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Dr. Who on Sci-Fi Channel in March

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-fake-your-accent-to-celebrate dept.

Karl J. Smith writes "Dr. Who will be airing on the Sci-Fi Channel in March The DVD release has been moved from February 14th to July 4th (although it's still Feb 14th in Canada). Be sure to check out the hilarous announcement from the BBC."

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  1. I like the new Daleks by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is an image of the new Daleks. They look like they are ready to provide for all of our food mixing and toilet plunging needs.

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    1. Re:I like the new Daleks by EvilMonkeySlayer · · Score: 4, Informative

      The estate of Terry Nation (the people who own the rights to the Daleks after Nation died in '97) demanded very little in the way of changes to the looks of the daleks. The BBC tried to get them to update the daleks for the 21st century but they wouldn't budge.
      Hence why they still look like they do, HOWEVER.. there are a number of Dalek surprises in the new Dr. Who series, so don't be so quick to knock them. (over.. *cough* sorry)

      The special effects as a whole on the Dr. Who series vary from okay to excellent.
      Special mention should be made of the episodes "The Empty Child" and "The Doctor Dances", which quite frankly are the best scifi episodes i've seen in years bar none, not only for the special effects but for the incredible writing and directing.

  2. BitTorrent by SatanMat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow!! I guess this means I can stop downloading it now. Thanks SciFi! I can't wait to wait.

  3. Cool! by Matey-O · · Score: 4, Informative

    Having Bittorrented the whole first series, I'm both delighted and annoyed I'll have to watch it all over again before catching new episodes. If you hvan't seen it yet, you're in for a TREAT!

    (NOW is the Golden Age of Sci-Fi.)

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  4. soundwarning? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    could you PLEASE give us a frickin' sound warning for such links? this is defiitely not safe for work!

    1. Re:soundwarning? by Thuktun · · Score: 4, Funny

      could you PLEASE give us a frickin' sound warning for such links? this is defiitely not safe for work!

      The national anthem of the USA sung by Dolly Parton is unsafe for work?

      Where do you work...?

    2. Re:soundwarning? by SimonInOz · · Score: 5, Funny

      Australia, you insensitive clod!

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  5. Good news by metamatic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Best SF series I've seen on TV in years.

    Now, will the Sci Fi channel show it properly, or will they chop the sides off to squeeze it onto a 4:3 screen? Perhaps it's time to write to them now, begging...

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  6. Humour and Sci-Fi by MosesJones · · Score: 4, Informative


    Why is it that so rarely, and with US shows almost never, Sci-Fi can contain humour as well as the fantastic? Dr Who, paticularly this new series, has been a superb combination of both the "serious" science fiction combined with the humour of having HUMANS involved in it. This isn't the gag line humour of STNG but the actual real humour of decent TV programmes. The writing in Dr Who is brilliant, the pathos parts are strong, its got the science fantastic and both Rose and Dr Who (as well as Captain Jack) have top moments of both drama and humour.

    Series 1 was superb, and Series 2 is shaping up to be even better.

    Rose: "But you sound like you come from the North"
    Dr: "Lots of planets have a North"

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  7. Re:Been seeing it in the US on CBC by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Some of us in the northern US have already watched the first season due to our proximity to Canada and CBC.

    And some of us in the US have already watched the first season due to our proximity to the Internet. :)

  8. What about the old stuff? by solios · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's 26 seasons of Oldskool Who in the BBC archives.* You're lucky if you can find anything other than Tom Baker (fourth doctor) on PBS or BBC America (and the BBCA Who is seriously {edited|eviscerated}- there's lots of Who available to the enthusiasts - would it hurt 'em that much to get it on the air?

    Yeah, some of it's Bad, but a lot of it's pretty damned good.

    * More like ~26. Several Hartnell and Troughton episodes are missing.

  9. Dr Who Porn by Tx · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can also see the Daleks in porn movie "Abducted By The Daleks", I kid you not. The sun has the details. It's really quite good .. so I hear ;).

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  10. Re:Eccleston or Tennant? by baomike · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is series one with Eccleston(on SciFI). Series two is being made in Wales for release in 2006.
    DVD of series one will be available 14Feb06. go to CBC Dr Who and follow links on right.