Mark your calendars, people! The new season of Doctor Who premieres Saturday, April 17th, which is soon after the UK premiere. Here's the press release:
BBC AMERICA announced today that the new era of the BBC's iconic BAFTA-winning drama, Doctor Who, will make its U.S. premiere on Saturday, April 17, 2010, soon after the UK broadcast.
Doctor Who, BBC AMERICA's highest rated series ever, continues its tradition of rebooting with new lead actors and creative team. Matt Smith debuts as the new, Eleventh incarnation of the famous Time Lord alongside a new traveling companion, the enigmatic Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).
"Britain has a tradition of reinventing its iconic characters, like James Bond and Sherlock Holmes - and Doctor Who. In introducing the Eleventh Doctor, writer Steven Moffat is opening the show to a whole new audience, while serving fans with an exciting mix of inter galactic, time travelling adventures. We can't wait to meet his new Doctor!" comments Richard De Croce, Senior Vice President Programming, BBC AMERICA.
BAFTA-winning writer Steven Moffat, creator of some of the most frightening and award-winning Doctor Who episodes to date, takes over as lead writer and executive producer. Writers for the new series include Richard Curtis (The Boat that Rocked, Love Actually), Chris Chibnall (Law & Order UK, Torchwood), Toby Whithouse (Being Human, Torchwood), Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) and Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly, Hardware).
Guest stars include SAG Award winner Alex Kingston (ER, Flash Forward), Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo (The Secret Life of Bees, Hotel Rwanda) and Tony Curran (24).
Traveling both through time and space, the new series has the mysterious Doctor and Amy Pond together exploring sixteenth century Venice, France during the 1890s, and the United Kingdom in the far future, now an entire nation floating in space. The first three episodes of the 13-episode series have been confirmed as "The Eleventh Hour," written by Steven Moffat, "The Beast Below," also by Moffat, and "Victory of the Daleks" by Mark Gatiss.
Moffat's work includes the hit comedy Coupling, the critically-acclaimed thriller Jekyll, the new BBC series Sherlock, and, along with Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish, the screenplay for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - which is being directed by Steven Spielberg.
Piers Wenger (Ashes to Ashes) and Beth Willis (Ashes to Ashes) are the executive producers. It is a BBC Wales production for BBC ONE and distributed by BBC Worldwide.
Watch the trailer for the new season:
Watch the new teaser, which was released this past Saturday:
My question was based on information I read that Survivors, currently airing at 9 p.m. on Saturdays, would be in that time slot until early May.
posted by Galadriel, Tuesday, March 2, 2010
always has been
posted by Galadriel, Tuesday, March 2, 2010
If you watch Doctor Who faithfully - you'd know that it's on Saturdays - 9pmET/8pmCT
posted by World-Traveler, Monday, March 1, 2010
Reports from the UK indicate the new series is to start there on April 3. We get it April 17, two weeks after that. My question, to make it more clear, was what time on April 17 is the new series set to start? All the reports I've seen provide the date but no air time. I don't know what you thought I was asking, but I have not changed my question at all.
posted by sulamite, Friday, February 26, 2010
Now it's understandable; did you alter the question?
posted by sulamite, Friday, February 26, 2010
World-Traveler -rnwhat planet have you been living on?rn
In Planet Earth, we brought you the world like you've never seen it before. Now get closer with Life. With versions narrated by Oprah and David Attenborough.
A bewildered but resilient group of survivors are left to start again in a bleak new world where the once safe and familiar is now strange and dangerous.
Pour a hot beverage into your mug and watch the Doctor's cleverly disguised time capsule materialize in galactic space! As your mug cools, the TARDIS dematerializes before your eyes...
My question was based on information I read that Survivors, currently airing at 9 p.m. on Saturdays, would be in that time slot until early May.
always has been
If you watch Doctor Who faithfully - you'd know that it's on Saturdays - 9pmET/8pmCT
Reports from the UK indicate the new series is to start there on April 3. We get it April 17, two weeks after that. My question, to make it more clear, was what time on April 17 is the new series set to start? All the reports I've seen provide the date but no air time. I don't know what you thought I was asking, but I have not changed my question at all.
Now it's understandable; did you alter the question?
World-Traveler -rnwhat planet have you been living on?rn
17 hours is 5.00 p.m.rn8 o'clock = 20 hoursrn9 p.m. = 21 hours
Two weeks after the UK airdate is certainly better than previous series. But what time on the 17th?! 8 p.m.? 9 p.m.?