Monthly Archives: March 2013

#newtoWHO: Vulture Recapper Ross Ruediger’s First ‘Doctor Who’ Experience

By | Posted on March 29th, 2013
Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen. (Photo: BBC)

1. Who introduced you to the show?

It wasn’t a who, but rather a what, and that’s Starlog magazine, which, long before folks bookmarked their favorites or shut down their browsers, was the go-to resource for sci-fi TV and movie fans. Issue #36 from July 1980 (the ...

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RIP Richard Griffiths: Five Of His Greatest Hits

By | Posted on March 29th, 2013
Richard Griffiths, as Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter films

Richard Griffiths OBE, the Tony-winning star of stage and screen, has died at the age of 65. He had suffered complications following heart surgery.

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Poll Results! 10 Greatest British Sci-Fi/Fantasy Novelists

By | Posted on March 29th, 2013
The time machine (and gentleman operator) from The Time Machine by HG Wells.

The results are in! You’ve voted, we’ve counted, and now we can reveal which of the ten writing giants listed below is the favorite of Anglophenia readers.

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Let’s Make Some Hot Cross Buns For Easter

By | Posted on March 29th, 2013
Some hot cross buns

Depending on which calendar you happen to follow, today could very well be Good Friday. And if it is, you may be considering a hot cross bun right now. And if you are, you are in good company.

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WATCH: Colin Firth and Emily Blunt in ‘Arthur Newman’ Trailer

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
Colin Firth gives Emily Blunt a cuddle in their new film Arthur Newman.

Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) and Emily Blunt (The Young Victoria) star in Arthur Newman, a story of two people who don’t really like who they are and so, instead, take on other’s identities. It’s not necessarily a story of ...

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Prince William to Star in TV Series

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
Prince William (AP)

Prince William’s 9-to-5 job as a Royal Air Force search and rescue helicopter pilot will be featured in the second series of Helicopter Rescue, reports BBC News.

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Top Gear Thursday: Comedy Duo Write a Song About Jeremy Clarkson

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
Still from 'The Jeremy Clarkson Top Gear Song' (Hawkeye and Windy)

“You buy a bag of peanuts in this town, you get a song written about you,” said Orson Welles as the title character of Citizen Kane.

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Emma Watson And The Nine Scary Waxworks Of Doom

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
Emma Watson's new waxwork (this and all photos courtesy of AP Images)

This week, a new waxwork of Emma Watson was revealed at the world famous Madame Tussaud’s in London. She looks, as a lot of waxworks do, not entirely unlike herself, but also not unlike someone else wearing an Emma Watson ...

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WATCH: Sally El Hosaini Provides Antidote to ‘Downton Abbey’ British Fantasy

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
James Floyd (left) and Fady Elsayed in 'My Brother the Devil'

British filmmaker Sally El Hosaini’s new picture My Brother the Devil — released in U.S.

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A Companion To The Doctors: The Third Doctor

By | Posted on March 28th, 2013
The Doctor shows Jo Grant a thing or two.

Having weathered the storm of one lead actor leaving the show, the announcement in 1969 that Patrick Troughton was handing back his keys to the TARDIS was less stressful than it might have been. Mind you, the revelation that he was to ...

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