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Doctor Who New Season Details

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BBC America will launch Doctor Who on Saturday, April 23 at 9 p.m ET. This will be Part One of a two-part opener penned by showrunner Steven Moffat (who also did the BBC’s Sherlock reboot. This season also includes guest star Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica). Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward) is returning for this round also.

The premiere description has the Brit team filming in North America for the first time: The Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah — right to the Oval Office in 1969.

Doctor Who has undergone some changes since Steven Moffat took over the lead writing duties on the show with Matt Smith stepping into the starring role. The show jumped to record ratings for BBC America and was a top seller on iTunes behind only AMC’s Mad Men and Fox’s Glee.

 

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John Barrowman Confirms New Torchwood Season

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With the dramatic endings of season three as well as 'Children of Earth,'  which aired on BBC America back in the spring in which we lost several Torchwood members, it's unclear exactly how Davies is going to revive the Torchwood organization. Captain Jack Harkness (Barrowman) himself had a dramatic departure, so it's pretty much a given that there will be a very dramatic return.

No official production date has been set for the return of the series, but creator Russell T Davies previously indicated he expected it to get started early in 2010.

Barrowman also told the programme that there were no current plans for Captain Jack Harkness to encounter the 11th Doctor, played by Matt Smith, who takes over the title role in Doctor Who from David Tennant in the New Year's Day special, The End of Time, Part 2.

 

 

‘Robin Hood’ Series Finale Dec 5 on BBC America

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In the Series Finale, an unusual turn of events have forced Robin and Gisborne together to save their half brother and take down the evil Prince John (Toby Stephens). Tune in to find out if their alliance lasts or if Prince John takes down Robin Hood once and for all.

If you have missed the 3rd season of Robin Hood fear not as it will be released on DVD on January 12, 2010. The five-disc set boasts over an hour of bonus material including behind-the-scenes features, character profiles, video diaries and more.

Matt Smith Revealed as Doctor Who #11

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The man who successfully revived one of the oldest
and longest running Sci-Fi series Russell T Davies said: “When I heard who
they cast as the eleventh Doctor my initial reaction was, I was just so jealous
that they would get to work with him.

Executive producer Stephen Moffatt
said: “He’s younger than any Doctor before and younger than any Doctor whose
been suggested in the Press.”

Fellow executive producer Piers Wenger
said: “He has the look of someone who lives before. Those are the sort of
qualities that got him the part and which make him the doctor.”

BBC
video interview with Matt Smith here.

David Tennant Quits ‘Doctor Who’

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The BBC has announced that Scottish actor Tennant will be leaving the long-running science fiction series "Doctor Who" in just over a year. Tennant has played the time and space traveling alien hero since 2005. He will appear in a Christmas special and four hour-long episodes to be aired in 2009 and early 2010. But he said Wednesday that when the series returns for a full season in 2010, "it won’t be with me."

"This show has been so special to me," Tennant said. "I don’t want to outstay my welcome."

"Doctor Who" was first broadcast in 1963 and is one of the longest-running Sci-Fi series in TV history and is one of the most popular programs on BBC. Tennant is the 10th actor to play the title character, who has the power to regenerate in a new body.

The classically trained Tennant, 37, is currently starring in Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

So whats your thoughts on Tennent quiting? And who do you think should be a good the 11th Doctor?