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Wednesday\'s many trailered news
The Daily News will return in the New Year. You can follow me on Twitter for breaking updates. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Doctor Who Waters of Mars gets highest ratings ever for the show Pic of David Tennant and Catherine Tate in Cat...
Thursday\'s Iron Man Hot Tub news
Doctor Who Pics of David Tennant and Jerry O'Connell in Rex is Not Your Lawyer Film Rene Russo to play Frigga in Thor Bryan Singer to direct X-Men: First Class? Steve Carell and Tina Fey to star in Mail-Order Groom? Stieg Larsson's Mi...
Review: Doctor Who - 127 - Castle of Fear
Big Finish seem to have a new plan: trilogies. We've had the Key2Time season followed by three Seventh Doctor stories. We've just had another trilogy - the jettisoning of Charley Pollard from the mainstream Doctor Who Big Finish universe, except in C...
Wednesday\'s going out again news
Doctor Who An interview with Steven Moffat [audio, spoiler] Film 300 prequel to be called Xerxes David O Russell to direct, Natalie Portman to produce and star in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies The Brood to be remade Theatre Richard...
Merry Christmas from BBC1 and David Tennant
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Monday\'s purple, not blonde news
Doctor Who Interview with Alexandra Moen [spoilers] Film New trailer for Clash of the Titans Dexter's Jennifer Carpenter joins Hungry Rabbit Jumps Alan Partridge movie to begin shooting next year Ali Larter to star in trilogy of UFO r...
Thursday\'s "Wife vs Ninja" news
Doctor Who Pictures of David Tennant in the BBC's Hamlet Film Trailer for Nicolas Cage in The Sorcerer's Apprentice Poster and pic from Tron: Legacy A new Star Wars movie and TV series? Dreamworks buys Wife vs Ninja Dougray Scott t...
Tuesday\'s Brad the Impaler news
Doctor Who Pictures from The End of Time Film Brad Pitt's production company to produce action version of young Vlad the Impaler's story Tim Burton/Jonny Depp's Dark Shadows starts filming next year Frank Langella joins Unknown White Mal...
Monday\'s sliding lawyers news
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, happy birthday to me Doctor Who Pics of David Tennant in Rex is Not Your Lawyer Awards The British Independent Film Awards results Film What's happening with the Jack Ryan...
Friday\'s competing terrorists news
Doctor Who David Tennant and TARDIS in one of the Beeb's Christmas idents BBC America scheduling of the specials Film Johnny Depp to play Pancho Villa? More details of Steven Spielberg's Tintin Spielberg pulls out of Harvey Jeff Bri...
Review: Doctor Who - The Lost Stories - 01 - The Nightmare Fair
Over the years, there's been a surprising amount of Doctor Who scripts that were never made: stories that fell afoul of budgetary and logistical issues; stories that were too similar to others; stories that were too awful for human consumption – th...
January 2010 at the BFI
Time for our regular look at what TV's on at the South Bank in London in January. Highlights include a David Renwick season, Bernard Cribbins in conversation, a preview of the new series of Skins and Missing Believed Wiped, which offers a chance to s...
Tuesday\'s cancellations and remakes news
Doctor Who Fourth series of Torchwood to be 13 episodes Film John Madden to direct My Fair Lady remake? I Spit on Your Grave to be remade? Paul Greengrass quits Bourne 4 Tron: Legacy team to remake Black Hole? Theater Kelsey Gramme...
Monday\'s cartoon McConaughey news
Doctor Who The End of Time to air on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Books Borders and Books Etc to close all branches after going into administration Film Another remake of The Amityville Horror? Jim Sheridan talks about I, Claudius an...
Friday\'s black news
Doctor Who Casting for Richard Curtis's episode [spoilers] Film Blair Witch remake? Theatre Micky Dolenz joins Hairspray Matthew Kelly joins Waiting for Godot Julie Andrews returns to the West End British TV BBC to switch off som...
Review: Doctor Who - 126 - Blue Forgotten Planet
After 10 years (or whatever), it's time for Charley Pollard to leave the Big Finish range. The premier eighth Doctor companion (and possibly best companion of all, depending on who you talk to), with The Condemned she became the premier audio sixth D...
Thursday\'s "Happy Thanksgiving" news
Happy Thanksgiving to US readers, who probably aren't going to read this because they're eating turkey Doctor Who Michael Moorcock talks about writing a Who novel Karen Gillan's cousin gets cast Film Trailer for new Universal Soldier movie ...
Children in Need clip for The End of Time Part 1
I won't say I told you so, but I did. Some interesting moments in there, don't you think? ...
Tuesday\'s no Nemo news
Doctor Who Waters of Mars gets 9.1m viewers Film Universal acquires TMI for Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris Anna Faris to play Robin Williams' daughter in Wedding Banned? Stuart Townsend, Ray Stevenson, and Tadanobu Asano join Thor? Capt...
Review: Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars
In the UK: Sunday 15th November, 7pm, BBC1/BBC HD In the US: Saturday 19th December, 9 pm ET/PT, BBC America Best nu-Who episode ever. Probably. Spoilers lurking ahead under the surface. (continued) ...
Monday\'s TV exorcism news
Doctor Who Michael Moorcock to write Doctor Who novel? Film Aaron Sorkin to write movie about the founding of Greenpeace? Butch Cassidy legend to be shot as Blackthorn Independence Day to get two sequels? Helena Bonham Carter, Jennife...
David Tennant in Hamlet: a preview clip
I think the headline says it all. The RSC production will be airing on BBC2 on Christmas Day. [via] ...
John Barrowman - Single Ladies
Look! It's John Barrowman from TV's Torchwood dancing to Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies'. I hope your retinas don't get scarred by this. ...
Friday\'s "Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid" news
Doctor Who An interview with John Simm [spoilers] More 'lost stories' for Big Finish, including McCoy's missing season Film New trailer for Avatar Julian McMahon, Ernest Borgnine, Richard Dreyfuss and Brian Cox to star with Bruce Willis ...
Review: Doctor Who - 125 - Paper Cuts
Can I ask a quick question? How valuable are these reviews of Big Finish plays to people? The reason I'm asking is that I'm rapidly running out of patience with them. There are far more misses than hits – which are only really relative hits – and...
Thursday\'s "Hank and Dollhouse get yanked" news
Doctor Who Fourth series of Torchwood to begin work in January? New pictures from The Waters of Mars Film Marti Noxon to write new version of Fright Night Harvey Keitel joins Little Fockers Theatre La Cage Aux Folles to close British...
Tuesday\'s bye, bye witches news
Doctor Who Promo pics from Waters of Mars Film Cecile de France joins Matt Damon in Clint Eastwood's Hereafter Len Wiseman to direct Nocturne Dolph Lundgren to appear in Conan? Dwight Schultz to cameo in The A-Team Theatre Lesley ...
Doctor Who - Dreamland clip
Dreamland is an animated Doctor Who story that will appear on CBBC, BBC Two, the red button on BBC One and the BBC Doctor Who website. Phew. That's a lot of places. It features David Tennant alone with new companion Cassie Rice (Georgia Moffett), and...
Friday\'s transgender and onion-based news
Doctor Who New trailer for Waters of Mars Books Fiction sales in the UK soar 90% as non-fiction sales fall Film Woo hoo! Elizabeth Mitchell to star in Answers to Nothing with Julie Benz Bradley Cooper to star in Dark Fields Dan Aykro...
Thursday\'s days numb3red news
Doctor Who Cheryl Cole to guest on Doctor Who?? Film Mandalay to adapt online novel Machine Man Johnny Depp to star with Angelina Jolie in The Tourist? Andy Garcia, Anthony Hopkins and Annette Bening to star in Hemingway and Fuentes He...
