A round-up of geeky news you might have missed...(1) Watchmen Lawsuit Settled: It's full steam ahead for a March 6 opening of Watchmen as feuding film companies Fox and Warners reach a resolution over the disputed film.
(2) The Prisoner's Final Escape: The legendary Patrick McGoohan, creator, writer and star of The Prisoner has died, aged 80.
(3) KHHHHAAAAANNN!: Actor Ricardo Montalban, possibly best known as Khan the titular star of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, has passed away, aged 88. Other geek films he appeared in included Escape from the Planet of the Apes and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, as well as television's Fantasy Island.
(4) Captain Jack Does Comics: John Barrowman aka Captain Jack Harkness is to pen the comic strip (Captain Jack and the Selkie) in the next issue of the Torchwood Magazine, with the assistance of his sister, Carole E. Barrowman. Torchwood Magazine issue 14 will be on sale in the UK and Ireland on February 19, and in the US and Canada on March 17.
(5) Pooh's Back: The first authorised sequel to the story of Winnie The Pooh is being published this October. Entitled Return To The Hundred Acre Wood, it is written by David Benedictus, an established expert on the stories of A.A. Milne.
(6) Live-Action Mars Action: The 2012 John Carter of Mars movie will be live-action, not animated, says Andrew Stanton, who directed the beautiful (but dull) WALL-E.
(7) Come With Me If Want To Live... Maybe: Depending on the success of McG's Terminator: Salvation (the first part of a proposed trilogy) later this year, rumour has it that Linda Hamilton may return to the role that made her name, that of Sarah Connor (mother of resistance leader John Connor).
(8) Doctor's New Assistant Could Be Bionic: Superhot Michelle Ryan, so good in EastEnders and so wooden in The Bionic Woman and Merlin, is the current media favourite to be the 11th Doctor's companion in the next full season of Doctor Who. But let's remember how accurate the press were predicting who the new Doctor would be! Also note that the Telegraph calls Freema Agyemen the current assistant... which just shows how 'in touch' with Doctor Who they are!
(9) Daisies May Rise In The Cinema: The delightful Pushing Daisies may have been axed (foolishly), but now there's talk of continuing the tale of the Piemaker in movie or comic book format.
(10) Tuesday Knights Ride Again: After a lengthier-than-planned seasonal break, The Tuesday Knights are due to meet again tonight to resume my homebrewed Castles & Crusades campaign, Tekralh.
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On The Doctor: Wow, even those of us on the BBC America delay are more up to date than that. Maybe soon they'll tell us who's replacing Elisabeth Sladen? :-D
I was wondering when all the rumours about the next companion would start now that we know who the next Doctor will be. I hope it isn't Michelle Ryan - although the other suggestions at the bottom of the article sound even worse (Lily Allen, Kelly Brook!?).
And, I'm sorry, but WALL-E wasn't dull. It was bloody brilliant. Well, I thought so anyway.
Oh and that cover to the Torchwood mag - is Paul Grist (writer and artist of Jack Staff) providing the art?
I didn't make it to the end of the article... Kelly Brook? How about Lucy Pinder, as long as they are leaning towards Page 3? :-)
Looks aside, that would be a serious let down after Catherine, Freema, and Billie.
I seriously doubt any of the names mentioned so far are seriously in the running for the role.
It's just wild tabloid speculation fuelled by gossip journos thinking who they'd like to see in the TARDIS because of the column inches of tittle-tattle they could milk out of it.
As to WALL-E - I thought it looked amazing, but it was all very cold and sterile; and simply went on for too long (in my humble opinion, of course.
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