The Time of the Doctor trailer

And cue the pre-Christmas special tears...I'm SO excited to see Capaldi take over the role, but Matt Smith...he's been better than I ever dreamed! Eleven, you will be very much missed.

yet another Doctor Who trailer

And this one is TWICE AS LONG as the first! Can't wait! Ten and Eleven, on-screen at the SAME TIME?! Epic. :)

Doctor Who 50th Anniversary TRAILER

We finally have a trailer, people!! Can. Not. WAIT!!!

So this is happening SUNDAY!

Courtesy of BBC America:

DOCTOR WHO LIVE: THE NEXT DOCTOR SPECIAL TO AIR LIVE THIS SUNDAY ON BBC AMERICA

What: 
The next Doctor of BBC AMERICA’s hit series Doctor Who will be announced during a live special this Sunday afternoon.

When: 
Sunday, August 4, 2 pm ET LIVE on BBC AMERICA and BBC One in the U.K.

Who: 
Widely regarded as one of the most hotly contested roles in British television, the special’s host Zoe Ball will unveil the Twelfth Doctor in their first-ever interview in front of a live studio audience. The half-hour show will include live special guests, Doctors old and new, as well as companions and celebrity fans. Current Doctor Matt Smith and lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat will both give interviews in the special.

Steven Moffat says: “The decision is made and the time has come to reveal who’s taking over the TARDIS. For the last of the Time Lords, the clock is striking twelve.”

Matt Smith will make his penultimate appearance in the 50th Anniversary special on Saturday, November 23, and his Eleventh Doctor will regenerate in the Christmas Special. Doctor Who is produced by BBC Cymru Wales.

Matt Smith's Who Goodbye

This has been around for a while but I finally got the chance to watch it. Matt, you'll be missed!

new Doctor Who posters!

The BBC recently released three new promotional posters for upcoming Doctor Who episodes and I just LOVE them. My favorites are "Journey to the Center of the TARDIS" and "The Crimson Horror." :)

Thoughts on the latest slate of episodes? I am loving the dynamic between Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, but the storytelling has been a bit "iffy" since the stellar "Bells of St. John" episode in my opinion. I mean everything that's followed has been good, just not *quite* at that level for me. I was talking to some fellow Who fans at work, and I think it is probably due to the normal "adjustment" period I have to wade through any time the Doctor regenerates or switches companions. Normally that seems to happen at the beginning of a season, though, so hopefully things will pick up here for the Doctor and Clara, as the latter has only the back half of season seven to make her debut mark.

Images via Blogtor Who/Pinterest.

this is really happening...

On Saturday it was announced that David Tennant and Billie Piper have been confirmed for the 50th anniversary Doctor Who special, airing this fall. And today, today in my Facebook feed the glorious picture above appeared -- Tennant and Matt Smith IN THE SAME ROOM at the 50th anniversary read-through.

*dies of happiness*

Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John Prequel

A short prequel to Doctor Who's return next week. Oh Matt Smith, rip my heart out already.

Doctor Who Season 7 trailer!

Finally, finally we have a proper trailer for the upcoming season of Doctor Who! And it is amazing. This season is gonna be grand! :)



Earlier this week, the first promo "launch" image for Season 7 was released, and much like the last few seconds of this trailer, it is intense:

Here's the official Season 7 teaser summary:

The new season will see the last days of the Ponds, with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill making their final rollercoaster voyage with The Doctor (Matt Smith). Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) have been at the Doctor’s side for more than two seasons but what will he do after their heartbreaking departure?

New guest stars so far confirmed to star will include David Bradley, Rupert Graves and Mark Williams. Season 7 will then see a dramatic turn of events when The Doctor meets a new friend – the recently-announced new companion, played by Jenna-Louse Coleman. Prepare yourselves for thrills, adventures and dramatic surprises as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year.

Fourteen big, blockbuster-movie episodes – each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you’ve never seen them before.

Can. Not. WAIT.

Going for Gold: The '48 Games preview

This Wednesday, July 25th, BBC America is premiering a new made-for-TV film entitled Going for Gold: The '48 Games in honor of the upcoming Olympics. I'm a total Olympics junkie, so this film would interest me on that score alone, but there's the added bonus that it also stars the Doctor (a.k.a. Matt Smith)! Here's a preview:



And here's a bit about the film from the BBC America website:

“Going for Gold – The ’48 Games” is an uplifting true story of how two young men from very different backgrounds triumphed against the odds at the 1948 London Olympics.

That the 1948 games took place at all was astonishing in itself, with Britain still struggling with the damaging after effects of a war that had decimated its resources and left London half-destroyed.

But thanks to a refusal to let the event die, the so-called Austerity Olympics ended up as a major success.

The spirit of a nation determined to get back on its feet is embodied by the journey of boatbuilder’s son Bert Bushnell (Matt Smith, “Doctor Who“) and Eton and Oxford-educated Richard ‘Dickie’ Burnell (Sam Haore, “Jane Eyre”) as they battle to keep their Olympic dreams alive.

This compelling film tells the real-life story of this unlikely pairing of competitors for the double sculling event.

Thrown together just six weeks before the games, Bert and Dickie have to confront and overcome vast differences in their personal and professional lives, as they push themselves to their physical and emotional limits in their bid to win Olympic gold.

Dickie’s background contrasts sharply with Bert’s less privileged upbringing and they struggle to bond as a team before finally realizing that they have more in common than they could have imagined.

Culminating in a tense and exciting race to the finish, this is a film that reminds viewers what the Olympic Games are really about – heroic personal endeavor, courage, determination…and a little bit of luck!

I think it sounds fanastic -- a 1940s-set Olympics film? I am SO there. If you don't have BBC America you won't have long to wait for this film to make its bow on DVD -- it releases on disc July 31st.

Doctor Who: "He's a Pirate"

This, my friends, is BRILLIANT. I don't know why I never made the Doctor (especially the Matt Smith version)/Jack Sparrow comparison before. :) Thanks to Bookish Ruth for the link!

Doctor Who: 47 Years in 6 Minutes!

This video, my friends, is brilliant. 47 years of Doctor Who history in six minutes:



The new season of Doctor Who starts April 23rd on BBC America - it's almost here! Squee!!! :)

Doctor Who Comic Relief 2011

And here are the Doctor Who Comic Relief specials. Oh, I can't wait for Series 6 to begin! :)

Part One:



Part Two:

Doctor Who Series 6 Premiere Date!

Out of this world exciting news broke for fans of Doctor Who yesterday when it was announced that Series 6 will premiere on BBC America April 23rd, the same day the series starts in the UK! Here's some additional info about this two-part season opener:

Doctor Who is coming to America in a spectacular two-part season premiere on BBC AMERICA. Part One premieres Saturday, April 23 at 9/8c. The mysterious time traveler, the Doctor (Matt Smith), and his companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill), find themselves on a secret summons that takes them on an adventure from the desert in Utah - right to the Oval Office in1969. More details will be revealed in the coming weeks about this two-parter penned by ‘Who supremo’ Steven Moffat (Sherlock) and featuring guest star Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica). Also set to return this season, Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward), as the irrepressible River Song.

Since the season opens in the US (squee!), I'm even more excited about the same-day premiere! Check out the awesome key art for the series below:

And here's a look ahead at what's sure to be a brilliant season (if for no other reason than the Stetson line):

Doctor Who "Illuminated"

Too good not to share - really well done Doctor Who fan video featuring Ten (David Tennant) and Eleven (Matt Smith). Thanks to Ruth at Bookish Ruth for the link!

Doctor Who Series 6 Preview

I haven't seen an official premiere date on the BBC America Doctor Who website yet, other than confirmation that Series 6 is definitely coming this spring (woo-hoo!), but I thought it was high time I finally shared the trailer:



I heart Matt Smith. :)

Oh happy day!

This is fantastic, amazing, unbelievably good news! BBC America just announced that they will premiere the new season of Primeval January 1st, the same day as in the UK! Yes, yes, YES!!! My excitement just cannot be adequately expressed by mere typing...

You can read more info about the new season here (thrilled to find out that Ciarán McMenamin is joining the cast, I LOVE him!). Here's some excerpts from the press release:

When rips in time called anomalies started opening across the UK, dangerous creatures from the past and future began appearing in the most unexpected places, endangering lives and putting the whole of humanity at risk. A crack team of specialists were appointed by the government to deal with these "creature incursions." This job has proven deadly for multiple team members and threats continue to escalate.

Ciarán McMenamin (Jericho, Demons), Alexander Siddig (Clash of the Titans, 24, Syriana, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and young Irish actress Ruth Kearney join the team at the Anomaly Research Center (ARC) after the government loses faith in Home Office official Lester's (Ben Miller) ability to run such a dangerous and expensive operation on his own. The anomaly operation is now a public/private partnership, part-owned by the government, and partly by charismatic scientist Philip Burton (Siddig).

With Connor (Andrew-Lee Potts, Alice), Abby (Hannah Spearritt) and Danny (Jason Flemyng, X-Men: First Class, Snatch) trapped in the past at the end of season three, the ARC has found new recruits to take their place: Matt (McMenamin), the new field leader, who's more than just an ex-soldier. He's a zoologist, with an uncanny ability to understand animals. A private man, Matt carefully guards the secrets of his past and the real reason he joined the team. Unconventional Jess (Kearney) now runs operations from the ARC Control Centre. She is highly efficient and her work ethic is second to none, though she is human enough to nurse an unrequited crush on Captain Becker (Ben Mansfield).

The new season picks up approximately one year after the last season ended - Abby and Connor finally escape from the Cretaceous period, only to be followed by a giant Spinosaurus, the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs. A new ARC team springs into action, leaving Abby and Connor's place within the team in jeopardy while their former leader Danny is still missing.

There's also some exciting Doctor Who-related news in this release - for the first time that I'm aware of, the Doctor Who Prom special will air on Christmas Day in the US (along with the Christmas special that evening). The Prom is a live concert event featuring stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan.

And here's a new Primeval teaser:

Doctor Who Christmas special news!

BBC America just announced some HUGE news for fans of Doctor Who - they will be broadcasting the new Christmas special (entitled "A Christmas Carol") on Christmas Day. I believe this may be the first time fans in the US will get the special the same day as the Brits...BBC-A is really stepping up their broadcast game and I for one am so thankful. :) Here's the synopsis info from BBC-A's website:

Matt and Karen return for an all-new Christmas special, along with Arthur Darvill and guest stars Michael Gambon (Harry Potter) and Katherine Jenkins.

More details to come, but Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Oh, we're going for broke with this one. It's all your favorite Christmas movies at once, in an hour, with monsters. And the Doctor. And a honeymoon. And ... oh, you'll see. I've honestly never been so excited about writing anything!'

Can. Not. Wait. :)

One of the best Doctor Who moments EVER.

The "Vincent & the Doctor" episode from the fifth season of Doctor Who was not only a great vehicle for Matt Smith's Doctor, but quite simply one of the best Doctor episodes EVER. The ending - seen below - brought me to tears. Thanks to my friend Ruth for transcribing the following quote:

He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ECSTATIC beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world -- no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind that ...strange, wild...man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.

Doctor Who - latest trailer

Here's the latest trailer for Doctor Who series 5. Less than a month's wait, people!!! Matt Smith is looking like he will not disappoint. :)