Thursday’s eloquent Hobbit news

Doctor Who

Film

  • Stephen Fry joins The Hobbit
  • Ian McKellen, Judi Dench and Gillian Anderson to star in The Buxom Strumpet
  • Plans for Thor 2 to come out at the same time as Iron Man 3 [minor spoilers]

British TV

US TV

Wednesday’s “have Faith in Torchwood” news

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

  • Sky poaches Glee from Channel 4

US TV

TV reviews

Review: Doctor Who – 6×4 – The Doctor’s Wife

The Doctor's Wife

In the UK: Saturday 14th May, 6.30pm, BBC1/BBC1 HD. Available on the iPlayer
In the US: Saturday 14th May, 9pm/8c, BBC America

So I’ve just about got up the energy and enthusiasm to review this week’s provocatively titled episode, The Doctor’s Wife, written by the hallowed author of Sandman and American Gods, Neil Gaiman. Just about.

Review after the trailer.

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Sitting Tennant

Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant (week 18, 2011)

Hebbie's Sitting Tennant

It’s another corker from Hebbie this week. The girl’s got game, you’ve got to admit it.

  1. Hebbie: 115
  2. Sister Chastity: 80
  3. Rullsenberg: 55
  4. Erin C: 50
  5. Janice: 15
  6. esgaril: 10
  7. theriverlady: 5

It’s a joint win for SK and Marie in last week’s caption competition, with two very different but equally good captions. Thanks to everyone for taking part and good luck with this week’s pic.

  1. Marie: 115
  2. Rullsenberg: 90
  3. Toby, Electric Dragon: 60
  4. SK: 55
  5. Lisa G: 45
  6. theriverlady, Jane Henry: 35
  7. Virpi, Joe B: 15
  8. whoficwriter: 10
  9. Hebbie, kallan: 5

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable, it will appear in the Sitting Tennant gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.

Tuesday’s “stone age family guy” news

Film

  • Matthew McConaughey joins The Paperboy with Tobey Maguire, Zac Efron and Sofia Vergara
  • Trailer for the Straw Dogs remake
  • Clip from Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life
  • Dimension and Miramax working on The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes

Theatre

Canadian TV

US TV