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12 Aug 12:49
"On Saturday 3rd, as the press ramped up their speculation about Houdini, one of our co-ordinators..."
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On Saturday 3rd, as the press ramped up their speculation about Houdini, one of our co-ordinators drove around Borehamwood, looking for an anonymous car park. Having given that location to Brian, this is where Houdini was brought to, at lunchtime on Sunday. Peter Capaldi – as we could then call him - was bundled into a people carrier, where he lay on the back seat with a blanket over him, as our co-ordinator drove him down Borehamwood high street and into the studios.
Despite the less than glamorous arrival, Peter was in very good spirits, as we continued to keep him well hidden.
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How they got Peter into the Doctor Who Live studio.
The full article is a nice write up of what it took to pull the show off.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/articles/The-Making-of-Doctor-Who-Live-The-Next-Doctor
(via kitt66)
09 Aug 17:32
nancyhsu1990: Taiwan High Speed Rail turned the latest train...
Taiwan High Speed Rail turned the latest train into the world’s first Cartoon Network theme train.
Had a great time riding it, though somehow it seems that parents are more excited then the kids…
09 Aug 15:30
How I paid 20p to join Peter Capaldi’s very own Dr Who fan...
How I paid 20p to join Peter Capaldi’s very own Dr Who fan club in Bishopbriggs in 1974
via heraldscotland:
Photographer Simon Clegg has revealed he was the sole member of Peter Capaldi’s Dr Who fan club, which the actor launched while still a teenager in Bishopbriggs.
As the Glasgow-born star prepares to take over one of the most popular roles on TV, Mr Clegg said he paid 20p back in 1974 to join Capaldi’s club after meeting him at the local theatre.
Mr Clegg, who now lives in Australia, said: “I met Peter at the Fort Theatre in Bishopbriggs when we were both in The Antonine Players, a local amateur dramatic society.
"He was massively keen on Dr Who and had started up the fan club and asked me if I wanted to join. So I gave him my 20p and that was it."
Click here to read the rest!
09 Aug 15:26
"As a joke, Arthur Conan Doyle once sent five letters to five friends that read, “We are discovered,..."
“As a joke, Arthur Conan Doyle once sent five letters to five friends that read, “We are discovered, flee immediately”, to see what they would do. One of them disappeared and Conan Doyle never saw him again.”
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QI (E Series - Espionage)
it’s worth mentioning that those friends were people in high places in the government.
(via hicockalorum)
30 Jul 14:19
historical-nonfiction: When James Harrison had chest surgery at...
When James Harrison had chest surgery at age 13, he resolved to begin donating blood to help others in need. When he did so, doctors realized that he carries a rare immune globulin that can prevent unborn babies from suffering attacks by their mothers’ antibodies, a condition known as Rhesus disease.
In the 59 years since this was discovered, Harrison has given blood more than 1,000 times, an average of once every three weeks for five decades, and his donations have saved an estimated 2.4 million babies.
This has earned Harrison a spot in Guinness World Records. He calls this “the only record that I hope is broken.”
