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The BBC today unveiled a first look at animated Doctor Who adventure Dreamland, the second animated Doctor Who adventure after 2007's Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest, which finds the Doctor landing in "infamous alien hot spot" Roswell, New Mexico. The 45-minute animated Dreamland is slated to air this autumn on Cbbc on BBC Two and on BBC HD channel in the United Kingdom. Doctor Who: Dreamland, written by Phil Ford (Torchwood) and directed by Gary Russell (Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest), will feature the voices of David Tennant (once more reprising his role as the Tenth Doctor before leaving the series at the end of the year), Georgia Moffet (Spooks: Code 9, The Bill), and David Warner (Wallander). But don't look for Moffet to reprise her role as the Doctor's daughter Jenny from Doctor Who. Tennant's real-life girlfriend will play Cassie Rice, a new companion for the Doctor. Project is...

The thing about a series like Doctor Who -- more so in the classic series, less so with the current one, but still true -- is that what makes what is essentially a children’s show appeal to adults is the subtext. It’s in the knowingness in an actor’s eyes, in the unspoken volumes that are nevertheless palpable in the interaction between characters. Take that visual element out of the equation, and it suddenly becomes screamingly clear that, yup, Doctor Who really is a kiddie show. Not that David Tennant and Freema Agyeman aren’t giving their all here as the voices of the Doctor and Martha in this animated series, which aired on Cbbc -- Children’s BBC -- in the spring of 2007. They are indeed very Doctor-ish and Martha-ish, but it’s the ish that makes all the difference. Little kids will get a kick out of this,...