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British screenwriter Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) has agreed to write an episode of the U.K. sci-fi series Doctor Who to "impress his children," Variety reported; Curtis will script one of the episodes featuring the new Time Lord, actor Matt Smith, who takes over from David Tennant next year.
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Profiles in History will offer fans of ABC's Lost a special preview of their summer 2010 auction with a display of authentic props, costumes and set pieces at Disney's D23 fan convention, Sept. 10-13 at the Anaheim Convention Center; props include Kate's toy plane, Hurley's winning lottery ticket, Locke's hunting knife and Sawyer's letter.
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Peter Gallagher has been tapped to co-star on USA Network's pilot Covert Affairs, about a multilingual CIA trainee who joins the agency while reeling over a mysterious ex-boyfriend who appears to be of particular interest to her bosses, according to The Hollywood Reporter; Gallagher will play CIA director Arthur Campbell.
By cosmin at 2:35 AM ON 09/09/09
who is richard curtis?never heard of him
By melsner at 2:42 AM ON 09/09/09
Well, Richard Curtis wrote "Four Weddings and a Funeral."
And he's British.
By REDante at 5:35 AM ON 09/09/09
I understand the news on doctor who, I understand the news on Lost, BUT WHAT DOES COVERT AFFAIRS HAVE TO DO WITH SCIFI? And dont give CIA, mysterious ex boyfriend stuff because that wasnt a good enough description of the tv show.
By jolinar at 9:23 AM ON 09/09/09
Those two in the Doctor Who picture look like they're 12 yrs old.
By tekkblade at 10:56 AM ON 09/09/09
Who's the redhead in the pic? WOW
By tracy at 11:03 AM ON 09/09/09
Seriously?
Curtis was one of the creators and the chief writer for "Blackadder". Later, he and Rowan Atkinson created "Mr. Bean". Curtis followed up that with "The Vicar of Didley".
Collectively, those three are among the most well-known British shows of the past quarter century.
In the mid 90s -- well after he established himself as successful TV writer and producer -- Curtis wrote "Four Weddings and a Funeral". He went on to write "Notting Hill", "Love Actually", the Bridget Jones films, "The Girl in the Cafe", and most recently cowrote the HBO adaption of "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency".
He also founded the charity Comic Relief for which he and new Who showrunner Stephen Moffat created "Doctor Who and the Curse of the Fatal Death". The 1999 four part special is the funniest parody of Doctor Who ever created.
By tracy at 11:07 AM ON 09/09/09
The "redhead" is Scottish actress Karen Gillan. She will play Amy Pond, companion of the 11th Doctor, when season 5 of the reboot returns to TV next year.
By David N. at 6:58 PM ON 09/09/09
What I want to know is: When's the next Doctor Who special!!!!!!!!!!
By jolinar at 7:25 PM ON 09/09/09
You can see the preview for "Doctor Who: Waters of Mars" again on Sunday September 13th, 2009. And it airs in December I think?
By Chayne Lightning at 7:52 PM ON 09/09/09
Waters of Mars, the next Who special airs in November sometime (They haven't annouced an exact date) The final two parter "The End of Time" will be around Christmas
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Chayne Lightning:
Waters of Mars, the next Who special airs in November sometime (They haven't annouced an exact date) The final two...More »