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Today’s the day that everyone’s favourite particle accellerator, the LHC, is turned on. Torchwood are at the ready, Radio 4 is online and the boffins have all got clean pants on.

There are so many questions about to be answered, but also probably a million times more to be asked.

The main one, however, is this:

Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? [http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/]

Keep hitting refresh on that link until you cease to be…

*** Update *** 

It seems today is not The Day, just A Day. Much like any other, with a beginning, middle and end. Rather than, you know, a beginning and a rather premature end.  That day is still to come. Some time or other…

Wow, who would have thought that the BBC would ever have an article that mentioned John Brrowman, Andrew Marr and D:Ream (”Things can only get better” folks) on the same page? Nope, me neither, but they have managed it in the article about the upcoming Torchwood radio play on the day the LHC is fired up. And i wonder if there’s a hint of innuendo in the title “Big Bang day”, given that it also mentions Eddie Izzard along with everyone’s favourite multi-sexual time agent?

[BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Torchwood set for 'Big Bang' day]