She’s Rather Better When She’s Not Bionic: DOCTOR WHO Special “Planet of the Dead” on BBC America Tonight

On the one hand, if you were with us in enjoying “The Next Doctor” but kind of wishing that the countdown to the Tenth Doctor’s demise was exhibiting a bit more…gravitas, buckle in for more of the same. Special #2, “Planet of the Dead,” belies its name a bit, being relatively light, fluffy, and chipper. [...]

Well, That Title Is Just Mean: DOCTOR WHO Special “The Next Doctor” Airs on BBC America Tonight

We may still be mourning David Tennant’s choice to move on from Doctor Who, but that’s not going to stop us from enjoying tonight’s US debut of last December’s Christmas special. Well, actually, it might–”The Next Doctor”’s big climax is so ludicrous it’s hard not to feel a little cranky that we lose 20 percent [...]

DOCTOR WHO News: Old Friends, New Companions

For a show that’s taking a year’s hiatus (sort of), Doctor Who is making a lot of news this week:

BBC America announced it will be showing the specials that comprise that last stories involving David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor. The 2008 Christmas special and 2009 Easter special–which have obviously already shown in the UK–will be on [...]

LEVERAGE: Have Hardison Reverse the Polarity

While Leverage is still more fun than a barrel full of Parkers-on-a-wire, I was ready to slap their hands this week when Hardison was relegated to sillier-than-usual antics on the sidelines so we could focus for the second week in a row on a not particularly scintillating not-romance between Sophie and Nate. It’s particularly galling that [...]

BBC Announces the Eleventh Doctor

…and he’s probably not who you thought he was going to be.
After four more Russell T Davies-generated specials with David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor, new producer Steven Moffat’s first series will kick off in 2010 with new Doctor Matt Smith. Producer Piers Wenger praises Smith’s fundamental “Doctor-ness.” We’ll all pretty much have to take his word [...]

The Ten Best Television Moments of 2008

I’m one of those grouches who generally doesn’t love New Year’s Eve, spending the evening grousing in a corner about another year slipping away into the ether. In a lot of ways, however, 2008 has been great enough to kick me out of that rut. This year, we saw whales in two different oceans and camped with [...]

PUSHING DAISIES “Robbing Hood”: I Like Your Moxie, Sassafras

“Robbing Hood” may not have been top-shelf pie, what with the overarching Dwight Dixon story crushing a lesser Mystery of the Week. Since Susannah and I were sitting on the couch knitting after a day of holiday-induced stress baking as Emerson’s mechanical yarn swift wound, however, we’re going to give it a pass. While we acknowledge [...]

It’s Really Real This Time: David Tennant Leaving WHO

It’s official. Our worst Doctor Who fears have been realized. David Tennant is vacating the TARDIS after filming four more specials, to air in 2009 and early 2010. That’s right, we’ve got this year’s Christmas special (airing in the U.K. on Dec. 25), followed by four more specials and then that’s it. Five measly hours [...]

Why HEROES Is Killing Me

The Baconeers like comic books. We get it. We’ve been to Comic-Con more than once and read Brian K. Vaughn’s website and are dying to see what happens next in Powers and are worried about the Watchmen movie and are excited that Pia Guerra is drawing the new Doctor Who comic. I once cried like [...]

Bacon in Britain

You may have noticed a dearth of Bacon-related activity lately, even with new episodes of, well, just about everything. While suspicious deaths were taking place at Pushing Daisies‘ abbey (can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait) and vortices were opening up on Heroes (can wait can wait can wait a good long time) and Life was [...]