I've just come across this wonderful archive of old newspaper and magazine ads and articles, and it's full of great stuff.

The following piece of advice from 1891 had me chuckling, and would look great on a t-shirt (particularly if worn by a long-haired gentleman):

It is conceded that artists and musicians may wear their hair long if they choose ( Read more... )

It's not very specific, but this article seems to suggest that we may not be getting a full season of Who next year.The BBC has always said that chopping this year's series in two was not done for financial reasons, but I have to wonder if it was an experiment to see how people reacted, and next they'll try and cut the series length down to six or ( Read more... )

That was great fun, and was a suitably climactic mid-season finale to tide us over until the Doctor returns in the excellently titled Let's Kill Hitler!

I liked the steampunk lesbian duo (my Mum phoned at that point so I missed the bit about the Silurian having eaten Jack the Ripper, but thankfully picked up on it during Confidential) and I loved ( Read more... )

Hmmm. That was a mixed bag. On the whole, I'd say it was a better than average conclusion for a New Who two parter, but it was a shame about the dodgy CGI monster. Matt Smith did an excellent job of playing the Doctor and the Ganger/Doctor, and I loved the jelly babies moment.

( Now for the spoilery bit... )

I was recently introduced to the wonders of Google Translate, which has opened up previously unexplored areas of internet weirdness to me! It seems that Google can translate some languages more easily than others. In particular, it seems to mangle Chinese to great comedic effect.

Take this Chinese film website, for example. It seems to suggest ( Read more... )

Hmmm. I rather liked that. It had quite a nice Old Who feel to it, with the atmospheric castle locations and lots of people running along corridors. It felt a bit more like "proper" science fiction than the stories we've had so far this series. The tone felt quite different from last week, almost as if this was an entirely different show. I suppose ( Read more... )

That was another fun episode, with some very nice acting from Smith and Suranne Jones ( Read more... )

Well that was reasonably good fun as a silly romp, but it certainly wasn't up to the standard set by the first two excellent episodes ( Read more... )

Since I am a colossal geek, I decided to watch the episode again last night on the iPlayer, and I spotted an interesting thing. The lady we see briefly with the eyepatch turns to someone out of sight and says "No, I think she's just dreaming ( Read more... )

Great stuff once again. It was cracking entertainment, laced with lots of twists and surprises, and has given us plenty of questions to chew over as this year's over-arching plot unfolds...

( SPOILERY QUESTIONS!!! )