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- The BBC wants northern lights to burn brighter - guardian.co.uk
- Summer's Mega-DVD Swag Rich in Genre-Savvy Animation, Comedy - Wired News
- Forgotten Warriors
- Linda Hamilton talks Christian Bale and Terminator
- Tonight's the Night Doctor Who scene
- News: If we get it wrong...
- BILLIE'S SINGING DREAM - Daily Star
- Coronation Street star Craig Kelly says life is a beach on the soap - Glasgow Sunday Mail
- Woo Do You Think You Are? ; Street-Wise Star Craig Kelly Says Life ... - California Chronicle
- 3 new BBCA sci-fi series - see the promo trailers here (British ... - Examiner.com
- Full-Length Shows Coming To YouTube UK? | The Kings Of Short-form ... - Özel Web Tasarım
| News: Doctor Who Adventures 117 Posted: 24 May 2009 08:45 AM PDT In next week’s Doctor Who Adventures magazine… Get a fantastic set of Doctor Who magnets and stickers! In a special psychic issue, Doctor Who Adventures looks at the seriously spooky people we’ve met in the series and we ponder what’s next for the Doctor… Plus, we’ve got ten of the best companions in Doctor Who! Who do you think is number one? All this and… o Exclusive posters! o Create your own psychic paper o Monster survival guide o Loads... | ||
| The BBC wants northern lights to burn brighter - guardian.co.uk Posted: 24 May 2009 04:06 AM PDT
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| Summer's Mega-DVD Swag Rich in Genre-Savvy Animation, Comedy - Wired News Posted: 24 May 2009 03:17 AM PDT
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| Posted: 24 May 2009 02:38 AM PDT  I managed to pick up a paperback edition of Tony Lee and Pia Guerra's graphic novel The Forgotten a month or so back and had a happy time reading it on the way to and then back from Paris, bracketing a nice weekend away.The strip had been published originally by IDW in their Doctor Who series (which, in a very rubbish way, is only available in the US. Such a shame as it's really very good) and now has been collected in this graphic novel format. I picked up a copy from Forbidden Planet, but it should be available online I guess. FP also stock some of the individual comic magazines, but a good place I have found is Graham Crackers, a retailer based in the US. Their website (www.grahamcrackers.com) lists just about every issue still available. Anyway, the idea behind Tony Lee's tale of ten Time Lords is straightforward, and yet it manages to work so well that I think it's probably the best multi-Doctor story we'll never see on television. The Doctor and Martha (for she was the companion at the time of writing) arrive in a museum which seems to contain a multitude of objects all related to the Doctor in some way. Unfortunately the Doctor has lost his memory and has no idea why this is. The pair stumble across a room which contains all the Doctor's standard outfits, along with a key item for each. 1st: cane; 2nd: recorder; 3rd: keys to the TARDIS; 4th: bag of jelly babies; 5th: cricket ball; 6th: cat badge; 7th: umbrella (ella, ella, eh, eh, eh); 8th: cravate; and 9th: psychic paper. By holding each object in turn, the Doctor is able to 'see' an adventure his earlier self had, and in doing so it returns part of his memory to him. The ideas come thick and fast, with mini-adventures interspersed with the main narrative. As the Doctor remembers, so he comes under attack, first from Autons, and then by giant spiders before finally being hunted by a Sandminder Robot and a clockwork Droid. However a mysterious someone is controlling events from behind the scenes, and I won't say more or it will spoil the lovely surprises that this story has to bring. I loved all the continuity elements - and there are a lot of them - but they are worked into the story brilliantly and don't seem forced at all. Indeed, some points of continuity are worked into the resolutions as well. Overall the story has a very satisfying feel to it, and you can tell that the creators have a great love for the subject matter. One of the small pleasures for me was trying to spot as many of the objects in the museum as I could, I managed quite a few, but I wonder if there is a definitive list anywhere ...  Another wonderful item which I have to rave on about is an Ice Warrior Helmet ... a what I hear you cry! Well, the Ice Warriors from Mars are probably the last, great, Who monster from the dim and distant past not to make an appearance in the new series on television. We've had the Daleks, the Cybermen, Sontarans, the Master ... even the Macra ... but no Ice Warriors as yet ... give it time I say.Anyway, this is one in a range of scale helmets produced by the amazingly talented people at Weta in New Zealand. When I first heard about the helmets I was a little unsure ... I had seen similar ranges for Lord of the Rings and Narnia amongst other current film franchises, but wasn't convinced that Doctor Who really lent itself to such a range. Well, if the quality of this Ice Warrior one is anything to go by, this should shape up to be a pretty awesome little addition to the collectors' shelves. It comes in a rather nice little printed box, with a great pic of the creature on the front. Inside, nestled in protective polystyrene is the helmet, and also a smart looking stand on which to display it. The first impression is how heavy the helmet is. After all it is cast in metal, and then painted up. It's a brilliant re-creation of the Martian creature, complete with red eye shields. If I was going to be picky, I'd suggest that a mouth section would have completed it nicely, but I can understand why that wasn't done, as the mouth is not really a part of the helmet, being part of the creature underneath. However in the series, it's suggested that the helmet might also be a part of the creature, with electronic 'ear pieces' and so on ... The helmets are limited to 500 each, and the limitation number is given on the base of the stand. With others in the range including a ceremonial Time Lord headpiece and a Cyberman head, they would look very nice indeed lined up in a display cabinet I think. Even the price isn't too shabby, being around the £25 mark each. They are available from Forbidden Planet and probably some other specialist stores, as well as from Weta direct from their website at www.wetanz.com. The price there is NZ$88.00 plus UK shipping of NZ$20 which according to my handy exchange rate converter is £41.62.  | ||
| Linda Hamilton talks Christian Bale and Terminator Posted: 24 May 2009 01:40 AM PDT "I'm ashamed to call myself his mother!" joked original Sarah Connor, Linda Hamilton, on Saturday afternoon. She was speaking to fans - including SFX - about Christian "John Connor" Bale and his recent on-set outburst. Hamilton was on the London Expo ... | ||
| Tonight's the Night Doctor Who scene Posted: 23 May 2009 09:41 PM PDT A special Doctor Who scene featured on John Barrowman's show, Tonight's the Night yesterday on BBC1. Fan Tim Ingham won a competition to appear in a scene in the TARDIS with John Barrowman playing Captain Jack. The scene was written by Russell T Davies and featured a surprise guest. The scene and behind the scenes interviews can be found at the BBC Doctor Who website. For UK residents, Tonight's the Night will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer for the next seven days. | ||
| Posted: 23 May 2009 08:02 PM PDT Marvellously quoted by io9.com, Russell T Davies spoke to BBC Wales news on Thursday before filming wrapped on the RTD/David Tennant era of Doctor Who, as we reported on Friday. In the interview, Russell was asked what his concerns were back at the beginning of what was the BBC's biggest television project for a very long time, and what pressures he felt in bringing back the Doctor... My main worry, because I've been a Doctor Who fan all my life, so my worry was, if we get it wrong, then... | ||
| BILLIE'S SINGING DREAM - Daily Star Posted: 23 May 2009 05:42 PM PDT
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| Coronation Street star Craig Kelly says life is a beach on the soap - Glasgow Sunday Mail Posted: 23 May 2009 02:10 PM PDT
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| Woo Do You Think You Are? ; Street-Wise Star Craig Kelly Says Life ... - California Chronicle Posted: 23 May 2009 01:08 PM PDT
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| 3 new BBCA sci-fi series - see the promo trailers here (British ... - Examiner.com Posted: 23 May 2009 11:15 AM PDT
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| Full-Length Shows Coming To YouTube UK? | The Kings Of Short-form ... - Özel Web Tasarım Posted: 23 May 2009 10:29 AM PDT
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