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Doctor Who Series 6 Delayed In North America

Chris — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:06:05 +0000

It has been learned that due to the American Memorial Day holiday, BBC America will be delaying the broadcast of Doctor Who. Series 6 will get a gap between episode 5, The Rebel Flesh, and episode 6, The Almost People because of the long weekend. The Rebel Flesh will go out as expected this weekend, May 21, but The Almost People will not be seen until June 4.

As partial compensation for the delay, BBC America will be showing a Doctor Who marathon on May 28 featuring the entire run of Series 5 and all of Series 6 to that point, including an encore presentation of The Rebel Flesh, but skipping over A Christmas Carol.

Unfortunately, SPACE has to follow BBC America’s lead and will also be preempting The Almost People on May 28, though instead of showing any Doctor Who at the usual 8:00 PM EDT time slot, SPACE is showing the Will Smith movie I, Robot.

This development is disappointing, especially since both BBC America and SPACE fought so hard to get day and date transmissions of Doctor Who with the UK. Nothing is yet known how or if this may impact the latter half of the series to be broadcast this fall.

Doctor Who Series 6 Premieres April 23 on SPACE

Chris — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:31:35 +0000

SPACE, Canada’s home of Doctor Who, today announced they will be bringing Series 6 to Canadian screens day and date with the BBC and BBC America. Beginning at 8:00 PM EDT on Saturday, April 23, fans in the Great White North can learn the secrets of The Impossible Astronaut in part one of the series-opening two-parter – yes, an hour ahead of BBC America!

Being able to launch the series across parts of the world on the same day is indeed a wonderful thing, and we couldn’t be happier that SPACE is able to bring the new Doctor Who series to Canadians with minimal delay. Kudos to the team for giving Canadian Doctor Who fans what they wanted the most!

Check out SPACE’s announcement about it here!

SPACE To Air Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol on December 26

Steven — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:55:37 +0000

SPACE, the home of Doctor Who in Canada, has announced that Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol will air on Sunday, December 26 at 9pm ET – one day after the BBC will air it in the UK and the American premiere of the 2010 Christmas Special on BBC America. While not matching the day-and-date airing of BBC America, the one day delay is the quickest turnaround of a Canadian broadcast since The End of Time, Part Two aired on January 2, 2010, a day after it aired in the UK. Listen to the upcoming Radio Free Skaro episode #226 this weekend to hear The Three Who Rule’s take on this news.

InnerSPACE LIVE: Doctor Who – The Big Bang

Steven — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:00:01 +0000

Tonight, Saturday, July 24, at 9:00pm ET, will see the North American premiere of the Series 5 finale of Doctor Who, “The Big Bang”, in both the US (on BBC America) and Canada (on SPACE). Immediately after the broadcast in Canada, SPACE will be airing a special live version of InnerSPACE featuring various guests and panelists. There will also be a live web chat featuring several Who experts, including the three hosts from Radio Free Skaro!

The live chat starts at 8:45pm ET. Clicking here will take you to the SPACE website. Join the fun, and let’s all hope the Doctor Who finale is a roaring success on North American TV screens!

Doctor Who Wins Canadian Ratings Race

Chris — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:02:43 +0000

SPACE has announced that Doctor Who won the Canadian TV ratings race with its broadcast of Amy’s Choice this past Saturday. Congratulations SPACE!

The full release follows or can be found at spacecast.com.

DOCTOR WHO’s Epic Win in Ratings
Pix Princss | 6/8/2010 12:09:22 PM

You were watching Doctor Who last weekend weren’t you? Because this past Saturday, more viewers prescribed to DOCTOR WHO than any other program in its time slot on Canadian television. Nearly 400,000 viewers clocked in at 9 p.m. ET for SPACE’s signature series, beating out competing Canadian conventional and specialty networks. W00t!

This is a big, awesome deal for us – we are thrilled that so many of you are loving the new Doctor. In the upcoming episode of DOCTOR WHO, “The Hungry Earth” it’s 2020 and the most ambitious drilling project in history has reached deeper beneath the Earth’s crust than man has ever gone before – but now the ground itself is fighting back. The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a tiny mining village and find themselves plunged into a battle against a deadly danger from a bygone age. Episode 8 premieres Saturday, June 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

We like to engage in Timelord Talk in the SPACE offices, and as you might know, Teddy and Ajay have a theory about The Crack that has been following Amy and The Doctor around space and time. They theorize that The Doctor created a crack by going back into his own timeline, thus creating two doctors in the timeline. What do you think of this theory?

With only six episodes of DOCTOR WHO remaining, fans can celebrate the season finale of this critical and ratings hit with an INNERSPACE live-to-air special Saturday, July 24 at 10 p.m. ET. From SPACE headquarters at 299 Queen St. W in Toronto, hosts Ajay Fry and Teddy Wilson cap off the season finale in front of a live studio audience. More details about this live-to-air special are to be announced, including guest panelists and live web chats.

Doctor Who Series 1-4 on SPACE

Chris — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:36:16 +0000

SPACE, Canada’s home of Doctor Who, has announced broadcast information for Series 1-4. Beginning Monday, May 31, SPACE subscribers can catch up with past series of NuWho. Episodes will air every Monday through Thursday at 8:00PM Eastern Time with repeats at Midnight.

Steven Moffat at the SPACE Series 5 Premiere

Chris — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:52:14 +0000

Steven Moffat appeared at the SPACE Series 5 premiere live via Skype, and the segment has finally aired. We present it to you here for your enjoyment:

SPACE Hosting Live Chat For Doctor Who Premiere

Steven — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:27:45 +0000

Tonight, Saturday, April 17, at 9:00pm ET is the premiere for The Eleventh Hour in both the US (on BBC America) and Canada (on SPACE). To celebrate the event, SPACE is hosting a live chat featuring several guests including InnerSPACE host Natasha Eloi, Doctor Who comic artist Pia Guerra, and our very own Warren Frey!

The live chat starts at 8:30pm ET. Clicking here will take you to the SPACE website. Join the fun!

SPACE Premieres New Series of Doctor Who on April 17

Steven — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:16:02 +0000

Our friends at SPACE were kind enough to provide us with the following press release:

Millions of fans have been “patiently” waiting for the arrival of the new Doctor. Today, SPACE announces the wait is over as the Eleventh Doctor takes up his residency with a new series of DOCTOR WHO starting Saturday, April 17 at 9 pm ET, exclusively on SPACE. In this 13-part season, a whole new chapter of the iconic DOCTOR WHO franchise unfolds. Actor Matt Smith takes on the coveted role as the Eleventh Time Lord, embarking on new adventures with a new partner, the enigmatic Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).

As one of SPACE’s highest rated series nearly one million P2+ viewers tuned into all or part of Doctor Who: End of Time Part 1 & 2 on Jan. 2* DOCTOR WHO continues its tradition of rebooting with new lead actors and creative team. Matt Smith debuts as the new, eleventh incarnation of the famous Time Lord alongside a new travelling companion, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan).

Award-winning writer Steven Moffat, creator of some of the most frightening and award-winning DOCTOR WHO episodes to date, takes over as lead writer and executive producer. Writers for the new series include Richard Curtis (The Boat that Rocked, Love Actually), Chris Chibnall (Law & Order UK, Torchwood), Toby Whithouse (Being Human, Torchwood), Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) and Simon Nye (Men Behaving Badly, Hardware).

SPACE is Canada’s national science fiction, speculation and fantasy channel. Offering the finest in genre programming, viewers need not look further for their fix of the paranormal, edgy, scary, creepy and fun! SPACE is the station for all those who dare to challenge their imagination. SPACE is owned by CTV Limited, a division of CTVglobemedia, Canada’s premier multi-media company. Visit the SPACE website at www.spacecast.com.

*Source: BBM, Canada, P2+

The End of Time Comes to SPACE on January 2

Steven — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:26:59 +0000

As previously reported by Radio Free Skaro (smug, smug), SPACE has announced their broadcast plans for The End of Time, Parts One and Two, as well as plans for a 45-minute behind the scenes special episode of InnerSPACE. From the official SPACE press release:

Premiering January 2, Exclusively on SPACE: After five years of hair-raising adventures – eyebrow hair to be exact – one of the most popular Doctors since Tom Baker is giving up the Tardis. Premiering January 2, DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME, PART ONE and DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME, PART TWO delivers more explosions than New Year’s fireworks. Exclusive to SPACE, the final chapter of David Tennant’s tenure as the Tenth Doctor unfolds in a Clash-of-the-Titans-esque two-part special with PART ONE airing at 8 p.m. ET, followed immediately by PART TWO at 9:20 p.m. ET.

SPACE is turbo-charging the Tardis with the DOCTOR WHO MARATHON at 4 p.m. ET, with re-airings of THE NEXT DOCTOR, PLANET THE DEAD and THE WATERS OF MARS.

On December 18, InnerSPACE dedicates their year-end episode to DOCTOR WHO. Starting at a special time of 10:15 p.m. ET, Ajay and Teddy conduct an in-depth analysis of the final four specials including a rare interview with lead writer and executive producer, Russell T Davies.

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