If there’s one medium of horror I can’t stand it’s the Found Footage movie. Too often it’s a lazy excuse for bad shakeycam disguising poor effects whilst no-name “actors” enjoy their fifteen minutes. Also I’ve been spoiled because the first time I saw anything of that ilk was when I watched Ghostwatch on Halloween 1992. […]
Proof of concept: The Animated Adventures of Doctor Who
When I first saw this unofficial animation I wondered how the BBC would react. Now we know. The Official Doctor Who has shared the animation. Created by Stephen Byrne the short animation images what a cartoon Doctor Who might be like. Rather nicely Byrne uses the 12th Doctor for his hero. This isn’t the Oncoming […]
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy web game gets 30th anniversary edition
Did you ever play the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text adventure game? It wasn’t easy. It messed with your head. You might still recall trying to turn the lights on and use the babel fish. Radio 4 Extra will bring a new 30th anniversary edition of the adventure game back to the web as […]
The BBC shop’s exclusive Doctor Who 50 sale
Have you ever bought anything from the official BBC shop? It’s worth checking once and a while as they do keep some Doctor Who goodies back for themselves which you can’t get anywhere else. That’s what happened with these official 50th Anniversary Doctor Who mugs. The only place to buy them is directly from the […]
Doctor Who: Official top 11 flash sale – coupon code
Are you at home this Friday night while others are out? Turns out you’ve an advantage. It means you can pop over to the official BBC Shop’s Doctor Who Top 11 Must-haves page and take part in a flash sale. When does it end? Midnight on the 22nd. Assume GMT. This means the sale ends […]
David Tennant in the weirdest The Day of the Doctor video yet
It’s not normal to see videos like this up on the official BBC YouTube channel. Strange, weird and quirky as it is – it’s hard not to watch. We might suspect that this was filmed for a laugh and then published because a) why not and b) British humour. I approve. Do you? Is now […]
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time trailer
An Adventure in Space and Time is a 90 minute biopic written by Mark Gatiss that stars David Bradley (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) as William Hartnell the actor who played the First Doctor. Brian Cox plays BBC Head of Drama at the same, Sydney Newman, who was instrumental in the creation of the show […]
How to pre-order The Day of the Doctor 50th Anniversary Special
The 50th Anniversary Special Doctor Who will be called The Day of the Doctor and run for about 75 minutes. The BBC have just announced you can now pre-order the special on 3D Blu-ray and DVD today. The dics themselves will not be released until the 2nd of December (unless the BBC mess up and […]
Midnight’s announcement – Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor
There will be an announcement tonight at midnight UK time from the BBC about Doctor Who. It is expected to be a special program that’ll air on BBC this Sunday at 7pm called Doctor Who Live: The Next Doctor.
Steven Moffat confirms Doctor Who 8
Is there going to be another season of Doctor Who? Have the BBC given Doctor Who 8 the greenlight? Here’s what showrunner Steven Moffat said at last night’s BAFTA Awards. “This is a thing that just seems to have slipped by… so can I say it very firmly – series eight is absolutely, definitely confirmed,” […]
