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This weekend, Neil Patrick Harris will do battle with the Doctor and Donna Noble in the third and final Doctor Who 60th anniversary special—playing a new version of one of the show’s oldest and most obscure villains. Mostly obscured by the fact the last story they were in aired 57 years ago, and 75% of it is lost to time. That’s about to change though.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedIn the run up to this weekend’s episode, “The Giggle,” the BBC has released a new preview clip briefly…

Since Banksy emerged as a street artist in the early 2000s, one of the most intriguing aspects of the Bristol-based painter has been his identity. Over the years, various people have been linked to the moniker, among them Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, a comic book illustrator who also co-created Tank Girl, and Massive Attack co-founder Robert Del Naja, based on the fact that both hail from Bristol and Del Naja also dabbled in graffiti.  Now, an unearthed BBC recording from 2003 appears to confirm that Banksy…

Image: BBCThe 14th Doctor has arrived—a little earlier than we first expected. Although Doctor Who will return to TV in a little over a week in a big way to celebrate its 60th anniversary in a trio of specials, tonight the BBC released a short scene marking the first onscreen adventure for David Tennant’s latest take on the Time Lord.Alan Cumming on playing King James in Doctor WhoAired as part of the BBC’s annual charity telethon Children in Need, this clip sees the 14th Doctor cross paths with a mysterious man (Mawaan…

Some of (but not all of) the classic Doctors in a row.Image: TubiDoctor Who fans who don’t live in the UK or Ireland have had to be exceptionally organized when keeping track of where to watch the long-running sci-fi series. But the BBC Studios show’s classic era (up to and including the Seventh Doctor) finally has a free resource: Tubi, which just added over 600 episodes dating back to 1963.Alan Cumming on playing King James in Doctor WhoThat means if you live in the U.S. (or Canada), you no longer need a BritBox…

Screenshot: BBCSo there’s only one real thing that could top it then, isn’t there? The BBC went all out a decade ago for the 50th, in what feels like an amalgam of what made the past multi-Doctor specials work so well: “The Day of the Doctor” has the tightness of “Three Doctors,” as well as its overall impact on the ongoing story of the show beyond just being an anniversary team-up with the return of Gallifrey to canon after its seeming destruction prior to the events of the 2005 revival. It also has the big scope of…

The BBC said it received five complaints about Russell Brand’s behavior from when the comedian hosted radio shows on the British public broadcaster between 2006 and 2008.  Two of the complaints were submitted over the last two months, after the BBC launched a review of Brand’s time at the network following allegations against Brand of rape and sexual assault (the comedian has denied these accusations). One complaint was brought in 2019, but was related to an incident that allegedly took place in 2008. And the final…

November 4, 2023 @ 1:18 PM “Succession” star Sarah Snook is worried about how AI might end up being used, and is calling for regulations to protect not just actors but all workers. While speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg about the SAG-AFTRA strike and negotiations, Snook said, “The main thing of it, for me, really, that I find terrifying is the AI of it all. It’s just such uncharted landscape.” The actress continued, “We need pretty stringent rules in place in order to protect not just the acting…

Asteroids colliding with dwarf planet Ceres have played a critical influence in the occurrence of organic molecules there, as per researchers. According to astrophysicist Juan Rizos, these organic…

Pop legend Rick Astley will help the nation bring in 2024 with ‘Rick Astley Rocks New Year’s Eve’ for the BBC. Best-known and loved for his 1980s chart-topper ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’, Astley has had an incredible 2023 that has seen him perform on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, where he covered Harry Styles’ hit ‘As It Was’, and AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’, and he wowed the crowds at Radio 2 In The Park in Leicester. Made by BBC Studios Entertainment, and coming from the Camden’s iconic Roundhouse, the dazzling…

Google's earthquake warning system for Android is supposed to provide notices in time to reach safety, but that might not have happened following the quake in Turkey on February 6th. BBC investigators claim that none of the hundreds of people they talked to in three Turkish cities received an alert before the first tremor hit. Only a "limited number" got an alert for a second tremor, investigators say. We've asked Google for comment. Product lead Micah Berman tells the BBC millions of people in Turkey received earthquake…