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Archive for the ‘Doctor Who’ Category

August 25th, 2008

Doctor Who in a Theater Near You?

If you check the entertainment headlines around town it will appear that Doctor Who is headed for the big screen.  But when you read the original source material at  The Hollywood Reporter you’ll see it’s just showrunner Steven Moffat saying, yeah, it would be cool - if it didn’t conflict with the series.
A hint […]

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August 9th, 2008

Hamlet Hears A Who

Reuters UK reports that The Doctor himself, David Tennant, is earning rave reviews in the most talked about production of Hamlet in recent memory. It’s become the talk of England because not only because it stars the man the Daleks call The Oncoming Storm, but because Patrick Stewart plays Hamlet’s uncle/stepfather Claudius.
Some theatre purists’ eyes […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Jamie Bamber Joins Law and Order UK

I didn’t even know there was a Law and Order UK, but there is and that’s where Battlestar Galactica’s Apollo is headed. Bamber told E News that the show is just like our Law and Order only focusing on the British judiciary system.
Sci fi fans may love this show as it also stars Freema Agyeman, […]

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July 23rd, 2008

Presenting the Doctor Who All-Stars

There’s only one episode left before the HUGE Doctor Who season finale and you won’t believe whose coming on board.  Well, just about everyone!  Check out this fabulous photo and see if you can name them all (and find the answers below.)

Doctor Who: The Stolen Earth
Air Date: July 25, 2008 at 9:00 on SCI FI
Earth’s […]

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July 15th, 2008

Next on Doctor Who: Turn Left

Doctor Who: #411 “Turn Left”
Air Date: Friday, July 18 on SCI FI
If you’re a Catherine Tate fan, you’ll enjoy this nearly “doctorless” episode.
The established timeline unravels after Donna meets a fortune teller, and Rose Tyler returns with dire warnings about Donna and the fate of the universe.
More photos behind the cut.
SCI FI Channel Photo: […]

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June 18th, 2008

Russell T. Davies Talks Who at the Times

“How ridiculous would it be that you would travel through time and space and only ever find heterosexual men?”
— Jane Tranter, head of BBC fiction
This past weekend, The New York Times published a wonderful interview with the man behind the new Doctor Who, Russell T. Davies. The article focuses largely on Davies’ inclusion of […]

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June 14th, 2008

Doctor Who Companion Branches Out

You know her as Rose Tyler, Doctor Who’s sweet and innocent traveling companion.  Well, now Billie Piper is a companion of a different kind in the Showtime series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
In the series, Piper plays Hannah, a 27-year-old college grad and Belle, a high-priced hooker.  Keeping her two lives totally […]

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May 21st, 2008

Blink Scribe To Helm Doctor Who

According to The Hollywood Reporter, BAFTA award-winning writer Steven Moffat will take over as lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who.
Moffat is the writer behind the exceptionally creepy episode “Blnk” and he also wrote the screenplay for the new TinTin adaptation from Steven Spielberg.

“My entire career has been a secret plan to get this […]

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May 9th, 2008

Doctor Who and Friends: Tonight on SCI FI

Sarah Jane Adventures (8:00 to 9:00)
Warriors of Kudlak (Part 2)

A Carcaroth has arrived on Earth, seeking soldiers to help fight his endless intergalactic war back home. Using Combat 3000 to sift the best, most aggressive and instinctive fighters, he then transports them to his spaceship — awaiting transfer to the war.
Clyde and Luke […]

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April 30th, 2008

Next on Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii

Doctor Who: 4.2 The Fires of Pompeii
Air Date: May 2, 2008 on SCI FI Channel

A visit to ancient Rome puts the Doctor and Donna in Pompeii just ahead of what the Doctor calls “Volcano Day,” which is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Catherine Tate, David Tennant — BBC Photo
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