News: March 2005 Archives

After just one episode of the new series Doctor Who is making headlines again.

Firstly another series has been commissioned for next year and secondly Christopher Ecclestone has quit as the Doctor. He'll be appearing in the Christmas special and then they'll need to find someone new to regenerate into. More details at BBC NEWS | Entertainment | TV and Radio | Eccleston quits Doctor Who role

Doctor Who got decent ratings last Saturday according to the BBC it "got an average of 9.9 million viewers - 43.2% of all viewers - with a peak of 10.5 million viewers, a 44.3% share of the audience".

Doesn't sound too bad.

"The Neuromancer radio play was originally broadcast on BBC Radio World Service as part of their 'Play of the Week' series." Here's the details. Better still here's a torrent.

[Via BoingBoing]

Super Groovy! SciFi.Com now have audio commentary Podcasts for Battlestar Galactica episodes. Rael has coined a new term for this, podmenting.

Download the MP3's either via your from the website or via your favourite podcast software, and hear Ronald D. Moore talk about what you're watching.

All the stuff that usually comes out on the DVD seems to be getting released on the web which I approve of whole heartedly.