Doctor Who Bids Farewell Later This Month
David Tenant’s reign as Dr. Who’s tenth incarnation of the Time Lord is dolefully winding down over the holidays with a series of closing specials on BBC America.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsThe Best TV Theme Music
The little ditties that open TV shows keep growing littler and dittier, almost disappearing into Lost’s single sustained chord. The assumption may be that we’re just going to fast-forward through them anyway, but part of the charm of shows like Cheers, M*A*S*H and Sanford and Son was the musical intro. Fortunately, not everyone has given up on the theme song. Here are 10 current shows with tunes that make us put down the remote.... read more
Found in: TV, FeaturesNew Doctor Who Logo Unveiled
The BBC just unveiled the new Doctor Who logo, which will debut—along with Matt Smith, the latest actor to play the good doctor—in spring 2010. The show's final three episodes with David Tennant are set to air later this year with the old logo, and while I'll miss Tennant's exuberance, I dig the new look. The "D" and the "W" looking like a little blue police box—one of the coolest spaceships around.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityTorchwood: Children of the Earth Review
Tonight, on the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, the five-part Torchwood miniseries "Children of the Earth" begins on BBC America. It's a dark, epic, near-masterpiece of science fiction that far exceeds the series' first two seasons.... read more
Found in: ReviewsTorchwood: Children of the Earth Review
Tonight, on the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon, the five-part Torchwood miniseries "Children of the Earth" begins on BBC America. It's a dark, epic, near-masterpiece of science fiction that far exceeds the series' first two seasons.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsDoctor Who: The Next Doctor Review
The best thing about the latest version of the long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who is how much fun it is. That's why the show's 10th Doctor, David Tennant, has been so adept at playing the good Doctor. His zest for life—as he's saving London or Earth or some far off race or the entire universe—sets the whole tone of the show, even as it masks the sorrow and loneliness of being the last of his kind.... read more
Found in: ReviewsDoctor Who: The Next Doctor Review
The best thing about the latest version of the long-running British sci-fi series Doctor Who is how much fun it is. That's why the show's 10th Doctor, David Tennant, has been so adept at playing the good Doctor. His zest for life—as he's saving London or Earth or some far off race or the entire universe—sets the whole tone of the show, even as it masks the sorrow and loneliness of being the last of his kind.... read more
Found in: TV, ReviewsNew Torchwood Season Announced, Trailer Released
Captain Jack is coming back. Torchwood, the darker 2005 spin-off of the long-running Doctor Who series, will be returning for a third season later this year on BBC One in the U.K. and BBC America here in the States in July. The show follows Captain Jack Harkness—a dashing, bisexual, immortal alien (John Barrowman). Along with his secret team of government agents, he protects the Earth from all sorts of intergalactic species—who always seem to make their way to the town of Cardiff, Wales.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsThe 11 Best Villainous Species in all of Science Fiction
Whereas your typical Bond villain only wants to take over the earth, most of the dreamed-up civilizations below eat planets like earth for lunch—though our homeworld itself usually lies just beyond their grasp, thanks to often unappreciated heroic maneuvers of the good guys. When we imagine the great beyond, it's not the benign creatures out there that get the blood flowing, but the monstrous, treacherous aliens that would enslave or destroy the galaxy. Science fiction allows us to take up the banner of Us Against Them, where we are free to see Them without humanity, pity or compassion. We long... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySigns of Life 2008: Best TV Shows
Check out Paste's top 10 television shows of 2008... read more
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