Torchwood

Monday’s

9 July 2007 Rob Buckley 3 Comments

…headline of brevity

Doctor Who

Film

  • Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about The Dark Knight and hints at spoilers
  • Clips from War, starring Jet Li and Jason Statham
  • Jim Carrey will play Scrooge (and the ghosts of Christmas) in A Christmas Carol
  • Cloverfield based on Cthulhu?
  • Remake of Jacob’s Ladder planned

Theatre

  • Jonathan Pryce and Aidan Gillen do Glengarry Glen Ross in the West End

British TV

US TV

Events

Friday’s Newsround

6 July 2007 Rob Buckley 5 Comments

James Marsters with Sarah Michelle Gellar

No John Craven in sight.

Doctor Who

Film

Music

  • Avril Lavigne sued for ‘homaging’

British TV

  • Channel 4+1 launches on Freeview et al on August 20th. You’ll have to wait until Autumn for Five US+1 and Five Life+1 and they’ll only be on satellite [free registration required]
  • Michael Brandon from Dempsey and Makepeace to guest on The Bill for four episodes

Web TV

  • Minnie Driver is the voice of Lara Croft in an online web series, written by people like Warren Ellis and Peter Chung
UK TV

Review: Doctor Who – 3×13 – The Last of the Time Lords

1 July 2007 Rob Buckley 17 Comments

The Last of the Time Lords

Well, blimey. Who knew Rusty did dark so well*? Not since I was a wee small boy and saw Caves of Androzani have I felt so disturbed after watching a Doctor Who story.

Indeed, it’s not since Caves that we’ve really seen the Doctor get such a thoroughly good kicking, and certainly not deliberately, as the result of a carefully laid and executed plan. That was dark. Really dark. And I liked it, bar the occasional bits of Rustiness.

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