I kid, I kid. It's not like the Tenth Doctor didn't have his share of TARDIS mishaps, and this doesn't seem nearly so unreasonable as getting hit by a Space Titanic. At any rate, here's the first actual clip from the first episode of Doctor Who starring Matt Smith as the Doctor, trying to fix his TARDIS and chatting with a young future companion Amy Pond. Overall, the short clip isn't blowing my mind with awesomeness, but neither does it make me worried. Of course, it is very short.

I tell you what does make me excited, though -- Steven Moffat. As those who follow me on Twitter know, I finally caught Moffat's Jekyll series earlier this week and was just blown away. It was like a mini-Lost, full of suspense and mysteries and awesome moments and a great dual performance by James Nesbitt. It went off the rails a bit at the end, but that's certainly something I'm used to with Doctor Who, so now I'm really looking forward to this new season.

Look, I understand this troubled little girl is actually leading them on, what with her come-hither looks, her gallivanting about, singing about how she wants a "Robot Man" and her lingering -- and wholly inappropriate -- kisses. But robots are not supposed to act upon these things. It's a good thing Chris Hansen had a shitty original Starbuck costume, or this little lady would be in real trouble. Thanks to Baltin for the tip.

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Love David Tennant's incarnation of the Doctor or hate him (although there doesn't seem to be too many haters), and love his companion Martha Jones or hate her (that's not nearly so even, I believe) you have to admit both were snappy dressers. Now AbbyShot Clothiers have made replica of the 10th Doctor's trademark coat and Martha's stylish jacket for $289 and $239, respectively, right here. Obviously, I could have saved this for the Geek Apparel of the Week, I suppose, but at these prices, it's a little more high-end merchandise than apparel -- but it's what all the fashionable Time Lords are wearing this year. And in 2004. And the year 65 B.C. And 5,2,340,016. Etc.

​"I'm from a little place called England, we used to run the world before you lot." - Ricky Gervais

Much fuss has been made over how the British mine comedy from the uncomfortable moments that pepper everyday life. There has been equal attention paid to how the stiff-upper-lippedness commonplace amongst the English after World War II affected their comedic sensibilities. Yet one facet of British comedy that never seems to get enough attention is the role that music plays in some of the country's funniest TV exports. Just as John, Paul, George and Ringo changed music; Monty Python -- frequently dubbed "The Beatles of comedy" -- forever altered their countrymen's approach to getting laughs by frequently mixing their trademark absurdity with music. This is a trait that many subsequent Britcoms have thankfully followed. Obviously, American shows have gotten plenty of laughs from featuring goofy songs too. But somehow it seems more inspired when the Brits do it (you know how calling an umbrella a "parasol" seems classier? Same basic premise). So the time has come to analyze which songs from British comedy shows are the funniest, catchiest and overall best. A quick word: In the name of fairness and because so many Britcoms rely heavily on music, only one song per series was allowed (otherwise there's a good chance this list would have been 75% Python songs). Now, let's see if your favorites made the cut...

​Giant, dopey sea creatures? So 2009. Syfy is hard at work bringing you the newest trends in bad TV movies, and they know what's next -- needlessly dark versions of classic fairy tales. The channel has already started churning them out, but their biggest one comes next year when Felicia Day stars in Red.

Felicia Day, star of web videos The Guild and Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog, who also played "Vi" in the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will portray a werewolf-hunting descendant of Little Red Riding Hood in the new Syfy Saturday Original Movie, Red.

Scheduled to premiere in 2011, Red is Syfy's latest re-imagining of classic fairy tales, legends and pop culture characters. The new line of films launched with Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, which starred Estella Warren, on February 27.

Syfy, one of television's most prolific producers of original movies, is also developing films around the stories of Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor and Hansel & Gretel, among other projects.

In the action-packed Red, Red (Day) brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business - hunting werewolves.  He's skeptical until bitten by a werewolf.  When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him.

Honestly, give Day's fame with Dr. Horrible and The Guild, I wonder if making a Syfy movie isn't actually a bit beneath her. I mean, Debbie Gibson starred in Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus, and the only reason she got that role is because she did a pictorial in Playboy and reminded people she existed. If Day's happy, I'm happy, but I'm just sayin' she shouldn't sell herself short.

​Patton Oswalt has always been very up front about being a huge nerd. He's cool like that. Now he has a recurring role in the BSG prequel Caprica and made a few appearances on Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, and is becoming part of nerd entertainment as opposed to a fan of it. But his newest job might be his nerdiest yet -- writing a Firefly comic for Dark Horse, due out in June. It'll be a one-shot comic called Serenity: Float Out, set after the movie... but all about Alan Tudyk's character Wash, as three friends hold an elegy for him and remember their favorite Wash tales. There's nothing about this that doesn't sound perfectly swell. (Via CBR and Techland)

Lesser known DC villainess Silver Banshee is going to appear on Smallville shortly. The CW sent out this pic of her (helpfully modified by Comics Alliance, if you were wondering):
​So, yet again, let's recap. This:
​Too silly for TV. But this?
​Absolutely fine. Somehow. For some reason. Sigh.

Who knew you could make an almost perfect shot-for-shot remake of the Beastie Boys' Spike Jonze-directed video "Sabotage" using only footage from the new Battlestar Galactica series?

This guy, apparently. Unlike some, I liked the new BSG (what I saw of it) but I will readily admit it could have been much improved if Gaius Baltar had been called "Loco" and Starbuck's real name was "El Capitan." Thanks to Steve S. for the tip.

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The NY Times is reporting that Mattel is making office Mad Men Barbie dolls. And I guess they're not lying, because they have the above picture of the dolls of Joan Holloway, Roger Sterling, Don Draper and Betty Draper (left to right) above, and that would have been an elaborate amount of work to report fake toys. The dolls will be limited to 10,000 or less each, and available at AMCTV.com and Mattel's official Barbie Collector site for $75 each. Now, it's a little weird that Barbie is now depicting television characters whose hobbies consist solely of smoking, drinking and adultery, although the toys won't come with any toy cigarettes or martinis, but I figure the whole stylish '60s thing makes more than enough sense to make up for it. What I don't get is why Mattel didn't trot out the old 54-24-48 or whatever Barbie doll body for the Joan/Christine Hendricks Barbie. I mean, Mattel finally found a human being with the original Barbie's insane proportions; why not go for it?

​It's hard to believe that The Flash TV series is now 20 years old. It's also pretty hard to believe there was a Flash TV series ever, let alone in 1990. But perhaps the most unbelievable aspect is that this 1990 Flash TV series was somehow pretty great. John Wesley Shipp was am excellent Barry Allen, delivering heroic quips with an exceptionally square jaw. The show wasn't totally accurate to the original Flash comics, but still far moreso than later superhero series like Smallville or Birds of Prey would eventually be. It ran for only one season but made it a full 22 episodes, some of which starred classic Flash baddies like Mirror Master and the Trickster. And it was scored by Danny Elfman before we realized his music almost always sounds exactly the same.

Of course, The Flash TV series wasn't perfect. It was actually pretty goddamned goofy a lot of the time. But sometimes the show wallowed in its comic book/'90s TV silliness, and sometimes it transcended those limitations to be pretty awesome indeed. So slow down and take a minute to relieve the five best Flash TV episodes... and the five most ridiculous.