I remember Mary Tamm’s first appearance so vividly - the ice Queen on the TARDIS. The Time Lady who thought the Doctor was HER companion.

Perfectly brought to life by Mary, with such style and wit, you always thought she could have kicked the Doctor out of the time machine and got on with the adventure herself. A generation of little girls threw away the idea of being an assistant, and decided to fly the TARDIS for themselves.

thedailywhat:

Star Trek Casting News of the Day: It seems Benedict Cumberbatch won’t be content until he’s in every awesome thing ever.

The impossibly British thespian, who is already both Sherlock Holmes and Smaug The Dragon, has just been cast as the main villain in the upcoming sequel to J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot.

Deadline, which broke the news, could not say whether GQ UK’s Actor of the Year would play a hero or a villain, but Variety’s Jeff Sneider confirmed Cumberbatch would in fact be playing the movie’s villain.

Prior to the War Horse star, both Edgar Ramirez and Jordi Molla auditioned for the part. The casting of Cumberbatch presumably puts to rest the rumor that Star Trek 2’s principal antagonist would be Khan Noonien Singh.

[deadline / variety / moviefone.]

moraniarty:

thedetectiveandthewoman:

When Sherlock said, ‘Send your least irritating officers,’ was anyone else hoping:

totalturniphead:

ANDERSON!!!! 

Where was he? I genuinely missed him.

I hope we get to see him again this series. 

angelophile:

For those not aware, downtown Oslo, Norway, has been hit by a massive explosion. Reports are fuzzy at the moment, but all are reporting that the focus of the blast are the Prime Minster’s/governmental buildings. There were earlier reports of a second blast, although this now appears to have been damage caused by the initial blast, which was heard as far as 15 miles away. There are, however, now reports of larger areas of Oslo being evacuated by police saying there are more unexploded bombs.

One person has been confirmed dead by a credible source so far, although from pictures emerging, it’s likely the death toll will be far higher.

News agencies have been slow picking up on the details, but the BBC seem to be most well-informed, along with DougSanders, the European Bureau Chief for The Globe and Mail. 

Live streaming of the incident is via http://www.vgtv.no/