“Boom Town” is the story of the Doctor consolidating everything that has happened to him since he first met Rose Tyler. In that time, he’s learned to let go of some of his bitterness over the Time War, he’s dropped his defenses enough to want to show Rose how exciting the universe can be, and […]
The British gangster movie, whether played as a caper, a comedy, a musical or a deadly serious thriller, has a distinctly different tone of voice to similarly criminal films from other parts of the world. There may be common themes—sex, violence, a certain devil-may-care attitude towards the feelings of other people, and at some point […]
For the purposes of brevity, let’s assume everyone is fairly familiar with the current career whereabouts of Christopher Eccleston (The Leftovers), Billie Piper (Penny Dreadful), David Tennant (Broadchurch), Arthur Darvill (also Broadchurch), Freema Agyeman (the upcoming Netflix series Sense8), Matt Smith (Terminator Genisys), Alex Kingston (Chasing Shadows), Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy and the late […]
Today is National Poetry Day (October 2) in the UK, and the Brits have always done pretty well at providing the world with poems and people who are good at reading poems, here are 10 poetic moments, provided by some of our favorite actors and actresses. Starting with Benedict Cumberbatch reading “Ode to a Nightingale” […]
It’s hard to think of a better way to drum up excitement for a new Doctor and a new season of Doctor Who than for that Doctor, his trusty companion, and his Executive Producer to go out and meet with legions of fans all over the world, just before his grand entrance on screen. And that […]
We all love River Song, don’t we? The only woman in the universe (so far) that can approach the Doctor on anything like equal terms, terrifyingly good with a gun, and played by one of the most vivacious actresses Britain has ever produced: Alex Kingston. And Alex set to continue causing ripples in Whovian circles, […]
The Star Trek universe is very big and very inclusive. People from all Earth nationalities and extra-terrestrial races mix freely within the crew of the Enterprise, and that means a huge variety of onboard accents. Sometimes this can result in employment prospects for some of Britain’s finest thespian talent, although the show’s most notably British […]
Technically this isn’t a British movie, but given that the new Star Trek film stars official Anglophenia Hall of Famers* Simon Pegg, Busy Benedict Cumberbatch AND Noel Clarke, we’re claiming it as one of ours for the foreseeable future. So, let’s start with the basics. It’s called Star Trek: Into Darkness (we might’ve added the colon, […]
OK hands up, who’s still reeling? All of you? Thought as much. Saturday’s revelation and recrimination adventure The Angels Take Manhattan, in which Amy and Rory Pond not only leave the Doctor but revert to (semi)-normal life, somewhere in New York, as Mr. and Mrs. Williams, tested the tissue strength of hardened Whovians all over […]
Warning: if your only experience of Noel Clarke’s work has been as Mickey in Doctor Who, you may find some of these clips a little hard going. He has carved out a career as an actor, writer, director in a series of tough projects depicting inner city life in all of its gruesome reality. As […]
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