A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) All Change: To celebrate The Doctor's next regeneration and mark the change of production team on Doctor Who the show's new logo for its 2010 season was unveiled today (Tuesday) .
(2) Lovecraft's Spectacular Tentacular Reach: A new documentary examines HP Lovecraft's influences and those he has subsequently influenced with his particular brand of cosmic horror.
(3) Straight From The Horse's Mouth: Long-time friend of HeroPress and gaming news guru Dane of War has published his first roleplaying supplement - 90 Phenomena In The City of Copenhagen - a 48-page book of plot hooks based in Copenhagen, Denmark.(4) Definitive Guide To Zombies: The father of modern zombie movies, George Romero, is to write The Living Dead, the definitive account f the zombie plague, how it began and what zombies are capable of. It is due for publication in the UK in July 2010.
(5) Daring To Reopen: Having closed down in August, promising Savage Worlds licensee Daring Entertainment is reopening for business.
(6) Spider-Man Still Swinging: Troubled Spider-Man musical Turn Off The Dark is back on track, according to star Alan Cumming.
(7) Watchmen Ultimate Cut: The five-disc 'ultimate cut' of Watchmen is coming to DVD and Blu-Ray in November... I haven't even watched my regular DVD cut of the film yet, grrrr!
(8) The War Restarts In March: Season Two of Star Wars: The Clone Wars will air in the UK beginning March 2010 on the Cartoon Network. Sky Movies subscribers will be able to watch the series from October 24 this year, though.
(9) The Force Is Strong Tonight: After the soaraway success of my Superman dressing gown, I've just discovered a soon-to-be-released "jedi's robe" dressing gown. Can I justify asking Rachel for a second dressing gown? Is that a bit excessive?
(10) Airboy Flies Again: A favourite from my early days of reading comics, Airboy, is coming back in January 2010.
(11) Patient Zombies: Yet more zombie figures from the brilliant people at Studio Miniatures; this time on a hospital theme (I do like the walking body bag!)
(12) No Who Reunion ForMcGann: Eighth Doctor actor Paul McGann dashes fan dreams of a multi-Doctor reunion any time soon.
(13) Whoops Apocalypse: Check out these miniatures for Atomic Cafe 1957 - post-apocalypse wargaming in the style of 1950s B-movies with roving gangs and mutated creatures fighting for survial.
(14) And Now For The Science Bit: Speaking at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, Doctor Who writer Simon Guerrier addresses the "use and abuse of science in Doctor Who".
(15) Once More Up The Aisle: Quentin Tarantino is planning Kill Bill 3 with Uma Thurman returning as 'The Bride' for 2014.
(16) K-9 Creaks Closer: A trailer has been released for the dreadful looking Australian Doctor Who spin-off, K-9 (which really isn't anything to do with Doctor Who), with young Australian actors putting on fake English accents in a CGI futuristic London... Poor K-9, what did he do to deserve this? At least the 'real' K-9 is still with us in the Sarah Jane Adventures.
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