Somehow, she manages to deliver a detached lecture on genetics as she expertly removes the heart, liver and a kidney while the tough men around her look like they might go AWOL or cry Pike is lucky She genuinely isn’t squeamish. Acting is a strange and intoxicating profession Take Rosamund Pike. Today the ethereally pretty actress got “dressed in the dark” in sky high, silver Alexander McQueen stilettos and an impossibly alluring chocolate silk print dress that flutters and shimmers when she moves. Why? So she could go on breakfast television and radio and talk intelligently about genetic engineering, flesh-eating zombies – oh and let’s not forget her genuine intellectual curiosity for the intricate workings of the human body.
These are all topics for discussion in her first action film since her role in Die Another Day, Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as James Bond. In Doom – a blood-soaked science-fiction caper based on the legendary computer game of the same name – Pike plays a forensic archaeologist, Dr Samantha Grimm.

There is so much blood spray-painted on the walls and and so many chewed body parts clinging to space-age computer gadgetry that I convince myself between half-closed eyes that they almost look decorative Like wallpaper Pike defends the gore factor. Apache Tomcat/5.5.25 – Error report HTTP Status 503 – Too many incoming HTTP requeststype Status reportmessage Too many incoming HTTP requestsdescription The requested service (Too many incoming HTTP requests) is not currently available.Apache Tomcat/5.5.25. Numis Securities sees a takeout price of between 135p and 145p as likely.. Apache Tomcat/5.5.25 – Error report HTTP Status 503 – Too many incoming HTTP requeststype Status reportmessage Too many incoming HTTP requestsdescription The requested service (Too many incoming HTTP requests) is not currently available.Apache Tomcat/5.5.25.

Armor said it knew of no company-specific reason for the drop and market professionals expect it to rebound strongly on Monday.Finally, Atorka Group was talked of as the most likely bidder for Low & Bonar, down 0.25p to 132.75p. The Icelandic company already controls 22.5 per cent of the floor coverings specialist, which on Thursday admitted to having received a takeover approach. Aberdeen Asset Management jumped 7p to 132.5p as investors piled into the group before its results next week. The fund manager is forecast to unveil a 64 per cent rise in full -year profits to £24m.

Analysts will be particularly interested to hear how Aberdeen is getting along with the integration of Deutsche Bank’s UK business, which it acquired in July.Armor Group, the international security firm, fell 17p to 70p as brokers struggled to clear a forced seller of the stock from the market. The bank has made available £15m in additional working capital to Biofuels, which has so far spent £30m on building its bio-diesel plant in the north of England. The company promises to have production under way there by the end of February.Victoria Oil & Gas was also in retreat, falling 14.5p to 85.5p, after the company confirmed that it is looking to raise fresh equity. Last week, the Computacenter founders Peter Ogden and Philip Hulme tabled a bid for the computer hardware group. The German broker expects a sharp retreat by the stock should their offer fail.Biofuels returned from suspension and dropped 44.5p to close at 101p. The company, which plans to produce diesel fuel from vegetable oil, said it had renegotiated its lending facility with Barclays and eliminated an unprofitable hedging agreement. What could a US bank do with Lloyds that it couldn’t do itself?” asked the broker.Computacenter dropped 6.5p to 255p as Deutsche Bank was heard advising its clients to take profits from the stock, arguing that a bid is likely to provide little further upside.