Monthly Archives: December 2012

GALLERY: The Royal Mail Issues A Special Set Of ‘Doctor Who’ Stamps

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 26th, 2012

Royal Mail stamp of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor

This March, a new collection of Royal Mail stamps will be issued to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. There will be eleven first class stamps, featuring each of the Doctor’s incarnations to date, and four second class ...

WATCH: BBC America Programs Coming-in-2013

By Fraser McAlpine and Brigid Brown | Posted on December 25th, 2012

You may have sensed, during the breaks in Doctor Who, that astonishing things are afoot on BBC AMERICA in 2013. And if you did, you’d have been right. Here are just three reasons why:

Royal Roundup: The Queen Dons Blingy Eyeware for Christmas Message

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on December 25th, 2012

The Queen wears 3D glasses to record her annual Christmas message at Buckingham Palace, Dec. 7. (John Stillwell, pool/AP Images)

Dark wrap-around shades are a cool look for the Queen. But they’re not a new palace fashion choice, they’re just the sporty 3D glasses the Queen wore when she recorded her Christmas message earlier this month.

BBC AMERICA’s ‘Orphan Black’ Reveals Teaser Trailer (via @EW)

By staff | Posted on December 25th, 2012

Whovians will have a new sci-fi sensation to watch on BBC AMERICA: the network will premiere the sci-fi drama Orphan Black on Saturday, March 30, and Entertainment Weekly has the striking key art poster and a trailer that shows off the ...

10 British Stars When They Were Kids

By Brigid Brown | Posted on December 25th, 2012

We were all kids once — even British stars! Let’s take a peek at some of our favorite British actors when they were kids. Some are more obvious; and some will definitely give you a giggle.

Charles Dickens – Thank You Very Much!

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on December 25th, 2012

Charles Dickens, circa 1860s (Heritage Auction Gallery)

A Christmas Carol, wrote Paul Davis, author of The Lives & Times of Ebenezer Scrooge, “has been adapted, revised, condensed, retold, reoriginated and modernized more than any other work of English literature.”

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: How the Cast is Spending Christmas

By Brigid Brown, Fraser McAlpine and Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 25th, 2012

Well, first and foremost, Happy Christmas! Hopefully you’ll all be knee deep in Whovian stuff and wrapping paper right now, trying to work out how well a tweed jacket goes with an extra long scarf and a ruffled shirt, and ...

New ‘Harry Potter’ Shop Opens On An Actual Platform 9 3/4

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 24th, 2012

When it comes to marketing opportunities for the Harry Potter franchise, it’s only natural to want to put a magical retail outlet on the not-actually-there site of a fictitious railway platform, isn’t it? The ground rent ...

The ‘Special Relationship’ – A History of Meetings Between British Monarchs and U.S. Presidents

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on December 24th, 2012

Bill Murray, seated, playing FDR, welcoming Olivia Coleman, as Queen, and Samuel West, as King George, in 'Hyde Park on Hudson.' (Focus Features)

This post is brought to you by Focus Features’ new film Hyde Park on Hudson, directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and starring Oscar nominees Bill Murray and Laura Linney. In theaters now.