Author Archives: Fraser McAlpine

WATCH: Take A Look At 1920s London, In Color

By | Posted on May 13th, 2013
Buses vs horses. London Bridge, 1927

This footage of 1927 London was filmed by Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer of the moving picture, using a process of shooting in colour that was developed by his equally ground-breaking father William. The All-British Friese-Greene ...

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Olivia Colman Is The Queen Of The BAFTAs

By | Posted on May 13th, 2013
Olivia Colman and her two BAFTAs (Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP)

Last night’s BAFTA TV awards ceremony was a most Anglopheniac spectacle indeed, with top prizes going to some of our favorite British talents. Olivia Colman, for example, (finally) won two awards, for entirely contrasting ...

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‘Doctor Who’ Recap: ‘Nightmare In Silver’

By | Posted on May 11th, 2013
Nightmare In Silver

NOTE: Doctor Who fans, we’re giving you a weekly chance to win a set of Eleventh Doctor novels containing Tommy Donbavand’s Shroud of Sorrow, Nicholas Briggs’ The Dalek Generation, and Justin Richards’ Plague of the ...

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‘Merlin’ Recap: ‘The Kindness of Strangers’

By | Posted on May 11th, 2013
Merlin: 'The Kindness of Strangers'

We begin in the dark, with a chase. There are dogs, there are explosions, and Morgana has caught someone.

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BAFTA Celebrates 50 Years Of ‘Doctor Who’

By | Posted on May 10th, 2013
Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman on 'Doctor Who' (Photo: BBC AMERICA)

This weekend it’s the BAFTA Television Awards, hosted by Graham Norton. And, in recognition of 50 years of wonderment, 50 years of hiding behind soft furnishings, and 50 years of providing a LOT of work for British TV actors – ...

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The Greatest Moms Of ‘Doctor Who’

By | Posted on May 9th, 2013
Madge Arwell (played by Claire Skinner)

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a fact you really should all already know if you don’t want to spend the weekend apologising. But if you HAD forgotten, or you know your mom appreciates some sci-fi examples of positive ...

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Catherine Tate Is Remaking ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’ No, Really!

By | Posted on May 9th, 2013
Catherine Tate (Press Association via AP Images)

It’s always a good policy to wait until you’ve experienced a thing before you decide whether it was a good idea or not. Even if that thing is jumping off a tall building onto a bed of nails, you can’t truly be 100% ...

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How Did Busy Benedict Bulk Up For ‘Star Trek’?

By | Posted on May 8th, 2013
Benedict Cumberbatch as John Harrison in Star Trek Into Darkness

Sherlock fans may have noticed that Benedict Cumberbatch’s powerful presence in the new Star Trek movie shows a previously un-hinted-at muscular physique, far from the snarky detective’s hawkish beanpole frame.

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Just WHAT Is Going On In The New David Bowie Video?

By | Posted on May 8th, 2013
David Bowie - 'The Next Day'

When it was first announced that Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard would be appearing in David Bowie’s next promo video – for “The Next Day,” the third single since his sudden and overwhelmingly welcome comeback ...

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WATCH: Simon Pegg Reveals First Trailer For ‘The World’s End’

By | Posted on May 8th, 2013
The World's End

This is no time to muck about. We’ve been waiting to see what the third installment of Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg’s ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ would be like for (*checks watch*) oh, flipping AGES now.

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