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| BBC announces Doctor Who 3D special | BBC announces Doctor Who 3D special |
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| Fans will be able to visit the Tardis in 3D in a special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who later this year. | Fans will be able to visit the Tardis in 3D in a special 50th anniversary episode of Doctor Who later this year. |
| The special was announced as part of the BBC's latest round of drama commissions, which will also see Call The Midwife return in 2014. | The special was announced as part of the BBC's latest round of drama commissions, which will also see Call The Midwife return in 2014. |
| Atlantis, a new 13-part drama, will also take the Saturday night slot previously held by Merlin. | Atlantis, a new 13-part drama, will also take the Saturday night slot previously held by Merlin. |
| Controller of drama, Ben Stephenson, said he wanted to make the BBC "more British than ever". | Controller of drama, Ben Stephenson, said he wanted to make the BBC "more British than ever". |
| "It is about applying the Danny Boyle vision to our work - a bold, adventurous, authorial approach that exports because of its Britishness not despite it." | "It is about applying the Danny Boyle vision to our work - a bold, adventurous, authorial approach that exports because of its Britishness not despite it." |
| Doctor Who celebrates its 50th birthday in November, but it is not the first time viewers have had the chance to see the Time Lord in 3D. | Doctor Who celebrates its 50th birthday in November, but it is not the first time viewers have had the chance to see the Time Lord in 3D. |
| Doctor Who's 30th anniversary was marked in 1993 with a 3D story, Dimensions in Time, broadcast as part of Children In Need. | Doctor Who's 30th anniversary was marked in 1993 with a 3D story, Dimensions in Time, broadcast as part of Children In Need. |
| The two-part adventure was filmed on EastEnders' Albert Square set, and featured Doctor Who stars past and present, as well as cast members from the BBC soap. | The two-part adventure was filmed on EastEnders' Albert Square set, and featured Doctor Who stars past and present, as well as cast members from the BBC soap. |
| Stevan Moffat, the show's lead writer and producer said the latest 3D escapade would bring a "whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore". | Stevan Moffat, the show's lead writer and producer said the latest 3D escapade would bring a "whole new dimension of adventure for the Doctor to explore". |
| Atlantis, penned by Misfits writer and Merlin creator Howard Overman, has been billed as an "action-packed" series to begin in the Autumn. | |
| It centres on the eponymous city - "a mysterious, ancient place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants". | |
| The series will begin shooting in Wales and Morocco in April. | The series will begin shooting in Wales and Morocco in April. |
| Other new commissions include Death Comes to Pemberley, a three-part hour-long drama, adapted from PD James' bestselling novel. | Other new commissions include Death Comes to Pemberley, a three-part hour-long drama, adapted from PD James' bestselling novel. |
| Set six years after Pride and Prejudice ends, the book features Jane Austen's best-known characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, and combines "classic period drama" with a suspenseful mystery plot. | Set six years after Pride and Prejudice ends, the book features Jane Austen's best-known characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, and combines "classic period drama" with a suspenseful mystery plot. |
| BBC Four will pair The Wire's Dominic West with Helena Bonham Carter for a 90-minute one-off drama, Burton and Taylor. | BBC Four will pair The Wire's Dominic West with Helena Bonham Carter for a 90-minute one-off drama, Burton and Taylor. |
| They will play the glamorous, volatile ex-lovers in a story of their ill-fated 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play, Private Lives. | They will play the glamorous, volatile ex-lovers in a story of their ill-fated 1983 revival of Noel Coward's stage play, Private Lives. |