This April, SPACE welcomes the new Doctor to the network with two weeks of exclusive DOCTOR WHO programming leading up to the premiere of the all-new series. More chic than geek, the new, 13-part, DOCTOR WHO series features new storylines, new villains, a new partner and Matt Smith as the hip and stylish young Doctor. Definitely not your dad’s DOCTOR WHO, the new series begins its exclusive run on SPACE beginning Saturday, April 17 at 9 p.m. ET. Viewers wishing to reexamine the new Doctor can view each new episode for seven days after broadcast at spacecast.com.
On Saturday, April 17, during the premiere, fans can log on to spacecast.com for an hour long live blog by four yet to be named DOCTOR WHO panelists beginning at 9 p.m. ET. The online discussion is lead by InnerSPACE’s Natasha Eloi.
SPACE fans demand the most highly anticipated, critically acclaimed genre programming, and SPACE delivers. Last year ,SPACE viewers laid claim to the DOCTOR WHO franchise when the first David Tennant special, DOCTOR WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR, reached nearly 400,000 viewers.* In January 2010, DOCTOR WHO viewership more than doubled as nearly one million Canadians tuned in to all or some of Part 1 or Part 2 of Doctor Who: The End of Time.**
In the premiere episode of the new DOCTOR WHO series, “The Eleventh Hour,” the Doctor takes companion Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) to the distant future, where she finds Britain floating in space. Starship UK houses the future of the British people, as they search the stars for a new home. But as Amy explores the ship she encounters the terrifying Smilers and learns a deadly truth inside the Voting Booth.
Since its re-incarnation in 2005, DOCTOR WHO has received recognition from critics and the public as one of the finest British television programs. Accolades include the BAFTA Award for Best Drama Series in 2006, and five consecutive wins at the National Television Awards since 2005, in the Drama category.
Viewers wanting to refuel on the previous incarnation of DOCTOR WHO can tune into SPACE on April 3 and 10 at 9 pm ET for encore broadcasts of the final four David Tennant specials; DR.WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR, DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD, DOCTOR WHO: WATERS OF MARS and DR.WHO: THE END OF TIME. Starting on April 13 SPACE’s flagship genre entertainment news show, InnerSPACE airs daily DOCTOR WHO features. A complete list of DOCTOR WHO programming on SPACE is below:
Saturday, April 3
9 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO: THE NEXT DOCTOR
10:25 ET – DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD
11:40 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO: WATERS OF MARS
Saturday, April 10
9 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO: THE END OF TIME, PART 1
10:15 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO: END OF TIME, PART 2
April 13 – 16
11 pm ET – InnerSPACE counts down to the April 17 premiere with daily DOCTOR WHO segments including sneak previews, exclusive interviews, contests, and time travel banter.
April 17
8 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO: WHO IS THE DOCTOR?
9 pm ET – DOCTOR WHO Series premiere
