Barnett, Ramsay and Gaber (2012), 'From Callaghan to Credit Crunch'
Heard some of the findings from this new report into TV news at MeCCSA today. Very interesting paper from the sounds of things…
“THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A MUSICIAN, A COMPUTER AND A SONG ABOUT A GARDEN SLUG.”
what is this and why don’t i own it
Amazeballs.
Doctor Who Abridged: The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe
[Warning: spoilers for the Christmas special obviously.]
THE DOCTOR, THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE (ACTUALLY NEVER MIND THE WARDROBE)
Space: where there is no air. Take note, this will be important later.
Spaceship: SUP EARTH WE ARE HERE TO INVADE YOU haha no not really. We’re not going to do another Earth-gets-invaded-by-aliens story. That would be boring.
Doctor: OH MAN THINGS ARE EXPLODING AND SHIT. This is not a good situation.
Spaceship: I am exploding and you are now in space.
Doctor: Ohman I am getting sucked into space.
Physics: Yes okay that is what would happen initially, but all the air has already sort of gone so…
Doctor: OH MAN I AM FALLING INTO SPACE
Physics: You can’t… you can’t fall in space. There’s no gravity.
Doctor: I NEED TO GET THAT SPACESUIT QUICK BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A VERY GOOD SITUATION
Physics: Right. But. Not to be rude, but you can’t breathe in space. I mean, I’ll forgive you the sounds and everything, because most sci-fi shows/movies ignore the fact that there is no sound in space, but um… really, breathing is not a thing you can do right now. Let alone yelling.
Doctor: OH GOOD I GOT THE SPACESUIT
Physics: Also you should probably be freezing right now. Or burning to death, depending on where the sun is at the moment.
Doctor: I AM ABSOLUTELY FINE THOUGH
Physics: No, please, just… just stop.
Doctor: THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ARE MINE AND THEY SHALL OBEY ME
Just in case you are thinking, “What would Neil Gaiman say if someone stuck a camera in his face on the set of the Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Special and asked what his favourite Doctor Who moments of 2011 were?”. Now you can find out.
WARNING. I look sort of rumpled.
When you realise you’d better get on with it
My friend Jennifer has blogged about the upcoming demise of Twapperkeeper. It seems mad how quickly different Twitter ‘catchers’ vanish – witness the short-lived Google social (“thanks”, Google…
its fundamental challenge to the contemporary focus on self-gratification and development.
