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Review: Doctor Who – The Waters of Mars

16 November 2009 Rob Buckley 33 Comments

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.

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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, Jennifer Ehle, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall and Michael Gambon join The King’s Speech
Trailer for Ed Norton in Leaves of Grass
Trailer for Steve Carell and Tina Fey’s Date Night
Silent Hill 2?

British TV

Ricky Gervais to script edit PhoneShop for E4
New iPlayer channel for Wii
STV calls for changes in ITV
E4 gets 447,000 viewers
Big Top press pack

Canadian TV

Broadcasters petitioning to avoid simultaneous transmission of US shows

US TV

FlashForward still at all-time low, but CSI up in ratings
Larry Charles developing fanboy sitcom for NBC
Alyssa Milano to guest on Castle
George Segal to star in Retired at 35 for TV Land
Order for Romantically Challenged cut
Friday’s ratings
Lost producers abandon Dark Tower adaptation
Exorcist to be remade as mini-series by William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty
Gina Torres joins The Vampire Diaries

David Tennant in Hamlet: a preview clip

13 November 2009 Rob Buckley 15 Comments

I think the headline says it all. The RSC production will be airing on BBC2 on Christmas Day.

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John Barrowman – Single Ladies

13 November 2009 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

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

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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 in Red?
Trailer for Amy Adam’s rom-com Leap Year

Radio

Charlie Brooker to host Radio 4 panel show

Theatre

Alan Moore to write an opera

British TV

Bebo cuts staff and web TV shows
Janice Hadlow looking for smart dramas for BBC2
Being Human to move to Wales if there’s a third series
Spooks get 4.5m for second ep

Canadian TV

CBC and Telefilm Canada to collaborate on TV movies

US TV

Sarah Connor producer to remake Charlie’s Angels?
BSG‘s Kate Vernon joins Heroes
Minnie Driver to guest on Modern Family
ABC to adapt Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid
Jeffrey Tambor to star with David Tennant in Rex Is Not Your Lawyer
Hayden Panettierre to produce CW Harvard Medical School drama, HMS
Alternative Star Trek pilots to be released on Blu-Ray
Details of the Gattaca TV series

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Review: Doctor Who – The Waters of Mars

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