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  • Suddenly Doctor Who doesn't seem as important to the BBC

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    It’s a controversial sentiment, but is the multi-award wining, international bestselling, all-original, iconic Doctor Who even remotely important to the BBC anymore?

  • First Doctor Who computer game title and details announced

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    The BBC have confirmed that City of the Daleks is to be the first of the previously announced Doctor Who computer games which will be available to download from June 5th. Earlier this month the BBC announced plans to release four ‘interactive episodes’ for PC and Mac users.

  • Orange ties up with GoSpoken for fiction prize downloads

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    Orange yesterday announced the shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction and book lovers are being invited to download an extract of each title to their mobile. The prize, which is the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, was established in 1996 to celebrate and promote fiction by women…

  • New live play season for Sky Arts 2

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    Sky Arts 2 HD and Sky Arts 2 are to broadcast a new season of live plays from June 9th including a piece by Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues. Other playwrights to be featured are Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Frank McGuiness, Mark Ravenhill, who penned the satirical shock-fest, Shopping and F**king and Alia Bano.

  • DVD Review – The Advocates

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    Like a lot of archive drama, The Advocates sometimes feels slow compared to many modern’s dramas though if, like me, you dislike the often 2D approach of contemporary drama making, this is no bad thing.

  • Matt Smith to guest star in The Sarah Jane Adventures

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    Matt SMith’s Eleventh Doctor is to star alongside former Doctor Who companion Elisabeth Sladen in a special Sarah Jane Adventures episode which will also see Katy Manning reprise her role as 70’s companion Jo Grant.