(1) Passing Of A Legend: Doctor Who producer, director and writer Barry Letts died last week, aged 84. See also The Guardian Obituary.
(2) X-Scribe In The UK: Legendary X-Men writer Chris Claremont is guest of honour at next year's Bristol International Comic And Small Press Expo.
(3) New Look For Retro Game: The new cover artwork for the forthcoming release of the redesigned rules system for use with Killer B's gorgeous Galactic Adventures in The Fourth Dimension of The Forbidden Zone miniatures has been revealed. It is by acclaimed comic artist Francesco Francavilla, who has also designed three covers for future supplements for GAFDOZ. The rules remain the same - just presented in a more attractive format, according to writer/publisher Craig Rowlings.(4) Alice In Computerland: The first screenshot for the official video game tie-in to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland film has been released. The game will run on PC, Wii and Nintendo DS.
(5) Alice In Syfyland: Syfy's four-hour modern reimagining of Alice's Adventures In Wonderland will premier in the US on December 6.
(6) Sounds Of The Mega-City: Big Finish is releasing a new series of four audio plays based on 2000AD's famous lawman, Judge Dredd.
(7) TARDIS Redesign Competition: UK childrens' TV staple Blue Peter is running a competition for fans of Doctor Who (ages six to 12) to redesign the TARDIS console for an actual episode of the show in Season Five. Remember how well this went last time when Blue Peter viewers designed a monster for the show... and we ended up with the Abzorbaloff, one of the worst creatures ever to appear on Doctor Who in one of the worst episodes!
(8) A Prize With Bite: Win a chance to be an extra on TV's finest vampire show, True Blood, in a charity auction.
(9) Professional Pirates: Bilgemunky reviews A Pirate Captain's Guide To Leadership, a business guide for using 'pirate' techniques to motivate your employees. The lash? Keelhauling, perhaps?
(10) When Will This Madness End? Twisted Pictures, the people behind the neverending Saw franchise, are gearing up to not only remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (again) but in 3D! Does anyone really enjoy 3D movies that much?
(11) It's A Good Time To Be A Zygon: In a recent poll, on Doctor Who Online, of Classic Doctor Who monsters fans would like to see return in the new series, the zygons came out top with more than 50 per cent of the votes (including mine).(12) The Stars Are Savage: Realms of Cthulhu, the Savage Worlds take on Call Of Cthulhu, is available in PDF form from publishers Reality Blurs.
(13) Can Never Have Enough Apocalypse: Vampire Apocalypse - Fallout, the third in Derek Gunn's Vampire Apocalypse series, about the world under vampire control, is now available in paperback from Black Death Books.
(14) Sarah Jane's Online Entertainment: To celebrate the return of The Sarah Jane Adventures on Thursday (and Friday) this week, the BBC has launched a new Sarah Jane online serial and an interactive adventure game.
(15) Tragic Death Of Young Star: Boyzone singer and Big Finish actor Stephen Gately died in his sleep at the weekend, at the age of 33.
(16) A Glimpse Into History: Doctor Who research group Nothing At The End Of The Lane (named after a possible title for the show's very first episode) has published a script book of an early story that never made it to air, an historical epic about Alexander The Great.
(17) Once More Unto The Carnage:
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(7) To be fair, the actual design of the monster - big, fat and having people's faces all over it - wasn't bad. Even the name's no worse than other Dr Who creatures. But the story that accompanied it and how it was used was just... pants. And they really shouldn't cast comedians (Catherine Tate excepted).
(10) Why is everything being done in 3D now?? They've tried it before and it didn't catch on (I remember seeing "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" in 3D in the early 80s. Aah, Molly Ringwald). The price hike for 3D films doesn't help either.
(11) More love for the Zygons! Although I can't work out how they came up with the percentages (they add up to 179%).
(15) Somewhat tenuous geek news there.
(17) Fingers crossed that someone survives this time. ;-)
(15) I wasn't even considering a piece on Stephen Gately until I saw the write-up on the Big Finish site; I'm afraid to say I'd forgotten his appearance in that 8th Doctor story. But then I felt it merited a mention.
(17) Clare reckons if they don't survive all the HeroPress readers are likely to band together and lynch me ;)
The rise of 3D is a result of the studios attempting to combat piracy and draw more people into the cinemas; it's much more difficult to download a film and watch it at home if it's in 3D and you don't have the right gear.
I'm intrigued by Realms of Cthulhu, as I've heard nothing but good stuff about it, but the pdf is hellishly expensive, and I'm not sure I can justify that cost when I'm unlikely ever to run it.
To be honest, our local cinema is doing a grand job of driving me away, not only with the increasing number of nausea-inducing 3D movies but its insulting, recession-ignoring ticket price of £8.90 per adult seat!
As for Realms Of Cthulhu, I'm waiting to see the price of a print copy. Like you, I'm probably never run it, but the idea just piques my interest.
I'll chime in as a FAN of Love&Monsters. All but the last 15 minutes of it, but still, a fan. Take out the farting Abzorbaloff and the sex life of a tile and it's excellent.
Zygons eh? I'm hunkering for some Ice Warriors in 2010.
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