Links for 22 February 2010

Published on 22 February 2010 in Daily Links, BBC, Doctor Who, London, Merton, television, television programmes

• London’s lighthouse and the story of Trinity Quay Wharf – BBC London

  London has a lighthouse. I never knew.

• Residents want answers over “hated” Colliers Wood tower – Wimbledon Guardian

  "At a public meeting last week more than 100 residents voiced their anger at the condition of the 17-storey structure – which they claim is crumbling dangerously and has become home to rough sleepers." Whether London's ugliest eyesore has or not become home to rough sleepers, I don't know. I do know that someone asked me for some spare change a couple of nights ago – and that's never happened in the six years I've lived in the area.

• UK Newspapers Want BBC Mobile Apps Blocked For ‘Undermining’ Them, BBC Disagrees – paidContent:UK

  "I wondered how long it would be before print media pointed at the BBC’s new smartphone apps plan as another example of expansion in to their commercial territory. The answer: just 24 hours…"

• How Time Lord Doctor Who took on Mrs Thatcher – BBC Newsnight

  "Doctor Who actor Sylvester McCoy has claimed that scriptwriters of the cult TV show wrote material in the 1980s which was designed to undermine Margaret Thatcher's government."

• BBC R&D Heritage Microphones

  On the BBC R&D blog, a fantastic look at old microphones!