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Review: Doctor Who – 4×8 – Silence in the Library

2 June 2008 Rob Buckley 18 Comments

Where does he get these wonderful ideas? Wouldn’t you just give anything to have the creativity of Steven Moffat? Everything he writes seems to have some concept designed purely to scare the crap out of kids – and adults – that no one’s ever thought of before.

The man’s a genius.

All the same, as brilliant as the first part of this two-part Doctor Who story was, it wasn’t complete perfection. And there were several guilty culprits.

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Monday’s inconvenient singing vice presidents news

2 June 2008 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

Doctor Who

Freema Agyeman among stars of Survivors remake
Catherine Tate wants to make another series of her sketch show

Film

Judd Apatow to direct movie about stand-up comedy
Trailer for new Coen Brothers/George Clooney movie
Emily the Strange to become a movie
Bryce Dallas Howard to replace Charlotte Gainsbourg on Terminator 4?
Daniel Craig to become honorary green beret?
Danny Glover, Oliver Platt and Thandie Newton to star in 2012?

Books

Brian Cant reads downloadable fairy tales for free
Gavin & Stacey: the book

Radio

GCap sells Xfm South Wales [free registration required]

Musicals

Gone with the Wind to close after just 79 performances
An Inconvenient Truth to become an opera

British TV

Sex discrimination on BBC news?
Jonathan Ross to host Dad’s Army special
FIve to re-enact SAS missions [free registration required]
No new US shows acquired yet
Davina will “never quit” Big Brother
Britain’s Got Talent finale gets 14.4m viewers
Jonathan Creek back for Christmas special

US TV

Law and Order producer to head second season of In Treatment?
Tim Minear signs two-year deal with 20th Century Fox TV
Kim Cattrall to star in remake of Joanna Lumley’s Sensitive Skin for HBO
Time travelling Mad Men [minor spoilers]
More pilot casting
Harold Perrineau joins The Unusuals… and he’s not happy about Lost
A Lost deleted scene
Scrubs: The Next Generation
TBS launching female commuter micro-series

When Ruby Wax met Liza Minnelli and Katy Manning

30 May 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Big fan of Ruby Wax? Love Liza Minnelli? Maybe you’re more of a Katy Manning appreciator – she played Jo Grant on Doctor Who.

Then you’ll love this.

[thanks to Vin]

Friday’s “running down that hill” news

30 May 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

Steven Moffat to scare children?
Billie feels too posh for Rose

Film

Trailer for Will Smith’s superhero movie Hancock
Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner lined up for Beverly Hills Cop 4?
Jon Cryer and James Spader to star in Robert Rodriguez’s Shorts
Four more cast members for Transformers 2
James McAvoy to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit?
Elizabeth Berkley joins Donnie Darko sequel

Radio

David Quantick gets a show on Q Radio

Theater

Melissa Gilbert to star as Ma Ingalis in Little House musical

Austrian TV

Cellar girl gets her own TV chat show

British TV

What the Papers Say axed after 52 years
Tony Saint to write show about Berwick declaring itself independent
Sharon Horgan gets an exclusive deal with the BBC [free registration required]
Piers Morgan to get his own ITV chat show
Stephen Fry in America gets a spin-off series [free registration required]

US TV

Cast of Starz’s Crash series coming together
More casting on ABC comedy pilots

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