Green Wing

The man (or woman) who will take over the Tardis and the sonic screwdriver for "Doctor Who" will be revealed by BBC on Saturday. That's the word coming from Sci-Fi Pulse who is hinting that BBC will announce David Tennant's replacement as Paterson Joseph, according to its sources. That was a name first dropped by SciFi Wire in October, and has grown legs ever since. Joseph played Rodrick, the rather annoying future "Weakest Link" contestant in the first season "Doctor Who" episodes "Bad Wolf" and "Parting of the Ways." Most of his work has been in British series that are mostly unfamiliar to American audiences such as "Green Wing" and "Survivors." BBC says it will reveal the identity of the new Doctor during its broadcast of "Doctor Who Confidential" Saturday at 17:35 local ...

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Ah, it’s good to have friends who care.  My thanks to Colin Geddes - who shares a good deal of my obsession for certain British comedies - for passing along the trailer for Beyond The Pole, an upcoming moc-doc with Stephen Mangan from Green Wing.  Mangan plays an environmental crusader determined to become the first vegetarian, carbon neutral explorer to make it to the North Pole in an attempt to draw attention to environmental causes.  His partner just wants to make it into the Guinness Book of Records.  Mangan’s pretty much a comic genius and this looks to be right in his wheelhouse ... check the trailer out below the break!

Todd Brown

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