James Bond isn't the only iconic British character able to celebrate a 50th anniversary -- the long-running and oft-reincarnated British sci-fi series "Doctor Who" marks five decades of existence this year, a milestone that BBC America plans to celebrate with a TV movie about the franc...
Read More »Midway through the new seventh season of "Doctor Who," the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) and his companions, the married couple Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), will say their goodbyes in the fifth episode, "The Angels Take Manhattan."
Read More »Sure, Sunday remains overcrowded with high-end TV such as "Weeds," "Breaking Bad" (the summer finale of which is coming up) and "Copper," but what to watch the rest of the week? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week.
Read More »Possibly bowing to the inevitability that passionate fans will download new episodes after they hit the air in the UK rather than wait for a later U.S. broadcast, BBC America announced today that it would air the premiere of the new season of "Doctor Who" at 9 pm Saturday, September 1, the...
Read More »Next year, it will have been a formidable half-century since "Doctor Who" was first broadcast back on November 23rd, 1963. The long-running, once-revived BBC sci-fi series has been through several (literal) incarnations, ingeniously including in its own concept the possibility for its main...
Read More »Downton Abbey is not the only buzz-worthy upscale/downscale gem from PBS’s Masterpiece this year. Season 2 of Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the 21st century version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s ultra-rational hero, begins on Sunday with “A Scandal in Belgravia.” The ...
Read More »On a recent episode of "The Graham Norton Show," the genial goofball host was plainly delighted to have Karen Gillan—known worldwide as Amy Pond, the spirited, ginger-haired companion of The Doctor on "Doctor Who"—on his guest couch. Of course, Norton couldn’t pass up commenting on a rumor that ...
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