BBC Radiophonic Workshop Q&A at the Camden Roundhouse
On May 17th I went to see an evening with 'The Radiophonic Workshop' at Camden's Roundhouse, which was part of their Short Circuit festival of electronica. Yesterday I posted my review of the gig. Photo by Stickpeople Before the show started there was an hour long Q&A session with 5 members of the Radiophonic Workshop, which I was lucky enough to attend. Here are some of my notes from the event. The conference circuit Thanks to their involvement with Doctor...
BBC Radiophonic Workshop live at the Camden Roundhouse
"BBC Radiophonic Workshop live"
Read my review of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop gig at Camden's Roundhouse, along with my notes from the Q&A session which preceded it.
'Local Newspaper Week' - Being local...
This week has been, according to the Newspaper Society, 'Local Newspaper Week'. It seemed like an opportune moment to blog about some of the things I've noticed about my local newspapers since I moved to Muswell Hill. I've been collecting clippings and pictures of the Muswell Hill Journal and Ham & High Broadway since October, and so far this week I've blogged about advertising, some of the issues around local democracy and the potential impact of the local council's own...
The Ideal TARDIS
I spotted an image of the TARDIS lurking in one of the publicity posters for this year's Ideal Home Show at Highgate Station. It is always nice to see one of the icons from my favourite ever television programme acting as cultural visual shorthand. The BBC is usually fiercely protective of the TARDIS design. Even back in the 1980s it was one of the elements of the series that was copyright to BBC Enterprises, and in 2002 the BBC astonishingly...
Currybet's law - 5 reasons why Doctor Who always crops up in BBC meetings
Currybet's Law
The more BBC staff you put in a meeting room - the more inevitable it becomes that one of them will mention Doctor Who.
London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace
Following my recent trips to the BBC Studios and the old Victorian Theatre, I was back at Alexandra Palace again at the weekend. This time it was for the "London Model Engineering Exhibition". It was an unashamedly niche and geeky event, but I'd invited my young nephew along, which was my excuse anyway. It was a strange mix of a trade show and an exhibition. On one stand, for example, you could by sophisticated engineering equipment that would set you...
Unpacking the TARDIS
When moving countries, like I've just done, one of the most worrying things is packing up all your 'precious things', plonking them in the back of a van, and hoping that after a couple of ferries and a few thousand miles they end up intact at the other side. Amongst the things I moved, one I was anxious about was my Holdcourt Ltd TARDIS telephone box. I bought it second-hand in St. Ives in the late 1990s, but according to...
Insert your own lame "It's the end of the world as we know it" gag here
I've never seen so much global excitement about particle physics as there was yesterday, but I think Al Jazeera must take the prize for playing up the sensational angle of the story on their homepage. For most of the day, the whole complex area of sub-atomic particles was reduced to the following headline and strapline: "Scientists start 'big bang machine' - critics fear the experiment could go wrong and destroy the earth." The alarmism was neatly punctured by the very...
A lifetime of lost playlists: Part 2 - The kids are alright
Yesterday, I began a series of posts looking at how format changes over the last 30 years have shaped the way that I have organised and listened to music. I was also lamenting the fact that there was no digital file recording my music 'attention data' over all those years. My 'most listened to' playlist on iTunes only covers the years since I have had an iPod, rather than including the musical 'highlights' of my youth. My childhood music...
The future of Excel - according to Doctor Who
Spoilers don't respect borders, and so even in Greece I know that tonight's Doctor Who sees the long awaited <SPOILER ALERT!>. It was nice to see something familiar in last week's episode too - although not the landscape of Midnight, which, thanks to the deadly Xtonic rays, had never been seen by human (or Time Lord) eyes before. No, what was reassuringly 21st century was the fact that however far into the future we are in the Whoniverse, it doesn't...
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Doctor Who and the Fan Who Never Was p>
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Doctor Who against ID cards? p>
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I make Doctor Who news at last p>
Doctor Who versus the Darleks on BBC Prime p>
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Doctor Who and the Vanishing Plaques p>
National Television Awards vote seems wide open to multiple vote fraud p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 6 - Enlightenment p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 5 - Terminus p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 4 - The Invisible Enemy p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 3 - The New Adventures p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 2 - The Long Game p>
Why my Doctor Who blog failed: Part 1 - The Greatest Show In The Galaxy p>
Advert banned for being unfair to corporate football p>
Doctor Who Cuttings Archive on 'BBC.co.uk - promoting Doctor Who 2005' p>
Doctor Who exclusive later today? p>
The Cybus Corporation on the web p>
Children in Need and Doctor Who - a lot can happen in 12 years p>
Michael Sheard: 1940 - 2005 p>
K9 is Back! p>
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Audience Reaction To The BBC's Doctor Who Themed Homepage p>
Daleks Invade The BBC Homepage p>
BBC News - Now With Doctor Who Spoiler Protection p>
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BBC.co.uk Message Board Area At Last p>
United Nations Intelligence Taskforce on the web p>
Doctorin' the BBC Complaints site* p>
Complaining about the new Doctor Who p>
Doctor Who TV Movie on BBC.co.uk p>
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Doctor Who's "Rose" leaked on the internet p>
Distant Shores with Peter Davidson p>
BBC.co.uk gets animated over Doctor Who p>
Doctor Who and Rose in crisis p>
Doctor Who back on the cover of the Radio Times p>
The Making of Doctor Who Webcasts p>
It's Tom Baker's 70th birthday p>
Lost Doctor Who episode recovered - but how will we 'recover' websites in the future? p>
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