Doctor Who: News Roundup, February 26th, 2016

A compilation of various recent Doctor Who news from around the internet for February 26th, 2016

According to TV3 Xposé, Maisie Williams told BANG Showbiz in an exclusive interview that “she has no plans to reprise her role as Ashildr . . . when the new series hit screens next year.” Frustratingly, TV3 Xposé did not provide a link to the original article, and we were unable to find it on their website. This is an increasing and tiresome trend in the world of online “journalism.” A return to journalistic integrity would be most welcome. In any case, Williams is quoted as saying,

"I’m not going to be working on ‘Doctor Who’ again. Everyone’s hyping about it, which is very exciting, but I guess that’s more of a publicity thing. But no, I’m not going to return, I have a lot of other really exciting projects lined up instead."

While this is most likely true, it would be lovely to see her return to the role at some point down the line.

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Do you think that you have a large collection of Doctor Who memorabilia? Perhaps you would like to see how it measures up to that of 14-year-old Ianto Williams of the village of Maes y Bont in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. (For a superfan, he certainly does have a wonderfully appropriate Doctor Who/Torchwood inspired name!) According to Daily Express, he has 2,130 items in his collection, which may soon make it into the book of Guinness World Records, beating out the 2015 record of 2,021, owned by Ian O’Brien of Manchester, United Kingdom.

Williams appears to have collected in a much more condensed amount of time than O’Brien; Williams started at the age of six, while O’Brien began in 1974. It seems an appropriate reflection of the increasingly consumeristic world in which we live. Regarding Williams:

"The world-record achievement was checked by an independent judge after verified all the items in a 62-page inventory.A Guinness World Record book spokesman confirmed they were considering his shot at the record.Megafan Ianto has said he doesn’t know how many thousand of pounds he has spent on his world-record stash.He said: “I would rather not know – I dread to think!”"

With all of the Doctor Who swag being released these days, such as vinyl figures and LP collections, it is easier than ever to amass a sizeable collection.

While applications that provide the service of translating things into Gallifreyan are not exactly new, the flurry of recent articles and Facebook posts indicates a surge in their usage. The most common translations are arguably names, which are often used in the designing of tattoos.

Here are a few places to go for translations, though some of the servers may currently be overloaded:

Circular Gallifreyan Transliterator

Sherman’s Gallifreyan

Gallifreyan Translator

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