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For those of you who don't already know, Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith in Dr Who) has passed away. It appears that she had been fighting cancer for some time.

The BBC has a brief report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13137674

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/06/the_htchhikers_guide_reminds_you_not_to_panic_if_y_1.php

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/10316872.stm

So ...

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Driver blames UFO for failure to pay parking fine
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8614134.stm

Doctor Who regeneration was "modelled on LSD trips"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8616413.stm

Doctor Who "was behind UK space agency logo"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doctor-who/7518521/Doctor-Who-was-behind-UK-space-agency-logo.html

Year of the Plank: remembering Douglas Adams
http://yearoftheplank.com/

Tolkien linguistics draws praise from best seller Martin
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2010/04/13/36166-tolkien-linguistics-draws-praise-from-best-seller-martin/
http://grrm.livejournal.com/148593.html

Blog them out of the Stone Age: WWII counter-factuals
http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=2336

HarperCollins have re-launched their Tolkien website
http://www.tolkien.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx

Go to http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/ and scroll about half-way down. The Tardis that you can look inside is particularly spectacular.

ETA: for popcorn sales as an economic indicator, go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8201997.stm and scroll about a third of the way down.

Tell me something to distract me from the pile of housework I should be doing? Please?

ETA: Well there's this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/3327269677/

"Before video and DVD, Dr Who fans who wanted a fix of the time lord in between the TV shows relied on a series of official novels. Writing for the Magazine, Mark Gatiss recalls his love of Dr Who's adventures in print."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8113603.stm

Today's Times has a picture of a costume from a Dr Who story of 1978, which will be auctioned next week. (I don't see it online, but I can send ~~you~~ one person a clipping.)

Did anyone see Mastermind last Friday? It had a round on Dr Who in the 1970s. Sadly, we missed it; I must remember to download it before this Friday.