so christopher ecclestone has quit after making one series of the new doctor who, saying he “doesn’t want to be typecast”, has he?  hmmm…  could you not have considered that this might likely happen, if you took on the role of one of the most iconic figures on british telly, before you signed the contract?  [...]

well, last night i sat down to watch the much-heralded rebirth of the formerly magnificent  doctor who,  with christopher ecclestone as the doctor and billie piper as his travelling companion rose.  in spite of my instinctive dislike of the latter [i'm sorry, but you've got to feel some kind of contempt for anyone who'd marry [...]

when i was at secondary school the timing of the bell for the end of each lesson was always 2 or 3 minutes shy of the actual time.  so for example, although lunch was at 12:30 and school finished at 15:45, the bells actually went at 12:28 and 15:43.  this strange scenario lasted throughout my [...]