Eve Myles has confirmed she will be attending the Diffcon convention in Cardiff, in May. She joins other guests such as her on screen husband, Kai Owen, James Moran, Andrew Hayden Smith, Brian Blessed and many many more. Full details can be found at http://www.diffcon.co.uk/

Filming has just started on Series 7 of Doctor Who in Cardiff. This series will see the last days of the Ponds with Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill returning for their final, rollercoaster voyage with The Doctor. Amy and Rory have been at the Doctor’s side for more than two series but what will he do after their heartbreaking departure? On returning for his third series as the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith says : “It’s thrilling and exciting to be back and working with two of my closest friends.” Karen Gillan adds : “It’s just brilliant to be back on the TARDIS with Matt and Arthur for our craziest adventures yet” Plus new guest stars so far confirmed to star will include David Bradley, Rupert Graves and Mark Williams. Series 7 will then see a dramatic turn of events when The Doctor meets a new friend. Prepare yourselves for thrills, adventures and dramatic surprises as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year. Fourteen big, blockbuster-movie episodes – each a brand new epic adventure featuring new monsters and some familiar foes as you’ve never seen them before. Doctor Who is a BBC Cymru Wales Production for BBC ONE.

It’s a remake that US networks have been trying to do since the early 90’s and like it or not, the American remake of Only Fools and Horses is finally going ahead.

ABC have announced that John Leguizamo will play the role made famous by David Jason. They have described Del as being “an overly confident bon vivant and con artist who trades crap out of the back of his car, cheerful and oblivious to the fact that he is a lowlife scamster.”

John Leguizamo is a very capable actor, with credits including Romeo And Juilet, ER and Ice Age.

The character will still be called Del. Rodney and the rest of the characters have yet to be cast. The show is being written by former Scrubs writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley.

The BBC have released pictures of James Lance as Kirby in the upcoming episode of Being Human. Click on the images to enlarge.

Thanks to BBC pictures

The Doctor, Amy and Rory round off a sight-seeing tour round London with a trip to the theatre. That’s when things start to go wrong.

The Doctor wonders why so many young girls are going missing from the area. When he sees Sammy Star’s amazing magic act, he thinks he knows the answer. Sammy’s glamorous assistant disappears at the climax of the act – but this is no stage trick.

The Doctor and his friends team up with residents of an old people’s home to discover the truth. And together they find themselves face to face with a deadly Weeping Angel. Whatever you do – don’t blink!

The quick read books are a bit of a double edged sword, on one hand they’re only 128 pages so it’s great for a short train journey, on the other, if you get an interesting story it can feel incredibly rushed. As the Doctor Who quick reads go this is quite decent. The weeping angels were used well and the characterisation and dialogue of our dynamic trio feels authentic, which is something that has plagued a few previous Doctor Who books.

Whilst it’s not a groundbreaking book it makes for an enjoyable read.

 Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter will open its doors for the very first time to visitors from 31^st March 2012.

Tickets to the UK’s newest attraction are now on sale. Visitors must pre-book their tickets in advance by selecting specific tour times throughout the day via www.wbstudiotour.co.uk or through approved tour operators. Tickets will not be on sale at the attraction and spaces are limited.

Warner Bros. is also pleased to announce the inclusion of some of the film series’ most iconic sets within the attraction including the Great Hall, Dumbledore’s office, the Ministry of Magic, Harry Potter’s famous cupboard under the stairs, 4 Privet Drive, Gryffindor common room, the boys’ dormitory, the Potion’s classroom, Professor Umbridge’s office, the Weasley kitchen, the Hogwarts bridge and many others still to be announced.

The BBC have announced details for the upcoming Dirk Gently series.

Starring Stephen Mangan as Douglas Adams’ self-styled Holistic Detective. Perennially broke and morally dubious, Dirk’s methods are based on ‘The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things’.

I love non fiction books. I have an unhealthy obsession with American politics dating back to lessons received through my school years. I love tragic real life stories like the one of Bernie Maddof who stole $65 billion and almost single handed started the world wide recession we find our selves in as I write. But most of all I love a good conspiracy theory.

Now let me explain before you think I am one of those insane people that wants to fill your mind with ludicrous stories of aliens running the planet, I love a good conspiracy theory because I like the fact a ridiculous notion can have such an overwhelming effect on what you describe as normal everyday folk, and turn there irrational fears into a warped reality.

Sky 1 HD have announced the commission of a second series of  the excellent comedy, STELLA. Filming will take place this summer with the series set to return in early 2013, the series will comprise of 10, 60 minute episodes.

Stella, the brainchild of Ruth Jones, has won over a loyal audience on Sky 1 HD. The first series’ debut was the second biggest UK comedy launch in multichannel history and the show continues to go from strength to strength as part of Sky 1’s Comedy Fridays.

A charming slice of the working-class Welsh Valleys, STELLA is a comedy drama that centres around the world of Stella (Ruth Jones), a 40-something mum juggling the ups and downs of family life, amid the chaos of her eccentric friends, relatives and children’s fathers.

Sky 1 HD have announced that Kiefer Sutherland’s highly anticipated new drama TOUCH, from Heroes’ creator TIM KRING, will aunch on Sky 1 HD and Sky 1 on March 13th at 8pm, TOUCH marks Sutherlands first television project since 24, and his welcome return to Sky 1 HD.

At the centre of TOUCH is Martin Bohm (Sutherland), a widower and single father, haunted by an inability to connect to his mute 11-year-old son, Jake, played by David Mazouz (Criminal Minds). Everything changes when Martin discovers that Jake possesses the gift of staggering genius – the ability to see things that no one else can in the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events. Jake is indeed communicating, but it’s not with words, it’s with numbers. Now, it’s up to Martin to decipher the meaning and connect the numbers to the cast of characters whose lives they affect.