• Time to channel your inner Sherlock

    Time to channel your inner Sherlock

    In our continued euphoria spillover effect during Sherlock premiere week on PBS, it’s time lose the ‘…these are professionals, do not attempt this at home‘ subtext that has been running through your mind as you watch. Quit thinking you would be starring at Irene Adler and see nothing but ????. Now is the time to […]

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  • Spooks 10 – This is the End

    Spooks 10 – This is the End

    As Jim Morrison and The Doors sang….This is the End. With all the recent Sherlock and Downton Abbey talk the last few months, lets not forget the final series premiere of, perhaps, the best television show on television, MI5 (Spooks in the UK), as the series takes a final bow on public television this month […]

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  • Today's Doc Martin support group activity to combat separation anxiety

    Today's Doc Martin support group activity to combat separation anxiety

    Whether you are in the UK and have a 2013 Doc Martin season 6 countdown calendar, in the States and are eagerly awaiting the premiere of series 5 or you’re at any point in-between, we’ve found a little therapy session for those in the Doc Martin Separation Anxiety Support Group. Individuals currently suffering from either […]

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  • Univ. of Dundee researchers develop a real sonic screwdriver

    Univ. of Dundee researchers develop a real sonic screwdriver

    This is just plain geeky cool. Sadly, not sure this will be in wide distribution by Christmas 2012 and the cost may be just a bit prohibitive, but it’s something you need to at least put on your list if you are a Doctor Who fan. Seems as though a team of research physicists at […]

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  • Another St. Patrick's Day w/out Frank McCourt

    Another St. Patrick's Day w/out Frank McCourt

    We can’t leave St. Patrick’s Day weekend without a bit of Irish remembrance from awhile back. Several years ago, we had an incredible opportunity to spend a couple of weeks in Dublin with Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Angela’s Ashes, Teacher Man and ‘Tis. Frank hosted the PBS special, Historic Pubs of Dublin, […]

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  • What would you pay to rent the TARDIS for a year?

    What would you pay to rent the TARDIS for a year?

    There are times when the Internets expose those who have way too much time on their hands. There are other times when it is greatness when you find the results of their free time and can share it with the world. Fresh on the heels of determining the cost of building the Death Star, those […]

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  • Valentine's Day – British comedy style

    Valentine's Day – British comedy style

    Nothing screams Valentine’s Day like a bit of British comedy. SInce Hallmark tells us it’s a day for couples what better way to celebrate than to take a look back at those couples that have been a part of our collective telly families for a number of years. Unlike Hyacinth, I hope you’re ok with […]

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  • Are you MI-5 material?

    Are you MI-5 material?

    Whether you’ve been watching the brilliant BBC series, MI-5 (Spooks) over the last decade,  sat through the recent Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy movie or read all the Robert Ludlum books and secretly identified with Jason Bourne, now is the time to see if you have what it takes to be a real-life intelligence officer. UK […]

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  • Fancy a TARDIS Cat Playhouse for that special someone?

    Fancy a TARDIS Cat Playhouse for that special someone?

    Another one of those “too good to pass up” finds that one feels obligated to share. A quick thanks goes out to Bruce Gunn and The Mary Sue for the original find and, ultimately, pointing us in the right direction to dig a bit deeper into this very special project. As the story goes, back […]

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