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1 July 2008 10:22 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Former ER actress Alex Kingston is to star in a new BBC One series about a group of female ex-convicts attempting to start a new life Barbados. Annette Crosbie (One Foot In The Grave) and Christine Bottomley (The Street) have also been cast in the eight-part drama set in the Scottish Highlands. Hope Springs follows the group as they try to leave the country with £5 million in crime proceeds, but end up hiding out in the fictional village which gives the series its name. (more)

By Dave West

27 June 2008 4:56 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

If I can borrow some inspiration from you readers again, let me say that whoever made the connection between this pair of episodes and Audrey Niffenegger’s lovely, sad novel The Time Traveler’s Wife nailed it. I hadn’t thought of them in those terms but they’re simpatico in theme beyond the obvious time-traveling connection. Beneath the science fiction trappings of both lies a feeling that a lot of people share: It’s not easy to love someone who wanders. That’s true even if those wanderers mean well. The best bits of this episode, even if they sometimes slow the pacing particularly toward the end, drill down to the emotional core of the Doctor. His scenes with Alex Kingston’s River Song after he begins to piece together that not only is this strange woman legit, she might be destined to be a companion in the sense

27 June 2008 4:56 PM, PDT | From avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news

If I can borrow some inspiration from you readers again, let me say that whoever made the connection between this pair of episodes and Audrey Niffenegger’s lovely, sad novel The Time Traveler’s Wife nailed it. I hadn’t thought of them in those terms but they’re simpatico in theme beyond the obvious time-traveling connection. Beneath the science fiction trappings of both lies a feeling that a lot of people share: It’s not easy to love someone who wanders. That’s true even if those wanderers mean well. The best bits of this episode, even if they sometimes slow the pacing particularly toward the end, drill down to the emotional core of the Doctor. His scenes with Alex Kingston’s River Song after he begins to piece together that not only is this strange woman legit, she might be destined to be a companion in the sense

9 June 2008 6:11 AM, PDT | From syfyportal.com | See recent syfyportal news

The following contains Major Spoilers for "Forest Of The Dead," the ninth episode from the fourth season of BBC.s "Doctor Who." .I.m the Doctor, and you are in the biggest library in the universe. Look me up.. In a library so big that it does not need a name, The Doctor (David Tennant) and the mysterious River Song (Alex Kingston) must uncover the secret of 4055 saved in order to stop the spreading Vashta Nerada.. .Forest Of The Dead. is wonderfully crafted and brimming with giddying levels of excitement, thrills and your typical .Doctor Who. humor ... not to mention the terrifying nature of the Vashta Nerada themselves that constantly gives an edge to the episodes events. One of the key reasons for .Doctor Who.s. success (including the original series) is the remarkable way in which it ...

2 June 2008 3:35 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Alex Kingston was impressed by the energy of the Doctor Who regulars during her guest stint on the cult show. The former Er actress, who appears as archaeologist River Song in 'Silence In The Library' and 'Forest Of The Dead', took a particular shine to David Tennant. "David compares very favourably with the leading men I have had the good fortune to work with," Kingston told icWales. "Although I think he is the only one I haven’t kissed... not that that matters!" (more)

By Ben Rawson-Jones

5 articles from 2008