Doctor Who Vs. Captain America: The First Avenger

This WWII action film explored the creation 

of the Marvel Comics character, Captain 

America - a superhero conceived by Jack 

Kirby and Joe Simon in 1941.

Chris Evans portrayed the eponymous 

super-soldier (alias Steve Rogers), charged 

with preventing Red Skull (played by Hugo
Weaving) from using the Tesserac to 

achieve world domination.
Shown again on Film4 last night, the

adventure was released by Paramount in 

2011 and spawned two sequels. The film 

also featured Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley 

Tucci, Samuel L Jackson, Jenna [Louise] 

Coleman, David Bradley, and thirteen 

other Doctor Who cast alumni:

• Big Finish actress Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) voiced Asha for Blood of the Daleks (2007), Eleanor for The Doomwood Curse, Seska for The Whispering Forest (2010), and President Sheridan Moorkur for The Sands of Life and War Against the Laan (both 2013)
• Toby Jones (Dr. Zola) was the Dream Lord in Amy's Choice, and voiced Kotris for Dark Eyes (2012)
• JJ Field (Falsworth) voiced David McCallister for Blue Forgotten Planet (2009)
• Michael Brandon (Brandt) was General Sanchez in The Stolen Earth, and voiced CP Doveday for Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (2010)
• Lex Shrapnel (Hodge) voiced Robin Marshall for Shadow of the Past (2010)
• William Hope (Lieutenant) voiced General Tillington for Renaissance of the Daleks (2007)
• Sam Hoare (Recruit) voiced Lucius for AudioGo's Serpent Crest: Tsar Wars (2011), and depicted Douglas Camfield in An Adventure in Space and Time
• David McKail (Artist) was Sergeant Kyle in The Talons of Weng Chiang
• Tim Howard (Soldier) was a Villager in The Time of the Doctor, and Highwayman in The Woman Who Lived
• Tobias James Samuels (Producer) was a Waiter in Voyage of the Damned
• Kieran O'Connor (Jerk) was a Prison Guard in The Impossible Astronaut
• Colin Stinton (Taxi Driver) was President Arthur Winters in The Sound of Drums
• Sy Turner (Hydra Soldier) was a camera trainee on The Zygon Inversion, Heaven Sent and Class

New Doctor Who Companion Announced

The BBC today named the actor cast as the new male companion to join Doctor Who later this year. Samuel Anderson will play Danny Pink (pictured), a colleague of Clara at Coal Hill School. Anderson and Jenna Coleman worked together before on Emmerdale.

On joining the programme, Anderson said "I was so excited to join Doctor Who.. it's a quintessential part of British culture and I can't believe I'm part of it. It's an honour to work alongside Peter Capaldi and Jenna and I can't wait to show people how my character becomes involved with such a fantastic duo!"

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special: Return of the Zygons!

Following yesterday's first script read-through for the Doctor Who anniversary special, publicity photos were released online by BBC Cardiff. 

Matt Smith, David Tennant, and Jenna Louise Coleman joined their latest co-star, the Welsh actress Joanna Page, best known for sitcom, Gavin & Stacey.

Today, the Corporation revealed that 'classic' series monsters, the Zygons will also feature in the forthcoming story. Often cited as Tannant's favourite Who baddie, these shape-shifting aliens' only television appearance was in Terror of the Zygons, way back in 1975.

Filming on the special began today, and the newly re-designed Zygon seen here was pictured on location, outside Neath, South Wales.

The Best (and Worst) Doctor Who of 2012

The io9 science blog published it's annual TV review of the year last week. The Best and Worst Television Moments of 2011, again from Meredith Woerner, features two recent Doctor Who stories. 

The season opener, Asylum of the Daleks is actually named as both one of the 'Best' and 'Worst' shows. The story is praised for the shock introduction of Jenna Louise Coleman as "the dazzling Oswin Oswald" then criticised for the Ponds' divorce storyline: "Amy and Rory pretend to fight for almost 25 seconds. This whole divorce.. was a sham.. [it] came from nowhere and went right back there.. [they] deserved better than this.. Amy sure as hell wouldn't "give up" Rory. If Amy has proven one thing, it's that she will fight to the bitter end for her centurion. Same goes for Rory. Boo to this facade of emotion."

Thankfully, the list of top sci-fi and fantasy programmes redeems the show, and includes Dinosaurs on a Spaceship, described as a "bit of fun before we had to say goodbye to the Ponds forever. This episode.. was a nice return to the "fun" Doctor, if only for a while."

New Doctor Who Companion Announced

Steven Moffat has today revealed the identity of the actress cast to replace Karen Gillan, when Doctor Who returns to BBC1 in the Autumn.

Former Emmerdale and Waterloo Road co-star Jenna Louise Coleman will debut (as the yet unnamed companion) in the Christmas special, which will now follow part five - where Amy and Rory Pond will leave the programme.

Blackpool-born Coleman appears in ITV1's new blockbuster drama Titanic (pictured, as Annie Desmond) from this Sunday. She will then join Matt Smith for the remaining 8 episodes of season 7, which will air in the show's anniversary year.

The BBC have also confirmed the return of the Daleks, and the Weeping Angels who appear in the Ponds' farewell story.