Peter Capaldi is the Doctor

Peter CapaldiIn a live half-hour reality-show-style special broadcast simultaneously around the world, the BBC reveals that actor Peter Capaldi will be the twelfth incarnation of the last Time Lord in Doctor Who. Capaldi has already appeared in the series once (in 2008’s The Fires Of Pompeii) and in the third season of the spinoff series Torchwood. At the age of 55, Capaldi is the oldest actor to play the Doctor since William Hartnell, and represents a significant departure from his youthful predecessor, who is leaving the TARDIS at the age of 30. Capaldi’s first Doctor Who episodes will not be seen until 2014.

Star Trek: Insurrection (expanded soundtrack)

Star Trek: Insurrection (expanded soundtrack)GNP Crescendo records releases an expanded edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the movie Star Trek: Insurrection, remastering and expanding the original 1998 album with additional material, including music not used in the film. Read more

Arrow: City Of Heroes

ArrowThe 24th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chornicles) guest stars in the second season premiere.

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Missing Doctor Who stories recovered

Doctor WhoThe BBC announces that broadcast archive company TIEA has recovered nine missing episodes of Doctor Who, all from the Patrick Troughton era, completing one story of which only one episode was previous held in the BBC archives (The Enemy Of The World) and almost completing another story (The Web Of Fear), which is now missing only the third of its six episodes. All nine episodes have been found in surprisingly good condition in at a regional broadcaster in Nigeria, which had received the episodes from a Hong Kong broadcaster in the early 1970s. All nine episodes are made available for digital download, with remastered DVD releases due in time for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who in November 2013. The find had been the subject of wild speculation on the internet for months.

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Buck Rogers: Season One soundtrack

Buck Rogers: Season OneIntrada releases a 3-CD set of original episode scores from the first season of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, featuring music by series theme composer Stu Phillips, among others. This marks the first release for any soundtrack material from the show beyond the series pilot (already re-released by Intrada). Read more

Doctor Who: The Light At The End

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the Doctor Who audio drama The Light At The End, celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who and featuring all of the surviving classic series Doctors and many of their companions. Read more

Arrow: Broken Dolls

ArrowThe 26th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Michael Eklund (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Wynonna Earp) guest stars.

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Arrow: League Of Assassins

ArrowThe 28th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Dylan Neal (Babylon 5: The Legend Of The Rangers) guest star.

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Doctor Who: Night Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe BBC debuts the Doctor Who minisode Night Of The Doctor on the internet, reintroducing Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor in his first on-screen appearance since the 1996 TV movie and depicting his apparent regeneration into a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor, as played by John Hurt. The minisode debuts on McGann’s birthday, but was originally intended to premiere much closer to the 50th anniversary special, Day Of The Doctor, until it became apparent that word of McGann’s secretive return to Doctor Who was about to be leaked. Read more

An Adventure In Space And Time

Doctor WhoBBC2 broadcasts the movie An Adventure In Space And Time, starring David Bradley, Brian Cox and Jessica Raine, chronicling the genesis and the early years of Doctor Who (and celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary). Numerous past stars of the series make cameo appearances in other roles. The movie is written by Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss, who had originally proposed the project a decade earlier. Read more

Doctor Who: The Day Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 801st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 103rd episode since the series’ revival). This is the show’s 50th anniversary special, starring Matt Smith, David Tennant, and John Hurt, with past Doctors putting in appearances via archive footage; Tennant’s co-star Billie Piper also appears, though not as Rose Tyler. This is the first episode since 1976 to feature the shape-shifting Zygons, and it adds a major plot twist to the Time War. Read more

Arrow: The Scientist

ArrowThe 31st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Grant Gustin guest star in an episode intended to launch another DC character into a spinoff series, The Flash.

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Arrow: Three Ghosts

ArrowThe 32nd episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Grant Gustin (The Flash) guest star.

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Doctor Who: The Trial Of The Valeyard

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases a bonus Doctor Who audio drama starring Colin Baker. (This title was initially exclusive to Big Finish’s subscription program, as an incentive for those whose subscriptions included Afterlife.) Read more

Doctor Who: The Time Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 802nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 104th episode since the series’ revival). This Christmas-themed episode sees the exit of Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor (revealed during the story to actually be the thirteenth and final Doctor), but bends the long-standing mythos surrounding regeneration in time to introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. The production staff behind the scenes will remain largely intact for the transition into the Capaldi era. Read more