BBC Takes Another Step Closer To US Doctor Who? [Doctor Who]

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DOCTOR WHO IN AMERICA?
Published 8/30/2008 at OH NO!!
... reference 'first heard about them': Grain of salt time: an article in the News Of The World claims two of the four 2009 Doctor Who specials will be filmed in the U.S. and will feature an American companion. And supposedly David Tennant will definitely leave after the specials. RESPONSE: SOURCES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

British Broadcasting Corporation To Officially Invade US [So Much For Independence]
Published 9/23/2008 by Graeme McMillan at io9
... We've mentioned the rumors before, but it's finally official: Jane Tranter, the woman responsible for bringing Doctor Who back to television screens (Not to mention Life On Mars, Jekyll and, okay, Spooks: Code 9), will be moving to Los Angeles in January 2009 to head up a new American office of the BBC dedicated to producing shows for the American market as well as bringing an American flavor to existing BBC shows. We're saying it'll take less than a year before we're seeing David Tennant shooting Who in the States. [ ...

Cloverfield 2 Will Shake The Camera In A Whole New Direction [Morning Spoilers]
Published 19 days ago by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... Another batch of rumors that the time-travel show's main overseer at BBC Wales, will move to Los Angeles to join her current boss, Jane Tranter. And the newest reports are suggesting that two of next year's one-off Doctor Who stories could film in the U.S. under Gardner's supervision. Previous reports only suggested that one of the specials could happen on our shores. How this jibes with the other rumors about next year's specials, like the one about filming in Tunisia, is hard to say. [ ...