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Torchwood Miracle Day – on DVD and Blu-ray this week
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As previously reported, the complete four seasons of Torchwood are available on Blu-ray from this week. Miracle Day, the latest instalment of the Doctor Who spin-off ended its latest BBC One run in September but fans of Captain Jack (John Barrowman) and his team can now re-live their adventures right from the very beginning in…
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Meet Doctor Who? That’ll be £120
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£99 for a ticket plus £25 for an autograph OR a photograph. That’s what BBC Worldwide expect Doctor Who fans to pay at next year’s official fan convention. How can the BBC justify such a high cost to meet the publicly paid creative team behind a publicly owned show? Because they’ll easily find 3,000 hardcore…
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Sky launches Movie app
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Satellite broadcaster Sky has launched a new Sky Movies app for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The free app, which can be downloaded from the App Store, offers customers full details of movies on Sky’s movie channels and Box Office PPV service plus the latest cinema releases. User can also use the app to…
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University researcher to blog entire Ealing Studios back catalogue
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A film researcher from the University of East Anglia is viewing and blogging the entire back catalogue of movies from Ealing Studios – home of some of the most loved British classic films. The studio is best known for its prolific output across the 1930s, 40s and 50s which featured stars such as Alec Guinness,…
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Apple releases first Over The Air iOS update
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The latest update for Apple’s iOS software for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch has been released. The software is the first to be made available by Apple as an Over The Air (OTA) update meaning users can download the software direct to their device via WiFi. Previously users had to connect their device to a…
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BBC announces official Doctor Who convention
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The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is holding the first official Doctor Who convention since the series returned to television screens in 2005. The event will take place on the 24th and 25th of March 2012 at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The location has featured in several episodes of the show, including as a…