David Tennant Returns in 50th Anniversary Doctor Who Special STEVEN BOGOS | 3 APRIL 2013 6:43 AM (THE ESCAPIST)

Fan favourites David Tennant and Billie Piper will reprise their roles as the tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler in the upcoming 50th anniversary Doctor Who special.

Amidst the excitement surrounding the mid-season premier of Doctor Who's 7th season earlier this week, some interesting information has surfaced about the British sci-fi's upcoming 50th anniversary special. David Tennant and Billie Piper, the tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler respectively, will reprise their roles alongside Matt Smith and newly-minted companion Jenna Louise Coleman. John Hurt (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alien, Harry Potter) will also co-star.

Steven Moffat, the lead writer for the show, stated that the special will be shot in 3D, with frequent Who director Nick Hurran behind the helm. The special will feature the Zygons, a race of shape-shifting extraterrestrials. The Zygons were previously featured in the fourth Doctor episode, "Terror of the Zygons" - which presented the aliens as malevolent refugees bent on conquering Earth after a stellar explosion destroyed their home planet.

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Benedict Cumberbatch: Sherlock takes home two prizes at the Royal Television Society Programme awards (RADIO TIMES)

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The BBC detective drama triumphed in the best drama series and best drama writer categories, with Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss and Sue Vertue accepting the awards

Susanna Lazarus
10:57 PM, 19 March 2013

It was a Sherlock double at tonight's Royal Television Society Programme Awards as the show triumphed in the best drama series and best drama writer categories, voted for by members of the industry. 

The popular detective series - starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman - beat off competition in the best drama category from fellow BBC productions Call The Midwife and Line of Duty.

Accepting the award from host Jo Brand was executive producer Sue Vertue alongside series co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat. 

Speaking on behalf of the show, Vertue said, "I'll take this as a chance to thank the brains behind Sherlock, Steven and Mark. We just love making the series."

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Benedict Cumberbatch: Brilliant ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Fan Art For Benedict Cumberbatch’s John Harrison (FLICKS AND BITS)

Natural Shocks has drawn this stunning graphite pencil drawing of Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison in ‘Star Trek into Darkness.’ Head on over to Natural Shocks deviantART or tumblr to feast your eyes on more top-notch artwork. In related ‘Star  Trek Into Darkness’ news, I’ve also posted four hi-res pics from the film that first arrived online in low-res/watermarked form. Set for release on May 17th (May 15th in IMAX), ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ is directed by J.J. Abrams with a script by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof. Abrams is producing with Bryan Burk through Bad Robot Productions, along with Lindelof, Kurtzman and Orci.

Besides the briefest of glimpses of his Smaug the Dragon in ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ Benedict Cumberbatch can next be seen on the big screen in ‘Star Trek into Darkness,’ alongside the likes of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Kenneth Williams, Ruth Negga, Brad Pitt, Quvenzhané Wallis and Adepero Oduye in Steve McQueen’s ‘Twelve Years a Slave,’ and as Julian Assange in ‘The Fifth Estate.’ Steve Moffat, the co-conceiver, producer and screenwriter of BBC’s ‘Sherlock,’ recently revealed that the third ‘Sherlock’ series would begin production shortly, reuniting Cumberbatch as the eponymous Sherlock Holmes with his fellow ‘The Hobbit’ star, Martin Freeman, as Dr. John Watson. The actor is also said to be in negotiations to play the English mathematician Alan Turing in ‘The Imitation Game.’

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