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Learn Which Character May Show Up In Fantastic Four 3
Shiny toys can teach us so much about the world. For instance, an announcement about new Doctor Who toys gives some hints about the new season, plus a new Iron Man pic makes him look more like an action figure than ever. We also have hints about Fantastic Four 3 and new Sarah Connor stills, … Continued
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Torchwood is the Frankenstein of Television
You’ve got to say this for awkward adult Doctor Who spinoff, Torchwood – even when its detractors try to tear it down, they end up making it sound like one of the greatest television shows ever made. Actually, they make it sound like the greatest ten television shows ever made, sewn together Frankenstein-style. Quoth the … Continued
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Find Out Who Kirk Hooks Up With In New “Trek”
Welcome to our crazy TMI wake-up call of spoilers. We have some new info about whom Captain Kirk hangs out with in the new Star Trek movie, plus hints about the plot of Doctor Who season four. Plus some new stills from the teleporting-mutants movie Jumper, below the fold. Leonard Nimoy’s Old Spock has a … Continued
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Blind People Are Super Scary In “Triffids”
The creepiest moment in the 1981 BBC miniseries of Day of the Triffids has nothing to do with rubber monsters. Instead it involves a huge crowd of desperate blind people. Almost everybody in the world has gone blind thanks to some trippy lights, and our still-sighted hero gets caught in a huge crush of people … Continued
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Doctor Who’s Future Bright, Uncertain
Just what is going on with Doctor Who? Following rumors surrounding the departure of producer/head writer Russell T. Davies and star David Tennant at the end of this summer’s fourth season, Davies has taken to making cryptic comments in the opposite direction. Talking to UK website Digital Spy, Davies is quoted as saying that “a … Continued
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David Tennant’s Ophelia-Wannabe Stalker
A crazy woman is stalking Doctor Who star David Tennant in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he’s working on a production of Hamlet. She’s left her husband for Tennant, and keeps writing him science fictional versions of Hamlet with herself as a futuristic Ophelia. She also leaves him pencil drawings of Tennant and herself “being friendly” in the … Continued
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Torchwood Boss Moves To More Traditional Law Enforcement
Chris Chibnall – head writer and producer for Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood – has been signed up for a 13-episode order of a brand new addition to NBC’s Law & Order franchise, Law & Order: London. Chibnall’s new role as showrunner for the series puts into question his future on BBC’s Welsh-set sex-and-spooksathon, just days … Continued
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Torchwood Snogging, Synopses, And More
Season two of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood will start airing in about two weeks here in the States, and we’ve got a few new details about the show. Watch Captain Jack and Captain John (James Marsters) snog and beat each other up in our two exclusive clips, then read quotes from Marsters and synopses of … Continued
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Martha Jones Goes Up In The World, Apparently
The latest issue of British TV Guide magazine, Radio Times, contained an interview with Torchwood’s John Barrowman that seemed to make old school fans of the current Doctor Who series very very happy indeed. From the keyboard-mashing of fans: “In the new Radio Times John Barrowman says of Martha [Jones, former-Who companion who’s appearing in … Continued
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Season 2 of Torchwood: Better, More Danger?
Is it just the same old hype, or does this comment from actor Kai “Gwen’s boyfriend” Owen about Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood’s second season bode well for things to come? Here’s what he says . . . “I think it’s got better [since the first season]. There’s a lot more humor in it. When I’m … Continued
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Bring Back BBC Show “Dark Season”
What do the career of Kate Winslet, the current Doctor Who series, Blakes 7’s dominatrix villain Servalan, and children’s television have in common? Unless you happened to be a teenager in the UK during the early ’90s it’s unlikely that you’ll know the answer, but what’s a blog like this for if not to educate, … Continued
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This Time, The Doctor Faces Giant Wasps, Red Nail Polish and Girls
Following on from the season 4 trailer tacked onto the end of last week’s Christmas Special, Doctor Who fans are fairly sure they know what to expect when the series returns in March: another villain from the original series. One fan gushes ungrammatically on a Doctor Who message board: I am more convinced then ever … Continued
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First Details About Jonny Quest And The Flash
Morning spoilers is your rude awakening to the TV and movie news of tomorrow. Every morning, we collect plot and casting secrets, plus the occasional crazy rumor. Click through to find out which version of the world’s fastest superhero, The Flash, appears in his solo movie. Also, details of Jonny Quest and another new superhero … Continued
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What To Put Into Your Spaceship’s Gas Tank
Since most science fiction vehicles don’t run on unleaded gasoline, would you even know what to fill the tank with if you were lucky enough to get behind the wheel? With everything out there from warp cores to specialized space fuel, here’s a handy list that lets you know what powers some of the more … Continued
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What’s The Fastest SciFi Super-Car?
Flying cars are dime-a-dozen in science fiction. But they don’t all look as cool as Harrison Ford’s cop car does in Sid Mead’s original concept art. And some of them have cool extras, like voice-controlled color or a built-in ATM . But what you really want to know is, what’s the fastest super-car in scifi? … Continued
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Six Awesomest Scifi Gadgets That Fit in Your Pocket
A spaceship or a gigantic death ray is cool, but wouldn’t you rather have an awesome scifi gadget you could slip into your pocket or clip to your belt for easy access? When you’re on the interstellar warpath, you want the very best, so we’ve put together a list of some science fiction mobile devices … Continued
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Doctor Who: Revolutionary Or Tool Of The Man?
Why didn’t the Doctor do anything to fix the oppressive alien society he met in the Doctor Who Christmas special? Because most of the time, the Doctor only tries to preserve the status quo. But occasionally he visits a dystopia where he launches a revolution and smashes the system. Click through for our chart showing … Continued
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Doctor Who Without The Doctor
The last two Doctor Who seasons each featured one episode where the Doctor hardly appeared. Looks like this year’s “Doctor-lite” episode may take place inside his time machine, the TARDIS. (Though we liked the Doctor-Lite episode last year, which followed an ELO cover band in London full of Whovians.) How are they going to pull … Continued
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Cyborg Pride Is Too Much For Evil Angels
The coolest moment in last night’s Doctor Who Christmas special is when the robot angels use their Christmassy flying powers and razor-sharp halos to attack our heroes. The little red guy, Bannakaffalatta, finally overcomes his shame about being a cyborg in a society that hates cyborgs and won’t let them marry. (Social allegory much?) By … Continued
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Parents Build Tardis Bedroom for Their Little Doctor Who Clone
Unfortunately, there is not much in the way of information (or pictures for that matter) of the Tardis bedroom that Steve Baker of Sittingbourne, Kent, built for his 10-year-old son George, but the image included here should give you the gist. Obviously the kid is a rabid Doctor Who fan —an obsession that is only … Continued
By Sean Fallon