Happy Birthday to Cathode Ray Tube.
One year old today. C'mon Bette, blow out yer candles or you won't get yer din dins!
I do hope you've enjoyed the reviews, pictures, video and audio that's been brought to you. The blog has successfully grown and changed in the space of 12 months and I'll continue to build on this as it goes into its second year. Over 23,000 visitors isn't a bad start...and I thank all of you for visiting, even if you've just popped in to find the links to the Mad Men episodes have buggered up again!
What's next, I hear you say? I'll continue to review television, music, books, films, theatre and will keep bringing you behind the scenes info, the odd spoiler or two...or three, as well as audio and video clips. All the usual suspects will fall beneath my searing critiques in 2009...Doctor Who, Torchwood, Ashes To Ashes, Battlestar and no doubt a number of others will be joining them. Plus, if I can stay sober long enough, a daily report from the Gallifrey One convention in Los Angeles next February...
More 'Weekends With...' themed reviews will be popping up...so look out for opinions on Hammer films, Powell & Pressburger, silent horror and much, as they say, more. And by the time we get to Christmas I'll do my usual rant about the TV schedules and pick the best viewing for the festive period.
I'm also looking into bringing a regular pod-cast on line, so once I've got my brain in gear and figured out the various gizmos...interweb broadcasts will hopefully commence. Fancy!
For now though, a request...all those readers who regularly visit and are registered with Technorati please, please fave this blog. Likewise, if you're signed up to Blogger as a fellow incumbent of the blogosphere or have a Google account then do become a Follower of this blog with the new Licence Fee Payers function to your right (it's free)...and I'll reply likewise in courtesy. And most of all, keep commenting, spreading the word and get interactive...
Thanks to: Blogtor Who's Cameron McEwan, Rupert Smith, Rob Stickler, Alec, the Doctor Who Forum Wrinklies (they are legion), Tony at DWAS, various Squee Squads and spoiler hounds (Scooty, especially), long suffering colleagues and loved ones - without your support and hard work CRT would be a lesser force within the blogosphere. If I've neglected to mention you...sorry, must have been having a senior moment.
I'll make it up to you. Honest.
Director General
- Frank Collins
- Freelance writer and film and television researcher (for hire). He has contributed to a number of DVD and Blu-ray releases, magazines, books and websites about archive television and cinema including work for Moviemail, Frame Rated, Arrow Video and Indicator. Publications include The Black Archives #62: Kinda (2022) and #31: Warriors' Gate (2019), I.B Tauris's 'Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour - A Critical Celebration of the Matt Smith and Steven Moffat Era' (2013) and 'Doctor Who - The Pandorica Opens' (2010).
The Book(s) What I Wrote
"Merits attention from Doctor Who fans interested in the development of a script by going deep into the story’s genesis and shifts in tone, and the infamous production difficulties which plagued it. The glimpses of Steve Gallagher’s original scripts are fascinating, as are the changes made to them by seemingly everyone from directors to producers to cast members." We Are Cult. 17 June 2019.
"Whether you’re a fan of the show under Moffat or not, it offers an intriguing, insightful look at all aspects of the series" 7/10 - Starburst, January 2014
"A worthy addition to serious texts on Doctor Who" - Doctor Who Magazine 431, February 2011
"an impressive work, imbued with so much analytical love and passion, and is an absolute must-read for any fan" N. Blake - Amazon 4/5 stars
"...mixes the intellectual and the emotional very well...it's proper media criticism" 9/10 - The Medium Is Not Enough
"... an up-to-date guide that isn’t afraid to shy away from the more controversial aspects of the series" 8/10 - Total SciFi Online
"...well-informed new angles on familiar episodes... this is a great read from start to finish" - Bertie Fox - Amazon 4/5 stars
"Frank Collins has produced a book that is fiercely idiosyncratic, displays a wide-ranging intellect the size of a planet, but which is also endearingly open and inclusive in its desire to share its expansive knowledge..." 4/5 - Horrorview.com
"The book is great! It makes you think, it makes you work. It encourages you to go back and watch the series with a whole new perspective..." - G.R. Bundy's Blog: Telly Stuff And Things
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Happy Blogoversary Frank, keep the views and reviews coming.
Cheers,
Rob.
Cheers, Rob.
Keep watching the skies!
F