Former One Foot in the Grave comedy star Richard Wilson is to star in a new 13-part drama Merlin BBC1 is lining up for a Saturday teatime slot which will screen later this year. Independent production company Shine, who also… Read More ›
Television
Smallville, Supernatural Renewed
US network CW has announced early renewals to some of its top-performing series for the upcoming 2008-09 season, which include an eighth season for Superman-inspired Smallville and a fourth season for Supernatural. UK publisher Titan Magazines continues to publish a… Read More ›
TV21 Dalek Art Up For Sale
Among the many British comics-related lots on offer in the current Comic Book Auction, which ends next week, is a real gem for Doctor Who and artist Ron Turner fans alike — a page of artwork from The Daleks, which… Read More ›
¿Hay vida en Marte?
Or, is there Life on Mars? BBC Worldwide inked its first scripted format sale ever in Spain in a new agreement for Life on Mars, with television and media company Antena 3. The Spanish version will be produced as an… Read More ›
Doctor Who Experiment
Purely for research purposes of course, given that ROK Comics, which I edit, has a comic creator too, I had a go at using the BBC’s Doctor Who Comic Maker. Have to say I wasn’t 100 per cent impressed: the… Read More ›
The Flash Gordon story retold
Comics International editor Mike Conroy is one of many contributors to a Flash Gordon documentary being screened on the the UK Sci-Fi Channel tonight (Monday 25 February) at 8.00pm. Scheduled to air ahead of the series pilot, the programme provides… Read More ›
Iron Legion Reprinted Again!
The Iron Legion, perhaps the most reprinted Doctor Who strip ever, is to be collected again, this time as a collection of several strips currently being published as a monthly comic by Idea & Design Works (IDW) for the US… Read More ›
Star Trek Online and Streaming
In a major expanison of its online offerings, classic episodes from the US network CBS archive, including Star Trek and The Twilight Zone, are being made available online on CBS.com and across the 300 websites that make up the network’s… Read More ›
Chat Show Horror?
No stranger to celebrity appearances, the fourth season finale of Doctor Who is to feature Paul O’Grady, according to The Sun. The TV presenter will play himself discussing “strange goings-on” during his chatshow as David Tennant’s Doctor departs on a… Read More ›
Under the Eagle
Under the Eagle, a new play from author, script writer and former Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel has just begun a three week run at the White Bear Theatre, London. Directed by Conrad Blakemore, Andrew says the play is… Read More ›
Doctor Who, Torchwood, top iplayer faves
In an announcement that may renew calls for the BBC to contribute to increasing Internet infrastructure in the UK, the corporation has announced the number of programmes downloaded or streamed on demand via BBC iPlayer has already reached 17 million,… Read More ›
New Knight Rider set for full series
The Guardian reported earlier this week that NBC’s Knight Rider remake looks likely to earn a full series commission, after the 1980s show returned to US TV on Sunday night with almost 13 million viewers. The two-hour Knight Rider TV… Read More ›
Oz Comes to the UK
(Updated 20/3/08): The top-rated mini series Tin Man, inspired by The Wizard of Oz and screened on SciFi Channel US last year, will air in May on the UK SciFi Channel. As we reported last year, the fantasy adventure, produced… Read More ›
Tennant and Tate’s tet-a-tet
(via the official BBC Doctor Who site): Catherine Tate is to interview David Tennant in the first of a new series of BBC Radio 4’s Chain Reaction. The lighthearted show’s format is a form of ‘interview tag’, with each edition’s… Read More ›
Who’s in London
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Doctor Who comes to London, and not just in a specially created event for EastEnders, either. The Doctor Who Exhibition, Earls Court, London opens to the public Easter 2008. The exhibition will be situated in… Read More ›
Vote for Journeyman!
(with thanks to the Save Journeyman blog): SciFi.com is conducting a poll on their SciFi Wire page asking which show you want to see returned to the air now that the WGA strike is over. Head over now and vote… Read More ›
Star Trek pushed back to 2009
Paramount has shuffled the release schedule for several films, including the new Star Trek film, which is good news and bad news for fans. Bad because the film has been delayed, which will dismay fans eagerly awaiting this Star Trek… Read More ›
Paul Cornell in the Writer’s Room
Doctor Who (and now Primeval) writer Paul Cornell – who among other things is pitching a new series to the networks accoridng to his blog – has just been interviewed for the BBC Writer’s Room site and by Forbidden Planet… Read More ›
New Thunderbirds Novels
FTL Publications have announced that they have been licenced by Granada Ventures to produced two novels a year based on the original TV version of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds. Due to the terms of the licence these books will… Read More ›
Sarah Jane To Return
Despite bad news on some fronts for children’s drama in the UK – the cancellation of Grange Hill surely a reflection of how disparate TV viewing has become that it can no longer attract a large audience – the BBC… Read More ›