Having bid farewell to companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory Pond (Arthur Darvill) late last year in an episode that took "Doctor Who" to New York, the long-running British series starts up again on BBC and BBC America on March 30 with the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) embarking on his latest advent...
Read More »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 »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 »One of the most surprising news stories of the year came a few weeks back, when it was announced that BBC Worldwide were teaming up with David Yates, director of the last four 'Harry Potter' films, to bring classic science-fiction character "Doctor Who" to the big-screen, in a...
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