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Remember the glory days, five years ago, when the new season of Doctor Who was given star treatment on the CBC, with Christopher Eccleston introducing episodes that debuted just a week, if that, following their release in the United Kingdom? Now, after forcing Canadians to wait six months for their Doctor Who-on-CBC fix, the new guys, Space, have provided some redress. Here's a press release:
Millions of fans have been "patiently" waiting for the arrival of the new Doctor. Today, SPACE announces the wait is over as the Eleventh Doctor takes up his residency with a new series of DOCTOR WHO starting Saturday, April 17 at 9 pm ET, exclusively on SPACE. In this 13-part season, a whole new chapter of the iconic DOCTOR WHO franchise unfolds. Actor Matt Smith takes on the coveted role as the Eleventh Time Lord, embarking on new adventures with a new partner, the enigmatic Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).
Saturday, April 17 at 9 p.m. That's not long at all. Now I can review the episodes after most of you guys watch them, rather than before!
Many thanks to Andrew Gurudata for getting me this wonderful news.
And Now For Something Completely Different
I've said it elsewhere, but it applies here: the blooper video for this one must be long and very, very boring. Just watch:
Wow.
Hat tip to John Gushue.
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March 5, 2010 7:15 AM | Reply
Those OK GO videos are amazing. I’ve always loved “Here It Goes Again” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA) with them on treadmills, and used them to show my students as examples of “dance” that middle grade boys could get into.
March 19, 2010 2:51 PM | Reply
Wow another white doctor is this the manifestation of the divine ? Or just the BBC emphasising only white people can become incarnations of the universal architect and other skin pigmented people are sidelined as his servants. This is the last bastion of an outdated and institutionally racist dogma, when will we see an Indian, African or Chinese doctor …….. it seems never.
Heaven forbid the next incarnate be disabled, blind, deaf or immobile… its the BBC no pc or equal ops here. I wonder if someone complained that the Dr Who post failed equality and opportunity standards set by the laws of the land. How many people did the interview for this particular role, the genders, ethnicity etc, i guess he was hand picked by the nepotistic narcissistic claque within the BBC, nvm its nice to see where our license fee aka tax is going to pay more egotistical and banal actors.
March 19, 2010 3:35 PM | Reply
Well, it is just a TV show. But Lenny Henry would make a good twelfth Doctor. I know this because he’s played the Doctor already, on his own show.
CYBERLEADER THATCHOS: “Privatize them!”
UNDERLING: “Don’t you mean ‘exterminate them’?”
CYBERLEADER THATCHOS: “Same thing!”