Weird Frog Neck Growth
Terence Rigby
TV’s Big Al (The Beiderbecke Affair, Connection), soldier from Tinker Tailor Solider Spy and Watson to Tom Baker’s Holmes, has died, though I found out about it because of a […]
Northern Lights/The Golden Compass
‘Tis a while since I read His Dark Materials trilogy, but having just seen the first film in the series, I wonder if I read the same book that Chris […]
Sync Apple Address Book With Googlemail (and no iPhone)
I’m late to discover this, but those lucky iPhone users have not only got that gorgeous hardware to play with, they can also sync their address book contacts with gmail […]
BBC Bond Theme Quiz
Here following the announcement of Another Way To Die. I’m a “golden gun” but I only scored 8. In my defence, questions 7 and 9 don’t have much to do […]
Brian’s Girlfriend Aims To Lift Python Ban Following Election
Great story: the actor who played naked Judith in Life of Brian has discovered, following her election as mayor of Aberystwyth, that the film is banned there…
Exterminieren! Exterminieren!
With so much in it, The Stolen Earth had the potential to be unfocussed and messy, but it was taught, witty and exciting. Journey’s End, though, seemed to have been […]
The Moff
The king is dead. Long live the king. Thank you, Russell T., saviour of Doctor Who. Hurrah for script writer Steven Moffatt, best Who scribe ever and now show runner […]
The Unicorn and the Cornet Player
Besides enjoying Murray Gold’s original score for Doctor Who, I’m quite a fan of the recorded music used in the soundtrack. I’ve made myself an iTunes playlist, and I use […]
Freesat to Launch Tomorrow
Free what? A new free to air platform via satellite, a sort of dish based equivalent to Freeview run by BBC and ITV (though carrying some other channels) and another […]
Sir Alastair and the Rutans
For the first time since the new series came on, we’ve had references that in no way advance the plot or could possibly mean anything the viewers unfamiliar with the […]
Toby Stephens to Play James Bond
But not in a film. Radio 4 are adapting Dr No. Bringing Bond to the radio is a great idea, let’s hope this is successful enough to guarantee a series.