According to star Neil Patrick Harris, plans are afoot to have Dr. Horrible and his rather fantastic Sing-Along Blog return as a feature film. Speaking to MTV, Harris said, "Apparently they’re making…
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Ten Super Cool Sci-Fi Heroines
Sci-Fi/Fantasy films and television have had their fair share of lackluster ladies. I recently came across an article that discussed the worst action heroines that have disgraced the small and silver screens. …
Oscar Nominations 2010 Are Go
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Supernatural – Fight The Apocalypse
The UK TV channel LIVING have created an online alternate reality game to help drum up support for the launch of Season 5 here in the UK. The game will present one…
Star Trek Sequel in June 2012
Reports are spreading across the web that Star Trek XII (or is it just II?)”“ the sequel to J.J. Abrams 2009 blockbuster ““ has been given a release date of June 29,…
Get Your Geek Out! (Staff Wanted)
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Sci-Fi Alive and Kicking, Apparently
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New 24 Season 8 Trailer
FOX have aired this new preview for the latest season of 24, airing Sunday, January 17th at 9/8c. Curious music choice, but anyway.
Best Genre Shows (2000-2009)
As we arrive in 2010, the last decade has seen many shows rise and fall in the world of televisual fame. It’s been ten years where we’ve swung between sci-fi overdose and…
Doctor Who: November 2009 Special: The Waters of Mars Review
I think I just witnessed a Timelord break down.
I’ll tackle the story beats first.
Perfect Ten arrives on Mars, wanderlust still in full flow and he is, once again, companionless.
It doesn’t take long before he encounters a small group of human colonists living on the planet in regulated facilities and bio-domes. Their reaction is, to put it mildly, suspicious. And the commander of the base, Captain Adelaide Brooke, will not be taken lightly.
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan – Review
In brief: Confused, unspectacular, and did we really need it? In detail: Dean Stockwell must have been chuffed when he first sat down to read the script for The Plan. Battlestar Galactica:…
Review: Gamer
In Brief: A few good ideas that were utterly destroyed, albeit with decent camera-work. In Detail: Gerard Butler ““ a man whom I approach with a sense of curiosity and trepidation ““…
Poll: Sci-Fi Channel becomes SyFy : Your thoughts?
A few days ago, Sci-Fi Channel rebranded to SyFy in an attempt to rejuvinate and no doubt appeal to a younger audience. Since it’s been doing this for a while however, the…
Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day 3 Review
Technorati Tags: Captain Jack,Torchwood,Doctor Who In brief: Torchwood “2”. Steal. Tension”¦ tension”¦ more tension”¦ In depth: Well that first half hour was fun! Second half”¦ tense fun! Now that the gang are…
Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day Two Review
In brief: What happened next”¦ run! In depth: John Fay has perhaps the uncomfortable position of following on from the, dare I say it, explosive series opener. Now all the pieces…
Torchwood: Children of Earth: Day One Review
In brief: Zoom. BOOM. In depth: Torchwood is back. After an undisclosed period of time after the deaths of Owen and Toshiko, life in Cardiff goes on as, well, normal. That said,…
Transformers: Audition Videos
Some pretty nifty promotional ideas here from the Transformers marketing department, advertising the new movie being released in the next few weeks. Do enjoy.
You can view all of them here.
Who’s Next in the Tardis? Companion Revealed…
On Friday 29th May 2009, the BBC announced that the fifth series’ companion will unfortunately not be Hannah Murray from Skins fame.
Instead, it’s the rather surprising choice of relative unknown, and I hate to say that because it’s such a horrible term, Karen Gillan.
Some official snippets:
“Gillan said: "I am absolutely over the moon at being chosen to play the Doctor’s new companion.
The show is such a massive phenomenon that I can’t quite believe I am going to be a part of it.
"Matt Smith is an incredible actor and it is going to be so much fun to act alongside him – I just can’t wait to get started!"
Lead writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, added: "We saw some amazing actresses for this part, but when Karen came through the door the game was up.
Funny, and clever, and gorgeous, and sexy.
Or Scottish, which is the quick way of saying it.
A generation of little girls will want to be her. And a generation of little boys will want them to be her too.""
What that article doesn’t say is that Karen has actually appeared in Doctor Who previously…. in series 4, no less. Don’t feel bad if you can’t remember her though… she appeared in “The Fires of Pompeii†(good episode, check my review ^_^) as one of the Sybilline Sisterhood. A lot of makeup, and heavy headwear.
My thoughts?
She looks perfect. Not what I expected, and yet there’s something just quirky enough about how she looks to belong in Doctor Who.
It’s just another indication of how confident the BBC are in Doctor Who as a property and Steven Moffat as a programme producer. The emphasis here is on ability, not star names. I refuse to believe that Moffat would be casting these younger actors if he didn’t believe they were up to the job! He’s a self professed fan of the show. With some of the most critically acclaimed episodes of nuWho under his already ample belt.
All eyes are looking to him and fellow Producer Piers Wenger to keep the show going without RTD. I’m feeling most especially confident they will do more than just fine.
The only thing I want now is to see Eleven in costume. C’mon cream coloured short style detective anorak coat…