Before David Tennant begins his transformation into Matt Smith (the next Doctor), he makes his US HD debut as our fav Doctor in tonight's premiere of Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead on BBC America. This time, the Doctor teams up with an uppity thief, Lady Christina (Michelle Ryan), trying to escape a swarm of flying nasties on a dead planet. For some bizarre reason, he decides to hijack a double-decker and take the passengers for a ride-into-time, only to wind up trapped on some sandy desert:

• Doctor Who - David Tennant (Doctor Who tv series, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and look for him in the latest version of Hamlet with Patrick Stewart, and St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold)
• Lady Christina, thief - Michelle Ryan (yup, the Bionic Woman herself ... which should never have been cancelled on NBC, IMHO, and you might recall her as Katherine in another cool BBC series - Jekyll, currently seen on NBC's Merlin as the evil witch, Nimueh)

For more info on Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, check out the BBC America website:

http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/123/doctor-who-planet-of-the-dead.jsp