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John Barrowman

Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 3: “Dead of Night” (review)

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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Thank you, Torchwood, for sucking so much I can’t even enjoy naked John Barrowman.

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Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 1: “The New World” (review)

Thu, Jul 14, 2011
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No spoilers here, if you’re in the U.K. and you’ve been good and won’t see this episode till tonight, when it finally airs on BBC One. There are no spoilers because there’s pretty much no way to spoil this episode: it’s all setup… all the setup we’ve already heard about.

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question of the day: What actors have you been surprised to discover were a different nationality than you’d believed?

Thu, Jul 07, 2011
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BBC America’s Secretly British is tongue in cheek, of course: no one is actually hiding their nationality. But sometimes we’re surprised anyway…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: reasons to hope for ‘Torchwood’: “Miracle Day”

Wed, Jun 29, 2011
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Yesterday I ran down the bad news about Torchwood: “Miracle Day.” But there are good reasons to look forward to it, too…

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question of the day: Does American TV portray gays and lesbians better than British TV does?

Wed, Jun 01, 2011
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Not only should I not worry about how Torchwood: Miracle Day copes with Captain Jack’s sexuality, showrunner Russell T. Davies believes American TV has teh gay better than British TV…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “My Sarah Jane – A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen”

Tue, Apr 26, 2011
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Have Kleenex ready. Seriously.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: David Tennant and Karen Gillan together again for the first time

Mon, Feb 21, 2011
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I’ve been avoiding posting, as Doctor Who Things of the Day, any news about Doctor Who cast members that isn’t actually related to Doctor Who. But this photo has been knocking around in my head for a week, and I just figured out why…

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question of the day: What movie would be the most horrifying one to adapt to a stage musical?

Fri, Oct 15, 2010
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The other day I lamented the West End arrival next year of Ghost: The Musical. Today in the Telegraph there’s a review of the new stage version of Flashdance, and it ain’t pretty…

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is Betty Draper misunderstood?; the end of cable TV?; why never to throw away someone else’s action figures; more: leftover links

Sun, Aug 29, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…

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porn for women; Edward Norton steps down as the Hulk (will David Tennant step up?); more: leftover links

Sat, Jul 17, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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