Apologies if any of this is old news!
Doctor Who
- A breakdown of the Sarah Jane Adventures third season [spoilers]
- Big Finish licence renewed until 2012
- The Doctor to get animated in Dreamland
Film
- Bryan Singer to remake Excalibur
- Trailer for James Cameron's Avatar
- Stephen Moyer joins Priest
- Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker join cast of John Carter of Mars
- Trailer for Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story
British TV
- The Mentalist finishes with 2m viewers
- Krod Mandoon axed
- Alan Davies chef comedy Whites commissioned for series
- STV axes almost all ITV drama
- Sky3 to show paid-for content for free one weekend in September
- Sky1 picks up Stargate Universe
US TV
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to star in A Game of Thrones
- FX picks up two comedies
- Heather Locklear to return to Melrose Place?
- Prison Break writers to create Break Out Kings
- NBC orders pilot for Rex is Not Your Lawyer
- Hiroyuki Sanada joins Lost cast as recurring character
- Keith Carradine to appear in both Dexter and Dollhouse
- Tyne Daly to reunite with Sharon Gless on Burn Notice
- Jayma Mays returning to Heroes [spoiler]
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August 24, 2009 | Reply
I didn't realise Polly Walker was playing Cassiopeia in Titans. That alone might convince me to watch it.
Mind you, Cassiopeia and Andromeda should really be black, shouldn't they?
August 24, 2009 | Reply
"I didn't realise Polly Walker was playing Cassiopeia in Titans. That alone might convince me to watch it.Mind you, Cassiopeia and Andromeda should really be black, shouldn't they?"
No, I didn't realise that either. As for Cassiopeaia and Andromeda, although they were the royal family of Ethiopia, they were part of the Phoenician Empire at the time (assuming we're talking early to mid Bronze Age here), and so could be either black or Canaanites and therefore Semitic.
August 24, 2009 | Reply
The question that springs to mind when I see remake of Excalibur, is why? Just watched it again at weekend and I can't see how a modern version would improve on it. They'd be better starting from scratch. It's still my favourite version of the story.
August 24, 2009 | Reply
PS Welcome back Rob. You kept us royally entertained in your absence, but it's not the same playing here with out you(-:
August 24, 2009 | Reply
Well, thank you kindly!
August 24, 2009 | Reply
"As for Cassiopeaia and Andromeda, although they were the royal family of Ethiopia, they were part of the Phoenician Empire at the time (assuming we're talking early to mid Bronze Age here), and so could be either black or Canaanites and therefore Semitic."
Unlikely to look like Polly Walker, though. Even less likely to look like Sian Phillips and Judi Bowker, though. And it's a myth.
Judi Bowker. Whatever happened to her?
August 24, 2009 | Reply
"And it's a myth."
Heretic.
August 24, 2009 | Reply
"And it's a myth."Heretic."
Is any part of the story verifiable?
August 24, 2009 | Reply
Is any part of the story verifiable?
Look up at the sky! Where do you think those constellations came from?
August 24, 2009 | Reply
Welcome back to the madness Rob, must be the start of autumn then?
August 25, 2009 | Reply
""And it's a myth."Heretic."Is any part of the story verifiable?"
Proof is nothing, faith is everything. Stone the unbeliever.
August 26, 2009 | Reply
[Rob, have I mentioned that I love you, lately?] We have missed you... even it has taken me three days to get here....
I've really missed the news pages even though I try and keep myself spoiler free by avoiding links and hoping everyone keeps the spoiler tags on!
(on which note, having judiciously avoided going beyond a suspicion about the spoilers for the DT Doctor Who finale(s), I was right royally p****d off to open up the latest DWM and find a big fat headline provided spoiler starring at me.
I'd kinda guessed but really: a hint on the contents page might have helped me consider avoiding that page at least... *grr*
Sorry: I needed to rant.
It's losing my Sitting Tennant crown that's done it
August 27, 2009 | Reply
Bad DWM! Glad to be back (although I'll sort of be away again next week)