Season 3 of Doctor Who is off to a great start, premiering on the BBC this past Saturday night to an appreciative 35.9% of the UK TV audience. Episode 1, “Smith and Jones,” served up rhino-headed aliens called The Judoon, a hospital on the moon, and of course the debut of the Doctor’s new companion, […]
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Jonesing for Doctor Who
April 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Jonesing for Doctor Who · Culture, Doctor Who, Lit, Media, News, Science Fiction, TV
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Doctor Who Fires Up the Tardis
March 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Doctor Who, News, Science Fiction, TV
It’s a good week to be a Whovian — Season 3 of Russell T. Davies’ new Doctor Who series premieres on the BBC next Sunday, March 31. And a fourth season has been greenlit for 2008! Hello Magazine has some tantalizing details about the premiere of Season 3, which will introduce the Doctor’s new sidekick […]
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Ian McKellen Tackles King Lear
March 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment · Culture, Doctor Who, LGBT, News, Performance, Theater
Ian McKellen, profiled in The Observer, is finally ready to take on the role of a lifetime: King Lear. McKellen and Trevor Nunn, who have known each other since they were at Cambridge together in the 1960s, have been planning this production for a long time. ‘McKellen has said that for him, Trevor Nunn is […]
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