Some new wooden Star Trek DIY models from Incredibuilds are on their way to stores later this year – and look terrific. The IncrediBuilds collection, which also includes animals, famous buildings, Star Wars items and Marvel Superheroes, features do-it-yourself, customizable,… Read More ›
Television
WebFind: The Man from Earth (and its sequel)
So on a ramble through Amazon, I came across and watched the restored version of the intriguing 2007 film, The Man from Earth. Simply put, it’s a film that centres on “College professors discussing many topics with a colleague who claims… Read More ›
Jessica Martin talks career and creating comics with Doctor Who: Panel to Panel
Episode #97 of Jeremy Bement’s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live and its focus is actress, singer and comic artist Jessica Martin, best known to many Doctor Who fans as Mags from The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. She’ll be… Read More ›
Paul Shipper Studio provides new Thunderbirds Are Go Poster as new season launches
Thunderbirds Are Go returns Saturday 31st March at 8.30am exclusively on CITV and ITV – and ITV has marked the launch of a third season with a new poster. The art is the work of illustrator Paul Shipper, whose recent… Read More ›
Electric Sheep: Audio Dramatics celebrates Doctor Who and Hitchhiker’s Guide Audio Anniversaries
Continuing the new hour-long series Electric Sheep: Audio Dramatics on Resonance FM in which Alex Fitch talks to creators of audio dramas that have been broadcast on radio or released on CD and MP3 download, “Sci-Fi Anniversaries” celebrates two landmarks for… Read More ›
Doctor Who comic artists join eBook project to help raise funds for writer Tommy Donbavand
Screenwriter and author Paul Ebbs (Casualty, Doctors, BBC Radio 4 and more) wants you to help fellow writer Tommy Donbavand and his essential fund to provide for his family while he undergoes treatment for cancer – for a second time…. Read More ›
Doctor Who: Operation Volcano teases from artist Christopher Jones in new podcast
Episode 95 of the terrific Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast features an interview with artist Christopher Jones, whose stunning work on Doctor Who: Heralds of Destruction for Titan Comics paved the way for Doctor Who: Operation Volcano, a new Seventh… Read More ›
Stunning superhero art heads to Portsmouth Comic Con, Doctor Who effects artist Gary Pollard joins line up
Artwork inspired by writer and publisher Stan Lee and created by artists such as Alex Ross, two of the biggest names in comic books, will be exhibited at this year’s inaugural Portsmouth Comic Con, taking place 5th – 6th May… Read More ›
As Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 reaches the UK, will it be show’s last hurrah?
Season Five of Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. is well underway on ABC in the US – and it gets its UK debut next week on E4, launching Sunday 4th March at 9.00pm – but will it be the last as… Read More ›
Artist Pete Wallbank delivers Six Million Dollar Man for upcoming INFINITY magazine
Artist Pete Wallbank has been delighting fans of many classic cult TV shows with his stunning covers for INFINITY magazine – but his latest, for Issue 9, on sale soon, featuring the Six Million Dollar Man was clearly a delight… Read More ›
Set phasers to stun! You could win a Star Trek Discovery original painting
Star Trek has returned to the small screen with the highly different (for Trek, anyway) series – Star Trek Discovery. Set before the original 1960s show, this series, screening on Netflix in the UK, has an awful lot going on… Read More ›
Rian Hughes talks “Logo-a-Gogo” at Gosh! next month, takes time out to create new Doctor Who logo concept
Comics artist and designer Rian Hughes will be at Gosh! in London on Thursday 15th March 2018 for a talk and Q&A to celebrate the launch of his new book on pop culture branding, Logo-a-Gogo. Rian embodies the word prolific. Since… Read More ›
Titan Comics follows up Thirteenth Doctor team news with Seventh Doctor Doctor Who mini series announcement
Hot on the heels of revealing the Thirteenth Doctor’s first adventures will be created by an all-female creative team, Titan Comics have announced a Seventh Doctor mini series written by former TV series script editor Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch,… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel probes Doctor Who Magazine editor Marcus Hearn
Episode #94 of Jeremy Bement‘s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast is live, and current Doctor Who Magazine editor-in-chief Marcus Hearn joins him for an extensive interview. As well as being editor of DWM, Marcus – who I first worked with… Read More ›
Blake’s 7 40th Anniversary marked with stunning new Inifinity magazine cover by Pete Wallbank
Happy 40th anniversary, Blake’s 7! This month marks 40 years since Terry Nation‘s SF adventure series launched on BBC1, and there’s been no shortage of celebrations – not least of them artist Pete Wallbank‘s marvellous cover art for an upcoming… Read More ›
If a “The Avengers” TV Show Reboot is in the works, would a tie-in new comic be far behind?
Writer-directors Shane Black and writing partner Fred Dekker have scripted a TV pilot reboot for cult 1960s spy show The Avengers for Warner Bros. – but there’s no indication, as yet, if or when it might get optioned. Various web sites,… Read More ›
New Andersonic zine delves into 1990s Captain Scarlet comics and more
Issue 23 of the fab Andersonic zine is now available via the title’s website (and eBay for a short period in the Collectibles > SF > Thunderbirds section). There’s a great mix of articles in the ‘zine, including a look… Read More ›
Jim Baikie: A Stripography (and some Musical Notes)
Here’s a guide to comics artist Jim Baikie’s comics career, including his lesser known British girls’ comic work, revealing his huge contribution to many titles. Jim died in December 2017; you can read our obituary here and an Appreciation by Alan Moore… Read More ›
“Lost” Doctor Who strip materialises
This Doctor Who story was victim to the cancellation of Doctor Who Adventures
2000AD’s Dan Abnett part of festive University Challenge
2000AD writer Dan Abnett appears on an “alumni” episode of University Challenge on BBC2 over Christmas, representing his old Oxford college. “A couple of weeks ago, in a moment of what can only be described as a ‘definite case of… Read More ›