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gervase_fenAnother post late in the evening from the manager's office, just to keep things up to date.
I met my Intranet deadline with a good four days to spare, and can now forget about percentage increases in CD sales over the Christmas period until next year. Ironically, I missed off one key title from my initial batch of previews, namely :
DOCTOR WHO – THE CYBERMAN TIN
ISBN 0563525088
01 – Nov – 2004
BBC Audiobooks
£29.99
Following the success of the Dalek Tin this year, the Doctor Who audio gift set for 2004 does just what it says… on the tin. Inside are two previously unreleased Cyberman adventures from the 1960s, along with a hard-to-obtain “Origins of the Cybermen” feature from the 1980s. This is must buy for Doctor Who completists, and an ideal gift purchase for anyone with a fan in their family. Last year’s Dalek release was the third highest selling Fiction CD of the year for Ottakars’. The stories in the Cyberman Tin are slightly less revered by fans, but this will still sell by the cyberload.
I didn't go to Basingstoke in the end : they finished setting up on the day before I was due to visit, so I went to the movies instead. "Super Size Me" is very funny and very scary - look out for the scene where a five year old girl identifies a picture of a beatific Jesus as "President Bush". "A Tale of Two Sisters" is just very, very scary!
Home entertainment has been provided by the first series of "Cribb", courtesy of Lovefilm. This is a well-written, beautifully acted homage to Victorian detective fiction made by Granada in 1980. If you ever wondered if the actress who played Zeona in the Blake's 7 episode "Warlord" ever did anything to acquire an Equity card, then watch the last episode, "Wobble to Death".
At work we're starting to stock up on staff now, which means that I'm less worried about being trapped on the tills ; I've also been paid part of a sales bonus that I earned at my last shop, so I'm feeling less guilty about blowing £160 on tickets for the London Film Festival!
I met my Intranet deadline with a good four days to spare, and can now forget about percentage increases in CD sales over the Christmas period until next year. Ironically, I missed off one key title from my initial batch of previews, namely :
DOCTOR WHO – THE CYBERMAN TIN
ISBN 0563525088
01 – Nov – 2004
BBC Audiobooks
£29.99
Following the success of the Dalek Tin this year, the Doctor Who audio gift set for 2004 does just what it says… on the tin. Inside are two previously unreleased Cyberman adventures from the 1960s, along with a hard-to-obtain “Origins of the Cybermen” feature from the 1980s. This is must buy for Doctor Who completists, and an ideal gift purchase for anyone with a fan in their family. Last year’s Dalek release was the third highest selling Fiction CD of the year for Ottakars’. The stories in the Cyberman Tin are slightly less revered by fans, but this will still sell by the cyberload.
I didn't go to Basingstoke in the end : they finished setting up on the day before I was due to visit, so I went to the movies instead. "Super Size Me" is very funny and very scary - look out for the scene where a five year old girl identifies a picture of a beatific Jesus as "President Bush". "A Tale of Two Sisters" is just very, very scary!
Home entertainment has been provided by the first series of "Cribb", courtesy of Lovefilm. This is a well-written, beautifully acted homage to Victorian detective fiction made by Granada in 1980. If you ever wondered if the actress who played Zeona in the Blake's 7 episode "Warlord" ever did anything to acquire an Equity card, then watch the last episode, "Wobble to Death".
At work we're starting to stock up on staff now, which means that I'm less worried about being trapped on the tills ; I've also been paid part of a sales bonus that I earned at my last shop, so I'm feeling less guilty about blowing £160 on tickets for the London Film Festival!
