If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Fancy a bit of extra Dr Who in the form of some previously unreleased scenes which have been stuck up on YouTube? The scenes, which appear on the complete fifth season DVD, were spotted by Blastr. As the site [...]
There must be a time when the producers of a show with a new actor taking the lead worry if they have made the right decision. However, if there ever were any worries at the BBC, these were blown away when Doctor Who returned to the screens at the weekend; the viewing figures vary from [...]
The UK now has its own Space Agency, it is not exactly going to be along the same the lines as NASA, but at least it is a step in the right direction for the UK at least. The UK Space Agency or UKSA as it will also be known as was unveiled by the [...]
The much awaited new series of Doctor Who has been premiered at a special event in Cardiff, not only is this a new series, but there will also be a new Doctor played by Matt Smith and a new assistant too played by Karen Gillan. The new trailer shows what viewers can expected to see [...]
It must have been a sight for sore eyes in the Bonham’s Auction Rooms during the recent sale of Dr Who props and memorabilia. The room would have been filled with avid collectors and maybe the odd fan too, it is a shame that no film was made, as it could have been a serious [...]
Props from Dr Who have been going under the hammer at Bonhams Auctions in London, fans and collectors have been checking over the inventory for something to buy, in fact unlike many other similar auctions, this one would seem to have something for everyone. Including the black cab from the Runaway Bride episode and even [...]
Sometimes we have to speculate a little in order to find out the real story, but sometimes working the story out is a little easier than it may seem. Like this, you are travelling on a train to Wales from London, you happen to notice that the star and writer of Gavin and Stacy, James [...]
In true Dr Who style one of the old enemies the Silurians, are set to return and true to form they will try once more to take over the earth. They have appeared twice before, one in 1970 when a bio weapon was being developed and then in the final series of Dr Who in [...]
Most people will know Nina Wadia and the pregnant Indian food guru, Zainab Masood in the BBC soap Eastenders. But according to reports it seems as if she will become one of the new Dr Who’s mortal enemies, playing the role of an evil and twisted psychiatric nurse. Playing the bad guy in Dr Who [...]
Fresh from his success at the SFX science fiction awards 2010, the award winning science fiction writer Neil Gaiman has announced that he has written an episode for the BBC sci-fi hit show Dr Who. However fan will not be seeing the result of this work as it will be part of the new Dr [...]
The thing about Dr Who is if you look though the archives it is possible to find almost all of the UK’s most popular actors. Despite being science fiction the show has that much pulling power that actors from all backgrounds will wear almost any costume just to get in. It seems that even with [...]
When it comes to science fiction writing and in particular writing for Dr Who, it would be assumed that the talent employed would be die-hard science fiction writers that live their entire lives thinking about storylines and characters. However, it seems that when it comes to Dr Who, the rules do not apply. As series [...]
One of the team behind the popular BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, Phil Ford, has been busy working on a brand new science fiction based game show for CBBC. The will be known by the title, Mission: 2110 and therefore it stands to reason that it will be set in a world that is [...]
It looks as if the Fox network may be planning a US based version of the BBC’s hit show Torchwood, it is no secret that Russell T Davies the writer and director of the science fiction show, based in Wales has been spending a lot of time in US. If the series gets the go [...]
Helen McCory is more famous for playing the role of Narcissa Malfoy in the long running Harry Potter films, but with a new doctor in the house there are plenty of opportunities for young and exiting talent to join in on the new Dr Who’s first series. This is in fact series five of the [...]
When a favourite actor decides to leave a successful show, there are bound to be rumours as to why. This has been happening as David Tennant leaves the role of the Doctor in the hugely successful BBC science fiction series Dr Who. The actor has been connected with several projects in development but the best [...]
As one Doctor moves on to pastures green, there is always another waiting in the wings and despite only being able to regenerate a certain number times, in fact there can be only thirteen Doctors. So that takes us nicely onto the 11th Doctor played by Matt Smith who is a little known actor to [...]
It was the “End of Time” for David Tennant as his time as the long living Doctor in the BBC series Dr Who came to an end. The story itself was as expected even though it was two parter and the Time Lords made a welcome return to the universe all be it for a [...]
No matter what the team behind Dr Who do to change the concept of the show, it will always remain to be a classic British science fiction series and because of this you would have thought that the series would struggle abroad. But according to BBC America the last edition of the show, “The Waters [...]
Whenever a new actor takes on the role of Dr Who fan undoubtedly begin to speculate which of the past villains will he be up against in the new series. The favourites are of the Daleks, Cybermen and maybe even the Master (Although we already know that he is the Christmas special). The man in [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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