April 18, 2008
Every day, we here at BuddyTV will let you know all the new shows airing that night to help you plan your TV-viewing schedule. In addition, we’ll highlight two episodes we think are worth checking out to help diversify your love of TV.
This is going to be a big sci-fi weekend. Friday night Doctor Who returns for its fourth season premiere and Saturday brings the second season finale of Who spin-off Torchwood. Then on Sunday, celebrate with the craziest family on TV as the Walkers return with brand new episode of Brothers and Sisters.
February 5, 2008
Doctor Who fans will get a double treat this spring: not only is the SCI-FI Channel premiering the fourth season of the long-running sci-fi dramedy, but launching its new spin-off, The Sarah Jane Adventures, as well.
Come April, David Tennant will once again give life to the tenth timelord of Doctor Who, but this time, with a new companion. Comedienne-actress Catherine Tate will reprise her role as Donna Noble, the runaway bride from the previous season's Christmas episode. The doctor's former companion, Martha Jones, played by Freema Agyeman, will return in the middle of the season.
January 26, 2008
Fans of Doctor Who's spin-off series, Torchwood, should tune in tonight, as not only is the second season premiering, it will also feature Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum James Marsters as a guest star.
The second season opener is called “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,” in which Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) returns from a mysterious absence, leaving the team with plenty of questions. However, they prioritize the task at hand, which is the arrival of Jack's old partner, Captain John Hart (Marsters), whose agenda is unclear.
October 5, 2007
Last week's episode of Doctor Who ended with companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) using the Manipulator to teleport to Earth, leaving the Doctor (David Tennant), who was artificially aged 100 years, Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and her family at the hands of the Master (John Simm) and his wife, Lucy (Alexandra Moen) as they gain dominion over Earth.
Tonight, the battle continues in the exciting and action-packed season three finale of Doctor Who. The episode, entitled “The Last of the Time Lords,” will show the Master's supreme rule over the world, while the Doctor is rendered helpless as his prisoner. The entire human race has been turned into slaves as the mighty warship of the new Time Lord Empire rises from the ashes. It is up to Martha to carry out the Doctor's plans and save the world.
September 27, 2007
In July, BBC announced that Catherine Tate, who served as a temporary companion to David Tennant when Billie Piper left Doctor Who, would be returning to the show as a regular come the fourth season. At the time, the 39-year-old actress expressed her delight for having been asked to return, but she now admits that she was actually stunned by the invitation.
"When I was asked to do it, I genuinely couldn't believe they'd asked me,” Tate told the official Doctor Who magazine. “I was having lunch with [executive producer] Julie Gardner and it was the last thing I thought we were going to have a conversation about. She said it, and I nearly ... well, I ... even now, I just can't believe it. I'm speechless."
August 5, 2007
Human/Dalek Hybrids? Get out of town. The Doctor Who two-parter “Evolution of the Daleks” proved that even beings free from time and space sometimes inspires the most ridiculous TV writing. “Evolution of the Daleks” may have been a hoot for Doctor Who newbies, but it was a drag for aficionados.
The Human Dalek Sec is planning a human/dalek hybridization so that Daleks can become bipedal and be freed from their metal shells. Doesn’t fit with what you know about the Dalek mindset? Congrats, you’re not a newbie.
July 20, 2007
Doctor Who returns to familiar ground in tonight's episode “Gridlock.” Martha, still a fickle companion, asks for another trip, this time into Earth's distance future, and the good Doctor is happy to oblige. This is the future earth we saw in roses day, a billion years on with all sorts of evolved intelligent animals.
The Face of Boe returns. In case you don't remember, the face is a fleshy rectangle stretched on a frame with a face in the middle. Handsome creature. The Face senses the Doctor's presence and sends an evolved cat named Novice to track him down. Meanwhile the Doctor and Martha discover mood peddlers selling moods like drugs in the underground city. The Doctor objects and vows to shut them down.
July 17, 2007
Filming for the second season of Torchwood, the spin-off series of Doctor Who, has begun. While the series debuted and aired in BBC Three last year, the upcoming installment will be shown in BBC Two.
The show stars John Barrowman (Titans, Central Park West) as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles (Trainer) as Gwen, Burn Gorman (Funland, Eastenders) as Owen, Naoko Mori (Spooks) as Toshiko and Gareth David-Lloyd (Mine All Mine) as Ianto. The show’s main characters make up a team called the Torchwood Three, a defense unit created by Queen Victoria in order to protect the realm from supernatural and otherworldly beings.