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131. Wondered
...to myself this morning, as dragged self towards School Run: Could I live without cheese?
(Posted on 2008-07-04 08:16:00 by ) -
130. Update
Am up to - hang on, let's see - 17,313 words in WGT. Sometimes it rolls off the keyboard, other times - when I'm tired, mostly, or the wife's playing showtunes in the kitchen - it's harder. But I'm very happy with the progress to date; it's just a matter of tapping, tapping, and watching that word count slowly but inexorably rising. You kinda get used to the process. Right, back to WGT!
PS Don't forget you can preorder your copy on Amazon, right this very moment...
(Posted on 2008-07-03 12:00:00 by ) -
129. Erm...
So I finally got around to watching last weekend's Who and - hang on, Britain watches Who before everyone else, right? So I shouldn't say too much here? Hmm. Suffice to say that I didn't see that coming. They've managed to keep big secrets before - remember Catherine Tate's first appearance? I dunno. There are many more twists to come in next week's 65-minute finale, and... Nope, I just don't know.
(Posted on 2008-07-01 23:19:00 by ) -
128. Tuesday (er) Tuesday
Just picked up my copy of RT, with added Bonekickers feature (excellent new Time Team with bells without jumpers on, by Life on Mars chaps). Still haven't had chance to see last week's Who, but keep catching spoilers. Have never been convinced by Tennant's assertion that he'll be back next year, and remain supicious. Robert Carlyle? Would be great. Begby as the Doctor!
(Posted on 2008-07-01 09:13:00 by ) -
127. Pre-order!
Just spotted this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Who-Goes-There-Nick-Griffiths/dp/190655806X/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214829073&sr=1-13
So you can preorder your copy of DILY2 this every instant (I've only written 13,000 words so far, so you'll have to trust me to write the next 50,000-odd - but I will, oh I will - and it promises to be a right laugh, if I can just transfer the events into words. Yikes).
Right, back to WGT...
(Posted on 2008-06-30 12:36:00 by ) -
126. PS
Haven't watched Stolen Earth yet but it's waiting there, all shiny and dark, on Sky+, so no spoilers please. And watch out for tomorrow's Radio Times. I interviewed Davros ages ago - I seem to recall mentioning a very interesting RT assignment in this blog, at the time - but had to keep it tightly under my hat, which was painful. Look forward to the results finally seeing the light of day - should be a fab issue, so pitch your tent outside that newsy...
(Posted on 2008-06-30 10:40:00 by ) -
125. Monday Monday
Hi Heli - Thanks for the Action Girl info. How did that pass under my radar?! I also had an email mentioning Cyborg and Neutron, action, er, dolls I craved, yet never purchased. The world is full of disappointment. (Though I probably lives sans Action Grrl... although Action Man crossed with Emma Peel - conveniently forgetting the Sindy bit - sounds reasonable.) And you're dead right - Devil's End was brilliant. In fact, the past four days of trawling the country for Who sites, accompanied by my lovely wife (all four) and son (two) have been amazing. And very tiring. It's all going in DILY2, which I shall reveal now is to be called Who Goes There (no question mark - geddit!?!?!?) and will be published - erk - on October 25 by the completely brilliant Dextrose publishers, Legend Press. I have a LOT of writing to do. In a very short space of time. A challenge. But a fab one. Right - anyone? - back to DILY2...
(Posted on 2008-06-30 09:40:00 by ) -
You'll love Devil's End. I've been there several times. The comments in the Visitors Book in the church are interesting to say the least.
Oh BTW you mentioned in DILY that there was never an "Action Woman". However there was definitely an "Action Girl". I know I had one. Made by Palitoy and sort of a cross between Sindy, Action Man and Emma Peel - and every bit as horrible as that sounds.
She wore a rather fetching catsuit and what I'm still convinced were fuschia pink rubber Converse trainers. Link here: http://www.sindy-dolls.com/images/Action%20Girl/NEWACTIONGIRLDSCF0011.JPG
Currently selling for £68 on Ebay. If only we hadn't had that house fire!
(Posted on 2008-06-29 18:49:00 by ) -
124. Where next?
To Devil's End, I think!
(Posted on 2008-06-28 10:54:00 by ) -
123. Back!
Woah - a wealth of Who-based adventures were had, and Skaro did not disappoint. Gonna save it all for the book, suffice to say that I reckon I pulled off a minor exclusive and that my calves are still stinging. (You had to be there.) Am exhausted, too. Returned home, of course, to another ** review of DILY on Amazon, by one "Aged cynic" of Kent. Mildly disheartening, but convinced DILY2's going to be a cracker, so onwards and upwards. Am doing it all again tomorrow, such is the insane schedule on this one. Erk.
(Posted on 2008-06-27 23:54:00 by ) -
122. Day out
I'm off to Skaro today! No, really. Wish me luck!
(Posted on 2008-06-26 08:08:00 by ) -
121. Muchas gracias...
to Lee, Vicki (who won my Dextrose Compo) and Nicky for the fab Dextrose reviews on Amazon, following my call to arms. Surely anyone visiting the page couldn't possibly leave without picking up a copy? If anyone else fancies having a go, you'd be very welcome. Right, back to DILY2 (this is becoming a habit)...
(Posted on 2008-06-25 08:42:00 by ) -
120. I'd forgotten...
but a piece in The Mirror reminded me - yes, Billie P did seem to have developed a lisp since her last appearance on Who. Adds to the mystery, I guess.
Meanwhile, old Dextrose seems to be selling steadily on Amazon, and some lovely customer reviews have been added over the weeks. If you've read and hopefully enjoyed the book, please do keep the word of mouth going - every little genuinely helps. Right, back to DILY2...
(Posted on 2008-06-24 10:22:00 by ) -
119. Aha
The first official glimpse - and sound - of Davros, on the BBC's YouTube channel: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij6M6gmBPn0&feature=PlayList&p=94467CE2AC304A73&index=1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL
You can access other ep 12 trailers - The Stolen Earth - from there. Yeek.
(Posted on 2008-06-23 11:12:00 by ) -
118. How dark?
Was Turn Left? And that's before the Daleks! If we're to have no series next year, they might as well ramp this finale right up - as seems to be the case. Saturday can't come soon enough...
(Posted on 2008-06-23 11:02:00 by ) -
117. Further madness from Wiki-How
Alright, I can live with
* How to make paneer (Indian cheese)
Perfectly reasonable. But the other two I'm so generously offered today are:
* How to arrange a ball of flowers with an oasis
And I don't even know what that means. It's like someone put some random words together. And
* How to be bold
! Well, just stick up for yourself a bit more! Hang on, let me see what they"advise"...
"1. Pretend you're already bold." Act bold, then. Hmm.
Phew, I was hoping it'd get funnier and it does. You'll notice - as one suspected - that the author of this cod-self-help tosh is American. Here we go:
"3. Do something unpredictable.
What could you do that would completely surprise the people who know you? Wear high heels? Skydive? Take a dance class? Bold people aren't afraid of trying new things, and one of the reasons they're so exciting to be around is that they keep you guessing. You can start small, perhaps by wearing a color or style of clothing that you don't normally wear, or visiting a place you normally wouldn't visit. Eventually, you may get to the point where you entertain ideas that make other people's eyes widen when you mention them ("Are you serious? White water rafting?" or "You're kidding me. You want to buy that restaurant on 3rd Street?").
Right, I'm off out wearing a purple jumper. Ker-a-zee. Who knows where it'll take me? I might end up buying a restaurant this evening! God, I'm mad.
(Posted on 2008-06-21 14:48:00 by ) -
116. Snore
Had to fire up the ole video player yesterday, to watch Colony in Space - for work, honestly - and what a snooze-fest! STOP TALKING! Proof that not all Who is great.
Feeling deliriously happy this morning. Maybe it's the sunshine, or the residual effects of last night's cider, or maybe I'm just enjoying writing the further adventures of DILY. Whatever, I intend to just go with it.
Hope everyone else feeling same. Chin chin!
(Posted on 2008-06-20 08:56:00 by ) -
115. Zoiks
Just found out the publication date for DILY2 - and it's sooner than I even expected. Late October. At least am writing it at the moment - in a break between the other two humour books I'm writing (lordy) - and having enormous fun, which will hopefully filter through to the reader. Frankly, I'd better stop writing this and get back to the manuscript! Panic!
(Posted on 2008-06-19 09:48:00 by ) -
114. Quick note
My iGoogle page has BBC News and Sport, imdb, Wikipedia, that kind of thing, as well as the Wiki How To of the Day, which is amusing me. The first two offer:
How to Make a Wasp Trap with a Soda Bottle
and
How to Upload Images to Facebook with a Nokia N Series Phone
The last one is:
How to Compete with Other Lemonade Stands
It's bizarre on so many levels: Who actually makes lemonade? Who then sells their lemonade? And where are these produce fairs so packed with lemonade sellers that you'd need to work out a sales strategy? Gives me an idea for a new book: The Lemonade Stand Wars. Hmm.
(Posted on 2008-06-18 13:48:00 by ) -
113. Diary dates
Two new events for your files, admittedly one so far ahead it's practically in 2009. But the year's slipping past and even reading this you've grown older. (Reading my own stuff sometimes makes me feel 297.) So, both at the Central Library, Ealing Broadway (star of the first chapter of DILY2, for those who sneaked a peek). First, for Harrison Dextrose - accompanied by Legend author Mark Liam Piggott, whose debut Fire Horses I'm reading now and loving - in September; then late November the same venue is holding a Dr Who Day, for which I shall play a part. I'll read from DILY and possibly, though it won't be out until December, from DILY2. Which feels exciting. Further detail at the EVENTS button. Right, back to work...
(Posted on 2008-06-18 12:56:00 by ) -
112. Aha!
Omaha correspondent Vicki has kindly sent me a link to The Sun's Davros story, which does contain a pic: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1299482.ece
(Posted on 2008-06-17 14:15:00 by ) -
111. Mirror, Mirror, on the wall etc
Well it certainly isn't Davros, a purported picture of whom I found in my copy of today's Daily Mirror. Tried to find a link for you, but the paper's website carries the story only, which is odd.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/2008/06/17/age-hasn-t-withered-dr-who-s-davros-89520-20610277/
(Posted on 2008-06-17 11:09:00 by ) -
110. Sniffle
Currently putting the final touches to my last Radio Times Who copy of the series, having just interviewed the ever-affable Neill Gorton (prosthetics genius). Can't give anything away, but rest assured there's some fab stuff coming - keep those eyes on the newsy shelves...
(Posted on 2008-06-16 13:31:00 by ) -
109. 12 Bongs
How great was Midnight? The CGI, the claustrophobic setting, the performances... The chill factor! Russell T Davies's script felt like a response to the Steven Moffat ones. Clearly dark times are coming...
(Posted on 2008-06-16 09:23:00 by ) -
108. Youch!
Have wasted at least 20 minutes of today dipping into Amazon hourly. (It's a curse.) Dextrose teetered on the brink of the Top 100 at lunchtime, but ended up peaking at 107. Hell, it was fun while it lasted.
Have top weekends, all!
(Posted on 2008-06-13 14:59:00 by ) -
107. Lawks
Amazing where a gentle push in the right direction can get you. Harrison Dextrose is once again Amazon's Number One Mover & Shaker and has climbed steadily back into the Top 200 - it's currently at 156 - after the Popbitch plug. Hold on - double blimey! - just checked again and it's jumped to 115 - and No 49 in all Books > Fiction! So (this is fun, though it's transitory) let's see who Dextrose is outselling (for this hour, at least)... Ken Follett, Lee Child, The Great Gatsby - now I'm chuckling - Catcher in the Rye!
And Matter by Iain M Banks. Matter? The whole sink's gone rotten. The poop will bore through the glaze.
Great days.
(Posted on 2008-06-13 11:16:00 by ) -
106. Yay!
Welcome to the newly christened - not that I do christenings - Bob the Blog. Had a silly ring to it. A giant shot in the arm for Harrison Dextrose, not ten minutes ago, when I received the latest Popbitch weekly gossletter and found this:
Summer delights <<
Nice things to help you waste June:
1. Victoria Beckham's secret 80s Hollywood
heart-throb lover tells all!
http://go.popbit.ch/57
2. In The Footsteps of Harrison Dextrose.
(It's a bit like Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1906558000/dily-21
The book is also getting a Time Out review, in the near future, so things looking up. Thanks to everyone for dropping by - your support is very much appreciated.
(Posted on 2008-06-12 15:21:00 by ) -
105. DILY2
Met swiftly with Tom the Publisher of DILY2, and both getting excited about the prospect. Have a new working title which I won't reveal just yet, but hope it will stick for the finished version. Work continues apace (with breaks for tea). Also looking into cover quote prospects, with a few names in the Hopeful Hat. More news soon...
(Posted on 2008-06-11 12:45:00 by ) -
104. Now
I've managed to watch France v Romania, which was just like watching England but without the flags and beer, and missed Holland v Italy. Can Euro 2008 get any worse? (Rhetorical.)
(Posted on 2008-06-10 12:00:00 by ) -
103. Dear Ellen
Thank you! Please do use the Comments thing any time anyone likes or it feels a bit "Only Me!" here. Always happy to see other people's opinions on anything (and especially lambasting twonks). Must admit, I thought it a teeny bit harsh, so thanks for the support - much appreciated.
I've popped on here to give some thoughts on Forest of the Dead. Truly great Who. Can't wait for Moffat to take over, but will have to, and quite some time. He loves playing with time, does The Moff, and there were some genuinely moving moments (and great gags - loved Donna's "And I've been dieting!"). How cool did Tennant look zipping down that spacey travelator thing? Far cooler than he did in Derren Brown's Trick of the Mind, which I watched afterwards, with him holding an apple in his teeth and two oranges in either hand. (I can't begin to explain why if you didn't see it, sorry.) Very excited now about the Who finale. Oh, and tomorrow I believe sees a new RT with my Lesley Sharp and David Troughton interviews. Lovely weather, innit?
(Posted on 2008-06-09 23:28:00 by ) -
Sorry to use a comment to submit this, Nick, but I'm just too lazy to open Hotmail - HA! That guy has no idea. Your book was, for me, about your own self-fulfillment and the tales were poignant and, yes, if they included anecdotes of some the unfortunate stumbles across the pavement of your life, so what? More interesting. Plus entertaining. And, excuse me for a moment, but that guy is being a bit of a tit himself. Can't wait for the follow-up.
(Posted on 2008-06-09 17:30:00 by ) -
102. Flattered?
Had a fab weekend working on the DILY follow-up. One person who won't be buying it is the chap on facebook who wrote this of DILY: "apart from the fact he is a dr who fan there was nothing else likable about nick griffiths.
this memoir about growing up a fan was 75% about him moaning,whining and being a genaral tit."
Apart from his inability to use the Shift key (or to spell likeable and general), I can't help but admire the bloke.
(Posted on 2008-06-09 09:24:00 by ) -
101. Grrrr.
I cannot believe that tomorrow the Euro Champs start - and England aren't there. One major tournament every two years - and no one to support. Gutted. Watching an England game that matters, pint in hand, is one of life's minor joys (and major irritations, since we're so inconsistent, and when we aren't we're consistently shit. But I'm a glutton for punishment.) Argentina 1-0, Germany 5-1, Holland 4-1 - all etched on my memory as the best of nights. I only just realised Euro 2008 started tomorrow. How sad is that. (Mind you, I seem to recall one DILY reviewer on Amazon suggesting that since I supported England, I should write about how football encourages hooliganism. Mmm... scintillating. Talk about missing the point of a book.) Giant sigh.
(Posted on 2008-06-06 15:12:00 by ) -
100. 100 today!
Funny, I remember - I think - reaching the 100th blog entry milestone on the original DILY blog and thinking, "Blimey, that's a lot". And here we are again.
To celebrate-ish, I'm going to put a pdf of the original Dextrose Prologue on the site (under the ITFOHD button), so those who've read it can see how it changed (radically) over the years. Those few hundred words were written around 1995. You'll see that:
* Alexander used to have a girlfriend
* His best mate used to be called Brooklyn (long before Posh pushed one out) and had a lisp
* Dextrose's mate who runs Gossips used to be called Dan Panorama, which is so London Fields it hurts (though I may well use the name in the sequel)
Well, the rest is there to see, if you fancy. Hopefully you'll agree that the rewrites improved it no end. (And if you don't, please don't tell me!)
(Posted on 2008-06-05 11:16:00 by ) -
99. DILY is Book of the Month
In Boys Toys magazine - about gadgets and stuff, not gay sex aids - which is very flattering. (There's a photo, too, which the wife took, and could hardly be worse than the thing in Pick Me Up. Deep, violent shudder.) They give it five stars - which was nice. I'll add the gist to my Reviews page.
(Posted on 2008-06-04 10:55:00 by ) -
98. Cough
Alright, I no longer think River Song is Rose, having read some more about the ep. So before I embarrass myself further, here's a great Sue Cook interview with Tom Baker from 1981, which sees her hands squirming, and you forgetting everything I've previously said, ever... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DTjyokanC8
(Posted on 2008-06-02 19:51:00 by ) -
97. Shhhhhh!
Caught Silence in the Library on Sky+ last night. Had wondered whether Steven Moffat could keep up the quality/fear/ingenuity, and indeed how he could possibly follow Blink. Quite easily, it turned out. Best ep of the new series by some way. He manages to add depth and layers to his stories, plus the fear. I wondered whether he thought of the baddie as skull-in-spacesuit before he even started writing, and how he might audaciously pull that off. What a brilliant monster, and a fab ending. And all that girl-on-earth stuff - intrigue central. And is River Song actually Rose? I suspect so. Do feel free to add your own guesses here, via Comments. Great Doctor Who and bodes deeply well for Moffat helming the show in 2010 (which should be ages away, but isn't).
(Posted on 2008-06-02 10:52:00 by ) -
96. Winner!
We have a winner of the Dextrose compo - tin drum roll played by clockwork monkeys - Vicki of Omaha, my esteemed Omaha correspondent, who got ten out of ten within seconds of the compo going live. I wondered whether I'd made it too easy, but later entries proved that I hadn't. So conrgats to her, a signed copy will be winging its way across the pond, just as soon as I can find the stamps. (The answers are on the compo page, for those curious.)
(Posted on 2008-06-01 12:21:00 by ) -
95. Dextrose in Times Magazine
Harrison Dextrose gets a lovely "Read This" spot in today's Times Magazine, which shall add to the reviews page here. And you have just over seven hours - seven, ladies and gentlemen - left in which to enter my Dextrose compo. We have a winner - can they be toppled at the last moment?
(Posted on 2008-05-31 15:36:00 by ) -
94. LOVE
this story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20080521/twl-flying-penis-disrupts-rally-41f21e0.html
(Posted on 2008-05-30 11:03:00 by ) -
94. Cool
just interviewed David Troughton, a gentle-voiced fellow who also co-starred in one of my fave Who stories, Curse of Peladon. That tale certainly had the maddest mix of monsters - ever - and possibly even the best. Alpha Centauri! Arcturus! (It's all in the book.) And now of course, he's back, after 37 years, in RTD's Midnight. "A thriller", DT called it. With Lesley Sharp in it too, promises to be a cracker.
PS Neil Gaiman to write for Who? Don't see why not. I worked briefly for Titan Books in the early 90s as a press officer (I was rubbish), and did press for Gaiman and Dave McKean's... I forget. Wasn't Violent Cases. Anyway, summat else. Slightly embarrassingly my budget was so low that I had to take them to a greasy spoon for lunch. Whilst making smalltalk (rubbish at that too).
PPS Also interviewed Gaiman for Neverwhere for RT, which is one of my favourite RT features. He's a fairly intense bloke but with a healthy sense of humour. Neverwhere flopped, which was a shame as had plenty of potential. Hmm, am boring self. Sorry about that.
(Posted on 2008-05-30 10:22:00 by ) -
93. Blimey
Hi Mike! Lovely to hear from you re such a coincidence, and many thanks for the comments here - I'll pass them on. Next time you go, watch out for the tall blond bloke. That's my brother-in-law! Small world, etc. Cheers!
(Posted on 2008-05-29 10:12:00 by ) -
Wow - I'm Cornish and I love that restaurant in Fowey - it's my fav to go to with my wife when we visit my parents there.
Lobster - is the best. YUM
(Posted on 2008-05-28 15:58:00 by ) -
92. Three Days
...A Jane's Addiction song, but also the amount of time you have left to enter my fab Dextrose compo (via the WIN! button above). So get guessing!
Plus, I've been designing a website (having enjoyed tinkering with this one so very much) for my brother-in-law Christian, who runs a fabulous seafood restaurant in Cornwall. Have a peek if you fancy - www.theotherplacefowey.com - and if you're in the area, I'd deeply highly recommend. (And that's not nepotism, honestly.)
(Posted on 2008-05-28 13:03:00 by ) -
91. Memories
Working a few days in the Radio Times offices this week, which takes me back. At least memory recalls the place. Read a review in Guardian Guide of a film that sounded perfectly bizarre on Saturday, involving as it did a man who believed himself to be a master thief, capable of stealing politeness and Thursdays. Can't for the life of me remember its name, though I willed myself to do so. Sigh.
(Posted on 2008-05-27 18:14:00 by ) -
90. Trailer
Has everyone seen the Rest of Season 4 Trailer, from the BBC? If not, here's the YouTube link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2KwNv7TYFxM
If you already have and are feeling suitably smug, have you also seen this: http://www.vanishingbees.com/
Odd, innit? Two things we can conclude from the trailer: Rose is definitely back, in case we hadn't spotted hints heavier than a big museum made of Plutonium. And that shadowy Dalek-style figure at the end. Hmm. Wonder who that could be? I stuck the image into Photoshop and played around with the levels. I'd show you the results, but my Photoshop's too old to translate into any pic format created since 1742. Take it from me, it's just black with a very bright blue blob at the top.
At least next week the Doc's back and we don't have to put up with Eurovision - a contest that makes Britain's Got Talent look classy.
(Posted on 2008-05-26 12:53:00 by ) -
89. Away
Was in York all day yesterday, on the set of the new Robinson Crusoe, starring Philip Winchester as the castaway. Historic and alluring as York was, the idea of covering the South Africa or Seychelles leg of the filming did hold some appeal.
The major Who news, of course, is that Steven Moffat's been announced as the successor to RTD. Brilliant as RTD's been, I think it's the right decision - new ideas, new blood. Keep the show fresh. I'll be interested to see what other major announcements follow in the coming months.
So congrats to Mr Moffat, who's been after the Who Supremacy since the age of seven. If he can realise his dream after all that time, perhaps I shouldn't yet give up hope of becoming an astronaut?
(Posted on 2008-05-23 11:12:00 by ) -
88. Some things
1. Though generally hate having photo taken - and anyone who saw last week's Pick Me Up should burn their copy and erase that part of their memory - and am bored of seeing pics of me on this site, have added a final two (promise) to the ItFoHD pics section, from last week's Waterstone's event.
2. I know it's highly unlikely, it being Euro Final night and Chingford being in Chingford, but I shall be reading tonight at North Chingford library, alongside Jae Watson, author of the excellent Journey, and Legend Press supremo Tom Chalmers. Then I'll be dashing to the pub to catch the end of the match. As a Spurs supporter, my hopes are pinned in United, for obvious reasons. Ah, schadenfreude.
3. Only ten days to go until the closing date of my Dextrose compo. The number of entries is disproportionate to the number of people looking at the page - and I know, oh I know - so stop being shy and get guessing. (Or maybe it's just me who's a sucker for any kind of quiz, esp one accompanied by booze.) We have a leader, but they can be beaten...
(Posted on 2008-05-21 11:16:00 by ) -
87. Frenzy
All getting fairly frenzied Who-wise and will update you when feasible. Elsewhere, recieved a review from a Northern Irish newspaper, which I like very much, as it says what I'd like to have said, but have instead held my tongue in the interests of professionalism. I shall repeat the ending verbatim, with my comments in square brackets:
"...I did a couple of Google checks to see what others had thought of [DILY]. It had mixed reviews and indeed had got slated by diehard Who fans who wrote that there was 'not enough' Dr Who-related material in the book and too much of the anecdotes. One reviewer [/snide twot] ranted about Griffiths' 'cashing in' on the new found popularity of Dr Who. Rubbish [my fave bit]. And sure, what's wrong with him cashing in anyway? [But I didn't - it was someone else's idea, and a good one. Money didn't come into it - I just wanted to write a funny book about a subject dear to me.]
"And another reviewer wrote: 'Sure, he can write, but someone should have told him that before you start telling a story, it's best to have a story to tell.' Fair enough. [Well, not really.] But I think they've missed the point. [Thank you!]
"Griffiths does have a story and he tells it in a very amusing manner. [Hear hear!] One thing is very true - Dalek I Loved You is more than just a tribute to a sci-fi icon, it is also a moving and charming memoir which brought the 70s and 80s flooding back to me. [Thank you very much, Darryl Armitage]."
(Posted on 2008-05-20 14:34:00 by ) -
86. Burnt
And no, the f*cking kettle isn't on fire. Have just played crown green bowling for 1,268 years whilst not being aged 156, and have become a beetroot. A slow news weekend, however forgot to mention that I interviewed Steven Moffat last week and found him very affable/informative. Got some great quotes re Blink which should find their way into a Radio Times near you within the next couple of weeks. Worth looking out for. Right, back to hurting. Chin chin!
(Posted on 2008-05-18 17:38:00 by ) -
85. Headache
A reasonably attended Waterstone's event went off reasonably hitchless. Next week: Chingford (I think). Piled into pub afterwards and returned home largely senseless having ordered Chinese in the car without really knowing what I was saying. Then watched a repeat of The Apprentice. So a successful night.
PS Have a very interesting assignment next week. Can say no more the noo. Chin chin!
(Posted on 2008-05-16 09:41:00 by ) -
84. Another review!
Noted book review blogger Random Jottings has reviewed Dextrose on her site - and great to read it is. Shall add snippet to my Reviews page. Here's the link for the full flavour: http://randomjottings.typepad.com/random_jottings_of_an_ope/2008/05/in-the-footstep.html
PS Don't forget to catch Dextrose live tonight at Waterstone's, Picc, 6.30, 6th floor...
(Posted on 2008-05-15 11:00:00 by ) -
83. New pics
As I said in 81, I went down to Waterstone's Piccadilly last night, for a launch part-organised by my wife, and obviously spent most of the time hunting for signs of my book. It was only when I got outside, on leaving, that I spotted it in the window! Of Europe's largest bookstore! A major moment. Naturally I took a pic - and Sinead took one of me beside it, on her camera, me looking less relaxed than a giant wandering among teeny relatives - and I'll bung it up on the ItFoHD pics page, in readiness for more post-Thursday. Hope you're all coming down!
(Posted on 2008-05-14 12:59:00 by ) -
82. Ah
The good old BBC. Never one to go in dainty-handed. I see they've stopped a non-commerical knitting website from distributing patterns for making various lookalike Who monsters. Was hoping to add an image here - anyone remember the knitted Daleks from the old blog? genius! - but of course they're all down. The Beeb must be raking in merchandising cash through Who, you wonder why they'd bother over such a cottage outfit - which has become less, er, cottage now everyone knows about it. It's at http://www.mazzmatazz.co.uk, where you can read the story.
(Posted on 2008-05-14 09:49:00 by ) -
81. Sigh
Just back from an event at Waterstone's Piccadilly, where my own talk/etc will be in just two days time - Dextrose in the window! But also hidden behind a pillar inside! - and return to find a new Amazon review of DILY giving the book over which I toiled for ages two stars. Fair enough, he wasn't one of those nutty types, so I respect his opinion, it's just that there are loads of people who loved DILY who haven't added their views. That ** has knocked my average down to ****, which is still fine, just... oh, I'm a bit demoralised. So if anyone fancied adding their own more positive pen'north that would be lovely. Right, off to watch some good old British telly (whilst hoping the wife isn't watching sodding Tenko). Chin chin!
(Posted on 2008-05-13 21:33:00 by ) -
80. Classic
Just read a completely bizarre news story here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7398202.stm - re a bloke who, I quote, "has been given a suspended jail sentence for attacking two Star Wars fans while posing as Darth Vader.
Arwel Wynn Hughes, 27, from Holyhead, Anglesey, admitted assaulting Barney Jones and cousin Michael with a metal crutch, whilst shouting "Darth Vader".
Hughes told police he had no memory of the incident as he was drunk."
Genius. There's even a video of the event on the webpage.
PS Another Dextrose review has appeared on Amazon, and wonderfully positive - hit the cover (right) if you fancy a gander. (Insert own besti... no, actually, don't.)
(Posted on 2008-05-13 15:35:00 by ) -
79. Spook!
I'm my own 15,000th visitor! (For a second I thought it was 1,500th so am currently slightly amazed that my li'l ol' site has attracted that many people.) Anyway, how am I? Very well. Very well. Silly Boy Blue by David Bowie's playing - hardly one of my faves, but hey - and I'm shortly to interview the Steven Moffat mentioned below, re his latest scare-fest set in a library. Now Bowie's being interviewed by the world's most self-coscious DJ re Space Oddity. Sounded dead posh back then (circa '69), didn't he? Am rambling, in a non-ambulatory manner. Time to prepare those Qs for the Moff...
(Posted on 2008-05-13 11:14:00 by ) -
78. Who
Doctor Who seems to revert more to the 70s with every passing week (that's no complaint, btw). In The Doctor's Daughter, which I caught last night on Sky+ (love Sky+ hate Sky), the Hath actually looked like something from Baker T's era, I also picked up hints of Exxilon, The Five Doctors, a dash of Earthshock perhaps, and that surely was a quarry. I've been enjoying this series, it just feels like there's something tiny missing. I can't place what that is, but Steven Moffat's eps starting soon might flag it up. I see the Mofferator won the Bafta for Blink against stunning opposition, so vast congrats to the man suspected to take over after RTD drops the reins.
(Posted on 2008-05-12 12:08:00 by ) -
77. Major news
It seems that like buses, book contracts come in threes. Amazingly, it looks like I'll be writing three - count 'em; oh, that didn't take long - new books in the next few months. Two are pure humour books, but I'll keep the titles secret for a while, just in case the conpetition's listening in. And yes, the other is the DILY follow-up, on which nothing's signed, but everything looks very hopeful. My schedule is tighter than a gnat's chuff - everything by September-ish, so I'll have to get out the old bar graph and knuckle down. Expect to find me at my desk. A lot.
PS To book Waterstone's event tickets, you can't do it online. The number is 020 7851 2400. Have top weekends!
(Posted on 2008-05-09 14:29:00 by ) -
76. BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
Hello. If anyone's planning to come along to the Waterstone's In Conversation event next Thursday, if you could buy your tickets today that would be hugely appreciated. Keep Waterstone's happy. Here's the link: http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayDetailEvent.do?searchType=1&author=Nick%7CGriffiths
(Posted on 2008-05-09 10:53:00 by ) -
75. Review!
Alright, it's not a national but it is the Pick of Books bulletin from the UK's largest book wholesaler, Gardners Gazette, who said this: "This novel, with an array of often weird, occasionally wonderful places, is the antidote to a world where every corner has now seemingly been discovered. In this satire, no one is safe: everything from US administration to Eastenders is ribbed. In many ways, Harrison Dextrose is the Gulliverâs Travels for todayâs world. From the author of âDalek I Loved Youâ."
Can you spot which bit I'm going to add inaugurally to my Dextrose Reviews page?
(Posted on 2008-05-08 16:28:00 by ) -
74. Hmm
So there it is, gorgeously sunny out there. And here I am, growing greyer than Britain's most common squirrel in here, chained to a keyboard. I could always take the laptop to a park - but then I wouldn't be able to see the screen. Surely a design error. It means that people who use computers daily can never bask in the sun. No wonder I'm practically dead.
PS Get those entries in for my signed Dextrose compo (like a pub film quiz, without the booze) - May's already sneaking away.
PPS I've added a link to Dextrose publisher, Legend Press, in the ItFoHD drop-down. I love those guys.
(Posted on 2008-05-08 08:34:00 by ) -
PPS. There are moves afoot for the DILY follow-up after all! More here later...
(Posted on 2008-05-07 10:40:00 by ) -
73. Besides
...returning me to lovely N16, the recent house-move had one other beneficial effect - I came across my long-lost, dearly loved copy of Adrift in the Stratosphere, by Professor AM Low! (As mentioned in DILY.) Turns out I was wrong about the fat kid being called Keith! That was Philip all along, and the characters were Vic, Peter and Philip. (Though I was right about demanding to have been named Peter instead of Nick.) And here, for your delectation, is that wonderful cover, just wish I could make it bigger - curse this website format. Devised by - oh - me.
PS Found this on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyDTwvjScXI
Have absolutely no idea what it's about.
(Posted on 2008-05-07 10:35:00 by ) -
72. At last!
Perhaps I am a little impatient - actually, I'm incredibly impatient - but I've been desperate to read a review of Dextrose on Amazon - and at last one has arrived. And I couldn't be happier with it, seems to sum up everything I'd hoped (and it's five stars). So thank you, Laura Gahan. Hopefully a relative of Dave. You can read the review here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1906558000/dily-21
With the snow no longer virgin, I'm hoping others will now dive in with their own opinions. (Hint, and indeed, hint.)
On the Who front, I've just interviewed Felicity Kendal - I know - and have written her up for a Radio Times that should be out next week, alongside an interview with ever-lovely Who writer Gareth Roberts, whose Missing Who Adventures, The Romance of Crime and The English Way of Death (great titles) I adored.
A reasonable start to the week.
(Posted on 2008-05-06 14:24:00 by ) -
71. Wow!
Am slightly overwhelmed! Had hit the Mac today not sure what to write in blog, and now since words fail me, am simply going to sit here amid warm glow. Many thanks, Sarah - is beyond lovely of you to say so.
(Posted on 2008-05-06 11:06:00 by ) -
Sorry to barge in on Nick's wonderful blog, but I just want to thank him for giving me two wonderful, hilarious, brilliant, touching books to devour (and I swear I saw Dextrose at 40 on the Amazon sales chart at one point when he suggested the buying-hour). Recommending to all my friends, and planning to send for Xmas, birthdays, whatever. Genius!
(Posted on 2008-05-05 16:16:00 by ) -
70. Question
Is Bernard Cribbens a god?
And my thanks to Jim, below, for the kind words. Always a pleasure to trigger happy memories. (Feel free to add your own comments here, btw - it's a free-for-all.)
(Posted on 2008-05-03 19:38:00 by ) -
Have just finished dily paperback what a cracking read! it brought back so many memories from when i was 12 and found dr who for the first time.you and I have so much in common,right down to our luck with women! so thanks mate you made me realise there was and is someone like me out there!
(Posted on 2008-05-02 18:14:00 by ) -
69. Snigger
Had my BBC Radio Cambridgeshire interview at 9am. Am never great in the mornings, particularly after a birthday party the night before, but I struggled through. Today's radio interview is tomorrow's dead airwave. Er, there was something else. But it's gone. Can't wait for the return of Peep Show tonight, and Derren Brown - both genius. Ooh, and am desperate to see some Dextrose reviews on Amazon, so if anyone's finished it yet and enjoyed it, do please. Would be a major boost. Weekend soon. Have fun, y'all!
(Posted on 2008-05-02 11:39:00 by ) -
68. Cope
Listening right now to Living Well is the Best Revenge off the new REM, which fair reminds me of These Days from Life's Rich Pageant. A reasonable return to form but not the five-star I've read of. Reason I'm here, though: been re-reading Julian Cope's biog, Head On/Reposessed. Our Jules didn't get enough of a mention in DILY (one namecheck for the Teardrop Explodes' Suffocate) considering how much I love the guy. World Shut Your Mouth is one of the greatest albums ever. Kolly Kibber's Birthday is worth the admission price alone. I interviewed him two or three times and he once asked me whether I thought he was mad. Hard one to answer without degree in mental health, so fudged around a bemused No. Also spent time with him on the Peggy Suicide tour, accompanied by a few American journos who thought they were the bees'. In front of them all, Cope's wife Dorien tells me my Select review of Peggy is her favourite. A delicious moment, still treasured. Sigh.
(Posted on 2008-05-01 07:30:00 by ) -
67. Madness
My US e-pal Vicki sent a link for the Dalek voice changer. A device so stunningly hilarious in the wearing that it should be a must-buy for everyone (then no one can feel stupid wearing it, as they shouldn't). I'll bung the pic here.
(Posted on 2008-04-30 21:40:00 by ) -
66. The morning after
Having waited so very long for both the DILY p/b and Dextrose to come out, now they are and... well, again, wait. Then wait some more. Books take months and years to bed in (if they ever do). I'm getting used to it slowly. I've realised that every single book read makes a difference, because that starts a word-of-mouth (even if that word is "twaddle"). So if you enjoy one of the books, please do put a review up somewhere, probably Amazon. Every teeny bit helps.
On the positive front, I'm meeting a publisher shortly, re a new book I'm planning to write, which is very different, but which should be a heap of fun. And that DILY follow-up might not be dead after all. We shall see. Thanks for all the support - I see the visitor number has shot up of late.
(Posted on 2008-04-29 13:30:00 by ) -
65. Thanks
Forgot that I planned to say a vast Thank You to the staff of Waterstone's Oxfor Street - and Waterstone's staff everywhere, frankly. That shop has been so very supportive of both Dextrose and DILY, to the point where I might burst into tears of gratitude. Just as record shop staff tend to work there for the love of music (rather than the pay-packet) so the same seems to apply to bookstore staff. They couldn't have been sweeter or more helpful on Saturday in Oxford Street, and I would recommend their wares any second of any day. (And I'll be back at Waterstone's, in Piccadilly, on Thursday 15 May, 6.30pm, for the biggie Dextrose engagement, the In Conversation - book it in!)
(Posted on 2008-04-28 14:15:00 by ) -
64. Sontarans!
Sky+ (hate Sky, not Sky+) having revolutionised my viewing habits, caught the Sontaran episode late last night and thoroughly enjoyed. Perhaps it was the involvement of UNIT and a monster from Pertwee's day, but it felt like a good old 70s monster romp, only less padded. A serene sense of feelgood afterwards, and really looking forward to next weekend's conclusion. Good on yer, Helen Raynor (whose Dalek two-parter last season disappointed).
PS The launch pics are up under the ItFoHD drop-down.
(Posted on 2008-04-28 14:01:00 by ) -
63. Join...
Friends of Harrison Dextrose, if you're on Facebook, here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11779030979
PS I'll stick launch pics up tomorrow...
(Posted on 2008-04-27 15:06:00 by ) -
62. Soon
I'll put up photos from the Dextrose launch, which was great fun - lovely turnout - although I did become a little "tired and emotional" towards the witching hour.
Hope some of you can make today's reading - would be lovely to see you. Am mildly petrified...
(Posted on 2008-04-26 10:34:00 by ) -
61. TOMORROW
A reminder that I'll be at Waterstone's Oxford Street tomorrow (opp Selfridges, Bond St end) at 2pm, talking about, reading from and signing Harrison Dextrose. Do please come along - the fear of no one turning up burns brightly. (I once followed Gary Rhodes around for a day, for RT - can't pretend I found him likeable - and he did a signing in a supermarket - and two people turned up. Haha. But if Rhodes can't pull them in, where does that leave me? Rhetorical. So do please come along if you can.) I'll happily sign DILY too, if you can sneak them past the bookshop security (one old bloke with a stutter and cabbage for supper.)
(Posted on 2008-04-25 17:58:00 by ) -
60. Huge thanks
...to everyone who took part in my cunning plan (see below). Dextrose is so far peaking at sales rank 149 - a rise of - ready? - 280,285%
So a job well done. Don't worry if you haven't ordered yet - please do so. Every sale, a sharp shot in the arm. Cheers!
(Posted on 2008-04-24 15:00:00 by ) -
59. HELP!
I have a cunning plan. To make Harrison Dextrose an Amazon bestseller. This is it:
The Amazon ranking is based on number of books sold with a certain hour (so the book selling the most becomes Number 1). If I can get everyone planning to buy a copy of Dextrose to do so during the same hour, I'm in with a shot of a Top Ten at least (at least that's the plan).
That time is tomorrow lunchtime, UK time, between 12 noon and 1 pm. So anyone out there planning to buy a copy, if you could do so during that period, it would be hugely appreciated. (Ignore any Amazon talk of Out of Stock or whatever.)
Here's the link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1906558000/dily-21
The current ranking is - sigh - 411,580. So please set your alarms and watch that rise. How far, is half the fun. (For me, admittedly, though you may catch some vicarious thrill.) Thank You.
(Posted on 2008-04-23 11:20:00 by ) -
58. Book
A few years ago, I was reading a hitchhiking-through-Japan book called Hokkaido Highway Blues, by a Canadian guy called Will Ferguson. I enjoyed it so much, I kept recommending it to friends, and eventually recommended it so heavily that I felt obliged to lend out my copy, before I'd even finished it. Naturally, that was the last I ever saw of it. So last week, I went to collect the post and there was a package from Amazon... Hokkaido Highway Blues, sent as a surprise by my wife! (Aw.) And I'm loving it all over again. Ferguson writes effortlessly, blending fact and dry humour with adventure and history. I recommend it wholeheartedly. And no, you can't borrow my copy.
(Posted on 2008-04-22 10:45:00 by ) -
57. RT
My interview with Christopher Ryan, formerly of The Young Ones, while he sat on a park bench in the sunshine, is in tomorrow's Radio Times, with a great Sontaran cover. (Early Sontaran pics made them look way too cuddly - this one's far better.)
(Posted on 2008-04-21 13:59:00 by ) -
56. Lawks
Just one week and a bit until Dextrose is out, time enough for a reminder to enter my Dextrose compo, via the WIN button.
Back with Doctor Who: it's been a while since I've been excited about a Doctor Who toy (well, last Christmas, and the remote control battling Daleks), but these new classic figures look completely brilliant...
http://www.doctorwhotoys.net/classics.htm
Check out Tom's expression - and the Sea Devil and Zygon are priceless. Broton looks actually sheepish ("Sorry about the earth-domination plans. I'll put the Loch Ness monster back, promise.")
(Posted on 2008-04-18 13:51:00 by ) -
55. Interviewed
(My mate Mal there, infiltrating the system. Was a lovely curry, mind, scoffed while watching The Apprentice recorded earlier on Sky+. Why - WHY - did Sugar sack wotsisname, when Alex and that lippy bint were far more culpable, and wotsisname was one of the precious few likeable contestants, who felt like he could go far? Madness. Terrible decision, and you wonder whether it was influenced by the telly people.)
Anyway, there's an interview with yours truly up on the WriteWords site.
http://www.writewords.org.uk/interviews/nick_griffiths.asp
Sneakily, though I guess everyone has to make money, it's an abridged version. To read the full version, you're required to register, which could cost sheckels. So I'm going to bung the entire thing here, under the ITFOHD button...
(Posted on 2008-04-17 09:12:00 by ) -
Mmmmmm Currry. Looking forward to this evening, and a belter of a curry in Stokey. Looking forward to the book launch.
(Posted on 2008-04-16 11:53:00 by ) -
54. Hear me now
BBC Radio Ulster has archived their Saturday Magazine show with John Toal, on which I was interviewed about DILY. I'm 40-odd minutes in, if you fancy a listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/magazine/guide/index.shtml
(Posted on 2008-04-16 09:07:00 by ) -
53. Who's a cock?
Just watched last weekend's Who on Sky+ (hate Sky, love Sky+ - a quandary). Far better than the opener, and I redden slightly to recount that there were tears in my eyes when the Doc went back for Pete Capaldi and the Tardis door opened, blazing with white light, Tennant holds out his hand and goes, "Come with me". It's how you always see the Doctor: this all-powerful saviour (non-religious). Also thought those stone giants were among the best CGI monsters yet.
Having said previously that I'd add views on The Apprentice here, I forgot. Worse, I forgot to mention that when I did those radio interviews at the BBC last Thursday, who was in the interview room, but that complete cock, Ian, who got booted off last week. I could hear his every word, sadly, and he was still suggesting he didn't know the word for loser. Dictionary not required, just self-awareness.
(Posted on 2008-04-15 17:09:00 by ) -
52. Addicted to Cooking
I seem to have spent the past fortnight with my nose in a book (or two)about Peter Cook. The Harry Thompson biography and the collection of sketches, Tragically I Was an Only Twin. Both had festered on my book case for years - and this is what I love about books, that they never get morose or shirty - until I pulled one out on a whim, and the other quickly followed. Cook is a comedy legend, and reading about him has given me various ideas for the follow-up to In the Footsteps of Harrison Dextrose. Sadly, his later alcoholism has also, perversely, found me gagging for booze - which I am somehow resisting. However, the wife has just phoned suggesting a pub quiz and I practically leapt down the receiver at her. Mmm... cider.
(Posted on 2008-04-15 14:06:00 by ) -
51. EVENTS button
I've added an EVENTS button, to keep you up to date with publication happenings. I'm especially excited about the "In Conversation" event, at Europe's largest bookstore, Waterstone's Piccadilly, on 15 May. Book your tickets now! I shall don my only suit for the event, and add an extra-waterproof gusset.
(Posted on 2008-04-14 13:14:00 by ) -
50. Dextrose compo
Hit the WIN button above to access my exclusive Harrison Dextrose competition, all shiny and movie-based. Everything's explained there!
(Posted on 2008-04-14 10:15:00 by ) -
49. In! In! IN!
I have five copies of Harrison Dextrose in my very mitts - and it is gorgeous, better even than I had hoped. Pleasingly substantial, slickly printed, with the title in relief, so you can run a finger over it Braille-style. Am deeply happy. You can get your hands on one of these advance copies, two weeks prior to the launch, if you come along to the Shoreditch reading this lunchtime. My wife might even be womanning the Legend bookstall. Oh alright - I'm petrified. Chin chin!
(Posted on 2008-04-12 10:01:00 by ) -
48. EVENT
So I'll be at Shoreditch Library, giving a talk - on what, fuck knows, may sink some cider and make up as go along - then reading from Harrison Dextrose. Presumably you can buy advance copies there, which I'd be happy to sign. If anyone's in the area, please do come along. Saturday 1.45pm, Shoreditch.
(Posted on 2008-04-11 12:12:00 by ) -
47. Competition - Coming Soon!
I'm told that Detxrose is finally back from the printers - so I'll be off to collect a few copies later today, which will be stupidly exciting. I started writing that book in the mid 90s - so it'll have taken around 13 years to become an actual book. Unlucky for some, though not me, happily. To celebrate, I'll be adding a Dextrose competition to this site - movie-based, if you will - within the next day or two, which promises to be large fun. Watch this space...
PS If you haven't already picked up your copy of the DILY p/b, the cover to click's just over there.
(Posted on 2008-04-11 11:59:00 by ) -
46. Very short notice
I thought I might be doing a reading from Dextrose and hanging around at the Legend Press bookstall in some Hackney Library on Monday. Turns out, it's tomorrow! I'll post more details here when I get them. Be lovely to see people down there. For my first ever public reading. Shudder the size of Asia.
(Posted on 2008-04-11 11:55:00 by ) -
45. Excruciating
One story I should recount. Only once in 22 interviews did the story occur to me, of 70s television and its weirdness, that when the BBC closed down at midnight and the Corporation played God Save the Queen, my Dad used to stand up. Which I thought was odd. Nice little story. Until I realised I'd told it to BBC Radio Ulster.
(Posted on 2008-04-10 16:10:00 by ) -
44. PHEW!
Just spent most of the day doing one interview after another. Pete at the BBC reckoned I'd covered half the local radio network, which was good going. Some live, most pre-recorded. Mostly similar Qs (How did you get into Who? What make of new series?) but some had clearly done some homework, which led to more enticing chatter. Enjoyed it, though by interview 17 I was starting to feel a bit weird. Started to realise how most of my Radio Times interviewees must feel, faced by the latest gonk with tape recorder.
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Erratum: That should read lush-covered, not luch-covered. I've been covered in luch before, and let me tell you, it's no fun.
(Posted on 2008-04-09 12:11:00 by ) -
43. Out tomorrow!
Somehow, with patience, I've watched the DILY p/b countdown reduce to 0 days, so the time is nigh. Time to order your copy of the luch-covered new edition, with extra chapters by myself (focusing on New Who) and Dylan (focusing on the nerd I am)! Just hit that cover on this page.
To celebrate, and indeed promote, Orion publicity guru Jon has pulled out all the stops on the local radio front, and tomorrow I shall be ensconsed in BBC TV Centre, talking for most of the day, to 22 - count 'em - different radio stations. Here's the itinerary so you know where to head for your words of little wisdom. (I'm guessing that REC means pre-record and others live - am checking that and will update if I'm wrong.) Right, deep breath...
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(Posted on 2008-04-09 12:09:00 by ) -
42. The meaning of life!
As promised, I'm opening up the website I started building for the proposed DILY follow-up today, to celebrate the publication of the DILY paperback (which, I believe, is in-store already, contrary to the official publication date). Everything is explained there, so I won't waffle on here. Hope you enjoy - here's that link...
http://odyssey.webeden.co.uk
(Posted on 2008-04-07 10:03:00 by ) -
41. Episode 1
Always tricky to bed new ideas in, so Saturday's episode was slightly hampered. But I thought the Donna/Doc thing worked really well - felt like a different beast, more of a buddy caper movie. And Sarah Lancashire, who appears in too many soppy ITV dramas for my tastes, was surprisingly great. Overall, enjoyable with promise. If I have a complaint, it's that the threat was solved with too much psychobabble. Already looking forward to part two, see how they plan to build...
(Posted on 2008-04-06 18:41:00 by )
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