According to a number of sources, including EW, Dr. Who star David Tennant is taking the bar exam — fictionally that is — for a new series here in the good old US of A.
The show is called “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer” and it revolves around a top Chicago lawyer who suffers from panic attacks so he teaches his clients to represent themselves in court. Sounds like Monk in the courtroom and that could be great fun.
The pilot is being shot for NBC and they could use a big hit right now. I’d watch. Would you?
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With just three episodes to go before a new Doctor moves in, BBC America has added new Who episodes to their December TV schedule.
The next special, Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars airs on BBC America, Saturday December 19, 9:00pm ET/PT. It stars David Tennant and British stage and screen actress Lindsay Duncan (Rome, Langford) as Adelaide, his cleverest and most strong-minded companion. All will be revealed as the Doctor and his companion Adelaide face terror on the Red Planet in one of the scariest adventures yet.

Doctor Who is about to get a new face and along with it, he’s got a spiffy new logo that screams modern! The new logo, which you can see at the BBCAmerica website if you can’t see the video below, is a sharp DW set in the shape of a Tardis. Watch the video to see the full animation!
About the new logo Steven Moffat, the new Lead Writer and Executive Producer said:
“A new logo. The eleventh logo for the eleventh Doctor – those grand old words, Doctor Who, suddenly looking newer than ever. And look at that, …read more

Who do you think of when I say Doctor Who? David Tennant? Christopher Eccleston? If you’d asked me that a few years ago, I would have said Tom Baker. For years, he was the face of Doctor Who, rattling around in a cardboard set in grainy episodes airing on my local PBS station. There was a simple charm to the series that allowed you to turn a blind eye to the flaws. With top notch British actors and creative scripts, these early episodes captivated audiences of all ages and certainly influenced the current era of scifi storytellers.
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DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD
Air Date: Sunday, July 26, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BBC America

In the first of four specials shot in HD, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, finds the Doctor trapped on a desert alien planet with a red double-decker bus but no Tardis. He soon discovers the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets hidden in the sand and is forced to team up with a mysterious, aristocratic thief Lady Christina (Michelle Ryan, Bionic Woman, Merlin) to get back to Earth. But time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer.
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“From the moment I took over [as the Doctor, the U.K. tabloids] were all saying, ‘Well, who’s going to be next’” in the role, said David Tennant in a phone interview with the Chicago Tribune. “One of the names that always came up was David Morrissey, so it was nice to be able to play with those expectations a little bit.”
In a clever ploy that allowed the series to run for so many years, The Doctor has the ability to regenerate — taking on a new face (as in a new actor) every few seasons. But this time around, it’s …read more

Doctor Who and Captain Jack Harkness are headed for the good old U.S of A and just in time for Comic Con. Imagine that.
BBC America has announced their lineup for this year’s scifi / comic lollapalooza and it’s a biggie.
David Tennant, will appear alongside writer/executive producer Russell T Davies, executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn for a Doctor Who panel on Sunday July 26, 10:00-11:00am PT. (Just before Supernatural!) They’ll be showing sneak peeks from Tennant’s upcoming specials and offering photo ops.
Then, John Barrowman, will take the stage with Davies and Julie Gardner to discuss the new Torchwood: …read more

The Galactic Inquirer calls it, “a comprehensive look at the man and the mystery.”
Neptunian News says, “Eclectic Gypsy should be required reading” while the Skaro Telegraph says it’s utter nonsense and author Dave Thompson should be exterminated.
Well, you can’t please all of the creatures all of the time, can you?
Eclectic Gypsy is subtitled “an unauthorized biography of Doctor Who” but it’s so much more than that. This book is probably the only volume ever written that follows the Doctor from birth through his early school years to his travels on Planet Earth. It’s a comprehensive dossier built from scraps of …read more

We’ve had a bit of a break, but BBC America is about to get its Who on again with the acquisition of five new specials. The deal includes the four 2009 specials; the final episodes of the tenth Doctor as played by David Tennant. The first of the specials, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead will premiere in July. As a London red bus takes a detour to an alien world it forces the Doctor (Tennant) to work with the extraordinary Lady Christina (Michelle Ryan, Bionic Woman). But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets hidden in the sand and time …read more

One of the most overlooked but important aspects of our favorite shows is the music that leads into them. Total Scifi Online took a poll asking its readers what their favorite themes were and the otherworldly opening song from Doctor Who emerged as the winner.
Other popular tunes include The X-Files and Star Trek. The complete Top 10 list is after the jump: