If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Christopher Eccleston made a pretty darn good Doctor Who, we thought. When he brought the Doc back to our screens for the contemporary reinvention of the series, he did a bang up job. Like all good Doctors, he captured [...]
Whether you love or hate the new Doctor Who, prepare to polarise your thoughts even further one way or the other, if this latest rumour ever comes to fruition. Apparently, one of the scriptwriters – Gareth Roberts – has said that he’d like to see Lady Gaga appear with the good Doctor. He reportedly told [...]
Matt Smith’s new Doctor may be many things, but apparently he’s now a fashion icon. Yes, seriously. Impressionable Doc Who fans up and down the country have gone out and bought themselves a piece of attire that Smith’s eleventh incarnation has adopted as the centre-piece of his costume. The humble bow-tie, which the Doctor declared [...]
“Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Doctor.” “Doctor Who?” “The patron saint of England, that’s who.” “What!?” “You heard.” It’s a new twist on an old joke, and it’s brought to you by one of The Guardian’s journalists. Adam Rutherford has written a light-hearted piece, arguing that Saint George should be replaced by Saint Doctor Who as [...]
Not only is the eleventh Doctor back on our TV screens, but he’ll also be on our computer monitors come June 5th. That’s the date the BBC has set for the release of the first in its series of four Doctor Who adventure games, which are planned to run alongside the TV show. And the [...]
With the BBC cutting budgets almost everywhere within the organisation there are fears that some of the more popular yet very expensive shows may be under threat. One such show is Doctor Who, but according to the man that runs the show, Steven Moffat, the current financial crisis has meant that the production team has [...]
Even before the fifth series of Doctor Who and the first outing for the new Doctor played by Matt Smith has been shown, the BBC are keen to announce that the next series as well as the now standard Christmas special have already been commissioned. The corporation is only too keen to tell the fans [...]
It seems that the new Doctor Who, Matt Smith was in need of real medical attention when stunt in the Baltic Sea went wrong. The twenty seven year old had decided that a stunt double was not needed even though it meant actually getting into the freezing water to shoot a scene. But within minutes [...]
The BBC has finally announced Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor Who. The surprise is that Matt is both a relatively little known – and young – actor. At only 26, it will make him the youngest ever Doctor Who. The move to find Doctor Who no.11 came after David Tennant shocked audiences by announcing [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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