Doctor Who

Following success of revived Doctor Who, Red Dwarf and Blake’s 7 make comeback

source: The Daily P.O.P.

In related news, an announcement was recently made that confirms the revival of another British science fiction institution, Blake’s 7. Even as an avid fan of British science fiction programming, it took me ages to catch Blake’s 7 in its entirety. Shown only on selection public TV station...

Published Mon, Nov 2

The Shakespearean Heroes Science Fiction Should Steal From

source: io9

Like many fans, I often feel like the Doctor, the time-traveling hero of the BBC's Doctor Who, is at his absolute best when he's channeling Prospero, ...

Published Wed, Aug 19

Comic Con 2009 - Retrospective

source: Doctor Who Online

DWO takes a look back at some of the Doctor Who and Torchwood 2009 Comic Con Highlights. There is then a visit from The Guinness Book of Records who present a plaque confirming Doctor Who as the longest-running Science Fiction programme as well as it being the most successful Science Fictio...

Published Sun, Jul 26

Heroes, villains and Ripley: it can only be Comic-Con 2009 | Anna Pickard

source: EducationGuardian.co.uk

Fans of sci-fi, fantasy, comics and TV shows from Lost to Doctor Who are gathering in San Diego for the giant Comic-Con convention. Here's our sneak preview But back to Comic-Con, where there's more than enough to keep any fan of genre TV, science fiction, game culture, fantasy, comics, an...

Published Thu, Jul 23

Torchwood Children of Earth, part 1: Big science fiction super-mess

source: sepinwall (Blogspot)

Some people have compared "Children of Earth" to Davies' annual end-of-season, end-of-the-world extravaganzas on "Doctor Who." While those were never my favorite parts of their respective "Who" seasons, the apocalyptic scope works here because "Torchwood" operates on a more human...

Published Mon, Jul 20

Day 3113: TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN… CHILDREN… ICE CREAM… LOLLIPOPS… – DAY FIVE

source: The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant

Plus… The War Games! Skip to the end, and Our Hero is stripped of his companions and goes into exile! The 456’s response, on “Day Four” to Captain Jack was “but you’re letting children die every day; why would you mind this?” And that is exactly the sort of point that science fiction should be...

Published Sat, Jul 11

'Ace of Cakes' Duff Goldman finds sweet success

source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

 PA In fact, he says "I'm 100 percent certain we lost money" creating an elaborate cake a few weeks ago that featured a Dalek from "Doctor Who," a British science-fiction television series. "It had flashing lights and speakers and it talked," he says. ...

Published Tue, Jun 2

Print Version

source: Channel Canada

BBC Worldwide Canada and SPACE announced today the completion of a deal for the four new specials from DOCTOR WHO, television's longest running science fiction series and a global phenomenon, and the highly anticipated, third installment of hit spin-off series, TORCHWOOD: CHILDREN...

Published Tue, Jun 2