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Tuesday, 10 March 2009

The Week In Geek...

A round-up of geeky news you might have missed...

(1) Dalek Found In Pond: An old school Doctor Who dalek has been salvaged from a pond in Hampshire.

(2) Enter The Vortex: Big Finish, producers of the excellent Doctor Who audio adventures, have published the first issue of their free pdf magazine Vortex.

(3) Red Dwarf's Return Expands: The return voyage of Red Dwarf to British TV - Back To Earth - has been confirmed as a three-part mini-series to be screened April 10 - 12, with a "making of" documentary following the final episode.

(4) More Smallville & Supernatural: Both Smallville and Supernatural have been given new seasons.

(5) Go To The Dark Side: A definitive, licenced guide to all things Darth Vader is due out in October. Written by Pete Vilmur and Ryder Windham, Vader: The Dark Lord and His Universe will be published by Random House. Windham, of course, wrote The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader, a Star Wars biography.

(6) Family Guy Trek: The full, main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation are reuniting for an episode of Family Guy.

(7) Arrrgghh! Mockumentary Alien Trespass, about a "lost" '50s sci-fi classic, opens in cinemas on April 3.

(8) Dawn Treader Sails In 2010: The third Narnia film, Voyage Of The Dawn Treader sets sail in December 2010, under the banner of 20th Century Fox - now that Disney has jumped ship.

(9) Ooops! Late News (Sorry): Battlefront Miniatures, the company behind Flames of War, acquired Wargames Illustrated, the UK's leading general wargames magazine, in February.

(10) No More Life On Mars: The American version of the hit British retro-cop show, Life On Mars, has been axed after a single season.

(11) Zombie In A Chicken Suit: The second wave of Studio Miniature's zombie range has been unleashed... including one guy in a chicken costume!

(12) Return To Elm Street: The reimagining of Nightmare On Elm Street is slated to hit cinema screens on April 16, 2010.

(13) Worldwide Dungeons & Dragons Day: This year's 'global' event on March 21 will co-incide with the release of Players Handbook 2 for 4e Dungeons & Dragons, which, apparently, sees the return of both the gnome and half-orc as playable races.

(14) Green Ronin Says 'No': Popular games publisher Green Ronin will not be supporting 4e Dungeons & Dragons under the terms of the new Game System License (GSL).

(15) Size Does Matter: Toy Collector claims its global calender of events is the largest on the web.
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6 serfs have something to say about this!:

  1. I am still heartbroken over Life on Mars getting the axe. NOT FAIR!
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  2. At least it'll get a proper story-wrapping send-off, rather than just stopping dead! Haven't seen the US version, but the British version is superb if you get a chance to see that (it was only two seasons long, but was always meant to be that short).
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  3. re:Life on Mars

    I've DVR'd all of the US version, but have only really watched about half an ep.

    I think I'm kinda being a snob, as I absolutely *loved* the original BBC version, but I really should give the darn thing (US) a fair shake.

    Bummed (as many are) that the UK version is not available on US region DVD format. I know I could just get a region-free player and have at it, but still. Like most of us, I tend to think I must *own* the darn thing, even though I've already watched it all..silly geek, I know.

    Oh and if you liked LoM (UK) are you looking forward to watching Ashes to Ashes (the '80s take on LoM)? I hope BBC America gets it.
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  4. As much as I enjoyed the character of Gene Hunt, I couldn't get into Ashes To Ashes as I found the lead character (I forget her name) very bland. I would have prefered more episodes of Life on Mars with Sam and Gene :)
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  5. There were a couple of episodes of Ashes to Ashes that I enjoyed but overall, I preferred Life on Mars. I tried watching the American version of Life on Mars (Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt was inspirational casting) but it didn't grab me as much as the original series.

    BTW, the word verification for this post was 'sumsf'. I think it would make a much better name for American Sci-Fi channel than 'Syfy'. :-P
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  6. I'm very impressed with how the Sci-Fi/SyFy controversy has rumbled on and on. I wonder if the suits at Sci-Fi realised what a can of worms they were opening...
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