Author Archives: Fraser McAlpine

‘Doctor Who’s’ Day Roundup: New Trailers, New Dangers From ‘The Snowmen’

By Fraser McAlpine, Karen Ho and Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 18th, 2012

This is always the most exciting part of the buildup to a new episode of Doctor Who, when the little crumbs of information and the tiny sugary nuggets of preview clips start to fuse together, without ever quite becoming the full cake, ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Prepare For ‘The Snowmen’

By Fraser McAlpine and Karen Ho | Posted on December 11th, 2012

As we inch closer and closer towards Christmas Day, new material on the Doctor Who Christmas special continues to trickle in.

‘Doctor Who’ Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Things for the Whovians in Your Life

By Karen Ho | Posted on December 5th, 2012

Ah, the holidays: The festive lights, the whimsical decorations, the delicious seasonal treats… the nightmare that is holiday shopping and the overwhelming task of having to navigate through hoards of people trampling over each other ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Look Who’s On TV Guide!

By Fraser McAlpine and Karen Ho | Posted on December 4th, 2012

Once again, this friendly little news roundup has been entirely swamped by an astonishingly huge event. In this case, the arrival on the front cover of TV Guide Magazine, for the first time EVER, of our favorite Time Lord, as a result ...

Where Else Have You Spotted the Cast of ‘The Hour’?

By Karen Ho | Posted on November 28th, 2012

Dominic West, Ben Whishaw, and Romola Garai return to BBC America's 'The Hour'

Put on your horn-rimmed glasses and break out the ’50s-inspired cocktails! The second season of The Hour, with its tremendously talented ensemble cast, premieres on BBC America tonight (November 28) at 9/8c.

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: It’s All About The Minisodes

By Fraser McAlpine and Karen Ho | Posted on November 20th, 2012

Let’s face it, by FAR the largest stamp on the Whovian dance card over the past week has been the successful launch of both the prequel and trailer for the Christmas special, called The Snowmen, which is coming to BBC AMERICA on ...

WATCH: ‘Skins’’ Nicholas Hoult Stars in Zombie Rom-Com

By Karen Ho | Posted on November 13th, 2012

Nicholas Hoult in Warm Bodies (comicbook.com)

Move over vampires, looks like zombies are the cool new supernatural beings in town. With the Twilight film saga coming to an end and the rising popularity of AMC’s The Walking Dead, the film Warm Bodies couldn’t be coming at a ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: The Christmas Special Prequel Is On The Way

By Karen Ho and Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 13th, 2012

This Friday, November 16, the BBC’s telethon Children In Need will be showing the first teaser clip for this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special (premiering Christmas Day on BBC AMERICA).

Anglophenia Reader Gauthic Says: Bring Back The Master!

By Karen Ho | Posted on November 11th, 2012

The most recent incarnation of The Master, as played by John Simm (BBC)

In our post, “Revealed: Neil Gaiman’s New ‘Doctor Who’ Story Features The Cybermen,” we asked readers what Doctor Who villain Gaiman should tackle next.

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Tales From London Comic-Con

By Karen Ho and Fraser McAlpine | Posted on November 6th, 2012

Matt Smith at London Comic-Con 2012 (Press Association via AP Images)

What with all the fun and games around Matt Smith’s 30th birthday, and then Halloween, the London’s MCM Expo Comic-Con appearance of Matt and Caroline Skinner might not have caught your undivided attention. Luckily official ...