Regular downthetubes readers will recall we’ve previously plugged Fred McNamara‘s Spectrum is Indestructible book – an unofficial guide to all things Captain Scarlet – and it now has a December 2019 release date. Publication faced one final hurdle, dependent on… Read More ›
By Tim Robins Fans of Classic Doctor Who will be excited to hear that the Season Five story Fury from the Deep will return as a wholly animated adventure in 2020. The story sees The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Victoria (Deborah Watling)… Read More ›
Star Trek: Discovery Season Two arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on 18th November from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment
Destination Star Trek returns to Birmingham for another spectacular weekend celebrating the world of Star Trek at the end of this month, over 25th – 27th October 2019 at NECBirmingham
Titan Comics is to publish a brand-new crossover Doctor Who team-up comic in early 2020, when the Tenth Doctor and the Thirteenth Doctor will join forces to save the universe from the Weeping Angels, with a little help from companion… Read More ›
Dark Horse Comics and Netflix are expanding the world of Stranger Things in the newest Stranger Things comic series, Stranger Things: Into the Fire, written by Jody Houser.
The BBC has dropped its first trailer for its long awaited three-part War Of The Worlds drama, expected to head to BBC One at the end of October – although a transmission date has yet to be confirmed. Filmed last… Read More ›
Doctor Who writer Stephen Wyatt has written a one woman play specially for actress and comics creator Jessica Martin. Directed by Samuel Clemens, You Thought I Was Dead, Didn’t You? is inspired by the lost female film stars of British… Read More ›
Back in August 2017, the team at Supermarionation Recreations learned that nothing significant was being done to mark the 50th anniversary of the original Captain Scarlet TV series. Agreeing this was a missed opportunity, as fans of the show they felt… Read More ›
Episode #113 of Jeremy Bement’s excellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast is live, offering reviews of the recent final episodes of the Thirteenth Doctor Doctor Who Magazine strip “Power of the Mobox” and the classic strip “Duel of the… Read More ›
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Emma Price, a multidisciplinary graphic designer and… Read More ›
30th September 2019 marks 54 years since Thunderbirds debuted on TV screens in the UK – and the world has never been the same since. To celebrate Thunderbirds Day 2019, Century 21 Films have prepared a FAB feast for Thunderbirds… Read More ›
The speedboat and sports car models from the pilot episode of Gerry Anderson‘s unmade series The Investigator are to be offered at the Teesside Auction House, Vectis, on Thursday 26th September 2019. The two vehicles in the sale where created… Read More ›
Vice Press have announced a licensing agreement with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for an ongoing series of limited-edition art prints and collectable pin badges featuring Thunderbirds and many more of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic titles
US TV subscription service HBO has set a debut date for Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen. The series, based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ comic story and starring Regina King, bows Sunday, 20th October at 9.00pm. Set in an alternate history… Read More ›
A Tribute by Tymbus Robins Terrance Dicks, the generous and avuncular writer and script editor for Doctor Who has died aged 84. For a while, when Dicks’ death was announced, his name topped Twitter’s list of trending topics as tributes… Read More ›
Terrance Dicks, who has died aged 84, wrote several Doctor Who TV stories and was script editor on many others, joining the show in 1968, as well writing numerous Doctor Who books, in particular over 60 of the Target Books… Read More ›
2019 marks the 40th Anniversary of the TV series Worzel Gummidge starring Jon Pertwee as the scarecrow scallywag, and the centenary of the much-loved Jon Pertwee himself. To celebrate, Ten Acre Films took a trip to the countryside with some… Read More ›
This Saturday, 31st August 2019, the not-for-profit Marvel UK and British media culture inspired Defenders UK project returns with Issue 4 of its latest series, available to read for free on Facebook, but first, why not catch up with the series mashing Marvel mayhem with Doctor Who, Tommy Cooper, and much more so far?
Doctor Who The Thirteenth Doctor Volume 2 Writer: Jody Houser Artists: Rachael Stott, Roberta Ingranata Publisher: Titan Comics Softcover, $16.99/£13.99 Out: Now ISBN: 9781785866913 The Book: Best-selling comics writer Jody Houser and fan-favourite artist Rachael Stott bring you the second… Read More ›