A Warm Welcome for ‘Doctor Who’ in New York

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You might have anticipated a minor riot on Saturday night at the Ziegfeld Theater on West 54th Street, where BBC America screened the premiere episode from the forthcoming season of “Doctor Who” for a select audience of lucky fans. BBC America had mounted similar events in New York for previous seasons of this long-running science-fiction franchise, filling an East Village theater with hard-core fans who had queued for hours in hopes of being among the chosen few.

In keeping with the ever-expanding pull of “Doctor Who,” which in July became the first British television series to be featured on the cover … Full Story

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