Matt Smith and Karen Gillian both won best Drama Performance: Male and females awards at the National TV awards, on the 25th January. Meanwhile, series 7 prep is well underway. 12 episodes + a Xmas Special have been slated with … Continue reading
Like many badly constructed Milennium projects up and down the country, Carlisle’s ill reckoned Irishgate bridge has been closed as unsafe only 11 years after being built. The carbuncle of a bridge, which has been found to have metal fatigue … Continue reading
I read with some intrest the recent row in the States regarding the attempted introduction through Congress of anti-piracy legislation known as ‘SOPA’ (Stop Online Piracy Act) and ‘PIPA’ (the Protect IP Act). In a dramatic twelfth hour climb down … Continue reading
Tom Baker turns 78 today. Tom – arguably the greatest Doctor. Played incarnation no.4, from 1974 until 1981. Tom is the oldest living Doctor, a distinction held by Jon Pertwee, until his death in 1996. With the 50th anniversary around … Continue reading
Celeb Big Brother has been rather good this year, it has a good mix of characters – such as Michael Madsen, Frankie Cokehead and Denise Welch and Romeo. Its a shame that Andrew Stone went first because for car crash … Continue reading
Watching The Beeb’s Royal Bodyguard starring David Jason, is painful. Especially when repeats of Only Fools And Horses remind you what a comic talent Jason is. Playing a hapless bodyguard to the queen, Jason bumbles his way through a series … Continue reading
When Friday the 13th comes around, I always have a personal mirth moment. Like when I think about all of those terrible Friday 13th horror films. For instance, like part 8 – Jason Takes Manhattan, I mean Jason might take … Continue reading
The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize has been launched in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. The challenge is for researchers to build a real life portable Star Trek Tricorder tool, capable of being carried over the shoulder (at 2 … Continue reading
I read with interest the current 4G trial going on in the Cumbrian village of Kaber. Residents there have been given a years free access to the 4G signal using dongles and Mi-FI units. Judging by the feedback from residents … Continue reading