TV Worth Blogging
by David Thiel, Program Director for WILL-TV
An insider's view of public television programming and the issues that help determine what and how you watch
The New "Doctor Who" Makes a House Call This Sunday
For months, fans of the long-running British adventure series Doctor Who have been asking me, "When is the new Doctor coming?"
The Doctor, you see, is an alien Time Lord with the ability to "regenerate" into a new physical appearance each time he faces imminent death. (This also proves to be convenient for the show's producers whenever their lead actor moves on to other work.) Since the show premiered in 1963, ten actors have played the part, the latest being David Tennant (photo, left). WILL's viewers will be familiar with him from his star turn as Casanova on Masterpiece Theatre, and "Harry Potter" followers will recognize him as the villainous Barty Crouch, Jr. from the film adaptation of The Goblet of Fire.
And this Sunday at 6:00 pm, his Doctor arrives on WILL-TV, when we present a special episode entitled "The Christmas Invasion" as part of our March fundraiser!
Yes, it's Christmas in March as the newly-regenerated Doctor crashlands in London just as a monstrous alien warship hovers over the capital. The Time Lord and his friends Rose, Mickey and Jackie face robot Santas and a killer Christmas tree on their way to a fateful meeting with the leader of the Sycorax invaders. Penelope Wilton (Calendar Girls) guest stars as recently-elected Prime Minister Harriet Jones, who must make a terrible decision in the face of this interstellar threat.
I hope that you'll tune in this Sunday at 6:00 pm for "The Christmas Invasion," and that you'll show your financial support of WILL-TV's showings of Doctor Who. To my knowledge, we will be the first US public broadcaster to air this episode. Furthermore, we're one of fewer than two dozen public TV stations that have purchased the first series of episodes featuring David Tennant's Doctor, and you'll see them right here on WILL, beginning April 20!
Image: David Tennant as the Doctor, © BBC
This show has become famous very fast. There are so many fans out there, I can’t remember what other series had such a success.
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