Emlah ... that was me and yeah, I had planned to mention that EzyDVD are also advertising the full seasons for under 80 bucks, so it's not something specific to AtlanticDVD (though they do seem to still be the cheapest by a couple of dollars).

Oh and Australian Idol. NO. NO. DEAR FUCKING GOD IN HADES! NO!!!!!!!!

ahem

Edited to add:

I'm really happy about this. I need Angel Season 3, but I wasn't willing to pay full price for it - it's basically a completist buy rather than a desire buy.

I need to get most of Angel myself but I'm not really sure if I'll bother -- beyond getting Season 1 Pt 2. Season 4 is the only one I really want to own.

Season 4 is the only one I really want to own.

I'm trying to compile a list of the things I wouldn't do in order to instantly receive S4 DVDs and I'm drawing a complete blank. If it weren't for some of Cordy's cringe-making scenes, I would have loved every single minute of this season.

NO. NO. DEAR FUCKING GOD IN HADES! NO!!!!!!!!

Heh. I have a horrible, horrible theory about the demographics of the majority of voters and I'm ashamed of it really because it manages to be both elitist and sexist all in one, but each show annoucing who's made it to the next round just re-enforces it.

I think the statistics speak for themselves on that one Leigh. Although in a shocking development, one cute boy was actually not voted through last night.

(Mind you, I don't exactly think people are wrong to vote for cute boys. But I was pretty upset that Rebekah didn't get through, because her performance was one of the very few so far I've really enjoyed.)

Greg Dyke, director general of the BBC, has announced plans to give the public full access to all the corporation's programme archives.

Mr Dyke said on Sunday that everyone would in future be able to download BBC radio and TV programmes from the internet.

Mind you, I don't exactly think people are wrong to vote for cute boys.

I do. But only because I think they're voting by a process of elimination which goes something like 'She's too pretty, he's kinda fugly...so bland pretty man it is!'

Oh, and Rebekah was robbed!

The judges will send her through on a wildcard, I reckon. YES, I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE RULES AND PROCECURES AND I AM NOT ASHAMED.

I do. But only because I think they're voting by a process of elimination which goes something like 'She's too pretty, he's kinda fugly...so bland pretty man it is!'

I like afro dude and pig farmer.

I cannot believe that the disqualification of the father issues guy actually made the news. Oh wait, Channel 10's aggressive cross promotion habits... of course I believe it!

I cannot believe that the disqualification of the father issues guy actually made the news.

Is that the fat dude blubbering into his mobile, that they had in the promos? Why was he disqualified, as opposed to kicked out on his fat arse?

Because he did a promotional interview with a radio station which is against the rules. He wouldn't have got through anyway (I hope and pray); his performance was embarrassing, it was like something off New Faces.

The thing is, Leigh, the people who are voting are presumably the same people who are going to be buying the records at the end of all this, so if it's a cute bland boy they want as their pop star, why not?

(I like Afro dude too. And I have a guilty fondness for "rock chick". Pig farmer I could live without.)

Doctor Who
40th Anniversary 1963-2003
Time traveller celebrates a 40-year journey

When the Doctor Who series first screened on BBC television back in November 1963, not even the Doctor himself could have predicted that it would be the longest running science fiction series ever made. Through eight different incarnations of the Doctor he has traversed the galaxy, saved numerous universes and spent an eternity in a phone booth. The series also produced a string of iconic characters - the inimitable Daleks, the Cybermen, Davros, The Master and a mechanical pooch called K-9. ABC TV Programming have recently announced their intention to broadcast the entire series from episode one ("An Unearthly Child" starring William Hartnell) for those who missed them the first time round. The series will screen on ABC TV from September 15 on Monday-Thursday at 6.00pm.

The Doctor has also been resurrected on video and, since October 2000, on DVD. The range has now expanded to include over fifteen titles on DVD with more planned for 2004, and around forty titles on VHS including limited edition boxed sets.

The full range of Doctor Who videos and DVDs are available from ABC Shops, ABC Centres, ABC Online and all good DVD retailers.

I'm actually really excited by this news. I've been a Doc Who fan since I was a child but haven't seen any of the Hartnell episodes and very few of the Troughton episodes. Alas, the ABC will be thwarted in their attempt to broadcast the entire series, since a few episodes were supposedly destroyed by the BBC years ago.

There actually aren't all that many Troughton eps. Prime reran the first four doctors, and there were about eight Troughton eps, the BBC destroyed so many. I was sad, I really like Jamie.