Yesterday's announcement that Matt Smith is to be the next star of Doctor Who has attracted widespread media coverage with BBC bosses likely to be celebrating their success in drowning out coverage of ITV's newest fantasy show Demons. In possibly the second article to be published on the subject (after our own) the Guardian's Gareth McLean shares his thoughts on Smiths casting. Be warned, some of the accompanying … [Read more...]
Matt Smith named as 11th Doctor Who
January 3, 2009 By
Matt Smith has been named as the eleventh Doctor, replacing David Tennant in BBC One's hit revival of Doctor Who. At 26 Smith (pictured below) is the youngest actor ever to play the role. He has previously appeared in Alan Bennett's play The History Boys and in BBC One's adaptations of Phillip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North. He also appeared as Danny in BBC Two's political drama Party … [Read more...]
BBC poised to announce new Doctor Who star
January 2, 2009 By
After months of speculation, Doctor Who fans will tomorrow find out the identity of the 11th Doctor as part of a special edition of Doctor Who Confidential. Doctor Who Confidential – The Eleventh Doctor will air on BBC One tomorrow, Saturday 3 January 2009, at 5.35pm. The casting announcement follows David Tennant's decision to leave the role after her completes filming four specials, to be aired during 2009 and … [Read more...]
Skins 3 – meet the class of 2009
January 2, 2009 By
As we reported just before Christmas, E4 has announced the line up for the third series of hit series Skins which hits screens later this month. Overshadowed by big brother Tony in the first two series, Effy (Kaya Scodelario) is now queen bee and is joined by best friend and fellow returnee Pandora (Lisa Backwell). Scodelario says her new cast mates are "lot closer to my age", remarking: "The new cast are in the … [Read more...]
Making XBox movies (without Burt Reynolds)
January 1, 2009 By
Maybe you've seen those adverts with Burt Reynolds for Xbox movie making game, You're in the Movies? Well, a couple of weeks ago Eedelman PR kindly sent me a copy to have a play with and, with Christmas telly being a teeny bit on the unexciting side this year, I've spent some of the festive break having a bit of a play. I'm rather pleased to be able to say that within a few minutes of plugging in the bundled video … [Read more...]
Hands On: Asus Eee PC 904HD
January 1, 2009 By
The Asus Eee PC 904HD is currently being given away by T-Mobile on a bundled broadband package so it likely to be falling into the hands of a lot of first time subnotebook users over the next few weeks. I've been an Eee fan since I bought my 701 and I've always been pleased by the 'wow' factor it produces when seen for the first time. Based on my use to date I fully expect the 904HD to follow in the 701's footsteps … [Read more...]
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