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Please don't suck.
Please don’t suck. Please don’t suck. Please don’t suck. (via the BBC [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/The-Day-of-the-Doctor-50th-Anniversary-Special-Update] )
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Woah! No, autocorrect, no.
Woah! No, autocorrect, no. > A photo posted by Tom Charman (@tomcharman) [https://www.instagram.com/p/e1uF8xPGan/] on Sep 29, 2013 at 2:31am PDT
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Winding things up in Skyrim.
Winding things up in Skyrim. > A photo posted by Tom Charman (@tomcharman) [https://www.instagram.com/p/dtaZqhvGTl/] on Sep 1, 2013 at 12:33am PDT
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency
The Surveillance Speech: A Low Point in Barack Obama's Presidency [http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/08/the-surveillance-speech-a-low-point-in-barack-obamas-presidency/278565/] > "On Friday, President Obama spoke to us about surveillance as though we were precocious children. He proceeded as if widespread objections to his policies can be
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Psychic Signage
This may seem like a small sign for the psychic expo, but remember that everyone going already knows when and where it is. The sign is just a formality. > A photo posted by Tom Charman (@tomcharman) [https://www.instagram.com/p/dtaZqhvGTl/] on Sep 1, 2013 at 12:33am
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Some beautiful Song of Ice and Fire artwork by Michael Komarck
Some beautiful Song of Ice and Fire artwork by Michael Komarck [http://www.komarckart.com/index.html]. Good if you want to clear your mental palate before switching from TV to books.
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Promise to Rinko
> Rinko, a long time ago I made a solemn promise. And that promise was that, some day, I would finally let you have your own shoe back. And now that you’ve long since outgrown it, here it is. – The Editing Room take on Pacific Rim [http://www.the-editing-room.
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Interview with Man of Steel's Visual Effects Supervisor
Interview with Man of Steel's Visual Effects Supervisor [http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/29/4474512/man-of-steel-visual-effects-supervisor-john-dj-desjardin-interview] Okay, so I guess they really quite liked the idea of massive collateral damage.
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Steely Man
A few quick thoughts on Man of Steel. Wanton destruction. I’m surprised to see a movie pull the kind of over-the-top mindless destruction that this did. Surely a modern audience is going to find it hard to ignore the horrendous implied body-count while they watch an ultimately popcorn-level film
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Nightmare in Silver
I’m oddly ambivalent about Neil Gaiman’s second Doctor Who script. I quite liked his first: it had creepy moments and some excellent villainous and macabre characters. Of course, it also had the TARDIS getting mixed up about which door the “PULL TO OPEN” sign refers to, but I
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The Crimson Horror
The best thing about ‘The Crimson Horror’ is that the Doctor isn’t in it for the first half. The worst thing about ‘The Crimson Horror’ is that he isn’t in it in the second half, even though they got Matt Smith to turn up anyway. But I’ll
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Video: Doctor Who - The Robots of Death discussion
Video: Doctor Who – The Robots of Death discussion [http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/video/video-doctor-who-robots-death-discussion] The BFI had a chat with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and Philip Hinchcliffe which you should watch for no other reason than to spend time listening to Tom Baker.