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SPACE Fulfills Sci-Fi Junkies Wet Dreams with Exclusive Canadian Premiere of DOCTOR WHO: THE WATERS OF MARS, December 19

Toronto, ON (November 9, 2009) – The Doctor is in, and the countdown is on! David Tennant’s final four adventures as the Tenth Time Lord unfold exclusively on SPACE. The second of four high-octane specials, Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars premieres Saturday, December 19 at 9 p.m. ET. To kick-start the event, 24 hours prior, SPACE is re-airing DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD. SPACE fans laid claim to the esteemed DOCTOR WHO franchise when this first installment reached nearly half a million viewers earlier in the year.* Cited as the most successful and longest running sci-fi series in the world, the latest DOCTOR WHO specials are also available on-demand at www.spacecast.com.

Read the rest of this press release at www.spacecast.com.

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The BBC today released a second, shorter trailer for The Waters of Mars. New footage appears and as always spoiler warnings do apply for those phobics in the crowd. That being said, Mars awaits!

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DoctorWho_DalekWarThe next batch of North American DVDs has been announced, and March 2, 2010 will see the releases of the Special Edition of Remembrance of the Daleks alongside the much-anticipated Dalek War box set containing the Jon Pertwee stories Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks. Both of these titles have already been released in the UK, and of course Planet of the Daleks features the much-anticipated recolourized version of Episode 3 while the Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition is the version previously found in the UK-only Davros box set from a couple years back. Suggested retail price for Remembrance of the Daleks will be $24.98 while the Dalek War box set will set you back $59.98 at SRP.

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rfs167promoWe’re pleased as punch at Radio Free Skaro to tell you about an upcoming interview with The Waters of Mars co-writer Phil Ford. In the interview, which will feature in Episode 167 (to be released this weekend), Phil talks at great length about the upcoming The Waters of Mars, as well as discussing his role as head writer of The Sarah Jane Adventures and writing the upcoming animated serial Dreamland.

Have a listen to the promo, and be sure to catch Radio Free Skaro #167 this weekend!

- BBC…Shownar!
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Doctor Who is a British institution, and despite his alien origins, the Doctor is as British a character as any in the canon of English literature. Despite (or perhaps because of) the program’s essential Britishness, Doctor Who has been a runaway international success since two schoolteachers stumbled into a impossibly huge police box in 1963.

Read the rest of the post at SPACEcast.com.

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Oooooooh! Have a look at the new trailer for “The Waters of Mars” that aired on BBC One on November 4… and indeed, spoiler warnings apply!

On November-3-2009 0 Comments

The Guardian website has posted a video featuring three (roughly) one minute-long clips from the upcoming gap year special The Waters of Mars, including previously unseen footage. Obviously spoiler tags apply in this situation, but for those who want to delve forward and partake in the goodness before November 15th, here’s your chance!

And don’t forget to catch a Waters of Mars-centric episode #167 of Radio Free Skaro, coming this weekend!

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Radio Free Skaro #166 – Click here to listen

rfs166Warren is finally back from Japan and China so the Three Who Rule were once again united. Doctor Who spinoffs were the order of the day as The Sarah Jane Adventures featured the first signs of The Doctor since Easter and K9 got a preview on British TV but everything is trumped by the announcement of The Waters of Mars’ release date. The drought is soon over and we have but two weeks to wait for the gap year to wind down. Peter Moffatt is looked at in the miniscope, Dreamland will be getting a preview in short order and surprise surprise there’s DVD news and more all in this episode where we actually keep to time!
Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff!
- More Guests added for…Gallifrey!
- The Two Minute Time Lord…at Hurricane Who!
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The Waters of Mars coming…November 15!
- BBC America airs The Waters of Mars on…December 19!
- David Tennant on…The Graham Norton Show!
- Lizo says…Doctor Who preview at Children in Need!
- Benjamin Cook talks to…Benjamin Cook!
- The Wedding…of Sarah Jane Smith!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…Episode 5 Ratings!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…Episode 6 Ratings!
- Sarah Jane Adventures…Appreciated!
- K9…Episode One!
- Dreamland…preview clip!
- Gareth Roberts writing…two episodes?
- Gap Year Specials…on DVD/Blu-Ray!
- The Space Museum/The Chase…coming soon to DVD!
- The Sixth Doctor and Jamie…reunited!

Miniscope Links (Peter Moffatt):
- State…of Decay!
- The…Visitation!
- Mawdryn…Undead!
- The Five…Doctors!
- The Twin…Dilemma!
- The Two…Doctors!
- Peter Moffatt Interview from…1987!
- BBC…Shownar!

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