From Superman to Batman, superhero films have much to teach us about faith and humanity – as well as being terrrific visual spectacle, writes Avengers Assemble star Tom Hiddleston
Just what I like to read of a morning…
Wish I could be there so much!!!!!!
Wherein I wax poetic about John H. Watson for the second time, encompassing the BBC and Warner Bros incarnations…
“As I said when we began: this one’s for the lovers of brave soldiers, able medics, and steadfast friends. And here’s to John Watson, who flew that flag…
This news bite is an old one, but still hilarious:
New Doctor Who stopped at Heathrow airport with sonic screwdriver
Matt Smith, the latest actor to play Doctor Who in the BBC series, was stopped at Heathrow airport for taking a sonic screwdriver through security.
The 27-year-old actor was stopped as he passed through a security scanner before a flight to Belfast.
Officials pulled the new timelord to one side, believing the gadget to be a weapon, according to The Sun.
A source told the newspaper: “Matt’s a huge fan of the screwdriver so didn’t think anything of carrying it with him on the plane. It’s basically just a fake prop and doesn’t exactly do much.
“But going through the X-ray scanner it probably looks like a weapon, albeit something you’d see in Star Wars.
“Matt was very polite and explained what the screwdriver was. But the guards just looked puzzled. Fortunately he had some Doctor Who promo material on him so was able to show them who he was.
“Once the penny dropped and they had a proper look at the screwdriver, they let him through.”
It was revealed yesterday that Smith has already broken four sonic screwdrivers while getting to grips with his new role.
The new timelord told the Radio Times he keeps the tools – most commonly used in the series for unlocking doors – with him all the time for extra practice.
He admitted: ”I’ve broken four of them … I like to have it about my person at all times, just twirling it around and flicking it. It’s all part of the magic, isn’t it?”He is so the Doctor.
I didn’t know he could write before… well, I do now!
“Nestled off the coast of East Africa, the Seychelles lie firmly within the tropics, jewels of green in an otherwise aquamarine expanse of Indian Ocean…”
“I had gone to South Africa to make a BBC series called To The Ends of the Earth and on a weekend off I went with two friends to do a diving course in the stunning Sodwana Bay. Coming down with a cold and feeling anxious about making it back early in the morning, I selfishly pulled rank and suggested we break a cardinal rule by driving after dark.
I will always remember that “How to Disappear Completely” by Radiohead was playing. This haunting track was half-way through, the window was down and we were relaxing into the journey. That’s when things started to go wrong. The front right tyre blew and we pulled up after 100 years to fix it. It was 8pm, pitch dark and we were two hours from home. There was traffic on the highway, but the rule is you never stop, not even for other drivers who may be in trouble. We were on our own.
A rather well-written little article about our movement.
