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Tennant and Smith unite! Doctor Who "Day of the Doctor" trailer

Pop tweets of the week

Don't forget to set your clocks forward, like, 48 minutes.
— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) November 5, 2013

“@YickR: Do you only thank famous people for nice words or us normal(ish) people too?” >> No, just famous people
— Stephen Merchant (@StephenMerchant) November 5, 2013

Note: Applying copious amounts of hand sanitizer & then biting your nails does not make for a pleasurable snack.
— Lake Bell (@lakebell) November 6, 2013

Rapier wit. pic.twitter.com/2ldmsEjfDW
— Jane Espenson (@JaneEspenson) November 6, 2013

I'll miss that kid in Blockbuster telling me everytime I went in, "We don't have any of your movies except for Nemo."
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) November 6, 2013

Uhura FTW. pic.twitter.com/r3A1VwUGZj
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 6, 2013

New "Day of the Doctor" Doctor Who teaser

Video: TV spot for Sandman "Overture"

Defenders: Netflix to launch Dardevil, Iron Fist, Luke Cage series, mini-series

Marvel heroes are set to come to TV in a big way via Netflix's streaming service. Here's the press release (not sure how Jessica Jones ranks as one of Marvel's "most popular characters):

The Walt Disney Co. and Netflix Inc.today announced an unprecedented deal for Marvel TV to bring multiple original series of live-action adventures of four of Marvel’s most popular characters exclusively to the world’s leading Internet TV Network beginning in 2015. This pioneering agreement calls for Marvel to develop four serialized programs leading to a miniseries programming event.

Led by a series focused on “Daredevil,” followed by “Jessica Jones,” “Iron Fist” and “Luke Cage,” the epic will unfold over multiple years of original programming, taking Netflix members deep into the gritty world of heroes and villains of Hell’s Kitchen, New York. Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, thirteen episodes series and a culminating Marvel’s “The Defenders” mini-series event that reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters.

Produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Television Studios, this groundbreaking deal is Marvel’s most ambitious foray yet into live-action TV storytelling.

“This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel’s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling. Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel’s specialty,” said Alan Fine, President of Marvel Entertainment. “This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what’s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.”

“Marvel’s movies, such as ‘Iron Man’ and Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’, are huge favorites on our service around the world. Like Disney, Marvel is a known and loved brand that travels,” said Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. “With ‘House of Cards’ and our other original series, we have pioneered new approaches to storytelling and to global distribution and we’re thrilled to be working with Disney and Marvel to take our brand of television to new levels with a creative project of this magnitude.”

This new original TV deal follows last year’s landmark movie distribution deal through which, beginning with 2016 theatrically released feature films, Netflix will be the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for first-run, live-action and animated movies from the Walt Disney Studios, including titles from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Disneynature and Lucasfilm. Netflix members can currently enjoy a wide range of Disney, ABC TV and Disney Channel films and shows across the 41 countries where Netflix operates.

Pop culture roundup: Master of Light (saber)! Frankenstein! Madness! Yoko! Maurice Sendak!

Some of Thomas Kinkade's tranquil cottage paints have been improved with Star Wars imagery.

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Check out Mary Shelley's handwritten manuscript for "Frankenstein."

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Madness performs its new single on British TV's "Strictly Come Dancing."

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Here's Yoko Ono's new video.

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Turns out that Maurice Sendak, author/illustrator of the classic "Where the Wild Things Are" was a big collector of Mickey Mouse memorabilia. Some of his items are up for auction at Hake's.