Capital City Entertainment has announced plans to release Who’s Changing: An Adventure In Time With Fans, a new
documentary about the changing face of fandom of the world’s longest
running science fiction series, Doctor Who, featuring new and exclusive
interviews with many stars from the show past and present. The feature length documentary will be available on both DVD and VOD from Jan 27. Watch the trailer in the player above.
wilderness years and to cosplayers at the conventions of today, Who’s
Changing looks at how and why the nature of fans changed as
mainstream interest in the show took hold.
Who’s
Changing features interviews with many familiar faces from the show
such as Louise Jameson (Leela), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Simon Fisher-Becker
(Dorium Maldovar), Neve McIntosh (Madame Vastra), Catrin Stewart (Jenny
Flint), Caitlin Blackwood (Amelia Pond), Dan Starkey (Commander Strax)
as well as faces from behind the scenes such as script editors Gary
Russell and Eric Saward and scriptwriters Andrew Smith (Doctor Who, Full
Circle), Jane Espenson (Torchwood: Miracle Day, Buffy, Battlestar
Galactica) and James Moran (Doctor Who, The Fires of Pompeii).
from the world of comic books, Who’s Changing also features Tony Lee,
Simon Furman, Dan Slott, Richard Dinnick, Richard Starkings and Josh
Adams.
film was shot over many months in 2013, the year of Doctor Who‘s 50th
anniversary, at events around the UK such as MCM Comic Con, London Super
Comic Con and the Doctor Who conventions, Big Blue Box 2 and Return to
the 11th Hour. The filmmakers also filmed many fans in some incredible
Doctor Who inspired costumes at these events.
The
DVD release also includes over 80 minutes of exclusive DVD-only extras with extended
interviews with Louise Jameson, Sophie Aldred, Neve McIntosh, Simon
Fisher-Becker and Dan Starkey.
Changing will be available to buy on DVD from Amazon as well as
specialist cult TV and sci-fi retailers such as Forbidden Planet, Galaxy
4, The Who Shop, StarTrader, The Cinema Store and WhoOne, priced at
£12.99 RRP as well as being available to stream online on VOD from the
official website at www.whoschanging.co.uk priced at £.3.49.
Changing: An Adventure In Time With Fans is a production of Capital
City Entertainment in association with Early Train Productions. Directed
by Cameron K. McEwan and produced by Elisar Cabrera, Cameron K. McEwan
and Jack Ayers.
Given the fact the trailer spotlights the comments about the Doctor becoming "sexy" in recent years, I wonder if the documentary will touch on the Capaldi issue?
Will the DVD come with subtitles?
I'm afraid not, sorry.