Meeeerrlin… he drives the fastest milkcart in the west.

Nimueh, Nimueh, Nimueh, Nimueh, In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.

Apart from trying to crowbar the character’s names in popular songs, there’s also a lot of genuine enjoyment to be gleaned from BBC1’s latest stab at filling the “Doctor Who Slot”. Merlin has a kind of 21st century sheen to it that is remarkably similar to the revitalised Robin Hood, which, if you’re a fan of gritty realism, is

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Tags: Anthony-Head, Arthur, Camelot, Katie McGrath, Lancelot, Merlin, Nimueh, Richard-Willson

Cartoon Who

It has probably escaped the attention of many of the 7 million regular viewers that Doctor Who gets every Saturday night that there is another, new, Who series running concurrently on Friday afternoons as part of Totally Doctor Who on Children’s BBC. Delivered in 3 minute chunks each week, The Infinite Quest is brought to us from the same team (although they have a new name) who gave us The Scream Of Shalka and the animated “lost episodes” of the classic

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Tags: Anthony-Head, Barney-Harwood, Doctor Who, Infinite-Quest, Kirsten-OBrien, Lisa-Tarbuck, Martha-Jones, Patrick-Troughton, Totally