Doctor Who--"rumour" comments

I actually considered letting this go by, but I suppose I should comment on the sort-of rumor about events after next season, mainly because I have been told by one or two of you that I seem to be your only real source for info on these things. Although there aren't exactly plot spoilers, but I'm going to cut it anyway, just in case. ( possible spoiler for 2009 interim and/or season five )

And there's my public service for my Doctor Who fan readers of the day... ;-)

Wait, *Two* Films? What?

Well, the relatively good news (assuming you liked at least some of what they did with the Lord of the Rings) is that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will be exec producing a movie version of the Hobbit. No word on who will direct. The confusing part is that they're apparently splitting the book into two films, to be made simultaneously, as LoTR was/were. Now, on the one hand, that's good, since it means they should be able to get everything in there. (Fun as the Rankin Bass tv movie was, I missed Beorn, for example.) The bad news is....two movies? Is it just New Line saying, "Crap, the Golden Compass is tanking--we need a new fantasy franchise, STAT"? (Note that I haven't seen TGC yet, so my assessment is based solely on its financial success.)

So, ok, here's your question for today: Where in the world would you split the (honestly not all that long) book? Where should the first movie end and the second begin? For the purposes of this little game, we will assume:

a. spoilers for the book, duh
b. the movie will be a fairly straight translation. (No "Aragorn battles a silly looking Warg and gets left in the river for dead" crap here.)

So, where would you split the book? No worries if you don't know it backwards and forwards, it's not like there'll be any prizes for answers. What do you, the viewers at home, think???

(Doctor Who) finally saw the last episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures....

Holy hannah, that was fantastic! More fun, more exciting than I could have ever hoped!

They better make a series two, that's all I can say. Well, that and if you like fun science fiction in a Doctor Who-y vein and you haven't seen the SJA....get to it! It's not all brilliant, but it's all fun....and some of it really is jump-out-of-your-seat-and-cheer fun!

Seven days until "Voyage of the Damned".....