Academic solves the Dalek 'most scary villain' mystery

I only say ‘mystery’ because, from the beginning, seems like all you had to do was walk up stairs to escape from them. After all, they were voted the scariest villains in the history of Doctor Who back in a 2007 poll of series fans. It has nothing at all to do with their chilling, […]

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Wrong Trousers Day 2011 from Wallace & Gromit

It’s 24 June 2011 so, naturally, it’s the perfect day to don your wackiest trousers and go to work. Why, is probably your immediate question. Easy enough. It’s officially Wrong Trousers Day 2011, deemed so by the Wallace and Gromit Foundation which raises funds for children in hospitals and hospices across the UK. Crackin’ good […]

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The Charles Schultzification of Doctor Who

Pretty much a no-brainer that Amy Pond would be the Little Red Haired Girl and Matt Smith would be Linus, but must Rory be Charlie Brown? Thanks to artist Larry Wentzel, for the mash-up that imagines Doctor Who characters as if they were inside the mind of the great Peanuts creator, Charles Schultz. Wentzel described […]

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Hugh Laurie brings passion for the Blues to PBS

The great Hugh Laurie will transform PBS into a house of blues this Fall when his life-long passion for traditional blues music collides with the small screen, Friday, September 30, as part of the long-running series, Great Performances on PBS stations nationwide. In the one-hour program, Laurie leaves the world of Bertie Wooster, Prince George […]

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Time's up Matt. There's a new Doctor in town!

Considering the fact that I could barely tie my shoes in nursery school, when a fellow nursery school kid comes along and channels his inner Timelord for a kindergarten talent show, you have to be impressed. A proud mother posted on YouTube with the caption, ‘Our kindergartener decided he wanted to give the Pandorica monologue […]

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MAVS Win! NBA Champs 2011!

Given that we’ve been waiting for this for a mere 31 years, you’ll have to bear with me on today’s post. Was a bit of a late Sunday as the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA Finals led by series MVP, Dirk Nowitski and the JET, Jason Terry. Since this was the Mavs first ever NBA […]

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To Alan Partridge, Mid-Morning really does matter

At long last, the online web-based series featuring the genius of Steve Coogan as DJ Alan Partridge is coming to broadcast television. North Norfolk Digital Radio’s Alan Partridge’s Mid Morning Matters will hit the big time in October of this year in the UK. No word yet of a a broadcast partner. As much of the […]

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A real-life Doc Martin, w/out the curmudgeon part

Despite the fact that Dr. Lawrence Barnes is not afraid of blood, he doesn’t kick stray dogs and is not even close to being as curmudgeonly as Dr. Martin Ellingham, a.k.a. Doc Martin, “Doc Barnes” is leading a seemingly familiar mid-20th century doctor’s life to his fictional counterpart. Working surgeries between the two fishing villages […]

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BBC, PBS' Masterpiece have Great Expectations

With 2012 marking the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birth (be easier if someone would just say 200th  anniversary), the BBC and PBS’ Masterpiece series have teamed up and commissioned a new adaptation of Dickens’ classic, Great Expectations. According to the BBC, filming will begin in July in London with Ray Winstone (Sexy Beast) starring as […]

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Memorial Day tribute to the Home Guard, the Resistance and more….

As we collectively pause across the United States to pay tribute to servicemen and women everywhere who gave their lives in military service, let’s not forget both the Home Guard of Dad’s Army along with those brave souls of Allo Allo such as French cafe owner, Renee Artois, and wife, Edith, who, with no regard […]

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