Monthly Archives: August 2012

WATCH: ‘Doctor Who: Pond Life’ Part 4: An Ood Day at Chez Pond

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 30th, 2012

We were quite tickled at yesterday’s Pond Life, with its “Ood on the Loo” reveal at the Pond house. Part 4 of this five-part Season 7 prequel picks up shortly thereafter, with more domestic scenes that have the ...

The Brit List: 10 Great British Songs About New York

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 30th, 2012

What? They’re are all great, OK? We didn’t just use the word because it’s a pun on Great Britain or anything.

WATCH: Trailer for ‘Doctor Who’ vs. ‘Nerdist’ All-Star Celebrity Bowling

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 29th, 2012

As if this week weren’t already stuffed like a pot pie full of piping-hot Doctor Who goodness, the Nerdist YouTube Channel has announced that their “Doctor Who vs. Nerdist: All-Star Celebrity Bowling” event will hit ...

JK Rowling Wins Right to Build 40-ft. Tree Houses in Garden

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 29th, 2012

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has won the right to build 40-feet tall tree houses, complete with “secret tunnels, a rope bridge and turreted roofs,” in her garden on her property in Edinburgh, The Daily Telegraph reports. ...

WATCH: British-based Quay Twins Bring World of Weird to MoMA

By Tom Brook | Posted on August 29th, 2012

The prolific – and at times unsettling – art of the London-based Quay Brothers is on full display at a new exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and their fans are mightily impressed.

WATCH: ‘Doctor Who: Pond Life,’ Part 3: The Best Part of Waking Up…

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 29th, 2012

The previous installment of Pond Life, the five-part prequel to the new season of Doctor Who, saw the Doctor popping up unexpectedly at Amy and Rory’s bedside. Flash forward to another blissfully domestic scene at the Pond house, ...

The Brit List: Five Great British Things Americans Missed In The ’90s

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 29th, 2012

I know what you’re thinking, it IS an oddly specific list, this one, isn’t it? Speaks to a very specific core demographic of the Anglophenia audience, namely anyone who was around the in the ’90s, all paying attention ...

Life Outside The TARDIS: Freema Agyeman

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 29th, 2012

This is the earliest clip we could find. It comes after her 2003 appearance in the notorious British soap Crossroads, which had been rebooted for the naughties.

WATCH: Seth MacFarlane Sings Showtunes for the BBC

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on August 28th, 2012

Watch as Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane sings “Seven and a Half Cents” from The Pajama Game alongside Anna-Jane Casey at the Royal Albert Hall in London. The duet took place during the BBC Proms 2012′s tribute to ...

Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Four More Days To Go…

By Kevin Wicks and Fraser McAlpine | Posted on August 28th, 2012

So we’re very nearly at the start of Season 7. The trailers have been coming out, there’s the Pond Life teaser story arc happening every day this week, there are interviews, quotes, preview showings, new photos (like this ...