• What’s this? A Dalek Helping to Exterminate Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs?

    What’s this? A Dalek Helping to Exterminate Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs?

    Standing guard in the reception area/foyer of BBC’s Broadcasting House in London is a Dalek that is, quite possibly, more valuable than the recent 1966 Dalek that sold for £38,000. The Dalek in question was recently found to contain an interesting compound that could be used to solve an ongoing medical crisis. Bacteria that cause dangerous […]

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  • Rare 1966 Dalek sells for £38K

    Rare 1966 Dalek sells for £38K

    A 1966 Dalek has sold for approximately £38,000 to a UK bidder after attracting bids from around the world in a recent film and TV memorabilia auction. A man from London bought the Dalek, beating bids from America, Australia, New Zealand and Belgium. The Dalek, which was seen in the 1966 film Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 […]

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  • How to turn your Barbie Doll into a Weeping Angel

    How to turn your Barbie Doll into a Weeping Angel

    The Weeping Angels. Arguably the scariest of all villains, the Weeping Angels were first introduced in “Blink” where the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and his companion Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) find themselves trapped in the past trying to communicate with a young woman, Sally Sparrow (Carey Mulligan), to prevent the Weeping Angels from taking control of the TARDIS. Pretty […]

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  • Official BBC ‘White Paper’ spells out Gov’t plan for future of BBC

    Official BBC ‘White Paper’ spells out Gov’t plan for future of BBC

    For over a half-century, PBS has operated with a mission statement to “…use media to educate, inspire, entertain and express the diversity of perspectives through programming that that expands the minds of children, documentaries that open up new worlds, non-commercialized news programs that keep citizens informed on world events and cultures and programs that expose […]

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  • Happy 90th, Sir David Attenborough!

    Happy 90th, Sir David Attenborough!

    Widely considered a national treasure in Britain, Sir David Attenborough turns 90 years young today. The younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, who passed away in 2014, David Attenborough spent his early life training for his seven decades of work with and for the BBC by spending his early childhood collecting fossils, stones and other natural specimens. Two […]

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  • Could scheduling restrictions possibly be headed BBC’s way?

    Could scheduling restrictions possibly be headed BBC’s way?

    Time for one of my Howard Beale moments while pondering where the heck is Lewis Black when you need him. Reading the stories in a number of Sunday papers in the UK suggesting the government is about to impose much greater restrictions on when the BBC can schedule its favorite shows, one has to wonder about its priorities […]

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  • The Doctor’s new companion reveal set for today during FA Cup semi-final

    The Doctor’s new companion reveal set for today during FA Cup semi-final

    UPDATE: Meet Bill! The BBC has confirmed that Peter Capaldi’s new companion for the forthcoming 10th series will be unveiled at half time during the Manchester United v Everton FA Cup semi-final today, St. Georges Day. The identity of the successor to Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald has set the internet ablaze ever since it was […]

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  • WhoFest3 DFW – Time to get your Who fix this weekend

    WhoFest3 DFW – Time to get your Who fix this weekend

    If your TARDIS is in the North Texas area beginning today through Sunday, you need to head on over to WhoFest3 DFW for more Doctor Who than the law allows. The third year of the fest promises to be ‘bigger on the inside’ this year with more panels, guests, concerts, Q&A sessions, celebrity photo ops, costumes across time and […]

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