‘Doctor Who’ caption competition

Our favourite captions this week were: “Quick, get inside – I’ve just seen Bonnie Langford.” – Kent Tayler “The BBC deny they are scaling down the new series of Doctor Who…” – Patrick McCafferty “Introducing Peek-a Capaldi as the 12th Doctor…” – Kat Bean “When the Doctor told Clara to ‘think outside the box’, Clara … >

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A tribute to Rik Mayall: 1958-2014

Rik Mayall’s greatest gift, exceeding both his ability for writing shrewd satire and side-splitting smut (often in a single line) and his boundless energy and enthusiasm for performance (he and Adrian Edmondson literally suffered for their art during recordings of Bottom and the subsequent, even more raucous stage shows), was the ability to make the … >

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Videos: ‘Doctor Who’ stars doing American accents

With several former Doctor Who actors heading stateside this year, we decided to gather together clips of their various American accents…   Karen Gillan From the producer of Paranormal Activity and Insidious, Oculus is a new horror movie starring Karen Gillan and arrives in UK cinemas on Friday 13 June.   John Simm John Simm stars … >

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Alex Kingston as River Song

‘Doctor Who’ pics gallery: River Song’s best costumes

Since her first Doctor Who appearance in 2008’s ‘Silence in the Library’, River Song has had more costume changes than… well, certainly more than Adric. Cosplayers, prepare yourselves as we travel back in time through some of Alex Kingston’s best outfits on the show (in no particular order). Like River Song said on the dance … >

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5 unique TV accessories

Television has changed and evolved in recent years, to the point that most of us have a seemingly infinite quantity of channels and other content to watch. In some cases, we probably even have access to stations that we never even considered tuning into. The wealth of entertainment programming is pretty incredible and recent advances … >

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Infographic: Is ‘Doctor Who’ sexist?

A new university study has set out to investigate the writing of female characters on Doctor Who since the show returned to our screens in 2005. The students conducted two major tests – a Bechdel Test, and counting speaking time – on all the post-2005 companions that had completed their tenure in the show (Rose, Martha, Donna … >

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Casino Royale

5 of James Bond’s best casino scenes

“Bond, James Bond”, utters Sean Connery in his first ever line as 007 across a chemin-de-fer table in 1962’s Dr. No, indelibly associating the effortlessly cool agent with some of cinema’s greatest casino scenes for the next five decades (although he’d probably find life easier if he just used an online casino). With Daniel Craig’s … >

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Interactive infographic: How much compensation could soap characters claim?

Life in a British soap means you’re likely to encounter more drama than the average person. If these accident-prone residents claimed for their injuries, how much compensation could they expect? With the British Soap Awards airing at 8:15pm on Sunday 25 May on ITV, First4Lawyers have asked just that question and created this interactive infographic, … >

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‘Penny Dreadful’ preview

The horror genre has always been most closely associated with the medium of film, but in recent years it has made long over-due in-roads into television. The ratings behemoth that is The Walking Dead has proved that horror in the long-form format of television can be hugely successful, while other shows like American Horror Story, … >

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