BBC One Trailer – The Pandorica Opens
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There was no SPACE podcast this week however the fine folks at Canada’s home of Doctor Who released our take on Amy’s Choice, the very same episode that won SPACE that timeslot across all of Canadian TV on June 5.
RTD Talks New Torchwood
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SPACE has announced that Doctor Who won the Canadian TV ratings race with its broadcast of Amy’s Choice this past Saturday. Congratulations SPACE!
The full release follows or can be found at spacecast.com.
DOCTOR WHO’s Epic Win in Ratings
Pix Princss | 6/8/2010 12:09:22 PM
You were watching Doctor Who last weekend weren’t you? Because this past Saturday, more viewers prescribed to DOCTOR WHO than any other program in its time slot on Canadian television. Nearly 400,000 viewers clocked in at 9 p.m. ET for SPACE’s signature series, beating out competing Canadian conventional and specialty networks. W00t!
Starz, BBC Worldwide Team Up For New Torchwood Series
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US Network Starz announced today that it will co-produce a new series of Torchwood with BBC Worldwide. The new 10-episode series will air in the summer of 2011, and will feature the return of both John Barrowman (Captain Jack) and Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper). Read the official Starz press release below (and here’s a link to the official BBC press release):
STARZ FIRED UP FOR A NEW SERIES OF THE BBC’S HIT FRANCHISE ‘TORCHWOOD’
New Installment From BBC Worldwide Productions to Add To Starz’ Premium Programming Lineup in Summer of 2011
Key Cast – John Barrowman (Capt. Jack), Eve Myles (Gwen) – To Return for the Next Installment, Along With New Faces
Los Angeles, CA – June 7, 2010 – Starz Entertainment has acquired U.S. television rights to the next installment of the BBC’s audience sensation “Torchwood,” developed and produced by BBC Worldwide Productions. Starz will debut the 10-episode series exclusively in the U.S., and BBC One will debut it in the U.K., both in summer, 2011. This is a co-production between Starz, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Worldwide, and BBC Worldwide will distribute the show outside the U.S. The deal was jointly announced today by Starz, LLC, President and CEO Chris Albrecht and BBC Worldwide Productions EVP Jane Tranter.
The stars of the previous versions of “Torchwood,” notably John Barrowman (Capt. Jack Harkness) and Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), will return for the new version. Additional key cast, reflecting the more international scope of the series, will be announced soon.
Radio Free Skaro #201 – Amy and Amiability
< An unconventional artist anchored an unusual episode as “Vincent and the Doctor”, written by Richard Curtis, graced our screens this week. Reaction on the internet made it seem like everyone either loved or hated the episode, but the Three Who Rule were…well, you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out. However, Vincent and the Doctor was but one episode released this week thanks to City of the Daleks hitting computer screens… |
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SPACE Podcast – June 4, 2010
< With Warren in the Galapagos Islands unleashing his fiendish experiments to make the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a reality, Radio Free Skaro celebrates its 200th episode, keeping things low key and just having a couple old friends over for drinks. Neil Perryman and Simon Harries from Tachyon TV join in the fun with a look at not only the current episode of Doctor Who, Cold Blood, but the gang also gabs about Series 5 as it stands thus far. A bonus treat of some kind words provided by some of our listeners rounds out this milestone episode. Onward to the next 200! |
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