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Having watched Dr Who confidential, the books were actually ring binders tarted up. The library was a real one that was closing, and all the original stock was removed before the BBC took over for the filming. That accounts for the uniform look of the shelves! Pat -----Original Message----- From: A general Library and Information Science list for news and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Timothy Collinson Sent: 12 June 2008 12:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Doctor Who does books Now that the episodes have been broadcast I feel I can comment, but back in April Alison McNab wrote: > In the Year of > Reading, it is good to see that the new series of Doctor Who (which kicks > off on Saturday) features two episodes set in a library and one episode which > features Agatha Christie's ten-day disappearance and provides viewers with the opportunity to > "spot how many titles of Christie novels are hidden in the dialogue". Mixed feelings here in our library about the quality of that episode (some loved it, some hated it), but all enjoyed playing spot the title. > A two-part story Silence in the Library and River's Run I think the 2nd part was called 'Forest of the Dead'. [OK, have just been looking on Wikipedia and found it's name was changed late in the day]. > apparently promises "an abandoned library, moving shadows, the gruesome > Nodes, and the horrifying Data Ghost" - the Radio Times reviewer says the > latter is "possibly the most spine-chilling scene I've ever seen, > anywhere". The promises were right! Of course I only watch to keep my 13 year old daughter company :-) but they were quite spine-chilling. Not quite as terrifying as 'Blink' with the stone angels IMO - but then I avoid out and out horror films so I have a low 'scary' threshold! > Can't help feeling there is scope for Friday afternoon lis-link musings on > Data Ghosts and digital preservation....... I know it's not Friday yet but the library planet was interesting for a few reasons: First, it's sheer *scale*. It made Asimov's citywide planet Trantor look positively parochial - ISTR it had a library but only as a part of the city. Second, it was curious in that although I think the Doctor said it had every book ever written wasn't it said that they were *reproductions* of the originals? So it hinted at digital preservation working in that the masters must have existed to produce the reprints, but that readers would still prefer to read hard copies. The question arose in my mind as to what happened to print on demand?! Looking at some of the shelves in the library, it did appear that a lot of books were reproduced with standardised bindings which would be a loss. But to be fair we saw so little of the entire Library we may just happened to have seen some series or sets or some such. Thirdly, the 'hard drive' at the core of the planet reminded me a lot of the giant city sized computers of science fiction from the 50s and 60s. (Asimov again and Multivac for example). Do I take it the miniaturization we see at present doesn't continue to the 51st century? And no prizes for knowing library staff with less life than the data nodes... tc SPAM: To report this email as SPAM please forward it to [log in to unmask] we will then pass these messages on to our Anti-Spam service provider to have messages of this type blocked in the future. PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in these documents may be privileged and confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee designated above. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. VIRUS ISSUES: We make every effort to virus check information sent via e-mail. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage, which may occur from use of attached material. We recommend recipients re-check all attached material with their own virus checking software. Park Lane College services are supported by grants from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL: The information contained in these documents may be privileged and confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee designated above. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. VIRUS ISSUES: We make every effort to virus check information sent via e-mail. We cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage, which may occur from use of attached material. We recommend recipients re-check all attached material with their own virus checking software. Park Lane College services are supported by grants from the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund.