When the new series of Doc Martin returns to public television stations in the States this January, viewers will be treated to a very familiar face in episode 7 as none other than Sigourney Weaver turns up in Portwenn. The actress, known for her brilliant roles in Alien and Ghostbusters, left Hollywood for a small part in Doc Martin – […]
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When we last left Portwenn and the daily ups and downs of Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) and Louisa (Caroline Catz), the couple had married but, as we are all so painfully aware, their marital harmony was short lived. After a life-threatening incident, Louisa decided to take their son James Henry to stay with her mother in […]
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Ellen Ripley, the heroic warrant officer who spent more time than the law allows aboard the doomed Nostromo spacecraft and the ship’s shuttle battling an extraterrestrial endoparasitoid species with multiple life cycles, better known as the Xenomorph X121, in Alien and Aliens, is headed to much calmer waters this time around for the new series […]
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Nearing 85 years of age, Sir David Attenborough is still going strong. His upcoming 60th anniversary of broadcasting in 2012 could have actually been last year had he not been turned down by the BBC for his first job in television back in 1950. Thankfully, the head of Factual programming, at the time, at the […]
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