One has to wonder if it is ever worth the effort of getting into a new television series ever again.

After being recommended to me, and having missed this programme when it was broadcast, I ordered the first two series of ITV's The Fixer from Play.com. I had high hopes as this was made by Kudos, who make the fantastic Spooks, and I wasn't disappointed: gritty, tense and (thankfully) largely soapless.

So, having watched and enjoyed the first two series, I wanted to know when series three started (series two was broadcast in 2009). A short Google later gave me the answer: it doesn't. It's been axed. Yet another example of an enjoyable show prematurely thrown in the skip.

Why is there this insistance of cliffhanger endings when there is a chance that it won't continue?

More Premature Biting Of The Dust - April 2010
Another One I Like Gets The Axe - July 2009

When I was younger I did buy, or get given, some of the Doctor Who merchandise that was about (some long gone and some still with me). I had a Palitoy talking Dalek, a Palitoy talking K9 and a Louis Marks Dalek. I did buy a few of the Dapol figures, a few of the various Doctor Who jigsaw puzzles, badges, keyrings and a watch. I also still have all of the Target novelisations I read during the early 80s.

But now, the only merchandising I buy are the DVDs, Blu-Rays, the occasional Big Finish CD and a mug or two (although I did buy a David Tennant figure and would like a Matt Smith one).

Therefore it was rather nice that, for my birthday this year, my work colleagues bought me a Desktop Dalek and I love it! What was especially nice is that some thought went into what to buy me.

So I appear to have a reputation as a Doctor Who fan!