Author Archives: Fraser McAlpine

‘Merlin’ Recap: ‘With All My Heart’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 4th, 2013

Note: due to a break in the broadcast of this final series of Merlin, we managed to get out of sync with the shows as they appeared on air. So, here’s the recap of With All My Heart, which was shown on SyFy last night.

‘Doctor Who’ Fans Offer 14,000 Free Books To UK Schools

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 3rd, 2013

A collection of Doctor Who novelisations

Whovians, this is an example of the kind of people you can call your global community. Be very proud!

Steven Moffat Explains That Whole Statue Of Liberty Thing

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 2nd, 2013

The Statue of Liberty is a wrong 'un, in The Angels Take Manhattan

When your working day is spent making up alternatives to reality and trying to ensure they make the same kind of sense that real reality does (if not more so), there are always going to be people who have questions. And when that ...

OK, Now There Definitely, Really WILL Be Another ‘Inbetweeners’ Movie

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 2nd, 2013

The Inbetweeners (l-r Harrison, Bird, Buckley, Thomas)

Gossip: it’s rubbish isn’t it? You just get to the point where you know for absolute certain that something is a certain way, and then along comes some gossip that suggests you’re completely wrong.

The Spice Girls Musical Won’t Last Forever

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 2nd, 2013

The Spice Girls 2012 (Rex Features via AP Images)

The Spice Girls musical, Viva Forever, which was written by Jennifer Saunders and featured all of the big Spice songs (and some of the smaller ones) is set to close after a seven month run, with Daily Mail-reported debts of £5 ...

Five British Things You Must Do on May Day

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 1st, 2013

Queen Elizabeth II watches maypole dancers, on Holgates Green in Hugh Town St Mary's Island in the Isles of Scilly Queen Elizabeth Ii and Prince Philip Visiting the Scilly Isles, Britain - 03 Jun 2011 It was the first time she had visited the far-flung corner of the United Kingdom since 1967 when the Monarch and the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Princes Charles and Andrew and Princess Anne arrived on the Royal Yacht Britannia. (Rex Features via AP Images)

The first of May is a date that has had many different connotations and celebrations down through the years, dating back to Roman times and probably (given that the calendar will have been different at the time) beyond. There’s ...

Who Is Jazzing Up ‘Downton Abbey’ For Season Four?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 1st, 2013

Changes are afoot in Downton Abbey. With the show’s creator Julian Fellowes pledging to, as he put it “widen the show ethnically,” new storylines are being written about the arrival of jazz in 1920′s Britain, ...

Matt Smith: “Ryan Gosling Auditioned Me On His Phone”

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 1st, 2013

Matt Smith: The now 30-year-old 'Doctor Who' actor cemented his status as a star of his generation, his face and iconic bowtie appearing on the front covers of both Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide Magazine. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

It must be so wonderful to be Matt Smith sometimes. Not least because you’re the Doctor and there’s all the fun stuff that comes with that, but he’s at the stage in his career where he can audition for movie roles in ...

Colin Firth Is Not At All Optimistic About ‘Bridget Jones 3′

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 30th, 2013

I’m not sure if this counts as good news or not good news. Colin Firth – the go-to-guy if you want a classic reserved British person struggling against internal adversity while trying to maintain a brave face in a movie – is ...

‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Are You Red-y For ‘The Crimson Horror’?

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on April 30th, 2013

So THAT’S what the middle of the TARDIS is like! There’s a stately home in there! And a library, and some corridors, and a quarry… oh and an exploding star. Talk about all mod cons!