. More »Kylie Morphs Effortlessly From Pop Starlet To Thespian Tour De Force With Appearance On Doctor Who
7:49AM Jess McGuire | Our Kylie (TM) is looking good in the upcoming Doctor Who Christmas special, embracing what sounds like a tantalisingly dramatic role, the likes of which Ms Minogue probably hasn’t seen since her time portraying Dr. Petra von Kant in the Merchant Ivory production Bio-Dome alongside Sir Pauly Shore.
Kylie Minogue has begun filming the Christmas special of Doctor Who in Wales. The show features a number of celebrity cameos and includes an appearance by Minogue. The singer has been cast as Astrid, a waitress on the Titanic who appears alongside actor David Tennant.
It would be a massive understatement to say that Defamer Australia is fucking pumped about this. She will be singing on the show, won’t she? We envision Astrid encouraging fellow Titanic passengers not to rush for one of the limited places on the lifeboats through a tantalising performance of the song “Slow”. More » 