Animated 'Doctor Who' series will re-create 'Power of the Daleks'

 BBC America and BBC Worldwide say they have ordered a six-part, animated series re-creating the long-lost, Doctor Who adventure The Power of the Daleks.

The installment of the sci-fi program was notable as Patrick Troughton's debut as the Doctor, but the master negatives for it were destroyed in an archive purge in 1974 and no complete film recordings are known to have survived.

Original audio recordings, photographs and film clips will be used to refurbish the episode, which is to air this fall.

"Fifty years after its inception, Doctor Who continues to be a global phenomenon that perpetually re-animates itself -- literally, right now," Sarah Barnett, president of BBC America, said in a statement. "The Power of the Daleks is the latest uniquely creative storytelling to spring from the extraordinary mythology of the Doctor Whoworld -- there are only a handful of global franchises that have the depth to evolve in this kind of way. We are so proud to present this work to our BBCA Doctor Who fans, who we think will go crazy for this reverent, yet shockingly re-invented, 'mash-up.'"read more

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why am i writing about a number ,well carry on reading this post and you will find out more .many moons ago i lived in ilfracombe near barnstaple devon and to get a little extra cash i went to garages and various other places picking up scrap iron with a friend .one whilst awaiting items to be weighed at barnstaple scrap yard i spotted an old 56 lb weight may have been used to weigh potatoes -so i put it inside the front of van and from that day i have used it in every home weight routine and would hate to depart with it -how sad.so i bet your glad dear reader you stuck this intesting post out -ha.

Yorkshire Dales get a new mountain

THREE hill-walking friends are 'thrilled' that they have helped reclassify a Yorkshire Dales hill as Britain's newest mountain.

By the tiny margin of just six millimetres, Calf Top, near Sedbergh, has nudged over the 2,000-feet threshold required for an official mountain.Back in 2010, when Myrddyn Phillips and his two fellow amateur surveyors measured the Cumbrian hill, it was declared to be 609.58 metres high - tantalisingly, a mere two centimetres below the 'magic' 609.6 metres/2,000 feet that is the benchmark height for mountains.

However, six years on, the Ordnance Survey has double-checked and verified the data with a new 'geoid' computer model and declared Calf Top to be 609.606 metres high - making the grade by six millimetres or less than a quarter of an inch.

"For this to happen six years later, there's a thrill involved and a little bit of excitement and a tremendous amount of satisfaction," said Myrddyn, 55, of Welshpool, Powys.

"Personally I quite like reclassification. I like change but that change needs to be based on fact. In 2010 when the OS processed our data and it was literally two centimetres below, I was resigned to the fact that was the height of the hill. At that stage you can't argue against that."read more

secrets of the sas

a documentary on channel 5 running over 4 programmes in which you can see former sas members talk about serving in this elite  military unit .things talked about are -rationalise killing as part of their duties ,what happens to those instincts when leave service to return to civilian life.

east african gorilla near extinction

the population of this gorilla has fallen in rwanda,uganda ,congo by 70 per cent in 20 years .this means the east african gorilla is now on the red list of threatened species as critically  endandered which is one step away from extinction status .

prince buster grandfather of ska and two tone -r.i.p

Cecil Bustamente Campbell OD (24 May 1938 – 8 September 2016), known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. He was regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of ska and rocksteady music. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that later reggae and ska artists would draw upon.^[1]

Early life[edit]

Cecil Bustamente Campbell was born on Orange Street in Kingston, Jamaica, on 24 May 1938.^[2] His middle name was given to him by his family in honour of the Labour activist and first post-Independence Prime Minister William Alexander Clarke Bustamante.^[1] In the early 1940s Campbell was sent to live with his grandmother in rural Jamaica where his family's commitment to the Christian faith gave him his earliest musical experiences in the form of church singing as well as private family prayer and hymn meetings.^[2]Returning to live at Orange Street while still a young boy, Campbell attended the Central Branch School and St. Anne's School. While at school Campbell performed three or four times a week at the Glass Bucket Club as part of Frankie Lymon's Sing and Dance Troupe; rock 'n' roll-themed shows were popular during the 1950s, with the Glass Bucket Club establishing a reputation as the premier music venue and social club for Jamaican teenagers at that time.^[1][3] Upon leaving school he found himself drawn to the ranks of followers that supported the sound system of Tom the Great Sebastian. Jamaican sound systems at that time were playing American rhythm 'n' blues and Campbell credits Tom the Great Sebastian with his first introduction to the songs and artists that would later influence his own music: the Clovers' "Middle of the Night", Fats Domino's "Mardi Gras in New Orleans", the Griffin Brothers featuring Margie Day, and Shirley & Lee.^{[1]wiki link}

Japanese fisherman aged 63 'fights off bear with karate'

A Japanese man in his 60s fought off a wild bear using karate to save his life.

Martial arts expert Atsushi Aoki was fishing in a mountain creek when the massive 6ft 3ins Asian black bear attacked him.

Using only his bare hands to fend off the beast, the 63-year-old told a Japanese broadcaster: "I thought it's either 'I kill him or he kills me'."

However Mr Aoki didn't escape unscathed and was left with injuries to his head, arm and leg.

"The bear was so strong and it knocked me down.

"It turned me over and bit me right here," he said pointing to his bandaged leg.read more and watch video