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io9 does a frame-by-frame breakdown of the trailer for the next series of Doctor Who, so you don’t have to!

According to Airlock Alpha, the new series of Doctor Who will premiere in the Spring on BBC America—apparently in a manner not dissimilar to that of the recent Who specials.

Via the LAT:  ‘Spider-Man’ film team is squashed.

Sir Ian McKellan on The Prisoner, Godot and Gandalf

Via io9: 5 Lessons We Hope RTD’s Learned From His Past Doctor Who Epics.

Davies deserves plaudits aplenty for his revival of the series (and the Whoniverse in general), but as a writer for the series, he has been mediocre as best (and his end-of-series finales have all been flawed in various ways).

Airlock Alpha reports that the first part of the David Tennant’s last episode as the Doctor will show in the US on the 26th of December (a day after it airs in the UK). No word yet on when the second part will air.

The penultimate Tennant episode, The Waters of Mars airs in the US on the 19th of December.

Via the BBC:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8343694.stm

Via Reuters: “Doctor Who” star lands NBC legal pilot

Popular British actor David Tennant, best known for playing the title role in the BBC’s long-running sci-fi series “Doctor Who,” is set to make his American television debut as the title character in NBC’s hour-long pilot “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.”

The comedic legal drama centers on a top Chicago litigator (Tennant) who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.

Hmm. I will be interested in seeing it, as I loved Tennant as the Doctor, but as far as premises go, this sounds more like a movie plot than the premise for a TV show, but one never knows, I suppose.

Via Clevaland.com:  Sci-fi revival: ‘V’ and ‘The Prisoner’ are successful remakes of old TV shows.

Everyone is likely aware that V starts this week, but the story also has info on the premiere of The Prisoner, which starts on AMC this month as well.