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#newtoWHO: Vulture Recapper Ross Ruediger’s First ‘Doctor Who’ Experience

By staff | Posted on March 29th, 2013

Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen. (Photo: BBC)

1. Who introduced you to the show?

It wasn’t a who, but rather a what, and that’s Starlog magazine, which, long before folks bookmarked their favorites or shut down their browsers, was the go-to resource for sci-fi TV and movie fans. Issue #36 from July 1980 (the ...

Top Gear Thursday: Comedy Duo Write a Song About Jeremy Clarkson

By staff | Posted on March 28th, 2013

Still from 'The Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear Song' (Hawkeye and Windy)

“You buy a bag of peanuts in this town, you get a song written about you,” said Orson Welles as the title character of Citizen Kane.

#newtoWHO: Author Joe Nazzaro on His First ‘Doctor Who’ Experience

By staff | Posted on March 27th, 2013

Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, and others at a PBS fundraiser. (Photo: Joe Nazzaro)

Joe Nazzaro says he owes his career to Doctor Who. A professional journalist for more than two decades, Nazzaro began doing interviews for his local Who fan club before making his first sale to Doctor Who Magazine in the late ...

‘Doctor Who’ Wins Special Peabody Award

By staff | Posted on March 27th, 2013

The timing really couldn’t be better: ahead of the March 30 premiere of Season 7, Part 2, BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who has been awarded one of the highest honors in television and other electronic media, the Peabody Award. The ...

BBC AMERICA to Co-Produce ‘Burton and Taylor’ Starring Dominic West, Helena Bonham Carter

By staff | Posted on March 22nd, 2013

Liz Taylor and Richard Burton (AP Images)

Remember the news that Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter would play Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in a soon-to-be-filmed drama? The 90-minute film has been announced as a BBC AMERICA co-production and will air in the ...

Top Gear Thursday: Africa Trip Revives Subaru Impreza’s Popularity

By staff | Posted on March 21st, 2013

Richard Hammond drives his Subaru Impreza in Africa. (BBC America)

Last week, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond rewrote the annals of exploration in their search for the source of the Nile and there are indications that they also changed the way Britons perceive estate cars (station ...

‘Doctor Who’ Triumphantly Returns to Cover of Entertainment Weekly

By staff | Posted on March 20th, 2013

The Doctor has been splashed all over American newsstands in recent months, with Doctor Who earning the front of Entertainment Weekly and winning TV Guide’s coveted Fan Favorites cover. Well, within the span of less than a year, ...

Gizmodo Gadget Testers Butt Heads in Transatlantic Toilet Flush-Off

By staff | Posted on March 15th, 2013

From left: OJ Borg, Joel Johnson, and Greg Foot from BBC AMERICA's 'Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers' (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

The highly popular tech blog Gizmodo takes a plunge into the deep blue sea of original programming with their first-ever TV special, Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers, which premieres Monday (March 18) at 10:20 pm ET after the Top Gear season ...