Torchwood coming back as a series of radio plays

Torchwood was a show with amazing amounts of potential that no one ever made a sufficient commitment to. For those of you who somehow missed it: Torchwood was a spinoff from Doctor Who aimed at an older audience. If featured John Barrowman (currently on Arrow) as Captain Jack Harkness who let an ultra-secret group to…

Doctor Who needs a show runner with a bit more imagination

Peter Capaldi may be the best pure actor to ever take on the role of Doctor Who. I cannot think of a single film where I couldn’t find a role for him somewhere. He has shown a remarkable ability to take on a wide variety of roles and own them all. Stephen Moffat however is,…

An interview with the stars of BBC’s “Intruders”

Intruders is one of the more intriguing new series this year, not least because it stars John Simm (Doctor Who, Life on Mars). It is based on Michael Marshall Smith’s novel of the same name and tells the story of a secret society devoted to, essentially, keeping people alive by putting them into other, existing…

First full trailer for Doctor Who season 8

I’ve said repeatedly since the announcement was made that I’m thrilled about Peter Capaldi taking over as the Doctor. Matt Smith, who played a 900 year old time lord as a spoiled child, was taxing to watch. Of course Stephen Moffat is still at the helm and his tenure as show runner has not gone…

David Bowie stars in a 1982 BBC production of Bertolt Brecht’s Baal (video)

This part might have been written for David Bowie, if Bertold Brecht was capable of time travel. Baal was written by Brecht in 1918 while he was a 20 year old student at the University of Munich. The musical tells the tales of a genius living a life of hedonism and sometimes crime on the…

If “Doctor Who Had Been American”

By now you’ve probably seen the Buzzfeed post created by Jamie “Friendly Old Bum” Hooper titled What If “Doctor Who” Was American?. He has even done an amazing job of creating portraits for each of his would-be Doctors. If you haven’t seen it, you should have a look before you continue reading. Personally, I think…

Video: Michael Caine’s Master Class on Acting

Few living actors have earned as much across the board respect as Sir Michael Caine, fewer still deserve it as much. Born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in 1933, Caine began his film career in 1956. Nearly 6 decades later he has 160 film and television acting credits to his name including 5 films currently in post…

Watch the Sherlock Mini-Episode ‘Many Happy Returns’

Sherlock is coming back for another (probably final) run. It starts on January 19th, for North American audiences, on PBS but by then it will have already run its course (January 1, 5 and 12) on the BBC. That’s a terrible programming decision, it is almost an invitation to find another, less legitimate, way to watch…

Here is the Trailer for Matt Smith’s Final Doctor Who Episode

It’s going to be strange, as Christmas specials go. The Doctor will be facing all of his greatest enemies on a “graveyard planet” and we know going in that the protagonist is going to die (or regenerate in this case). Sounds a far cry from It’s a Wonderful Life but I suppose it is supposed…