themaninblack

Yes, the Oc could well be regretting leaving out Bernie. Could we have our first debutant winner since 2005? Long way to go in what is shaping up to be a classic...

I do feel a twinge of guilt for picking her as my joker. I remember her well from the Nolans, particularly their incongruously funny turn in 'Filthy, Rich and Catflap', as well as her being in the kid's comedy 'On the Waterfront'. And a paddy too. Not one I'm going to shoot from the rooftops...

I think if he pulls through and gets out of hospital he stop doing those silly lectures on the paranormal...

I've made a note on her profile that she may have died in 2011 but the options are still open until proper confirmation...

Reuters is on fire at the moment. It owns the DDP!

She has, that's why she's bankrupt! Actually, thinking about it, you may have said the same thing. Carry on...

Pops up twice in DDP 2012 and nobody noticed!

You're constantly in Telegraph high-horse riding mode. If you read the Guardian/Independent comments they are infested with similar types. One would almost think they are a bit insecure about their point of view not being ingested. It's as if there's no-one representing them in the "lefty" media and they need to get their voice heard. Apart from the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, the Times and the Sun of course...

Where have all the old people gone?

Every year. For some weird reason countries tend to vote for the countries most closest to them , biggest load of crap on TV and the BBC uses large amounts of TV licence money to fund it . It then precedes to the mickey out of it and send bad singers to the contest . So yea millions of pounds for one nights TV so the BBC can feel a little superior about itself . What the BBC don't know though is it now produces the same level of crap as eurovision it just hasn't realised it yet , the BBC is not very self aware. Oh and yes we are forced to fund a private company in the UK by law. WE LOVE THE LICENSE FEE!!! License Fee vs BBC with adverts I know which I prefer. Well there was a time I would agree with you about the licence fee but not anymore. i.e when you actually got value for money . The BBC churns out cheap TV and the same old phone in reality TV shows now. When was the last time the BBC produced a good comedy I would say a good ten years ago now , but comedy is subjective we all have different tastes when it comes to good comedy. The BBC now receives funding from EU which is in breech of its agreement to only receiving funding from the British people. You then have the way the BBC likes to waste our money , 6 million for Johnathan ross which equals 41000 thousand people paid their licence fee just for the ermm 'privilege' of listening to Johnathan ross every friday. I'm sure he gets something similar at ITV but we are not forced to pay for it. Not to mention these stories you hear virtually every week. http://www.telegraph...-500-staff.html http://news.sky.com/story/1110234/bbc-boss-received-800000-in-final-year 2 months work for £800 000 nice work if you can get it. http://blogs.telegra...an-100-million/ If the BBC had to fund itself i'm sure the money would be spent alot more wisely . The BBC uses the British people as a cash machine. Lets not even talk about the unscrupulous behaviour of the TV licence collection . Threats on the door , looking though windows and one story i read a Tv licence man convinced a young boy of 7 to let him into their home while his mum was in the garden . The whole guilty before innocent thing pisses me off too. I think given the freedom of choice people would rather save 145 pounds a year and have adverts , the bbc knows this hence the reason why is tells people instead of asking them to pay. Don't get me started on the whole peado BBC cover up either. http://www.thisismon...ne-in-scam.html The contest scams . How many more has it scammed and got away with that we don't know about it has a history of covering things up. Yea so there's that. I wont be expecting any obits from the bbc.co.uk website from you then, since you wouldn't access their website... ...oh wait a minute!

Twice World Championship runner-up Ali Carter is being treated for testicular cancer.

Was there ever a Dutch equivalent of Doctor Who, Hein? You know: scary for kids, funny for adults, bit of leg for the Dad's sort of thing? No. I did quite some thinking about that question, but I couldn't think of anything like DW. Dutch TV couldn't, and can't, afford to spend the kind of money the BBC can pour into original drama. Yes. I quite liked it. regards, Hein Really? Blimey, Dutch TV must have been brassic in the 1970s as Doctor Who was fairly cheap! Of course one of the vanguard Saturday night TV progs in those days along with DW was 'The Generation Game', based on a Dutch game show...

Merkel's up for re-election in September, likely to win however...

Kenneth Minogue, whose abbreviated name on the cover of political philosophy books often raised a chuckle owing to it's proximity to the ageless pop star, has died aged 83...

My future in deadpooling was anticipated with Brando's passing when at work there was a discussion on celebrity death and I suggested Marlon would be the next to die, just 24 hours before he actually did!

I think Eurovision is funded by several TV companies across Europe but I'm assuming you're not too keen on Europe either by the vibe I'm getting...

On youtube she's on the panel of the BFI Doctor Who season. She looked fine to me.

It is a curious fact but there seems to be quite a lot of Doctor Who fans inhabiting this site and most British actors have some loose connection with Doctor Who and so the thread has plenety of food to keep it going. It is also a sad fact that if you have ever been in the presence of more than one Doctor Who fan at once it is difficult to get them to shut up on thier favorite topic. This topic did indeed start its forum life as a Doctor Who discussion. Many DW episodes were broadcast (with subtitles in Dutch) on Dutch TV. Early episodes I don't remember, but from the 1970's I've enjoyed DW thoroughly, several times from behind the sofa. I didn´t learn that many more people did and do the same, until this topic was started here. I declare Doctor Who on topic. regards, Hein Was there ever a Dutch equivalent of Doctor Who, Hein? You know: scary for kids, funny for adults, bit of leg for the Dad's sort of thing?

Why doesn't anyone tell me these things?

Curious how Brady has flipped the debate about prison/mental institutions on it's head. In normal circumstances, if a multiple child-murderering psycopath went to the nut house rather than stir, the tabloid press would have a coronary and demand said fiend gets "proper justice" rather than a supposedly "cushy" funny farm option. Brady wants to go back to prison and the press say nowt. Brady's been leading everyone a merry dance for something like 50 years...

Hmmm. Musing on whether to do a quick update tonight, while ol' Nelson is still stable...

That's your weakened team?! Blimey, what will yer strong one be like?

Well this thread was called Dr Who (Not Dr Who) or something, so we're still on-topic...ish! The trouble with the later 1960s Dalek stories is that for one reason or another they weren't as well distributed as the earlier ones, so copies would indeed be hard to come by. The best hope is possibly Marco Polo, which sounds like a classic. Hartnell's interpretation of the role is very different than subsequent Doctors. Troughton is actually considered the model for the Doctors that followed...

You would never have that happening in the British Labour Party. Bunch of softies in comparison to their Australian cousins. The Conservatives on the other hand...

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