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Lots of teenagers dream of being told that they're special and they have a heroic destiny — but hearing it from a morbid old ghost who's blind and nearly deaf kind of puts a damper on things. In this exclusive clip from tomorrow night's episode of The Fades, Neil takes Paul to see an old fade with special insights... and somehow this leads to glittery soul-stuff oozing out of Paul's eyesockets. Fun! More »
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You may know that marine cone snails are some of the most comically toxic creatures on the planet. But have you ever seen one of these mollusks feed? Even though there's no way one of these tiny creatures would be able to devour the human body, watching them chow down makes one prefer the neurotoxins. More »
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Check out these screen shots from BBC's forthcoming wildlife documentary series, Great Barrier Reef. More »
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We're all waiting anxiously for Studio Ghibli's magical adaptation of Mary Norton's The Borrowers, which hits U.S. screens in February. But the BBC is going head-to-head with Ghibli with its own Borrowers adaptation... and it's the first television production from the fabulous Working Title Pictures. More »
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Got a bad case of the Mondays? The dulcet tones of Sir David Attenborough are just what you need to get out of your funk and back on your feet. Here's to the week ahead, everybody! More »
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Get excited, people. The critically acclaimed BBC documentary series Frozen Planet is slated to begin airing stateside on March 18th, but here's the really good news: the controversial final episode addressing climate change? It will be airing in the U.S., after all. More »
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The British dinosaurs-and-monsters show Primeval is back for a miraculous fifth season, and we've got an exclusive clip! James Lester is trapped in a kind of limbo, as he contemplates the way in which road workings create a temporal void in which nothing can move forward. More »
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Male Adelie penguins are some of the most conniving little creatures on the planet. And we let them get away with it. Why? Because they're freaking adorable, that's why. More »
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If you're a fan of the Blue Planet and Planet Earth documentary series, then there's a good chance you've already heard about the forthcoming collaboration between the BBC and the Discovery Channel, Frozen Planet. More »
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Our worst fears have been confirmed: Doctor Who's next season won't start airing until the fall of 2012, meaning there'll be around a nine-month gap between the upcoming Christmas special and the next installments. This has been rumored for a while, ever since a BBC higher-up hinted the show wouldn't air as usual next year. More »
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Leopard slug sex is wild by definition, insofar as it typically takes place in the wilderness. But as this video clearly demonstrates, "wild" doesn't even begin to capture the jaw-dropping escapade that is the leopard slug mating ritual. More »
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Stephen Fry and the panelists on the BBC show QI are struck by the strange motions of the inverted face of Albert Einstein demonstrating the Hollow Face Illusion, and a little side-variation of the illusion. More »
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Many people would assume that the hero of Doctor Who is the time-traveling main character, played by the rakishly British Matt Smith. But it's not so. The real stand-out hero of the new series is the steadfast (and studly) Rory Williams. More »
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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 »
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Doctor Who shook up its entire universe by revealing the truth about River Song — and then left us hanging all summer. How will River Song shape the Doctor's future? We asked Matt Smith. More »
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There was an epic collection of Doctor Who costumes this year at San Diego Comic Con. We saw hundreds of Doctors from various regenerations and tons of cool fezzes. So who wore it best? More »
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Last month some terrible villain stole a girl's 300-pound, 6-foot tall TARDIS off of her front lawn. But the internet rallied and built this young Doctor Who fan a brand new blue box! The video will warm your heart. More »
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Last week a nasty Doctor Who rumor was circulating — that even though Matt Smith has signed on to do another 14 Doctor Who episodes, there wouldn't be a full season next year. Sadly, these suspicions have been confirmed. More »
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The BBC has just confirmed that Matt Smith's Doctor will be back for (at least) another 14 episodes of Doctor Who, presumably referring to a Christmas special plus thirteen episodes in series seven. There's no word yet on his companions. More »
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People often point out that Doctor Who can do any type of story — a murder mystery, a war story, a ghost story, etc. There's really only one requirement for a good Doctor Who story: the Doctor must be crucial. More »
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Britain's BBC 2 had a whole evening of book-related programming in celebration of World Book Night, including the promisingly titled The Books We Really Read: A Culture Show Special. So why did the featured books not include genre fiction? More »
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Last night, we saw the opening two-parter of the sixth season of Doctor Who, in the company of the show's stars and showrunner. We won't give away any of the amazing surprises in store, but here are a few hints. More »
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The Doctor is facing his "darkest hour" in season six of Doctor Who, according to this new trailer. Secrets will be revealed, cool helmets will be worn, and decisions will be made. More »
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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 »
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A few of Doctor Who's coolest stories have shown up on DVD recently. Last week, we got the classic stories "The Seeds of Doom" and "The Ark," and a few weeks earlier there was "A Christmas Carol," the latest special. More »
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Good news! Not only did Doctor Who film in the United States for the first time this year, but we're also getting the episodes the same day in the U.S. as in the U.K. More »
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When Aidan Turner was cast as Kili the dwarf in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit, fans cried out that surely Being Human's vampire Mitchell (also played by Turner) was now marked for death. More »
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You didn't see the ending of tonight's Outcasts episode coming, did you? Now this is how you pan back to reveal that there's a larger frame that almost nobody knows about — and it's coming to ruin everyone's day. More »
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The BBC's Outcasts looks a lot like Battlestar Galactica, at first glance: You've got the gritty action, the tense drumming soundtrack, and Jamie Bamber looking filthy and flustered. But once you watch a bit of it, Outcasts is actually a bit more like the late, lamented Jericho: The slow, character-driven story of a community trying to survive in the wilderness. More »
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We're hoping BBC's post-apocalyptic series Outcasts will fill our space opera needs, and this new batch of character videos is delivering the dramatic goods. Sex, bondage, bitch slaps, and Jamie Bamber acting like some sort of gun-happy sociopath. Yes please! Meet the rest of the pioneers from the struggling colony of Carpathia. More »
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See what our new replacement Earth, the planet Carpathia, will look like, in the first trailer for the BBC's Outcasts. Could this series finally fill the void that the end of Battlestar Galactica left in our hearts? More »
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Massively successful 1960s puppet show Thunderbirds is getting another shot, with a new series. But will it have puppets? More »
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The BBC's Outcasts might be the new TV show we're most excited for in 2011. It's got all the makings of a great space opera. And in the latest BBC 2011 trailer, we finally got to see some footage! More »
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Doctor Who has taken America by storm — and, amazingly enough, hasn't gotten an American remake. (Unless you count that 1996 TV movie.) What other British shows could find an appreciative audience across the pond? More »
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Recreating Douglas Adams' unique, bizarre humor is like catching cosmic rays in a bottle — messy, breathless, and likely to cost you a few fingers. So let's all celebrate the Dirk Gently pilot's success in some highly improbable comedy. Spoilers... More »
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If your mansion house needs haunting, just call Russell Brand! Warner Brothers and Brand are taking on the British kiddie series about renting spirits from the netherworld, RentaGhost, and rebooting it for American cinema. More »
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We've been dying to see our first glimpse of BBC Four's new one-hour show, based on the Douglas Adams' clever Dirk Gently holistic detective novels. Wait no more — the first trailer has arrived! More »
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Over at Treehugger, they have a clip of a BBC show, in which they use a solar oven made out of mirrors to melt a rock. More »
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Doctor Who's most reliably awesome spin-off had almost everything this week: android versions of Agent Smith, silly UFO nuts, and alien genocide. Most of all, it had bad-ass Clyde Langer. Here are our five favorite moments. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Harry, Hermione and Ron Luke, Rani and Clyde face the Nightmare Man, with super-dramatic speechifying. Remaking one of Voyager's silliest episodes was a weird move for Doctor Who's kid-friendly spin-off, but I defy you to watch that scene without squeeing. More »
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