Archive for June, 2008

There’s something about Donna

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 30th June , 2008

FOLLOWING on from my Doctor Who gushfest, a chat with Graham Bandage and Barrie Mills in work about the show has made me think more about Donna.
I’ll admit I was blinded by the ‘Am I Bovvered?!’ hate fest that surrounded the announcement of Catherine Tate stepping into the Tardis full time – one bloke I [...]

Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 29th June , 2008

I KNEW it was coming – anyone who had even a passing interest in Doctor Who did.

Companion overload, Daleks, yes, even Dave Ross – I knew it all.

But that still didn’t prepare me for what was the latest fantastic episode of this best of all series.

At last the Daleks were actually threatening and evil, led [...]

Geek-gasm to end all geekgasms!

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 20th June , 2008

LIFE, at times, can be dull – a humdrum day at work, chilling out at home, bla bla bla.
But sometimes, just sometimes, something explodes into being with the force of a nuclear blast, singes your eyeballs with its radiance and makes you call excitedly around your friends and clear your social schedule for the next [...]

The debt we all owe Hugo Gernsback

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 18th June , 2008

EVERYONE knows what science fiction is, but do you know where the term first came from?
With a smug grin, I can proudly say I do, thanks to a remarkable discovery made in the most unlikely of places.