tv buzz

I know, I know, I know! I’ve been hearing this from all angles today: Steven Moffat is taking over the helm of Doctor Who from Russell Davies for Season 5, which will air in Spring 2010. Very cool news indeed, as the official BBC Doctor Who site notes: Moffat has penned some of the series’ … more…

I’m not sure that “a pint of Adipose beer” has quite the ring to it that a beer drinker is looking for, but I bet that’s not stopping anyone. Though I suspect the Martha Jones and the Astrid brews are more popular. Do you think Falstaff Brewery in Derby, England, serves Tennant’s lager, too? It’s … more…

I’ll get around to geeking out over this episode in detail in due course (I’m up to “The Sontaran Stratagem,” which is here), but since we’re going to be Doctor Who-less for two weeks in both America and England — next weekend is a holiday on both sides of the pond, and apparently it’s one … more…

Lots of spoilers! Assumes you’ve seen the episode!

They’re terrible. Ditto the coming attractions at the end of each episode. They don’t capture a real sense of the story — especially when compared to the British previews on the end of each episode, which are pretty much uniformly brilliant. And Sci Fi promos are often misleading. Or simply flat-out wrong, like the one … more…

Ugh: NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike. The new David E. Kelley-produced drama, “Life on Mars,” is about a police detective transported back to 1973. ABC gave it … more…

Up here, at Amy Vernon’s Remote Access. Maybe someone else knows what’s up with Starbuck… (Technorati tags: Battlestar Galactica)

Lots of spoilers! Assumes you’ve seen the episode!