The best Con in the UK Calendar returns, with a very special ticket offer:

Cardiff International Comic Expo IN FIRST ticket offer!

A very special offer to all of the 2011 attendees which means you can BUY NOW until the 30th October at the 2011 prices!

This will be an all ticket event so pre-booking and a special low entry deal guarantees you can’t miss out on Premier Event of 2012

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There’s a problem with recommending this book to people. Russell T. Davies.

You see, having been a nerd with access to the internet for a while I know he brings out strong reactions in people. A lot of them totally f*cking wrong of course (I’ve read him being accused of racism and homophobia FFS), but still, many out there aren’t fans of his writing so as a result won’t give this book a shot. That’d be a shame.

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Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8073734.stm

The BBC announced today that the search for the Doctor's new assistant was over when they revealed 21 year old Karen Gillan will take the role of the Doctor's companion, she will join new Doctor Matt Smith in the new series of Doctor Who starting in 2010. In true Who fashion Scottish Gillan has appeared in the show before in last season's The Fires of Pompeii aswell as appearing in The Kevin Bishop show and upcoming film Outcast. Not knowing anything about this actor all I can say is she's very young and pretty, not necessarily a bad thing but it is a strong indication of the direction in which New-Who is now moving, at least in it's casting choices.

Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090123_news_01

According to the BBC , former Eastenders star Michelle Ryan and all round funny man Lee Evans will guest satr in the first of this year's Doctor Who specials titled the Planet of the Dead.

This has all added fuel to the rumour that Ryan is being prepped to be new Doctor Matt Smith's faithful companion just as Catherine Tate was introduced in the 'Christmas Bride' special.

I thought Bionic Woman was absolute tosh, not helped by Ryan's wooden performance, while her perfomance in the BBC's Merlin was stellar, she's an uncertain quantity for me so I guess we'll just have to wait and see how she does. Lee Evans on the other hand is fantastic in everything he does and I'm really looking forward to seeing his take on a 'Who' character, hopefully he'll put in a better performance than fellow stand-up comedian Peter Kay in the 2006 episode 'Love and Monsters'.