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Miss Doctor Who due to hurricane mania? There's a repeat tomorrow night

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:57:19 PDT

BBC America is showing a repeat airing of the Doctor Who midseason premiere, "Let's Kill Hitler," starting at midnight EST/PST Tuesday night, for those of you who missed it due to hurricane shenanigans. That'll be followed by a repeat airing of "Best of the Companions." Time is repeating! More »

Doctor Who will take advertising to a whole new level

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:17:53 PDT

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If you're watching tomorrow's Doctor Who midseason premiere on BBC America, you'll get to see an extra 60-second sequence which was sponsored by AT&T. At one point in the episode, Amy and Rory take off on a motorcycle in pursuit of someone — and then they arrive, soon after. More »

Richard Nixon has a dark secret, in the latest Doctor Who teaser video

Charlie Jane Anders — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:44:06 PDT

This "prequel" to season six of Doctor Who just went up on the BBC America website, and it features Richard Nixon getting a mysterious phone call. (Sounds like "Look behind you" is the new "Are you my mummy?") More »

The Doctor rocks a cowboy hat as he oversells his ability to navigate time and space

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:00:00 PST

It may be true that Doctor Who's mysterious time-traveler has gotten way better at steering his phone-booth time machine, the TARDIS, as we pointed out yesterday... but not that much better, as this hilarious BBC America trailer shows. [Thanks, Alessar!] More »

The British Plague-Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:11:46 PDT

The Survivors aren't. The BBC has canceled its remake of Terry Nation's 1970s classic, in which a plague devastates most of the population, due to low ratings. Good news is, it's coming to U.S. DVD along with the original series. More »

Doctor Who Hits BBC America 2 Weeks After The U.K.

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST

We'd hoped that U.S. viewers would get the new series of Doctor Who within a day or so of the British airing, as happened with David Tennant's swansong. Alas, it's not to be. The Matt Smith episodes will air on BBC America starting April 17, or two weeks after the U.K.'s April 3 start date. We'll probably do what we did with Torchwood: "Children Of Earth", which had a similar delay — a slight recap after the U.K. airing, followed by something more in-depth after the U.S. airing. But we'll see how it goes. The press release also includes a few spoilers: More »

Television's Bleakest Post-Apocalyptic Saga Comes To America

Charlie Jane Anders — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 PST

Here's an exclusive clip from The Survivors, the remake of Britain's most apocalyptic 1970s series that launches on BBC America this Saturday at 8. It may be the bleakest, most misanthropic view of life after an apocalypse. Spoilers ahead... More »

Demons Keeps Buffy's Spirit Alive

Sonia Zjawinski — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:00:00 PST

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If you're still mourning the loss of Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, BBC America hopes to ease your pain. Their new teens-fighting-the-underworld series, Demons, premieres this Saturday in the States. We got a sneak peak. More »

Primeval To Live Again

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:40:00 PDT

After a surprise cancellation following the show's third season (leaving an unresolved cliffhanger), British time-traveling series Primeval is set to return for not one but two more seasons, thanks to international funding. More »

Get More Classic British SF In HD Starting Next Month

Charlie Jane Anders — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:25:20 PDT

BBC America is launching its HD channel with a week of science fiction, starting July 20. They'll be premiering the Easter Doctor Who special, "Planet Of The Dead" — which happens to be the first Who shot in HD — and running the new Torchwood miniseries "Children Of Earth." On July 20, a Torchwood behind-the-scenes special called Inside The Hub will air at 8 PM, followed by the first episode of "Children." Succeeding Torchwood installments will air at 8 PM on the following nights. The season finale of Primeval airs that Saturday, and then "Planet Of The Dead" airs the next day, the Sunday. More »

BBC America Wins The Right To Run Doctor Who First — But Still Months Late

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:20:00 PDT

BBC America outbid the Syfy Channel for the right to air Doctor Who first, citing the show's essential Britishness. The network, which already runs spin-off show Torchwood, will air last year's Christmas special on June 27, and the Easter special airs in July. Because the months-long delay ensures total freshness. More »

Are You Ready For More Monsters Unstuck In Time?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 14 May 2009 10:30:00 PDT

British monster show Primeval is coming back to BBC America this Saturday for its third season, and Egyptian gods and future gremlins are on the loose. We've watched the first couple episodes. Spoilers below! More »

Eleventh Hour's Past Comes Back To Haunt Itself

Graeme McMillan — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:00:09 PDT

Want to see the original version of the show that turned Annalee Newitz against science? BBC America is reshowing all four episodes of the British version of Eleventh Hour - starring Patrick Stewart as Rufus Sewell's older, more English cousin, investigating science gone evil - in a marathon tomorrow, starting at 1pm EST. [BBC America] More »