We went to see Fantastic Four yesterday and…it was pretty good! Really! It was fine. Underrated even! I’ll leave Pete or one of those, you know, film people to talk about it as a movie, and I’m going to talk a bit about its relation[…]

This should not be a BBC News story. Does this Canadian bloke, Baba Brinkman, really think that he is the first person to think of turning Chaucer into a rap?
HAS HE NEVER MET AN A-LEVEL ENGLISH TEACHER.
This is COURSEWORK, not ART.[…]

(I had the idea a while ago of using blogs to talk about my expectations of something before I read/heard/etceteraed it. This would, I thought, be an interesting reference point once I had, uh, consummated my whatevers with it. It might also be awful[…]

The I Love Comics bestest characters ever poll is underway, and from the votes so far it’s looking pretty interesting. There’s still the best part of a month to vote so if you love comics, give it a go.[…]

You have until midnight tonight to nominate characters in the I Love Comics BEST EVER CHARACTERS POLL!
Here’s a big list of who’s been picked so far. You get four choices.[…]

There is a bad habit, one which unfortunately I share, of considering things which have only the most tenuous of links as plays on words or puns. Call them parapuns if you will (I will), as they are half-baked and rubbish. An example: well an example[…]

The Fall of Yquatine by Nick Walters. Eighth Doctor (if you stick with this for long enough you will learn that 8th Dr = ALARM BELLS), Fitz and Compassion.
8th Dr books are the ones you need to look out for. As far as I gather they pretty much fall i[…]

Cat’s Cradle: Time’s Crucible by Marc Platt. Seventh Doctor with Ace as the companion. Stupid Ace. Hey, whoever said these reviews would be impartial.
I’m starting with this bonkers New Adventure as it’s the next in published […]

WHO REVIEWS – THEY’RE ALIVE!
Way back in the mists of time, a certain Dan Perry of this Man2Man Parrish stated his intention of reviewing all Dr Who books, in chronological order via publication for the delectation of Brown Wedge Readers.[…]

So Jackanory is to return. Excellent commissioning work from Alison Sharman, new Children’s BBC controller, ignoring advice and putting something on BECAUSE SHE LIKED IT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD. We should hope for revivals of Andy Pandy and the Wo[…]