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Time Considered As A Hastily Scrawled Set Of Notes On A Livejournal Beermat
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Doctor Who: The Bells Of St John
This one came off as a remix of a few previous companion-intro episodes. Disembodied intelligence and London landmark from Rose, whimsical Doctor and companion-as-kid backstory (well, sort of) from Eleventh Hour, and […]

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jumpers for goalposts IN THE FUTURE
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Tom linked to this at Blue Lines, but not everyone is on Tumblr. More here.
For the puzzled: Japanese schoolgirls re-enacting magical martial arts moves from manga, photographing and uploading them. For the record: AMAZING.
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kursaal longhairs and mechanical mice: wilko vs whacko! and other forgotten tales
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(quick notes on a partial late-night viewing)
Reliably, Julian Temple still really annoys me. It was already a third of the way in when I switched his Doctor Feelgood doc (I’d only just got in and hadn’t realised BBC4 were screening it to[…]

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The Periodic Table of Metal
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The Periodic Table of Metal
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Cinema Of Blood
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When you have a tweet conversation with yourself on the bus on the way home, it is good to remember it might actually be a blog post…
I saw Theatre Of Blood for the first time tonight, at a BFI Screen Epiphanies showing (you will be unsurprised[…]

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Lost Property Office 2-5: The Bread Of Life
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So the great clear out happened. WHat went from an Aladdin’s Cave of the lost and misplaced briefly had bare shelves. We even got rid of the duvet. So the Lost Property Office took a short hiatus for a few weeks whilst we patiently waited for t[…]

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Mummification
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Young Avengers 2, by Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen (post will contain SPOILERS)
Let’s think about pop and parents for a moment.
Pop from the 50s on may have been about the generation gap, but it was rarely about the generation gap. Parents showe[…]

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