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Doctor Who returns to the U.S. on BBC America on April 17th at 9pm ET, featuring new Doctor Matt Smith and his new companion, Amy Pond (Karen Gillan). To celebrate, BBC America is going to air an extended version of the episode with limited commercial interruption. Can’t wait? Well you can catch the trailer again below, and you can also follow news on the official BBC America Facebook and Twitter pages, or the official BBC America Doctor Who web page.

Updated: The new trailer is show below now…the link originally sent was for the old one.

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The new Doctor will make his U.S. debut on April 17th on BBC America, as Doctor Who hits the airwaves again, not long after it does in the U.K. (anyone have an exact date on that?). The first two episodes, “The Eleventh Hour” and “The Beast Below”, were written by new exec runner Steven Moffat (who previously wrote some of the best at creepiest episodes) and the third is “Victory of the Daleks”, which as you might think features some Daleks, written by Mark Gatiss. See below for the full press release, and also check out the trailer – you’ll see some familiar enemies (including the weeping angels from “Blink”), but it ends with an interesting reptilian skull – a foreshadow of a major enemy?

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Interested in a more unusual piece of Doctor Who history? How about the EMS VCS3 synthesizer used by John Baker at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to update the Doctor Who theme song in the 70s? You can find it on eBay, with the current high bid of £3,877.00 (about $6000 right now).

Doctor Who: The Complete Specials comes out on [sfs=991]Blu-ray[/sfs] and [sfs=992]DVD[/sfs] this Tuesday (along with the individual specials “The Waters Of Mars” – [sfs=987]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=988]DVD[/sfs] and “The End Of Time” – [sfs=989]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=990]DVD[/sfs] – the others were previously released and can be found in the Doctor Who section of our store). We’ve already seen the DVD release, so catch a review both of the specials and the DVDs. WARNING – it would be impossible to talk about the features and stories without possibly spoiling some of the surprises, so do not read what’s below if you haven’t seen them, haven’t read anything, and still hope to be surprised. Know only that you want these DVDs.

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Just a programming reminder that David Tennant’s final episode as the Doctor, The End Of Time, Part 2, airs in the U.S. at 8:30pm ET tonight on BBC America. Find out just what is coming back, and may rip time itself apart…

Just a reminder for those of us in the U.S., Doctor Who: The End Of Time, Part 1 airs on BBC America tonight (12/26) at 9pm ET. And expect a big twist at the end – The Master isn’t the only one returning…Part 2 will air one week later, at 8:30pm ET on January 2nd.

They won’t be out in time for the holidays, but next up for classic Doctor Who DVDs are [sfs=985]”The Keys Of Marinus”[/sfs] (William Hartnell) and [sfs=984]”The Twin Dilemma”[/sfs] (Colin Baker’s debut) on January 5th, and [sfs=986]”Frontier In Space/Planet Of The Daleks”[/sfs] double feature (Jon Pertwee) and a new release of [sfs=138]”Rememberance Of The Daleks”[/sfs] (Sylvester McCoy) on March 2nd. On the new Doctor side, “The Waters Of Mars” ([sfs=987]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=988]DVD[/sfs]), “The End Of Time Parts 1 and 2” ([sfs=989]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=990]DVD[/sfs]) and sets of all 4 special episodes ([sfs=991]Blu-ray[/sfs]/[sfs=992]DVD[/sfs]) are available February 2nd, all available for pre-order. And if you are still looking for presents for you Whovian, the following were recently released: [sfs=983]The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete Second Season[/sfs], [sfs=982]”The War Games”[/sfs] (Patrick Troughton’s last episode), and [sfs=981]The Black Guardian Trilogy[/sfs] (Mawdryn Undead/Terminus/Enlightenment) (Peter Davison), which are all available now.

Next Tuesday, July 28th, sees the release on DVD of a whole lot of things people I’m sure are waiting for – so please use our links and buy!!! Surprisingly, Torchwood: Children Of Earth, hot off of airing in the U.S., is out on Blu-ray and DVD (review coming soon). Also, Torchwood: Season 2 on Blu-ray;
Doctor Who: Planet Of The Dead (Blu-ray/DVD);
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 (Blu-ray/DVD) and the complete series (Blu-ray/DVD); and Dollhouse: Season 1 (Blu-ray/DVD). In addition, pre-orders are now open for the reboot of Star Trek to be release on November 17th on both Blu-ray and DVD.

I’ve added some stuff to the Sci-Fi TV Store: The last of Battlestar Galactica (for now) is out with Season 4.5 (in DVD and Blu-ray), along with the Complete Series (DVD/Blu-ray), all released on July 28th (note: at this time Amazon has not updated to give the release date, but that is the date announced); Classic Doctor Who fans will find “The Rescue/The Romans” and “Attack Of The Cybermen” on July 7th and “The Deadly Assassin” and “Image of the Fendahl” on September 1st; and if you are already thinking about holiday presents for your Lost fan, Season 5 is out on December 8th on DVD and Blu-ray.

I’ve done some housekeeping and updates to the Sci-Fi Storm Stores. Check out the stores for anything you need to fill out your collections – and in some cases, getting the new all-inclusive sets might be cheaper than getting a few of the individual items. Some new updates: The next classic episodes of Doctor Who come out May 5th and are The E-Space Trilogy (Full Circle/State of Decay/Warriors’ Gate) and “Battlefield” (and a reminder that the Key To Time episodes are out March 3rd); Season 1 of Earth: Final Conflict is finally being released, years after seasons 3-5; The DVD packs of the Star Trek have been replaced by the Remastered editions, and there is a new Complete Movie Collection that is quite reasonably priced; and the Stargate SG-1 DVD releases of The Ark Of Truth and Continuum get a combined Blu-Ray disc along with a DVD set March 3rd. And a reminder – buying ANYTHING from Amazon.com after following our links helps keep us here.