Who will win?
Year: 2011
Thursday’s eloquent Hobbit news
Doctor Who
- Nana Visitor joins the Torchwood guest cast
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
- Vic Reeves and Rhys Darby to star in The Fun Police
- The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Case Sensitive and Vera all get second series [subscription required]
- Another Poirot in the works [subscription required]
US TV
- Allison Pill and Olivia Munn join Aaron Sorkin’s HBO pilot
- SyFy acquires Lost Girl
- TNT unveils The Closer spin-off, Major Crimes, starring Mary McDonnell
- Another True Blood trailer
- Catherine Tate frontrunner to take over The Office
Wednesday’s “have Faith in Torchwood” news
Doctor Who
- Eliza Dushku to star in online Torchwood spin-off
- Teaser for Torchwood: Miracle Day
Film
- Gillian Jacobs joins Seeking A Friend For The End of the World
- Joel Edgerton replaces Ben Affleck on The Great Gatsby
- Trailer for Tintin
British TV
- Sky poaches Glee from Channel 4
US TV
- The CW renews Nikita and One Tree Hill, cancels Hellcats…
- …picks up Secret Circle, Hart of Dixie and Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Ringer
- Rules of Engagement renewed
- CSI: NY renewed but Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior is cancelled
- AMC not ordering any new series this pilot season
- Someone’s leaving House [spoilers]
- Playboy Club ‘not that racy’
TV reviews
Review: Doctor Who – 6×4 – 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)
It’s another corker from Hebbie this week. The girl’s got game, you’ve got to admit it.
- Hebbie: 115
- Sister Chastity: 80
- Rullsenberg: 55
- Erin C: 50
- Janice: 15
- esgaril: 10
- 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.
- Marie: 115
- Rullsenberg: 90
- Toby, Electric Dragon: 60
- SK: 55
- Lisa G: 45
- theriverlady, Jane Henry: 35
- Virpi, Joe B: 15
- whoficwriter: 10
- 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.