Sunday 7th October 2018 Doctor Who returns next month after being off our screens since Christmas. Not long at all if you’re old enough to remember the ‘hiatus’ from 1989 to 2005. I have vague memories of catching a few moments of the Sylvester McCoy era when I was little, but I really fell in … Continue reading Save the date – the Doctor is back!
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Some places look too perfect to be real, and the Ksar of Ai Ben Haddou is one of them. It’s absolutely stunning - a fantasy Arabian city rising up out of the desert. Like Ireland’s extraordinary Skellig Michael, it’s a place so remarkable that you’d easily believe it was the work of craftsmen and CGI … Continue reading Ksar of Ai Ben Haddou
Or ... I went to London Film & Comic Con and found myself on Scarif Imperial base. The last weekend in July saw the mass annual pilgrimage of geeks to London Film & Comic Con at Olympia. With neither the stamina nor finances to manage the full three days we opted for just the Saturday … Continue reading A brief adventure in London – how to bag a Star Wars location without even trying.
…or five years ago, in Tunisia and a few hours flight away. One of my strongest childhood memories is standing on top of a ridge of sand, staring wistfully into the distances as I watch the twin suns slowly set on the horizon… Okay, I was posing on a sand dune on the beach at … Continue reading A long time ago in a galaxy, far, far away…
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