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Star Trek Interactive Tribbles

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Tribble

Quite possibly the geekiest toy we've ever featured on this site – Star Trek Interactive Tribbles.

What's a Tribble you ask? Well, if you've ever seen the original 1960s Star trek episode 'The Trouble With Tribbles', you'll know exactly what they are. For the uninitiated, the Tribble is a cute furry creature that squeaks and has the power to calm down the average human. But there's a drawback – they multiply constantly, so your average spaceship will be full of them in days.

These battery-powered replicas don't multiply, but they do squeak and shake like the originals when 'disturbed', with a beneficial effect on your nerves likely too. They come in two sizes (small and large) and various colours, with prices starting at $14.99 (around £9.25). If you want to see them in the original TV show, see over the page for a clip.

Find out more at the Thinkgeek website

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A Kind of Loving TV series heads to DVD

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A Kind of Loving is a top-notch novel and a great 1960s kitchensink drama – but I personally didn't know it was also a TV series. But it was – and A Kind Of Loving Complete Series will be on the shelves via Network in August for the very first time.

It apparently dates back to 1982, but is set in 1957, where miner’s son Vic Brown (Clive Wood) meets Ingrid Rothwell (Joanne Whalley), an attractive young typist, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. They begin an relationship, then marry when Ingrid discovers she is pregnant, and move in with Ingrid’s mother. As the banality of marital life starts to take hold, Vic becomes frustrated – stuck in a marriage and 'a kind of loving' for the rest of his days.

Running for 500 minutes and available over three discs, you can pick up a copy from 10th August 2009 (or pre-order via the link below), priced officially at £29.99, but available from Amazon for £18.

Find out more at the Amazon website

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Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Chips – Only Fools and Horses goes back to the 1960s

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Only Fools and Horses might be long gone, but writer John Sullivan is back with a new version of the show that goes back in time to the 1960s – Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Chips.

The BBC today announced the new show, which dates back to 1960s and features Joan Trotter ('Peckham's answer to Brigitte Bardot'), work-shy Reg Trotter, their teenage son Derek (presumably as a mod) and 'art connoisseur' Freddie Rodbal, fresh from a 10-year stretch in prison and ready to ruffle some feathers in the Trotter household. Other familiar faces will include teen versions of Boycie, Trigger, Denzil and Jumbo Mills, no doubt all trying to get a pint in The Nag's Head pub.

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Categories / Film and TV, Women's Fashion

Beyond Biba movie premiere at the V&A, London

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If you've got any interest in 60s and 70s fashion or indeed, the woman behind one of its most iconic labels, you'll want to catch a new movie that gets its premiere at London's V&A in July – Beyond Biba.

The movie centres on Barbara Hulanicki, looking at both the past and present, from the heady days of Biba, its influence in years since and perhaps most importantly, a look at Barbara herself and how she has kept on going forward, particularly in the world of interior design, rather than simply living off past history.

Made in conjunction with the designer (and as such, with full access), the movie gets its world premiere at the V&A on July 17th at 7pm. Barbara Hulanicki will be interviewed on stage after the film. Tickets are £8 and £6 for concessions. In addition, you can buy signed film posters (signed by both Barbara Hulanicki and director Louis Price) online, limited to just 100 and available for just £10 including postage. Sounds like a bargain to us.

Find out more at the Beyond Biba website

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Pop Culture auction at Christie’s in London

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We're a sucker for an auction and they rarely get much better than the Christie's auctions, including the forthcoming Pop Culture auction, which takes place at the South Kensington sale room on 1st July 2009.

As you might expect, there's everything on offer from early Bill Haley and Who posters through to psychedelic artwork, gold discs, rare records, and endless amount of signed gear and of course, lots of items relating to the biggest names in rock, pop and indeed art.

We've picked out these Beatles Yellow Submarine hangers as just one example. Made by Henderson Hoggard back in 1968, each one is a cardboard cut-out of the cartoon Fab Four, sized around 17 inches across. They probably cost buttons back in the day, but right now you're looking at between £600 and £800 to own them. Check out all the lots from the sale via the link below.

Find out more at the Christies website

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Cult kids TV show Magpie heads to DVD

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Magpie

A classic kids TV show is soon to make its first appearance on DVD – Magpie.

The cult ITV kids show is widely thought of as one of the more hip shows of the 1970s – so hip, it even had a theme tune by the Spencer Davis Group (under the alias of The Murgatroyd Band). It ran from from 1968 to 1980, mixing music, fashion and kid-friendly fun throwing in some hippy presenters and a weird overweight bird-like mascot.

Magpie Volume 1 pulls out 12 of the best episodes from the 100 or so that survive, adding in some extras, including a 1971 special, some film inserts from 'lost' episodes and a PDF of the first Magpie annual. Is it worth buying? We don't know as Network no longer sends us TV discs to review, but if you want to take a chance for the sake of nostalgia, Magpie Volume 1 is available from 29th June 2009, priced around the £13 mark.

Find out more at the Amazon website