Raven

Perhaps she is related to Van Helsing, perhaps Demons is actually based on fact!

Family tree or zombie hunter?!

'lo! Where you anywhere near the recent troubles in Mumbai?

Well I've been watching it for 34 years, so I can't see me throwing in the towel at this point either!

I watched it all the way thought, but it annoyed the hell out of me! The group seemed to be treating their predicament more as though they were on a rough-ramblers weekend than in a serious survival situation. It didn't help that there was no real feel for how many people had survived the virus, or what the time scale was that the series was working to. I would have expected the group to start laying in stores (real stores, not just going house-to-house taking half used pots of coffee), for them to have started to get some live stock together and be learning the basics of farming, skills they will need to keep them alive down the road. Instead we get them popping down the shops when they want something (some cakes for a party, some beer for a party or a Wendy house for the chickens etc), it just seemed too laid back for The End of The World! Brian Aldiss once referred to The Day of the Triffids as a cosy catastrophe; I shudder to think what he would make of Survivors!

I don't think he looks that young at all. He is young, yes, but he's not a teenager . . . I've heard rumours, but that was before Davis made some other comments about the up-coming specials. If she is returning, my guess is that it will be either in the third or fourth special.

You can get arrested for that, you know . . .

Someone else in West Sussex, it's obviously a well read corner of the country!

I'm back to work tomorrow after two weeks off. It doesn't feel like two weeks though, mainly because I've spent the best part of one week out of the two with a chuffing cold . . .

He's only three or four years younger than Peter Davison was when he took on the role, but I don't really see his age being an issue if he is up to the job. As for looking weird, I hope the poor chap hasn't been reading the internet today, there have been some very unflattering things being said about him. Personally, I think he looks very well suited to the role, I think there's something slightly otherworldly about him.

I'm not entirely sure we've seen the last of Donna Noble, we'll have to wait and see how the specials play out. I'm quite pleased with the casting of Matt Smith as the Doctor, I think he could be a very good choice indeed (but I'll reserve final judgement on that until 2010!).

A second series has been commissioned.

I used to buy quite a few magazines each month, but I now limit myself to SFX and ImagineFX.

I think it used to be one, so for every pound you spent you effectively got a penny back. It doesn't sound like much, but back in the days when I was spending the best part of

That is on my list for this year.

I'm only pulling your leg!

Thank you! I like the people in the middle and the way the light reflects on the rails. The light in Bristol was amazing last Saturday.

At their most basic level they are supposed to be inspirational stories about how the author has overcome the odds to live a normal life. As K1nS says, a lot of them seem to revolve around some kind of abuse, but they can also be about illness and loss as well. As the piece I linked to above says, the market for this type of book has grown hugely in the last few years, and most of this seems to be down to the large supermarket chains selling these books at knock-down prices. Personally, I find the genre a bit distasteful. If you are reading the books because you have had similar experiences and they are helping you to deal with it I can see they would be useful, but I don't understand why someone with no personal insight into the situation would find them interesting, it all seems a bit, err, voyeuristic? to me. Please don't take that personally K1nS, I

Nosy! I've touched on some of these elsewhere, but when I'm not reading, I also enjoy playing World of Warcraft, watching films and cult TV programs, writing, drawing (though I don

I prefer the classification "Misery Memoirs", it seems to sum up the genre a little more accurately to me - and be warned, they may not be all they are cracked up to be.

My card stopped working years ago and I couldn't be arsed to go through the lengthy procedure they wanted me to to sign up to the new version. This ship has already sailed for me!

The next actor to play the Doctor will be announced tomorrow! There is a special version of Doctor Who Confidential being screened at 5.35pm on BBC One and the announcement will be made as a part of that.

Do so, it's very good!

I think you'll find the book is pretty good!

I've not read the book, but I wasn't particularly impressed with this version - the Hitchcock version is still the best one I've seen, although the 1970's version with Robert Powell was pretty good as well.