Tag Archive | "BBC"

It’s Doctor Who time….

Saturday, October 1, 2011

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Finale tonight. Excited? Thought so….. previews, images and trailer from the BBC website, the gangs all here, Roman doctor, Churchill, the Silence, and lots of eye-patches…. The Wedding Of River Song, BBC1, Saturday 1st October, 7:05pm: Francesco Francavilla catches up with his minimalist summary pieces at his blog: Girl Who Waited: God Complex:

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Doctor Who – The Wedding Of River Song….

Sunday, September 25, 2011

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The countdown begins to next Saturday and the conclusion to this series of Doctor Who….. and the BBC have put up the latest preview and trailer for the Wedding Of River Song:

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Doctor Who Preview – Closing Time

Saturday, September 24, 2011

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Not long to go…. working up to the finale now…. Doctor Who Closing Time features the return of  James Corden as Craig, and the Cybermen are back…. Saturday, BBC1, 7:10

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Doctor Who – Let’s Kill Hitler Trailer(s)

Friday, August 19, 2011

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The brilliantly titled “Let’s Kill Hitler” is airing on Saturday 27th August – 7:10-8:00pm. Here’s the episode PR: “In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in Thirties Berlin, as the time-travelling drama returns for the second half of the series shown earlier in the year. The Doctor comes face to face with [...]

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Doctor Who – Let’s Kill Hitler August 27th 7:10pm

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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Not a surprise, seeing as BBC America had already put their date up, but the BBC press office announced today that the next half of the latest Doctor Who series, the brilliantly titled “Let’s Kill Hitler” is airing on Saturday 27th August – 7:10-8:00pm. Here’s the episode PR: “In the desperate search for Melody Pond, [...]

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Coming on Monday…. Doctor Who Prequel…

Saturday, August 13, 2011

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oooooohhh… not a trailer this time, but a genuine prequel, described by the Beeb as: “This one bridges episodes 7 and 8 and reveals a little about how the Doctor and Amy are feeling following the events of A Good Man Goes to War. The Prequel is written by Steven Moffat and so as you’d expect, [...]

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Kevin F Sutherland’s comics masterclass

Friday, July 15, 2011

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Kevin F Sutherland often gives very well received comics masterclasses in schools, libraries and other venues on top of his comics artwork and his hugely enjoyable Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (always worth catching if it is in your area). And recently he did an interview and comics masterclass for Arts Live on BBC Northern [...]

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Scottish Comic Book Heroes on the Beeb tonight!

Monday, July 11, 2011

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Artworks Scotland tonight has a special, Scottish Comic Book Heroes, looking at some of the creators from Scotland who have become some of the biggest names in the global comics biz like Frank Quitely, Grant Morrison, Alan Grant and Mark Millar. From the looks of it the programme is only being broadcast in the BBC [...]

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Luther returns

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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The mighty Idris Elba returns to BBC 1 this evening (at 9pm) for a new series of Luther. And as an extra side treat Daniel Buchuk from the Beeb tells us that they are also having a comics version of Luther, penned by Neil Cross (who has also written episodes of the compelling Spooks series), [...]

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Alan Moore on the box

Thursday, June 2, 2011

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Well we thought it might have happened last week, but on this week’s episode of the excellent Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle on BBC3 he did indeed have a special guest, a good friend of his, a certain Mr Alan Moore… Aired last night and is available right now (sorry, UK only, I think) to watch [...]

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New Doctor Who trailer

Thursday, March 31, 2011

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Okay, what more do we need to say? We want to see this! All of it! The Doctor! Amy! River Song! nasty surprises! We want it all and I think we’re going to get it. Soon. (tip of the hat to Jamie Smart for spotting the link when he really should have been working)

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Sarah Jane Adventures webcomic

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

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Neil Roberts has been a busy chap, creating a webcomic to go along with Doctor Who spinoff The Sarah Jane Adventures for the BBC: (panel from the Sarah Jane Adventures webcomic, art by Neil Roberts, SJA (c) BBC)

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Doctor Who Live!

Monday, September 13, 2010

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Prepare yourselves for some Doctor Who awesomeness coming to a venue near you soon! Prepare for excited kids demanding to be taken along and equally excited parents too for that matter! The monsters are coming! A new musical stage show featuring the monsters from Doctor Who – Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and more – is [...]

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From the BBC archives: In Their Own Words – British Novelists Collection

Monday, August 16, 2010

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The BBC’s extensive archives offer up a veritable literary treasure trove – some 40-odd British writers in their own words, including several notable writers from the SF&F stable such as JRR Tolkien, TH White and John Wyndham, as well as several authors who haven’t been averse to using elements of science fiction or fantasy in [...]

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Culbard talks Holmes with the BBC

Friday, August 6, 2010

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“There’s a very rich, visual identity with the character. You have the pipe and the deerstalkers and we started by stripping that away and going back to the original texts. From that point of view it was a case of finding our feet by referring back to Doyle himself rather than anything that has gone [...]

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