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Sweetness. Here's a preview clip from YouTube.

In other news, good episode of Sarah Jane last night. Looking forward to the next part tonight. As a little primer for those of you that don't watch Sarah Jane but are just going to watch this story for the Doctor:

Luke-Sarah Jane's son. A genetically perfect human created by aliens.

Maria-Ally who got put on a bus with her father and now live in the states.

Mr. Smith-Alien super-computer.

The Trickster-Powerful, time-warping being. Apparently the thing on Donna Noble's back was affiliated with him. Wouldn't be suprised if the Weeping Angels were also.

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And David Tennant has just done an interview on morning TV where he announced the airdate for the next special "Waters of Mars". It'll be shown on Sunday November 15th at 7pm (gmt obviously). Which if my quick calculations are right is the release date for Bigger on the Inside 26

YAY!

And yes, that's when episode 26 will air, so we won't have a chance to talk about it until episode 27.

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The press release:

October 30, 2009 -The BBC today announced the imminent arrival of the final Doctor Who episodes starring David Tennant as the Doctor. Television's longest running science fiction series, shot in HD, has just three episodes to go before a new Doctor arrives on screen next year.

The next special, Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars airs on BBC AMERICA, Saturday December 19, 9:00pm ET/PT. It stars Tennant and British stage and screen actress Lindsay Duncan (Rome, Langford) as Adelaide, his cleverest and most strong-minded companion.

All will be revealed as the Doctor and his companion Adelaide face terror on the Red Planet in one of the scariest adventures yet. Peter O'Brien (Casualty, Neighbours) guest stars as Ed, Adelaide's second-in-command at the base.

The Waters of Mars is written by Russell T Davies (Torchwood, Queer as Folk) and Phil Ford and directed by Graeme Harper. The executive producers are Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner (Torchwood, Life on Mars).

The remaining episodes, starring Tennant, will air over the holiday season as a two-part special. Airdates will be released in early December. Tennant shot a total of four specials before exiting the role - Planet of the Dead was the first one to air, last July, on BBC AMERICA.

The BBC will release The Waters of Mars and the two-part finale on DVD and Blu-ray, Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead is already available on DVD and Blu-ray. Releasing on February 2 are:

* Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars - DVD SRP: $14.98/BD SRP: $19.89

* Two-part special (2-disc release) - DVD SRP: $24.98 / BD SRP: $29.99

* Doctor Who: Specials Collection (5-disc release) - DVD SRP: $49.98 / BD SRP: $59.99 - contains The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Waters of Mars and the two-part finale

The iconic sci-fi series originally aired on the BBC from '63 - '89 and ran on over 400 PBS stations in the '80s. This slick re-imagination of Doctor Who, created by Russell T Davies puts a fresh spin on the adventures of the iconic Time Lord and his feisty companions - who travel across the universe to protect Earth from dangerous aliens and terrifying monsters.

Doctor Who has received 67 awards in total - two BAFTAs, including Best Drama Series in '06, three Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation: Short Form in '06, '07 and '08 as well as the Saturn Award for Best International Series in '08. Doctor Who has two hit spin-off series - Torchwood, which gets its name from an anagram of Doctor Who, and one for children, The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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Glad I've been holding out on buying any of the specials so far. Now I just need a price drop on the older seasons or them to at least be on sale for the holidays.

Same. I didn't enjoy the specials enough so far to get the singles, and this works out better for me then.

Also, your best bet is new year sales, as just before christmas, I see the prices going up before they go down, because of christmas and the Tennant finale.

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Next week is the episode of Sarah Jane with The Doctor if anyone is interested. The show has been pretty good so far this season, definitely an improvement over Series 2.

I watched this (thanks, Internet Fairy!) over the weekend. It was cute enough, I guess, but nothing I'll go out of my way to watch again.

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Welcome to the forums, Shaun!

My guess is that Moffat's writing so many to set the tone for his run, then he'll pull back for his second season and so on. Davies did the same thing. During his first season he wrote eight of the episodes, but only five each (plus the specials) in the following three seasons. I think Moffat will be okay.

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When I signed onto MSN a few minutes ago, the Microsoft banner proclaimed it was showing an episode from the Hartnell era on its player. I clicked on the link to find that the episode was........The Web Planet.

I've also been told what an anagram of The Waters of Mars is:

Wars of The Master

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David Tennant is to make his US television debut when he plays the title character in a hour long pilot for NBC called Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.

Tennant plays Rex Alexander, a top Chicago lawyer who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.

Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson the pilot is directed by David Semel, who directed the pilots for "Heroes" and "Life". The project has been in development for two years with casting for the lead actor taking place over several months until Tennant clinched the role in August.

Tennant will hope to follow the success of another established British TV actor with virtually no American TV experience, Hugh Laurie, as the lead on Fox's medical drama "House."

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