March 19, 2008 Archives

Doctor Who: Season 4 is only a matter of a few weeks away. The BBC will begin showing trailers for it starting this Saturday; 22nd March 2008. Usually, they start airing trailers two weeks before the show goes live. If so, that would mean a premiere date of 5th April 2008 for Season 4.

Anyway to get you in the mood, I present the trailers they'll be airing on TV and in the Cinema.

My nephew loaned me Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock for the XBox 360 yesterday. I played it all yesterday evening and completed it on Easy. Unfortunately I couldn't get the Wireless Guitar to connect to the 360 and had to use a normal pad. I've tried one song on Medium and it was definitely harder than playing on Easy. I have a new found respect/envy for people that can play it on Expert.

John Hewer, synonymous with the portrayal of the grandfatherly Captain Birdseye on British television from 1967 until 1998 has died. He was 86.

When Captain Birdseye was temporarily axed in 1971 an obituary was run in the Times; and three years later when the adverts were reinstated the newspaper ran a story reporting that news of his death had been "grossly exaggerated".

The adverts changed little over the years and would always feature the grandfatherly captain calling in a group of children to dine on fish fingers on board a boat.

He was a member of London's Players Theatre, and had also appeared in many musical productions. In the 1950s he starred opposite Julie Andrews in The Boy Friend on Broadway.

He was born on 13th January 1922 in Leyton, London and passed away on 16th March 2008 in Twickenham, London.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, arguably the greatest Science Fiction writer since H.G. Wells, died earlier today in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he had lived since 1956. He was born on 16th December 1917 and died on 19th March 2008 at the age of 90. He had been suffering from breathing problems recently and had also suffered from post-polio syndrome for the last two decades.

"Sometimes I am asked how I would like to be remembered," Clarke said recently. "I have had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer and space promoter. Of all these I would like to be remembered as a writer."

He had also stated that he did not regret having never followed his novels into space, adding that he had arranged to have DNA from strands of his hair sent into orbit. "One day, some super civilization may encounter this relic from the vanished species and I may exist in another time," he said. "Move over, Stephen King."