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WHOS THE BOSS Two villainous machines and a time-traveling phone booth were on hand for this week's cover shoot, which spotlights iconic pieces of l/l/ho-verse. (That'd be a , a , and the TARDIS, respectively.) But photographer Ian Derry says the "brilliant" chemistry between , as the bow-tied , and MPi Jenna-Louise Coleman, who -?> plays the new , was the real star: "[They were] probably the best two I've -*•" photographed in a long time." —Adam Carlson

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^T^ For the uninitiated, the TARDIS is the spaceship (disguised as a 4 V phone box) that transports the Doctor through space and time March 29, 2013 EW.COM 33 At a Manhattan restaurant, five months after EW's visit to the Doctor Who set, Matt Smith is looking a little like one of his Time Lord character's many S THE MONA LISA is to art lovers and the Stanley Cup is to summer of 2012, the TARDIS monstery foes, the lizardlike looks rather, well, crappy. Situ­ Sea Devils. Which is to say, he's hockey nuts, so the TARDIS is to fans of the long-running ated at the end of an alley in the green around the gills. You science-fiction show Doctor Who. Since Who debuted on the small Welsh village of Llantrisant, the Ultimately, the case of the TARDIS' could blame his sickly pallor on jet lag, as U.K.'s BBC network in the fall of 1963, this time-traveling ship is—predictably, yet still somehow unglued handle proves to be one of the Smith flew into New York a couple of days disappointingly—the same size inside Doctor's less incident-packed adventures, ago, after wrapping the 2012-13 season. Or spaceship—which is, famously, bigger on the inside than its that its outward dimensions indicate. and Smith and Coleman are soon back at you could blame it on the previous night's exterior would suggest—has transported the series' alien hero And as the interior walls of this clearly work. They're in the midst of filming the party at the BBC America offices, during made-from-wood prop haven't even been to a vast array of locales where he has battled a variety of second half of the 2012-13 season, which which Smith, Coleman, Moffat, and painted, the structure seems more tool- premieres on BBC America March 30 at Moffat's fellow exec producer Caroline monsters. While the Doctor's ability to physically regenerate shed than time-travel vehicle. Also: It's 8 p.m. and kicks off Doctor Who's 50th- Skinner delighted the troops by forming has allowed 11 actors of different shapes and sizes to play the missing one of its door handles. Which is anniversary year. Expectations are high a conga line on the dance floor.Regard ­ why the current Doctor, Matt Smith, and among fans around the world that the part on TV, the TARDIS still resembles a blue, '50s-era British less, Smith's worse-for-wearness is not his Who costar Jenna-Louise Coleman show will commemorate this milestone in preventing him from attacking a filet police phone box. Over time it has become a bona fide sci-fi icon, have stopped shooting as various crew momentous style. In short, the Who crew mignon as plump as the actor is willowy with its distinctive design replicated on toys, T-shirts, towels, members shout out the same refrain: has bigger things to worry about than while enthusing about the eight upcom­ "The handle came off the TARDIS!" errant handles—not least of which is ing episodes of Doctor Who. "We've got a and even teapots (did we mention this is a British show?). ill* bus? "The handle came off the TARDIS!" "The ensuring the time traveler has a future as great alien-planet episode," he reveals. Alas, in real life, and specifically on this overcast morning in the handle came off the TARDIS!" well as a storied past. "I think Doctor Who "We've got a great horror-movie episode, -O

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TOM BAKER detailed a number of forthcoming "event THE GOOD Doctor data Once more a dramas," including what was described planet-hopping traveler, Baker's as "the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary long-scarfed Doctor beguiled a DOCTORS Special." Beyond that, nothing has been generation of young sci-fi fans for reasons that included his frequent proffer­ publicly disclosed except that the special ing of "Jelly babies" candies. Most memorable will be shot in 3-D and broadcast in the companions again, the prim­ WILLIAM fall. Moffat says he can't offer further itive (Louise Jameson), and K-9, which HARTNELL illumination. "Well, I could," he dead­ was a robot shaped like (you guessed it!) a dog. New monsters battled The Dalek-creating ^^^S^ Doctor data Hartnell \ pans, "but I'm not going to." and the Loch Ness monster-controlling JV^fl I 55 when he first played the Given this information vacuum, it is no . Best adventure ' in Space": Vm Jl I Time Lord and is still the surprise that the Who rumor mill (the The Doctor battles an egg-laying alien in a tale oldest actor to be cast in the role. Most that proved that when you're a kid hiding memorable companion The Doctor's Whomor mill?) has been working over­ behind a couch, everyone can hear you scream. "granddaughter" (Carole time. The most repeated piece of scuttle­ Did you know? Before he was cast as the Ann Ford), although Whovians still debate butt is that the anniversary special will Doctor, Baker was working in construction. whether she really was related to the find the current Doctor joined by some or Time Lord. New monsters battled The extermination-crazed and the all of his former incarnations and, when Cybermen. Best adventure Series debut possible, the actors who played them Doctor data Davison, whose "An Unearthly Child": the Doctor, the (including Smith, there are currently big break had been on the BBC TARDIS, the Stone Age. A legend is born. ^^M veterinarian drama All Creatures Did you know? Future Blade Runner eight living actors who have had the role). The show has previously featured multi- 1" N. Great and Small, portrayed the director Ridley Scott was tasked with Doctor as compassionate and patient. Most designing the Daleks until a scheduling Doctor adventures, but with the excep­ memorable companion The at-times rather conflict prevented him from doing so. 's parents (we could fill the metallic maniacs the Doctor has been the first draft of his new one. You know: tion of a for-charity sketch, the latest scantily clad (). New rest of this magazine explaining that battling almost since the start of the 'Stop putting the jokes in the stage iteration of Who has shied away from that monsters battled The reptilian Terileptils, the PATRICK temporal head-scratcher). But the enig­ show. Just as thrillingly, the installment directions, Neil, it really doesn't help!' particular trope. Regardless, in October similarly reptilian , and the sluglike Tractators TROUGHTON has been penned by sci-fi icon Neil Best adventure '": a matic nature of Coleman's character— I'm not kidding. I'd say, 'That's a really at , Phantom of the Opera-inspired saga of an age- Doctor data A seemingly and her pixieish beauty—has piqued Gaiman. Moffat tends to either write the good line, Neil—[but] it's in the f—ing Peter Davison made clear that he was halting drug, and Davison's last adventure. Did absentminded bumbler, fans' interest. Following her first appear­ Who scripts himself or entrust them to stage directions!'" Smith, meanwhile, very interested in donning his own you know? In 2011 the Fifth Doctor became the Troughton's Doc enjoyed ance, Coleman was voted "the Time one of his showrunner peers, such as Neil father-in-law of the Tenth Doctor when Davison's says the 2013 class of Cybermen proves Doctor's togs for the anniversary. "Every daughter, Georgia, married . wearing a variety of hats and, more Cross, creator of Luther. "Other show- irritatingly, playing the recorder. Most Lord's sexiest-ever sidekick" by readers a worthy adversary for his character: day I check the phone to see if Steven runners, by a mile, are the easiest people memorable companion Jamie McCrimmon of the British newspaper The Sun. Mean­ "They're slightly reinvented, slightly Moffat has called me," the actor said. "I (), an 18th-century Scottish piper. while, the 2012 Christmas episode was to deal with," says Moffat. However, a better, slightly meaner, slightly quicker." think if [the classic Doctors] aren't invited, New monsters battled and watched by 1.4 million people in the U.S., couple of years back, the executive pro­ Doctor data Despite sharing a the robot . Best adventure 'The Mind Between the mysterious new compan­ I'm going to make my own rival video." ducer made an exception for Gaiman, surname with the Fourth Robber": The Doctor finds himself in the Land a remarkable 54 percent increase over ion, the return of the Cybermen, and the When EW informs Moffat of Davison's who rewarded that leap of faith by Doctor (no relation), Baker's of Fiction. Inhabitants include Rapunzel and the 2011 yuletide extravaganza. Coleman scripting contribution of a fantasy legend, threat, he bursts out laughing. "Well, I •^ Time Lord did not win over Gulliver. Did you know? Troughton died of a writing the Hugo-award-winning 2011 says that being hidden away in Wales for the Doctor's 50th year looks like it's know Peter very well," says the exec viewers and was replaced after two seasons. heart attack in 1987 in Columbus, 6a., where episode "The Doctor's Wife," in which Most memorable companion Fitness nut Mel he was attending a Doctor Who convention. much of the past year filming the show getting off to a good start. But the eight producer. "He makes some very good the consciousness of the Bush (Bonnie Langford). New monster battled has limited the amount she's new episodes are just the beginning of the videos. He had to cancel going to a The giant gastropod Mestor. Best adventure TARDIS was placed in the been recognized in public, year's celebrations. Later this year, BBC Doctor Who convention, so he made "Revelation of the Daleks": We discover that body of a flesh-and-blood and believes she'll be able to America will broadcast a new TV movie, them a very, very funny little film. It was Daleks can levitate. Did you know? Last year, Doctor data The woman. While Moffat is Baker appeared on the U.K. reality show I'm a t\ Lr maintain her anonymity An Adventure in Space and Time, which hilarious." So will previous Doctors was an all-around man of clearly pleased that Gaiman Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! action. Much of that action going forward. "Because I'm details the creation of the show and stars return at any point this year? "You'll has written another epi­ took place on planet short, I think I'm going to be Harry Potter actor David Bradley as First have to wait and see, won't you?" Fair SYLVESTER McCOY sode, he admits the scribe is because that's where his fellow Time Lords able to get around very eas­ Doctor . Caroline enough. Who fans may be interested to banished him to...and because production ily," she explains. "But Matt's still adjusting to the unfa­ *5gi "J Doctor data McCoy played the decided that creating alien worlds was too Skinner, who is leaving Who at the end of note that Moffat recently dined with already bet me 10 pounds my miliar world of TV. "With *pi> f Doctor for three seasons before expensive. Most memorable companions WEB AND this season but will continue to oversee David Tennant, the most beloved of the fcwptf Ma the show was placed on hiatus. () and journalist life's going to change a lot." TABLET EXTRAS him you've got tYas fabulous ->See an exclusive the film with Moffat, says the movie "will post-relaunch Doctors. "I was showing wMwMm (He also appeared in the 1996 Sarah Jane Smith (). New imagination and a great Something else that has clip from a new Who be a lovely companion piece with a lot of him photographs of the new series and TV movie.) Most memorable companion monsters battled The Silurians and the Sea episode on EW.com. love of Doctor Who, but he Teenage tearaway (). New Devils; the Satan-resembling Azal and the gotten Whovians excited? Watch an interview heart and will sit very nicely alongside all of the new monsters," reveals Moffat. found it tougher than he monster battled The ludicrous Kandy Man—a storeroom-dummy-resembling ; the The announcement in with Matt Smith of the more obviously Doctor Who-y "He was thrilling away like a fanboy." robot made out of, yes, candy. Best adventure and the evil Time Lord and Jenna-Louise expected," says Moffat. "I November that one of the Coleman in EW's things that Steven is planning." 'The Curse of Fenric": a yarn of ancient evil and (Roger Delgado). Best adventure 'The Green know there was a lot of dif­ upcoming episodes would tablet edition. For The vagueness of the phrase "Doctor In Manhattan, Matt Smith has finished the penultimate "old" Time Lord tale before the Death": giant maggots!!! Did you know? In information on ference between his first show went off the air. Did you know? While 1972, Pertwee released a spoken-word feature the return of the downloading the app, Who-y things" is no accident. In November, his steak and is contemplating his draft for the last one and performing with an avant-garde theater troupe version of the show's theme song called Cybermen, another race of go to ew.com/allaccess. BBC One issued a statement in which it future, both immediate—"I'm going to in his pre-Who years, McCoy entertained "Who Is the Doctor." It was not a hit. crowds by stuffing ferrets down his pants.

38 | EW.COM March 29, 2013 Photographs by IAN DERRY o 50 YEARS OF (o)0iT)|T|©[R](*)[W](7)[o] o PAULMcGANN Doctor data Many fans warmed to McGann's human- DOCTOR WHO PREVIEW: 5 TANTALIZING TEASES seeming Time Lord in the 1996 TV movie Doctor Who. Sinister Wi-Fi Cybermen and But the actor proved to be a one-off after the (Maybe) Daleks movie's broadcast on Fox was crushed in the Exec producer ratings by an episode of Roseanne. McGann's says the March 30 episode While the Doctor's second-most Doctor would continue in a series of audio- concerns "something in the famous metallic foes, the Cyber­ only adventures, however. Did you know? Wi-Fi." So...wireless routers men, will appear this season, actors considered to lead the TV attack? Says Moffat "It's a new Moffat is cagier about whether movie included Buffy the Vampire Slayer's thing to make scary." the Daleks will also return: "Wait Anthony Head, Monty Python's Michael Palin, and see" is all he'll say. and comedian Billy Connolly. An The Doctor also deals with a Whatever This Thing Is! member of the Ice Warrior race Below, you can see one of the CHRISTOPHER (far right), reptilian humanoids season's new beasts. Uh, ECCLESTON who debuted on the show back what exactly is it? "It's a scary in 1967. "Of course, we're locked monster," says Moffat. That's Doctor data When Eccleston in a submarine with one," says all you're getting from me!" signed on for the relaunched star Matt Smith with a laugh. Who, he'd already made a name for himself in film (28 Days Later, The TARDIS Takes The Others). Most memorable companions Center Stage () and the omnisexual Another episode will focus on Capt. (John Barrowman). New the Doctor's incredible time- monsters battled Criminal clan the . traveling spaceship. They Best adventure 'The Empty Child"/'The Doctor Journey to the center of the Dances": Kids' faces grow gas masks in a TARDIS," says Moffat, adding, chilling World War ll-set two-parter. Did you "in, of course, circumstances of know? As a kid, Eccleston was not a fan of the great terror and fear." show. "He seemed like an authority figure," he said in 2005. "I felt a bit patronized by him."

j»* DAVID TENNANT use the restroom. If I don't come back, a speech where I'm getting cross with all call the ambulance"—and longer-term. these Dalek spaceships," says Smith. "I |j|«4|MF Doctor data While Whovians * js*_ ' liked Eccleston Just fine, they Over the decades, actors have played don't know to what extent he's seen any­ /oved Tennanrs cheeky yet the Doctor for varying amounts of time: thing else, but I know he's seen that." steely depiction of the Doctor. In the 70s and early '80s, Moffat, who also heads up the BBC's Most memorable companions Rose and Jack, Donna Noble (future Office star Catherine occupied the TARDIS for seven seasons, wildly popular Sherlock, admits that, Tate), and Martha Jones (). while left the statistically speaking he himself is more It was also Tennanfs Doctor who first met show after just one. But on average the likely nearer the end of his Who tenure the mysterious River Song (Alex Kingston). Doctor's incarnations have lasted than the beginning. "I just take it a year New monsters battled Fanged living statues the Weeping Angels. Best adventure "": around three years—at least in Earth at a time," he says. "It is knackering work. Did we mention the fanged living statues? Did time—and Smith will achieve that mile­ I think the feeling of it being done for you you know? Born David McDonald, the actor stone at the end of the current season. is quite unambiguous when it suddenly chose 'Tennant" after reading an article about the Neil Tennant-fronted Pet Shop Boys. The actor says he'll return to Who duties arrives. IVe stopped writing other shows in April to film the 50th-anniversary before, and you just want to leave—not MATT SMITH spectacular and will also appear in this that you hate it, but just Tm done.'" year's special Christmas show. But while For now, however, Moffat seems more Doctor data At 27, Smith Coleman will definitely be back for the than happy plotting new adventures for was the youngest actor to ^kJkj debut in the role. Most next full season of Doctor Who, Smith is the Doctor—and trying to avoid even n \ 4 I memorable companions vague about whether he will be joining more disappointing TARDIS encounters The feisty (Karen her. "Who knows?" he says. "It's one of than the one endured by EW. "There's a Gillan), her beau Rory (), and those jobs that I take moment by worse thing you can see, which I really newbie Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). New monsters battled The (deliberately) moment." Last month it was announced can't bear," he sighs. "When the TARDIS unmemorable the . Best adventure that had cast Smith is in the storeroom, it's not kept as a 'The Doctor's Wife": The TARDIS' conscious­ alongside Christina Hendricks in his police box, it's kept as a series of panels. ness is placed in the body of a woman in this instant classic penned by . Did you directorial debut, How to Catch a It's stacked. I've almost given an order know? Smith was on course to become a Monster. Is the Drive star a big Doctor that this shouldn't happen. You think, 'I professional soccer player before a back Who fan? "He mentioned in the audition don't want to see that.'" • injury set him on the path to Who-ville.

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