One of the cool things about the new series of Doctor Who is that it has had the folks at BBC Cult churning out some great new material.

In addition to the great Doctor Who site itself (which now has a news feed), there’s Who is Doctor Who?, Geocomtex, and now Bad Wolf.

Bob Geldof’s has announced that he wants a million people to descend on Edinburgh next month. The police are already saying no.

Geldof hasn’t been clear what he wants this million to do. There is a protest rally organised by Make Poverty History four days earlier, the same day as “Live8”. A million people protesting to the G8 in Gleneagles would be better off in London: the world leaders at the summit will be no less aware of them and London is much more able to cope. It would probably involve less travel overall, which would be better for the environment.

And the number itself is problematic. Edinburgh can’t cope with a sudden influx of a million people, but who’s to say how many will come? Geldof wants a million but he’s not ticketing entry to the city – it’s a number plucked out of thin air. Fewer people might make the trek up north (or south if you’re reading this in the Highlands), but with no-one counting them all in, who’s going to turn back the million-and-first person?

See also Chris, Alan and, on Live8 itself, Justin.

A success of sorts in Sandy Balfour‘s G2 competition. For the second time, I’ve made it into the Top Ten entries on Sandy’s website, this time for my clue for “Gambit”:

Morning in Britain and half-wits make first move (6)

I was walking along the street this morning when I noticed the word “CELTIC” on the pavement under my feet. Nothing too odd about that: just a bit of football graffiti.

After a few metres, I turned back to take another look. It wasn’t graffiti at all.

A track along the middle of the pavement showed where it had been dug up to lay cables and then filled back in. The newer material matched the original pavement which was scattered with small white stones. The stones in the refilled area had been arranged to spell CELTIC.

While you recover from that bombshell, take a look at yesterday’s and today’s Dilbert strips.