"DOCTOR WHO - A CHRISTMAS CAROL"

First on our Video Weekend Sunday agenda: the preview for the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. Officially, it debuted last night during the Children In Need telethon over in the UK, but it had been available online for about a week.

The best news about this is that there is virtually no appreciable lag time between the special's broadcast in Britain and its showing in the States - finally! They'll both happen on Christmas Day, with the American premiere at 9:00 PM EST.

I am so ready for some new 'Who', and I don't care how cheesy it may seem to rip off Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", just so long as the Doctor mentions that he knew Dickens.

Of course, if they want to ignore the "fact" that Ebenezer Scrooge also exists in the same TV Universe as the Doctor, I'm fine with that........

BCnU!