After nearly a month of searching, I have found a 105!

Now to pick up the 106, 107 and 108 that have taunted me around Edinburgh for long.

In other news, Dominic Tristram has a brief review of the new Who. It is somewhat more positive than the even briefer review I received by text message from my brother, whose expletive I shan’t repeat here.

I’ve recently finished reading Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8) by Sandy Balfour. It’s a mix of autobiography, travelogue and crossword guide, and I highly recommend it. It’s a life-affirming story of the author’s global travels and in particular his quest to find a national identity after leaving South Africa.

If you’re interested in crosswords (and in particular the Guardian crossword), it also provides a simple introduction to the subject, covering both Balfour’s belief in the stories contained in crossword puzzles and the basics of solving them. It also lifts the veil on some of the setters with the enigmatic names.

There are now less than two weeks to go.

The BBC regularly use a billboard by my nearest train station to promote new shows, most recently Casanova. On the way out of the station today, I was chuffed to see this:

The Beeb have also started running a new teaser trailer, with the TARDIS dematerialising in a tunnel full of flame. It’s not on the BBC Doctor Who website yet but I guess it’ll be up next week.

It occurs to me that fans can’t really refer to Hartnell as Billy any more lest hilarious misunderstandings arise. Especially when referring to Billy’s goat fluff.

A bunch of Doctor Who Linx <cough> for you, most of which contain minor spoilers. It is now D-16 days and possibly time to revive the 24 countdown clock.

From The Times:
New Doctor Who confesses: I never used to watch it
Our space opera
A review of Rose

From The Media Grauniad (registration required):
Media Monkey’s Diary
Carry on Doctor

A story from BBC Breakfast, including video report from the launch in Cardiff. This includes the editor of Doctor Who Magazine‘s verdict: “If the kids don’t like that, the kids don’t deserve to have any television shown to them ever again.”

And, saving the best for last, from The Sun:
Who’s Who of monsters (picture spoilers)

Meanwhile, Nick points to a chance to hear the new theme.