Interesting Stuff 2008-06-13

If you've ever fancied yourself as the next creator of a Dalek - this is the place to start.

...Matthew Cashmoreinvites you to enter the "Monster Mashed" competition.

Christopher Trace of Blue Peter with a DIY Dalek, 1964

...one of the ironies about BBC iPlayer is that - unlike the Tardis - it's really bigger on the outside than the inside.

...says Roly Keating (Controller, BBC TWO) in a speech (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) given at Broadcast Digital Channels Conference 2008 yesterday. Also blogged (Why The New Media World Looks Like A Doctor Who Plot, Says The BBC) by Jemima Kiss at the Guardian. [Enough Doctor Who already! - Ed]

The BBC Trust has announced it will begin its Public Value Test of the proposal to add video services to the 60 Where I Live websites on June 24, with a final decision due at the end of February next year. Press release here.

TechCrunch and the BBC are holding an event to rationally debate and discuss the issues around the BBC's assets and technology...

...book your place here.

Personally, I'm convinced that making the BBC's great audio and video content only available at bbc.co.uk, rather than on The Telegraph or YouTube, will have a much bigger impact in ensuring that the BBC does become that "dominant gateway" the Trust claims to be seeking to avoid.

...Martin Belam in full cry at currybetdotnet.

Nick Reynolds is editor, BBC Internet Blog