SDCC 16 Exclusive Doctor Who “Bomb Pop Dalek” T-Shirt

Once again the BBC will be setting up shop at San Diego Comic-Con and bringing with them some awesome exclusive t-shirts based on their hit television shows. The Blot is super excited about this summer themed San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Exclusive Doctor Who t-shirt featuring a Bomb Pop colored Dalek! Looks pretty delicious, right? This fun colorful t-shirt can be purchased at the BBC Shop SDCC booth #4129 for just $25.

SDCC 15 Exclusive Doctor Who “Companions” T-Shirt

The BBC will be at San Diego Comic-Con 2015 and they’re bringing with them a huge crop of official Doctor Who exclusives! To commemorate Comic-Con 2015, the BBC Store is releasing this fun Doctor Who “Companions” t-shirt, which pays tribute to all of the Doctor’s modern era Companions. Who’s your favorite, Captain Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Wilfred Mott, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song or Clara Oswald? DW fans can purchase this San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive Doctor Who tee at the BBC Store SDCC booth.

Doctor Who Season 6, Part II One Sheet Television Poster

The Blot’s been meaning to post this sweet looking one sheet television poster for Doctor Who Season 6, Part II for weeks, and if it didn’t happen today it was never going to happen at all. Why? Because this Saturday, August 27th, Doctor Who returns with all new episodes and The Blot can’t wait!!! I have to admit, I was not the biggest fan of Matt Smith’s Doctor at first. Season 5 didn’t really do it for me, and I waited a very long time to finally sit down and watch Season 6, Part I. But when I did just a few weeks ago, wow! It was truly excellent.

I think the show’s new creative team just needed a warm up season, because those first seven episodes were just nuts! I think it also helped that Alex Kingston’s River Song played such a significant role in Season 6. The Blot’s loved her ever since her days on ER as Dr. Elizabeth Corday and she's been fantastic as the mysterious River. I highly recommend tuning in to BBC America tomorrow night for the US premier of the Doctor Who episode "Let's Kill Hitler" (and every Saturday night thereafter) at 9/8c for a great sci-fi adventure!

Torchwood: Children of Earth Premieres Tonight

The Blot is unbelievably excited for the North American premiere of Torchwood Season Three tonight on BBC America! Torchwood: Children of Earth (a.k.a. Torchwood Season 3) is a five night miniseries event that starts tonight, Monday, July 20th and continues with a new episode every night for the rest of this week. Torchwood has consistently been one of my favorite shows since it debuted in 2006, and it has taken a lot of willpower to not read any spoilers or reviews of Children of Earth since it aired the week of July 6th in Great Britain.


I have no idea why the BBC decided to shrink such a popular show’s season down to just five episodes, but I am glad to know the show continues to bring in huge ratings and has graduated over the years from BBC Three to BBC Two and now airs on the more prominent BBC One channel. If you’ve never watched Torchwood before I highly recommend renting the DVD box sets, especially if you’re a fan of Doctor Who (the show Torchwood spun-off from).


Torchwood: Children of Earth airs every night this week (July 20-24) on BBC America at 9/8c. Each episode of this five part mini-series is an hour and fifteen minutes long and is then followed by a 15 minute “Behind the Scenes” show that looks at the making of each episode, so be sure to set your DVRs accordingly!

Doctor Who - The 11th Doctor Is Finally Cast

When a show has been on the air off and on since 1963 you have to expect a lot of turnover in key roles. Therefore it should come as no surprise that Doctor Who, one of the BBC’s most popular television shows, is already on its third Doctor since the show was restarted in 2005. It’s been rumored for a while now that David Tennant, the current and arguably one of the most popular Doctors to date, would be leaving the show after his third season as the tenth Doctor. When news finally hit that Tennant would film four final Doctor Who specials (instead of an official fifth season) to air throughout 2009 and part of 2010, the internet went crazy speculating who would fill the role of the Tartis flying Doctor.

And now we know…British Actor Matt Smith was officially announced as the eleventh incarnation of the popular space and time traveling Doctor last week. At age 26 he will be the youngest actor to ever play the Doctor and his casting in the role has led a full spectrum of emotions from rabid fans of the Doctor Who franchise. Since I prefer Christopher Eccleston’s ninth Doctor to Tennant’s tenth, Tennant’s departure is not as impactful to me as it has been to many fans. Therefore, I am reserving all opinions on Smith’s casting until I see him on TV with a sonic screwdriver in his hand.


In the U.S. you can watch new episodes of Doctor Who on the Sci-Fi Channel and repeats on BBC America.

Chuck Returns This Thursday

For all of you Chuck-fanatics out there, or just the average television audience dying for some new, entertaining scripted television, NBC has just the thing for you this Thursday, January 23rd. The peacock channel will be airing two brand new episodes of Chuck to lift you out of your reality TV doldrums. Unfortunately, the airing of these two episodes also marks the end of Chuck’s freshman season since no other episodes were produced before the start of the WGA strike.

For some reason the two episodes aren’t being run back to back though. That means set your DVRs so we’re not all subjected to watching an episode of Celebrity Apprentice. The first new episode of Chuck airs at 8/7 Central, then a one hour Apprentice: Celebrity Edition, and then the second episode of Chuck comes on at 10/9 Central. I know the second episode has a pretty substantial secondary story centering around Chuck’s sister’s boyfriend Devon (a.k.a. Captain Awesome), so I’m especially excited for that episode. After that it’s anybody’s guess whether or not new episodes will be produced for any scripted shows this year or if we’ll all have to wait until the start of next season to see what’s in store for Chuck, Casey, Sarah and the Buy More crew.


Also, don’t forget that this Saturday, January 26th marks the Season 2 premier of Torchwood on BBC America at 9/8 Central. The new season kicks off with a bang with special guest star James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Spike).

Capt. Jack and Torchwood Resurface this January

The new season of Torchwood (its second season) has been given a start date by BBC America: Saturday, January 26th at 9/8 central! Unfortunately, Torchwood is probably the best show you've never heard of.


Now I will warn you the show is both Sci-fi and British (it's a spin-off of the long running, extremely popular British show Dr. Who), so if those two things aren't your cup of tea Torchwood might not be for you. But unlike your standard variety science fiction show, Torchwood is very hip and mystery oriented. The American show Torchwood draws the greatest comparison to is The X-Files and I think that's pretty accurate. But I will say I never got into The X-Files and I love Torchwood.

I recommend searching your cable box for BBC America (its usually a pretty high number) and try catching the show in reruns. If you like it, Season 1 has just been released on DVD so you still have plenty of time to catch up with Captain Jack Harkness and the Torchwood crew's adventures before the start of Season 2. Plus, for all you Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans out there, James Marsters will be guest staring on Torchwood this season. If you'd like a sneak peek of the upcoming season, and for a brief Marsters cameo, check out the Torchwood Season 2 trailer below: