Doctor Who
- A clip from Saturday's episode that involves a certain amount of snogging
- Photos from the first episode. And here, too.
- RTD interviewed by The Independent
Books/Comics
- Neil Gaiman's doing a book-signing at Forbidden Planet on Friday
Film
- The original Transformers movie gets a re-release in London
- Michael Biehn might have a part in James Cameron's Avatar. QFS.
British TV
- Philip Glenister from Life on Mars slags off British TV [free registration required]
US TV
- Lots of BSG interviews. Looks like Caprica's off, though
- Piper Perabo is going to be House's love interest. Maybe.
- More pilot casting, with The Thick of It getting a lead at last
- The usual spoilers from Kristen this week, including a forthcoming Lost fatality, Prison Break fatalities, and a Heroes fatality
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March 27, 2007 | Reply
This question may seem off topic but it's actually inspired by one of the stories linked here: what do you consider good journalist practice regarding spoilers? I mean, in your book, what does or doesn't constitute something you can mention without saying 'Warning! Spoilers ahead!' or similar.
March 27, 2007 | Reply
Depends. I usually judge it on the basis of whether it'll materially affect the viewing of an episode. So saying that someone's going to die at some point in Lost isn't a real spoiler because Lost has people die all the time and I don't specify which episode. Saying someone will die in a particular episode would be a spoiler; saying that someone will die in Ugly Betty, say, is a spoiler because that's an irregular happening and the mere fact someone is going to die would be an important change of tack for the producers.
Normally, I just try to make sure there's enough ambiguity that those who want to be spoiled can find out more and those that don't won't know for sure.
March 28, 2007 | Reply
What prompted this was that there was a bit of a kerfuffle when people mentioned the Doc-Martha kiss on LJ doctorwho without putting in a spoiler cut. Despite its being pimped all over the place by the BBC, posting something along the lines of what you wrote above would get the militants baying for a poster's blood.
Thing is, I have difficulty seeing how that little, context free as it is, could be considered a spoiler. So I thought I'd ask your opinion.
Fandom is madness.
March 30, 2007 | Reply
I didn't mention who did the snogging, just that the clip involved it. Besides, this ain't LJ. There's a certain degree of "newsiness" about this site, while LJ is a bit more of a forum.