50th-anniv Doctor Who episode set to air Nov 23
I’d say I called this, but it’s such an obvious choice to air that episode that it hardly required any great prognosticatory skills.
BBC News
Doctor Who thing: US DVD customers get early peek at “The Name of the Doctor”
And yet I can’t seem to get advanced access to the episodes…
what are the economic benefits of the arts? (QOTW)
Sure, people who come out to visit a museum will probably spend money in shops and restaurants. But might attending a live-music gig make someone less likely to cheat on their taxes?
today was one of my weirdest days ever
Woke to the news of the overnight craziness in Boston, was glued to Twitter and the Web and BBC News all day. Because I couldn’t not.
geek or scream, the choice is yours: Syfy rebooting Blake’s 7
I’d love to see Benedict Cumberbatch as evil sexy bastard Kerr Avon and, yup, Martin Freeman as Vila Restal.
geek fandom continues to mystify mainstream media
I mean, it’s so completely mysterious that people could get so caught up in something that doesn’t matter. So I look forward to the BBC’s upcoming feature “Arsenal Supporters: Why Are They So Devoted?”
Doctor Who thing of the day: postage stamps of the Doctor to come from Royal Mail
Soon you will be able to lick David Tennant.
question of the day: How should we be talking about the ethics of the Australian radio prank that resulted in a suicide?
Why does corporate-media sociopathy seem to believe that anything not forbidden is compulsory?
question of the day: How are you coping with Kate-is-pregnant-induced nausea?
We’re in for 70 years of media frenzy about whoever this baby turns out to be, until he or she takes the throne in about 2082. You won’t be able to avoid it, unless you become a hermit (which I don’t recommend).
question of the day: If Mark Wahlberg can transform Transformers, what other actors could spice up other franchises?
Should we get Judi Dench into a Fast & Furious movie? Ian McKellen into Alvin & the Chipmunks? Marion Cotillard into a Hangover flick? How about a new Rush Hour movie starring Will Smith and Doona Bae?
