The Stage is reporting that the BBC has asked Doctor Who director Joe Ahearne to create Superpower, a fresh take on heroes. Ahearne has previously written episodes of This Life, Ultraviolet and the forthcoming Apparitions. The Beeb has commissioned stand-alone scripts and turned production chores over to Impossible Pictures, the people behind Primeval. Ahearne told…
We mentioned a rumor that the annual BBC charity special for Children in Need this year might feature a reunion of previous doctors along with the current Doctor, David Tennant. Now London’s Telegraph is report that the seven surviving actors who have played the Doctor will be reunited for the special, to air November 14….
Coming to stores next month, BBC Video offers a 19-disc Michael Palin Collection – on October 7, 2008. All of eight of Palin’s fascinating travelogues — Around the World in 80 Days, Pole to Pole, Himalaya, Sahara, New Europe, Full Circle, Hemingway Adventure, and Great Railway Journeys – will be included, the last three new…
The BBC has released details on the new season of The Sarah Jane Adventures which will debut in the United Kingdom on September 29 and run through December 15. Starring the Doctor’s former companion, Elisabeth Sladen, the second season is largely unchanged from the first and barely reflects on her appearance in Doctor Who’s fourth…
Our pal, Charlie Jane Anders, has a story up at i09 about a couple of sitcoms with a super-hero premise. One (the one we know for sure will be funny, at least based on <a href=” clip) is from the BBC, titled No Heroics. The claim is that it’s based on Friends, but with a…
The BBC issued a press release today announcing that production has begun on the shortened third season of their series Torchwood. The "Children of Earth" storyline will last a mere five episodes which the UK will broadcast as a week-long event in early 2009. BBC America is expected to air the series soon after. The…
News of the World reports that two of the four Doctor Who specials for 2010 will be shot in the United States. An unnamed BBC source was quoted a saying, “But two specials in America, with a US setting and a US assistant, will take it to another level. David Tennant is already gaining a…
Our exclusive talk with the creative minds at BBC Television continues with Julie Gardner, executive producer of all things Doctor Who as she talks about her next career move and the reasoning behind next years shortened season for Torchwood, plus: William Katt and Robert Culp share feelings on the return of The Greatest American Hero…
Torchwood will be retuning to the airwaves next month in a somewhat unique fashion, according to the good folks at Outpost Gallifrey. BBC Radio 4 will be broadcasting an original 45 minute full-cast radio drama, Lost Souls, on Wednesday September 10 at 9:15 Eastern Daylight Time. The story is set right after Exit Wounds, the…
Even for an established and award winning television writer like Steven Moffat, taking command of a 45 year old universe is a little daunting. In the first part of our exclusive ComicMix interviews with the top BBC talents, he tells us his outlook for the future, plus: Dave Gibbons shares his reaction to seeing The…
The hit BBC series Doctor Who is now in its fourth season on the Sci-Fi Channel, and since we’re all big fans here at ComicMix, we’ve decided to kick off an episode-by-episode analysis of the reinvigorated science-fiction classic. Every week, I’ll do my best to go through the most recent episode with a fine-tooth comb…
Vertigo and WildStorm — both imprints of DC Comics — talked about their respective futures at a couple of Comic-Con panels. While Vertigo (led by editors Karen Berger and Will Dennis and a ton of creators) talked about an array of new projects and the Vertigo Crime imprint, WildStorm had just a little bit of…
